Humans of Exeter have been making many con-nections with other students and their teachers, but they struggle to connect to the internet.

It seems whenever a student tries to watch Youtube, Netflix, or Twitch, it is a constant struggle

against low quality streams and seemingly eternal buffering.

“You can’t stream videos,” said Hossoun Alsaif of Main Street.

Hossoun, like many students across campus, is frustrated with the slow connection here at Ex-eter. Many students, when asked, complained about

8.

Many of the teachers at Exeter this summer have taught dur-ing the summer session for years. However, only Werner Brandes has taught at Exeter for the summer for as long as 50 years.

Mr. Brandes was born in northwestern Germany. He re-members seeing American troops coming into his town from Holland, around the age of six, in order to take control of the Bremerhaven port.

Mr. Brandes was very interested in the English language and at a young age began listening to the American Forces network. In high school he studied English literature and became fl uent in English.

In 1960, he came to the U.S in order to study at Bowdoin

College through a Fulbright exchange program in which he received his Bachelor’s Degree. He then went on to receive his PhD at the Universität München.

In 1964, Mr. Brandes began teaching a language course at Exeter during the regular session. During his fi rst year at Exeter, there were only four students who were African-American and four students who were Jewish. During this time, Mr. Brandes says, Exeter was trying to get more diversity into the Academy; however this was before the Civil Rights Act, making it harder.

Mr. Brandes also began teaching American History and Utopian Design at the Academy. He believes that it is important for students to know about both American history and the history of unifi cation in Europe.

Throughout the years, Mr. Brandes has had many memorable

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Charles Kibirige, and Anna Chiodo behind him, rehearse for "Table for Three", one of six one-act plays debuting in Fisher Theater tonight. Story page 5.Isabelle HalleThe Summer Times

THE CURTAIN GOES UP

Love, Actually? Having Fun? So Give to Aid Class of 2015

WHY-Fi: Netfl ix, Gamers Hog Bandwidth, Slow Service

By ELQUIS CASTILLOSummer School Staff Writer

Jeepers, Creepers— Whose Peepers? (See Page 8)

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5. 6. 7. Compiled by Delaney Corrigan and Isabelle Halle, Summer Times Staff Writers

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Brandes Loyalty: 50 Years at PEA

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See BRANDES, page 4

By MIREYA RAMIREZSummer School Staff Writer

As we start our second half of the summer session, love is in the air and everyone is talking about it. While some believe that the idea of summer flings is stupid, others believe that it is romantic and spontaneous.

Many students came single and ready to mingle; however, there are the few who came with their home-town lovers on their mind. Eva Parisi came to Exeter this summer while in a relationship but, due to com-plications and personal issues, they agreed on taking a break while she was here in order to prevent arguments.

On the other hand, single ladies and eligible bach-elors came with different mindsets regarding the love scene for the summer. For instance, there are some

students who came with a specific type in mind.“I came specifically looking for a girl with black

hair and pink streaks, part Hawaiian and from Seattle,” said Gabriel Banna.

Although Gabriel might be a little too specific, a little romance won’t do any harm. There are some students who did not come with a relationship in mind, yet they are open to the possibility.

“If I like someone a lot, I’ll date them, why not?,” said Selin Kobaner.

However, there are students who came to Exeter with no intention in finding a significant other. “I came to know a different part of the country, and have fun with friends, I don’t want to spend my time here preoc-cupied in a relationship,” said Ashley Vera.

See ROMANCE, page 4

By MIREYA RAMIREZ and TARA LAKSMONOSummer School Staff Writers

It’s time to step up.Over the past three weeks, Summer School students

from 40 states and 48 countries have made the most of the beautiful campus, international friendships, and top-notch academics offered here at Phillips Exeter Academy.

Now, as the 2014 summer session comes to a close, students have the opportunity to share that experience with next summer’s students.

The annual scholarship drive was started four years ago as a way for students to be able to contribute and be involved in helping make Summer School a better place, said director Ethan Shapiro.

Every dollar raised goes towards one of next year’s student tuitions. Each year, kids have raise d between $2,000 and $3,000 to give others the opportunity to experience Exeter.

Mr. Shapiro highlighted the importance of the fund in helping to promote student diversity. "We believe, at Exeter, very much in a diverse student body -- kids from all over the country and all over the world," he said. "One of the ways we're diverse is that we have this

By ISABELLE HALLESummer School Staff Writer

See AID, page 4See WHY-FI, page 4

Werner Brandes, born in Ger-many, started teaching at Exeter in 1964.

OPINIONSTHE SUMMER TIMES2 THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2014

The Summer Times is written and edited by Mr. Blumenthal's A and B format Journalism classes and contributing writers throughout the Summer School. It is produced by Summer Times Proctors Jocelyn Bohn PEA'11, Alec Greaney PEA'14, and Meg Hassan PEA'11.

The Summer Times welcomes articles, photos, and Letters to the Editor, which can be sent via email to thesummertimes14@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.

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THE SUMMER TIMESSUMMER TIMES STAFF REPORTERS

Mert AtliElquis CastilloMiasia Clark

Delaney CorriganMaria FloresUlises GodoyBreana GreggIsabelle Halle

FACULTY ADVISOR

Shaundin JonesSarah Khan

Can KokogluMax Labaton

Samantha LadouceurTara Laksmono

Jai LewisGabriel Rabell

SUMMER TIMES LAYOUT EDITORS

Jocelyn BohnAlec GreaneyMeg Hassan

MEN WORKING, BUT WHY NEXT DOOR?

Can KokogluSummer Times Staff Writer

Alison BrownSummer Times Contributing Writer

WHODUNIT? ACCESS PROBES

ART HEIST

Mireya RamirezGabriela Rodriguez-

LebronLudovica Ruggiero

Max SpectorJoseph Thomas

Yao WangVanessa Williams

Emily YoungThere is a construction at Webster Hall,

which is being restored, and it is a big problem for Summer School students.

The boisterous construction that st arts early in the morning is making the students that are staying at the halls around it mad. It is at a central place that has many dorms around and it can be heard from a lot of them.

“It is too noisy and disturbing,”Ali Bayrak-tar from Cilley Hall says and continues, “I wish they did it after the summer session, at the sec-ond half of August.”

The students who don’t have an A format class want to sleep but the construction doesn’t let them. There are heavy machines that can make loud noises and are being used to restore the hall. The students wake up with the disturb-ing noise of the machines and it sometimes gives them headaches. “I’m having trouble while studying,” says Emir Sen from Wentworth Hall, which is the closest hall to the construction point. “I always wait until the night to start studying.”

Besides the ones most affected by the con-struction, some students found solutions for it and learned how to live with it.

Renc Saracaydin from Cilley said: “Wear-ing headphones with noise cancelling is the best

solution for the noise. I never have a problem sleeping or studying.”

These kind of smart solutions are giving hope to the ones who are really disturbed and can’t work because of the situation. “We are ex-pecting the school board to fi nd a solution for the situation and hopefully stop the construction," said Mert Atli from Kirtland Hall.

Apart from the noise, the path to the dorms behind Webster is closed because of the con-struction, so the students walk even more than ever. These dorms are very distressed and look-ing forward to the end of the construction.

Despite the reaction of the students, the school seems to be determined to fi nish the construction before the regular session of Phil-lips Exeter Academy starts, to start the new session with a restored hall without the noise of machines and workers breaking concrete walls and digging into the ground.

The students are looking to see what hap-pens next. Emir’s words were: “I hope that the two sides will fi nd a good solution in order to keep the peace in the campus. The board’s so-lution and the attitude they will exhibit is a big question for everyone and everyone is waiting for it.”

Access had a great field trip to Boston, where we explored some of the city’s criminal and creepy past.

Students loaded onto a coach bus at 7:45 a.m. last Thursday morn-ing, and from there on, the trip was in full swing. Thursday was chock full of various activities including touring the Museum of Fine Art, and the lavish Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, which was built to resemble a Venetian palace.

The Gardner museum was a favorite among many students, be-cause it is not like most museums. It was actually the house of Mrs. Gardner, so all of the chairs, walls, paintings, and tapestries are art exhibits in themselves. Another interesting fact about the Gardner museum is that the greatest art heist in the world took place there.

After a long day of traveling and museums, CSI checked in to the gorgeous (and possibly haunted) Omni Parker Hotel and enjoyed din-ner at the Hard Rock Café. The day wasn’t over after dinner though. Next, students enjoyed “Shear Madness,” a hilarious whodunit that breaks the fourth wall.

Friday started with a HUGE buffet-style breakfast at the Omni, and then a photo scavenger hunt through the Back Bay area of Boston. We had to solve a set of clues that were given to us and then take a picture of the statue/monument the clue led us to. It was a big hit and brought out a bit of the competitive spirit in everyone!

After refueling at the famous Faneuil Hall, the group took the afternoon off from sleuthing, and enjoyed, “How To Train Your Dragon 2,” and then the shops and scenery of nearby Newbury Street. But, following a quick pit stop at the hotel and a yummy pizza dinner, they were back on the case, taking a “ghost tour” of the city. Students cringed as they inspected Boston’s cemeteries and listened to tales about books being bound in human skin.

Saturday started with a meeting with Anthony Amore, Security Director of the Gardner Museum. In March of 1990, thirteen priceless paintings and objects, valued at over $500 million, were stolen from the museum (the same one we visited on Thursday), and have yet to be recovered. Mr.Amore talked about the types of people who become art thieves, and shared recent discoveries in the Gardner case, as well as other interesting stories of art crime.

Later, we boarded the bus to Salem to tour the Peabody Essex Museum, which has many daring photography exhibits, including one featuring cockroaches! Tired, but inspired, and maybe a little grossed-out by the cockroaches, we headed back to Exeter. Overall, an excellent and educational trip!

Coffee is one of the most popular drinks in the world.

Why is this, you ask? Because coffee gives people energy, and for some,

a cup of coffee could be the difference between being a morning zombie or a morning person.

Now, to all those coffee drinkers out there, what if one morning you woke up, walked over to Wetherell Dining hall, and there was no coffee? You would be pretty distressed right? Well guess what!? That is hap-pening right now!

There seems to be a coffee drought in the dining hall and no one knows exactly why.

Robert Spurrier, Summer School instructor here at Exeter, said that Monday night there was no coffee in Wetherell, and not for the fi rst time.

Fellow teacher Jerry LaSala agreed the employees seem to have a hard time keeping up with demand for more coffee.

This is a problem for many people, especially everyday coffee drinkers, because once your body gets used to caffeine every morning it automatically expects it, and without it, your body can go through caffeine withdrawal problems.

One of the most common problems is constant caffeine headaches. Caffeine headaches are known to be the worst, because they hurt right behind the eyes, so it is very hard to focus.

Another problem is muscle pain and or stiffness. If you are one of those people who get up early and work out after your coffee, your muscles could go into shock without the extra energy gained from the caffeine.

One of the last problems, although not as common as the rest, are fl u-like symptoms. Without caffeine,

your body gets tired quicker which causes your im-mune system to get tired as well and it can result in symptoms like, runny nose, blocked sinuses and in the worst cases nausea.

This is why it is so important that this coffee crisis is resolved. Last year, PEA veterans recall, Elm Street dining hall boasted cappuccino and espresso machines, but where are they now? Where’d the coffee go and what is creating this coffee crisis?

I mean, even John Phillips said that “knowledge without goodness is dangerous.” And knowledge and goodness without coffee is impossible.

And while we’re at it, many have said that the fl avored coffee in the grill doesn’t seem to be changing, yet, the sign signifying the fl avor does change.

Is this because of a lack of fl avoring syrup? Or does the grill only have one syrup fl avor?

A taste test was attempted and it turned out that the coffees were in fact different.

Yet, the question remains: why did the coffee taste so similar in the morning?

Well, new studies show that some young teens suffer from dehydration of taste buds during the night and it can lead to lack of taste in the mornings.

No problem. There’s an easy solution to this problem: hydrate!

Hydration can do many things:1) It can help you lose weight.2) It helps your skin look brighter and more

vibrant.3) It keeps you from getting under eye circles

which is helpful for those of you late night netfl ix lovers! None of which explains the coffee shortage in

Wetherell.

COFFEE ADDICTS ASK, WHERE'S THE JOE?

Sarah KhanSummer Times Staff Writer

Abortion is the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo before viability.

Some people says that this is murder. Some people say that it isn’t. I sought opinions from both sides and I am going to share them with you.

Some people say that it is still a human being and there is no right to kill it. Also they are unborn children and harmless so there is no reason to kill them.

Because of that some countries even banned abortion. My country Turkey banned it too. Our president also taught that it is a murder.

I interviewed a friend who supports that it is murder. He said: “Abortion is considered murder due to the fact that when fertilizatıon takes place, a new life is created.”

But some people think that it should be legal. I also inter-viewed a friend who thinks that abortion needs to be legal. He said: “Making abortion illegal would not prevent women from aborting; it just makes it less safe. Abortion is a rıght that women should have because they should be in control of theır own bodies. No government should enforce a law that determınes what an indıvidual can or cannot do wıth their own personal body, especially a law that is religiously based.”

I think both sides are right. But in case of a rape I think it should be legal to have an abortion because the woman will have a child from a person that she doesn’t know. And I think that any woman does not want to raise a child with a unknown father. The abortion may change the life of the woman in a positive way.

If you ask which side I am supporting I think that the both sides are right to some extent. Just like my friend said, people will have abortions whether it is illegal or legal. So if you make it illegal it would be more dangerous to perform the operation. This will risk both of the lives. The baby and the mother may lose their lives.

Nowadays rape is a common situation. Men are raping woman, even little children. Underage girls get pregnant. Sometimes when young girls get pregnant the birth becomes especially dangerous. To get the baby out, the child may die because her body is not fi t to bear a child.

In this kind of situation abortion could save a life. But opponents still call it murder. Even it is murder, people still going to do it illegally. So there is no way to stop it. So should it be legal?

People are still debating it.

THE BATTLE OVER ABORTION Mert Atli

Summer Times Staff Writer

opportunity for kids that otherwise can't afford it."From now until the end of the session, students are

invited to make a small contribution to the scholarship fund. Even a gift of a few dollars can make a difference.

The goal is not defined by a monetary value, but by the number of students who participate, according to Mr. Shapiro. In past years, as many as 200 Upper School and Access students have taken part in the drive. This year, he hopes to top that.

The challenge lies in getting the attention of the stu-dents. There is so much going on around campus that it can be hard to get the word out. Many kids would like to give, but are unaware of the opportunity.

If you are interested in contributing to next year's schol-arship fund, simply come to the student activities center and swipe your lion card to give the amount of your choice.

"It seems like not just a way that the current Exeter kids can contribute something meaningful," said Mr. Sha-piro, "but something that we all as a school community believe in."

Scholarship Drive Begins

AID, continued from 1

CommentaryTHE SUMMER TIMES 3THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2014

THE DANGERS OF OBESITY

Olivia Leclerc, Annie Small, and Moxie Thompson, Summer Times Contributing WritersLook Homeward, Angels

The American motto is to help those in need, but should there be a limit? In a recent national poll, 47% of Americans believed that the U.S.A. should not be involved with global affairs.

From 2010 to 2012, America’s taxpayers spent $7.45 billion helping developing countries with problems such as poverty and military defense. This money could have been used to fund schools or improve healthcare; not to mention all the debt America is already in.

Education in the United States today is close to horrific. Many students drop out or are just not interested in their classes. The money America is giving to other countries could be used to fund schools which would improve the overall national society by educating minors.

According to statisticbrain.com, 8,300 high school students drop out each day. Approximately 1,079 of those are Hispanics who often drop out so they can work to help provide income for their lower class families. Most everyone has the opportunity to attend a public

school, but by dropping out, sometimes to aid relatives, they are not receiving the education needed to have a proper job or lifestyle.

This results in a domino effect where parents do not attend school and neither do their future children. Often times, schools do not provide a suitable educa-tion because of bad teachers or lack of good teaching resources.

This leads to the students getting bored in class and not paying attentio n, or the students may completely stop com-ing to class. This often means dropping out or failing grades. Teachers will be more interesting and inclined to focus on the students’ needs if they were to receive better pay. With more money spent on schools, the United States could guaran-tee a bright future for all of its citizens.

With these statistics, anyone can clearly see that the problems in the school districts are larger than they should be. Unfortunately, schools are not the only problem.

In hospitals, emergency room pa-tients are often kept waiting due to the

lack of ER doctors. Being an on-call doc-tor is undesirable to many in the medical field because of its long hours and low pay. Deaths are much more common in the ER because of the lack of staff. If the government were to put even half of the $7.45 billion into our medical expenses, we would have substantially fewer dy-ing patients.

The medical field is overlooked much of the time because it is not pub-licized as much as it should be. Patients often die or become severely sicker just waiting for a doctor. Also, many people die waiting for surgery. Operations are often delayed for weeks to months, and many patients die during this period.

The money used on other countries’s problems, such as trying to change laws and sacrificing soldiers to another coun-try’s war, could be used to enhance the medical care for Americans.

Although helping other countries could benefit the United States, or build allies, America’s first priorities should be to focus on its own issues. Often times, the U.S. intervenes in other places’s

problems. While some citizens may ap-preciate the help of the American mili-tary, most citizens don’t like the United States to involve itself in everything, especially when they have their own domestic dilemmas.

Each country has its own issues and it is not America’s responsibility, or right, to barge in and act as the police officer of the Earth. Many nations do not want the country’s help and the U.S. should not give it to them.

Money from the United States is go-ing to completely different causes. It is used to change other countries’s beliefs or religions, send weapons to faraway places that will someday, most likely, be enemies, and give away millions of pounds of food to under-developed nations when the country, in 2012, had approximately 49 million citizens without stable food, according to http://feedingamerica.org.

The U.S. has a thousand problems already, and it should not be think-ing about , or spending money on, other countries’ issues until they have

VENI, VIDI, VE-RI-TAS

Joseph ThomasSummer Times Staff Writer

At first, the city of Cambridge, Massachussets, may not sound familiar to you. You might even think that it’s actually a very famous University in England. Or you could say, "Is this another mall they’re taking us to ?" Now, if you hear the words "Harvard" or "MIT", it rings a bell, doesn’t it ?

Indeed, students left the Exeter Data Center aboard school buses on Saturday morning, bound for the home of the two prestigious universities. The majority had chosen this trip for one main reason : visiting Harvard. For example, Andrew Musk, from South Africa said, "I want to go visit Harvard to get a perspective of what a great college of America is like."

But what is Harvard exactly ? Harvard is a university founded in 1636 and member of the Ivy League, an association of eight very ancient and prestigious universities in the United States.

Over 19,000 students are currently at Harvard, including about 6,700 at the college and 12,400 at the graduate school. Harvard University has made its reputation by -- in addition to being the oldest institution of higher education in the country -- hosting a fine number of our society’s brightest minds. More precisely, it boasts 45 Nobel Prizes, eight American presidents (including the current president, Barack Obama), as well as the founder of Facebook and former PEA student, Mark Zuckerberg. The founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, also attended Harvard University.

Harvard, as well as hosting a college, is also home to several graduate schools, like the Harvard Law school, Business School and Medical School. Edward Konig, from Brazil, was on the PEA trip. "I toured around the business center, the law school, and the computer science center," he said, adding that he found the campus “beautiful.”

The university’s college students are divided into specific houses. Fr eshmen must live in the dormitories located in the yard, a closed area inside the Harvard University campus. As they finish freshmen year, students are "sorted" (reference to Harry Potter) into separate houses which are an integral part of the city of Cambridge. According to many, Adams House is the most luxurious one. Students attending the graduate school often buy a unit of their own in Cambridge or the nearby cities.

Many Exonians went on a tour of the twelve Harvard houses. Among them were Foteiana Pagoni and Maria-Eleni Komninou, both from Greece.

"I saw the houses and tried to compare them with the dorms we have at Exeter," said Foteiana.The campus showcases many compelling attractions. The most famous one is without a

doubt John Harvard’s statue and especially his left foot. It is a custom for vistiors to rub their hand on his left foot. But why is his left foot gold when the rest of the statue’s body is black ? A common belief is that Harvard students have a custom of urinating on his foot.

Aside from visiting Harvard, there was still plenty to experience in Cambridge. Many stu-dents took the trip as an opportunity to go shopping , in particular in the Harvard University bookstore, whose tee-Shirts are recongnized throughout the world.

Other students, like Giulia Aguiar and Jude Soto preferred "just to hang out" by walking around town. Many Exonians noticed and enjoyed the architecture of the Cambridge buildings.

In any case, there was much to experience, discover and enjoy in Cambridge. Whereas some students complained about the shortness of the trip, they still enjoyed a few hours in one of the most (if not the most ) iconic academic locations in the world.

Christopher Dickinson, Thomas Scholtz, and Joey Lee

Summer Times Contributing Writers

In 1999, a 52 year-old woman with a nine year history of type 2 diabetes was found to have gained an enormous amount of weight during the previous 6 years. She complained that every time she cut down her eating she had symptoms of shakiness, diaphoresis, and increased hunger. Symptoms like these encourage people who are obese to eat more, and it becomes increasingly diffi cult to lose weight.

Almost 40% of American adults are obese. Obesity-related conditions such as heart disease, stroke, type 2 diab etes, and certain types of cancer are leading causes of death.

Obesity affects some races more than others. Blacks are affected the most, fol-lowed by Hispanics, Whites, and Asians. The medical cost for obesity in America in 2008 was $147 billion. Obesity rates are higher among middle age adults than younger adults. Middle age adults have an obesity rate of 39.5%, whereas younger adults have a rate of 30.3%. Obesity is a large problem throughout America, and is the leading cause of preventable deaths.

Obesity causes 300,000 deaths every year in America, which is just behind the deaths caused by tobacco use. In the 1960s, just over 4% of teenagers were overweight. Now, just over 21% of teenagers are overweight. Obesity rates are rising and with it come diseases such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes. Heart disease is a major problem because it can lead to heart attacks, or strokes. People who are obese have an increased chance of heart attacks and very often have high blood pressure. Being obese increases your chances of getting cancer by 50 percent. Women have a higher risk of developing cancer if they are 20 pounds overweight.

Working out and exercising only 12 pounds off your weight can greatly decrease the likeliness of getting cancer.

Obesity is also a huge problem throughout the world. Since 1980, the worldwide obesity rate has doubled. In 2012 more than 40 million children were overweight or obese. Sixty-fi ve percent of the world’s population lives in countries where excess weight and obesity kill more people than hunger.

Obesity is measured in BMI (Body mass index) and is calculated by divid-ing the weight of the person by their height. If your BMI is 25 or greater you are considered overweight, and if your BMI is 30 or greater, you are considered obese.

Obesity is a large but preventable cause of death around the world, and a lot of the heart attacks and strokes that are caused by obesity can easily be stopped by regulating how much you eat, exercising a little every day, and regulating what you eat.

Times have changed. Technology has changed. People have changed.

In today’s world, crime has taken a new spin with so many aspects. People are getting hurt. The world knows about their sufferings. Yet, barely any action is being taken to stop the injustice occurring to people. According to The Skanner, Portland Oregon’s oldest African-Amer-ican-owned newspaper, Jada, a 16-year-old resident of Houston, attended a house party with her friends on June 1, 2014. There Jada was offered a drink and im-mediately blacked out. Weeks later, Jada saw videos and photos on social media networks of her being drugged and then raped at that party.

Jada, until seeing this footage, did not even know that she was assaulted.

At least hundreds of people have seen this footage on social media sites and the community even knows that two young men aged 16 and 19 were charged in this horrendous incident. Jada has filed a report. There are two suspects. So what is happening? Nothing.

The Houston Police Department has

claimed that is working on this issue. Yet no one has been arrested. As activist, Quanell X, said, “This is a criminal act. I want to see law enforcement treat this case with the type of sensitivity and prior-ity that it deserves.” If this has happened to a young girl, such scenarios will only increase by day. The Police Department, not just the Houston one, but worldwide, need to take a stronger stand in protecting and helping society.

Now, the issue of assaults being ignored by either local or university police isn’t just a newly exposed prob-lem. Recently, the alumni of Williams College were extremely enraged and decided to withhold donations for the college because of the dismissal of a student’s report of being raped. Indeed, it is nowadays common for educational institutions to intentionally postpone or interfere with the investigation of numerous assault cases and the reason for that always stems from the somehow hilarious overprotection of the school’s reputation.

As media and popular pressure

grows, it is necessary for law enforce-ment to realize that putting one hundred percent emphasis on investigation and finding the outlaw would be the ethically right decision and would only improve the school’s reputation. After all, it should never be hard to make the deci-sion whether to conceal a well-known scandal of failure to protect students’ human rights, thereby damaging the school’s reputation, or to uphold justice and pursue facts while winning back the public’s trust.

There comes a point when we, as civilians, must say that law enforcement is not protecting us. There have been too many of these instances in the past couple of years--Eric Garner being refused medical attention in New York City and instead only having his pockets searched as he dies; or a young girl in Steubenville being assaulted similarly to Jada and having the police’s only thought be the “assault” on the futures of the convicted rapists.

Countless other situations of police brutality or police ignorance have hap-

pened over the years, from Amadou Diallo being beaten to death on the sole grounds of looking suspicious, to Deanna Cook’s 911 c all being ignored for 50 whole minutes as her husband murdered her.

Enough is enough. We cannot afford to suffer any more

because of ignorance on the part of people who are supposed to be protecting us. The Houston police department acted like Jada’s case was a chore they had to complete, not the senseless assault of a 16-year-old girl.

While Jada was brutally mocked on social media, they delayed, saying they had leads but never followed through, essentially allowing her rapists to get away with it. And no one has even been arrested yet.

The world we want to live in is one where a sexual assault survivor would not be made into a joke on the internet, and where the sexual assault would not have been allowed to happen in the first place.

And that should be the role of the police in situations like this and beyond.

Emma Jones, Tiffany Thomas, and Jennifer Zhao, Summer Times Contributing Writers

#IStandWithJada: Condemning Rape

NEWSTHE SUMMER TIMES4 THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2014

Why should drugs be legalized? During 2012, approximately 914,000 arrests occurred for

the use of drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, heroin and others derived from those substances. In 1969 there was a poll on whether drugs should be legalized or not, and only 12% of the people who took part said yes. The same poll was conducted in 2013 and now 58% voted yes (This poll was conducted by Gallup, a blog that conducts research and gives advice to solve pressing matters in the world). This helps prove that the way society works has shifted a lot, and so this is the time to try something new. Making drugs illegal hasn’t helped, and each year there are more users.

Some people think that drugs should be legalized because of many things, one being that the war against it has cost the government billions of dollars. Legalizing them would reduce

government spending by about $41.3 billion a year. Also there would be more tax money going to the government from the selling of this product. This money could be for many things like giving food and housing assistance to the poor.

Recent studies have proved that nicotine kills more than alcohol and illegal drugs combined, so smoking cigarettes in the long run is more harmful than doing drugs.

Seventeen states have decriminalized cannabis and re-placed the laws with fi nes or tickets. An example of why drugs should be legalized is that in Holland, where cannabis laws are not as harsh, its usage is amongst the lowest in Europe. In The United States in most places where almost all drugs are illegal every year illicit use increases.

Research has recently shown that nearly half of all of the teenagers have used drugs, and so many people worry that if

drugs are legalized there would be even more teenage deaths caused by overdose. But just as alcohol and nicotine, there should be laws preventing minors from doing drugs.

The legalization of drugs would also help prevent dis-crimination. It has been shown that drug offenses are notoriously discretionary and that makes it easier for police offi cers to target certain racial and ethnical groups.

The selling of illegal drugs makes up 8% of all world trade. Many countries are run by the corrupt infl uence of drug cartels, and so by legalizing drugs it would give those countries a chance to establish businesses that aren’t illegal and help the economy.

Drugs should be legalized. People should know about the consequences of drug use. If you know them and still want to do it, you should be able to. “Drug use is a social issue, not a criminal justice one."

Maria Ramos-Francia, Danelle Akanova, and Caitlyn Burn, Summer Times Contributing Writers

High Time to Legalize Drugs

Student’s opinions on whether a “summer fling” is a good or bad idea vary across campus.

“It doesn’t make any sense because after this they will most likely break up,” said Kayla Blackman.

Lizbeth Flores agreed and said, “ It’s stupid, it’s only gonna be a summer fling.” However, there are students like Mireya Parra who believe it is a positive thing. “It’s cute because they have someone special here,” she said.

Narendra Surjaudaja has a similar opinion on the idea of a summer romance, “Well I guess it is generally fun cause like no commitment and you know its go-ing to end so they are like passionate love instead of compassionate love” he said.

Whether students agree with summer relationships or not they are beginning, happening, and ending. Ece Ozturk was in a relationship with a peer for a bit until they broke up. When asked whether she took the relationship seriously, she answered no because she knew it would end at some point.

“He was cute but that was about it,” Ozturk said about the relation-ship.

Although some may not take “summer flings” seriously there are some students who hope to continue the relationship after Exeter.

Katie Holcomb is currently in a relationship with a fellow tennis player and when asked whether they would continue the “summer fling”, she said “It is pretty complicated but I would say that we both really like each other, so we will see where it goes but we would like to make it work after summer.”

Couples spend time together and hang out in between and after classes; some may even go on romantic dates. Faiz Sikaffy said, “We went on dates to lunch and dinner and we spend a lot of time at the lake.”

Whereas Katie Holcomb said, “We go out to town a lot, we go to the restau-rants here and we also went to Boston the whole day and we went to the movies.” The town does offer little restaurants that are perfect for dates and there would be a lot of time during trip days to venture out of the campus together.

The ultimate struggle of ending the summer would be the bittersweet goodbyes to their significant other. Many relationships would have to be long distance. Doris Wang said, “I really want to continue but its hard, we won’t be in the same place. I’m going to California for high school and he is going back to Beijing.”

Many would like to stay together and are pretty devastated by the distance. Faiz Sikaffy said, “She lives in another country, it’s the dumbest thing ever.”

Whatever the case may be, relationships that has occurred will be added to their Exeter experience. Maybe it was a “summer fling” that they hoped for, or perhaps it might be a happily ever after.

Summer lovin’ had me a blast, summer lovin’ happened so fast.

Summer Days... and Oh, those Summer Nights

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Celebrating 50 Years at Exeter

years. He recalls the summer of 1964 -- his fi rst here -- as particularly noteworthy.This summer, he says, was the “freedom summer,’ in which protests forced

President Lyndon B. Johnson and the Congress to fi nally take action to end seg-regation.

Mr. Brandes says that it was gratifying for him to see the process of the U.S making a change. He also strongly remembers when the draft for the Vietnam War began -- he had to register. Since he was over the age of 25, married, and a teacher he was never called. However, Mr. Brandes says he recalls many of his former students being drafted into the war. Unfortunately, some were killed.

One very special summer for Mr. Brandes, was the summer in which he was able to work at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. What was noteworthy about those games was the murder of 11 Israeli athletes by Palestinian terrorists.

In 1968, Mr. Brandes began coaching the Boys Varsity Squash team and contin-ued until 1992. In 1991/2 and from 1996-2004, Mr. Brandes was the director of the Washington Intern Program at Exeter. The program gave students the opportunity to work in a congressional offi ce.

When asked whether he found the regular or summer session more interesting, he said the summer.

“I enjoy seeing all the students from abroad come to the U.S,” he said. In 1978, Mr. Brandes was the dean of students for the summer school session which he enjoyed a lot.

He says he continues to come back to Exeter simply because, “it’s fun to teach here,” he says. In 2004, Mr. Brandes retired from teaching during the regular ses-sion but he has continuously returned to the summer session.

Mr. Brandes is greatly appreciated throughout Exeter and many hope he con-tinues returning in the next summer sessions. In both 1983 and 1995, Mr. Brandes received the Outstanding Teacher Award and in 1985 the New Hampshires Gov-ernor’s Excellence in Education Award.

Outside of being a teacher, he enjoys spending time with his family. He is married, with two sons. Both of his sons graduated from Exeter and now have their careers. One of his sons is the founding director of the Urban and Regional planning at Georgetown University. His other son is a lawyer with a large fi rm in New York.

Mr. Brandes has traveled to many parts of the world such as Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Europe, and many parts of the U.S. As of now, he and his wife are working on remodeling their house and are very happy with the newest addition to thier family, a new Schnauzer named Pippa.

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An article in the July 24 issue of The Summer Times on the new Process of Creativity cluster misstated the education of one of the Stanford teachers, John Barton. He attended the University of California at Berkeley not the Berklee College of Architecture.

The article also quoted a student, Isaac Akintaro, who is taking the regular architecture course but is not enrolled in the Creativity cluster.

CORRECTION

‘blocky’ streams and waiting for a video to load. “After 11, especially at night it goes slow, and it is unbearable,” said

Yukio Mako, also from Main Street. “NetFlix and YouTube are consistently the top 2 users of the internet

bandwidth, far above all others” said Diane Fandrich, head of the Exeter IT department. Video streaming services are known for taking large amounts of bandwidth. It has gotten to the point that ISPs (internet service providers) have tried to charge companies such as Netflix to deliver their content to users faster through “internet fast lanes.”

Exeter in the past had ceased connections after late night but now allows for students to access the internet at whatsoever time, and it seems that stu-dents are taking advantage of that. There is a problem with “peak hours” on campus in which everyone is trying to use the internet at once. Ms. Fandrich said that “Typically the internet usage peaks between 8:00 p.m. -11 p.m.” These times also correspond with the time in-between check-in and lights out.

“The internet sometimes goes out for no reason,” Amanda Hsu of Wheel-wright said. Although she does not stream many videos, she complained about being unable to participate in FaceTime calls.

As for the gamers on campus, the situation is unbearable. “The lag is incredible,” said Justin Chu, an avid League of Legends (LoL) player. The complaint, though mostly exclusive to the boy’s dorms, is common. Games such as LoL require quick, decisive actions from the players; any latency, even milliseconds, can ruin a game. Players may even need to wait for the game to download.

Though these issues with connectivity seem widespread, the IT department still wants students to report their problems. Ms. Fandrich says, “Please report these issues to the Support Desk at x3693. We need to know that there are issues in order to address them.” Students are also encouraged to email the IT department at itservices@exeter.edu for connection issues too .

The ISP for the campus is Comcast, a cable television/internet giant, and according to the Consumerist, a consumer advocacy group, “The Worst Com-pany in America.” Comcast is infamous for expensive bills, and poor service.

Recently a call recording of a 20 minute customer ‘retentionist’ caused waves on the internet and garnered 5 million listens for being a testament of Comcast’s deficient customer service. Comcast also holds a near monopoly on several cities and states in the United States also. It is not surprising that Comcast is perhaps responsible for providing low quality service here at campus.

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“A prank becomes a scandal. Everyone gets together to laugh and talk about it so it really helps bring people together,” says Ryan Moss from Ewald Hall.

In Ewald, the boys are known for doing pranks. When asked how pranking helps bring the boys to-gether, Ryan says, “We all make the best of the experience at Exeter and have innocent fun with each other.”

What pranks?Ryan was more than happy to explain:Birthday Pranks: “It’s a known tradition in the dorm that if it is your birthday, you should watch your

back because you’re defi nitely going to get pranked” says Ryan. Some pranks that fi t into the tradition include getting silly string all over your room, hair gel on the door knob, Axe deodorant bombs, and Oreos fi lled not with frosting but toothpaste. In another prank, members of Ewald collect at least 20 phones, hide them in a victim’s room, and set the alarms to go off in 15 minute intervals. Although the pranks are well-thought out, sometimes they fail. One backfi red when a group of Ewald boys arranged to wake up at one in the morning to sing happy birthday on one of the boys and throw water on him. They had taken his key top sneak into his room but the intended victim found it and recovered it. When the boys went in at 1 a.m. to do their prank an d found a note on their door saying “NOPE”.

Cat Prank: One of the boys received an anonymous phone call asking if he liked cats. The boy was confused about the question, but answered “yes’” It turned out that was the wrong answer. When the boy woke up, there was a stray cat in his room.

Shaving Cream Prank: This occurred in Main Street Hall where one of the boys had fallen asleep, only to wake up with shaving cream all over his face. When he found out who the pranksters were, the tables were turned as the pranksters had to lock themselves in their rooms for fear of retaliation. It even came to the point where one of the boys jumped out of a (low) window to escape return victimization.

Even though the pranks seem likely to create grudges, they have brought Ewald residents together and made their experience here at Exeter both memorable and enjoyable.

Shaving Cream, Toothpaste Oreos: Pranksters Gone Wild

By EMILY YOUNG and VANESSA WILLIAMSSummer School Staff Writers

SUMMER LIFE 5THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2014THE SUMMER TIMES

What do Ceramics, Architecture, and Drawing all have in common?

They are all art classes currently offered at the Exeter Summer Session.

For the past three weeks, students have been working hard in the studios creating pieces of art that will be displayed in the Art Show at the end of Summer Session.

One student who has been working in the ceramics studio is Jonathan Sosa. He says that being in the class has brought out a creative side he didn’t know he had. He also says that although the class requires him to go to the studio in order to work on his piece outside of class, it is something he gladly does.

Pinky Nantasukasem and Jean Tetanon-saku are both Upper School students from Bangkok, Thailand, and currently taking Robert Preston’s Architecture class.

They said that their regular school in Thailand has art classes similar to the ones offered here. While taking her architecture class here, Pinky said she has gained skills with both making plans, and modeling, which she will get to show off at the art show.

When asked about their teacher, both of the girls agreed that Mr. Preston is funny, kind, and very helpful.

Becky Barsi teaches the print making class and, when asked, had many positive

things to say about this year’s class. “This year’s students are awesome,”she said. “There’s a lot of energy and creativity. Good collaboration has made this awesome summer.”

Ms. Barsi says that the purpose of the class is to allow students to experiment and ultimately create. When asked if she felt whether three classes a week was enough meeting time, she answered no.

“The time it takes to introduce, plan, prep, create, and then clean-up is not

enough...there is never enough time to cre-ate,” she said.

Marissa Vitolo teaches the Access ce-ramics classes this year, and although it’s her fi rst year, she has a very good understanding of what the classes’s goals are: “Introduce a new way to creating art, not just drawing… they get introduced to skills they can use, it expands their horizons of how to express themselves.”

As well as Ms. Barsi, Ms. Vitolo feels that three times a week is not enough time. She says that fi ve days a week for an hour half would be great because it would allow the skills to remain fresh in the students’s minds.

The other ceramics teacher, who teaches all of the Upper School classes, is Wes Coombs. This is his seventh summer teach-ing ceramics, and he said: “Student-wise, for the past three or four years, the students have all been excellent in terms of productivity. My fi rst couple of years teaching, there were more discipline issues with kids not coming to class, but now the students are much harder workers.”

He also mentioned that the class goals change from student to student. For most, who come in with little-to-no experience, the goal is to get an introduction and see what they can do. He also said that an introduc-tion is good because a lot of the students don’t have ceramics classes at their schools at home.

When asked about the schedule, he said: “Personally, I like the schedule, but I think the students could use more time. Also, consistent day-to-day classes would be very helpful for many of the students.”

You can see all of the great art that is being made by your peers when you stop by the Student Art Show, on August 7th at 5 p.m. throughout the Mayer Art Center. It will be a great way to support your friends and experience new types of art you may have never seen before.

By MIREYA RAMIREZ AND DELANY CORRIGAN

Summer Times Staff Writers

Delany Corrigan /The Summer Times

Dancing with No Stars: Uppers Voice Gripes

The fi rst Phillips Exeter Academy Upper School dance was held at The Grill inside the Acad-emy Center this past Saturday at eight o’clock in the evening. The optimistic intentions strongly contrasted with the realistic outcome.

The dance was advertised as a fun way to spend Saturday night with a large group of friends. According to Guilerme Pessoa from Brazil, an Upper School boy: “It was too hot, and too crowded.”

This opinion seemed to be shared by many Upper School students. According to Burak Karaoglu from Turkey: “The worst party ever, no drinks, no dubstep, no fun.”

Many students stated this in a variety of ways; the negative reactions were shared by many Exeter students

Many were unimpressed by the use of the Academic Center as a venue to hold the dance. Most people believed the dance was going to be held at the gym, where they mistakenly believed the Access dance had been held the week before. (Actually that had been in the music building, with no airconditioning, which had been knocked out by a lightning strike.) This was a common rumor. Another rumor was that the dance was going to cost $20 to get in.

Many people were going to boycott the dance because they didn’t want to pay the fee. Ac-cording to Leyla Ariburnu, “Someone told me that it was $20 to get into the dance which left me very undecided about attending the dance.” Many students almost didn’t come to the dance at all because they felt they were going to have to pay.

Another thing that many people were unimpressed with was the DJ. Edward Konig said, “It wasn’t as good as I expected it to be.” There were many complaints

about the choice of music at the dance.According to Julia Correa, “The music did not help the enthusiasm of the students; since there

are people from all around the world, there should be music of all around the world.”Many people have already started talking about the next dance and how that may go based on

how this last one went. People have started to hope that the next dance is held at the gym so there is more room for people to spread out.

There were complaints on both sides. Many of the adults in charge were complaining about the “grinding and “twerking” that they had trouble controlling. After a while the employees had to take a step back and just let it happen.

In all, the dance was not what it was expected to be. The next dance will hopefully be a large improvement. The students of Exeter have high hopes and are already excited for the sequel.

By BREANA GREGGSummer Times Staff Writer

Paint and Clay FlyAs Art Show Nears

Jim Pusterino Shares Art Tips with Students

By LUDOVICA RUGGIEROSummer Times Staff Writer

The Academy this week had the pleasure of hosting a well-known artist named Jim Pustorino, director of Victory Hall Drawing Rooms, in Jersey City.

Mr. Pustorino has published books of artists’ s works and produced exhibitions and public art projects in lower Manhattan and Jersey City. He has also directed various projects for students and developmentally disabled artists. In his own artwork, Mr. Pustorino uses pencils or paint with a brush or even his fi ngers.

On Monday he was at PEA having a conference in the basement of the Art Building, explaining to students what he does and how. In his colorful works he uses graphic, abstract and realistic forms. He loves nature and everything that surrounds us. He is fascinated by the world. One could see the passion he has for his fantastic work.

“My works are emotions and facts mixed up together” he said.We were able to ask him some questions: Q: Where were you born?Pustorino: I was born in Brooklyn, where I lived for three years. My grandparents came from

Italy -- Sicily. (Explaining his Italian last name)

Q: And where did you grow up?P: After three years I moved to Long Island (New York) where I stayed for a couple of year be-

fore moving to Washington. This city has been the most important step of my career. It’s there where I started to have art classes. Washington is a beautiful city surrounded by nature. It is really bright.

Q: Is there something that inspires you in your work?P: Not really. When I was younger I loved to depict waterfalls. I’m really interest in everything

that surrounds us.

Q: Do you like music? P: Yes, I do. I love listening to music during my work time. You know a song has different levels.

That’s what I try to do in my works. I would like people to travel in my drawings.

The Stage Is SetFor One-Acts Tonight

After three weeks of intense rehearsal, the actors are nearly ready to strut and fret their hour upon the stage.

At the Fisher Theater, students and staff are putting the fi nishing touches on their production of six one-act plays, set to premiere Thursday -- tonight!

The performers have come a long way since their auditions at the beginning of the session. By Monday afternoon, they had memorized their lines and began to focus on the nuances of their parts.

Director Burke Scarbrough coached them in techniques used to perfect their spacing and timing.

"In the spirit of trying to let the kids do everything, what I do not do is block them," said Mr. Scarbrough. “I’ll throw out suggestions, we’ll say ‘what if this,’ ‘what if that,’ but as a general rule, I don’t like telling people where to walk, how to stand, how to be spaced out on stage, or even what their characters’ personalities are like.”

Students seemed to agree. "There's a lot of creative freedom that comes with being on stage with Mr. Scarbrough,” said Charles Kibirige, who stars in “Table for Three.” “It’s about exploring the various types of characters you’re doing."

Actors have been hard at work rehearsing their skits and monologues, which run the gamut from comedy to tragedy and suspense.

"It has an almost variety-show atmosphere," said Mr. Scarbrough. “With the alternating short plays and monologues, it’s non-stop action, and the genres are all different.”

Each play is carefully chosen by Mr. Scarbrough to fi t the needs of the students."I've been reading one-act plays for Exeter for twelve years," he said. "I've

probably read 600 of them at this point. The nice thing about doing that over many years is that I have now almost 100 one-act plays that I have directed or am waiting to direct. What’s cool about that is I don’t have to choose until I meet the kids. I look at that group of people and fi gure out what plays can fi t the number of people we have, the kinds of personalities I think I’m starting to see, and then I look for variety

in terms of what the plays are about.”This year's lineup features an entertaining mix of plays.In "The Actor's Nightmare," an accountant is mistaken for an actor's under-

study and must perform in a play that she knows nothing about."The Man Who Shot Santa Claus" is about a man on trial for murder after

killing an intruder in his home."Hate the Loser Inside" tells the story of a famous football coach who struggles

to shoot a commercial for a kitchen store, as he and the producer become increas-ingly frustrated.

"The Blizzard" portrays a husband and wife who become stranded in their mountain cabin during a snowstorm. When they receive two unexpected guests, they unwittingly take part in a murder mystery.

"Table for Three" takes place in a restaurant when a woman sits down next to a stranger and asks him to protect her from her jealous boyfriend. When the boyfriend arrives, he assumes his wife is cheating on him, leading to a comical misunderstanding.

In "Zombie Love," one woman is convinced that she has found the perfect boyfriend. Her friend, however, believes that the man is not all that he seems.

The plays are interspersed with a variety of student monologues. “The monologues are all sorts of things,” said Mr. Scarbrough. “They go from

tear-jerker monologues from famous plays and movies to more comedy. So having them in such quick succession means the audience gets a lot of different experiences all in less than two hours."

The show could not go on without a dedicated cast of actors. Three of the plays are performed by Mr. Scarbrough’s Invitation to the Theater class. The other three are performed by students who were chosen after auditions the fi rst week of school. Some students have experience acting in plays at their own schools, while others plan to make their stage debut this Thursday.

Just as important as the cast is the crew. In addition to Mr. Scarbrough, assistant director Matthew Geary, technical director Brad Seymour, and costume designer Lori Summermatter work behind the scenes to make the show a success.

"You'll be surprised and impressed with how much these students have done," said Mr. Scarbrough. "Every year I hear that the show is a blast for the people who come to see it. I hope that many, many people will.”

The plays will be showing on Thursday and Friday at 7pm. Tickets are free, but space is limited. Students may pick up tickets before the show in the student activities center.

By ISABELLE HALLESummer Times Staff Writer

SUMMER LIFE6 THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2014THE SUMMER TIMES

Elite Academy and Harkness Share Spotlight

By MAX LABATONSummer Times Staff Writer

Shake hands with nearly 400 years of American history. Exeter, New Hampshire, was founded around April 3, 1638 by Reverend John Wheelwright.(Yes, like the dorm.) The only historical documentation of the town’s establishment comes from the two deeds Wheelwright obtained for the land from the local Indians. Wheelwright is credited with the founding of Exeter because he was the fi rst person to bring an organized government to the area.

He had fi rst arrived in Boston in May of 1636 with his family. At that time the Bay Colony was in turmoil. Anne Hutchinson’s Puritan ideals and the political and economic disputes between her supporters and Governor John Winthrop split the Colony into two. Hutchinson was Wheelwright’s’ sister-in-law and she got him acquainted in the city. This naturally made him a target of Winthrop’s, and he was eventually exiled from the Colony.

The area that is now Exeter was founded by Wheelwright and his followers fl eeing the oppressive Puritanism of Mas-sachusetts and seeking freedom to live according to their own beliefs. The landscape proved benefi cial to the settlers. Heavily wooded, and surrounded by the Exeter River adjoining the Squamscott, their new home provided all the basic necessities to fl ourish in the new environment. They were able to sell lumber and import/export goods by means of the river; ship building was the basis of the economy.

In 1643, Exeter was subject to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and once again Wheelwright was exiled. The economy began to slow but the town still managed to get by.

The years 1744-1788 were of great importance. Exeter became a center of wealth in the region. Citizens led by Nathaniel Folsom and Nicholas Gilman made a morning raid on Fort William and Mary at the entrance of Portsmouth Harbor, taking gunpowder and guns back to Exeter on December 15, 1774. The Powder House of the town was located on the side of the Squamscott River. It was the storehouse for the town’s gunpowder during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.

The fi rst Declaration of Independence from Britain, as well as the fi rst state constitution, was written in Exeter,. The state government met in the old townhouse. All of New Hampshire’s major decisions during the Revolutionary War were made out of Exeter.

“We were the capitol of the state during the American Revolution, that’s really important,” said Exeter history special-ist Barbara Rimkunas. Exeter suffered losses in economics and men throughout the war, but the war also diversifi ed the economy away from just lumber and shipbuilding.

In 1781, John Phillips founded Phillips Exeter Academy. An all boys prep school at the time, it attracted the likes of gifted young men like Louis Cass, Daniel Webster, Edward Everett, George Bancroft, and Robert Todd Lincoln.

After the 1788 Constitutional Convention that meet in Exeter and later recessed in Concord, George Washington went on a trip around New England riding from Connecticut to Boston. He arrived at the New Hampshire border on October 31, 1789. He entered Exeter at 10 a.m. on November 4th, and ate breakfast at Folsom’s Tavern.

“Exeter’s Brass Band is one of the towns’ oldest traditions,” said Exeter History specialist Rimkunas. “Its concerts have been going on since the 1840’s.”

The Exeter Brass Band was started up in 1847, and long since has still re-mained one of the town’s main attractions. Concerts are held on Mondays for fi ve weeks during the summer, at 7:30 p.m. in the Exeter Bandstand. The Bandstand was given to the town in 1916 by Ambrose Swasey. Designed by Henry Bacon who was the architect of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, it replaced an earlier wooden stand.

Later in the nation’s history, Robert Todd Lincoln attended PEA to prepare for his admission to Harvard. His father, Abraham Lincoln, came to visit him in 1860. Lincoln spent most of his time with Robert and his friends around the school, and addressed citizens in the town hall one evening. He also attended a church service at the Second Parish Church. The pew in which he sat is still preserved.

Most houses along Front Street were built before the Revolu-tion. The John Lord house is the oldest on the street. It was built around 1725, and its fi rst owner was the Deacon of the Second Church. Colonel Eliphalet Giddinge built a house for his son on 77 Park Street, which was later purchased by Jeremiah Smith who was a lawyer, Governor of New Hampshire, Congressman, U.S. District attorney, and Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court.

The majority of the street names in Exeter make sense. Water Street is along the river, Lincoln Street is named after Abraham Lincoln and his visit to Exeter, Court Street at one time contained a courthouse, and Tan Lane used to consist of fi ve leather tanneries. Today, none of the tanneries still stand; Phillips Exeter Academy bought the land in which they stood and built school buildings on them.

The town of Exeter today is very different than it used to be. There are cloth-ing shops, bookstores, small bakeries and cafes, an ice cream shop, and numerous family-owned restaurants.

But much of America’s history started here in Exeter, and one should take the time to venture around the town to learn it. Who knows, if Exeter did not exist, would you?

So we're here for an unforgettable fi ve weeks. But what do we really know about Phillips Exeter Academy?

The Academy’s unique history can be traced back to colonial times. Its most revolutionary events were its founding and the introduction of the Harkness Table.

The school was founded by John Phillips in 1781. John, the middle of three children, was born in 1719 in Andover, Massachusetts. After obtaining a masters degree from Harvard, he moved to Exeter where he married a wealthy woman named Sarah Gilman and inherited her fortune.

John had a nephew named Samuel. In 1775, Samuel and his friend Eliphalet Pearson were in business together in Andover making gunpowder, which they supplied the colonists in their fi ght against the British. Their business was a success during the Revolutionary War; however after the war, there was little need for large amounts of gunpowder. As a result, their business did not do well once the war ended.

After the war, Samuel grew concerned with the limited access to education, because he believed that education was essential during this tumultuous time.

Samuel and Eliphalet asked Samuel’s father, John’s brother, for a loan in order to build a school in Andover. Samuel’s father was able to loan them a limited amount of money to help fund the construction of the school in Andover. Because John was an avid believer in education, and because he was wealthy, he also pitched in to help start this school in Andover. This school is now known as Phillips Andover Academy.

In 1778, Phillips Andover opened. Eliphalet Pearson was the lone teacher, and only thirteen students were enrolled at the school.

John Phillips was so pleased with the successes of Andover that he decided to start a similar school in Exeter. Phillips Exeter Academy was established in April, 1781. However, it took John

two years to fi nd a teacher and a building. Phillips Exeter Academy opened on May 3, 1783 with one teacher and 56 students in the First Academy Building, known as Wells Kerr House.

After its founding, Exeter Academy underwent a series of changes. The number of students increased, as did the number of courses. The Academy Building changed locations several times and the school acquired more land. Abbot Hall, the fi rst gymnasium, the Physics Laboratory, the Chemistry Laboratory, an infi rmary, numerous athletic fi elds, a new science center, and countless other buildings were constructed. However, none of these changes were as revolutionary as the introduction of the Harkness Table.

The founding of the Harkness Table occurred by coincidence. One day in 1902, the principal, Lewis Perry, was on a train headed to a wedding. On the train, he befriended another man who coincidentally was on his way to the same wedding. The man who Mr. Perry befriended turned out to be Edward Harkness.

Edward Harkness, a graduate of Yale, had inherited his wealth. Numerous members of his family had passed away, and he had received money from their wills. He was an avid believer in education, and he wanted to donate some of his money to schools. Ironically, he had not been a great student in school. He did not have a good experience for most of his education and he wanted future students to have a better educational experience than he had.

Mr. Harkness came up with the idea of house systems as a way for students to learn outside of the classroom. He broached this idea to Yale, his alma mater, but Yale rejected the proposal. He proposed the idea to Harvard and Harvard accepted. After seeing Harvard’s decision, Yale accepted as well.

Mr. Harkness remained friends with Mr. Perry. He asked Phillips Exeter Academy if he could give money to the school in exchange for a radical change. Representatives from the academy travelled to England and

proposed ideas to Mr. Harkness, but he was not satisfi ed with any of them.Finally, he came up with the idea of having oval shaped tables in classrooms in which all students,

in addition to the teacher, would sit around. He believed this change would encourage small class sizes and allow the teacher to see each student in the class. Mr. Harkness believed that this method would encourage learning by fostering conversation. He donated $5.8 million to hire more teachers and construct more buildings. Harkness’s innovation radically changed Phillips Exeter Academy and made it into the unique school that it is today.

Throughout its history, Phillips Exeter Academy has graduated many famous alumni, including politicians, sons of presidents, Nobel Prize-wnners, Olympic athletes, and the founder of Facebook.

Of the numerous politicians who attended Exeter, Daniel Webster is the most prominent. Webster was a senator from Massachusetts leading up to the Civil War, and was one of the most infl uential politicians during that period. Senator Webster was so fond of Phillips Exeter Academy that he gave

a portrait of himself to then-Principal Benjamin Abbot. When he arrived at Exeter, Senator Webster described

himself as shy and “a backwards country boy.” However, he graduated Exeter with a reputation for being an accomplished speaker. Amos T. Akerman, the Attorney General under Presi-dent Ulysses Grant, also attended Exeter.

Robert Lincoln, the son of President Abraham Lincoln and the United States Secretary of War, graduated from Phillips Exeter in 1860 and the President-to-be visited him here. Ulysses Grant Jr., the son of President Ulysses Grant, also attended Exeter.

William Howard Stein, a Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, graduated in 1929. Mr. Stein described Exeter as an “excellent preparatory school” and described its curriculum as “demanding.” He attributed some of his success to his education at Phillips Exeter. Lloyd Shapley, a graduate of Exeter in 1940, won the 2012 Nobel

Prize in Economics. Numerous Olympians have graduated from Exeter. Sloan DuRoss and Nicholas la Cava,

American rowers, graduated in 1995 and 2005 respectively. Gwynneth Coogan, a marathon runner, graduated in 1983.

Perhaps the most famous graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy is Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook. When describing how he founded Facebook, he said he was able to be innovative because no one had told him what to do at Exeter.

By SAMANTHA LADOUCEUR AND MAGGIE WANG

Summer Times Staff Writers

History Lives on Exeter's Leafy Lanes

Some people on campus have roommates and some of us don’t.

The opinions on which group is better off differ. Having a little company won’t hurt -- or will it?

Before the session started, many students were expecting to get a roommate; some were excited and called it “a guaranteed friend” with whom to roam the campus together and adventure out of town.

But the majority of the rooms in all the dorms are singles and some people ended up with plenty of space all to themselves.

Shambria Webster said: “These past few weeks I have been lonely. I have no one to talk to and I really wish I had a roommate from an-other country that I could create a bond with.”

By having an international roommate, a

student could talk about cultural differences and fi nd out about other countries. It would be a time for bonding and learning.

With a roommate, you could share cloth-ing items, pens and if you are really generous, food! People with roommates generally have bigger rooms, which means more space to hang out, to throw a small, quiet and before-curfew party.

Nevertheless, Matthew Shang disagreed and said, “Why would someone want to have a roommate? There is absolutely no privacy.”

In this way of looking at things, before going to sleep and waking up in the morning, you would see your roommate all the time. More company means more cleaning up and a lot of compromising. Sometimes you just need a little space to yourselves right?

For those who do have roommates, there have been cases of disputes or disagreements.

Jendyi Dickerson said: “My roommate

is very nice but her friends are always in the room which makes me feel uncomfortable.”

People on campus are very accommodat-ing but an invasion of privacy may lead to awkward encounters. The diversity on campus is astonishing and many people speak different foreign languages; it may cause someone to feel uneasy to be in a room with people talk-ing a language that they are not familiar with.

Sokhna Samb said: “I don’t even talk to my roommate unless I need to turn off the lights or something, we’re just different.”

David Baek said, “We get along some-times but he is bossy.”

In some cases roommates just don’t click but on the bright side these people get a big-ger room, at least 2 fans and someone to help with cleaning.

On the other hand, being in a room with someone has sparked many great friendships and it seems like a 5-week sleepover. Lucky

people even get 2 roommates! Isabel Roig from Venezuela said: “I like

my roommates. One is from Ecuador and the other one is from Taiwan. We don’t speak Spanish in the room because we don’t want to make Amanda feel excluded. We hang out a lot during study time and sometimes we don’t even do homework…”

Although they might be a distraction at times, roommates fi nd ways of accomplishing work one way or the other.

Summer is all about creating unforget-table memories that will be stories to tell to your friends at home.

“She is so nice and considerate. She puts my needs over her needs and she’s funny,” said Jasmine Johnson from California of her roomie.

Sharing memories and having a room-mate is like being a team. You work together, talk together and have fun.

Roommates, Who Wants Them? I do!By TARA LAKSMONOSummer Times Staff Writer

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SUMMER LIFE 7THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2014THE SUMMER TIMES

Spotlight On: Head Coach Jim Tufts

The Summer Times: What is your job as Chairman of the Physical Education Department?

Jim Tufts: My responsibility is to make sure all the students have a sport and that I know what sport each stu-dent is in. After registration day I have to generate class lists for all of the instructors. Then at the end of each day I check attendance and send the absences to the dean. I also make adjustments if a student changes their sport.

ST: Do you choose which sports are offered?

JT: After the signups at the beginning and middle of the year I look at the number of kids signed up for each class. I adjust the schedule using these numbers. The second signups had only a few kids signed up for a few sports, so I cancelled those sports and moved the instructors to other classes. At the end of the fi rst and second sign-up day I input all the numbers into the computer. I create the schedules and in some cases kids had to go into their second choice because their fi rst choice didn’t have enough kids.

ST: How many teachers are in the athletic department?

JT: There are sixteen total teachers. Most teach three classes, but a few only teach two.

ST: What is the timing of all the summer school athletics?

JT: All Access sports are at 4, while Upper School is split between 2 and 3 o’clock sessions.

ST: What do you do over the regular session?

JT: During the regular year I am a physical education instructor at Exeter High School, a public school in town. I am the varsity boy’s soccer and ice hockey coach.

ST: How many summers have you worked at Exeter?

JT: I have been in the physical education department for forty summers. I have been the chairman since 1983.

ST: How many school related injuries have you had this year?

JT: Each afternoon there are two trainers on duty. Everyday I check the absent list against the list of in-jured students at the trainer’s offi ce. The trainers would know the specifi c number of injuries. There have been a lot of sprained ankles, blisters, muscle pulls, etc. There have also been at least one broken nose and a couple of broken arms. There have been a few concussions. My best estimate would be fi ve or six “major” injuries. Everyday the trainers deal with about twenty kids. We have been good about avoiding dehydration because the students are aware. One thing I do every day is to make sure there are water jugs by all of the activities.

ST: How are the coaches trained to deal with injuries?

JT: Everyone in the department is a physical educa-tion teacher and has to make decisions. A teacher makes an initial assessment and depending on the severity either calls a trainer or calls 911. We have to make an instant decision, for example the other day I had a student who fell so I called the trainers. He did have a broken arm, but he was not in terrible discomfort. In a real serious situation the instruction are to call 911. The reason we have two trainers is so that one can go help an injured student without abandoning the

athletic training facility. ST: Do you coach any sports during summer school?

JT: First session I coached soccer and Access cross-country and this section I am teaching intro to crew, soccer, and cross-country. A great thing about our faculty is that they have diverse athletic knowledge so they can coach many different sports.

ST: Are there any sports that require a specifi c coach?

JT: Most coaches can do everything; the specialty sports are diffi cult like fi eld hockey, crew, track, and lacrosse. Most coaches are in their area of expertise where they belong.

ST: Due to the number of international students, have you thought of adding sport such as rugby or cricket?

JT: We did try rugby this second session but not enough kids signed up. We have had rugby but never cricket because of the equipment required for cricket. We have had international teachers who taught different sports like handball.

ST: What is a major accomplishment for you?

JT: I have coached hockey and soccer for thirty-seven years and I was just inducted into the New Hampshire Soc-cer and Hockey Hall of Fame.

ST: We know your wife Leslie works with

the interns and we were wondering how it worked with you both working at Exeter Summer School?

JT: It’s great, we have the best of both world living in town and teaching public school and summer school. We did dorm duty for more than 25 years. My wife’s position as coordinator has only existed for 15 years and it grew out of us living on campus. Working at Exeter is great for the whole family. Mathew, my son, gets to be on campus and he sings in the glee club. My younger son, Kyle, teaches math at a private school. We get to be part of the Exeter community, which means so much to us. I grew up at Exeter and if you look in Gilman house you will see a pictures of my grandfather because he taught here for over fi fty years.

ST: How would you describe the facilities?

JT: It’s a college campus. There are plenty of small

colleges that would love to have these facilities.

S T: D o e s t h e p h y s i c a l e d u c a t i o n d e -par tment r ece ive a l l the fund ing i t needs?

JT: We do, it’s really fortunate. If we want three squash classes we can do that, we are very fortunate. Next summer Exeter will redo the fi tness center, which will be another challenge. It’s sort of a turf war between the regular session and the Summer School because nobody wants to deal with construction or renovation. One summer the pool was being renovated and we had to work around that.

We have to overcome many challenges. The heat dur-ing the summer school is diffi cult. If it is too hot classes can be shortened or replaced with swimming, but that is incredibly rare.

ST: What is the process that occurs before a renovation?

JT: Facilities says this is the project we’re going to do. First they tell the director of the regular session athletic di-rector who then talks to Mr. Shapiro and me. My opinion is asked but I don’t have the fi nal say when a project happens.

S T: A l l o v e r n i g h t s t u d e n t s a r e r e -quired to do a sport, how about day students?

JT: Day students have the option, more day students do a sport than don’t. Those who don’t are normally only taking one class and aren’t on campus for most of the day.

S T: W h a t i s y o u r o p i n i o n o n s t u -d e n t s b e i n g r e q u i r e d t o t a k e a s p o r t ?

JT: Our offerings are diverse enough that there is something for everyone. Exeter comes together with the academics, the athletics, and the social life.

ST: Are you part of the swim test?

JT: I am in charge coordination and administration. The swim test is driven by liability, if almost 800 kids are going to go to beaches and water parks, we don’t want to put someone in a situation where they could be in dan-ger. Coach Mills helps some other lifeguards administer the swim test.

ST: Have you ever had a problem with a kid trying to avoid the swim test?

JT: Yes, not everyone takes the swim test. I make the deans aware and those students are not allowed to go to the beach or water park. On the fi rst Monday about 100 students didn’t take the swim test and since then about 100 have completed the swim test.

ST: When a student skips a sport are you in charge of penalizing the student?

JT: No, it’s the same as any other course I send the absences to the deans and they deal with punishment same as they would with any other subject.

ST: Sports can get physical. Have they’re been any aggression problems or fi ghts?

JT: No, you have a dozen different cultures so people have to adjust but everyone works together and kids have to learn and overcome challenges, same as any other course. Physical education teachers look at there sport time like a class in a classroom.

By MAX SPECTOR and BREANA GREGGSummer Times Staff Writers

Exonian students stormed into sports during the mid-summer new P.E. sign-ups July 21 and 22.

The crush of athletes signing up for particular sports caused some pushing and shoving for opened spots on coveted teams including Ultimate Frisbee, Squash, and even Weight Training.

The fi rst two days of the second session in P.E. saw an uproar in Ulti-mate Frisbee.

Former players, who had already participated in the sport, were forced out due to too many players on the team. Newcomers were welcomed, but those who had already played the fi rst two-week session had to resign.

Anfernee Tsosie, who luckily made it into Ultimate Frisbee, claims he joined because it was a sport that required little training, he wanted to be accompanied by his friends, and he was already familiar with the game.

Another Frisbee-thrower, Emily Yoa, who competes in Anfernee’s 2 p.m. Frisbee class, agreed with much of what he said, but was surprised how competitive a game it was, making it more thrilling in her experience. She said, “There’s a lot of running involved.”

As for Squash, most athletes who wanted to participate could sign up with no guarantee of actually being on the team. Because of the overload

of requests, the students were advised to select a backup in case they weren’t eligible.

With so many students hoping to take Squash, Juan Huerta had no worries.

Juan was very familiar with the game and techniques because he played often in Connecticut. He was part of a Squash program that had given him the chance of a scholarship to attend Phillips Exeter Academy and to participate in the sport all summer long.

Another student, Quirin Martine, took weight training to learn proper form and technique. He was one of 20-plus Exonians who work out at the campus weight room and described his 3 p.m. session as too crowded.

Quirin, better known as ‘Q’, said, “It’s too diffi cult to get a good workout in when there’s a lot of people.”

Also making the program of weight lifting, Abigail Franklin had selected weight training as her second choice following yoga as her fi rst. Sadly for her, she didn’t make her fi rst choice.

She was indeed surprised that she enjoys her time in the weight gym and gives advice to always stretch to pre-vent cramps. Abigail said, “It makes me feel good because I feel I actually am being active.”

Steven Toribia, a former weight training student, said, “People only choose the sport because of the air conditioning.”

Ultimate Frisbee Full?How About Squash?

Stomach aches, sore throats, and bug bites are some of the many symptoms that have sent Exeter students to the Health Center these past weeks.

The Health Center consists of a staff of nurses who assist the students when they are ill. When you enter the center you are asked to fill out an information card and after a few minutes you are taken to a room and attended by a nurse.

Behind all of this is Nancy Thompson, who has been the Director of Nursing at PEA for eight years. Ms. Thompson has always worked in the pediatric field; prior to working at PEA, Ms. Thompson worked in the transplant center at Children’s Hospital, visiting nursing at Sea-coast VNA, and as the clinical coordinator at both Exeter and Kingston Pediatrics.

During her spare time, Ms. Thompson en-joys golfing, reading, and is currently taking a scuba diving course with her two sons, 13 and 17 years old; her 17-year-old is a student at PEA during the regular session. However because both her sons are in many sports they are not able to attend PEA during the summer session.

According to Ms. Thompson, so far this summer session there have not been any major illnesses. The majority of the patients are at the center for bug bites or sunburns.

Yet, there was been a case in which a student broke his nose while playing football. The student was elbowed in the face by a peer during a friendly game and unfortunately suf-

fered a broken nose. The student was treated at the center and

went through surgery at the Exeter Hospital. Also another boy chipped his tooth while at Canobie Lake Park and was attended at the center and then sent to the local dentist.

According to Ms. Thompson, in such situ-ations in which a student is seriously injured both the parents and the advisor of the student are immediately contacted. If the injury occurs during the day, the student is most likely sent to the walk-in clinic in Access, in order to avoid the family’s being charged with emergency ex-penses. However, if it is late hours the student is sent to the emergency hospital in Exeter.

Compared to last year, Ms. Thompson says that this year has been far less busy than last year’s summer session.

Ms. Thompson does send a specific mes-sage to all summer students of PEA. She says, “Make sure to drink a lot of water throughout the day in order to stay hydrated, and put on your sunscreen and bug spray daily.”

Sick TransitHealth CenterMonday, Tuesday, etc.

By MIREYA RAMIREZSummer Times Staff Writer

By SHAUNDIN JONESSummer Times Staff Writer

Courtesy of Leslie Tufts

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SUMMER LIFE8 THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2014THE SUMMER TIMES

All You Need Is Love, Love Is All You Need

Eye Contact: Did You Guess the Pupils?

1. Kavya Balaji 2. PJ Joel 3. Miasia Clark

7. Masha Ford5. Eddie Xu

4. Sara Ishibashi

6. Nikita Ivanous 8. Ralph Belony

Did you match the page 1 eyes to these students below?

Compiled by ISABELLE HALLE and DELANEY CORRIGANSummer Times Staff Writers

Courtesy of Google Images

Summer love is experienced by many here on the Exeter cam-pus and has become an endless ongoing preoccupation but the real question is why waste energy on love that never lasts?

Here at Exeter there are more than 780 students from more than 40 countries, which makes it almost an assured fact that you will end up with a long distance relationship and we know how those situations go!

Many people on campus, like Mahalia Hunt from New Mexico, believe that sure “it ’s fun to hold hands and think wow you’re cute, but let’s be real...nothing is going to happen.”

Even Mil l ionaire Match-maker Patti Stanger says that long distance relationships just have too much “relationship mainte-nance” and require a lot of time to

make sure they have the three relationship essentials: love, trust and communication.

That leads to my next point...time! Jonathan Sosa from New York stated that people need to understand that “this is not Ro-meo and Juliet, I mean, sure their relationship might have happened in 48 hours but you need more time.”

The sad truth is our ticking clock is already half way through and it isn’t going to be much lon-ger before the timer goes off and we have to run home before the brownies burn!

This creates a huge problem because who knows what is lurk-ing at home that we don’t know about?

Is the person who we sup-posedly “love” going to be loyal? The hard truth is we don’t know! There could always be a possibil-ity of dishonesty, but not to fear! There is a quick and easy way to get back on track.

Just remember home is only a phone call, Facebook chat or Whatsapp away and it might just snap you back into reality and save you from those “summer dreams...ripped at the seams.”

There are a million different ways to ex-press yourself. Love is one of them.

Love is happiness and feeling like nothing can go wrong. In order for love to manifest, a relationship must be intact. The only way that love exists outside a relationship is love at first sight.

Love at first sight occurs when someone catches your eye and you are infused with love. Love is a serious topic: everyone wants and needs love. There is such a thing as too much love.

But not here at Exeter. Although some people feel that love at Exeter is pointless because there are only 5 weeks, more say being in love with other people brings joy.

“Who cares if it’s only five weeks, it’s fun,” said two Venezuelan girls.

Love doesn’t always have to be serious. A couple can be in love just because they really like each other in the moment. Then, after the program, they might never speak to each other again.

The beauty of love is how passionate you can be with no remorse. Many people might use love as a ticket to get away from their boyfriend/girlfriend. Meaning they find love here and completely forget about their real spouse. The feeling of laughing and hugging someone tightly is the best feeling because you feel warm and cozy. You get to the point where you never want to let go. Love is like a

flower. The moment the seed has been watered and the sun has smiled on it, the flower blooms into a beautiful blossom, becoming more beautiful the more you notice it. Even though you will never see each other again, you also will never forget one another because of love.

People are afraid of letting their hearts get broken. They don’t want to fall in love then later see that person leave. They’re too scared of the thought of missing a loved one.

But one thing about love is if you cherish it for as long as you have it, then you won’t mind that you’re not going to see that person again because the time you spent was so pre-cious that it felt like you spent your entire life with him or her. When you’re truly in love, you hardly notice time --the only thing you notice is that special person.

Love doesn’t have to be passionate. Love can be you and your friend sharing fries. It can be you trying to make a new friend. Love brings happiness and despair. The despair comes only when you’re truly in love. Then the despair changes into whatever you want. It can turn back into happiness or it can turn into confusion. You choose whether you will allow yourself to take the path of love. Not everyone can handle the rocky path of love.

I l i ke to th ink it’s like a roller coaster. I t does fl ips and spins throughout the whole ride but in the end it was very fun.

Love Doesn't Make The World Go Round

VS.

Randy Armstrong, a pioneer of world fusion music, with more than 30 albums to his name and a collection of some 300 instruments from all corners of the globe, is a regular performer at Summer School assemblies. After his appearance July 21, he gave an African drumming workshop to about 20 students on the second fl oor of Phillips Church; within an hour they had learned how to play two different rhythms.

Then Mr. Armstrong decided to give two students each a new instrument, a cow-bell and a maraca-like instrument called a shekere. Near the end of the class, a jam session was spurred by the students’ desire to play. The mixture of sounds produced by several types of drums along with the cow-bell and the shekere was truly entrancing, even inspiring some of the African students to get up and start dancing.

Later, we spoke to Mr. Armstrong.Q: What inspired you to make music?RA: When I was very young, I think I

was in the third grade, I got my fi rst band in-strument, a trumpet, and the minute I started playing I just knew that I wanted to play music. I loved it. When I was twelve years old I got my fi rst guitar and I studied jazz and classical music. Then I went into pop music. At age twenty-two I changed over and started studying music from around the world.

Q: How did you start your music ca-reer?

RA: When I was a sophomore in high school, fi fteen years old, I began touring with music groups. I lived in the Midwest, Columbus, Ohio, and I was touring the Eastern United States. That developed my understanding of going out on the road, play-ing music, and things of that nature. After I started my studies of world music, during my mid to late twenties, I began traveling overseas and performing in concerts.

Q: What countries have you been to?RA: India, Israel, Belize, Cuba, Puerto

Rico, Croatia, South Africa, Ghana, Saudi Arabia, several European countries, among others. I can’t really name them all off the top of my head.

Q: Out of all the musical styles you’ve

learned, which one is your favorite?RA: I can’t make that choice. It’s like

choosing between your children, you know? It doesn’t work.

Q: What do you think is your biggest accomplishment?

RA: Surviving as a musician all of these years [chuckles]. That and being a profes-sional, as well as supporting my family, and playing my own music.

Q: Do you have any advice for aspiring musicians?

RA: Choose something that you really

love. Know that you can’t exist unless you love it so much you don’t want to do any-thing else. Then you’ll get through it. One more thing, learn the music business, not just how to play.

Q: Is there anything else you’d like to mention?

RA: I actually love coming to the sum-mer school. It’s one of my favorite gigs. I’ve done it for about fi fteen years every summer, and I love it because of the diversity of the campus. It’s like I’m walking into the United Nations, but with youthful spirit [laughs].

By SARAH KHANSummer Times Staff Writer

By JAI LEWISSummer Times Staff Writer

Students of the Observational Astronomy class have the opportunity to observe the Sun by using Exeter’s Heliostat. This experience is very interesting because one can see sun spots, which are tiny black dots where the temperature on the sun’s sur-face is cooler.

Teacher Jerry LaSalla explains that sun spots can be thought of as a magnetic storm, comparable to an electric storm experienced here on Earth.

The Heliostat is a device that uses a combination of mirrors and fi lters that has the capability of projecting a clear image of the sun, without harming one’s eye.

By MATT SCHEIVERTContributing Writer

We See Stars

Drumming Up Interest In Music of the World

By GABRIEL RABELLSummer Times Staff Writer