Vol CXVII Num. 11Friday, February 24, 2012

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SPORTSNEWSHaze, pg. 4

Term Papers pg. 4

OPINION A&EGraduation Speakers, pg. 5

Jeremy Lin, pg. 51212 Play, pg.8

Academy Awards, pg. 9Linsanity, pg. 10Darling’s, pg. 11

In honor of Black History Month, Nicole Rufus (I) and Bright Osajie (I), the Co-Heads of Onyx, have worked with the other members of the club to plan a number of cele-bratory events including mov-ie nights, a Hip-Hop master class, possibly a “Hair Sym-posium” to discuss all types of hair and the best products, and an upcoming chapel service devoted to discussing impor-WDQW�$IULFDQ�$PHULFDQ�¿JXUHV�LQ�+LVWRU\��7KH�¿UVW�ELJ�HYHQW�hosted by Onyx was the assem-bly on Wednesday February

15 in which Ms. White-Ham-mond spoke about her history and important world issues.

M s . W h i t e - H a m m o n d lived in Roxbury—a neigh-borhood of Boston—during high school, and though she lived a privileged life, at-tending Winsor and Stanford, drugs and violence were still prevalent in her community. She said it was “like liv-ing in two different worlds.”

During high school, Ms. White-Hammond became in-volved in her community and one day received a call from Project HIP-HOP (Highways Into the Past - History, Orga-

By Rebecca Chernick ‘14 News Writer

Photo via Flickr user Green Massachusetts

Deval Patrick ‘74 will return to Milton to deliver the graduation speech this coming June.

Onyx Leads Milton in Celebration of Black History

Over the past few weeks, Milton has participated in a food drive, collecting do-nations of canned foods for the Milton Community Food Pantry. The food brought in by students will help more than 600 income-eligible Milton locals. Originally pro-posed during an SGA meet-ing last year, the food drive provides an opportunity for

Milton Academy students to give back to the commu-nity surrounding campus.

Both head monitors and the SGA took on the chal-lenge of holding the food drive in order to motivate students to make a difference through community service. By supplying can goods to a Milton town pantry, the school hopes to strengthen its bond with the local area. Also, with the lower, middle,

By Gabriella Blake ‘14 News Writer

SGA Organizes K-12 Food Drive

The term paper, a month-long independent research project for students in US His-tory and The US in the Modern World II, often conjures up im-ages of sleepless nights, stacks of books, and hours spent hibernating in Cox Library. While many students admit that all three images are a real-ity, many explained their top-ics with excitement, suggest-ing that writing the paper can be a worthwhile opportunity to explore a genuine interest.

The assignment is to de-velop a thesis and write 3000

to 3300 words on a historical HYHQW�� PRYHPHQW�� RU� ¿JXUH�of their choice, incorporating numerous sources, both pri-mary and secondary, as well as their own opinions. The students who seem to be hav-ing the most success with their research are those who were DEOH� WR�¿QG� D� WRSLF� WKDW� UHVR-nates with a personal passion.

Emma City (II), who is ex-ploring the journeys of Lewis and Clark for her paper, em-phasized, “the research wasn’t too bad, because I’d known I would be working on this for a month, so I made sure to pick something interesting.” Matt Rohrer (II) chose to write

about a more contemporary is-sue: the effects of Christianity on the gay rights movement, showing that the political ten-sion surrounding gay rights is an example of the Church and State not being sepa-rated. He says, “I’ve never been given the opportunity to study gay history, so I’m tak-ing the chance while I can.”

Inspired by a discussion in her History in Action course, Grace Li (II) will be exploring the Salvation Army and how it became a success in America. Grace says she “wants to learn about social inequality and how urban life has been a part

By Mallika Iyer ‘13 News Writer

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Henry Arndt (I) diligently works on his term paper...

History Term Papers Overwhelm Students

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Co-headmonitor Tom Schnoor (I) unpacks and organized food for the food drive.

Deval Patrick ‘74 to Deliver Commencement Address

This coming June 8th, Gov-ernor Deval Patrick (’74) will join the Class of 2012 on the quad and address them as this year’s gradu-ation speaker. The gradua-tion committee, composed of both students and faculty, an-nounced the news to the se-niors at assembly last Tuesday.

Governor Patrick, a Mil-ton alumnus, is currently serv-ing his second term as Gover-nor of Massachusetts and will return to Milton for his sec-ond commencement address, having previously delivered the graduation speech to the Class of ’93. A graduate of the Class of ’74, Mr. Patrick grew up on the south side of &KLFDJR� DQG� ZHQW� RQ� WR� ¿QG�success at Milton Academy.

After his years at Milton, Patrick attended Harvard Uni-versity, where he forged a name for himself, eventually gradu-ating cum laude with a major in English and American Lit-erature. After pursuing a legal career with the NAACP and a business career with compa-nies such as Texaco and Coca-Cola, Patrick in 2006 launched his gubernatorial campaign. Initially viewed as a long-shot candidate, Patrick managed in the end to win the election

By Neil Chandra ‘14 News Writer

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February 24, 2012 | Page 2 !e Milton Measure February 24, 2012 | Page 3!e Milton MeasureEditorial

Over the past few days, Milton students have consulted advisors, upperclassmen, teachers and the course catalogue all in an effort to devise the perfect schedule. By March 2nd, freshmen, sophomores, and juniors must decide what classes to take -- not a simple task. :LWK�FRXUVH�VHOHFWLRQ�KDYLQJ�VXFK�D�ELJ�LQÀXHQFH�RQ�RQH¶V�\HDU��VWX-dents must choose wisely. Looking back on our time spent at Milton, we’d like to give some advice.

)RU� IUHVKPHQ�� FRXUVH� VHOHFWLRQ� SURYLGHV� WKH� ¿UVW� RSSRUWXQLW\�WR�FDUYH�RQH¶V�RZQ�DFDGHPLF�SDWK��<RX�FDQ�¿QDOO\�FKRRVH� WR� WDNH�courses based on your personal interests. We suggest that you take an art of your choice sophomore year so that you can take advanced art courses during the rest of your time at Milton. Art courses break up the monotony of the regular course load and make sophomore year slightly more relaxing. One of the greatest courses at Milton is creative writing, and this might be your only time to take it: take advantage of the opportunity.

If you are interested in biology, take chemistry in your sophomore year as it is a prerequisite for honors biology. Chemistry is vastly dif-IHUHQW�IURP�SK\VLFV�DQG�GUDZV�XSRQ�GLIIHUHQW�VNLOO�VHWV��7KH�¿UVW�WLPH�you see two clear liquids combine to form an orange solution you will forget all about FAT=MAV.

At this school, you can’t go wrong with any of the English class-es. However, to all you freshmen English buffs, we recommend tak-ing Foundations. Foundations will help you adjust to the fast paced reading of different texts that one faces in the infamous two-year English course (the two-year English course is generally the course students take after Foundations.) In the two-year, you will be ex-posed to a variety of styles from different time periods that will help you become a better reader and analytical thinker. If this course does not appeal to you, or seems too intense, you might consider Man and the Natural World during your junior year, and Fictions during your senior year. If you prefer writing over reading, opt for Non-Fictions during senior year.

A big decision facing sophomores is whether to take history and biology at the same time. We strongly recommend that you choose RQH�DQG�QRW�ERWK��7DNLQJ�ERWK�ELRORJ\�DQG�KLVWRU\�EHFRPHV�GLI¿FXOW�because of the sheer amount of reading. We recommend that you take the subject you enjoy the most in your junior year so that you will be able to take advanced courses in that area in your senior year. If, however, you enjoy both subjects, we suggest that you take biol-ogy in your junior year. Working on a term paper as a senior greatly mitigates the stress you would feel working on it as a junior.

We would also like to encourage sophomores to begin taking HOHFWLYHV�GXULQJ�MXQLRU�\HDU��7DNLQJ�VHPHVWHU�FRXUVHV�PD\�EH�GLI¿-cult, but taking half courses such as Topics in Psychology or History of Civil Rights provide the unique opportunity to explore individual-ized areas of interest. Taking classes like these may help you decide potential majors when applying to colleges.

In general, we advise you to take the hardest math class you think you will be able to handle. However, we believe it is in your best in-terest to take some form of calculus at Milton if you have the chance. If you are able to take BC Calculus and score a 5 on the exam (about 40% of those who take the test get 5’s), you may not have to take a Calculus class in college depending on the school. Of any subject, math is the one that is almost undeniably better in the high school setting. You will probably never again have the opportunity to have a math class with only 10 students as most college courses are lec-tures. Take advantage of this opportunity at Milton.

If you like language classes, continue with a language until at least level 4. AP level languages are far more interesting as they in-WURGXFH�\RX�WR�OLWHUDWXUH��,I�\RX�GRQ¶W�IHHO�FRQ¿GHQW�WKDW�\RX�ZLOO�EH�able to survive more language courses, do not take a level 4 class your senior year just because you think colleges expect you to. You will be more successful in something you are genuinely interested in.

The Measure’s Guide to Course Selection

Op-Ed

7KH�PRQWK�LV�-XQH��,W�LV�D�WLPH�IRU�UHÀHFWLRQ��6LQFH�WKLV�HGLWLRQ�RI�7KH�0HD-VXUH�LV�GHYRWHG�WR�WKH�\HDU�LQ�UHYLHZ��,�¿JXUH�WKDW�,�PLJKW�DV�ZHOO�MRLQ�LQ�WKH�IXQ��I have one day left in my junior year. I think I’m going to make it. While all the outgoing seniors continually tell me of all the fun I can have next fall (can you say college process?), I almost feel like I’m supposed to run around and scare all the sophomores about the horrors of junior year. While it is true that junior year is the most amount of work you will ever face in your entire life, and you are guaranteed at least one major breakdown in the month of February, it’s really not all that bad. Maybe you’re not convinced (maybe I’m not). Maybe all those horrors of SAT’s and U.S. History and leadership weekend still haunt you. Indeed junior year did have its down moments, but it is an experience like no other.

Firstly, consider your other years at Milton. In comparison, junior looks great. Freshman year doesn’t count. In the beginning, nobody knows anybody, so everyone just goes to all the SAA events (lock-ins?). Soon, the events get boring, and everyone gets real depressed about the prospect of spending their next three years here. Sophomore year does count, but you will wish it didn’t. It is the black hole of your life. You will be bored and depressed. You will do nothing (well, at least I didn’t) and arrive at that awkward time of your life when you don’t want to go to SAA events, but since you do not have your license, you will just wind up going home and getting Pay-Per-View. You won’t be able to wait for junior year to start, so you can forget about sophomore year. When you are a senior, you will spend your fall stressing about colleges and your spring stressing about the fact that you’re never going to see half of your friends again, except at reunions, which nobody goes to anyway. Compared to all that, junior year is heaven.

One should also look at junior year for what it has to offer, not what the other years do not. Junior year is full of potential. One is presented with the prospect of

really cool things, without ever having to do them. Take, for example, the leader-ship positions, which many juniors have inherited over the past month. Right now, everyone is all excited about the potential everything has for next year. We are all so happy and energetic with our new positions, that we do not actually mind do-ing the required work. Next fall when we are swamped with college applications, we will all be kicking ourselves for voluntarily taking on extra responsibility. As of right now, though, everything is just cool and happy. Even college seems like a KDSS\�SURVSHFW��6XUH��ZH�KDYH�WKRVH�¿UVW�PHHWLQJV�ZKHQ�0U��'XQFDQ�WHOOV�\RX�WKDW�every school in North America is a reach, but we are so naïve at this point that we are much happier now than we will be later. Some of us juniors actually think that we will be able to enjoy the whole process. By the time December rolls around, we will all be whistling a different tune, I think.

Look at junior year not just from the standpoint of school, but from the stand-point of your life as well. These are supposed to be the best years of our lives. How scary is that? The point, however, is that we are young, creative people who should not get bogged down with all their school work (how sweet). The best part about junior year is that a majority of you day students will get your license during this time. Everyone will tell you that your social life will skyrocket with an automobile. This is, of course, a lie. However, it is fun to cruise around (take a boarder—they will be jealous), and access to Burger King is suddenly very easy. That’s all that matters.

As the seniors graduate to become freshman again, juniors are becoming more frightened with the prospect of next fall. For those sophomores out there who may be concerned with what awaits you as juniors, take heart. Make no mistake—it will be horrible during many parts (i.e. junior spring), but it doesn’t have to be as bad as its reputation may suggest.

From the Archives: June 10, 1993

Peter Scott

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Recently, students at Milton Academy have participated LQ�D�VOHZ�RI�¿HOG�WULSV��:KLOH�freshman Modern World History classes attended the Forbes Museum, some sec-tions of Honors Biology paid a visit to the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Cen-ter. Other Honors Biology classes went to the labs of the drug company Novartis.

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school-funded outings that further enhance their learning. 7KH� LGHD�EHKLQG�¿HOG� WULSV� LV�to take students outside of the normal classroom envi-ronment and to expose them to a new atmosphere closely related to their curriculum.

6RPH� DUJXH� DJDLQVW� ¿HOG�trips, as these excursions take time away from other classes. Marina Del Carmen Fleites (IV) explains that “missing classes results in catching up on a lot of work.” Without the aid of a teacher, work done in class one day can take longer than one period. Additionally, ¿HOG�WULSV�DUH�FRVWO\��)LHOG�WULS�costs span from transporta-

tion, such as the hiring of a bus or a van, to admission at a museum. All these costs add up, especially as the group of students grows larger. Furthermore, teachers must spend time organizing such ¿HOG� WULSV�� ,Q� RUGHU� WR� SODQ� D�¿HOG� WULS��D� WHDFKHU�PXVW�¿UVW�contact the head of the depart-ment and with that support must then get approval from Ms. Bonenfant. This process requires not only a great deal of time, but also a carefully thought-out, detailed plan to present to school administra-WRUV�� (YHQ� DIWHU� D� ¿HOG� WULS�

receives consent, the school must notify teachers whose students will be missing class.

'HVSLWH� WKLV� GLI¿FXOW� SUR-FHVV�� ¿HOG� WULSV� DOVR� KDYH�many advantages. Field trips allow students who don’t normally learn well in a classroom environment to experience academic mate-rial in different surround-ings. Michaela Brickley (IV) says, “I enjoyed a change in atmosphere...having an actual physical representa-tion of what we were learn-ing was helpful.” Given that only so many destinations are available to us, some courses UHDS�WKH�EHQH¿WV�RI�¿HOG�WULSV�

more than others. Josie Wil-son (IV) suggests that “sci-HQFH� FODVVHV� FRXOG� EHQH¿W�IURP� ¿HOG� WULSV�� EHFDXVH� ZH�would have the opportunity to see how the concepts we are learning are being applied in the real world and not just in labs.” Going to the ocean to collect samples, for example, would help teach Marine Bi-ology students the skills of real scientists. Students can-not necessarily learn these abilities while cooped up in a classroom. English classes FRXOG� DOVR� EHQH¿W� IURP� ¿HOG�trips. When studying a play, students can better understand the emotions and the actions of the characters by seeing the work performed. Attend-ing a performance would help to bring the story to life.

If planned thoroughly and H[HFXWHG�ZHOO��¿HOG�WULSV�FDQ�EH�informative, interesting, and thought-provoking for stu-dents. A greater understand-ing of classroom material is well worth the effort it takes WR� SODQ� D� ¿HOG� WULS�� EXW� WKDW�does not mean that the pro-cess shouldn’t be streamlined. Students should continue to have the opportunity to expe-rience out-of-classroom ex-cursions. I hardly remember what I learned in class during second grade, yet I distinctly UHPHPEHU� WKH� ¿HOG� WULSV� ZH�took and the lessons those trips taught me. Ultimately, ¿HOG� WULSV� EXLOG� PHPRULHV��and thus create more last-ing learning experiences.

By Daphne Chow ‘14 Opinion Writer

Field Trips: a Blessing or a Curse?

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were learning was helpful.” - Michaela Brickley

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As online radio stations be-come more and more popular, there’s a chance that Milton Academy could have its very own online radio station. Jamie Little (IV) recently submitted a proposal to Mr. Ball about the idea of a radio station – the proposal is cur-rently under consideration.

The idea of creating a UDGLR�VWDWLRQ�¿UVW�FDPH�WR�-D-mie while listening to the ra-dio and admiring how some other high schools and col-leges have their own radio stations. Jamie’s plan is to make the music on the radio VWDWLRQ�UHÀHFW�RXU�VFKRRO�OLIH�with relaxed music during the weekdays and more upbeat music during the weekends. He also hopes to eventually start half-hour talk shows.

Online radio stations have been growing in popu-larity over the last couple of years. Many websites such as Pandora and Spotify offer a wide range of music while personalizing the music to the listener’s tastes. Accord-ing to Gappster.com, a web-site that serves as a search engine for online radio sta-tions, 42 million people used online radio each week in 2009, a sharp rise from 33 million in 2008. In addition, eMarketer predicts that by

2015, almost 70% of Ameri-cans above the age of 12 will listen to online radios weekly – last year a little less than 40% of all Americans above 12 used online radios weekly.

Because online radio sta-tions, unlike actual radio sta-tions, do not need a license from the Federal Communi-cations Committee, online college and high school ra-dio stations have also gained LQ� SRSXODULW\� DQG� LQÀXHQFH��Many colleges already have their own radio stations, but many stations have expanded online to reach out to a larger audience. In addition, while high school radio stations are not as common, some private schools such as Phillips Acad-HP\��'HHU¿HOG�$FDGHP\��DQG�Tabor Academy have their own online radio stations.

-DPLH��ZKR�VWDUWHG�D�¿OP�club at his old school and has some experience with video technology, will set up the website with the help of the administration and tech sup-port as soon as his proposal gets approved. He hopes that the student body will support his cause to create an origi-nal radio station custom-ized for Milton students.

Freshman to Start Online Radio Station

Rachael Allen ‘14Opinion Writer

The famed boxer Floyd May-weather caused a stir on Twitter last Monday when he dismissed rising basket-ball star Jeremy Lin as the product of racial favoritism.

“Jeremy Lin is a good player but all the hype is be-cause he’s Asian,” declared Mayweather, who is African American. “Black players do what he does every night and don’t get the same praise.”

In actuality, very few players in the history of the game have done what Lin has been doing since he took over as the point guard for the New York Knicks earlier this month. His 109 points in KLV� ¿UVW� IRXU� VWDUWV� WKLV� SDVW�week surpassed Allen Iver-son’s record to become the most by any player since the NBA-ABA merger in 1976.

In fact, Lin’s race might have helped ignite his instant popularity - but in a differ-

ent way. Despite leading his high school team to the state basketball championship and winning the San Francisco Chronicle’s player of the year award, Lin did not re-ceive any scholarship offers from colleges. “If [Lin] was African-American or Cauca-sian, it might have been a dif-ferent deal,” his high school coach Peter Diepenbrock told the Los Angeles Times.

Again, in 2010, no team in the NBA drafted Lin, though he set numerous records at Harvard and was unani-mously selected for the All-Ivy First Team twice. Lamar Reddicks, who recruited Lin as Harvard’s assistant coach and is now Milton’s athletic director, said in an interview with the Milton Measure that “Jeremy [Lin] was talented and modest - perhaps one of the best [basketball] players” Mr. Reddicks had ever seen.

“Players playing that well don’t usually come out of nowhere. It seems like

they come out of nowhere, but if you can go back and take a look, his skill level was probably there from the beginning. It probably just went unnoticed,” said Kobe Bryant on February 10, after Lin’s 38 points helped the Knicks beat Bryant’s Lakers. What has also gone unnoticed is the increasing anti-Asian sentiment in this country.

In addition to racial slurs from ESPN and FOX Sports editors targeted at Jeremy Lin, more serious attacks have occurred off the court. Last Thursday, a U.S. Ma-rine sergeant was found not guilty of hazing Lance Cpl. Harry Lew, who committed suicide last April in Afghani-stan. A Marine Corps report revealed that Lew’s superiors had beaten him and poured sand in his mouth for falling asleep while on duty. Lew’s case, along with that of Pvt. Danny Chen, who was found dead in October from an ap-parent suicide, have spurred

Asian-American members of Congress to demand hearings on hazing in the military.

Chen, the only Chi-nese American soldier in his unit in Afghanistan, was called “gook,” “chink,” and “dragon lady,” forced to crawl on gravel while fel-low troops threw rocks at him, and made to shout in-structions in Chinese to fel-low troops. (No one else in his unit spoke Chinese).

China’s surging eco-nomic might has also stoked xenophobia in wider American society, espe-cially among politicians.

In January, a group of Ron Paul supporters released a campaign ad slamming then-candidate Jon Huntsman, the former ambassador to China. The “China Jon” ad showed Huntsman speaking Chinese and questioned his adoption of girls from China. “Jon Huntsman: American Val-ues?” the ad asks, calling him “The Manchurian candidate”.

Then, on Superbowl Sunday, Michigan Senato-rial candidate Pete Hoeks-tra aired an ad showing an Asian woman riding a bike WKURXJK� D� ULFH� SDGG\� ¿HOG��suggesting that Hoekstra’s opponent, Senator Debbie Stabenow, spends too much government money. “Your economy get very weak. Ours get very good. We take your jobs,” says the native Californian actress in a mock Chinese accent as the charac-ter “Debbie Spend-It-Now.”

Given the numerous racially-charged comments about Asian - Americans made recently in the media, Jeremy Lin’s success is not a VWUDQJH�REMHFW�RI�¿[DWLRQ��+LV�hard work and resilience do a great deal to shatter Asian stereotypes and exemplify the American dream, regard-less of racial boundaries.

By Yvonne Fu ‘14Opinion Writer

Why Jeremy Lin’s Race Mattersnizing, and Power), asking if she wanted to go on a “free trip” where she would learn about the Civil Rights Move-ment. She said, “I was mostly enticed by the free trip,” but this novelty led her to learn about the Civil Rights Move-ment and eventually pursue a job at Project HIP-HOP.

During the assembly, Ms. White-Hammond demonstrat-ed the inequality in the world through the “step forward, step back” exercise. Though people generally separate issues such as race and inequality into one category and world problems such as global warming into another, she stressed that ra-cial differences, which often cause tension, need to be ad-dressed in order for people to work together and effec-tively improve the world.

Ms. White Hammond’s presentation received mixed reviews. One student said, “I loved her. I loved the activ-ity—it was fascinating. A little bit awkward, but fascinating.”

Other students gave the speaker more negative re-views, with one saying, “[The speaker] lacked focus”, and “I felt her presentation covered too many topics.”

A third student ex-pressed discomfort in regard to the activity, saying that it “made the people at the front of the line feel awkward.”

Onyx member Kamyra Edokpolor (I), said Ms. White-Hammond, “highlighted some really important points; glob-al warming, world dispar-ity, economic crisis, youth violence, etc. Given there are a lot of problems to ad-dress, she did cover perhaps more than she could have thoroughly talked about.”

In regards to the “step forward” activity, Kamyra commented, “ The purpose of the exercise was not to make individuals feel awkward, ashamed, or guilty depend-ing on where they ended up.” Ultimately, Kamyra related, “It was eye opening to see

how very different, even in a privileged community such as Milton, our student body is.”

Ms. White-Hammond’s presentation, which empha-sized the current needs for so-cial progress, was only one of the many events taking place at Milton during Black His-tory Month. Black history month is, of course, a time of year which reminds us not only of the progress which still must be made in many social areas, but of all the progress which has already been made. Nicole Rufus (I) summed up the importance of Black His-tory Month by stating, “It is the one time of year when we are forced to stop and recog-nize past histories that you won’t really learn about in the classroom. It is a month where black kids especially FDQ� UHÀHFW� RQ� WKH� VXFFHVVHV�of those who came before and be uplifted with the pos-sibilities in their own lives.”

Black History Month at MiltonContinued from page 1

DQG� XSSHU� VFKRROV� XQL¿HG�in their efforts, this project may help stimulate coop-eration within Milton Acad-emy on community projects.

The commitment of the student body was a key com-ponent for the success of this event. Tom Schnoor (I) explained the planning pro-cess: “We met with facili-WLHV�WR�¿QG�D�SODFH�ZKHUH�ZH�could publicly display all of the food we collected, ad-ministrators to work on in-centives for people to bring items in and Mr. Carter, the KHDG� RI� .���� WR� ¿JXUH� RXW�how to get the lower and middle schools involved.”

The planners of the event IRFXVHG� RQ� ¿QGLQJ� FUHDWLYH�ways to motivate and enthuse Milton students. Displaying the donations publicly and offering incentives, such as no assembly on the day be-fore March vacation, were both important to fostering excitement around campus.

Head monitors Tom and Molly also planned to com-pete with Nobles as to how many goods we were able to collect. Liam White (III) explains, “[Milton] looked to challenge Nobles with the Food Drive to motivate students, and to create a ri-valry event that supports a good cause.” Unfortunately Nobles had already done a similar food drive in the fall and couldn’t meet the chal-

lenge Milton presented them.Much of the faculty sup-

ports the fundraiser, going above and beyond to guar-antee the success of the event. Head monitor, Molly Gilmore (I) enthusiastically shared how “the entire Mil-ton community, Kindergarten through 12th grade as well as faculty, staff and administra-tors have all been taking part to help local people in need.”

Mr. Bland also showed his enthusiasm for the Drive and expressed his hope that the whole student body gets involved and together pro-duces so much food that we need an ‘eighteen-wheel-er’ to deliver all the food.

Dorm parents and ad-visors have been nothing but eager to drive students to local food stores to buy food to donate, making the fundraiser possible for the boarding community as well.

Though extracurricular groups often open up similar community service oppor-tunities to the student body, past fundraisers have con-sisted of simply using your IA or bringing in money to donate. This Food Drive re-quires students to put more effort and thought to giv-ing back to the community.

The destination of the donations, the Milton Food Pantry, is based out of Saint Agatha Parish in Milton, which receives most of its

food from the Greater Bos-ton Food Bank. Head moni-tor Tom Schnoor explains the reasoning behind the lo-cation choice, “all the food is going to a food pantry in Milton because it’ll be help-ing out others who call the town of Milton their home.”

Ms. Andrea Geyling, head of Community Ser-vice in the upper school, agrees, stating, “there are many more families in [Mil-ton] who are struggling to make ends meet than people would ever guess.” The food donated to the Milton Pan-try allows clients to shop around with a volunteer and chose what food they need.

Importantly, the Food Drive provided an opportu-nity for the K-12 community to come together. Ms. Gey-ling accurately illustrates the drive as “an activity that all ages can participate in and it’s very hands on, and of-WHQ� LW¶V� GLI¿FXOW� WR� ¿QG� DS-propriate service projects for the younger kids.” Be-ing one of the few K-12 en-deavors throughout the year, the Food Drive received the support of administra-tion all around campus.

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of it. It seems somewhat rel-evant now, when commercial, culture, and material needs are main focuses in our lives and the poverty rate is increasing.”

Some students have de-cided to venture beyond the traditional, fact-based path of history term papers by consid-HULQJ� WKH� KLVWRULFDO� LQÀXHQFHV�on literature. Jack Curtin (II) is examining how the rise of vari-ous authoritarian governments in the 1920’s affected science ¿FWLRQ� OLWHUDWXUH²IRU� ZKLFK�he uses 1984 and A Clockwork Orange as examples—and economics after World War II, in order to explore what type of political situations could have created this literature. Curtin told us, “I’ve noticed that there is a similar reac-tion in economics to the au-thoritarian governments as in WKH� VFLHQFH� ¿FWLRQ� OLWHUDWXUH�´

Other papers include Brit-

tany Lee’s on how Franklin D. Roosevelt and Hitler used technology to legitimize their rule and gain the support of the masses and Nelson Barrett’s on U.S policy in the Congo from 1960-65, which played a role in subsequent crises there. Barrett says that his topic gives him “an opportunity to read neat things like CIA cables.”

These are just a sample of the multitude of term paper topics. On February 27th, stu-dents will turn in the culmina-tion of their ideas and discov-eries to their history teachers. Everyone waits in anticipation to see how such a wide vari-ety of papers, each one with a personal connection and importance to the writer, will be received by the faculty.

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On Wednesday, Febru-ary 8 2012, all seniors watched a documentary ti-tled Haze as part of the Se-nior Transitions curriculum. Haze”depicted the college culture of binge drinking and its extreme consequences.

The movie— made on be-half of Gordie Bailey by the Gordie Center for Substance Abuse Prevention— aimed to raise awareness about the hazing that takes place at many Fraternity houses and college campuses all across the United States. As a pledge, 18 year-old Gor-die, a freshman at University of Colorado at Boulder in 2004— along with twenty-six fellow pledges— was en-couraged by UC Boulder’s Chi Psi Fraternity to drink 1.75 liters of whiskey and 1.5 liters of wine in thirty min-utes. Despite the clear signs that Gordie was not healthy, the members of the fraternity proceeded to write all over his body as another hazing ritual in the Fraternity system, and eventually laid him down RQ� WKH� ÀRRU�� *RUGLH�� RQO\�four weeks into college, was found dead the next morning.

Screenings of Haze will hopefully help to educate the public about the nation-wide health crisis of alco-

hol abuse and hazing and help America’s youth make smarter, safer decisions. Gor-die.org, the website of the Gordie Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, provides startling statistics, like that more than 1,700 deaths and hundreds of thousands of in-juries each year are a result of alcohol abuse and/or haz-ing on college campuses.

Seniors’ reactions ran the gamut from apathetic to thoroughly frightened. One anonymous senior recalled the movie saying “that was VR� VFDU\«� LW¶V� GH¿QLWHO\� JR-ing to make me rethink my actions in college.” Cyd-ney Grannan (I) had another opinion: “I was upset that the school used scare tactics on us. The senior transitions program should have been mature enough to approach us as mature people; show-ing us a movie like “Haze” is not going to scare the peo-ple who are actually making the dangerous decisions.”

While not all students re-VSRQGHG� WR� WKH� ¿OP� LQ� ZKDW�was perhaps the intended manner—with genuine con-cern—Haze attracted atten-tion to the growing issue of ELQJH� GULQNLQJ�� � 7KH� ¿OP��with its surprising and graph-ic photographs, will serve as a clear reminder of the dangers of alcohol abuse.

By Ashley Bae ‘12 News Writer

Seniors React to Haze against Republican Kerry

Healey. In 2010, he was reelected to a second term.

In addition to his role as a student and graduation speaker once before, Deval Patrick also served on the Board of Trustees and has maintained connections to the school. Despite not grow-ing up in Massachusetts, his arrival at Milton indicated a turning point in his life. “Coming here [to Massa-chusetts] was like coming to a different planet”, men-tioned Patrick in a previ-ous, public interview. The bond shared by the school and Mr. Patrick accentu-ates the importance of the school’s relationship with its alumni, who, unsurprisingly, are the most likely candi-dates to be chosen each year.

Patrick will follow Reif Larsen (’98), who delivered last year’s commencement address to the Class of 2011, and though the two have achieved success differently – Patrick through politics and Larsen through writing – both represent many of the ideals Milton instills in its students through the years.

Due to the wide variety of options, the process of se-lecting a graduation speaker involves student, faculty and GHYHORSPHQW�RI¿FH�SDUWLFLSD-tion. The process begins with IRXU�WR�¿YH�VWXGHQW�PHHWLQJV��facilitated by class deans and Ms. Ostrem, in which

students condense the list of speakers compiled by Ms. Kristin Ostrem, who serves as Milton’s Director of Annu-al Programs, and Mr. Macke RI� WKH� 'HYHORSPHQW� 2I¿FH��Ms. Lillis, a Class I dean, acknowledged that she “did weigh in with thoughts dur-ing the discussion” but also went on to mention that she “hoped the students would determine the course of the conversations and outcome.” Mr. Archer echoed this sen-timent, depicting himself as more of an “observer” in committee meetings.

Once the committee re-duced the list to a much smaller collection of ten or so names, the group ranks them in order of preference and sends the top three to Mr. Bland. After receiv-ing these suggestions, Mr. Bland deliberates and ex-tends the formal invitation to whomever he chooses.

The process of selecting a graduation speaker must UHPDLQ� FRQ¿GHQWLDO� LQ� RU-der to protect the interests of the school and to avoid offending any eliminated candidates. In addition, any rumors circulating about possible graduation speakers

could spawn misplaced reac-tions from the student body.

In response to the news, many students were pleased to hear that Milton Acad-emy would be welcoming back Patrick. The majority of students seem more than content with the administra-tion’s decision. Nelson Bar-rette (II) commented on the decision: “I think he’s an in-WHUHVWLQJ� ¿JXUH� LQ� HYHU\GD\�life. I know that he’ll have many experiences he can share with us.” Javon Ryan (II) echoed this sentiment by stating “it was a solid

choice, because he’s a well-known member of the com-munity, and his life story is relatable to Milton students.”

The committee deliberat-ing for nearly four months, Governor Patrick’s invita-WLRQ�UHÀHFWV�WKH�KDUG�ZRUN�RI�many individuals involved in the speaker selection process. Despite some mixed reac-tions to the administration’s ¿QDO�GHFLVLRQ��WKH�YDVW�PDMRU-ity of students have positive-ly responded to the decision. So, while a few months of schoolwork remain, students have one more thing to look forward to this early June.

Patrick to Speak at GraduationContinued from page 1

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he can share with us.” - Nelson Barrette

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Siblings of the Week Siblings of the Week

1 What TV/Movie siblings are you most like? Halie and Annie from The Parent Trap

2. What do you and your sibling like to do together?Skype Lizzy Finer (IV) and Shannon Reilly (I)

1. What do you and your sibling like to do together?’ We love playing minilax in the backyard and playing call of duty

2. Most embarrassing sibling story?I pants’d Ben on the state pier in front of a whole lot of people. He then proceeded to jump into the water with no pants on.

1. Which sibling do your parents favor?Jeff

2. Are you best friends or worst enemies?BFFS

1. What do you and your sibling like to do together?We like to sit back and relax with some Buffalo wings and ice cream and watch a few ‘sodes of Keeping Up with the Kardashians and Entourage.

2. Are you best friends or worst enemies?If one of us and Moose (aka Jonah Dwyer, Class II) were hanging off of a cliff, and the other one had enough strength to pull both of them up, we would let go of Moose just to make sure we had a really good grip on the other. Also, we have lunch at least once a week.

2. What do you and your sibling like to do together?Chill with Max Motroni (II)

3. Most embarrassing sibling storyOnce we wore matching swimsuits...

1. What TV/Movie siblings are you most like? The Kardashians

4. Which sibling do your parents favor?Farzan (‘11)

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Arts Explosion: Student Art Gallery

I have always wanted to be an master visual artist: some-one who could just whip out a brush and paint something so perfectly it would look like a photograph. On many occa-sions, usually in the middle of math class, I have focused intently on my teacher and tried it out, working to create a beautiful, life-like portrait in the margins of my Geom-etry vocab handout. How hard can it be, I reasoned, when all you have to do (in theory) is copy down exactly what you see? The results were none too pleasing, however. My desk-mate saw my sketch and asked me why I was drawing a pile of manure. I was not.

I may not be a visual artist, but rest assured that there are people skilled in the magic of drawing, painting, and sculpt-ing. All of this work is assem-bled in Kellner for the mid-year student art show, which opened at recess on February 16th. The art will stay out for a while (just not the free cook-ies.) As soon as I walked into the building, I was immediate-ly overcome by the colors and beauty of the showcase. The scene is bursting with so many hues that you can barely con-tain yourself. There are paint-ing, drawings, sketches, sculp-tures, panels, photographs and more placed around Pieh &RPPRQV�DQG�WKH�XSSHU�ÀRRU�RI�.HOOQHU��,Q�IDFW��WKH�¿IWHHQ�

minute opening was hardly enough time to fully appreci-ate one wall of artwork. Every piece is stunning. Shannon Peter’s (II) advanced draw-ing picture is of a dog, drawn in colored pencil so well that its yellow/orange fur is so detailed, you can feel it. The dog has a looming sadness in his eyes that demonstrates her skill as an artist. The dark self-portraits of studio art’s Sarah Lew (III) depict her so per-fectly I didn’t need to check the name to know to whom they belonged. Kirby Feagan’s (II) work is also amazingly re-alistic: her color pencil draw-ings are so haunting you won’t be able to stop seeing the girl cracking the egg or the body being torn apart by its hands.

The photography students also put forth a lovely exhibi-tion of work. “My exam proj-ect was to capture a Milton artist,” says Emma City, II, in response to her photograph of Jazmine Alicea (II). She did just that, showing a pho-tograph of the student deep in concentration. Libby Perold and Byron Hutchinson (both Class I), take photos of food with such clarity and color that you’ll wonder how you could have overlooked the brilliant red in a lettuce or the shock-ing orange of a pepper. H.J. Kim’s photographs caught the attention of several stu-dents as well: “They’re mir-ror images,” notes Julia Xiong (II), “But they look like real places.” This is true of the all

the photographs: they capture worlds that seem tangible, but really only exist in the eye of the talented photographer.

Some of the other amazing art displayed was: Senka Jo-ti’s (I) advanced independent art, colorful painting, one of which hides a face within the layers of white, blue, red, and brown, Kate Oldshue’s (III) newspaper picture, Jazmine Alicea’s (II) city picture, with two hawks descending upon it, Victoria Chen’s (I) clock, made of strips laying down side by side, Helena Thatch-er’s (III) photograph of an egg, sitting alone on a shiny desk in

IURQW�RI�D�FKDLU��UHÀHFWHG�LQ�WKH�gloss of the table, Skye Rus-sell’s (II) perfect scenery and Gabriella Blake’s (III) photo-graph of the yellow yoke of in egg, spilt over something WKDW� ORRN� OLNH� KXPDQ� ÀHVK��

Students surrounded the artwork, laughing and point-ing, exclaiming and fawning. “That’s so cool,” someone shouted, pointing at a sculp-ture on the table. “I like this one,” a boy said, sipping his hot chocolate and examining a painting. “I wish I could do that.” One walk into Kellner and you will be blown away. The artwork displays the

beauty and wonder of Milton: the fact that so many students can produce such breathtak-ing art along with keeping up with their studies, class-es, plays and performances, sports, and music, and you may all the while never know that the football player sitting beside you is painting some-thing gorgeous. Seeing the art show takes your breath away.

If you haven’t already gone, take some time to check it out. And if you have…JR� DJDLQ�� 0D\EH� \RX¶OO� ¿-nally gain the inspiration to perfect that math doodle you were working on.

By Olivia Atwood ‘13 A&E Writer

Preview of the 2012 Academy Awards

The annual presentation of the Academy Awards is one of the most widely viewed awards ceremonies in the world, as well as the oldest ceremony recognizing ex-cellence in media. The 2012 Academy Awards, which will be televised in more than 100 countries around the globe, will be held on February 26th. The tight competition, hosted by Oscars veteran Billy Crystal, promises a IXQ�¿OOHG�QLJKW�IRU�DOO�IDQV�RI�¿OP��IDVKLRQ��DQG�SRS�FXOWXUH��

Oscar winners are deter-mined by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sci-ences (AMPAS), a national organization dedicated to pro-moting and celebrating the art RI�¿OP�LQ�$PHULFD��0HPEHUV�of the society are organized into different branches, each of which focuses on a spe-

FL¿F� DUHD� RI� ¿OP� SURGXFWLRQ��DZDUGLQJ�WKH�¿OP�ZKLFK�EHVW�displays excellence in that area. Categories to be award-ed include Best Picture and Best Cinematography. Other awards celebrate acting, such as the awards for Best Ac-tor and Actress in a Leading Role and Best Actor and Ac-tress in a Supporting Role.

This year’s Academy Awards Ceremony will kick off with ABC’s “Good Morn-ing America,” broadcasting live reports outside of the Kodak Theater. Following the news report, ABC’s Rachel Smith and Chris Balish will host “On the Red Carpet,” a behind-the-scenes preview of the nights events, followed by “On the Red Carpet at the Oscars,” in which Smith and Balish, live, welcome nomi-nees into the theater. Only af-ter the pre-show buzz has sub-sided will the 84th Academy $ZDUGV� RI¿FLDOO\� FRPPHQFH��

As in previous years, the host of the Awards will make or break the show. This year’s Oscars will be hosted by ac-tor, screenwriter, and televi-sion host Billy Crystal, who has hosted the Academy Awards eight times in ad-

dition to starring in movies such as Saturday Night Fever and Monsters Inc. Crystal has also hosted Saturday Night Live, and written, directed, and starred in the movies Mr. Saturday Night and For-get Paris. Due to Crystal’s history as an excellent per-former and entertainer, crit-ics have high expectations for the 2012 Awards Ceremony.

Of the many awards to be presented, the award for Best Picture consistently attracts the most attention. This year’s best picture nominees are The Artist, The Descendents, The Help, Moneyball, Midnight in Paris, Extremely Loud and

Incredibly Close, War Horse, Hugo, and The Tree of Life. While a number of excellent movies have entered theaters WKLV� \HDU�� WKHVH� QLQH� ¿OPV�distinguish themselves by addressing modern day is-sues in a relatable manner.

While all awards nomi-nees are worthy of recogni-tion, each category may cel-ebrate only one winner, and

critics have set their sights on The Help to take the prize for Best Picture. Based on a novel, The Help addresses the racial boundaries between blacks and whites in the American South during the Civil Rights Era. The Help’s Viola Davis, who plays Ai-bileen, a black nanny, is a favorite for Best Actress, and Octavia Spencer, also cast in The Help, is favored to win the award Best Sup-porting Actress. Critics ex-pect Best Actor to go to Jean Dujardin, star of The Artist, a black-and-white silent trib-ute to pre-code Hollywood. Michael Hazanavicious, who directed The Artist, is also in the running for Best Director.

Film is one of the most celebrated art forms in Amer-ica, and 2012 has proved DQ� H[FHOOHQW� \HDU� IRU� ¿OP��I encourage all moviegoers to watch Hollywood’s most anticipated ceremony.

By Kat Fearey ‘14 A&E Writer

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Sky Williams (I) takes it all in at the student art gallery

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Ronald Reagan once said “Politics is the second old-est profession in the world. I have come to see that it bears a very close resemblance to the ¿UVW�´� � $Q� H[WUHPH� DQDORJ\��perhaps, but in a year like this, it certainly seems to ring true.

A natural result of the primary process is that candi-dates are forced to move away from the center to please the “base.” Normally, this is only a temporary arrangement: once the delegates have been awarded at the convention, it usually is easy enough for a candidate to move back to the FHQWHU� ZLWKRXW� UXIÀLQJ� DQ\�feathers. The risk lies in going too far out of the mainstream to successfully snap back. A serious gaffe or an out-of-context remark all can come back to haunt a candidate once November rolls around.

This Republican primary EULHÀ\� VHHPHG� OLNH� LW� ZDV�going to avoid that nasty phase. With the country so focused on the recovery of the economy (or lack thereof), it seemed that the Republican plan of attack would be to turn the election into a refer-HQGXP�RQ� WKH�SUHVLGHQW¶V�¿V-

cal policy: a sound plan for a “manager” like Mitt Romney.

Enter Rick Santorum. This devoutly Catholic, sweater-vest wearing former Senator from Pennsylvania swept onto the national stage with all the pizazz of Ben Stein. His extreme social views, com-bined with his lack of Media Savvy, meant he remained at the bottom of the heap while all of the other anti-Mitt’s ex-SORGHG� RU� ¿]]OHG� RXW�� �0XFK�like the male Siamese Fight-ing Fish, he waited as his op-ponents tore into each other, and eventually went after the worn-out victory (Analogy courtesy of From Russia with Love). After a belated victory in Iowa, followed by several more in Minnesota and Colo-UDGR��6DQWRUXP�¿QDOO\�VHHPV�to have caught up with Mitt.

With the two running neck-and-neck in Michigan, it seems as if the Conserva-WLYH� EDVH� PD\� KDYH� ¿QDOO\��¿QDOO\� IRXQG� D� YLDEOH� DOWHU-native to Romney. Should Santorum pull off an upset victory in his opponent’s home state, then it will be a serious question whether or not Romney will main-tain his front-runner status.

This state of affairs has made two groups very hap-

py: the Religious Right, who hope to send another one of their number (albeit a Catho-lic one) to the White House, and Democrats, who hope that Republicans don’t read polling data before mak-ing their decision. The truth is, Santorum has a very slim chance of becoming Presi-dent, for all the reasons which make him a attractive choice to the right-wing of the GOP.

Mitt Romney is not, de-spite what Newt Gingrich says, a “Massachusetts Mod-erate.” His positions on social issues such as gay PDUULDJH�� DERUWLRQ�� DQG� DI¿U-mative action are very conser-vative. Only when compared to someone like Santorum could Romney appear even remotely centrist. This hasn’t, of course, stopped the Right from treating him as such, but it does mean, come the general election, inde-pendents might do the same.

With those independents making up a growing slice of the electorate (upwards of 40%) Republicans should be moving back towards the center, where they can tap LQWR� WKDW� ULFK� YHLQ� RI� ¿VFDO�conservatism and social-ap-athy which matters so much. But instead, led by Santorum

and an increasingly self-car-icatured Gingrich, they are pushing backwards: trying to UH�LJQLWH� WKH� ÀDPHV� RI� D� FXO-ture war which they lost in 2005 in a Florida courtroom.

The debate currently rag-ing in Washington about President Obama’s health in-surance mandate shows two things: the Catholic Church’s hierarchy doesn’t like com-promise (big shocker, I know) and Republican lawmak-ers and presidential candi-dates are tone-deaf when it comes to the broader elector-ate. Why, when the recov-ery of the economy is shaky at best, would the opposition turn the debate towards an is-sue where they are so weak? Even if the Bishops are com-plaining about the President’s SROLF\�� WKHLU� ÀRFNV� FOHDUO\�aren’t: polls have shown that US Catholics support birth control by margins as high as 84%. With Gay Marriage los-ing its appeal as a wedge issue, it seems incredibly counter-productive for these Conser-vative leaders to try and make their stand on social issues.

Santorum’s success is in many ways the culmination of this regression. Through his candidacy, it seems, Repub-licans are repeating the same

process that led to them to choose (then) arch-conserva-tive Barry Goldwater to chal-lenge LBJ in 1964. I am not a Republican, even a moderate one, but I am amazed that the party of Lincoln and Eisen-hower could have become so blind to the changes in the country. Fiscal conservatism is a good platform to stand on—even if the one doing the standing is someone as bland as Mitt Romney. San-torum’s anti-Gay, anti-Wom-an, and anti-Science Paleo-conservatism is anything but.

Goldwater, years after be-ing pummeled by President Johnson in a landslide—due in part to his perceived con-servative extremism—told Bob Dole “We’re the new lib-erals of the Republican party. Can you imagine that?” As bizarre as it may seem, he was right. Mitt Romney will prob-ably be the nominee, which means that the election will almost certainly come down to the economy. But if Repub-lican primary voters want not only to lose the election but also put their party’s future on the line, they need only mark a check next to that smil-ing; sweater vest clad former Senator from Pennsylvania..

By Stewart Pollock ‘12 Senior Editor

GOP Update: Have the Republicans Regressed?

This weekend, Milton Acad-emy students are putting on Love and Intrigue, the 1212 winter play. Directed by Mr. Parisi, who cast some of Milton’s most talented ac-tors and actresses, the play is sure to be a huge success.

Love and Intrigue was written by the famed drama-tist, poet, and essayist, Fried-ULFK� 6FKLOOHU�� ,Q� KLV� ¿YH� DFW�play, he tells the story of two people, Ferdinand von Wal-ter—a nobleman’s son—and Luise Miller—daughter of a middle-class musician. The two fall in love but, despite the bond that Luise and Ferdinand share, both of their fathers tell them to end the love af-fair. Von Walter’s father tries to convince his son to marry a noble named Lady Milford instead. When Ferdinand reb-els and attempts to persuade Luise to elope with him, the love, drama, and tension be-gins to build, culminating in the deterioration of the love between Ferdinand and Luise.

Sage Warner (Class II), who plays Lady Milford in Love and Intrigue, shared

some of her thoughts on the winter production. Regard-ing the rehearsals, Sage ex-plained that Mr. Parisi focuses on how the actor believes his or her own character should be played: “Mr. Parisi allows us to move the way we think our character should and, in this way, we are able to create out own blocking.” She also ex-pressed her thoughts about her own part. “In this play, I take on the role of an evil charac-ter, which I love because in my past plays I have only played LQQRFHQW� UROHV�� � ,� DP� ¿QDOO\�

playing an antagonist, and it is has been a challenging but intriguing experience!” No doubt, Mr. Parisi and the ac-tors have worked hard to-gether to develop the plot and characters of the story.

Love and Intrigue will be showing this weekend in Wig-glesworth Hall on Thursday and Friday at 7:30 and on Sat-urday at 7:00. We encourage all students to come support the actors in the play and watch an amazing production!

By Ashley Koo ‘14 A&E Writer

Libby Perold

Sam Audette (II) and Cary Williams (I) star in the 1212 play

“...And a Dash of Shakespeare”

Ever since the 2011 debut of KHU� ¿UVW� DOEXP�� ���� %ULWLVK�singer-songwriter Adele has taken the music world by storm. The record, which earned six Grammy awards at last Friday’s ceremony, has been inescap-able on the radio over the past few months: With their unique fusions of soulful poetry, pop hooks, and R&B rhythms, hits such as “Rolling in the Deep,” “Someone Like You,” and, most recently, “Set Fire to the Rain” have found their way onto sta-tions ranging from 92.9 Alterna-tive to the Pop hub Kiss 107.9.

Last Tuesday, 21 man-DJHG� LWV� WZHQW\�¿UVW�ZHHN�DWRS�Billboard’s top 100 bestsell-ing albums, setting a new re-cord for the most time a single album has spent at the top of the charts. Who is this vocal-ist, who, at age twenty-three, is already on the fast-track to international superstardom?

“As soon as I got a mi-crophone in my hand when I was about 14,” Adele shares on her personal website, “I

knew I wanted to do this.” Contrary to what one might

expect, Adele was not raised in a household of musicians. When asked by an interviewer about the origins of her vocal talent, she lightheartedly relates, “It all comes from impersonating the Spice Girls and Gabrielle.”

Only after transferring in her late teens to the Brit School, a secondary school for aspiring artists whose alumni include Amy Winehouse and Kate Nash, was Adele provided with the op-SRUWXQLW\�WR�UH¿QH�KHU�FUDIW��³,W�had free rehearsal rooms, and free equipment, and I was lis-tening to music all day, every day for years.” In 2006, she was signed with the record label XL.

Stardom itself has not been without its challenges. Earlier this year, Adele underwent sur-gery at a Boston hospital after the strain performing took on her vocal cords. Critics and fans held their breath as the singer en-tered and emerged from the op-HUDWLQJ�URRP��$GHOH¶V�¿UVW�SRVW�surgery public performance at the Grammy awards earned her a standing ovation with its ÀDZOHVV� SLWFK� DQG� LQWHQVLW\��

By Kat Kulke ‘13 A&E Editor

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Winter Varsity Sports Records

Boys Hockey - 8 - 14- 4 Girls Hockey - 8 - 15 - 1

Boys Basketball - 15 - 7 - 0

Girls Basketball - 10 - 5 - 0

Boys Squash - 11 - 0 - 0 Girls Squash - 6 - 4 - 0

Wrestling - 5 - 4 - 1

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These past few weeks, Jer-emy Lin has taken the NBA – and the entire sports world – by storm. He has gone from a player who could not even make an NBA team’s roster to this season’s breakout star. Lin was a great high school basketball player; he aver-aged 15 points and 7 rebounds per game and at the end of his senior year he was named the Northern California Divi-sion II player of the year. He also led his team to a 32-1 re-cord and a state championship. Despite those feats, Lin had trouble getting recruited to college. He applied to all of the Ivy League schools, Uni-versity of California, Berke-ley, Stanford and UCLA, but none of the west coast schools showed serious interest in him. He was told that he could walk onto the basketball teams at Stanford and UCLA, but nei-ther guaranteed him a spot. According to Lin, the only two division one teams that showed interest in him were Brown and Harvard. Lin wound up at Harvard and he seemed like he would not be very use-ful by the end of his freshman season where he averaged about 5 points and 2 assists per game; in sophomore year, however, he averaged about 12 points per game and doubled all of his other stats. He showed consis-tent improvement over the rest of his career and ended his se-nior year averaging about 16 points per game and 4 assists SHU�JDPH��+H�ZDV�DOVR�D�¿QDO-

ist for the Bob Cousy award, which is annually given to the best point guard in the country. Although Lin was a good player at the collegiate level, he was not drafted until 2010. After playing well in the NBA summer league, the Golden State Warriors offered him a contract in July of 2010. He av-eraged 10.8 minutes per game, 2.6 points and 1.4 assists in his season with Golden State. He was also sent to Golden State’s D-League team 3 sepa-rate times during that season. In the pre-season of this year, Lin was cut from both the Golden State Warriors and the Houston Rockets. He was later picked up by the New York Knicks and has been on their roster since, but didn’t receive much playing time until February 4th where he scored 25 points for the Knicks. He has played incredibly since; the 10 games he has start-ed in, he has averaged over 9 assists per game and has scored 20+ points in 8 of those 10 games. He is also averaging an DOPRVW�����¿HOG�JRDO�SHUFHQW-age in his past 10 games which is a feat that not even Kobe Bryant can match. All of this is coming from a man who attend-ed Harvard University, a place that is more likely to produce a President of the United States than an NBA basketball player. Jeremy Lin has had a fantas-tic February and has managed to become a household name after playing in only 10 NBA games. If he continues to play the way he has in the past 10 games then he might be the next NBA star.

By Ari Spilo ‘13 Sports Editor

Linsanity Takes Over the NBA

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In light of last year’s suc-cess, both the girls’ and boys’ hockey seasons have been a real struggle, and with the end of the winter season in sight, some have directed their attention to next sea-son’s success. The key el-ement for these teams is young players, who can con-tribute for seasons to come. Here are some of those top underclassmen to watch out for on the ice next year.

For the Boys Team:

1. Sean Brennan (IV). Sean never ceases to amaze fans and other players with his soft hands and impec-cable accuracy. As a fresh-man, Brennan has made an irreplaceable impact on WKLV� \HDU¶V� WHDP�� ¿QGLQJ�the back of the net on mul-tiple occasions. This left wing has a bright future with Milton Academy hockey.

2. Jeremy Gunn (III). Jer-emy’s 2011/2012 season was unfortunately plagued with an early season knee injury. However, as a freshman his tenacious defense and quick feet helped take the team to the New England Champion-ship. Keep an eye out to see Jeremy back on the ice next year as he returns from injury and looks to be a key factor to the team’s success next year.

3. Scotty Majkowski (III). Scotty, a sophomore from Chicago, brings intensity and effort to every practice and has a deep arsenal of tactics

to employ on offense, most notably an “electric” wrist shot. Scotty manifested his potential against Exeter, one of this year’s New England powerhouses, contributing a goal in Milton’s 4-2 victory.

For the Girls Team:

1. Maura Noone (III). Maura plays a Bobby Orr style of defense, making her very fun to watch. Her DZDUHQHVV�DQG�ÀXLGLW\�RQ�WKH�ice allows her to control the tempo of the game. Maura is also a threat in the offen-sive zone as she is able to put the puck into the net, it will be fun to see how she ma-tures as a leader of the team.

2. Cameron Park (III). Cameron’s outstanding speed

on skates and quick stick work make her a tough mark for defenders. This forward from Robbins House brings energy and intensity to all aspects of the game and her wrist shot leaves goalies in the dust. Look out for Cam-HURQ� LQ� WKH� ¿QDO� JDPHV� RI�the season because she is bound to make an impact.

3. Rosamond Carr (III). Rosamond, who plays for-ward with Cameron, makes plays with her puck handling, strength, and speed. A threat on breakaways, Rosamond FDQ� MXNH�D�GHIHQGHU�RU�¿UH�D�wrist shot. A hard-working contributor, Rosamond is undoubtedly going be an ef-fective leader in the future.

By Charlie Blasberg ‘14 Sports Writer

Upcoming Hockey Talents

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On a day when Freshman Boys Basketball took their nail biting game into a thrill-ing overtime and when JV Boys Hockey capped off a stunning 4-3 comeback win on a goal with 0.6 seconds left, LW� ZDV� RQO\� ¿WWLQJ� WKDW� %R\V�Varsity Basketball would go into double overtime. As if challenging their fellow stu-dent athletes in anything-you-can-do-we-can-do-better fashion, the Varsity Boys (14-7) battled a strong Tabor.

Down one point with un-der a minute remaining in the second overtime, Coach Lamar Reddicks called a time out to draw up a play.

Eric Davis (I) took the ball, poised to execute the play outlined by Reddicks moments before. Davis in-

bounded to Travis Sheldon (I) but a strong defensive effort by Tabor stymied the Mus-tangs’ effort to get the ball into the hands of Davis or fel-low senior Jesse Pagliuca (I).

The third option was Nick Pagliuca (II). With de facto diversions Davis and the el-der Pagliuca covered off of their picks, Sheldon dished the ball to an open Nick Pa-gliuca in the corner. With 9 seconds until the buzzer, Pa-gliuca released the ball to the hoop, and after hitting the rim, it dropped in for two points and the lead for good.

When asked what it felt like to score the win-ning basket, Pagliuca sim-ply said: “it was awesome.”

And it was. The dozens of Milton students in attendance stormed the court from all an-gles to mob the players. It was a glorious sight, as players and

fans were not only celebrating the thrilling victory, but also the continuation of a nine game win streak and a chance to claim second place in the ISL,

Said Coach Reddicks: “Anytime you win a close game to a good team in the closing seconds its huge…the fun thing for me was that it was a team effort! I’m very proud of our guys.”

7KURXJK�WKH�¿UVW�KDOI��0LO-ton’s defense was anything but excellent. Considering the high octane shut down defense they exhibited in the second half and the overtimes,when the team’s defense is on point, Milton is capable of beating any team in the league. squad (14-9) to a 65-64 victory.

If the defense stays stellar, Milton is in good position to win their remaining games and have success in the playoffs.

By Sam Barrett-Cotter ‘13 Sports Writer

Boys Basketball Beats Tabor in Overtime

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Nicholas Pagliuca (II) takes a jump shot

At the end of sports’ sea-son, while Milton’s sports teams are vying for ISL and New England titles, mem-bers of the Varsity Darling’s team aim for a more individ-ual goal: a spot on the Wall.

All season, the athletes, ranging from gangly sopho-mores in Level 1 to muscular seniors in Level 2, train for the ¿QDO�ZHHN�RI�'DUOLQJ¶V��NQRZQ�as Testing. This phenomenon occurs two times during the season, once during the open-ing week, and once again at the closing. The tests chal-OHQJH� RQH¶V� HQGXUDQFH�� ÀH[-ibility, stamina, athleticism, and strength. In order to make it onto the prestigious Wall, a male athlete must bench press, squat, and power clean a mini-mum of 750 pounds. A female athlete must reach 400 pounds.

The testing season has been ripe with drama, especial-ly for the seniors who might not have any more opportuni-ties to reach their potential, or as my fellow students in Mrs. DeBuhr’s Religions of Asia might call it, Moksha. Brooks English (I), a soon to be colle-giate athlete, has always strug-gled to reach the wall. Howev-er, this year, he believes things to be different: “Through one day of testing, I’m already practically on the wall. But if I don’t make it, I’m going to jump off the top of the ACC.”

(QJOLVK� ZDV� ¿QDOO\� DO-lowed in the more advanced Level 2 group this Darling’s season. To most in this lev-el, even the thought of not making the wall would be viewed as an embarrassment.

However, it seems Eng-OLVK¶V� FRQ¿GHQFH� KDV� OHDG�to some impressive results, and a spot on the wall al-

most seems inevitable. Darling’s Captain Harry

Pearce (I) hopes to join the ranks of immortals by mak-ing the 850-pound section of the wall this winter. “Even a Level 1 could make the 750. Matt Lebovitz certainly has the strength to do it. But a spot on the 850…well, that’s just legendary,” Pearce stated.

As for the girls, every dis-cussion of Darling’s athletes starts and ends with the men-tion of one name: Rena Ogura (I). This season, Ogura aims to reach the 500-pound sec-tion of the wall, a spot that would place her in very rare company. Sadly, testing and Darlings both end this Friday.

While not everyone will make the wall and live on for-ever in the weight room, all of the athletes improved over the course of the season.

By Matthew Lebovitz ‘12 Senior Editor

Darling’s Testing: A Saga

Over the past 17 days, New York Knicks star Jeremy Lin has become the new sen-sation around the NBA. Some may wonder why Jer-emy Lin is such a big story around Milton; the answer lies within one of Milton’s very own faculty members: Lamar Reddicks. Mr. Red-dicks, the new athletic di-rector, is one of the most recognizable faces around campus and the recruited Jer-emy Lin out of high school.

Prior to his work at Mil-ton, Mr. Reddicks spent eight years coaching at Har-vard and Boston Univer-sity. While working as an assistant coach at Harvard, Reddicks and fellow coach Bill Holden traveled out to Las Vegas to watch an AAU 7RXUQDPHQW�LQ�KRSHV�RI�¿QG-ing the next star for Harvard. At the tournament they were able to see Jeremy Lin for WKH� ¿UVW� WLPH�� 2QO\� D� KLJK�school junior, Lin made a strong impression with his explosive skills on the ball. He was not the strongest player however. Reddicks and Holden saw potential in Lin and, ultimately, recruited Lin in hopes of him being very successful for Harvard.

Even as a freshman, Jere-my Lin immediately became a contributor to the team and played a lot of minutes. Mr. Reddicks explained how Lin, ³VKRZHG�ÀDVKHV�RI�EULOOLDQF-es from the beginning of his college career.” Yet, Lin was still very weak; Mr. Reddicks even considered Lin the weakest player on the team.

After watching Lin grow over his freshman season, Mr. Reddicks began a new coaching stint at Boston University. During the sea-son when BU played against Harvard, Reddicks recalled

talking with all the former players he used to coach. While most players said a TXLFN�KHOOR� DQG� VKXIÀH�EDFN�to warm-up with their own team, Lin stayed and talked to Mr. Reddicks. It was an unusual situation for both teams, but when Mr. Red-dicks asked Lin why he was sticking around to talk with him, Lin responded, “Coach, I have 30 games in a season, but I only have one with you.”

Coach Reddicks loves to tell this story of Lin because he feels it really describes the type of person Lin is. As Mr. Reddicks exclaimed, Lin “is a great basketball player, but an even better person.” Mr. Reddicks ex-plained further how “proud he was of Jeremy and his work ethic, I have his jer-VH\�LQ�P\�RI¿FH�QRW�EHFDXVH�of his basketball skills, but rather the great person he is.”

Although Mr. Reddicks was only at Harvard dur-ing Lin’s freshman year, he remained in touch with the growing star. During Lin’s senior year, Reddicks took Lin out to breakfast, and the ¿UVW� WKLQJ� /LQ� VDLG� WR� 0U��Reddicks was, “Coach, I am the strongest kid on my team.” Lin was proud of the fact that his devotion to the weight room, and the entirety of his game, was beginning to pay dividends. “When someone pointed out a weak-ness in Jeremy’s game,” Mr. Reddicks explained, “Jeremy went out on court and made it a strength, it’s just the type of kid he is.”

Mr. Reddicks is certainly proud of the genuine person Jeremy Lin is, and although he realizes the recent success will not continue so easily, 0U��5HGGLFNV�LV�FRQ¿GHQW�WKDW�Jeremy “will make adjust-PHQWV� DQG�¿JXUH�RXW� KRZ� WR�be successful in the NBA.”

By Tucker Hamlin ‘13 Sports Editor

Mr. Reddicks: The Man Behind Lin

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Mr. Reddicks recruited Jeremy Lin to Harvard where Lin went on to dominate the Ivy league

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