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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Suffield</strong> <strong>Bell</strong><br />
www.suffieldacademy.org<br />
Established 1833 October 2007<br />
Vol. LXIX, no. 1<br />
TA Retreat<br />
Shelly D’Aleo ’09<br />
& Ali Vicino ’09<br />
<strong>The</strong> leadership program is one of<br />
many things that makes our school stand out.<br />
Our original leadership program is always<br />
growing stronger, and student teaching assistants<br />
are a major factor in this.<br />
A few days before school started,<br />
junior and senior teaching assistants spent 24<br />
hours together. Based at the solo barn, we all<br />
participated in many different leadership activates.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se activities included a twomile<br />
hike up Mount Holyoke, Mr. Gamere’s<br />
scary night walk, perfecting the walking human<br />
pyramid, making an octagon with a rope<br />
while blindfolded, and even attempting to<br />
work as a team and pitch our tents. <strong>The</strong>se<br />
exercises helped us become closer and share<br />
an experience that will later on be a fun memory.<br />
One of the things I am sure we will<br />
all remember was on the hike. John Camerota<br />
offered to bring down the bag with our<br />
garbage from lunch. He thought the bag was<br />
very heavy, and jokingly asked Mr. Eckhardt<br />
if there was a rock in it. Mr. Eckhardt yelled<br />
out “no” and then muttered under his breath,<br />
“there are three”! Half way down the trail,<br />
John finally noticed that trash should not<br />
weigh that much and emptied out the bag to<br />
continued on page 7<br />
CONTENTS<br />
Editorial / Opinions - page 2<br />
Features - page 3<br />
New Faculty & Poetry - page 4<br />
Art - page 5<br />
News - pages 6 + 7<br />
Sports - page 8<br />
Orientation Fun<br />
After weeks of suspense, the winner of the<br />
“Win a Date With Will Cooley Contest” is<br />
unveiled. <strong>The</strong>re are no losers here, only poets<br />
that have produced funny, enjoyable works of<br />
beauty. Turn to page 4 to find out who won a<br />
date with <strong>Suffield</strong>’s cutest kid.<br />
Proctor Retreat<br />
Hae Rin Yoon ’08<br />
I was depressed. And more depressingly,<br />
I was sick. When I returned to<br />
<strong>Suffield</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> this fall, I met several<br />
proctors who just arrived from the proctor<br />
retreat. My roommate Isi still seemed<br />
both excited and exhausted. I was sorry and<br />
gloomy because I could not participate in<br />
the retreat. On Monday, September third,<br />
the proctors arrived on campus after having<br />
had a fun time for two days.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y left school on Saturday,<br />
September 1st. As I had done with them last<br />
year, the proctors went to Camp Sloan. I<br />
asked Isi if anything was new for this year’s<br />
proctor retreat. She said most things were<br />
the same as what we did last year; trust fall,<br />
high ropes course, meetings and other team<br />
games. <strong>The</strong>re was a slight change in the<br />
high ropes course. Some proctors said that<br />
this year’s high ropes course “became less<br />
scary and shorter.”<br />
continued on page 7<br />
Lockdown Imminent<br />
Jump Sosthikul ’08 &<br />
Sroaj Sosothikul ’10<br />
Silence. <strong>The</strong>re is silence to be<br />
heard. It is broad daylight and not a soul<br />
can be seen on campus. Invisible to the naked<br />
eye, however, hundreds of electronic<br />
signals whiz through the air. “This is Kathy<br />
Nai, we’re locked in the Dean of Students<br />
office,” reports one. “I have eight students<br />
with me,” says another. “Threat not imminent.”<br />
<strong>Suffield</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> ran a lockdown<br />
drill this August to introduce a new<br />
security system within the school. “Over<br />
the last couple of years there have been<br />
various incidents on at other schools where<br />
there’s been a need to secure the facility<br />
relatively quickly,” Mr. Booth, coordinator<br />
of the lockdown system, informs <strong>The</strong> <strong>Bell</strong>.<br />
“We’ve tried to establish some procedures<br />
in order to accomplish that.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> lockdown system is designed<br />
as a counter measure for any situation where<br />
there is a direct threat to the community.<br />
Last year, a lone gunman swept through<br />
Virginia Tech and, in the hours ensuing, left<br />
33 dead in his wake. In the past few years<br />
there have also been incidents at other prep<br />
schools which have prompted police responses<br />
or chases through campuses.<br />
So what should you do when<br />
there’s a lockdown? This largely depends<br />
on who you are, where you are, and what<br />
level of threat is declared. In any case, there<br />
continued on page 6<br />
Retreats and Preseason<br />
Capped with Performance<br />
by Barefoot Truth<br />
Lindsay Life ’08<br />
This year at Orientation we hosted<br />
the up and coming band Barefoot Truth.<br />
<strong>The</strong> band is out of Mystic, CT, and they have<br />
been working their way through the music<br />
industry with much success for the past<br />
three years.<br />
On their second album, Club<br />
House Sessions, Pete Francis, a former<br />
member of Dispatch, joined the band to play<br />
on many of the album’s tracks, and their<br />
latest album, Walk Softly, was released this<br />
September.<br />
<strong>The</strong>ir influences include John Butler<br />
Trio, Dispatch, Dave Matthews Band,<br />
Rage Against the Machine, and Guster. We<br />
were lucky to have a band that can boast<br />
such a fusion of music come to our school.<br />
Barefoot Truth wrapped up the<br />
Orientation activities, playing on the terraces<br />
outside the Art Center for about two<br />
hours, the day before school started. Mr.<br />
Eckhardt considered the concert a success,<br />
although he wishes that more people had attended.<br />
Many students sat on the terraces to watch<br />
the band play, and some even ventured out<br />
to dance for a few songs.<br />
<strong>The</strong> highlight of the evening for<br />
Rosemary Chandler ’09 was when the band<br />
played “I Prefer,” one of her new favorite<br />
songs. Mr. Eckhardt, on the other hand, enjoyed<br />
the “Fresh Prince Rap.” Mr. Eckhardt<br />
says the band was great to work with and<br />
would like to invite the band back if the student<br />
body requests it.<br />
Mr. Eckhardt promises to have<br />
more concerts in store for the year, although<br />
he will not give us any details quite yet.<br />
However, with bands like Barefoot Truth<br />
kicking off the activities during Orientation,<br />
this school year promises to be one filled<br />
with entertainment.<br />
Anne Tucker Doar’s<br />
Summer in Tanzania<br />
Tsuneko Jarris ’08<br />
<strong>The</strong> awards ceremony in Chapel<br />
began this year with the usual academic announcements<br />
and Honor Roll list. While these<br />
achievements are certainly something to be<br />
proud of, there was a unique follow up: the presentation<br />
of the Fichtenholtz Prize, centered on<br />
service to others. This year it was awarded to<br />
Anne Tucker Doar.<br />
This summer Anne Tucker spent the<br />
month of August in the Rift Valley, Tanzania,<br />
working with underprivileged children. Instead<br />
of attempting to recreate Anne Tucker’s journey<br />
through the depths of Africa, I asked her to explain<br />
the service trip in her own words.<br />
“Jambo!” she exclaimed, obviously<br />
excited to be sharing this amazing experience<br />
with other people, “I worked at the Rift Valley<br />
Children’s Village also known to some as<br />
(RVCV). Rift Valley Children’s Village is an<br />
orphanage. <strong>The</strong> orphanage is located in Oldeani<br />
Village. <strong>The</strong> children’s ages range from two to<br />
fifteen years. I taught third graders and sixth<br />
graders in English as their second language. I<br />
taught young adults computer skills.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> trip was not all hard work<br />
though. “I did some coaching in girls’ soccer<br />
as well,” she said with a smile. Anne Tucker is<br />
a three-year Varsity Soccer player here at <strong>Suffield</strong><br />
<strong>Academy</strong>, and it looks as though she got to<br />
share her enthusiasm on her trip.<br />
When I asked about what struck her<br />
most, she replied “the attitude that the kids<br />
brought every day to class or to the soccer field.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y would greet me each day with a smile on<br />
their faces and were ready to learn and experience<br />
things the entire day.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> highlight of my summer was<br />
when I got girls into a boy’s soccer game. You<br />
have to understand girls aren’t respected in Tanzania.<br />
Girls don’t get the same opportunity as<br />
boys in Tanzania. Traditionally they would be<br />
helping the mamma’s clean and cook and raise<br />
their siblings in a mud hut. To get them into a<br />
soccer game made them incredibly happy even<br />
though they had to play in skirts that covered<br />
their knees and flip-flops.” Sports are a way for<br />
the children to extend past their usual gender<br />
roles and let down their guard.<br />
As for the Tanzanians’ plans for the<br />
future, “in Tanzania kids don’t dwell on the<br />
past and they don’t dream of a future. [Some<br />
of] <strong>The</strong>ir parents have died and until they come<br />
continued on page 7<br />
<strong>The</strong> Fourth Side of Kotchen Quad is now complete with the addition of New Dorm 6.
2 - <strong>The</strong> <strong>Bell</strong> October 2007<br />
Editorials<br />
Letter from the Editors<br />
What’s HOT and What’s NOT<br />
Shea Clark ’08 & Garrett Lasnier ’08<br />
HOT<br />
NOT<br />
Dancing like no one is watching<br />
Soullja Boy Tell’Em<br />
Soul Patch<br />
Moustache<br />
Generic Tee Shirts<br />
Walking Advertisements<br />
Dressing like a pirate<br />
Dressing like a hippie on Pirate Day<br />
Class of ‘85 (ask a senior)<br />
Already knowing how to juggle<br />
<strong>The</strong> Tune Squad <strong>The</strong> Monstars (Space Jam 1996)<br />
Casual Determinism<br />
Defeatism<br />
Borderlands<br />
Everywhere else<br />
“That’s what she said”<br />
Mature jokes<br />
Fozzie<br />
So we’re back to school. It is always<br />
nice to return to <strong>Suffield</strong> after a long<br />
summer. <strong>The</strong>re are the familiar things we<br />
have missed and then there are so many new<br />
things to discover. Perhaps it is the budding<br />
Philosophy Club or an AP class that you take<br />
on. College applications, for example, are<br />
always a fun thing to add to the to-do list.<br />
Although <strong>The</strong> <strong>Bell</strong> has been familiar to us for<br />
the past few years, acting as editors-in-chief<br />
is completely new for us. That is what the<br />
beginning of the year is all about. Trying out<br />
new clubs or sports, taking on what may seem<br />
like a frightening task, meeting new people:<br />
all things that are essential for the start of a<br />
new year. So enjoy it!<br />
<strong>The</strong> beginning of this year has certainly<br />
started of with the same vigor that we<br />
left off with in the spring. For those of us<br />
who are Juniors and Seniors there is the added<br />
responsibility of going from member of a<br />
sports team to Captain, as well as leader of an<br />
extra-curricular group or two. In retrospect,<br />
we will probably think back on these days as<br />
the fun, carefree days of high school. But for<br />
now, keep up the hard work!<br />
Nick, Lindsay, and Tsuneko<br />
illustration: Christina Frazerio ’07<br />
I am Fozzie, the ubiquitous observer<br />
of the community. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Bell</strong> usually<br />
portrays me as a Bear of some sort (perhaps a<br />
distant cousin of Smokey, Winnie, Baloo, or<br />
Yogi). While I usually have a strong opinion<br />
about the prevailing big idea on campus, this<br />
year I am paralyzed and unable to start sharing<br />
my ideas right away. I have only come to<br />
the conclusion that I do not known anything,<br />
and neither do you.<br />
While my opinion about the return<br />
of B-week (SAT and ACT testing on the Saturday<br />
“off”), this year’s school theme (“borderlands”<br />
which is supposed to be real deep<br />
and influence the way we think on a regular<br />
basis), or weekend activities (or to some lack<br />
thereof) may seem perfectly logical to me, it<br />
does not necessarily mean it is more “true” or<br />
“right” than anyone else’s opinion.<br />
Disagreement, about anything,<br />
occurs from either a lapse in logic (usually<br />
illogical people) coupled with the fact that<br />
everyone has different motives and self-interests<br />
they are trying to fulfill. Everyone has<br />
a different purpose or motive for their lives,<br />
therefore a different purpose for <strong>Suffield</strong>, and<br />
therefore different opinions about <strong>Suffield</strong>.<br />
What do you think is the purpose of<br />
<strong>Suffield</strong> <strong>Academy</strong>? One has to acknowledge<br />
that it is a business, like all other independent<br />
schools. It uses resources (students, food,<br />
ping pong tables, flowers) to create a product<br />
that parents are willing to buy. <strong>The</strong> product<br />
is usually a combination of several sale<br />
pitches about a beautiful campus, prospects<br />
of getting into an elite college, competitive<br />
athletics, the Leadership Program, and small<br />
class sizes. <strong>The</strong> selling of this product creates<br />
revenue which is then invested back into<br />
improving the product.<br />
Is the purpose of <strong>Suffield</strong> <strong>Academy</strong><br />
strictly business related? Is our goal to have<br />
the prettiest buildings and largest endowment?<br />
Do we want to be able to buy 14 turf<br />
fields and sell filet mignon at the snack bar?<br />
Most would argue (especially those<br />
who run the school) that this is not the ultimate<br />
purpose of <strong>Suffield</strong> <strong>Academy</strong>, although<br />
they cannot deny in actuality it remains a<br />
business.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Suffield</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> Mission<br />
Statement (see <strong>Suffield</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> Handbook)<br />
outlines several “good” things that the<br />
school does and seeks to do. And, I do not<br />
deny the fact that, to some extent, it accurately<br />
describes <strong>Suffield</strong> and what it tries to<br />
do. However, I do want students and faculty<br />
to think critically about their existence and<br />
that of <strong>Suffield</strong>. How well is <strong>Suffield</strong> working<br />
towards its purpose? What is wrong with<br />
society that does not allow this to happen?<br />
Is the purpose to get students to<br />
suppress their natural curiosity about the<br />
world around and teach them out of a textbook?<br />
Is the purpose of <strong>Suffield</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> to<br />
have students who will do anything to make<br />
the grade so they can get into an elite college?<br />
Is it to teach students to conform to the<br />
rules of society? Is the purpose of our school<br />
to have kids that would rather be sleeping<br />
than in a classroom? I’m going to eat some<br />
imaginary berries that I do not even eat.<br />
Editors In Chief<br />
Tsuneko Jarris ’08<br />
Nick Jung ’08<br />
Lindsay Life ’08<br />
Layout Editors<br />
Connor Kirschbaum ’09<br />
Verona Tam ’08<br />
Jason Thompson ’09<br />
Photography Editors<br />
Agnes Lee ’09<br />
Kenny Lim ’08<br />
Anne McGovern ’09<br />
Isy Zellweger ’08<br />
Poetry Editor<br />
Sam Cohen ’08<br />
Features Editors<br />
Shea Clark ’08<br />
Garrett Lasnier ’08<br />
Will Preston ’08<br />
News Editors<br />
Xiao Ning Xue ’08<br />
Hae Rin Yoon ’08<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Suffield</strong> <strong>Bell</strong><br />
Sports Editors<br />
Maysie Childs ’09<br />
Sam Robson ’09<br />
Contributors<br />
Jen Armenta ’08<br />
Rosemary Chandler ’09<br />
Shelly D’Aleo ’09<br />
Madison Graney ’09<br />
Adam Grasso ’09<br />
Yusuke Ito ’08<br />
Becca Joslow ’08<br />
Harry Land ’11<br />
Isi Montero ’08<br />
Adam Pistel ’08<br />
Chapman Root ’09<br />
Katherine Sacco ’10<br />
Jump Sosothikul ’08<br />
Sroaj Sosothikul ’10<br />
Courtney Thrall ’09<br />
Ali Vicino ’09<br />
Faculty Advisor<br />
Elizabeth Stowe<br />
<strong>Suffield</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, creed, national<br />
or ethnic origin, citizenship, physical attributes, disability, age, or sexual orientation. We<br />
administer our admissions, financial aid, educational, athletic, extra-curricular, and other policies<br />
so that each student is equally accorded all rights, privileges, programs and facilities made<br />
available by the school.
Features<br />
I Get It Bumping: DJ Aaron Scheinblum ’08<br />
Shea Clark ’08 & Garrett Lasnier ’08<br />
“Music is God’s gift to man, the<br />
only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art<br />
of earth we take to Heaven.”- Walter Savage<br />
Landor.<br />
Aaron Scheinblum does not sing<br />
your favorite songs, no -- he has a higher calling;<br />
he clicks a button hooked up to speakers<br />
that plays them really loudly, and for this the<br />
world is grateful.<br />
Aaron is not only a senior, but also<br />
a disc jockey on the rise. “I started in March<br />
2005 just for fun” because “I’ve had a fascination<br />
of music since I was little, and being<br />
around music all the time is something that I<br />
really enjoy doing.”<br />
However, what started out as a casual hobby<br />
for Aaron soon became an actual business.<br />
Aaron realized that the DJs in his town were<br />
being overpaid and were still in great demand.<br />
He recalls, “One day without telling<br />
me, my Dad took a loan out in my name, and<br />
we went to the D.J. store and bought all the<br />
equipment.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> rest is history. Aaron’s business<br />
Bumpin’ Entertainment now performs at<br />
Another new year means new<br />
classes, teachers, friends, and for most boarders<br />
a “new” or different dorm to live in. But<br />
this year for some lucky junior and senior<br />
girls, New actually means New!<br />
I spent the majority of my sophomore<br />
year trying to figure out -- Is New Dorm<br />
6 going to be for girls or guys? Is it actually<br />
going to be finished for the fall? How big are<br />
the rooms going to be?<br />
When I got my letter saying that I<br />
was going to be living in ND6, I was so excited,<br />
but then excitement turned into hesitation<br />
and then a lot more questions about this place<br />
that I had been watching under construction.<br />
Coming from Kotchen my freshman<br />
year, I had to wonder -- were the rooms<br />
the same size? Which side would my window<br />
face? How big were the closets? This<br />
was something that was very important after<br />
living in Barnes House with a huge closet to<br />
a variety of functions in the Greater Hartford<br />
and Western Massachusetts areas. While<br />
Aaron’s gigs range anywhere from bar-mitzvahs<br />
to sweet sixteens, he mainly enjoys doing<br />
gigs with kids his own age.<br />
While <strong>Suffield</strong> was blessed with<br />
Aaron’s DJ services at the Halloween and<br />
Luau dances last year, his latest triumph<br />
has been the “GLO dance.” For the “GLO<br />
dance,” Aaron asked everyone to wear white<br />
t-shirts so that the black lights installed for<br />
the dance could create the glowing effect.<br />
All songs were student requested by email<br />
in advance, making sure everyone had a say<br />
in what was played. Between the music and<br />
special effects, it created an electric atmosphere<br />
that few can remember in any previous<br />
dance.<br />
When asked about his future as a<br />
DJ, Aaron says, “I want to keep my options<br />
open, but it would not surprise me if I continue<br />
my career as a DJ. Bumpin’ Entertainment<br />
is not going anywhere.” Aaron says<br />
he looks forward to continue “working with<br />
people such as Mahk (Mark) Shannon, he is<br />
the man.”<br />
When New Means New!<br />
Rosemary Chandler ’09<br />
myself.<br />
Now, I have moved into my room<br />
in ND6, and I couldn’t have asked for a better<br />
arrangement. My room overlooks the quad;<br />
the rooms are bigger than those in the other<br />
new dorms. <strong>The</strong> closet -- it’s even bigger than<br />
those in Barnes. I have a great roommate,<br />
amazing dorm parents, and I can finally control<br />
the heating in my room. Coming from<br />
someone whose heater was broken for most<br />
of sophomore year, I couldn’t be happier.<br />
<strong>The</strong> bathrooms are nice, the halls<br />
are nice, the common room is amazing, and<br />
everything you could want about this dorm<br />
is fantastic. I feel privileged that I am one of<br />
the first to be able to live here. I’m discovering<br />
the secrets of it, like how how to get your<br />
key out of the lock and how to open the door<br />
from the side staircase. Living in this dorm is<br />
amazing. New beds, desks, closets, floors . . .<br />
new everything.<br />
PAC = Verona <strong>Academy</strong><br />
Xiao Ning Xue ’08<br />
On November 8th, 9th, and 10th<br />
at 8pm, the school fall term drama production<br />
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare<br />
will be on shown in the PAC. Director<br />
Mr. Galvez spoke with <strong>The</strong> <strong>Bell</strong> about<br />
his reasons for choosing the play and his<br />
vision for producing it.<br />
Mr. Galvez only produces plays<br />
he is passionate about. With Romeo and<br />
Juliet Mr. Galvez wants to expose students<br />
to Shakespeare: “I want Shakespeare’s<br />
play to come alive for students.” Of the<br />
many Shakespeare plays, Romeo and Juliet<br />
stands out as a drama that deals with<br />
relationships between teenagers and adults<br />
and with the idea of young love. <strong>The</strong> play<br />
demonstrates extremes of love, hate, and<br />
violence and how they affect a community.<br />
A special reason for choosing Romeo and<br />
Juliet is because it was the first play staged<br />
at the PAC.<br />
What’s unique about this version<br />
of Romeo and Juliet is that there will be a<br />
lot of modern elements added to the play.<br />
Actors and actresses will be wearing modern<br />
clothing; there will be hip-hop music<br />
and original music written by Pam Autuori.<br />
“This play is timeless and exists in a world<br />
of its own,” said Mr. Galvez. “<strong>The</strong> play is<br />
contemporary for our community.”<br />
He is moving the setting of Romeo<br />
and Juliet to a boarding school named<br />
the Verona School. <strong>The</strong> two rival families in<br />
the original version of the play, Montague<br />
and Capulet, become two different dorms<br />
in the Verona School. Romeo and Juliet are<br />
the children of the rival dormitories’ dorm<br />
parents.<br />
Mr. Galvez pointed out, “we will<br />
maintain the integrity of Shakespeare’s<br />
play,” meaning that the original themes,<br />
language, humor, conflicts, and fight scenes<br />
of the play will not be changed.<br />
<strong>The</strong> staging is going to be special,<br />
too. <strong>The</strong> audience will sit on three sides. Action<br />
will move beyond the traditional stage<br />
area. Mr. Galvez also promises that there<br />
will be some special lighting designs with<br />
the new light board that the PAC received<br />
last year.<br />
Mr. Caginalp, Mr. Butcher, and<br />
Mr. Yi are all contributing to the production.<br />
Mr. Caginalp is the technical director,<br />
who oversees all the backstage, design and<br />
construction of the stage. Mr. Butcher is the<br />
artistic supervisor, whose visual art talents<br />
will be demonstrated in the set. Mr. Yi is in<br />
charge of the dancing in the play, and he<br />
will teach actors and actresses some hiphop<br />
dance during their rehearsals.<br />
“Acting is very physical and<br />
emotional,” said Mr. Galvez. He wants the<br />
community to understand and respect how<br />
much effort students and teachers put into<br />
the play. <strong>The</strong>re are about twenty students in<br />
the cast who rehearse five to six times each<br />
week, and each rehearsal lasts for about an<br />
hour and a half. Some of the cast members<br />
are taking acting class or have had previous<br />
stage experience; on the other hand, some<br />
of them are totally new to the stage. <strong>The</strong>re’s<br />
a good combination of students who are<br />
new and more experienced. <strong>The</strong> twenty cast<br />
members include freshmen, sophomores,<br />
juniors, and seniors. Members of the stage<br />
crew also assist by building the set and running<br />
the show.<br />
Mr. Galvez says his biggest concern<br />
is the limited rehearsal time from now<br />
until November 8th. But he really enjoys<br />
working with everyone and feeling their<br />
commitment. Finally, with the unique interpretation,<br />
the special stage arrangement,<br />
and the effort of faculty members and students,<br />
Mr. Galvez anticipates a successful<br />
production.<br />
Math Club<br />
Hae Rin Yoon ’08<br />
Since 2007 Math club has provided<br />
math-related competitions, extra help.<br />
challenges, discussions, and fun. Math Club<br />
proves that math is a fascinating thinking<br />
process, helping people develop crativity<br />
and logic. <strong>The</strong>re are no definite answers<br />
to the problems that Math Club explores.<br />
<strong>The</strong> problems are open-ended, depending<br />
on what you prove and think is correct. It’s<br />
about being confident.<br />
3 - <strong>The</strong> <strong>Bell</strong> October 2007<br />
New Advice Column:<br />
Dear Tigger<br />
Hello <strong>Suffield</strong>!!! Have you ever<br />
wondered how to tell your roommate that they<br />
needed to wash their clothes more often? Is<br />
there really such a thing as not having an uncomfortable<br />
talk with a teacher about grades?<br />
Do you want to be more social than finding everything<br />
out via Facebook?<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Bell</strong> is starting an anonymous<br />
advice column. Send your questions about<br />
anything to <strong>The</strong> <strong>Bell</strong> folder with the subject<br />
line reading, “Dear Tigger.”<br />
I will answer all your questions<br />
anonymously and have your answers posted<br />
here in <strong>The</strong> <strong>Bell</strong>!!! Also, please know that your<br />
confidentiality will not be broken.<br />
Model UN<br />
Jen Armenta ’08<br />
TTFN,<br />
Tigger<br />
For those who have seen the pre-teen<br />
movie Winning London starring Mary-Kate and<br />
Ashley Olsen, the concept of Model UN is no<br />
foreign affair. But for those who are unfamiliar<br />
with this school group, allow me to elaborate.<br />
Model UN is a club dedicated to participating<br />
at local, state, and national conferences “modeled”<br />
after the United Nations. This program is<br />
intended to teach students about peacekeeping,<br />
foreign affairs, and crucial global issues.<br />
Model United Nations, a relatively<br />
new school group, was co-founded by Hannah<br />
Frank ’08 and Taylor Williams ’08 last year.<br />
Hannah decided to begin the group in order to<br />
have experience in her desired future career as<br />
a member of the United Nations. <strong>The</strong> group<br />
meets on Thursdays during L Period in Tisch.<br />
<strong>The</strong> goal of the Model UN is to prepare for a<br />
conference in January at Yale University where<br />
students will act as delegates and discuss actual<br />
United Nations issues.<br />
“Model UN is a big commitment,<br />
but it is worth it. You get out of it what you put<br />
in to it,” Hannah explained.<br />
Do not be daunted by the perception<br />
that Model UN is all work and no play.<br />
Members that have a true passion, and even for<br />
those who do not, for delegation will find every<br />
moment of this club fascinating. Students<br />
learn the rich history and culture of a foreign<br />
nation through first hand experience. As Model<br />
UN members, students put themselves in the<br />
place of a representative from a nation the team<br />
chooses to represent, and the group must actually<br />
delegate as in the United Nations. Model<br />
UN, unlike other clubs, allows students to<br />
be engaged on world topics in a completely<br />
hands-on manner that enables team members<br />
to learn much more about society.<br />
In essence, Model United Nations is<br />
an intellectual school group that studies international<br />
affairs and lauds the value of peaceful<br />
negotiations. Model UN is “a great opportunity<br />
to travel, meet new people, learn. It’s an extracurricular<br />
activity, and its fun. It is a culmination<br />
of everything,” Hannah said. So if you<br />
have an interest in Model UN -- come to the<br />
next meeting. It is definitely worth your time!<br />
Amnesty International<br />
State Meeting at Wesleyan<br />
Jen Armenta ’08<br />
& Hae Rin Yoon’08<br />
Several <strong>Suffield</strong> students joined students<br />
from other schools at an annual meeting<br />
at Wesleyan University on September 29th<br />
where we heard about the national priorities<br />
this year for AIUSA and the core actions for<br />
our region. We have already worked on some<br />
of the issues. We’ve been lucky to have our<br />
recent prisoners of conscience released. Now<br />
we’ve been assigned a prisoner in Libya.<br />
We shared experiences and ideas<br />
with kids from other schools. We’re more excited<br />
than ever about Jamnesty, the holiday<br />
card action, and our other activities at SA.
4 - <strong>The</strong> <strong>Bell</strong> October 2007<br />
Poems To Will Cooley<br />
Well, <strong>Suffield</strong>, Will truly appreciated all the entries he received.<br />
<strong>The</strong> poems were great to read, and a lot of fun to<br />
discuss. After sleepless nights, hours of debate, and literally<br />
days of indecision, Will has finally picked the winning poems.<br />
<strong>The</strong> poets were unknown to Will, so he was forced to<br />
judge on the poems alone. <strong>The</strong> winning poems were chosen<br />
due to their unique ability to capture the essence of all that is<br />
Will Cooley.<br />
First Place: Adam Pistel<br />
<strong>The</strong>re’s something I want, it will take all of my cunning<br />
Will Cooley, cutest kid in the school, 4th year running<br />
Just imagine the night before I’d be tossing and tanglin<br />
hoping I wouldn’t mess up or be janglin<br />
a once in a life time opportunity this date will be<br />
better than candy, even when free!<br />
his roommate Chapman is even a treasure<br />
just hanging out with them gives me such pleasure<br />
where do I take him? what kind of food does he like?<br />
oh there goes cheesecake riding on his bike<br />
he graces my presence while on the soccer field<br />
going on a date with him this I wouldn’t yield<br />
so please Sam Cohen just give me this chance<br />
I told you yesterday you look real good in those pants<br />
this poem will come an end right about here<br />
Will Cooley, my date, and my peer<br />
dig it<br />
Second Place: Chapman Root<br />
I get Chilly, thinking of the cute Willy.<br />
His soccer style is cool, and I show love for his football<br />
club Liverpool.<br />
I can’t replace Em, but I’m certainly one special gem.<br />
Will likes to bike, and also loves a good hike;<br />
I can be his Lance, if he gives me the chance.<br />
He may not pull of the grades, but has some serious shades<br />
He tears it up in lacrosse, and spits game like a boss.<br />
He is my classmate but hopefully its not too late<br />
To show my love for the man I wish to date.<br />
Third Place: Rosemary Chandler<br />
William Cooley his name says it all... from is<br />
head to his toes he is 6 (5’8”) feet tall. His body is chiseled<br />
and shoulders are broad. His eyes are as brown as a muddy<br />
brook fog.<br />
He comes from old lime where there is no limit<br />
of time. He has a nice smile, the best I’ve seen in a while!<br />
Will Cooley is nice and pleasant and sweet! His feet smells<br />
like roses and that is so neat. <strong>The</strong> 7th of May should be<br />
a celebrated day, cause that is the day that he came to<br />
play. His number is eleven but in the hearts of the fans, he<br />
always be one and that was his plan. From soccer to lax he<br />
runs back and forth. He is amazing at life, and lives it for<br />
all that its worth.<br />
Solo Espero<br />
Isi Montero<br />
Poetry & News<br />
Porque siempre soy la segunda<br />
Como si yo fuera una loca inmunda<br />
Que no tiene derecho de tener a nadie<br />
Porque siempre hay una mas importante que yo<br />
Como si yo no tengo la capacidad de decir que no<br />
Y siempre caigo en su trampa<br />
Porque dice que me va a llamar y no lo hace<br />
Y yo solo espero que el tiempo pase<br />
Como si no tengo derecho de tener a nadie<br />
Porque actúa como si nada paso<br />
Si dijo que vendría y nunca llego<br />
Pero yo siempre caigo en su trampa<br />
Porque yo nunca lo puedo olvidar<br />
Como si yo estuviera condenada a amar<br />
Sin el derecho de tener a nadie.<br />
Meet Some New Members of the <strong>Suffield</strong> Faculty<br />
Harry Land ’11, Tsuneko Jarris ’08, and Anne McGovern ’09<br />
and Get Ready to Meet More in the Next Issue<br />
Dan Henegan<br />
1) Why did you decide to work here?<br />
I love <strong>Suffield</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> and was looking for a new<br />
challenge. <strong>The</strong> opportunity presented itself and I glady<br />
accepted.<br />
2) What is your favorite thing about being a faculty<br />
member at a High School?<br />
I like to watch how the “<strong>Suffield</strong> Experience” affects<br />
young people, how it changes them, how they grow and<br />
learn. I look forward to seeing the distance each student<br />
travels over four years of school here, as alums often convey<br />
that much of what they learned at <strong>Suffield</strong> they use<br />
today.<br />
3) What is your favorite highschool memory?<br />
<strong>The</strong>re was this rivalry between AP Bio and AP Chemistry,<br />
which both occurred during the same period. I was<br />
in AP Bio and we decided we were going to show AP<br />
Chem what was up. So the AP Bio teacher brought us<br />
up to the top floor of Holcomb and unlocked the door<br />
to the chemistry room. All the AP Bio people ran into<br />
the room with SuperSoaker squirt guns and hosed down<br />
the AP Chem class. <strong>The</strong> AP Chem teacher hid behind the<br />
desk and started chucking books at us. Meanwhile, the<br />
AP Bio teacher pulled her vehicle up to the side of the<br />
building (at the time there was a road that went between<br />
Memorial and the Library). After the AP Chem class was<br />
thoroughly soaked, we ran down the hall and piled into<br />
the get-a-way car. With the AP Chem class chasing after<br />
us, we sped down High Street and safely arrived at the AP<br />
Bio teacher’s house. We made cookies and drank them<br />
with milk.<br />
True Story.<br />
Where are you from?<br />
What class do you teach?<br />
Favorite Food?<br />
Pet Peeve?<br />
Guilty Pleasure?<br />
Favorite 90’s band?<br />
Favorite hobbies as a kid?<br />
Where are you from?<br />
What class do you teach?<br />
Favorite Food?<br />
Pet Peeve?<br />
Guilty Pleasure?<br />
Favorite 80’s band?<br />
Favorite hobbies as a kid?<br />
Alfred Yi<br />
L.A<br />
ESL and Chinese<br />
Korean BBQ<br />
When people constantly fig it<br />
Watching chick flicks. Society<br />
may not label watching<br />
chick flicks as a “manly” thing<br />
to do, but frankly, I still enjoy<br />
watching them. =)”<br />
’N Sync<br />
Video Games, skateboarding,<br />
bike riding, drawing, coloring.<br />
McKinne Dunn<br />
Grew up in New Jersey,<br />
attended college in<br />
upstate New York, worked in<br />
Boston for 7 years,<br />
lived in Philadelphia last year,<br />
and now her and her husband<br />
are in CT.<br />
English II, English III and<br />
English IV<br />
Omelets<br />
Angry drivers<br />
Yoga, playing ultimate<br />
Frisbee, chai-tea and<br />
good coffee.<br />
All kinds of music.<br />
Skateboarding, climbing trees<br />
to read books and do<br />
homework, sailing,<br />
and playing soccer.<br />
Where are you from?<br />
What class do you teach?<br />
Favorite food?<br />
Pet peeve?<br />
Guilty pleasure?<br />
Favorite 70’s Band?<br />
Favorite sports team?<br />
Where are you from?<br />
What class do you teach?<br />
Favorite food?<br />
Pet peeve?<br />
Guilty pleasure?<br />
Favorite band?<br />
Favorite sports team?<br />
Beth James<br />
Originally from Nashua, NH<br />
Chamber singers, beginning<br />
piano class, and wind<br />
ensemble.<br />
King Crab legs, because I<br />
can’t have them all<br />
the time – and<br />
they’re awesome.<br />
Rudeness is a big one, but also<br />
not filling up the ice<br />
cube trays.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Food Network and<br />
celebrity gossip.<br />
I wasn’t born until 1980! But I<br />
do love Steely Dan and Billy<br />
Joel.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Red Sox!<br />
Ross James<br />
Originally, Scarborough, New<br />
York.<br />
English<br />
Steak Frites<br />
Inconsiderate drivers and lack<br />
of common courtesy<br />
Watching television, especially<br />
Frasier<br />
Guns N’ Roses<br />
<strong>The</strong> Yankees
Art<br />
5- <strong>The</strong> <strong>Bell</strong> October 2007<br />
Yusuke Ito ’08<br />
Becca Joslow ’08<br />
Adam Grasso ’09<br />
Courtney Thrall ’09<br />
Madison Graney ’09
6 - <strong>The</strong> <strong>Bell</strong> October 2007<br />
News<br />
<strong>The</strong> new high ropes course rises above<br />
the SOLO building on the far west side<br />
of campus.<br />
Technology on Campus: <strong>The</strong> First Article in A Series<br />
Jump Sosothikul ’08 & Sroaj Sosothikul ’10<br />
<strong>The</strong> new schedule application is here! Includes<br />
daily lunch and dinner menu, time until next<br />
class, and pop-up notifications. Get it here:<br />
http://web.suffieldacademy.org/~09crk<br />
Spectators at the first game played on the new turf field<br />
Turf Redefines Soccer & Field Hockey<br />
Katharine Sacco ’10<br />
Last spring, my geometry class<br />
watched with fascination as different machines<br />
pushed rows of grass from behind<br />
Centurion Hall into large piles and then<br />
trucked it away.<br />
This was the work of Paganelli<br />
Construction, a company which has done the<br />
foundation for some jobs around campus before<br />
– the track, the new dorms.<br />
Paganelli created the foundation<br />
out of layers of different kinds of rock. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
had to make sure the surface was perfectly<br />
flat and provide for drainage. Although many<br />
fields are crowned and so are slightly higher<br />
in the middle than on the sides, ours has a 1-<br />
degree pitch away from the building.<br />
<strong>The</strong> installer, who only does two<br />
fields a year, began laying out the carpet, an<br />
A-Turf product which comes in wide strips,<br />
in July. Although they are not visible, there<br />
are seams in the turf that had to be glued together.<br />
Some of the long, straight colored<br />
lines on the field were part of the carpet, but<br />
others, such as the curved lines and the SA in<br />
the middle, had to be individually cut into the<br />
carpet.<br />
If you’ve dug your fingers into<br />
the turf, you’ve found little black bits and<br />
even littler white ones. <strong>The</strong>se are rubber and<br />
sand which were layered to create the infill.<br />
It’s 60% rubber and 40% sand, with 80,000<br />
pounds of rubber going into our turf.<br />
After all this work, when we arrived<br />
on campus in the beginning of September,<br />
we were greeted with what Varsity Field<br />
Hockey coach Mrs. Vianney calls a “state-ofthe-art”<br />
turf field.<br />
However, that moment seemed far<br />
away when the Varsity Field Hockey team<br />
made the playoffs last year, and they couldn’t<br />
have a home game because of rain. According<br />
to Mr. Godin, this “pushed forward a discussion<br />
that had started a few years back.”<br />
With support from Mr. Cahn, the<br />
Board of Trustees, and the Parents’ Association,<br />
and sufficient funds raised, Mr. Godin<br />
and Mr. Cyr, head of the Physical Plant, began<br />
visiting fields from New Jersey to Maine.<br />
After choosing a product and installer<br />
with the help of Mr. Booth, the turf<br />
field went from being an idea to a reality.<br />
Overall, Mr. Godin says the turf<br />
provides “flexibility in terms of scheduling,<br />
particularly in wet weather.” <strong>The</strong> fact that<br />
teams will still get to play in the rain is the<br />
“main advantage.”<br />
During the spring season, boys and<br />
girls lacrosse will be playing on the turf, and<br />
during the fall season, boys and girls varsity<br />
soccer will each get to play four or five games<br />
on turf.<br />
<strong>The</strong> varsity field hockey team will be utilizing<br />
it for nearly all of their games. As Mr.<br />
Godin puts it, “<strong>The</strong> current standard [in field<br />
hockey] is to play on turf.”<br />
So, what does the field hockey<br />
team have to say?<br />
“<strong>The</strong> field hockey program is<br />
thrilled to play on this surface. Turf allows<br />
field hockey players to move the ball more<br />
efficiently and with better consistency, so the<br />
game should be conducted at a much faster<br />
pace than on grass,” says Mrs. Vianney.<br />
Varsity soccer player Reagan Teed<br />
’08 is also enjoying it. “<strong>The</strong> new turf field is<br />
very soft on the feet and allows for a faster<br />
game.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> best thing about the turf, according<br />
to Mr. Godin, is simply that in “creates<br />
a lot of options.” Hopefully, everyone<br />
will be able to enjoy and benefit from the turf<br />
field in years to come.<br />
Here many types of technology are<br />
working around you all the time. This technology<br />
ranges from the huge data servers in<br />
the server room to just zeros and ones in your<br />
laptop.<br />
Technology is a major aspect of<br />
our community, and we enjoy easy access to<br />
it. But how much do you actually know about<br />
our capabilities? Can you use these resources<br />
to their full capacity? Let’s see what our<br />
school has to offer. This is the first of a series<br />
of articles on technology at SA.<br />
First, let’s look at the school server<br />
complex, which is located in the basement of<br />
the library next to Tisch auditorium. Remember<br />
that shabby little door? <strong>The</strong>re are over 20<br />
servers in there! <strong>The</strong>y generate so much heat<br />
that their cooling system doubles for air conditioning<br />
in Tisch auditorium (an unintended<br />
side effect which will be fixed any decade<br />
now).<br />
Some servers may be very familiar,<br />
such as the file server, web server, or the firstclass<br />
server. But there are others as well, for<br />
instance the phone server, the Internet server,<br />
and the packet shaper. <strong>The</strong> file server alone<br />
contains 2.73 terabytes of space; that’s about<br />
1 million mp3 songs you can store. You could<br />
potentially listen to it non-stop 24 hours a<br />
day, 7 days a week, for 18 years and never<br />
hear a single repeat.<br />
One interesting fact is that every<br />
server is named after a movie character. For<br />
example, our file server is Nigel from This is<br />
Spinal Tap, our web server is Aragog from<br />
Harry Potter, and our login servers are Luke<br />
and Leia from Star Wars.<br />
<strong>The</strong> packet shaper (named Lyle)<br />
is actually a very interesting piece of equipment.<br />
It keeps track of how much internet<br />
you’ve been using and tags you with a rank<br />
based on that amount. If you’ve used it a lot,<br />
you’ll get less priority than the guy who’s<br />
done nothing all day. So next time your WoW<br />
lags, it’s not your roommate, it’s Lyle.<br />
Lockdown, continued from page 1<br />
are three signals you should look out for at all<br />
times. <strong>The</strong> lockdown alerts are declared by<br />
horn signals. One long blast means situation<br />
normal, all cleared; two short blasts means<br />
severe weather, clear all athletic fields; four<br />
short blasts means full scale lockdown.<br />
<strong>The</strong> first two signals should be self<br />
explanatory; it is when we hear four blasts<br />
that things get serious.<br />
Should something dire occur, the<br />
first thing anybody should do is seek a secure<br />
location. First, see to your own safety. <strong>The</strong><br />
center for all information, both reporting in<br />
and reporting out, will go through Fuller Hall.<br />
Consequently, contact Fuller Hall as the next<br />
step. Things then change depending on who<br />
you are. Students should follow the directions<br />
of teachers, who will lock people up in<br />
safe locations. Remain there until all is clear.<br />
If you’re alone, such as in a dorm room, lock<br />
yourself in, and, if possible, contact Fuller<br />
Hall by phone or e-mail. Keep yourself safe<br />
at all time.<br />
Teachers will lock the doors nearest<br />
to their classrooms, close all windows,<br />
and close the blinds. Teachers, administrators,<br />
and staff have been asssigned to lock<br />
every building. When each building is secure,<br />
teachers and staff will contact Fuller<br />
Hall with their locations, the names of the<br />
students with them, and whether any threat is<br />
imminent. Safety is the top priority.<br />
As the school’s emergency team<br />
gathers the names of all who are secured,<br />
they will then work to account for anyone<br />
who is missing. Are the students who called<br />
in sick really safe at home? Did the history<br />
Our internet speed is currently<br />
17Mb per second for downloading and 5Mb<br />
per second for uploading; that means you<br />
can download a new album every minute.<br />
Hopefully Lyle doesn’t notice you doing it,<br />
though.<br />
<strong>The</strong> school is planning to upgrade<br />
from a cable modem to a fiber optic connection<br />
with 19Mb down and 19Mb up. 2Mb<br />
may seem like a small difference, but wait<br />
until they upgrade and feel the surge!<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is some software in use on<br />
campus that you may not know about, for<br />
example: File-maker is a database software<br />
that creates your schedule, Odin is a software<br />
which manages your debit card account, and<br />
Gradekeeper is a program which calculates<br />
your letter grade and percentage.<br />
All of this is here on campus,<br />
so use it wisely. When’s the last time you<br />
backed up your computer? Want your download<br />
to speed up for once? Be smart about<br />
technology and it’ll work wonders for you.<br />
Tune in next time and we’ll talk about peerto-peer<br />
communications and the ever notorious<br />
BitTorrent.<br />
Community Outreach<br />
Launches Clothing and<br />
Supplies Drive for Victims<br />
of Hurricane Dean<br />
Through lunch announcements,<br />
emails, and signs around campus, we’ve<br />
learned about the devastation caused by Hurricane<br />
Dean.<br />
As the signs say: “On August 18,<br />
2007, Hurricane Dean pummelled Jamaica<br />
with gusting winds and torrential rains leaving<br />
many Jamaicans without shelter.”<br />
Community Outreach members<br />
have placed boxes around campus, asking for<br />
donations. <strong>The</strong>y are collecting clothing, pens,<br />
pencils, books, notebooks, and other school<br />
supplies.<br />
teacher with a free period go down to Dunkin<br />
Donuts? In any case the headmaster’s office<br />
will contact parents, inform them of the situation<br />
and tell them the safest action to take.<br />
It is vital that parents obey the instructions<br />
given by the school.<br />
Don’t hold your breath waiting for<br />
four blasts of the horn, though. Mr. Booth<br />
doesn’t expect to need to use the horn, and he<br />
certainly doesn’t want to. <strong>The</strong> lockdown will<br />
happen only in response to the direst circumstance.<br />
“As remote a chance as it is, we want<br />
to make sure we could respond to a [dangerous]<br />
situation” Mr. Booth told us.<br />
<strong>The</strong> lockdown drill this summer<br />
tested the procedures described above. At<br />
this point some people are uncomfortable<br />
with the having to be prepared for this kind<br />
of disaster. Of necessity, everyone will be<br />
trained in the procedures for a lockdown in<br />
the near future. Classes on school safety will<br />
soon be incorporated into the leadership program<br />
with one unit exclusively on the lockdown.<br />
“I’m expecting us to do drills periodically,”<br />
Mr. Booth told <strong>The</strong> <strong>Bell</strong>. “We learned<br />
a lot [from our last drill] about what works<br />
and what doesn’t work.”<br />
Until we receive further official notice,<br />
it’s safe to say the lockdown can be kept<br />
at the border of your consciousness. Always<br />
secure yourself first before trying to establish<br />
communications. “I feel that we’ve made<br />
some great progress formalizing the procedures,”<br />
said Mr. Booth, “we have some work<br />
to do, but we’ve got the frame work in place.<br />
We’ll get to where we need to be.”
News<br />
Goodbye Berkshire Day… Bring On Williston Week!<br />
Lindsay Life ‘08 and Maysie Childs ‘09<br />
For the past several years we<br />
celebrated our rivalry with Berkhire School<br />
with Berkshire Day. We had a pep rally and<br />
a week of spirit dress in preparation for the<br />
day of competition. However, Berkshire<br />
was never much of a rival; no offense to the<br />
Bears. This year Student Council has decided<br />
to put Berkshire Day behind us and take<br />
on Williston Week.<br />
Mr. Eckhardt was excited about<br />
the change, “We have a storied history with<br />
Williston Northampton. We battle over<br />
the Francis/Kinne Cup, which is passed on<br />
from school to school each time our schools<br />
face with the school winning the most athletic<br />
competitions taking the cup. We have<br />
played them in football for over one hundred<br />
years and having been playing baseball<br />
against them since 1890.” Mr. Eckhardt encourages<br />
everyone interested in what is in<br />
store for Williston Week to attend student<br />
council meetings, but he hints at a bonfire,<br />
a pep rally, and spirit days with dress code<br />
changes.<br />
No matter who is the rival, Spirit<br />
Week is an exciting time at <strong>Suffield</strong>. Many<br />
of the upperclassman remember the pep rally<br />
in which former Dean of Students, Chad Wabrek,<br />
leaped through the bonfire. Many alums<br />
have vivid memories from their spirit weeks<br />
as well. Mr. Eckhardt remembers the pep<br />
rallies every season, and one still stands out<br />
in his mind. He claims that the field hockey<br />
team did a routine on the stairs of Brewster to<br />
“I Wear My Sunglasses At Night,” all wearing<br />
their sunglasses and with cat whiskers<br />
painted on. Well, maybe things have changed<br />
a little bit since Mr. Eckhardt went to school<br />
here.<br />
Student Council President Harrison<br />
Kramer ’08 expressed the general excitement<br />
over the upcoming spirit week. “I’m excited<br />
for this year because we will have a real rival,<br />
a school that sees us as equals… not a school<br />
that thinks we are their rivals. This year they<br />
will be battling the wildcats, not the teddy<br />
bears. But we will still crush them, let them<br />
meow no longer.” As Tsuneko Jarris ’08 exclaims,<br />
“it will be the battle of the cats!”<br />
From June 23rd to July 12th Grace<br />
Wolcott traveled to <strong>The</strong> U.S Virgin Islands,<br />
St. Croix and St. John as a volunteer. <strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>Bell</strong> asked Grace a few questions to recap her<br />
amazing summer.<br />
<strong>Bell</strong>: Where did you live while you<br />
were there?<br />
Grace: For the first week we lived<br />
in platform tents at Mt. Victory Camp in<br />
Frederiksted, St. Croix. <strong>The</strong> second week we<br />
stayed at a hotel in Christiansted, St. Croix.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n we stayed in cottages in Cinnamon Bay,<br />
St. John.<br />
<strong>Bell</strong>: What was your job?<br />
Grace: We had a lot of different<br />
jobs. In Frederiksted we worked at Mt. Victory<br />
Camp making trails. We also painted<br />
the community center and power washed<br />
buildings at a low income-housing complex.<br />
In Christiansted we served breakfast at the<br />
Lighthouse Mission, a soup kitchen in the<br />
morning and then painted the offices and<br />
buildings at the Nature Conservancy. On St.<br />
John we worked with the Virgin Islands National<br />
Park service clearing trails.<br />
7 - <strong>The</strong> <strong>Bell</strong> October 2007<br />
Where in the World was Grace Wolcott this Summer?<br />
Anne McGovern ’09<br />
<strong>Bell</strong>: Would you do it again?<br />
Grace: I would definitely do it<br />
again. It was a lot of fun as well as hard work<br />
in a really great place. I think it is a really<br />
great program because of the way that we<br />
lived. We worked most mornings and sometimes<br />
all day, but we always had time to relax<br />
on the beach and swim. We had two collegeage<br />
leaders who were really cool, and they<br />
didn’t act like our parents. We had to make<br />
all of our own meals and plan everything ourselves.<br />
It was a great experience and I hope to<br />
do something similar this coming summer.<br />
<strong>Bell</strong>: Did you make a lot of friends?<br />
Were they international or from the U.S.?<br />
Grace: I did make a lot of friends<br />
on the trip. <strong>The</strong> rooming situations switched<br />
every week, so everyone bonded with everyone.<br />
We were all really close. <strong>The</strong>y weren’t<br />
international, but they were from all over the<br />
U.S.<br />
If you want to learn more about<br />
how to spend your summer this way, just ask<br />
Grace Wolcott, class of 2009!<br />
Guiding the ambassadors at the<br />
2007 First Korea Library Festival<br />
Nick Jung ’08<br />
North Koreans Living in the South:<br />
Foreigners or Koreans?<br />
Hae Rin Yoon ’08<br />
During the summer, I worked at<br />
the UNWTO ST-EP Foundation in Seoul.<br />
<strong>The</strong> organization was included in the United<br />
Nations World Tourism Organization. ST-EP<br />
stands for ‘Sustainable Tourism for Eliminating<br />
Poverty’, which shows its goal to help<br />
the least developed countries in the world<br />
through tourism.<br />
<strong>The</strong> cultiminating event, 2007<br />
Korea Library Festival was held from September<br />
12th to 13th, 2007. As an intern of<br />
ST-EP Foundation, I joined the event. <strong>The</strong><br />
distinguished guests included the First lady<br />
of Korea and ambassadors of different embassies<br />
in Korea.<br />
Because the first lady of Korea<br />
would attend, the place was covered with security<br />
guards. When ST-EP deputy chief Mr.<br />
Park and I set up the ST-EP booth, the guards<br />
came in and started questioning everyone.<br />
“Which embassy are you from,<br />
sir?” I asked a man in formal dress.<br />
He answered, “Paraguay” with a<br />
Spanish accent. In fact, I wasn’t surprised<br />
that he was South American because He<br />
looked similar to Diego Maradona, a distinguished<br />
soccer star in Argentina. He had<br />
curly hair and a protruding mouth.<br />
“Come this way, sir. I will lead you<br />
to the main stage.”<br />
As we started towards the hall<br />
where speeches were being given, guards let<br />
us through when I explained that my guest<br />
was the ambassador from Paraguay. <strong>The</strong> program<br />
had already started. “By now, the first<br />
lady would be halfway through her speech,”<br />
I thought.<br />
Walking with the Paraguayan ambassador,<br />
I could not let him leave me without<br />
attempting polite conversation. I said,<br />
“Today’s weather is very hot, isn’t it?” As<br />
if he were waiting for my words, he replied<br />
causally, “yeah, it made me sweaty.”<br />
Even in the simple words, he<br />
showed some confidence and coolness. I<br />
could not define what it was, but I believe it<br />
was the atmosphere of loftiness he had. I was<br />
screaming inside, “Wow, this is how an ambassador<br />
speaks and behaves!”<br />
Finally getting to the stage, I saw<br />
the first lady giving her speech. Two guards<br />
told us that the seats were full. I knew that<br />
wasn’t right. He was a representative of one<br />
country in Korea, and he deserved to be seated<br />
with other ambassadors.<br />
I asked the guards to bring a chair<br />
for the ambassador. It is rude for the host not<br />
to offer a seat for guests. <strong>The</strong> guard suggested<br />
that the ambassador would have a seat after a<br />
minute or so. He told that if we waited for a<br />
minute sitting here, we would get seats.<br />
Interpreting his words to the ambassador,<br />
I tried to be as polite as possible. He<br />
waited calmly. Finally, the guards returned,<br />
ready to seat the ambassador of Paraguay<br />
with his peers.<br />
As soon as I saw the ambassador<br />
seated, I ran back to my position at the entrance.<br />
After the speeches, the first lady<br />
toured the gym. ST-EP had a booth there, and<br />
I wanted to see what first lady would think of<br />
it. Unfortunately, I had to take care of the ambassadors<br />
and the notable figures first. I took<br />
care of all the ambassadors who became lost.<br />
By the time I came returned, the<br />
first lady was gone. Although I could not<br />
meet her and shake her hand, I had had a<br />
great experience. <strong>The</strong> ambassador’s behavior<br />
struck me so forcibly that I would like to be<br />
an ambassador representing South Korea to a<br />
foreign country.<br />
“Do you think North Korean expatriates<br />
are citizens of South Korea when they<br />
live in South Korea? Or are they foreigners<br />
because they are not literally South Koreans?<br />
Are they still the family or foe?”<br />
“I think they are still the citizens of<br />
South Korea. Although the North has a different<br />
form of government and fought against<br />
the South, the South Korean government<br />
should admit them as our citizens.”<br />
“Well, it is the question.”<br />
When I first arrived at the Korean<br />
Congress, the gigantic building obstructed<br />
my sight. It was so huge that I felt as I was a<br />
dwarf in Alice’s Wonderland. As I entered, I<br />
saw many Congressmen and some reporters<br />
from broadcasting companies to record interviews<br />
with Congressional representatives.<br />
As I entered the office where my<br />
father’s friend works, I was slightly disappointed<br />
by its small size. I had expected the<br />
room to be huge and luxurious. However,<br />
in reality, it was as big as rooms in the New<br />
Dorms.<br />
My father’s friend Congressman<br />
Seo, H.Y gladly greeted me in the office and I<br />
saw three secretaries working in front of computers.<br />
Most of them were busily answering<br />
phones and typing. <strong>The</strong> Congressman’s office<br />
was chaotic and messy because of stacks<br />
of papers and busy people.<br />
I met the secretary who had compiled<br />
a research paper on North Korean refugees.<br />
Fortunately, the Korean Congress has<br />
been working on the project called, “<strong>The</strong><br />
H.G.R. School for North Korean expatriates.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> project proposes building a special<br />
school for expatriates. Since the influx<br />
of North Korean expatriates has increased<br />
significantly, there has not been enough evidence<br />
gathered to study the plan for building<br />
the school. Currently, the South Korean government<br />
regards North Korean refugees as<br />
foreigners, so that they cannot have enough<br />
financial and social supports.<br />
<strong>The</strong> secretary and I decided to conduct<br />
a survey of North Korean expatriates. I<br />
was already volunteering in a center for refugees,<br />
so I held indepth interviews with individuals.<br />
Although the expatriates were unwilling<br />
to talk at first, as I explained them the<br />
reason for this survey, they started opening<br />
up. Of the twenty-three people I approached,<br />
only thirteen people agreed to be interviewed<br />
and to complete the survey.<br />
<strong>The</strong> purpose of the survey was to<br />
find out flaws in the project while Congress<br />
is working on it so they can be addressed. As<br />
such, my research was successful because<br />
several problems were identified. Primiarily,<br />
the project lacked input from North Korean<br />
expatriates. If the project is to help them, it<br />
must be formed by listening and talking to<br />
them.<br />
Because North Korean expatriates<br />
are classified as foreigners, they need<br />
to receive financial and social aid through a<br />
special institute, such as the H.G.R. School.<br />
Until they are admitted as South Korean<br />
citizens, they need to figure out the ways to<br />
adapt to a new culture. I do not expect Korean<br />
government to bring drastic change quickly.<br />
Also, there could be unforeseen consequences<br />
from this project. Are they our family or<br />
foes? <strong>The</strong>y are foreigners, but it is still not<br />
completely solved.<br />
TA Retreat, continued from pgae 1<br />
Proctor retreat, continued from page 1<br />
According to Mrs. Adelsberger and<br />
Mr. Lynch, the discussion meetings that were<br />
led this year by senior proctor leaders were<br />
impressive. Learning from last year’s senior<br />
leaders, this year’s leaders showed more possibilities<br />
of strong leadership and responsibility<br />
than did the last year. I was extremely glad<br />
that I was one member of them.<br />
Leaders are not born but chosen.<br />
Senior proctors and Junior leaders just have<br />
started their journey. For the rest of the year,<br />
they will show the definition of true leadership.<br />
Anne Tucker’s Summer, continued from p. 1<br />
to the orphanage they don’t know what their<br />
future holds. India Howell the director has<br />
given us hope.” By creating this program,<br />
children are given a chance to receive an<br />
education and future jobs. Thanks to volunteers<br />
like Anne Tucker, they are able to have<br />
this opportunity and live to obtain a position<br />
of their dreams, something that would have<br />
been unthinkable before.<br />
Anne Tucker has clearly been<br />
touched by this experience. Although it is<br />
hard for her to keep in touch because of the<br />
slowly developing infrastructure and tech-<br />
nology in the rural area, she tries her best by<br />
writing letters and emailing the program director.<br />
India Howell, the Program Director<br />
of RVCV, is coming to speak in Chapel in<br />
the spring.<br />
find three huge rocks stuffed in the bottom of<br />
the pack. On this retreat, there was never a<br />
dull moment.<br />
Mr. Cahn brought his family to<br />
visit us at the SOLO barn. He told us about<br />
the school’s future goals and how the leadership<br />
program greatly influences our school<br />
in many different ways. <strong>The</strong> leadership program<br />
is one that many other schools admire<br />
and even hope to add to their own curriculum.<br />
Overall, I think most who were<br />
there would agree that the TA retreat was<br />
a positive experience. <strong>The</strong> TA retreat allowed<br />
us to grow closer with our peers and<br />
also allowed us to become associated with<br />
the teachers we would be working with this<br />
year.
8 - <strong>The</strong> <strong>Bell</strong> October 2007<br />
Captains’ Quotes<br />
Maysie Childs ’08 & Sam Robson ’08<br />
Sports<br />
Boys Cross Country: Joel Glassman ’08 & Sam Stone ‘09<br />
Q: What do you hope to accomplish this season?<br />
A: To improve.<br />
Girls Field Hockey: Isy Zellweger ’08 & Kelsey Tuthill ‘08<br />
Coming off a season where we were section champions, we have had<br />
to work very hard to keep up our game and to maintain our reputation<br />
as a good team. We are starting the season strong with huge energy on<br />
the field and all the girls work very hard together. <strong>The</strong> chemistry on the<br />
field is excellent because everyone gets along great, and our teamwork<br />
is very efficient.<br />
Football: George Gomez ’08<br />
Q: What do you hope to accomplish with your team this year?<br />
A: Everyone on the team has high expectations for this year. All of the returning players<br />
worked hard during the summer to prepare for the season; also, the new players<br />
and PGs are valuable additions that will help us win some games. Our goals are to play<br />
hard with no mistakes, and to leave everything we have on the field every game.<br />
Boys Soccer: Tommaso D’Agastino ‘09 & Adam Pistel ’08<br />
Q: What do you hope to accomplish this season?<br />
Tommaso:To work hard; I wouldn’t expect anything less from our<br />
team. Our record so far doesn’t reflect our talent.<br />
Adam: To do our best, and have some fun.<br />
Girls Cross Country: Tsuneko Jarris ’08,<br />
Abbie Schuster ‘08, and Ally Nelson ’08<br />
Q: What do you hope to accomplish as a<br />
team this season?<br />
A: I think we all hope to build the team up.<br />
We lost 5 out of 7 varsity runners this year<br />
and we are definitely looking to rebuild.<br />
<strong>The</strong> team has great chemistry and we’re all<br />
looking to get in shape as well as having a<br />
good time together.<br />
Girls Soccer: Mallorie Nai ’08, Liz Snow ’08, and Kate Pistel ’09<br />
Q: What is the chemistry like on your team?<br />
A: All of the freshmen feel included already. Everyone works together really<br />
well. We see ourselves as a team during games, during practices and throughout<br />
the school day. We already feel bonded and it is only the first week. We<br />
expect everyone to stay positive and be ready to work hard.<br />
Water Polo: Tommy Cyran ‘08, Evan Ciecimirski ’10<br />
Q: What is it like to have a line up with mostly new players?<br />
A: <strong>The</strong>re is a lot of talent and young people. In terms of skill<br />
we look really strong but sometimes practices can get out of<br />
hand because of our maturity level. We need to find a balance<br />
between having fun and being successful in the water.<br />
Alums Arrive for Annual Soccer Rivalry<br />
Tsuneko Jarris ’08<br />
It was a blazing hot September Saturday<br />
as the members of our Varsity Boys Soccer<br />
Team stepped onto the newly placed turf.<br />
<strong>The</strong> weather peaked at ninety-seven degrees,<br />
and the onlookers were perspiring on the<br />
sidelines. Juan Arreaza ’05 of the 2005 New<br />
England Championship team scored the first<br />
goal with an impressive through ball from<br />
Dave Eckhardt ’86. Closely following this<br />
play, Nick Lines ’08 scored a screamer from<br />
eleven yards out. <strong>The</strong> final score was three to<br />
two, the Alumni taking the win.<br />
Aside from this intense rivalry it was a<br />
good time for the players, both students and<br />
Alumni, to bond. “It is always fun to see who<br />
comes back to play in the alumni game. This<br />
year Juan Arreaza made an appearance which<br />
brought back great memories,” said two year<br />
captain Adam Pistel ’08. Strong contributing<br />
players to the soccer team this year include<br />
Kohei Hotta ’10, assistant captain Tomasso<br />
D’Agosdino ’09, Will Cooley ’08, and newcomer<br />
goalie Steven Kiss ’10.<br />
<strong>The</strong> boys have a series of home games this<br />
year and “Always love an enthusiastic<br />
crowd!” says Cooley.<br />
Volleyball: Meg Miller ‘08, Emily Cassello ‘08, and Amar Khalsa ‘08<br />
Q: What is the chemistry like on your team?<br />
We are still getting to know everyone’s strengths and weaknesses. We are<br />
definently in the rebuilding stage but we start that way every season. In a<br />
week we will really be more together.<br />
A: How do you like your new coach, Ms. Hettrick?<br />
Q: She is great! She really motivates us at every practice and at our games.<br />
She is more intense with our practices. We are even running! She wants us<br />
to be more successful and I definitely think we will be. At our first play day<br />
we won two games that is already more games then we won last season. We<br />
see ourselves going places.