‘The Summer Newspaper of Phillips Exeter Academy’ Vol. XXXVI, Number 2 Thursday, July 12, 2012 Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire THE SUMMER TIMES First Class Mail U.S. Postage Paid Mailed from 03833 Permit Number 78 Have you ever wanted to have a healthier variety of food? Starting soon -- maybe even today! -- you will be able to. The Unit Manager of the Elm Street Dinning Hall, Daniel Ferland, will be introducing new farm fresh vegetables from local farms that would be used in a farm table in the dining hall. It will be an experiment to upgrade dining during the regular school session as well, he said. "My goal is to centralize the systems that are already in place," Mr. Ferland said. He will do so by receiving fresh vegetables weekly and using them to expand the dining hall by creating a farm table and creating different kinds of recipes with the ingredients that they have. "It supports local businesses," dorm advisor Laura Finck said. "I think it would be a good way to involve the community with the school." Mr. Ferland will introduce these fruits and vegetables in two ways: by adding them to the food people on campus eat and also creating a farm table which would expand the variety of healthy choices in the dining hall. A farm table is basically a table filled with fresh fruits and vegetables. "Depending on the foods that the kitchen has, that will determine what will be inputed into the farm table," Mr. Ferland said. "I support local sustainability," he said, "and by doing this, it is a start to really be a part of a trend. I am very excited to be doing it." Katherine Barron from England agreed. "I believe this is great because people will have the option to eat healthier," she said. In this part of New Hampshire there are farmers markets in town every Thursday so instead of having to go to town to get fresh fruit and vegetables, On Wednesday July 4th, a small microwave fire erupted when Peter Smondyrev, 16-year-old New Yorker, tried to make popcorn in the Mainstreet Boys Dormitory. Around 4:30 p.m., Peter went down to the basement to cook a bag of popcorn while passing the time watching movies. As he walked into the basement, he headed to the kitchen section where the microwaves were located, but at the same time noting the other boys playing a game of pool or ping pong. There were three microwaves, but none of them was working. The buttons weren’t responding, so he plugged the white microwave into a different outlet hole. This microwave automatically turned on, so he put in his bag of popcorn and pressed the popcorn button. Peter says the bag of popcorn was cooking for only two or three minutes, but others in the basement at the time say the bag was in there for a whole game of pool. Even though there was a difference in the amount of time the popcorn was cooked for, everyone agreed that the noises coming from the microwave were unusual. They heard some popcorn kernels popping but the noise coming from the mi- crowave sounded more like the static on an old television. Peter was the first one to notice sparks jumping around in the microwave, and soon the other boys were asking ques- tions. The boys who were playing pool asked why there were sparks in the microwave and if it was normal. Peter opened the door and discovered a small fire erupting from a hole in the back side of the microwave. “I screamed ‘Fire! Fire! Fire in the microwave,’” Peter recalled. He got a water bottle and tried to put out the fire, but the water didn’t make any difference. Malik Young, a 17-year-old from Chicago, was playing pool at the time. When he noticed the fire, he too tried to put it out with water. Then he noticed someone beside him hold- ing a fire extinguisher. That someone was trying to use it, but couldn’t figure out how to work it. “I took the fire extinguisher and used it the proper way,” Malik said. Malik was able to put the fire out; however, it made no difference to the alarms. Almost as soon as the fire was put out, the alarms went off and everyone in the dorm had to evacuate. While they were waiting for the fire department to show up, Peter was looking around for an advisor. After he was able to find one, he explained what had happened and how it was just an accident. “It wasn’t my fault, I didn’t see the hole,” Peter ex- plained. He said the same thing, and told the whole story, to the ad- visors and the fire marshals. After 20 minutes, the firefighters declared the building safe to enter. I’m sure that all those boys will look twice in the micro- wave from now on when they use it. By MAXXINE LEPPER Summer Times Staff Writer Getting Fresh: D-Hall to Get a Farm Table The Day the Popcorn P O P P E D By KEVIN BRESCHINI Summer Times Staff Writer Monday night, at a soccer game on the academy fields, a player from the Exeter team was injured and sent directly to the hospital. During the second half of the game, a midfielder was running with the ball when a player on the opposing team shoved the Exeter player, causing him to lose balance. As he tumbled to the ground, he "landed with [his] arm wrapped under," as described by the injured player. He was immediately rushed to Exeter hospital, ac- companied by a school nurse. He then spent 3 hours in the emergency room in excruciating pain. While no bones were actually broken, a severely pulled, nearly torn muscle in his right wrist, left him in a cast, forcing him to ice his wrist to relieve pain. He says he will continue playing soccer in the future despite this injury, but for the next few weeks, taking it easy will help encourage the healing process. “You jump, I jump, right?” Over the years, bridge jumping -- while officially banned -- has be- come a popular tradition of Phillips Exeter Academy Summer School students. Although it may be fun, Ethan Shapiro, Director of the PEA Sum- mer School Program has stated that it is not allowed. “There are signs that say no div- ing or swimming,” he says. “This is because bridge jumping is not safe. The bridge is very high and the water is unsanitary. There are no life guards and nobody is there to supervise. If they catch kids, Mr Shapiro says: “Security asks kids to please refrain from doing it. After being warned, most kids are compliant with this, but every now and then, we get kids who continue to go even after getting in trouble the first time. If this happens they are usually sent to speak with either myself or one of the Summer School Deans.” The bridge is about 25 feet above the water and is located just passed the soccer fields and over a lake about 20 feet deep. Every year brave access and upper school students venture to the bridge and use it as a place to hang out with friends, have fun and feel refreshed. Exonian Injured on the Field By CALLEIGH HUNTER Summer Times Staff Writer By KATHERINE BARRON Summer Times Staff Writer See FARM, page 4 See LEAP, page 4 PEA's mascot decorated in the world's flags. See back page (8) for key to the different countries. Courtesy of Alex Braile PEA'10 PEA Summer students take a leap off of the Academy bridge. Katherine Barron/The Summer Times A Portrait of Diversity The rampant lion of Phillips Exeter Academy roars this summer with the voices of a record 783 students from 47 foreign countries and the United States. The world outside may be a mess but here on campus, tolerance and fellowship reign -- as the following vignettes illustrate: 'It is widely accepted that people belonging to countries that are not on good terms currently, or have not been at some point in the past, adopt pre-conceived, distanced attitudes towards one another. Nevertheless, that did not seem to be the case with U.S. student Jack Martin and Virgilio Avila from Venezuela. Taking into consideration the fact that the United States and Venezuela have had their share of conflicts in the past, especially owing to American involvement in the Ven- ezuela Crisis of 1902-1903, one would expect that these two Exeter Summer School students would have avoided getting in touch with each other and perhaps looked the other way. “I do not believe that politics should affect our relation- ships. At least they do not affect mine.” said Virgilio, with Jack instantly agreeing. With that kind of mentality, it is comprehensible why these two hit it off so easily. Jack then added: “There is nothing wrong with having a friendship with a Venezuelan.”They both seemed pleased with the way they had handled and treated oneanother; their open minded and unprejudiced behavior having led to a true friendship." - Iris Franjou 'On July 4th, Paraguay and Venezuela broke off diplo- matic relations, because the government of President Chavez in Venezuela does not recognize the new government in Para- guay, following the Paraguayan Senate’s removal of former President Fernando Lugo. Nicola Yammine from Venezuela and Kenny Lin from Paraguay were asked about that. “It will just affect the citizens of Paraguay, they will not receive the oil that they need, unfortunately is not their fault,” said Nicola. Kenny thinks different “Both countries will lose, Paraguay will Where We're Coming From: 48 Lands Think Before you Leap: Better Yet, Don't... See DIVERSITY, page 8
Transcript
‘The Summer Newspaper of Phillips Exeter Academy’
Vol. XXXVI, Number 2 Thursday, July 12, 2012 Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire
THE SUMMER TIMES First Class MailU.S. Postage PaidMailed from 03833Permit Number 78
Have you ever wanted to have a healthier variety of food? Starting soon -- maybe even today! -- you will be able to.
The Unit Manager of the Elm Street Dinning Hall, Daniel Ferland, will be introducing new farm fresh vegetables from local farms that would be used in a farm table in the dining hall.
It will be an experiment to upgrade
dining during the regular school session as well, he said.
"My goal is to centralize the systems that are already in place," Mr. Ferland said. He will do so by receiving fresh vegetables weekly and using them to expand the dining hall by creating a farm table and creating different kinds of recipes with the ingredients that they have.
"It supports local businesses," dorm advisor Laura Finck said. "I think it would be a good way to involve the
community with the school." Mr. Ferland will introduce these
fruits and vegetables in two ways: by adding them to the food people on campus eat and also creating a farm table which would expand the variety of healthy choices in the dining hall.
A farm table is basically a table filled with fresh fruits and vegetables. "Depending on the foods that the kitchen has, that will determine what will be inputed into the farm table," Mr. Ferland said. "I support local sustainability,"
he said, "and by doing this, it is a start to really be a part of a trend. I am very excited to be doing it."
Katherine Barron from England agreed. "I believe this is great because people will have the option to eat healthier," she said.
In this part of New Hampshire there are farmers markets in town every Thursday so instead of having to go to town to get fresh fruit and vegetables,
On Wednesday July 4th, a small microwave fire erupted when Peter Smondyrev, 16-year-old New Yorker, tried to make popcorn in the Mainstreet Boys Dormitory.
Around 4:30 p.m., Peter went down to the basement to cook a bag of popcorn while passing the time watching movies. As he walked into the basement, he headed to the kitchen section where the microwaves were located, but at the same time noting the other boys playing a game of pool or ping pong.
There were three microwaves, but none of them was working. The buttons weren’t responding, so he plugged the white microwave into a different outlet hole. This microwave automatically turned on, so he put in his bag of popcorn and pressed the popcorn button.
Peter says the bag of popcorn was cooking for only two or three minutes, but others in the basement at the time say the bag was in there for a whole game of pool.
Even though there was a difference in the amount of time the popcorn was cooked for, everyone agreed that the noises coming from the microwave were unusual. They heard some popcorn kernels popping but the noise coming from the mi-crowave sounded more like the static on an old television.
Peter was the first one to notice sparks jumping around in the microwave, and soon the other boys were asking ques-tions. The boys who were playing pool asked why there were sparks in the microwave and if it was normal.
Peter opened the door and discovered a small fire erupting from a hole in the back side of the microwave.
“I screamed ‘Fire! Fire! Fire in the microwave,’” Peter recalled.
He got a water bottle and tried to put out the fire, but the water didn’t make any difference.
Malik Young, a 17-year-old from Chicago, was playing pool at the time. When he noticed the fire, he too tried to put it out with water. Then he noticed someone beside him hold-ing a fire extinguisher. That someone was trying to use it, but couldn’t figure out how to work it.
“I took the fire extinguisher and used it the proper way,” Malik said.
Malik was able to put the fire out; however, it made no difference to the alarms. Almost as soon as the fire was put out, the alarms went off and everyone in the dorm had to evacuate.
While they were waiting for the fire department to show up, Peter was looking around for an advisor. After he was able to find one, he explained what had happened and how it was just an accident.
“It wasn’t my fault, I didn’t see the hole,” Peter ex-plained.
He said the same thing, and told the whole story, to the ad-visors and the fire marshals. After 20 minutes, the firefighters declared the building safe to enter.
I’m sure that all those boys will look twice in the micro-wave from now on when they use it.
By MAXXINE LEPPERSummer Times Staff Writer
Getting Fresh: D-Hall to Get a Farm Table
The Day the Popcorn POPPED
By KEVIN BRESCHINISummer Times Staff Writer
Monday night, at a soccer game on the academy fields, a player from the Exeter team was injured and sent directly to the hospital.
During the second half of the game, a midfielder was running with the ball when a player on the opposing team shoved the Exeter player, causing him to lose balance. As he tumbled to the ground, he "landed with [his] arm wrapped under," as described by the injured player.
He was immediately rushed to Exeter hospital, ac-companied by a school nurse. He then spent 3 hours in the emergency room in excruciating pain.
While no bones were actually broken, a severely pulled, nearly torn muscle in his right wrist, left him in a cast, forcing him to ice his wrist to relieve pain.
He says he will continue playing soccer in the future despite this injury, but for the next few weeks, taking it easy will help encourage the healing process.
“You jump, I jump, right?”Over the years, bridge jumping
-- while offi cially banned -- has be-come a popular tradition of Phillips Exeter Academy Summer School students.
Although it may be fun, Ethan Shapiro, Director of the PEA Sum-mer School Program has stated that it is not allowed.
“There are signs that say no div-ing or swimming,” he says. “This is because bridge jumping is not safe. The bridge is very high and the water is unsanitary. There are no life guards and nobody is there to supervise. If
they catch kids, Mr Shapiro says: “Security asks kids to please refrain from doing it. After being warned, most kids are compliant with this, but every now and then, we get kids who continue to go even after getting in trouble the fi rst time. If this happens they are usually sent to speak with either myself or one of the Summer School Deans.”
The bridge is about 25 feet above the water and is located just passed the soccer fields and over a lake about 20 feet deep. Every year brave access and upper school students venture to the bridge and use it as a place to hang out with friends, have fun and feel refreshed.
Exonian Injured on the Field
By CALLEIGH HUNTERSummer Times Staff Writer
By KATHERINE BARRONSummer Times Staff Writer
See FARM, page 4
See LEAP, page 4
PEA's mascot decorated in the world's fl ags. See back page (8) for key to the different countries.Courtesy of Alex Braile PEA'10
PEA Summer students take a leap off of the Academy bridge.
Katherine Barron/The Summer Times
A Portrait of DiversityThe rampant lion of Phillips Exeter Academy roars this
summer with the voices of a record 783 students from 47 foreign countries and the United States. The world outside may be a mess but here on campus, tolerance and fellowship reign -- as the following vignettes illustrate:
'It is widely accepted that people belonging to countries that are not on good terms currently, or have not been at some point in the past, adopt pre-conceived, distanced attitudes towards one another. Nevertheless, that did not seem to be the case with U.S. student Jack Martin and Virgilio Avila from Venezuela. Taking into consideration the fact that the United States and Venezuela have had their share of confl icts in the past, especially owing to American involvement in the Ven-ezuela Crisis of 1902-1903, one would expect that these two Exeter Summer School students would have avoided getting in touch with each other and perhaps looked the other way.
“I do not believe that politics should affect our relation-ships. At least they do not affect mine.” said Virgilio, with
Jack instantly agreeing. With that kind of mentality, it is comprehensible why these two hit it off so easily. Jack then added: “There is nothing wrong with having a friendship with a Venezuelan.”They both seemed pleased with the way they had handled and treated oneanother; their open minded and unprejudiced behavior having led to a true friendship." - Iris Franjou
'On July 4th, Paraguay and Venezuela broke off diplo-matic relations, because the government of President Chavez in Venezuela does not recognize the new government in Para-guay, following the Paraguayan Senate’s removal of former President Fernando Lugo. Nicola Yammine from Venezuela and Kenny Lin from Paraguay were asked about that. “It will just affect the citizens of Paraguay, they will not receive the oil that they need, unfortunately is not their fault,” said Nicola.Kenny thinks different “Both countries will lose, Paraguay will
Where We're Coming From: 48 Lands
Think Before you Leap: Better Yet, Don't...
See DIVERSITY, page 8
OPINIONSTHE SUMMER TIMES2 THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2012
The Summer Times is written and edited by Mr. Blumenthal's A and B format Journalism classes and contributing writers throughout the Summer School. It is produced by Summer Times Proctors Jocelyn Bohn PEA'11 and Meg Hassan PEA'11.
The Summer Times welcomes Letters to the Editor, which can be sent via email to [email protected]. The editors reserve the right to print Letters to the Editor in a timely fashion and to edit them for content and clarity.
Have you gone to Walmart to change your bed sheets yet? Or are you just waiting for the next trip because you just fi gured out how wrong and uncomfortable the sheets given by the school are?
The question is, why not just provide the students with fi tted sheets in the fi rst place? Not providing students with fi tted sheets only make things harder for them. Students complain that sheets keep coming off during the night, that they are oversized for the bed and that they feel very uncomfortable.
The solution? Students either go to stores like Walmart and Walgreens or place orders with home for their own fi tted linens.
“I ordered my sheets and blanket from Amazon because they were impossible to sleep on,” says a student from England who had to get her parents to order in sheets all the way from England to Exeter.
Although students don’t ask for anything the school cannot provide, improvements have yet to be made. Are you still complaining about your bed sheets? Are they too big for your bed? Do you prefer sleeping without sheets? Or would you prefer to sleep on the ground because your bed is not comfort-able enough (as we know from a certain fellow student from Seattle who lives in Dunbar Hall)?
We would suggest you check when the next Walmart trip is -- or call your parents to send you the gift of a good night’s sleep.
Open and Shut: The Timing is Off at PEA
Eleni IngramSummer Times Staff Writer
Here at Phillips Exeter Academy, where time is precious, we seem to be wasting a good portion of it waiting for things to open. There is nothing more frustrating than wait-ing in line. Whether it's the book rush at the beginning of the session or an average day in the dining hall, I find myself stuck in ag-gravating situations.
Yet it's not these simple inconveniences, but the confusing opening times for every building on campus that plague my day. I know I was not the only one who desperately ran to the grill for a tasty treat Sunday, only to realize it didn't open until 4:00 p.m.
On the hours of operation one can see that the times for the grill are "8:00 a.m. to 8:45 p.m. Monday to Friday," except the kitchen itself closes at 8:00 p.m. Don't even think about going on Saturday, because the opening and closing times depend on exactly which date it is that you decide to go.
Other than these minor frustrations, we also have to deal with times that interferewith our class schedule. I was assigned homework the first day of classes, in a book I needed to buy at the bookstore. But by the time I was done with my classes and sports, the
bookstore was closed and I couldn't get my work done!"
“I don't see why they haven't realized the correct times we can actually go to the bookstore," said Morgan James, 16, a day student and current resident in Exeter. Mor-gan attended PEA last summer session, and pointed out that it wasn't until this year that "they finally realized the library was best to be open before class actually starts."
Lucia Arimont, 15, of Spain, had a dif-ferent problem the second day of summer school. After she got locked out of her dorm at around 11:30pm, she headed to my room. "I called security and no one will pick up their phone, can I sleep in your room?" she asked. Although I was sharing a tiny twin bed with a second person, I was more concerned with the fact that she had trouble reaching security.
Though it might seem that I am sim-ply finding something to complain about, I genuinely feel this confusion could easily be cleared with more attention. With so many amazing aspects about this summer program, it is interesting that they haven't quite figured out something as simple as timing.
HOME-MADE REMEDIES FOR THE HOMESICK BLUES
Maxxine LepperSummer Times Staff Writer
Now that we are heading into the second week of school here at Phillips Exeter Academy, some of the students are starting to experience the feeling of homesickness.
Some have never been away from their parents this long before, and others are used to being surrounded by close friends or family. Everyone at this campus has had to learn how to make new friends, create a new schedule, and be away from their parents; however, this is easier said than done.
A Dunbar dorm boarder left for her home late Sunday, July 8th, after experiencing a bad case of homesickness. This was her first time being away from home, which is in England, for such a long time.
Another student, a 16-year-old from Memphis, Tennessee, has just started to experience a bit of homesickness. “I’m starting to feel uncom-fortable with the different surroundings,” he said.
The people here at Exeter interact differently with others, this stu-dent said, and the ethnic groups are broader. The thing he misses most is his job at home, but he wouldn’t change this prep program for any other one in the world.
There are some simple ways to fix the problem of being homesick. The first thing and the most important thing is to get involved and stay busy. When one stays to themselves he or she feels lonely; however, if you are hanging out with new friends you don’t even think about your life back home.
Don’t just stay in your room and do your homework. Go to the library and study around other people. Find someone who has a class with you, and you can study together. Being around other people will distract you and get the thought of your family, friends, and home out of your mind.
We recommend that you don’t keep in constant contact with your family, either. Talking to them and asking about your old life will have you thinking about how you wish you were there. Short conversations every now and then are the perfect way to keep in touch, but still have a fun time here.
If homesickness is something that you are having a hard time with, there are always counselors to talk to and others in dorms who may be feeling the same way. Just go out and enjoy the summer while you are here, and you won’t think about your home.
INTO THE WOODS: A ROAD LESS TRAVELLED
Francisco W. Tiu LaurelSummer Times Staff Writer
As young people, we can see a forest or the woods in both positive and negative ways. We may not necessarily think of it as a safe place, but more as one fi lled with drama. A walk through the woods is something both adventurous and recreational. You bump into fellow students and teachers exploring, relaxing, exercising or maybe walking their dogs.
The town forest is a recreational facility to meet all distressing needs. When you explore, you see different forms of wildlife: chipmunks, squirrels, frogs, birds, bugs and turtles are present in these parks.
On rare occasion you could possibly fi nd -- as I did -- a dinner knife from the dinning hall stabbed right into a pinecone.
The academy cross-country trail is open to everyone, given by the senior class of 1997. If you have a bad sense of direction I would most likely suggest that you learn the grounds be-
fore you walk them. The idea of taking a trail and hiking the woods may be fun, but there are areas that are quite hazardous as well. Certain areas of the forest have uprooted trees, thorns and broken up branches.
One of the most interesting sights was an area fi lled with shards from beer bottles and other beverages. This certain area was clearly a hotspot for chill nights and group gatherings. Being able to relax and have a good time are the benefi ts of a tranquil setting. This is why on occasion friends, families or even individuals take long walks and lounge around the woods.
Disagree or agree with anything on this page? The Summer Times
gladly welcomes your thought-ful commentary. Submit Letters to the Editor to peasummer12@
gmail.com by Tuesday evening for the coming Thursday’s newspa-
per.
MISSING HOME: "I'M NOT RUNNING FROM THIS BATTLE"Amanda Bustos, Summer Times Contributing Writer
I spent my fi rst three days in Exeter wishing I was in any other place but Exeter! Actually, I wished I was in Brazil, enjoying my winter, sleeping until late and hanging out with my friends. Suddenly one of my biggest dreams in life was beginning to look like a very awful and real nightmare!
I cried all the time, I called home all the time, I was teary and I felt nothing could make me happier than going home. I almost left. But as you can read, I’m right here in Exeter, contributing to the newspaper.
I was afraid of giving up, afraid of staying, afraid of regretting my decision and “I don’t know” was by far the most overworked sentence of my fi rst week.
After talking to my advisor and then talking to the counselor and taking long naps in the Health Center I de-cided to stay here at least until the weekend and that was
what I did.I have to admit, things started to change after my deci-
sion. I wasn’t 100%, I’m not 100% now, but I feel better. I started looking at things from other angles. I started talking more with all the people around me, some of them would smile and come to me with a ‘’How are you, Amanda?’’ and sometimes, I didn’t even knew their names! Help was com-ing from the most unexpected places, people who study with me, friends and my family started sending me supportive messages and that gave me the boost I needed!
Taking deep breaths and seeing Exeter as a chance to grow up as an individual is one of the things I did. I stopped planning things way in advance, just living a day at a time and enjoying every minute and second! Whenever I was homesick, I just logged on to Facebook and talked to my friends and family. I really felt that they were here
with me. (This is not for everybody, usually people feel more comfortable and secure when they are far from their families if they don’t talk to their relatives, some people get more homesick if they talk and connect with people back home!).
There is a line in the Brazilian national anthem that says: “Thou wilt see that a son of thine fl ees not from battle.’’ I am not running away from this battle. I will stay until the end, and I will enjoy this as much as I can. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity, and I know I will learn even more than I have already learned from being homesick.
If you are feeling this way, too, feel free to talk to me or your advisor, but do look for help. I can guarantee that you will not be the only one who is feeling this way! Just give yourself a chance, and live one day at time, and I’m sure this will be the best summer of your life!
IS PEA SHORT-SHEETING SUMMER SCHOOL STUDENTS?
Leyla OzdenSummer Times Staff Writer
Greece’s unfortunate condition as far as its economic health is concerned is a well known fact. What perhaps re-mains unknown however, is the way in which the educational system in Greece has mainly and profoundly affected and worsened the country’s economy. In fact, many suggest that the lack of suitable educational direction accounts for the magnitude of the economic crisis.
The truth of the matter is that Greece is currently under-going a multifaceted crisis: economical, political, social as well as cultural. Nevertheless, the crisis we are struggling through today is not only a matter of moral ethics, of values, notions and beliefs. The roots of the economic and cultural crisis date back to the educational one, which is now con-sidered to be an indispensable part of our society.
What triggered the crisis is the strong desire of people to constantly obtain an ever greater amount of material possessions. This mentality is basically what led to the lack of profound educational instruction and the capacity to categorize needs and wants so as to benefit the individual concerned in each case.
On the contrary, the hunt for money seems to be the strong incentive that shapes people’s attitudes and drives them to behave egotistically and narrow-mindedly. Since wealth is the ultimate goal to be achieved, they gradually distance themselves from the true gratification, contentment and value that genuine education has to offer.
But who is really to blame? Taking into consideration the fact that the educational system is under the supervision, control and immediate regulation of the government the fault
China, the most-populous country in the world, has al-ways been a huge mystery to many of the old people whose impressions still cling to the Cultural Revolution: planned economy, “Mao clothes” and political persecution.
Young people who care about education may think Chinese students study 24 hours day without a sleep. Liv-ing in Beijing for 16 years, I can tell those people without doubt that China has changed, much more significantly than foreign people could ever imagine.
China is one of the fastest developing countries in the world. Last year, China ranked second in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) all over the globe. The gratifying economic growth enables some of the citizens to experi-ence new styles of life: luxury products, foreign education and limos.
However, in the meantime, people in rural areas still suffer from poverty, malnutrition and limited social mobil-ity. The unbalanced development results in three choices of education: Studying abroad, going to a national university or dropping out of school.
I was part of the Chinese education system for 9 years, until I finished grade 9. Taking part in the entrance exam (including Chinese, math,English, physics and chemistry) last year and failing to get into my dream school made my path vague.
I, with 160 fellow students, chose to go to an interna-tional curriculum center at RDFZ, the best high school in China, which requires a lower score but has become the brand new fashion of Chinese education.
OPINIONSTHE SUMMER TIMES 3THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2012
“I -WITNESS” NEWS: STUDENTS RECOUNT TURMOIL AT HOME
On Germany and the Euro CrisisThe European sovereign debt crisis is a problem that
right now only the members of the Euro Zone are dealing with, but nonetheless will affect pretty much everyone if it ends up badly. The main worry at the moment is Greece, a country which has driven itself into deep debt and into dangerously high interest rates. The main cause of this defi cit was Greek’s failure to collect taxes from its citizens. Short and sweet: The Greek government was not able to take in enough money to cover all its expenses.
Also Portugal, Ireland, Italy and Spain are having major problems with their fi nancial situation, making this crisis signifi cant, considering that 5 out of 17 Eurozone members are affected.
As a result all the other Eurozone members have to help out in order to stabilize the Euro, but as it turns out it is very hard, some say impossible. If Europe does not manage to stabilize the situation the Euro might have to give way to every single country’s old currency, which would be a massive undertaking. Experts say that, in a worst- case scenario, Germany alone could loose 2 tril-lion Euros.
The other option would be to simply kick the trouble-some countries out of the Euro Zone, which on the other hand would defeat the purpose of the establishment of the Euro Zone, as well as it would create confl icts within Europe.
After several failed attempts by the Euro Zone countries, as well as the ECB (European Central Bank) countries to solve the problem, a lot of countries were dragged down together with Greece in regards to their ratings awarded by the S&P rating agency. As of now Germany and Slovakia are the only countries left with a triple- A rating (the highest possible rating).
Germany, being the country with the strongest economy in Europe, started to take responsibility in try-ing to fi x the problems, focusing on Greece. Germany and Greece have decided to keep working on Greece’s economy together, which implies that Greece will have to play a little more by German rules for now.
The sudden demands of Germany were not taken very well by the Greek people which resulted in a lot of anger from the Greek side. Theodoros Gavriilidis, a native- born Greek and part of the Exeter Summer School 2012 community stated: “Before the crisis no one ever told the Greeks what to do, so the Greek people felt of-fended by suddenly having someone demand so much of them”.
This sort of anger came very sudden and unexpected to the German people, as they were expecting grateful-ness for their support with fi nancial help- packets as well as with the austerity plans. Nonetheless Greece has agreed to Germany’s austerity plans, meaning that Greece will from now on drastically cut expenses everywhere possible.
According to surveys in Germany, the absolute ma-
jority of the German people think that Chancellor Merkel and her party, the CDU (Christian Democratic Union), are most likely to be able to solve the current.
By JASPER GRAEBNERSummer Times Staff Writer
Courtesy of Jasper Graebner
Mexico: Deja Vu All Over Again?On July 1st, 2012 Mexico had Presidential
elections. During the fi rst six months of this year four
candidates showed Mexicans their proposals and their ideals. Those candidates were Enrique Peña Nieto from Institutional Revolutionary Party (P.R.I. in Spanish); Andres Manuel Lo-pez Obrador from the Party of the Democratic Revolution (P.R.D.); Josefi na Vazquez Mota of the National Action Party; and Gabriel Quadri from New Alliance Party.
According to the Electoral Federal Institute (I.F.E.) 50,323,153 people voted the fi rst of July, the highest participation ever recorded for a Presidential election in Mexico. On July 6, the I.F.E. reported the results: Peña Nieto had won with 38.21% of the votes, leaving behind the leftist candidate Lopez Obrador with 31.59%, Vazquez Mota with 25.41%, and Quadri with 2.29%.
Peña Nieto´s party, P.R.I., governed Mexico for seventy years, establishing a re-gime described by the Literature Nobel Prize winner, Mario Vargas Llosa, as “the perfect dictatorship.” In that perfect dictatorship each president picked his successor; although there were elections, the P.R.I. won all, cheating or just promising things for the poor people of Mexico, which are the majority. The P.R.I. has also been involved in cases of protecting drug
dealers, repressing peaceful protests, and killing members of other parties.
The rule of the P.R.I. ended in 2000, when the Mexicans elected Vicente Fox, of the Na-tional Action Party, the conservative party of Mexico. With this the rule of the P.R.I. ended after 71 years, having started in 1929.
So why P.R.I. is back again? Were the Mexicans thAT desperate? Did the P.R.I. cheat? It is actually a combination of facts. Since 2005 the P.R.I. signed a contract with Televisa, one of the only two networks of public television in Mexico, in which the P.R.I. would pay millions of dollars to the T.V. network. In this contract, Televisa would be in charge of promoting the image of Peña Nieto for seven years and also to discredit his rivals.
Also the two periods of the National Action Party, 2000-2006 and 2006-2012, were awful for the economy and for society, especially the last one. In the last period Mexico started a war against the drug cartels -- a war in which of-fi cially 50,000 people have lost their lives and un-offi cially 80,000. Also because of the 2008 world economic crisis 5 million Mexicans be-came poor, according to data of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
So when the elections came, Mexicans were really between two candidates, Peña Nieto and his promoted image, and Lopez Obrador, the candidate of the left.
AMLO, as Lopez Obrador is known, was supported by most of the students in private and public universities and was viewed as the change that Mexico needs.
His proposals involved public investment in building roads and trains all over Mexico, to connect all the country and also create jobs. Also he offered to increase the NUMBER of T.V. net-works, a proposal that none of the other parties had, and give pensions to all people over 70.
Personally I think AMLO was and still is the best option for Mexico. His proposals involved all the social classes and also his focus was on education. AMLO proposed to create new universities and also accept all the students WHO want to study IN college. This is a very important proposal considering that only 24 percent of the Mexicans in age of college actu-ally study. Also AMLO proposed to increase the minimum wage in Mexico which is between $4.50 and $5 per day.
The victory of Peña Nieto does not only mean that an old crooked regime is back in power. It means that Mexicans do not have enough memory to remember how the P.R.I. damaged the country. Also IT shows that the Mexicans are afraid of changing, since the National Action Party did not govern well, and maybe they think returning to something that they know could be the best option.
However the elections are not over; the party of AMLO has asked for a recount, because,
according to them, 81% of the voting sectors had irregularities.
Also the P.R.I. was accused of giving money to people to vote for them; some people even received cards that supposedly promised $110, but when they checked the cards just provided $10. And finally many university students are planning protests for this month against Peña Nieto.
The process is not over yet. As A Mexican I think is time to change our country. Who-ever ends UP as president will not do anything alone.
By JOSE GUERRERO CORONADOSummer Times Staff Writer
Education on the Firing Line: Student Gripes from China to Greece
By CHERRY JISummer Times Staff Writer
See GREECE, page 4 See CHINA, page 4
Courtesy of Jose Guerrero Coronado
Above, Cherry Ji of China. Below, Iris Frangou of Greece.
Courtesy of The Summer Times Staff
By IRIS FRANGOUSummer Times Staff Writer
At first thought, the idea of waking up at dawn to run into the freezing Atlantic Ocean might not be very appealing. Yet despite this, the Polar Bear Swim has remained a popular event every year for PEA summer school kids.
I learned this tradition had gone on for years, and was even recommended by past summer-school attendees. Andy Karp, 15, of Philadelphia, first heard of the swim from her older sister Justine, who attended seven years ago.
"I'm excited to do the Polar bear swim!" she told me, "It's one of my sister's best memories from PEA, and worth the effort of waking up so early. I'm not normally the adventurous type, but I think everyone here should participate.”
To figure out why such an unappealing idea drew so many people again and again, I set out to do one myself. It was with Andy's advice in mind that I sat on the bus, half-asleep, not at all prepared for what I was about to experience.
The moment we arrived and hopped off the bus, I felt the cold breeze from the ocean. We all decided it was best to go in as quick as possible, and so we made our way. At once the majority of the people ran down towards the water and dashed in. The water hit like a sheet of ice, but we kept running. Very quickly it was obvious who was going to go for it and who was going to stop.
After jumping under a wave and surfacing, we realized exactly how cold it was. I couldn't feel my legs, and my fingers were going numb. The funny thing was, I didn't care. Something about freezing to death
with new friends is fun."Pretend you're on a really tropical island, and the
water is a jacuzzi!" advised Andy. Everyone went in at different rates, splashing around in the water before heading back to the bus.
I somehow felt a sense of accomplishment that I had made myself swim in the water. The bus ride back was admittedly miserable, as I didn't bring a big enough towel or warm enough sweatshirt. Sittingon the bus, freezing cold,with the windows open was probably worse than going in the water itself.
The key to the Polar Bear Swim is that it is what you make it. Though it might sound like a cliche, the most important thing is to bring a good attitude. This event is a great way to make friends, to create memories, and to make the most of your time at PEA summer school.
NEWSTHE SUMMER TIMES4 THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2012
Polar Bear Swim: "Hit With a Sheet of Ice"By ELENI INGRAM
Summer Times Staff Writer
What do you think of when you hear the word “library”?
Normally, a space tailor-made for serenity, retirement and concentration. However, on Sunday afternoon my friends and I discovered that after too much of that, it can turn into the exact opposite.
Between Global Economics and Modern Europe -- two hours worth of sitting at a desk, flipping pages -- we thought we should take a well-deserved break. It wasn’t long before we started kidding around and laughing but it also wasn’t too long till things took an unexpected
Little did we know that for one of us, two minutes of hysterically laughing would turn into complete chaos. One minute my friend is red-faced from laughter, the next thing I know I’m the one red-faced screaming helplessly because she was choking on water.
The librarians didn’t immediately react prob-ably because they didn’t realize what was going on. Luckily, some close-by friends came to her aid by thumping her on the back and it wasn’t too long before we started laughing again.
“I felt terrified of not being able to breathe again,” she said later. “I was caught in between emotions of panic and embarassment.’”
"I wasn’t embarrassed at choking, but of chok-ing on something as silly as water."
Library Drama: Don't Drink and Laugh
ought to be placed on it and not on the people whom these decisions directly affect.
What schools in Greece lack and despite their best efforts cannot do without, is mainly the knowledge that enables and enhances an individual to behave properly, with conscience. Lessons in Greece are conducted in such a way that true critical thinking is not instilled in the student and thus limits his abilities to be able to cope sufficiently within the boundaries of society. Consequently, the individual might, in the near future, meet some difficulties in respecting and abiding by laws and values of his culture.
Having lived in Athens my entire life, as a student I too have noticed how the educational direction from our instructors may very well hinder our economy. Per-sonally, I believe that what we, as youngsters, obtain is a large amount of information covering all aspects of today’s society. We are well informed about historic facts that have arisen in the past, we are taught foreign languages, we study the Greek culture and so forth.
All this knowledge however, is not effectively connected so as to be used in a productive way by the individual since the teaching method applied is estab-lished on the notion that good learning equals learning facts by heart. It is a technique respected by some and severely criticized by many. Its results are encouraging at first, but as time goes by its true colours are revealed and the impact is far from the one desired.
At this point, I must admit that all the mistakes regarding the direction of the educational system in Greece are tightly tied to our values. Values that we are now unfortunately detaching ourselves from, further
deepening the hardships that the Hellenic nation has to undergo and fight against.
What I also ought to say though at this point, is that regardless of our current economic condition, which as I have clearly demonstrated is the immediate outcome of a cultural crisis, what Greeks never lack is patriotism; that and their strong work ethic. I have never been ashamed of my country; not today and certainly not in the past. Despite the struggles we are currently facing, I share immense pride for our history as well as immense faith that we will one day be able to stabilize as a country.
Sure, the educational system is not ideal, the methods used to instruct students demand constant work and commitment but even though Greek students struggle perhaps more in comparison to several foreign students as far as the daily workload is concerned, the outcome is still the same.
What students are currently learning in Greece is certainly not to be underestimated and underval-ued. Contrary to popular belief, they are often better equipped to correspond to the expectations of foreign universities they attend, in which they do in fact, in quite a few cases, excel. What I am trying to say is that our educational system is not to be underappreci-ated, it just has to be enhanced so as to instill within the new generation the values necessary to fight off the cultural crisis and so battle the economic crisis as well. No nation is perfect. If the attitude towards Greece were less pre-conceived the willingness of Greek people to help their economy recover would be significant since the general feeling created would be much more encouraging than it currently is.
By IOLI VARTSOUSummer Times Staff Writer
Greece: More Critical Thinking Needed in the Classrooms
GREECE, continued from page 3
To be accepted into international classes which only have 900 positions in Beijing this year, students don’t need the highest total score. Instead, a good command of English is absolutely essential since the vast majority of subjects are taught by foreign teachers from different parts of the world.
In grade ten, we followed the British system and attended Cambridge International Exams (CIE) in June this year and I will be an IB Di-ploma student in September. Apart from changing education system, what I love the most about the international class is that I start to experience the sheer joy that extracurricular activities bring which I never had when studying in the Chinese system.
I couldn’t forget giving my first speech in English to my schoolmates and wining third place. I couldn’t forget forming a debate team with my friends and fighting together towards our dreams. I couldn’t forget visiting orphans in a charity hospital and playing with them. The reduced pressure from academic study and the opportunities of getting to know my passion and the society make me really appreciate my parents for sending me to the international class.
Nonetheless, admittedly, most Chinese students are not as lucky as we are. Struggling with the entrance exams to primary schools, to junior high schools, to senior high schools and to universities means they have little spare time to enjoy. Starting school at 7:30 and fighting with homework till midnight. During the weekend,
they have no time for rest, extra academic classes and tons of homework occupies their time for movies, sports or hanging out with friends.
Unfortunately, being a hard-working student can’t ensure you get into a top university in China. Taking the entrance exam to university is more than likely to be a gambling in life. One point or one question can stop you from realizing your dream and you only have one chance in a year.
The risky testing rules force students to try their best and sacrifice time for relaxation to study. For people from normal or poor families, getting into a good university and finding a sat-isfactory job is their only way to change their own destinies.
If you feel sympathetic to the second group of people, there are other enormous groups of students whose parents cannot afford college, even high school or elementary school.
According to Chinanews.com, there are one million students, excluding college students, dropping out of school each year, mainly because of financial difficulties. Instead of getting into an obscure university, many students prefer to go to work at a young age or helping the family with agriculture. Without expertise, this group of people can only find physically-demanding jobs and give minimal contribution to China’s further development. To sum up, Chinese people receive various kinds of education which remark-ably influence their entire life. Although Chinese education is worrisome in a manner of speaking, I sincerely believe that things will only continue to get better and better, with the efforts of the government and the whole nation.
In the Republic of China, Tests Test the System
CHINA, continued from page 3
Mastudents have described the water in the lake as being rather dirty and ‘bipolar water’ because it feels warm when you’re fairly still and cold when you are moving around in it.
But how safe really is bridge jumping? Daniel aged 15, here this summer for his second year at
PEA Summer Session talks about his experience with bridge jumping.
How did you fi nd out about bridge jumping?Daniel: At summer session 2011, my dorm was Knight House and
everyone in my dorm was talking about it during the fi rst week.How many times have you been?Daniel: Probably about 7 or 8 times, mainly last year.Do you think it’s safe?Daniel: As long as you can swim, yes, it’s very safe.Have you ever been hurt while bridge jumping?Daniel: No and I’ve never heard of anyone else being hurt either.Why do you go bridge jumping?Daniel: To have a good time with friends. It’s also a good way to
cool off.What do you like most about bridge jumping?Daniel: Defi nitely the thrill of feeling the weightlessness between
jumping and hitting the water.Have you had any complications with security while bridge jump-
ing? If you have, please describe.Daniel: One time last year, I was at the bridge with a few people
and security showed up and we all ranaway, but the security warden said it was all right and said we could
keep jumping as long as we werecareful.Have you been this year yet?Daniel: Yes, with two of my friends on the fi rst day. We were the
fi rst ones to go this year!Describe the feeling before you jump, while you’re in the air. What
is it like when you hit the water?Daniel: At fi rst, you feel very apprehensive as you are climbing
onto the wall of the bridge. Thensometimes it can be diffi cult to build up the courage to actually
jump off, and the adrenalin starts buildingup. Once you’re in the air, you feel a sense of fear—there is nothing
you can do, you’re completely freeand for a split second, it feels as if you’re fl ying. When hitting the
water, you have a great feeling ofrelief, you made it! It is so refreshing. The adrenalin begins to fade
but you are still excited to jump again.P.S. Mr. Shapiro may have a point after all. The water is full of
leeches.
Bridge Danger: Don't Jump to Your Conclusion
LEAP, continued from page 1
there will be the option to eat farm fresh fruits and vegetables in the dining hall thanks to the farm table.
"I think that if the quality of the fruits and vegetables is fresher, it will be healthier and it will taste much better," dorm advisor Brad Seymour said. “Hopefully students students will really buy into it. I will probably eat more meals in the dining hall with the farm table because it will give me more of a variety."
From Farm Fields to PEA TablesFARM, continued from page 1
SUMMER LIFE 5THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2012THE SUMMER TIMES
Seeing Double? You Can Say That Again, and Again
And I am Oneof, Like, Two
Outbreak of Twins at 2012 Session
Twins are two people who are born at the same time. In my case I was born around a minute later than my twin brother. His name is Virgilio and he came this summer to Phillips Exeter Academy with me. Sometimes he thinks this minute makes him so much older than me and acts as if he were the elder brother. Since we were little kids we have liked to play together, support and take care of each other.
Some people say we look alike, but I do not think so. We are very different in many ways; for example, the foods that are my favorite are the ones he hates the most and vice versa. I like knowing the fact that I have someone my age in the house and we kind of do the same things but see things with a different perspective and he understands all the problems about being a teen just like me.
It is really nice to know that when we were little we played together in the same park, and sometime with the same toys and as we grow up things change; now I like playing soccer, he likes playing tennis, and a lot of different examples like that.
It is also nice being able to talk about the same things with your brother, though we share different friend groups. Because we go to different schools we meet a lot of different people, and yet we go to the same parties.
Being a twin has a lot of advantages. For example, my parents give us more permission to go out when we hang out together because they know that if anything happens to one of us, we will take care of each other.
It is also good being a twin with a boy when you are a girl because there is no competition and we do not get compared as to who is fatter or who wears clothes better.
We have different virtues, talents and defects. What I like the most about being a twin is that no mat-ter how much we fi ght or argue, we help each other no matter what, and I do not think that I could picture me being without him.
By EMILY GREENBERGSummer Times Staff Writer By DANIELA AVILA
Summer Times Staff WriterDone a double take? You probably have since this
year on campus there are nine sets of twins and one set of triplets.
“It is more than normal,” says Brenda Gargas, Ad-ministrative Manager of the Summer School, who is here for her thirteenth summer. “I think it’s a record since I’ve been here.”
Statistically, this is a very high percentage of twins. According to Medscape.com, four out of 1,000 births are monozygotic, or identical twins, and one out of 7,000 to 10,000 births are triplets. This summer there are a total of twenty-one “multiples” -- and that doesn’t even take into consideration the number of twins here without their sibling.
Although some twins may look very similar, don’t be fooled, they might be fraternal. Meg and Christi de Llano, 15, of Texas have many of the same features but Christi says, “we‘re fraternal.” Relationships between twins vary with some being very close and others in constant competition.
“Some twins have good relationships, some don’t, but we do,”says Ross Tetrault, 17 of Malvern, Pennsylvania who is here with his twin, Ryan. They may be competitive in sports, especially golf, but they like to do their homework together during the school year.
Elias Morales, 14, from Seattle, here with his twin brother Gabriel, says he and Gabriel are constantly com-peting in sports and school. Elias says, “We get along but I wouldn’t say we’re friends.”
Meg de Llano, twin sister to Christi , says, “We go places together” and “we like to play tennis together.” Meg adds that, “we have bonding moments but we fi ght too.”
The administration at Exeter tries to separate twins in classes and dorms “just so everyone’s on the same playing fi eld in the beginning,” says Mrs. Gargas. However, this doesn’t always work. For example, in Mr. Xitai Chen’s class Adventures in Algebraic Problem Solving, there are two sets of twins: Ross and Ryan Tetrault and Vincent and Stephanie Kao. Media often portray twins as having an ideal set up, tricking people and having a generally great relationship, but being twins can actually be hard.
Elias explains that he has all of the same classes as Gabriel and his teacher once gave extra credit to Gabriel when Elias had been the one who earned it. He also says about being a twin, “a lot of people think it’s cool but it’s kind of annoying.”
Meg de Llano feels the same way explaining that “we are always getting compared.” Christi also agrees that, “we’re not treated as in-dividuals, we’re treated as twins.” So, if you think you are seeing double, don’t go the health center to get your eyes checked and don’t go searching in Phelps Science Center for a cloning machine, it is just the unusually high number of twins and triplets at Exeter this summer.
Emily Grennberg/The Summer TimesBrothers Ross and Ryan Tetrault, 17 from Malvern, PA and sisters Meg and Christi de Llano, 15 from Texas.
Flirting. A term you are probably observing a lot around campus this summer. Maybe an important aspect of you be-ing here, so familiar to you yet interpreted different around the nation.
So how do people fl irt different from one another?“Body language is key in England,” says Eleni Ingram
from England. “I’ve heard if you’re having a conversation sitting down, mirroring is a good sign of interest.”
Mirroring is how a person in front of you tends to follow your body language after you. As Eleni further explained, fl irt-ing is a more face-to-face action then it is through the social media in England.
An anonymous student from France adds to Eleni’s an-swers by saying people almost never text in France; its always face-to-face and physical.
Dimple Phulwani from Dubai on the other hand says “Bbm is key with fl irting in Dubai, it’s barely ever texting.”
“Going to the movies is also very common while fl irt-ing.”
In Dubai, media and social networks seem to affect the way teenagers fl irt.
“We also use the social media pretty effi ciently and fre-quently,” says Rita Aktay from Turkey. “Usually boys tend to build a conversation via Twitter, Facebook or Bbm which leads to them meeting face-to-face and eventually date.”
“So media is pretty much the device.” “Eyes and being hard to get is key if you’re not going for
something serious” say vs Eliza Ozden from California “The media is used if you’re going for something more serious and if you’re going to keep seeing that person.”
Whereas Malik Horatio thinks, “it never hurts to tell a girl she’s beautiful.”
Adding a twist to how people fl irt in the 21st century Francisco Tiu Laurel from the Philippines says men called “kundiman” in his providence tend to serenade women in front of their balconies to show interest.
So how do you tend to fl irt? Although all nationalities have their own practices, with fl irting they all come together at a certain point where they’re all just trying to get to know someone either over internet, face-to-face or they just going super creative and romantic by serenading one another.
By LEYLA OZDENSummer Times Staff Writer
How to Flirt In French and Turkish
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The infl atable carnival was held Saturday night in the Love Gym. The turnout was surprisingly minimal com-pared to past summers.
The name, “inflatable car-nival” may sound a bit childish, but there is more than meets the eye. Three caricature artists sketched a myriad of photos of friends, making a great memory to bring back home.
Also, a photo booth captured candid photos that were printed out on photo paper, and that are also available online.
A DJ played music all night, and quite often took requests for ka-raoke. For the “infl atable” part of the
carnival, there were three freestand-ing infl atable objects that all inspired and encouraged friendly competition amongst friends.
Many students questioned the importance of the carnival, trying to fi gure out why they should spend their fi rst night of 11 pm check-in packed in a hot gym.
As the first week of Exeter has drawn to a close, there are fewer new people to meet, and friend groups are becoming more strong. Infl atable carnival served as the fi nal opportunity of the fi rst week to bond with a campus of students who will all be leaving in four short weeks.
Subdued Mood at Carnival
By CALLEIGH HUNTERSummer Times Staff Writer
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With the sweltering heat and large population of active students here at Phillip’s Exeter Academy, the campus health center has been visited by a for-tunately standard number of students this past week. As students are adjusting to campus life and stepping outside of their comfort zones, the Lamont Health and Wellness Center has been visited by students seeking help for fairly minor medical issues.
When asked if there have been any alarming medical cases since the beginning of summer school, Nancy Thompson, the head nurse of the infi r-mary, casually stated that “not much has been going on” aside from the common medical cases.
Having worked at the health center for six years during both the regular academic sessions and summer school terms, Ms. Thompson seemed relieved that there have not been any major ac-cidents or illnesses like the H1N1 virus
that overtook PEA in the fall of 2009, leaving approximately 300 students sick with the debilitating disease.
Overseeing the nursing staff and undertakings that occur within the in-fi rmary, Ms. Thompson is satisfi ed with the general well-being of students dur-ing this initial period of summer school. According to Ms. Thompson, the ma-jority of the trips that students take to the health center are consequences of two prominent presences here on campus: the sun and bugs.
Although heat “hasn’t been a large problem yet”, students are still visiting the infi rmary for uncomfort-able sunburns and bug bites. The pesky mosquitoes and other insects seem to primarily affect students who come from overseas, claimed Ms. Thompson. Regardless, these bugs seem to irritate all individuals innocently commuting around campus.
In addition, there have been several cases of minor physical injuries as a result of numerous factors. “Some are related to sports, while some aren’t,”
said Ms.Thompson. She has tended to sprains and broken bones in her years with PEA. “Hopefully we won’t see any [broken bones] this year,” she adds and knocks on her wooden drawer.
Despite the infi rmary being known for its physical health services, such as drop-in visits to see the nurse or to sim-ply rest, the health center offers other kind of services such as a counselor who is on call twenty-four hours a day.
Ms. Thompson said that occasion-ally some students, “especially the younger kids”, come to the health center because they are homesick. The health center offers an impressive range of amenities from help with itchy bug bites to the horrible case of homesickness.
So far, things are pretty “run-of-the-mill” according to Ms. Thompson. In the meanwhile, healthy habits such as suffi cient sleep and nutritious diets are recommended so that a trip to the health center can be saved, leaving more free time to bond with others on the lawns, where both sunscreen and bug repellent would be necessary.
By KOLENA DANGSummer Times Staff Writer
So Far, a Healthy Summer
SUMMER LIFE6 THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2012THE SUMMER TIMES
By JOSE MIGUEL GUERREROSummer Times Staff Writer
Woof! Woof!Exeter Is Going to the Dogs
Dogs are animals that need love and attention to have a good life. As you may have noticed in your fi rst week in the campus, Exeter is full of dogs belonging to teachers, residents of Exeter, and even former students.
Dogs in Exeter come from many different backgrounds. Some were bought from breeders, others adopted, and some of them even found in trashcans or in the woods. No matter where they come from, dogs around Exeter are lovable and very friendly.
One of the reasons why you fi nd many dogs at Exeter is the campus. It’s full
of places to take a walk: trails, woods, sidewalks, a river, and many green fi elds. It is place where both people and dogs enjoy walking.
“Exeter is excellent to walk with your dog,” says Alan Kosow a resident of Exeter, owner of Stella, a golden retriever from Maine. Alan also considers the cam-pus a good place to take a walk because the dogs here are also very sociable.
Many of the people who take their dogs to the campus prefer to walk with their dogs on the trails.
“I do not take her to the buildings area,” says Sue Goodreau, owner of Sophie, a rescued dog who was found in a trashcan in Puerto Rico. “I prefer to take Sophie to the trails, because there she can be unleashed.” Ms. Goodreau actually does not live in Exeter. “I just moved to East Kingston, but Sophie loves this place, so I park near the gym and walk with her through the fi elds,” she said.
But residents of Exeter are not the only ones who have dogs. Arielle Jennings, who teaches leadership this summer, has a dog named Carlos. He is a mutt who was abandoned in the woods, and then rescued by Ms. Jennings, who also thinks
that the campus is a very nice place to walk not only because of the places, but also because “people here a so dog friendly.”
Lorry Perry also a teacher at summer school, found her dog Spigot in a very particular way, by internet. “I found him in www.petfi nder.com,” she said. Spigot is from Alabama and like us pets have feelings. “Spigot right now is homesick,” said Ms. Perry. She also advises the owners of dogs in this area, “When we go to the trails dogs need to use bug spray.”
Carey Rooney, a resident of Exeter and owner of Sunny, a rescue, considers the campus a good place to walk and she notes: “In my neighborhood dogs are aggressive, here they are not.” Like Ms. Goodreau, she takes Sunny to the trails and the forests, saying, “I really like the trails to walk.”
Lisa Peters, teacher at the elementary school of Exeter, owns Jessica, also a mutt. “I have not have problems here,” she said. “There are lots of dogs here in the morning, but they are very sociable.” Also Ms. Peters says that is better to take the dogs leashed because there are many things that they can follow or want to bite. “In the trails I have seen many animals, rabbits, turtles, and squirrels. Dogs tend to chase those animals.”
To keep the campus clean, there are many Dogi Pots around the campus.
Dogi Pots are posts that have plastic bags, to clean the excrement of the dogs. Dogi Pots are around the campus, most of them are in the southern part, on the fi elds and also near the river.
Although Dogi Pots are numerous, and are truly helpful for cleaning, most of the owners do not use them, why? Fortunately because they are responsible and they bring their own bags, “I bring my own bags” said Ms. Jennings.
“I carry my own bags, but sometimes I use the bags of the Dogi Pots,” said Mr. Kosow.
Here at Exeter most of the dogs are very friendly “When my daughter studied here Stella walked and played with the kids in the fi eld and also in the dorms,” said Mr. Kosow.
If you want to touch or to play with a dog while you are at Exeter, be free to ask the owner fi rst. Owners of dogs here at Exeter are very friendly and you sure will have a good time playing with the dogs or at least knowing about their stories.
The EuroCup Runneth Over
“Campeones, campeones! Olé, olé, olé!”If you were to stop by the Grill in the Academy
Center that Sunday between 2:30 and 5, there was a great chance you would hear this Spanish goal song chanted heartily by a smallish group of red-clad students, huddled around a table.
Their eyes were drawn to the television screen above their heads, which showed the fi nal of the European Soccer Championships, a three-week tour-nament which features sixteen of the best national squads in Europe. The match ended in a 4-0 victory for Spain, defeating Italy in what has widely been regarded as a blowout.
Many PEA students were invested in this game, some for the winning side, and some for the losers. Possibly the most obvious soccer fan among the many that day was Victor Rodriguez, 15, of Puerto Rico. A huge fan of the Spanish national team since the 2010 World Cup, Victor proudly led his fellow students in song, while wrapped in a full-size Spanish fl ag, inscribed with messages of adoration for some of the players.
When asked about what makes his heroes so successful, he said, “Outside the fi eld, that’s where the Spanish team gets to be the best team. They are sort of like a family.”
However, not all of the fans following their teams on Sunday were made happy by the fi nal result. Paolo Amadeo Rossi, 16, of Italy, saw his team beaten into the ground by the likes of Spanish
superstars David Silva and Andres Iniesta. He described his post match condition as “Pretty
sad,” and for good reason. Riding on the momentum of a 2-1 upset of a lethal German squad, led by rising star Mario Balotelli, Italian fans were hopeful that their personifi cation of the tournament’s Cinderella could last one more match.
Sadly, for them, Spain proved once again to be the better side, raising their third trophy in as many major tournaments.
However, the Italians had reasons to cheer fi rst and foremost, Italy’s run in the Euros was a signifi cant improvement on their showing at the 2010 World Cup, where they did not escape the fi rst round. Second, Italy had required a huge amount of luck to escape the fi rst round in this tournament, and to fl y all the way to the fi nal after nearly crashing at the beginning was quite a feat. And, fi nally, to put it in Amadeo’s words, “We beat Germany.”
To German fans, a bright side does not seem to exist. Jasper Graebner, 17, described the German pre-tournament vibe as, "pretty confident," and rightly so. Germany not only looked the favorites entering the championship, but played like it up until the semifi nal, where they were toppled by Italy. Ilia Aronia, 17 of Georgia, said they had "Good good attacks, but didn't try their best.”
Despite mixed emotions at the conclusion of the tournament, Euro 2012 left us with one fi nal, positive message: soccer is one of the greatest sports in the world, and it brings the global community together in a way nothing else can.
By MISHA LINNEHANSummer Times Staff Writer
Diary of a Young Dancer: The Journey Begins
"I am yogi," fifteen- year-old Celine Ng said in an interview in the Elm Street Dinning Hall. She is one of the 21 participants in the Dance Workshop here at Phillips Exeter Sum-mer Program. She has always participated in performing arts, but is a beginning dancer, having quit ballet at age six to pursue music. In the week that she has been at Exeter she has discovered that dance requires a lot of work, but doing yoga helps.
Celine has always been a performer and loves the stage. After she quit ballet she joined her local choir, increasing her love of singing. While in the choir Celine was never nervous and soon discovered that she preferred performing solo. In her school in Hong Kong Celine and two male classmates were given the project of performing a Latin Dance. Celine discovered that she enjoyed dancing, and even went on to win the dance competition. This competition inspired her to continue dancing over the sum-mer here at Exeter.
Allison Duke and Amberlee Darling co-teach all dance courses at Exeter summer program. "I believe it's best, especially in per-forming arts, to have multiple teachers teaching you," says Ms. Duke.
Ms. Duke is a native to the town of Exeter and graduated from the University of Utah. She majored in ballet pedagogy and mass commu-
nication with a news writing emphasis. The Dance Workshop has two sections that
meet two hours a day, for three days a week. In the class Ms. Duke primarily teaches American Jazz that incorporates a lot of ballet, while Ms. Darling teaches modern dance that has devel-oped in America over the last 100 years.
Time is of the essence; the goal of this class is to put on a performance in the last week of school. "We only have four weeks from when we meet the students to put an hour long show together,” Ms. Duke said.
The show will take place in Fisher Theater on Wednesday August 1st at 4 p.m. and on Thursday August 2nd at 7 p.m.
Ms. Duke says: "You can be a beginner and sign up for the dance workshop, but we also have dancers who have had a lot of training, so there are mixed levels. It's really rewarding for me to see some of the beginning students feel confident and good about their performance at the end of the five weeks."
In the performance Celine is cast as the lead in the dance number Cell Block Tango. She is excited to be on stage saying: "I am a performer. I started performing on my own in grade 3, in front of my entire school of about 1000 people."
Depending on her busy schedule, Celine hopes to continue dancing during the school year because "dance is good exercise, it's fun, and I like to make music as well."
By MORAYO ODUJINRINSummer Times Staff Writer
Want to hear some interesting history? Did you know that a man named George Whitefi eld preached his last sermon in Exeter in 1770? Carefully engraved on a giant stone slab in front of a charming little house stands the memorial for Whitefi eld, who was a famous preacher during the 1700’s.
In the foreground of one of the houses stands a small tree, and opposite the tree lies the memorial, deeply lodged in the ground at an angle. At fi rst, it ap-pears to be a tomb of some sort, but look closer, and you will be mistaken. Engraved on the stone in all caps, the text reads, “George Whitefi eld here preached his last sermon Sept. 29, 1770.”
This mysterious man actually played a big role in Exeter’s history. According to the Christian Classics Ethereal Library, he was best known for capturing the minds and hearts of people through his thunder-ing voice and unrivaled articulation.
The Exeter Historical Society writes that when wealthy men from Exeter heard him perform a sermon, they brought Whitefi eld’s idea of “salvation through grace” back to the town, gaining him many avid followers. As the memorial says, Whitefi eld did preach his last sermon in Exeter, before dying in his sleep a little while later.
The Whitefi eld memorial is located in a neighbor-hood down Front Street, which is past the Exeter admis-sions offi ce. Surrounding this historic stone are homes, which at fi rst will look like more of Exeter’s buildings. Take a closer look though, and you will fi nd some more interesting details that are worth investigating.
Nailed to the a few houses are some unusual white signs that appear to honor names and the occupations of different people. While walking, you might encounter a sign that belonged to a man with a rather peculiar last name, Daniel Thing. Yes, with the last name pronounced,
“Thing.” The sign says that he was a clothier, or a person who makes or sells clothes. Perhaps this man had a major clothing business back in the day.
Continue walking down the street, you might even encounter a sign that belonged to another character, Retire H. Parker, whose sig n says that he worked on tanning animal hides.
These men were a part of an old Exeter society dur-ing the 1700’s, a time when the roots of the town were still developing. The signs in respect to the houses signify whom they belonged to. In other words, perhaps Mr. Thing once lived or worked in that very house, making the home a historical monument in our time.
Observing the houses on the street, they appear to be in good condition and carefully tended too. There are colorful fl owers that line the exteriors along with grass that is trimmed to an orderly height. The activity around the neighborhood is fairly quiet, with cars usually pass-ing by or stopping for students.
With all the time and effort the locals tending to or living in the homes have spent on the houses, it is clear that the people around
Exeter value and honor the town history. Even most of the dorms on campus are named after prominent fi gures in Exeter’s history, like Wentworth and Dunbar.
In the fi rst week of school, students have had the chance to explore the campus. Boys and girls alike have become accustomed to the multiple buildings and facilities, discovering new and exciting places to work and play. While some may enjoy working on campus, there might be some who are interested in venturing out, away from the dorms and buildings. In that case, this neighborhood is the starting point for you.
If you fi nd yourself with free time, whether you are returning from the Academy Center or a meal, it is defi nitely worth the short walk to come and witness this small portion of historical Exeter.
What Was Daniel's Thing?By ANUV VAGHUL
Summer Times Staff Writer
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Ever since he was a young teenager, Daniel Fer-land has been interested in the food business, and he is now the manager at the Elm Street Dinning Hall.
He was contracted from Northeastern University in Boston where he was introduced to the food indus-try. Prior to working at cafeterias he was an executive chef for a company called Compass Group.
He began his work in the Elm Street Dinning Hall because he applied for a job through a website called Sea Coast Online. He began working for PEA in October of 2011.
He is not in charge of the Grill, only the Elm Street Dinning Hall and does not get any complaints, he says.
In his years of working at the dinning hall nothing major has happened except for an allergy incident. The victim of the incident did not suffer grave problems; nevertheless he needed to be hospitalized. Mr. Ferland confessed the incident made him nervous, but that he had learned from it.
Allergy incidents are some of the most severe crises in the food industry. Since then, Mr. Ferland has taken great strides in preventing allergy incidents and making sure the ingredients listed in the glass above the food provide the correct allergy information..
“You are dealing with food,” the 33-year-old chef said, “but you are also dealing with a lot of personali-ties as well.”
To work in the food industry Mr. Ferland claims that one has to work with customer expectations. “You have to work with customers’ personalities and his or her food preferences,” he said.
His goal in the cafeteria is to try to centralize systems that are currently in place and to capitalize on sustainability and local freshness in food. Since he began working, he has contributed in many ways.
One example is by introducing fresh vegetables from local farms to his food. Starting next week he will bring in fresh produce from nearby farms and he will expand the dining hall by adding a Farm Table. At this table there will be farm fresh vegetables so the kids in the cafeteria will know that they are eat-ing healthy.
But creating a farm table isn’t just a project that includes ordering fi fty fresh tomatoes. According to Mr. Ferland, the cafeteria obtains roughly about 2,000 pounds of tomatoes a month! This large number is just an estimate of the hundreds of thousands of pounds of different vegetables that are ordered in the cafeteria.
Then, what happens to the food that is left over? Well, if the food is still adequate to eat the cafeteria will use it in other meals. For example, if the kitchen had cooked chicken one day, then the leftover chicken from the day before might be used in the Caesar salad of the day afterwards. The kitchen also gives some of the left over food to a food bank occasionally.
Another idea that Mr. Ferland and his partners have is introducing a machine called a Pulper Extrac-tor which takes the leftover trimmings of food and creates compost with them.
By ADRIANA RODRIGUEZSummer Times Staff Writer
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Webster and Dunbar dorms took top honors in last Sat-urday’s yearly Field Day of the Upper School.
The emotion started July 4th as every dorm prepared its shirts. Some dorms tie-dyed, others spray painted and even one dorm created bandanas instead of shirts. The whole idea was to create something that could represent everyone in the dorm.
As you walked towards the fi eld you could see the different colored shirts and hear all of the different chants for each dorm. Everyone sat down in the summer heat and watched as the fi rst event started. Field day got into motion with the guy’s potato sack race. Every dorm had to jump from one side of the fi eld to the other while in a potato sack. It got really intense and there were several falls, but overall it was a really fun event to watch.
After came the three-legged race, an event in which two people had to tie one of their feet together with the other person’s and had to run to the other side of the fi eld. This was highly popular because you got to see two people work together as one and succeed in what they wanted.
This event was where most people fell on the ground but instead of getting mad with their partners you could see them cracking up and getting back up to try it once more.
Isabella Hubsch, 16, from Venezuela com-mented that: “my favorite part was when we fell because I am a very uncoordinated person and we didn’t fi gure out how we were going to do it before we did. We just jumped into the idea of doing it. When the race actually started, we
fi gured out that we couldn’t actually do it so half way through the race I tripped and my partner came down with me. It was really funny looking around and realizing we weren’t the only ones on the ground.”
The last event was the most tiring. Ten people from each dorm had to sprint to the other side of the fi eld where a teacher was waiting with a bat. You had to spin ten times around the bat and then run back to where your team was.
The fi rst dorm to fi nish was the winner. The funny thing about this event was that once you did
the ten spins you became really dizzy and had to attempt to run back to your dorm without falling down. Camila
Dauhajre, 16, from Republica Dominicana said about this event that: “what I liked the least about this event was hav-ing my forehead against the bat and spinning, it made my back really hurt.”
The teachers were able to do this event too. It was funny watching a teacher who usually sits on the other side of a table giving a lesson, running down the fi eld to win.
Overall fi eld day was very successful in making the entire summer school bond and it helped everyone meet more people.
By the end of the afternoon everyone was extremely hot and tired from all of the excitement. Everyone in the upper school sat in the middle of the fi eld as they announced the winners of fi eld day. The winner of the guys dorms was Webster and the winner of the girls team was Dunbar.
Ana Christina Machado, 16, from Venezuela commented on her win: “I was extremely proud to be part of Dunbar and being able to celebrate with all my dorm mates. We were promised a pizza party and we are all very excited to have it. I loved being able to collaborate in our win by doing the potato sack race and the three legged race”.
Marco Fois, 15, from Republica Do-minicana is part of Webster and said that: “I am very happy that my effort and my
team mates made us win. I am very proud and excited for the pizza party.”
Field day brought everyone together and it made everyone feel the Phillips Exeter spirit. It gave all of the students a break from our homework and gave us a chance to enjoy ourselves.
Two Kids & Three Legs Make Field Day Fun
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New friends from Cilley show their dorm pride during fi eld day.
By LETICIA VAZQUEZSummer Times Staff Writer
If you’ve been to the auditorium at Phillips Exeter Academy -- and everyone at Summer School has -- you’re familiar with the expertise of Mary Frances Dagostino. She is in charge of audio visual programs and arranges the presentations of speakers from backstage.
The fi rst thing you need to know is that, yes, she is related to the family that owns the chain of supermarkets called Dagostinos. They are second cousins but she has never worked for them..
Ms. Dagostino, who is 65, has been at Exeter since 1969. She walks to work every day 10 minutes from her home in Exeter. She grew up in Exeter on a rose farm that her family owned and where she discovered her love for animals and activities like riding horses and gardening.
She has been working in the town of Exeter singe she graduated from college. Her fi rst job was in in the trust department of a bank, now Citizens. She did not last too long because she did not like it, so she quit.
“I had a good friend working in the summer school so I got a 3-hour job Monday, Wednesday, Friday in the purchasing department.,” she re-called. Then she got a parttime time job in the au-dio visual department that later became full time, achieving her goal to interact with students.
“That’s my favorite thing, interacting with students,” Ms. Dagostino said. “That’s the big plus.”
During her years at Exeter, she has experi-enced many good moments and a few bad ones. The best one for her was one day when “a gener-ous donor came to my offi ce and asked if I had a wish list.”
“I did,” she went on. “The donor ended up giving money to renovate Mayer Auditorium” and she was put in charge. She said she never knew the amount of the gift but it was substantial. She happily remember the moment when the principal called her to announce the great news.
She also experienced a bad moment during her 43 years of working at Exeter; her worker partner was supposed to show a fi lm during pre-sentation of a civilization series to the public. “But the fi lm was not actually on the take-up reel so it was all over the fl oor. There was fi lm everywhere! I had to manually reel it back.”
Her job now is coordinating assemblies, achieving again her goal of interacting and learn-ing from the students. She has met a lot of inter-esting speakers. Months ago during an assembly in the regular session she met Peter Onyisi, an important physicist who talked about his news-worthy research on the Higgs Boson, the particle scientists now think they have found that gives mass to the cosmos.
Ms. Dagostino said she sometimes thought of leaving PEA but then always changes her mind. If she had to do it all over again, she said, she would not change a thing. “I know kids whose children are now coming here,” she said.
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Mary Frances Dagostino has worked at PEA since 1969, and ensures that students and teachers can access technology.
Daniel Ferland is working to bring more local food into the dining hall.
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As formerly strange faces become recognizable, and campus maps and schedules become obsolete, summer ses-sion students are exploring the town of Exeter, searching for something to do.
Just a short fi ve minute walk offers students the opportunity to go shopping, eat food other than what is served in the dining hall and get a change of scenery from the campus.
“Teenagers are always sleepy, hungry and bored,” states Malik Young, 17, a Chicago Illinois native who also believes that “free time is for sleeping, eating and fi nding things to do.”
As free time at Exeter becomes more common in the next four weeks, students looking to keep themselves immersed in all that Exeter offers, undoubtedly should explore downtown. While Exeter certainly is a small town, barely reaching a population of 14,300, it has some great stores that are easily accessible to academy students. The simplest way to access these stores is to head to the top of Tan Lane (by the Main Street and Ewald Dorms and turn right) which will lead you to Water Street, the center of the town.
If you’re in need of new athletic wear that the Exeter Book-store does not offer, check out George and Phillips at 173 Water Street. It is a multi-sport specialty store that sells athletic footwear, clothing, equipment and more for a wide variety of sports.
Ladies, are you in need of some new high end make up or skin care products? Forever Young offers the most pure and result-driven lines of tested skin care, body care and cosmetics. IT also offers spa treatments and nail services. Forever Young Distinctive Beauty Market is located at 159 Water Street in downtown, and is open Monday - Saturday 10-6 p.m.
A few stores down at 131 Water Street is Luna Chics, a place to shop for timeless styles for women from casual to dressy. It has some great upscale designer brands that make great gifts for friends, family or yourself. Only a few stores down is Ablaze Boutique, at 113 Water Street. Ablaze is comparable to Luna Chics, although it has a bit of a different, more urban style. Both Luna Chics and Ablaze have varying schedules, so check out their websites for exact hours.
Hungry? Me & Ollie’s is a local favorite. It sells all natural coffee, tea, breads, sandwiches and baked goods. It is a great
place to hang out, as there are many tables and couches. Me & Ollie’s is a prime place to grab lunch, or if you have A or B format off, then a quick breakfast. Located at 64 Water Street, it is usually open until 7 pm Monday- Saturday, and until 6 pm on Sundays.
If you have time, grab lunch at The Green Bean across the street from Me & Ollies. It has fl avorful soups, sandwiches and salads, offering self-seating overlooking the Exeter River. It has become a local favorite and a crucial part of the community of Exeter.
Eleven Water Street is the most upscale restaurant located in downtown Exeter. It overlooks the beautiful Exeter River, offering a unique dining experience. The food is hand crafted, and the chefs have a passion for cooking. If you have a special someone you want to take out on a date, 11 Water Street is sure to make a great fi rst impression.
If you’re feeling adventurous, there are more intriguing stores on the way to Walgreens. As you walk through downtown up High Street and then take a left onto Portsmouth Ave, you will pass Las Olas Taqueria, another local favorite. It’s a great place to share food with friends, and everything is super fresh. Here’s
a secret: Las Olas offers free soda drinks to academy students, so make sure you bring your academy student ID!
If you keep walking past Las Olas, you will see Walgreens on your left. Across the street from Wal-greens is a Dunkin
Donuts. In the plaza next to Dunkin Donuts is a Rite Aid (similar to Wal-
greens,) a dollar store, and Margaritas. Margaritas is a Mexican restaurant that has done a great job bringing a backdrop of a sun-soaked village of Central Mexico to Exeter.
For those who are up for the walk, continue past Margaritas. On the same side of Portsmouth Ave, you’ll see an Olympia Sports. In that building is Stop and Shop, a chain grocery store. But the best secret is the store inside -- the only Starbucks in a twenty minute radius!
Across the street is a McDonalds. Beware, Starbucks and McDonalds are a 1.6 mile (or 2.6 kilometer) walk from campus. It should take you about 35 minutes to walk there.
Remember the importance of seizing the moment and tak-ing the advantage of all that Exeter offers. The next four weeks will go by fast.
The Byways of Exeter: How to Spend Time OffBy CALLEIGH HUNTERSummer Times Staff Writer
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Where in the World Do We Come From?
not have oil and Venezuela will not receive Paraguayan food products," said Kenny, who also did not support the ousted President Lugo: "He was dishonest, when he was a priest he had many sons and relationships with women." Although it has only been a month since the split, both students gave an opinion of when the diplomatic relations will be reestablished. "Probably in a couple of years we will have again diplomatic relations, maybe next year, because of the Paraguayan elections," said Kenny. Nicola said, "diplomatic relations will be reestablished when President Chavez fi nds the new Paraguayan government useful." And although both countries do not work together anymore, at least for now, both students do not have any resentment.- Jose M. Guerrero Coronado
'"It’s really complicated," commented Mark Chen, 16, on the strained relations between China, and the neighboring state Tai-wan. Megan Hung, 16, a Taiwanese student nodded as she agreed with her friend. The two met at the Elm Street Dining Hall at the beginning of summer school and are now companions despite the political and territorial issues between China and Taiwan. "When I see Chinese people in Taiwan, I notice that Taiwanese people initially judge them because they’re Chinese," said Megan on what
she observes in Taiwan. According to Mark, who has never met a Taiwanese before Megan, the same attitude and mentality can be found in China. The environment at Exeter has allowed them to meet all types of people around the world, which they are both "extremely grateful" for. They both mentioned how they hope to become better friends. "I think that a person’s nationality or race has no relevance to who they are," Mark stated as Megan sat down across from him in the dining hall. ' -- Kolena Dang
'Turkish people have been coming to Germany since the 1960s chasing jobs. Today there are 3 million people living in Germany who have Turkish roots, making up a signifi cant part of the German population. There are many people with Turkish roots who have been able to integrate themselves into German society just fi ne, but on the downside there are large numbers of Turks in Germany who have not been able to adjust to the new social structure that they are confronted with. This lack of integra-tion has to do with Turks not being able to cope with the German school system, but also with them trying to keep to themselves. Turkish people keeping to themselves separates them more and more from the German society making integration a very hard goal to pursue. The fact that Turks are not able to integrate themselves often makes them feel left out and doesn’t make them feel very welcome which often leads to confl icts. Recently, the Turkish
president demanded to build Turkish schools in Germany in or-der to create chances for Turkish kids to integrate. This proposal did not meet with a positive reaction from the German side as Germans found it to be counterproductive regarding integration. Despite the cultural differences and tensions that are currently present in Germany Turkish kids seem to get a long very well with the German kids here. This is setting an example for how people with cultural differences can be friends no matter what kinds of experiences they have with the different culture in regards to their home country.' -- Jasper Graebner
'With their two governments in confl ict, Chinese and Filipino students here at the academy seem to not care. Students of each nationality seem to embrace friendships with one another. As a Filipino I have received questions such as, "Are you Filipinos re-ally psycho about the whole confl ict with our countries, or do you not care at all?" My answer to that is simple: "No we don’t care and why should we? As long as war doesn’t break out and I re-main alive all is good." With both governments head to head, who knows what will happen with our international affairs? As long as our relationships as individuals aren’t disrupted, the governments can go do their own thing. Being one of the most diverse summer schools, Phillips Exeter brings several nations together.
