diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore index 3f914c0..b7af2a7 100644 --- a/.gitignore +++ b/.gitignore @@ -2,4 +2,45 @@ /raw_corpus/*.pdf *.pdf chunked_corpus/* -.DS_Store \ No newline at end of file +.DS_Store + +# Django +*.log +*.pot +*.pyc +__pycache__/ +local_settings.py +db.sqlite3 +db.sqlite3-journal +media + +# Python +*.py[cod] +*$py.class +*.so +.Python +env/ +build/ +develop-eggs/ +dist/ +downloads/ +eggs/ +.eggs/ +lib/ +lib64/ +parts/ +sdist/ +var/ +*.egg-info/ +.installed.cfg +*.egg + +.env +.env.local + +# Text Corpus +text_corpus/* +chunked_corpus/* +data/text_corpus/* +data/chunked_corpus/* +*.txt \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/Proposal.pdf b/Proposal.pdf deleted file mode 100644 index cf943e2..0000000 Binary files a/Proposal.pdf and /dev/null differ diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f2a70a3..6de79a2 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,5 +1,58 @@ -# This is ArchiveBot +# ArchiveBot -This project aims to develop an AI-powered retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) system that enables intuitive, conversational access to archived materials from the Oliver Wendell Holmes library. This would be available to students, librarians, faculty, and any others who are curious about engaging with the school's history in an accessible manner. This project will enable users to leverage natural language search, in order for users to be able to retrieve summaries and context-rich information from historical documents. +Archivebot is a Django-based RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) system that enables intuitive, conversational access to archival material. Present-day researchers interested in working with historical documents are forced to menially sift through thousands of pages of documents. Despite digitization and search functionality, this process is not only time-consuming, but also error-prone. + +This project aims to alleviate this issue by allowing users to query the archive through natural language, and receive a summary of the most relevant information from the archive. + +## Setup Instructions + +1. Install the required packages: + ``` + pip install -r requirements.txt + ``` + +2. Set up the Django app: + ``` + python manage.py setup_app + ``` + +3. Run the development server: + ``` + python manage.py runserver + ``` + +4. Access the application at http://127.0.0.1:8000/ + +## Features + +- Web scraping of archive materials +- OCR processing of PDF documents +- Text chunking (semantic or fixed-size) +- Embedding generation +- Interactive chat interface with RAG capabilities + +## Project Structure + +- `rag_app/`: The main Django application + - `models.py`: Database models for pipeline state and chat history + - `views.py`: API endpoints and view functions + - `pipeline.py`: Core pipeline functionality + - `urls.py`: URL routing + - `templates/`: HTML templates + +## Usage + +1. Start by scraping archive materials for specific years +2. Process the downloaded PDFs with OCR +3. Chunk the extracted text +4. Generate embeddings for the chunks +5. Load a language model +6. Chat with the system to query the archived materials + +## To-dos and Future Steps +- Filtering based on article type (excluding Eighth Page articles, etc.) +- Linking to view original article PDF +- UI testing for level of parameters able to be set +- Additional weighting based on recency of source material Developed in the Computer Science 600 Research and Development Class at Phillips Academy. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/archivebot_project/__init__.py b/archivebot_project/__init__.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e69de29 diff --git a/archivebot_project/asgi.py b/archivebot_project/asgi.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6c24f82 --- /dev/null +++ b/archivebot_project/asgi.py @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +""" +ASGI config for archivebot_project project. + +It exposes the ASGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``. + +For more information on this file, see +https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/howto/deployment/asgi/ +""" + +import os + +from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application + +os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'archivebot_project.settings') + +application = get_asgi_application() \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/archivebot_project/settings.py b/archivebot_project/settings.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..968206e --- /dev/null +++ b/archivebot_project/settings.py @@ -0,0 +1,117 @@ +import os +from pathlib import Path +import sys + +# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'. +BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent + +# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret! +SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get('DJANGO_SECRET_KEY', 'django-insecure-your-secret-key-here') + +# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production! +DEBUG = True + +ALLOWED_HOSTS = [] + +# Application definition +INSTALLED_APPS = [ + 'django.contrib.admin', + 'django.contrib.auth', + 'django.contrib.contenttypes', + 'django.contrib.sessions', + 'django.contrib.messages', + 'django.contrib.staticfiles', + 'rag_app.apps.RagAppConfig', +] + +MIDDLEWARE = [ + 'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware', + 'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware', + 'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware', + 'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware', + 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware', + 'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware', + 'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware', +] + +ROOT_URLCONF = 'archivebot_project.urls' + +TEMPLATES = [ + { + 'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates', + 'DIRS': [], + 'APP_DIRS': True, + 'OPTIONS': { + 'context_processors': [ + 'django.template.context_processors.debug', + 'django.template.context_processors.request', + 'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth', + 'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages', + ], + }, + }, +] + +WSGI_APPLICATION = 'archivebot_project.wsgi.application' + +# Database +DATABASES = { + 'default': { + 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3', + 'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3', + } +} + +# Password validation +AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [ + { + 'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator', + }, + { + 'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator', + }, + { + 'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator', + }, + { + 'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator', + }, +] + +# Internationalization +LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us' +TIME_ZONE = 'UTC' +USE_I18N = True +USE_TZ = True + +# Data directories +DATA_DIR = BASE_DIR / "data" +RAW_CORPUS_DIR = DATA_DIR / "raw_corpus" +TEXT_CORPUS_DIR = DATA_DIR / "text_corpus" +CHUNKED_CORPUS_DIR = DATA_DIR / "chunked_corpus" + +# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images) +STATIC_URL = '/static/' + +# Create static directory if it doesn't exist +STATIC_APP_DIR = BASE_DIR / "rag_app" / "static" +os.makedirs(STATIC_APP_DIR, exist_ok=True) +os.makedirs(STATIC_APP_DIR / "rag_app" / "css", exist_ok=True) +os.makedirs(STATIC_APP_DIR / "rag_app" / "js", exist_ok=True) +os.makedirs(STATIC_APP_DIR / "rag_app" / "images", exist_ok=True) + +STATICFILES_DIRS = [ + STATIC_APP_DIR, +] +STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "staticfiles" + +# Media files +MEDIA_URL = '/media/' +MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "media" + +# Default primary key field type +DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField' + +# Create data directories +for directory in [DATA_DIR, RAW_CORPUS_DIR, TEXT_CORPUS_DIR, CHUNKED_CORPUS_DIR]: + os.makedirs(directory, exist_ok=True) \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/archivebot_project/urls.py b/archivebot_project/urls.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5ee048a --- /dev/null +++ b/archivebot_project/urls.py @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +from django.contrib import admin +from django.urls import path, include + +urlpatterns = [ + path('admin/', admin.site.urls), + path('', include('rag_app.urls')), +] \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/archivebot_project/wsgi.py b/archivebot_project/wsgi.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..35d1ba6 --- /dev/null +++ b/archivebot_project/wsgi.py @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +import os + +from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application + +os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'archivebot_project.settings') + +application = get_wsgi_application() \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/data/chunked_corpus/04182025_chunks.json b/data/chunked_corpus/04182025_chunks.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..80b1f0b --- /dev/null +++ b/data/chunked_corpus/04182025_chunks.json @@ -0,0 +1,1910 @@ +[ + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_0", + "text": "Che Phillipian\n\n#fourdayweekend!!!\n\nVOL. CXLVIII, No. 9\n\nOutside of his dorm, Rockwell, Daniel Matloff \u201928 participated in\nthe University of South Carolina Speak Your Mind Challenge.\n\nCOURTESY OF JOSIE SARNO.\n\nAfter lacrosse practice, Lola Aguirre \u201926 poured ice cold water\n\nfrom a bucket on Josie Sarno \u201926.\n\nVeritas Super Omnia\n\nUSC Speak\nYour Mind\n\nChallenge Takes\nOver Campus\n\nCADE RUTKOSKE\n\nYears later, the Ice Bucket\nChallenge is back. Over the course\nof the past week, the University\nof South Carolina\u2019s (USC) Active\nMinds Ice Bucket Challenge has\ntaken Andover\u2019s campus by storm.\n\nActive Minds is a non-profit\norganization dedicated to promot-\ning mental health. The challenge\noriginated from USC\u2019s Active\nMinds club and requires partici-\npants to dump a bucket of ice wa-\nter on their heads in order to raise\nawareness about mental health.\nParticipants also share the video\non social media and \u201cnominate\u201d\nothers to the challenge.\n\nBrinley Davis \u201927 was one\nstudent who participated in the\nc", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 0, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_1", + "text": " in order to raise\nawareness about mental health.\nParticipants also share the video\non social media and \u201cnominate\u201d\nothers to the challenge.\n\nBrinley Davis \u201927 was one\nstudent who participated in the\nchallenge. She explained how\nthe challenge has quickly spread\nawareness for mental health\nacross Andover while connecting\nstudents.\n\n\u201cTt was very fun and I learned\nabout it two weeks ago from my\nfriends at home. It\u2019s a good way to\nspread awareness, [and] on cam-\npus, it\u2019s definitely raised mental\nhealth awareness on its own. It\u2019s\nalso increased community bond-\ning and happiness,\u201d said Davis.\n\nAs a Co-Head for Andover\u2019s\nActive Minds Club, Drew Wasy-\nlyshyn \u201926 has been involved with\nthe national organization since\nbefore the trend began. He hoped\nthat the rapid expansion of aware-\nness would encourage schools\nacross the nation to start their\nown chapters.\n\n\u201cA lot more people know about\nActive Minds and their mission\nnow. I was looking at the USC\nchapter\u2019s Instagram page over\nthe last couple of days, and their\nfollowers went from 30,000 to\n270,000. This initiative has been\nspreading across the nation like\nwildfire. It warms my heart. It\u2019s\njust a simple act that raises aware-\nness,\u201d said W", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 1, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_2", + "text": "of days, and their\nfollowers went from 30,000 to\n270,000. This initiative has been\nspreading across the nation like\nwildfire. It warms my heart. It\u2019s\njust a simple act that raises aware-\nness,\u201d said Wasylyshyn.\n\nAPRIL 18, 2025\n\nSecond Head of School Day This\nYear Grants Four-Day Weekend\n\nSTAFF REPORT\n\nHead of School Raynard\nKington announced that the\nsecond Head of School Day\n(HOSD) this year would take\nplace on April 22. Standing\non the steps in Pan Athletic\nCenter (Pan), Kington raised\nhis signature dark blue hat to\nthe cheers and screams of stu-\ndents who had gathered for a\nHead of School munch. Typi-\ncally just an annual event, this\nsecond HOSD marks a depar-\nture from tradition since one\nhas already occurred this Win-\nter Term.\n\nAll classes, sports, and oth-\ner commitments will be can-\ncelled on April 22, extending\nthe Easter long weekend to a\nfour-day weekend. Kington\nshared what he hopes students\nwill take away from the extra\nday off.\n\u201cVll_ be working all day\nTuesday, I assure you. But that\nsuits the day off. It\u2019s just sup-\nposed to be about students.\nI hope that students will do\nwhatever they feel helps them\nstay balanced, invigorated and\nhealthy,\u201d said Kington.\n\nBruce Ru \u2019", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 2, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_3", + "text": "ou. But that\nsuits the day off. It\u2019s just sup-\nposed to be about students.\nI hope that students will do\nwhatever they feel helps them\nstay balanced, invigorated and\nhealthy,\u201d said Kington.\n\nBruce Ru \u201927 described his\nexcitement at Kington\u2019s an-\nnouncement. Although Ru ini-\ntially felt confused, he called\non other students to spend\nthis HOSD responsibly by us-\ning the additional time to take\ncare of themselves.\n\n\u201c[It\u2019s] not only a time to\njust celebrate that we have an\nextra day off but also [a time]\nto look inwards and to talk to\nthe people [around you], check\nin with everybody, including\nyourself, and think about how\nwe can be using the time to\nmake your life and other peo-\nple\u2019s lives better,\u201d said Ru.\n\nLast year, HOSD was post-\nponed to the Spring Term due\nto an unexpected outbreak of\nsickness during the Winter\nTerm that resulted in two days\nof cancelled classes. Angie\n\nLucia \u201925 commented on how\nhaving a HOSD in the spring\nallowed students to enjoy the\nweather.\n\n\u201cYm very excited. It was\nvery unexpected and very\ncool that he did one for the\nSpring Term. Last year, hav-\ning it during the spring was so\nfun because [there] was good\nweather. We could lawn. The\ntime was really well s", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 3, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_4", + "text": "t was\nvery unexpected and very\ncool that he did one for the\nSpring Term. Last year, hav-\ning it during the spring was so\nfun because [there] was good\nweather. We could lawn. The\ntime was really well spent, so\nit was a really good idea to do\none in the spring,\u201d said Lucia.\n\nJonathan Oh \u201927 expressed\nhow the announcement caught\nhim completely by surprise.\nWalking back from Falls Mu-\nsic Center with the Goose &\nMoose band after rehearsal\nto his dorm, Oh recalled his\namazement upon hearing that\nclasses were cancelled next\nTuesday.\n\n\u201cPeople [were] going back\nto their dorms, and we were\non our way to Pan. They were\nsaying [that] we have Head of\nSchool Day on Tuesday, and I\n[thought], \u2018No way. I thought\nit was only last year where it\nwas in the Spring Term. It\u2019s\nawesome. It\u2019s a_ three-day\nweekend turned into a four-\nday weekend. I\u2019m hoping the\nweather is good on Monday\nand Tuesday. I\u2019m very grateful\nto Dr. Kington for doing this,\nespecially when a lot of people\nare getting sick. It\u2019s great tim-\ning,\u201d said Oh.\n\nWith Spring Term being\nrelatively short, Oh empha-\nsized how HOSD could be use-\nful to recover physically and\nacademically.\n\n\u201cT have the flu right now,\nso I\u2019m just planning to get\ne", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 4, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_5", + "text": "m-\ning,\u201d said Oh.\n\nWith Spring Term being\nrelatively short, Oh empha-\nsized how HOSD could be use-\nful to recover physically and\nacademically.\n\n\u201cT have the flu right now,\nso I\u2019m just planning to get\nextra sleep and then get back\non track with my health and\nmy coursework. Spring Term\nis really fast and short [this\nyear], so having this extra day\nto ground myself is really real-\nly nice,\u201d said Oh.\n\nEditor\u2019s Note: Angie Lucia\n\u201925 was a former Sports Editor\nfor The Phillipian, vol. CXL-\nVI.\n\nEBI Program Cancelled for\nJuniors and Lowers to\n\nFocus on Community\nand Individual Wellbeing\n\nPRISHA SHIVANI &\nJEANNE KOSCIUS-\nKO-MORIZET\n\nAn email to Juniors and Low-\ners on April 11 informed Under-\nclassmen that Equity, Balance,\nand Inclusion (EBI) classes are\ncancelled for Spring Term. The\nemail relayed hope to instead see\nstudents at campus events meant\nto foster community and individ-\nual wellbeing. This cancellation\ncame one week after the loss of a\nstudent by suicide.\n\nBrigette Leschhorn, Transi-\ntional Director of the EBI Pro-\n\nii\n\ngram, spoke on the main reason\n\nfor the cancellation. She, among\nothers, felt that the priorities of\nthe EBI curriculum did not match\nup with what the student bo", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 5, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_6", + "text": "-\ntional Director of the EBI Pro-\n\nii\n\ngram, spoke on the main reason\n\nfor the cancellation. She, among\nothers, felt that the priorities of\nthe EBI curriculum did not match\nup with what the student body\nneeds right now.\n\n\u201cUsually the priority of EBI is\ndeveloping social emotional skills\nand community building skills.\nNow the priority has to be how\ndo we care for ourselves and each\nother. You cannot learn things if so\nmany folks around you are in dis-\ntress. It makes more sense to shift\n\nContinued on AS, Column 3\n\nI.PADMAWAR/THE PHILLIPIAN.\nEquity Balance and Inclusion (EBI) uppers Frank Hu \u201926, Yui Takeuchi \u201926,\nand Eliza Francis \u201926 are done teaching for the term.\n\n\u201cVoice of the Consumer\u201d:\nParesky Commons Updates\n\nMenu with Feedback Survey\n\nFELIX BRET\n& SOPHIA TOLOKH\n\nTo solicit student feed-\nback on menu options, Pare-\nsky Commons (Commons)\nlaunched a new survey plat-\nform called the Voice of the\nConsumer (VOC) on January\n30. Displayed daily through-\nout Commons, the survey\nasked community members\nto rate items they liked and\ndisliked using a five-star rat-\ning system. Over 80 people re-\nplied within 48 hours.\n\nSince the platform\u2019s\nlaunch, Commons has main-\ntained a rating of 4.0", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 6, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_7", + "text": "munity members\nto rate items they liked and\ndisliked using a five-star rat-\ning system. Over 80 people re-\nplied within 48 hours.\n\nSince the platform\u2019s\nlaunch, Commons has main-\ntained a rating of 4.04 out of\nfive stars overall, according\nto Karen VanAvery, General\nManager of Paresky Dining\nand Campus Catering. VanAv-\nery explained how Commons\nresponded to survey feedback\nwhen updating their menu\nthis term.\n\n\u201cChanges implemented\nthis semester include: Grilled\nchicken added to the salad\nbar three days a week, the in-\ntroduction of additional hot\nvegetarian options, additional\nvegan items, including des-\nserts, expanded Halal options\nand the return of Tomato\nBisque (an extremely popular\nrequest!),\u201d wrote VanAvery in\nan email to The Phillipian.\n\nVan Avery continued \u201cAt\nParesky, menu and program\nchanges are made thought-\nfully \u2014 based on nutritional\nneeds, variety, data analysis,\nseasonality, guest feedback,\nand ingredient availability.\nStudents can request specific\nmenu items directly through\nthe survey, and if a suggestion\nbecomes popular, we\u2019ll do our\nbest to add it to our offerings.\nUltimately, this program is\n\nYour voices matter,\n\nIncreasing\n\nPlant Baseq\n\nProtein\nOptions\n\n:\ncSt\n\nI", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 7, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_8", + "text": "ough\nthe survey, and if a suggestion\nbecomes popular, we\u2019ll do our\nbest to add it to our offerings.\nUltimately, this program is\n\nYour voices matter,\n\nIncreasing\n\nPlant Baseq\n\nProtein\nOptions\n\n:\ncSt\n\nI. PADMAWAR/THE PHILLIPIAN\n\nParesky Commons provided QR codes for students to use to submit feed-\n\nback on food options and availability.\n\ndesigned specifically for Phil-\nlips Andover and will con-\ntinue to evolve with student\npreferences, market trends,\nand nutritional priorities.\u201d\n\nSome additional reforms\nimplemented in Commons\nover the past couple of months\ninclude adding corn tortillas,\nand placing jerk seasoning\nand malt vinegar at seasoning\nstations. Some of the largest\nchanges, however, is the insti-\ntution of Waffle Wednesday\nand salad bar chicken, accord-\ning to Danielle Han \u201928.\n\n\u201cThe grilled chicken at the\n\nsalad bar is a game-changer.\nIt\u2019s really good on salads and\nmakes the salads really ap-\npetizing... I was in Commons\nthe first day they had Waffle\nWednesday. I\u2019m really proud\nof myself. They\u2019re really good.\nHaving pre-made waffles is a\ngame-changer, it prevents so\nmuch time that could have\nbeen [spent] waiting [in line to\n\nContinued on AS, Column 1\n\nCommentary, A2\n\u201cHyperem", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 8, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_9", + "text": "of myself. They\u2019re really good.\nHaving pre-made waffles is a\ngame-changer, it prevents so\nmuch time that could have\nbeen [spent] waiting [in line to\n\nContinued on AS, Column 1\n\nCommentary, A2\n\u201cHyperempathy: Drenched\nin Others\u2019 Emotions\u201d\n\nJeannie Kang \u201928 outlines her expe-\nrience as a deeply empathetic person\nand encourages us to learn to balance\nself-care and empathy.\n\nEighth Page, A8\nRed Mirage\n\nWe got the next one.\n\nSports, Bl\n\nBoy Volleyball Tops Exeter\nTo extends their winstreak to six\ngames, Boys Volleyball defeated\nPhillips Exeter Academy for the\nfirst time in two years.\n\nArts, B6\nNeed Concert Fit Inspo?\n\nCheck out the outfits Andover stu-\ndents are rocking at concerts and mu-\nsic festivals!\n\nSUBSCRIBE/ADVERTISE\n\nEmail us with requests:\nphillipian@phillipian.net\n\nSubscribe online at:\nphillipian.net/subscribe.\n\n\nA2_ | COMMENTARY\n\nChe Phillipian\n\nThe oldest preparatory newspaper in the United States. Founded 1857.\n\nSahana Manikandan\n\nVol. CXLVIIL\nPhillips Academy\n\nMicheal D. Kawooya ais ; Illustration\nEditor in Chief Huma Mangeu Angela Guo\nStella Seong Nathan Wu\nPenelope Tong\nLayout\n2 Multiingsal Gracie Aziabor\nKatherine $. Rodgers Camille Davis Siona Chan\nExecutive Editor Gra", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 9, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_10", + "text": "ya ais ; Illustration\nEditor in Chief Huma Mangeu Angela Guo\nStella Seong Nathan Wu\nPenelope Tong\nLayout\n2 Multiingsal Gracie Aziabor\nKatherine $. Rodgers Camille Davis Siona Chan\nExecutive Editor Grace Kim Jess Jeon\nAbby Kim\nNews\nCopy Jeanne Kosciusko-Morizet\nCade Rutkoske\n\nPrisha Shivani\n\nWhere We Go From Here\n\nAbigail zhu Mira Phan\nExecutive Digital Editor \u2014 Kendra Tomala\nClaire Tong Photo\nKelvin Ma\nDigital Ishaan Padmawar\nJay Jung Mike Stout\nCam Manzo\nTheo H. wei Andre Wu Sports\na\nanaging Eaitor . Alex Dimnaku\nEighth Page Ethan Ly\nPiper Lasater David Siahaan\nDavid O'Neill\n. Graphic Design Video ,\nBailey J. Xu | Lucille Heyd Edward Chen\nManaging Editor Aglaia Hong Nathan Egbuna\nClaire Wang\nAdvertising Business\nAngela Zhao Sydney Jan Sophia Lazar\nChief Financial Officer Philip Meng\nStaff Positions\nBusiness Commentary Illustration\nMaggie Shu Shloak Shah Gemma Park\nKai Wang Keita Narusawa\nNews Video\nChristian Estrada \u2018Morgan Hsu\nNiki Tavakoli\nSHLOAK SHAH\n\n4\nBAY\n407 ria\n\nn November 5, 2024,\n\nDonald Trump was re-\n\nelected President of the\nUnited States of America. In\nretrospect, this result has come\nto be seen as an inevitability, ob-\nscuring that millions of Ameri-\ncans had expected", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 10, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_11", + "text": "024,\n\nDonald Trump was re-\n\nelected President of the\nUnited States of America. In\nretrospect, this result has come\nto be seen as an inevitability, ob-\nscuring that millions of Ameri-\ncans had expected an entirely\ndifferent outcome until the end\n\u2014 myself very much included. I\nknow I\u2019m also not alone in con-\nfusion and disappointment at\nthe lackluster response of Sena-\ntor Chuck Schumer and other\nDemocratic Party leadership to\nthe new lows of this Trump Ad-\nministration\u2019s disregard (and, in\nsome cases, apparent contempt)\nfor American values, interests,\nand institutions. But to find\nits optimal bearing from here,\nthe Democratic Party must de-\nvelop a solid sense of where it\nwent wrong \u2014 and I can\u2019t help\nbut feel the currently dominant\ntoo-moderate and too-\u201cwoke\u201d\nexplanations fall short of cap-\nturing the true reasons for the\nparty\u2019s defeat last November\n\u2014 to help the party determine\nwhere it goes from here.\n\nFirstly, I think it\u2019s important\nto consider the factual results\nof the November elections and\nquestion some of our conclu-\nsions from them. For instance,\nit has practically become con-\nsensus to describe Trump\u2019s\nperformance as a \u201clandslide,\u201d\nbut this deeply misrepresents\nthe scale", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 11, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_12", + "text": "lections and\nquestion some of our conclu-\nsions from them. For instance,\nit has practically become con-\nsensus to describe Trump\u2019s\nperformance as a \u201clandslide,\u201d\nbut this deeply misrepresents\nthe scale of his victory. Trump\u2019s\nvictory in the national popu-\nlar vote \u2014 despite feeling like\n\nTHE PHILLIPIAN\n\nApril 18, 2025\n\nEditorial\n\nThank You for Nominating Me...\n\n\u201c...for the @uscmind challenge.\u201d\n\nIn the past week, our socia\u2019\nhave been flooded by videos of shivering peers\nlaughing as ice-cold water cascades over their\nheads. Since the University of South Carolina\u2019s\nSpeak Your Mind Ice Bucket challenge went\nviral, people all over the world have taken up\nthis challenge and nominated their friends in\na campaign to spread awareness about mental\nhealth. This trend echoes a prior one, when the\ninternet was also filled with people dumping ice\nwater over their heads for the 2014 Amyotrophic\nLateral Sclerosis (ALS) Ice Bucket challenge. Yet\nthe modern version of this classic challenge has\nbecome slightly different.\nWhile the #SpeakYourMIND challenge is\nintended to bring awareness to mental health,\nthis challenge has become more of a trend and\nsocial outlet instead. Despite the challenge\ndivergi", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 12, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_13", + "text": "ightly different.\nWhile the #SpeakYourMIND challenge is\nintended to bring awareness to mental health,\nthis challenge has become more of a trend and\nsocial outlet instead. Despite the challenge\ndiverging from its intention, we must ask\nourselves whether or not this is actually a\nfully negative thing. In the first two weeks,\nthe #SpeakYourMIND challenge has garnered\nover 33,000 dollars in donations. Although this\nnumber may seem significant, when compared to\nthe ALS Ice Bucket challenge that raised around\n115 million dollars, it seems less effective. For\nthese reasons, this challenge may draw criticism\nas another shallow internet trend that overlooks\nthe deeply meaningful cause of mental health\nadvocacy. These concerns are valid but unfair.\nRather than view this cynically and dismiss\nthis trend as the triumph of shallow, short-form\nmedia over serious subjects such as mental\nhealth, or another instance of mass performative\nactivism, let us reflect on the way that this trend\nhas positively impacted communities.\n\nRemembering how the ALS challenge\ncreated intergenerational connections between\n\nmedia feeds\n\ncelebrities, public figures, adults, and kids,\nperhaps the #SpeakYourMIND challeng", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 13, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_14", + "text": " impacted communities.\n\nRemembering how the ALS challenge\ncreated intergenerational connections between\n\nmedia feeds\n\ncelebrities, public figures, adults, and kids,\nperhaps the #SpeakYourMIND challenge can do\nthe same. Behind every upturned water bucket\nand round of nomination is a deeper desire: to\nrecapture the essence of a tight-knit community.\nWhether we see a student walking in soaking wet\nclothes on the paths, a suspiciously large puddle\nand wet footprints on the pavement, or people\nrunning around with recycling bins full of water,\nthere\u2019s no judgment, only knowing looks and\nexchanged smiles. It\u2019s fun, nostalgic, and a little\nsilly; after all, how can we feign being calm, cool,\nand collected when bucketfuls of cold water are\ngushing over our heads? When the water hits,\nwe can\u2019t help but scream \u2014 it\u2019s an absolutely\nauthentic reaction that is a welcome break from\nthe artificial, glossy lives often advertised on\nsocial media.\n\nRegardless of whether the USCMind challenge\nends up raising as much money as the 2014\nIce Bucket challenge, it still succeeded in two\nimportant respects: raising awareness for mental\nhealth and fostering connection, which is at the\nheart of fighting mental", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 14, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_15", + "text": "ing as much money as the 2014\nIce Bucket challenge, it still succeeded in two\nimportant respects: raising awareness for mental\nhealth and fostering connection, which is at the\nheart of fighting mental health struggles in the\nfirst place. This challenge unites all by virtue of\nour collective engagement. #SpeakYourMIND\nhas crossed generations, travelling from coast to\ncoast and transcending national boundaries, so\nwhy not join in? When your name is the next one\nto be nominated for the challenge, grab a bucket,\nfind a friend, press record, and say, \u201cThank you\nfor nominating me...\u201d\n\nThis Editorial represents the opinions of The\nPhillipian, vol. CXLVIL.\n\na shock to many \u2014 was the\nweakest since 2000, a year\nwhen the candidate who won\nthe popular vote didn\u2019t even\nwin the election. The idea that\ncertain states or demograph-\nics have experienced a unique\nswing towards Republicans is\nsimilarly misleading; Latino\nvoters, for example, did swing\ntowards Republicans relative\nto 2020, but voted for George\nBush 20 years ago in greater\nnumbers than for Trump this\nyear. These mentalities \u2014 re-\ninforced by mainstream media\n\u2014 that inflate the Republican\nParty\u2019s victories have subdued\nmany previously o", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 15, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_16", + "text": "eorge\nBush 20 years ago in greater\nnumbers than for Trump this\nyear. These mentalities \u2014 re-\ninforced by mainstream media\n\u2014 that inflate the Republican\nParty\u2019s victories have subdued\nmany previously outspoken\nDemocrats, leaving the party\u2019s\nmindset weaker than it needs\nto be. Further, when searching\nfor a reason behind their slip-\npage among previously reliable\nvoter groups, Democrats should\nlook no further than this exact\nsort of monolithic analysis. This\nreductive thinking isn\u2019t just\nwrong; it\u2019s limiting Democrats\u2019\noptimism and thus their ability\nto strategize effectively for fu-\nture elections.\n\nNext, Democrats should\ntake a look at where their re-\ncent victories have come from\n\u2014 because they have seen con-\nsiderable success over the last\n\nMIA WALKER/THE PHILLIPIAN\n\nyear. Democrats won major\nstatewide races in five of the\nsix swing states where they\nwere held alongside the presi-\ndential election, and generally\nimproved their performance\namong high-propensity, more\naffluent, predominantly white\ncommunities. In 2023, Demo-\ncratic Governor Andy Beshear\nof Kentucky won re-election\nover a Trump-endorsed Re-\npublican opponent \u2014 and he\ndid it without deviating to the\nleft or right rela", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 16, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_17", + "text": "antly white\ncommunities. In 2023, Demo-\ncratic Governor Andy Beshear\nof Kentucky won re-election\nover a Trump-endorsed Re-\npublican opponent \u2014 and he\ndid it without deviating to the\nleft or right relative to standard\nDemocratic stances. Governor\nBeshear was re-elected by one\nof the reddest states in the na-\ntion, and he did it while pro-\ntecting transgender kids and\nalso without declaring himself\na socialist. Instead, Beshear\u2019s\npersonal popularity \u2014 paired\nwith the success of his govern-\nment in resolving substantive\nissues like responding to flood-\ning in 2022 \u2014 carried him to\nvictory in a state where Repub-\nlicans hold all other statewide\noffices. Democratic-aligned\nstate supreme court candidates\ncontinue to triumph in swing-\nstate races, while reproductive\nrights and minimum wage pop-\nular vote initiatives have won\nin states as red as Missouri and\nKansas. The Democratic Party\u2019s\n\nbrand might be damaged, but it\nis running on winning issues.\n\nDemocrats should turn to\nthe examples of Dan Osborn in\nNebraska and Evan McMullin\nin Utah \u2014 independent candi-\ndates, supported by Democrats,\nwho came impressively close\nto winning Senate elections in\ngenerally Republican elector-\nates. Examin", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 17, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_18", + "text": "n Osborn in\nNebraska and Evan McMullin\nin Utah \u2014 independent candi-\ndates, supported by Democrats,\nwho came impressively close\nto winning Senate elections in\ngenerally Republican elector-\nates. Examining Democrats\u2019\nsuccesses reveals that posi-\ntioning themselves as outsid-\ners to the political status quo\n(which has historically thrust\nDemocrats like Barack Obama\nas well as Republicans like\nDonald Trump into office) can\nhelp bridge the gap between the\nDemocratic Party\u2019s low approv-\nal ratings and the clear popular-\nity of their policies more than\nshifting course on those issues\never could. To divorce their\noptics from the perception of\ntheir politics as ineffectual and\ncorrupt, perhaps it\u2019s time for\nDemocrats in competitive races\nto abandon lip service to the na-\ntional party.\n\nFor the first time in 20 years,\nthe Democratic Party must\ngrapple with being the less\npopular of the two in presi-\ndential politics. But between\nthe election\u2019s actual results,\n\nDemocrats\u2019 recent successes,\n\nand examples of more success-\nful optics for the party, there is\nno reason for Democrats to give\nup hope. Democrats don\u2019t need\nto moderate like the unsuccess-\nful recent example of California\nGovernor Gavi", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 18, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_19", + "text": "xamples of more success-\nful optics for the party, there is\nno reason for Democrats to give\nup hope. Democrats don\u2019t need\nto moderate like the unsuccess-\nful recent example of California\nGovernor Gavin Newsom, nor\nshould they abandon their cur-\nrent positions for a more radi-\ncal approach. Democrats can\nand must invest in the optics\nof popularity and play to their\nstrengths on the issues, but we\nmust first resolve the party\u2019s\nconfused sense of direction.\nWe must accept the political\nappeal of the outsider image\nwithout forsaking consistency\nin our policymaking, unlike\nRepublicans\u2019 capitulation to\nTrump on isolationist foreign\nand economic policy. Where we\ngo from here isn\u2019t so different\nfrom where we are now. Once\nwe realize that, stay the course\non most policy issues, and im-\nprove their image in other ways,\nDemocrats will get our chance\nto lead once again.\n\nShloak Shah is a Upper from\nSan Fransisco, CA. Contact the\nauthor at sshah26@andover.edu.\n\nThe Phillipian welcomes all letters to the Editor. We try\nto print all letters, but because of space limitations, we en-\nforce a 500-word limit. We reserve the right to edit all sub-\nmitted letters. Letters must be responses to articles ", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 19, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_20", + "text": "o the Editor. We try\nto print all letters, but because of space limitations, we en-\nforce a 500-word limit. We reserve the right to edit all sub-\nmitted letters. Letters must be responses to articles already Allcontents of The Phillipian copyright \u00a9 2025, The\npublished by The Phillipian. We will not publish any anony-\nmous letters. Please submit letters by the Monday of each\nweek to phillipian@phillipian.net or to our newsroom in\n\nthe basement of Morse Hall.\n\nTo subscribe, email subscribe@phillipian.net, or write\nto The Phillipian, 180 Main Street, Andover, Ma, 01810.\n\nTrustees of Phillips Academy, Inc. Reproduction of any\nmaterial herein without the expressed written consent\nof The Trustees of Phillips Academy, Inc. and the Edito-\n\nCORRECTIONS:\nNiki Tavakoli, co-author for \u201cStudents Reunite with Omar Tabbicca, Tour Guide from 2024 Learning in the World\n\nTrip in Ghana,\u201d was mispelled.\n\nrial Board of The Phillipianis strictly prohibited.\n\nThe Phillipian regrets these errors.\n\nEmmanuel Okeke took the photo for the article \u201cGirls Tennis Overcomes Rain and Rallies to Sweep Austin Prep.\u201d\nBaseball scored 11 runs against Marianapolis.\n\n\nApril 18, 2025\n\nTHE PHILLIPIAN\n\nCOMMENTARY | A3\n\nWhy", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 20, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_21", + "text": "keke took the photo for the article \u201cGirls Tennis Overcomes Rain and Rallies to Sweep Austin Prep.\u201d\nBaseball scored 11 runs against Marianapolis.\n\n\nApril 18, 2025\n\nTHE PHILLIPIAN\n\nCOMMENTARY | A3\n\nWhy Your Screen Time Is Lying to You\n\nKONNOR FORTINI\n\nA Lp\n\n\u201cng pHi? *\n\nvery Sunday morning,\nmillions of phones de-\nliver an anxiety-inducing\nmessage: \u201cYour weekly screen\ntime average was...\u201d Guilt hits\nus, and once again, we begin to\noperate under the assumption\nthat reducing one\u2019s screen time\nis a one-way ticket to better\nhealth, happiness, and produc-\ntivity. However, this weekly re-\nport, although accurate in terms\nof minutes, is misleading in\nits interpretation. Screen time\nshouldn\u2019t be judged by duration\nalone \u2014 it should be understood\nthrough intent.\nLet\u2019s zoom in on one of these\nSunday mornings.\n\nScreen time shouldn\u2019t\nbe judged by duration\nalone \u2014 it should be\nunderstood through\nintent\n\nThe phone lights up: \u201cYou av-\neraged 6 hours and 48 minutes\nper day last week.\u201d Instantly, a\nwave of shame washes over you.\nYour thumb freezes mid-scroll.\nIn the silence of their bedroom,\nthe screen\u2019s glow feels more\n\nKEREN SONG & EMILY WU\n\nenn Are\n\n14 /perp pHILY\n\nwv\nVAR erp pH\n\ne want to call at-", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 21, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_22", + "text": "f shame washes over you.\nYour thumb freezes mid-scroll.\nIn the silence of their bedroom,\nthe screen\u2019s glow feels more\n\nKEREN SONG & EMILY WU\n\nenn Are\n\n14 /perp pHILY\n\nwv\nVAR erp pH\n\ne want to call at-\n\ntention to the dis-\n\ncrepancy between\nthe administration\u2019s professed\nplans and their concerning ef-\nfects at ground level following a\nstudent\u2019s death on campus. We\nacknowledge and thank the ef-\nforts made by the faculty and the\nadministration to ensure stu-\ndent safety. We also understand\nthat we are not entirely aware\nof administrative issues and lo-\ngistics. This article only aims to\nexpose the prevalent problems\nthat we think plague Phillips\nAcademy\u2019s student body. We\nhave compiled the arguments\nbelow by listening to numer-\nous student anecdotes across\ncampus, and we thank our peers\nwho have shared their personal\nstories with us for their courage\nand vulnerability.\n\nWe would like to address the\nmeasures that have been taken\nstudent stress\n\ncommitments.\n\nto minimize\nfrom various\nThe administration announced\n\naccusing than comforting. Al-\nmost reflexively, you tap and\nhold Instagram. You delete it.\nTikTok follows. Then Twitter.\nAs the apps disappear from the\nscreen, headlines flash ", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 22, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_23", + "text": "ministration announced\n\naccusing than comforting. Al-\nmost reflexively, you tap and\nhold Instagram. You delete it.\nTikTok follows. Then Twitter.\nAs the apps disappear from the\nscreen, headlines flash through\nyour mind like digital ghosts:\nSocial media is rewiring your\nbrain; scrolling leads to lower at-\ntention spans; too much screen\ntime is linked to depression in\nteenagers. You aren\u2019t just delet-\ning apps, you\u2019re attempting to\ncleanse a kind of digi-\ntal shame. But\n\nwithin\nhours \u2014 or\ndays, the apps\nare re-download-\ned. Because the real\nproblem \u2014 the under-\nlying reason behind the\nusage \u2014 was never truly ad-\ndressed.\n\nLet us compare two people\nwho spend an average of four\nhours on their phones. One\nspends those four hours doom-\nscrolling on Instagram\u2019s high-\night reels or running an infi-\nnite loop of TikToks. The other\nspends those same four hours\ncatching up with loved ones on\nFaceTime, learning content on\nYouTube, and reading informa-\ntive articles. Despite the dif-\nferences in the quality of their\ndigital lives \u2014 and how it affects\nthem \u2014 they see the same de-\ncontextualized number on Sun-\nday morning.\n\nThis oversimplification\nleads us to pursue superficial\n\nsolutions without ", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 23, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_24", + "text": " quality of their\ndigital lives \u2014 and how it affects\nthem \u2014 they see the same de-\ncontextualized number on Sun-\nday morning.\n\nThis oversimplification\nleads us to pursue superficial\n\nsolutions without considering\nthe underlying problem. It re-\nduces a complex, varied digi-\ntal life into a binary judgment:\nmore time equals bad, and less\ntime equals good. Viewing the\nnumber displayed as the sole\ndeterminer of digital well-be-\ning wholly undermines all the\ngood that can be accomplished\nthrough our electronics and\ncauses unnecessary guilt. Con-\n\nsequently, we\ntem-\n\nporarily delete social media\napps, vowing never to use them\nagain, only to find ourselves\nback online within a week. The\ncycle makes us feel worse and\nunimproved because we have\nnot addressed the actual prob-\nlem.\n\nSkeptics may point out that\nhigher screen time has been\nlinked to cognitive drawbacks,\nsuch as diminished atten-\ntion spans and mental fatigue.\n\nHowever, research from the\nAmerican Psychological Asso-\nciation shows that only passive\nscrolling results in increased\nanxiety, loneliness, and unhap-\niness. Active, engaged screen\ntime \u2014 such as connecting with\noved ones, learning content, or\nursuing creative endeavors \u2014\n", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 24, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_25", + "text": "t only passive\nscrolling results in increased\nanxiety, loneliness, and unhap-\niness. Active, engaged screen\ntime \u2014 such as connecting with\noved ones, learning content, or\nursuing creative endeavors \u2014\nhas been found to actually im-\nrove affective states, cognitive\ngrowth, and relational attach-\nment. It\u2019s not just about how\nmuch time we spend online, but\nhow we spend it.\nFurthermore, a\nemphasis on decreasing screen\ntime ironically creates digital\nanxiety, which may provoke\neven more compulsive\nscrolling behaviors.\nWe become anx-\n\nconstant\n\nious about the\nvery thing\nwe're try-\ning to\n\nFELISHA LI/THE PHILLIPIAN\n\navoid. The weekly notifications,\nintended to promote digital\nwell-being, are actually a source\nof digital anxiety, doing little to\ndeter people from unhealthy\nphone usage. To break this cycle,\ndigital wellness should not be\nviewed as a matter of avoiding\nscreens altogether, but rather as\nintentional usage. The tension\nbetween wanting to disconnect\ndue to the culture surround-\n\nOn Recent Events\n\nmeasures to aid student life\nwith varying efficacies \u2014 for\norganizational purposes, we\nwill categorize such into three\ncategories: systemic academic\ninflexibility, the lack of mes-\nsagi", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 25, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_26", + "text": "Recent Events\n\nmeasures to aid student life\nwith varying efficacies \u2014 for\norganizational purposes, we\nwill categorize such into three\ncategories: systemic academic\ninflexibility, the lack of mes-\nsaging, and schedules that\nforce students to move on too\nfast.\n\nThe first category is the\ninflexibility in the academic\npolicies for the past few weeks,\nnamely, the 50 percent work-\nload policy for the first week\nand the staggering of major as-\nsessments by department. Al-\nthough the policies may have\nworked well for some students,\nothers felt a loss of agency over\nour own journey with grief.\nSimultaneously, it expected us\nto advocate for ourselves for\nacademic or mental health\nsupport. An email from Dr.\nRaynard Kington sent on April\n3 read \u201cIf you are struggling to\nreset academically please reach\nout to... the Dean of Studies Of-\nfice. You will not be penalized\nfor seeking help.\u201d The people\nwho need help the most, who\nlikely feel desolate and unmo-\ntivated, are required to speak\nto a faculty member they may\nhave never met in their lives\nabout the deeply personal\njourney of grief. In these ab-\nnormal times, the academic\nand mental health support\nthat the Academy has provided\nshould have be", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 26, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_27", + "text": "member they may\nhave never met in their lives\nabout the deeply personal\njourney of grief. In these ab-\nnormal times, the academic\nand mental health support\nthat the Academy has provided\nshould have been mandated for\neveryone. Students should be\nable to opt into assignments,\ntests, and opt out of class if ac-\ncompanied by an adult without\nquestion. The strategy to cope\nwith productivity should be\nreserved for those who truly\nprefer this method, but this is\nnot how we cope. The expecta-\ntion on the students to find the\ncourage for self-advocacy in\nsome of the darkest times they\nhave undergone in their lives is\ncontradictory to the academy\u2019s\nstatement.\n\nThe second category is how\nthe inflexibility of student\nschedules unfortunately ren-\nders mental health support\nresources inaccessible. Staffed\n\nwith Riverside experts on trau-\nma, Sykes Wellness Center pro-\nvided a comforting presence\non campus for struggling stu-\ndents. However, mental health\nsupport was provided often\nduring the school day and oc-\ncasionally extended to after\nschool hours \u2014 it required us\nto either skip lunch or class. In\nour case, even the after-school\nhours conflict with our sports\nor music block, where there\nis l", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 27, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_28", + "text": "day and oc-\ncasionally extended to after\nschool hours \u2014 it required us\nto either skip lunch or class. In\nour case, even the after-school\nhours conflict with our sports\nor music block, where there\nis little flexibility in that too.\nMany of us who needed that\nhelp chose to bear it through to\nnot fall behind. Current avail-\nable mental health resources\ndo not consider actual student\nlife, and the expectation to re-\nturn to coursework without\nuniversally accessible mental\nhealth resources implicitly in-\nvalidates student struggles and\ncomplaints as ingratitude.\n\nThe third category relates\nto the Academy\u2019s lack of trans-\nparency and explanation of\nits measures. One example is\nhow we hosted revisit days one\nweek after Lucas Lee\u2019s death.\nThe revisit day scheduled the\nsame Friday as the week of\nLucas\u2019 death was canceled,\nbut another took place the fol-\nlowing week. We understand\nthat revisit is an integral part\nof the admissions process at\nAndover, however, we are just\nkids. We simply cannot recover\nfrom a friend\u2019s death so quick-\nly to serve the school\u2019s cause\nand give new students the au-\nthentic Andover experience.\nWe acknowledge the need to\nmeet the deadline for boarding\nschool commitm", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 28, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_29", + "text": "ecover\nfrom a friend\u2019s death so quick-\nly to serve the school\u2019s cause\nand give new students the au-\nthentic Andover experience.\nWe acknowledge the need to\nmeet the deadline for boarding\nschool commitment, but these\nextraneous circumstances that\naffected the present student\nbody should have overridden\nthe custom of revisit day, an\nevent meant to benefit the in-\ncoming student body. We un-\nderstand that the administra-\ntion has their own reasons for\nenacting specific actions, how-\never, largely leaving the reason-\ning and intent in the dark from\nthe student body has caused us\nmore harm than necessary. For\ninstance, let us broaden this\n\ning screen time and craving\nthe connection we get through\nour phones fuels a loop of com-\npulsive behavior. We fear what\nwe\u2019re missing, feel ashamed of\nwhat we\u2019re doing, and yet, do\nit anyway. By turning wellness\ninto a competition against a\nnumber, we ignore the root of\nthe issue: a lack of mindful tech\nuse. So instead of accepting our\nscreentime at face value, what\u2019s\nneeded is a practice of careful\nreflection: Did my screen time\ntoday make me feel connected,\ncreative, or informed? Am I ac-\ntively consuming or shaping my\ndigital experience?\n\nDigital w", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 29, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_30", + "text": "value, what\u2019s\nneeded is a practice of careful\nreflection: Did my screen time\ntoday make me feel connected,\ncreative, or informed? Am I ac-\ntively consuming or shaping my\ndigital experience?\n\nDigital wellness should\nnot be viewed as a\nmatter of avoiding\n\nscreens altogether, but\n\nrather as intentional\nusage.\n\nNext Sunday, when your\nphone lights up with that famil-\niar notification, don\u2019t accept it\nat face value. Don\u2019t let a single\nmetric tell you how to feel about\nyour day or your habits. Instead,\ntake control of your digital nar-\nrative. Recognize that mindful\ndigital living is measured not\nby the seconds spent staring at\nyour screen, but by what you do\nand how genuinely fulfilled you\n\nfeel.\n\nKonnor Fortini is a Junior\nfrom NYC, NY. Contact the au-\nthor at kfortini28@andover.edu.\n\nNISA KHAIRUNNISA/THE PHILLIPIAN\n\nconcept of normalcy, a concept\nmany members of the faculty\nand administration have cited\nto be a pushing force to help\nthe community as a whole to\nrecover from trauma. Does\nthe normalcy the administra-\ntion speaks of extend to how\nstudents learn in Gelb Science\nCenter (Gelb) the following\nMonday? We did not learn un-\ntil we heard from other stu-\ndents that the JED foundatio", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 30, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_31", + "text": " normalcy the administra-\ntion speaks of extend to how\nstudents learn in Gelb Science\nCenter (Gelb) the following\nMonday? We did not learn un-\ntil we heard from other stu-\ndents that the JED foundation\nrecommended the Gendler me-\nmorial\u2019s removal and the usage\nof Gelb, which was researched\nto be the best solution to re-\nmove negative connotations\nwith the space. Without that\nknowledge, it is easy for us to\ninterpret these measures as an\ninsensitive attempt to force us\nto move on. We believe the stu-\ndent body deserves an explana-\ntion for these measures, partic-\nularly what qualifies as normal\nin the eyes of the administra-\ntion, and that more transparent\ndiscourse will benefit the com-\nmunity. We believe that true\n\nnormalcy needs _ deliberate,\nsystemic action with clear ex-\nplanations following any new\nevents, choices, and policies so\nthat we do not misinterpret the\nAcademy\u2019s efforts behind the\nscenes as insensitive gestures\nto force us into productivity.\nWe hope our perspective\nhas been helpful in illuminat-\ning an aspect of the student\nexperience following the series\nof tragic events on campus. We\nwrite not in reprehension, but\nin concern, for possible solu-\ntions and, most impo", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 31, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_32", + "text": "een helpful in illuminat-\ning an aspect of the student\nexperience following the series\nof tragic events on campus. We\nwrite not in reprehension, but\nin concern, for possible solu-\ntions and, most importantly, in\nappreciation for the adminis-\ntration\u2019s dedication to creating\nan Andover experience that is\nboth enriching and full of kind-\n\nness.\n\nKeren Song is an Upper from\nSeoul, SK. Emily Wu is a Senior\nfrom Beijing, China. Contact the\nauthors at hsong26@andover.\nedu and ewu25@andover.edu.\n\n\nA4 | COMMENTARY\n\nTHE PHILLIPIAN\n\nApril 18, 2025\n\nHyperempathy: Drenched in Others\u2019 Emotions\n\nJEANNIE KANG\n\nGe\n\u201c4 x\nChe per LP\n\nyper-drenched\nsponges that are not\nsqueezed out prop-\n\nerly rot and fall apart; so do\nhyper-drenched humans. At-\ntempting to absorb (often\nwithout success) all the woes,\nangers, and glees of the world,\nthen sitting there without\nsucking the emotions out,\nwe end up forgetting what it\nmeans to be a dry, squeaky-\nclean sponge. As such, hy-\nperempathy occurs when one\noverly cares about others\u2019\nemotions and ends up mir-\nroring them. The emotional\nfatality of hyperempathy lies\nin the misconception that em-\npathetic people are always ca-\npable of self-care as well. Tak-\ning car", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 32, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_33", + "text": "s about others\u2019\nemotions and ends up mir-\nroring them. The emotional\nfatality of hyperempathy lies\nin the misconception that em-\npathetic people are always ca-\npable of self-care as well. Tak-\ning care of our own emotions\nbefore empathizing others al-\nlows us to make the most out\nof empathy.\n\nSince childhood, I had\nbeen considered very emo-\ntional; poignant movie scenes\nbrought me to tears and a\nsharp immature comment\nfrom a friend would bother\nme for several weeks. I took\neach and every interaction se-\nriously, guessing the implied\nmeanings behind each word\nand adjusting my actions ac-\ncordingly. As I matured and\nlearned that many, if not most,\ndaily interactions do not car-\nry much emotional weight, I\n\nRANIA ALI-SVEDSATER\n\nMere py?\n\nn Ancient Greece, reading\n[\u00ab coveted as a crucial skill\n\nat the height of canonical\nknowledge. Nowadays, reading\nis much less appreciated; an in-\nconvenient practice that expends\ntoo much mental energy for full\nengagement. By contrast, the an-\ncient philosophers embraced the\nlack of simplicity attributed to\nreading. They promoted its cre-\native interpretations, urging the\nreader to consider each literary\ntext from philosophical, spiri-\ntual, scientifi", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 33, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_34", + "text": "sophers embraced the\nlack of simplicity attributed to\nreading. They promoted its cre-\native interpretations, urging the\nreader to consider each literary\ntext from philosophical, spiri-\ntual, scientific and political av-\nenues. By contrast, the modern\nworld lacks such emphasis on\nthe written word and often for-\ngets the importance of reading\nwithin education and the work-\nforce. Currently, only a small mi-\nnority of the population reads,\npartly due to the attention and\npatience required to grasp the\nmeaning of a literary text fully.\nArguably, the declining frequen-\ncy of readers worldwide can ex-\nacerbate numerous issues within\neducation systems, beginning\nwith the heightened loss of in-\ntellect, speech articulation, and\naccurate interpretations of piv-\notal concepts. Most often, these\nstudied concepts originate from\nclassical prose and thus cannot\nbe logically understood and ap-\nplied to the real world without\nintentional and valid reading\nskills. As we move forward in a\nworld that prioritizes instant\n\nthought I had graduated from\nthe stage of being an emo-\ntional child. Yet, it took me\na lot of tears, anger, and bro-\nken relationships to realize\nthat the child who sobbed\nwhen Mufa", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 34, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_35", + "text": "oritizes instant\n\nthought I had graduated from\nthe stage of being an emo-\ntional child. Yet, it took me\na lot of tears, anger, and bro-\nken relationships to realize\nthat the child who sobbed\nwhen Mufasa from the \u201cLion\nKing\u201d died was hiding inside\nme all along, begging me to\nlet herself shine once again.\nThroughout my early teenage\nyears, in exchange for learn-\ning to overcome criticisms,\nI began absorbing people\u2019s\nemotions and the following\nburdens instead. Talking to a\nsobbing friend who had just\nlost a pet or comforting my\nbrother who had gotten a low\ngrade on an exam subdued\nmy mood for the entire day,\nif not the whole week. The\nhyperempathy extended be-\nyond sorrow. In one instance\nwhen a beloved faculty mem-\nber from my old school was on\nthe brink of getting fired, my\nbroken self attempted to bat-\ntle against the school admin-\nistration and parents by peti-\ntioning the employment office\n(quite hastily and without\nsufficient research). Likewise,\nhyperempathy influenced me\nbeyond emotions; it led me to\nmake hasty decisions.\n\nMy teachers, friends, and\neven I assumed that these\nevents were the result of kind-\nness \u2014 a desire to take care of\nand benefit others. Perhaps\nkindness did", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 35, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_36", + "text": "otions; it led me to\nmake hasty decisions.\n\nMy teachers, friends, and\neven I assumed that these\nevents were the result of kind-\nness \u2014 a desire to take care of\nand benefit others. Perhaps\nkindness did partially con-\ntribute to the abrupt mood\nchanges and unprepared yet\ngood-willed actions but, look-\ning back, the cause of all these\nrash actions and emotions\nwas empathy. Likewise, it can\nbe challenging to differenti-\nate between acting based on\nour own feelings and those of\nothers \u2014 both causes are of-\nten expressed through helpful\nactions and covered beneath\nthe blanket of empathy. Upon\ncloser examination, the dis-\ntinction grows clearer. People\n\ngratification, we lose the value\nof reading, causing the deterio-\nration of our education\u2019s quality\nand discourse with one another.\n\nPredominantly, the impacts\nof declined reading in education\nunfold from the overall reduc-\ntion in national reading rates.\nAccording to a survey released\nby the National Endowment\nfor the Arts, the proportion of\nAmerican adults reading litera-\nture dropped to less than half be-\ntween 1992 and 2002. Further-\nmore, in 2022, the rate dropped\nto 37.2 percent, representing\na loss of over 20 million adult\nAmerican ", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 36, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_37", + "text": "American adults reading litera-\nture dropped to less than half be-\ntween 1992 and 2002. Further-\nmore, in 2022, the rate dropped\nto 37.2 percent, representing\na loss of over 20 million adult\nAmerican readers. This wide-\nspread reduction of engagement\nwith literature across the coun-\ntry is correlated with increased\naccessibility of passive methods\nof information recall, including\ntelevision, radio and most sig-\nnificantly, artificial intelligence\nmodules. Such technological ad-\nvancements tend to hinder the\nnecessity of reading, reducing\nthe time needed to understand\ncomplex ideas. They therefore\nprovide more efficient and time-\neffective engagement for the\nuser. Though the enhanced ef-\nficiency of such outlets may be\nattractive, passive forms of tech-\nnology impose great detriment\non information systems with\ntheir foundations in reading\nclassical texts and studies, with\neducation at the forefront of the\naffected systems. Consider, what\nwould happen to an educational\ninstitution if its students were\nrepresentative of the statistics\nabove? Would a student feel as\nsecure in their collective aca-\ndemic discussion if each inter-\nlocutor\u2019s source of information\noriginated elsewhere than", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 37, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_38", + "text": " students were\nrepresentative of the statistics\nabove? Would a student feel as\nsecure in their collective aca-\ndemic discussion if each inter-\nlocutor\u2019s source of information\noriginated elsewhere than tra-\nditional reading methods? The\nsimple answer is no, the student\nshould not feel secure. Primar-\nily, it is irrational to artificially\nengage in a topic that attracts\nits roots from the written word.\nOne cannot derive their infor-\nmation from a search engine\n\nwho feel the emotional need\nto assist others often feel ful-\nfilled once an attempt to help\nhas been made. For instance,\none may feel fulfilled pro-\nviding advice to a struggling\nfriend as that act of kindness\nsprouts self-love. However,\nthose who act out of empa-\nthy, or hyperempathy, spend\na significant amount of time\nconsidering the emotions of\nthose who need help, and pre-\nvent themselves from feeling\nsatisfied until the struggling\npeople feel better. Such con-\nsiderate behavior may seem\npositive at a surface level, yet\nonce the space in our hearts\ndedicated to understanding\nothers overrides our habits of\n\nself-care, that excess amount\nof empathy can destroy our\n\nIt can be challenging to\ndifferentiate between\nacting based ", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 38, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_39", + "text": "he space in our hearts\ndedicated to understanding\nothers overrides our habits of\n\nself-care, that excess amount\nof empathy can destroy our\n\nIt can be challenging to\ndifferentiate between\nacting based on our\nown feelings and those\nof others \u2014 both causes\nare often expressed\nthrough helpful actions\nand covered beneath the\nblanket of empathy.\n\nhelpers\u2019 lives without notice.\n\nHyperempathy silences\nour inner voices. When lis-\ntening to others\u2019 concerns\nand dedicating our emotions\n\nto their stories, we wear\ntheir vision and think from\ntheir viewpoints. Wearing\n\nthis loud, banging headset\nof others\u2019 emotions erases\nheadspace dedicated to con-\nsidering our own thoughts,\ndesires, and needs. For my\nyounger self, all I could care\nabout was the well-being of\nthe person needing help and\n\nthat poses as an insufficient al-\nternative. To extend, the search\nengines in question are based\non algorithmic iterations of in-\nformation, rather than cohesive\nlogic and thinking. As such traits\nare considered pivotal for the\nconsolidation of knowledge, re-\nliance on these methods would\ninevitably reduce intellect by\ndiminishing the integrity of the\nstudent\u2019s understanding and en-\ngagement with material.\nCont", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 39, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_40", + "text": "votal for the\nconsolidation of knowledge, re-\nliance on these methods would\ninevitably reduce intellect by\ndiminishing the integrity of the\nstudent\u2019s understanding and en-\ngagement with material.\nContrary to the logical pro-\ngression of this argument, many\n\nThe modern world lacks\nsuch emphasis on the\nwritten word and often\nforgets the importance\nof reading within\neducation in the work\nforce.\n\nof the current youth will re-\nspond, yes, they would still feel\n\nhow they were feeling at the\nmoment. I defined my own\ncircumstances as being insig-\nnificant compared to others in\nneed. A few instances of such\ndedication may be beneficial,\nyet repeated instances of pri-\noritizing others\u2019 emotions\nover ours eventually drain\nmany of us, both physically\nand emotionally. There comes\na point when you cannot fo-\ncus on daily tasks or manage\nyour feelings because you be-\ngin overthinking the implied\nemotions behind each dia-\nlogue and action. For instance,\nif someone says \u201cI had a rough\nday,\u201d a hyperempathetic per-\nson may be imagining several\nscenarios of why that per-\nson is struggling and con-\nstantly and excessively check\non them throughout the day\nwhile neglecting their own\nduties and needs. Lik", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 40, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_41", + "text": "thetic per-\nson may be imagining several\nscenarios of why that per-\nson is struggling and con-\nstantly and excessively check\non them throughout the day\nwhile neglecting their own\nduties and needs. Likewise,\nhyperempathy slowly eats up\none\u2019s emotional bowl until\none gets confused whether\ntheir emotions originate from\nthemselves or others.\n\nDon\u2019t get me wrong \u2014 em-\npathy is a crucial asset for\nhumans and is currently lack-\ning in many facets of society.\nHyperempathy, on the other\nhand, can negatively affect\nnot merely ourselves but also\nthose whom we are trying to\nsupport. Sometimes, people\nneed space to consider their\nemotions and circumstances\nbefore reaching out to other\npeople to do the job for them.\nA way to deliver empathy in\nthe most effective manner is\nrecalling the perhaps cliched\nyet still meaningful saying:\nyour bowl must be full before\nyou can fill others\u2019. Though\nthe saying may sound simple,\nasking a hyperempathetic\nperson to immediately ap-\nply this lesson can be diffi-\ncult for them. For those who\npossess hyperempathy not\nmerely as a personality trait\n\nThe Detriment of Declining Reading\n\nANYA CASEY/THE PHILLIPIAN\n\nsecure. To preserve the integrity\nof education, they sh", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 41, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_42", + "text": "t for them. For those who\npossess hyperempathy not\nmerely as a personality trait\n\nThe Detriment of Declining Reading\n\nANYA CASEY/THE PHILLIPIAN\n\nsecure. To preserve the integrity\nof education, they should not.\nIndisputably, Artificial Intelli-\ngence (AI) is the strongest cul-\nprit for reduced engagement and\nunderstanding of reading, par-\nticularly among young individu-\nals in higher education. In 2024,\na global survey from the Digital\nEducation Council reiterated the\noverwhelming surge of AI, as 86\npercent of all students reported\nthe self-inclusion of AI in their\ndaily academic work and assign-\nments. As the non-disclosure\nagreement survey evaluates the\noverall numbers of declined\nreaders in the national popula-\ntion, it calls into question the\nroot causes and consequences\non individual comprehension\nand writing caliber instigated\nby the reading decline. Tangen-\ntially, in a 2023 study from Duke\nUniversity, students\u2019 compre-\nhension of texts with additional\nassistance from AI encountered\na 12 percent decrease in accu-\nracy. This proves calamitous for\nthe quality of intellect on uni-\nversity campuses, transition-\ning into weak representations\nfor lower education systems to\n\nANYA C", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 42, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_43", + "text": "red\na 12 percent decrease in accu-\nracy. This proves calamitous for\nthe quality of intellect on uni-\nversity campuses, transition-\ning into weak representations\nfor lower education systems to\n\nANYA CASEY/THE\nPHILLIPIAN\n\nbut as an instinctive response,\nit is surely difficult to start\ntaking care of our emotions\nfirsthand. An easier habit to\nimplement would be speaking\nfrom our experiences and our\nneeds when speaking empa-\nthetically, such as introducing\nsimilar struggles we have had\nor emotional hills we had to\nhike over. This slight change\nin communication can enable\nus to ponder our own emo-\ntions before connecting them\nto others\u2019 struggles.\n\nIn a boarding school like\nPhillips Academy,\ntions journey akin to diseas-\nes. Close proximity causes\n\u201ccatching\u201d others emotions to\noccur ona daily basis. As a de-\nfense mechanism, many stu-\ndents might find themselves\nin the rabbit hole of hyperem-\npathy, attempting to mingle\nwith the community by step-\nping into the shoes of every-\none else. As students spend\nfour years with similar people\nin this school, it is important\nto distinguish our individual\nemotional boundaries to that\nof others. Wear your own\nshoes before you help others\ntry out ", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 43, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_44", + "text": " students spend\nfour years with similar people\nin this school, it is important\nto distinguish our individual\nemotional boundaries to that\nof others. Wear your own\nshoes before you help others\ntry out theirs.\n\nemo-\n\nJeannie Kang is a Junior from\nSeoul, South Korea. Contact the\nauthor at jkang28@andover.edu.\n\nabide by. Theorize the impacts\nwhen combining the decreased\naccuracy of comprehension with\nthe multitude of students relying\non AI. Naturally, the majority of\nacademic material would lose its\nprior quality and become tainted\nby the auto-generated inter-\npretations of AI. If AI replaces\nthe human perspective, the text\ninterpreted becomes victim to\nobjective interpretation, disre-\nspecting both our brain capac-\nity and the value of the text. In\ntandem, the overall educational\nexperience loses its integrity by\nreplacing books with objective\ninterpretations of intellectual\ntopics. It is strictly impossible\nto benefit from the intellect pro-\nduced by Al\u2019s algorithmic re-\nsponses, which are verily devoid\nof the central educational prin-\nciples of creativity, subjectivity\nand free thinking.\n\nThus, if the frequency of read-\ning continues to decline among\nadults and students, there will\n", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 44, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_45", + "text": "re verily devoid\nof the central educational prin-\nciples of creativity, subjectivity\nand free thinking.\n\nThus, if the frequency of read-\ning continues to decline among\nadults and students, there will\nundoubtedly be grave threats to\nfuture educational discourse and\ninstruction. As AI becomes more\naccessible, students are more\nprone to avoid the additional ef-\nfort required from reading, thus\nlosing the ability to attain raw\nintellect based on their indepen-\ndent thoughts and perceptions.\nIf our educational habits transi-\ntion to become concentrated on\npassive information recall, we\ndisrespect the origins of aca-\ndemic inquiry and instill great\ninstability within classrooms.\nAs we consider the role of books\ncompared to AI, we must not\nforget their potency and instead\nmaintain the value of their varie-\ngated messages that contribute\nto our potential for authentic\nand undisturbed intellect.\n\nRania Ali-Svedsdter is an\nUpper from Abu-Dhabi, UAE.\nContact the author at ralisved-\nsater26@andover.edu.\n\n\nApril 18, 2025\n\nStudents Push For\nChange in Commons\n\nContinued from Al, Column 5\n\nuse a waffle iron] and they\u2019re\nreally good,\u201d said Han.\n\nHailey Piasecki \u201927 shared\nthat an important improve-", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 45, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_46", + "text": "r.edu.\n\n\nApril 18, 2025\n\nStudents Push For\nChange in Commons\n\nContinued from Al, Column 5\n\nuse a waffle iron] and they\u2019re\nreally good,\u201d said Han.\n\nHailey Piasecki \u201927 shared\nthat an important improve-\nment to Commons would be\ntracking how much of a spe-\ncific food people consume.\nIn particular, she pointed to\nSalisbury steak as an unpopu-\nlar item.\n\n\u201cI feel like [Commons]\ncould figure this out really\neasily based on [how] every\ntime they have poke bowls, ev-\neryone comes and is rushing\nthe line, [but with] Salisbury\nsteak, it\u2019s like a ghost town...\nThey should just have some\nrecord of how much people\nactually eat of [each food]. Be-\ncause it\u2019s just going to [cause]\nso much food waste. They\u2019ve\nhad Salisbury steak since my\ndad was here and he remem-\nbers hating it. It\u2019s been 40\nyears too long, people. Let\u2019s\ntake that off the menu,\u201d said\nPiasecki.\n\nOwen Huang \u201927 saw Com-\nmons as an important space\n\nfor community gathering. He\nnoted how the option of or-\ndering takeout could deter\nstudents from dining there.\n\u201c[Commons] is a good spot\nwhere people can get togeth-\ner and have lunch and eat the\nsame food, it\u2019s a good place\nfor building community. To\nencourage people to eat at\nCommons, [w", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 46, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_47", + "text": "s from dining there.\n\u201c[Commons] is a good spot\nwhere people can get togeth-\ner and have lunch and eat the\nsame food, it\u2019s a good place\nfor building community. To\nencourage people to eat at\nCommons, [we could] crack\ndown on ordering DoorDash\nin the middle of the day when\nCommons is open... That\ncould cause food waste,\u201d said\nHuang.\nChanges in Common\u2019s\nmenu also aims to expand op-\ntions for those with dietary\nrestrictions, including the in-\ntroduction of allergen-friend-\nly apple crisp. Kaya Mangani\n27. expressed appreciation\nfor how Commons accommo-\ndates individual preferences.\n\u201cI know [that some stu-\ndents] often complain that\nCommons has no food, but\nthey actually do a really good\njob. They cater to a lot of dif-\nferent dietary restrictions. It\u2019s\nreally great how they have\nsomething for everyone, even\nif it is just [at] the salad bar, at\nleast you have something that\nyou can eat,\u201d said Mangani.\n\nTHE PHILLIPIAN\n\nStudents Given\n\nNEWS| <5\n\nExtra Time in Place of EBI\n\nContinued from Al, Column 2\n\nto caring for the community rath-\ner than developing skills. That is\nour priority now,\u201d said Leschhorn.\n\nLeschhorn had invited the\nEBI Uppers to an optional lunch\nto talk about the next steps", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 47, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_48", + "text": "olumn 2\n\nto caring for the community rath-\ner than developing skills. That is\nour priority now,\u201d said Leschhorn.\n\nLeschhorn had invited the\nEBI Uppers to an optional lunch\nto talk about the next steps of the\nEBI program this spring. During\nthe conversation, student leaders\nreflected on their experiences in\nthe program. Frank Hu\u201926, an EBL\nUpper who participated in the\nconversation, explained the diffi-\nculty of EBI to meet the students\u2019\nand faculty\u2019s needs.\n\n\u201cThe takeaway before\n[Leschhorn] made the decision\nwas that it\u2019s very difficult for EBI\nto meet everyone\u2019s needs. Some\nlowerclassmen weren't affected at\nall, and some were deeply affect-\ned. Same with teachers \u2014 some\nwere very affected, some not at\nall. Her rationale was that EBI\ndoesn\u2019t have the resources to give\na tailored experience to people\nat different points in the grieving\nprocess so she decided to cancel\nit,\u201d said Hu.\n\nHu further explained the dif\nficulty of returning to normal\nprogramming and shared appre-\nciation for Leschhorn\u2019s decision,\nas it eased the workload of many\nstudents and gave them time to\nconnect with friends and reflect\non what happened.\n\n\u201cFor EBI 9 in Spring, it would\ncover things like life skills and\n", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 48, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_49", + "text": "chhorn\u2019s decision,\nas it eased the workload of many\nstudents and gave them time to\nconnect with friends and reflect\non what happened.\n\n\u201cFor EBI 9 in Spring, it would\ncover things like life skills and\ntime management. Important top-\nics, but it feels strange to teach that\nright now. If we were going to talk\nabout mental health, I wouldn\u2019t\neven know how to approach it.\nIt was the right decision. Every-\none\u2019s in different places. One thing\nwe talked about was how the 50\npercent reduced workload gave\nus time to reflect. [Leschhorn]\nreally considered that and want-\ned to give us back those extra 40\nto 50 minutes per week, so EBI\nwouldn\u2019t be an extra burden,\u201d said\nHu.\n\nFor some students, the deci-\nsion to cancel EBI this term felt\nlike a thoughtful response to the\nvarying ways people were griev-\ning. Ryan Baek \u201928 noted that the\nunstructured time gave students\nspace to process individually.\n\n\u201cThe cancellation allowed ev-\neryone to process the situation\n\nin their own way. I think grief is\npersonal, and having less struc-\ntured time gave people space to\ncope however they needed to.\nPlus, based on last year\u2019s [State of\nthe Academy,] where I think only\nabout 15 percent of students found\nEBI ", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 49, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_50", + "text": "sonal, and having less struc-\ntured time gave people space to\ncope however they needed to.\nPlus, based on last year\u2019s [State of\nthe Academy,] where I think only\nabout 15 percent of students found\nEBI to be effective, it makes sense\nthat the school chose not to con-\ntinue it this term,\u201d said Baek.\n\nLeschhorn elaborated on the\ncampus events she is hoping to\norganize for the Juniors, Lowers,\nand Seniors, as Upper Carnival\nis already set in place for Uppers.\nShe stated her main goals for these\nupcoming events\n\n\u201c[For] the events that I\u2019m try-\ning to put together, the planning\nis happening this week and next\nweek. Hopefully I can announce\nthem soon... I have to make sure\nthat it\u2019s something that will be\nappealing to students and will be\nhelpful. The goal behind them\nis to make the campus feel more\nenjoyable and fun and so our cam-\npus can come together and bond\nover these events. We should\ncome together as a community\nand find joy in each other\u2019s com-\npany in really difficult times,\u201d said\nLeschhorn.\n\nPASC Launches Food Waste Challenge to Start Earth Month\n\nwaste.\n\nKRISTEN MA &\nCHRISTIAN ESTRADA\n\nThe Phillips Academy Sustain-\nability Coalition (PASC) kicked off\nEarth Month with the Inter-", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 50, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_51", + "text": "schhorn.\n\nPASC Launches Food Waste Challenge to Start Earth Month\n\nwaste.\n\nKRISTEN MA &\nCHRISTIAN ESTRADA\n\nThe Phillips Academy Sustain-\nability Coalition (PASC) kicked off\nEarth Month with the Inter-ESA\nFood Waste Challenge, an ini-\ntiative aimed to limit food waste\nduring lunch over three Thurs-\ndays, including April 10, 17, and 24.\n\nEach day, volunteers stationed\nbefore the busing conveyor col-\nlected and weighed uneaten food,\ndisposable food service items, and\n\nA poster of Sebastion Lemberger \u201925 urged students to reduce their food\n\nK.MA/THE PHILLIPIAN,\n\ninedible food waste. Andover is\ncompeting against other New En-\ngland schools, among them Phil-\nlips Exeter Academy and Hotch-\nkiss, to generate the least amount\nof post-consumer waste. The\nschool that tallies in the lowest av-\nerage between all three days will\nbe deemed the winner.\n\nThe Inter-European Space\nAgency Food Waste Challenge\nacts as an Extension of the work\nthe PASC has done in the past\nyears, including the Green Cup\nChallenge where dormitories\ncompete against each other to be\n\nenergy efficient. Allison Guerette,\nCampus Sustainability Coordi-\nnator, detailed the purpose of the\nFood Waste Challenge and the\nlarger Ando", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 51, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_52", + "text": "llenge where dormitories\ncompete against each other to be\n\nenergy efficient. Allison Guerette,\nCampus Sustainability Coordi-\nnator, detailed the purpose of the\nFood Waste Challenge and the\nlarger Andover Climate Action\nPlan.\n\n\u201cThe Food Waste Challenge\nraises awareness about the envi-\nronmental, social, and econom-\nic impacts of food waste, and it\nmoves us closer to our Climate\nAction Plan goal of becoming a\nZero Waste campus by 2030. Zero\nWaste means increasing diversion\nof waste from landfills and incin-\nerators and reducing total overall\nwaste,\u201d wrote Guerette in an email\nto The Phillipian.\n\nGuerette continued, \u201cThe goal\nof the food waste challenge is to\nraise awareness about food waste\nin general and offer small strat-\negies in the dining hall setting,\nsuch as starting with a portion you\nthink you will eat, with the under-\nstanding you can return for more\nor another menu item. We want\nstudents trying new foods and get-\nting the nourishment they need.\u201d\n\nMoreover, according to a 2018\nFood Waste Challenge video, An-\ndover produces approximately\n730 pounds of food waste every\nday. Jessica Zhao \u201927 expressed\nthat the presence of monitors in-\ncentivized her to reflect on the\n\nitems sh", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 52, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_53", + "text": "Food Waste Challenge video, An-\ndover produces approximately\n730 pounds of food waste every\nday. Jessica Zhao \u201927 expressed\nthat the presence of monitors in-\ncentivized her to reflect on the\n\nitems she chooses to dispose of.\n\n\u201cI would say that the challenge\nhas reduced my waste because\nwhen you see the people at the\nstation standing there, it really\nmakes you think and reconsider\nthe items on your plate. It makes\nyou think about whether or not\nyou should be wasting certain\nitems, or if you're actually able to\nfinish the food on your plate. As\nstudents at Andover, we do waste\nagreat deal of food because of how\nwidely accessible it is. It\u2019s really\nnot beneficial for the environment\nat all,\u201d said Zhao.\n\nThe student volunteers are\nEcoleaders: representatives that\neducate their respective dormi-\ntories about sustainable choices\nand initiatives. Bruce Ru \u201928, an\nEcoleader from Rockwell House,\nvoiced excitement regarding his\ninvolvement with the program.\n\n\u201c(The challenge] represents a\nmajor advance in the work we\u2019re\ndoing because Ecoleaders actual-\nly think about the world. If we\u2019re\nnot doing any tangible work, if\nwe're just talking to the commu-\nnity, while that\u2019s obviously a very\nimport", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 53, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_54", + "text": "dvance in the work we\u2019re\ndoing because Ecoleaders actual-\nly think about the world. If we\u2019re\nnot doing any tangible work, if\nwe're just talking to the commu-\nnity, while that\u2019s obviously a very\nimportant part of the, process-I\nbelieve it was very important to\nactually do some of the ground\nwork and show people that there\nare decisions you can make that\n\ndon\u2019t necessarily have to decrease\nyour quality of life. Being envi-\nronmentally conscious is about\nmaking tangible choices, and I\u2019m\nvery proud to be supporting them.\nHaving an event like this really\nputs the problem in people\u2019s faces,\nand I think that is very essential,\u201d\nsaid Ru.\n\nAmy Oku \u201925, Co-Head of Eco-\nAction, explained how the chal-\nlenge was started to have students\nbe more aware of their food waste\nand motivate them to take smaller\nservings.\n\n\u201cEven though [Paresky] Com-\nmons feels like it has endless food,\npeople should be more aware of\nhow much they take. Some take\na lot because they don\u2019t want to\nwait in line again, but that leads\nto waste. I know friends who do\nthat and still leave food on their\nplates. I hope they learn from it,\u201d\nsaid Oku.\n\nOku added that while uneat-\nen food is composted, if the food\nis uneaten, Comm", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 54, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_55", + "text": "t leads\nto waste. I know friends who do\nthat and still leave food on their\nplates. I hope they learn from it,\u201d\nsaid Oku.\n\nOku added that while uneat-\nen food is composted, if the food\nis uneaten, Commons donates to\nfood banks.\n\n\u201cAny untouched food at Com-\nmons goes to food banks, but\npost-consumer food waste ends\nup in compost. It\u2019s never eaten\nand wastes energy. I don\u2019t think\npeople realize that when they\nthrow away food,\u201d said Oku.\n\nJENNA LIANG\n& KAI OBATA\n\nSam Clare \u201925 present-\ned their Community and\nMulticultural Development\n(CaMD) Scholarship Presen-\ntation titled \u201cFrom Playing\nIndian to Virtue Signaling:\nAmerican Summer Camps\u2019\nReckoning With Racism\u201d last\nFriday in Kemper Auditori-\num. Through connecting with\nparents and camp organizers,\nClare examined how anti-In-\ndigenous racism is embedded\nin camp traditions and urged\naudience members to take ac-\ntion.\n\nDrawing from personal\nexperiences, Clare began an\nintrospective journey exam-\nining their own time at sum-\nmer camps. Clare\u2019s personal\nhistory as a camp participant\nproved useful during the re-\nsearch process, as it estab-\nlished a foundation of shared\nexperience that fostered trust\n\nChallenging Camp Culture: Sam Clare \u201925", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 55, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_56", + "text": "s personal\nhistory as a camp participant\nproved useful during the re-\nsearch process, as it estab-\nlished a foundation of shared\nexperience that fostered trust\n\nChallenging Camp Culture: Sam Clare \u201925\nPushes Back On Anti-Indigenous Narratives\n\nand authenticity in their in-\nterviews with the various in-\ndividuals involved in these\ncamps.\n\n\u201cIn 2020, I started learn-\ning a lot more about systemic\nracism in the U.S., and I re-\nconsidered my own past and\nwanted to learn more about\nit... Especially as kids, you get\nthrown into these camps, and\nyou don\u2019t know what you\u2019re\ndoing. Oftentimes, parents\ndon\u2019t even know what they\u2019re\nsigning their kids up for ei-\nther. When I was talking to\npeople over the summer and\ninterviewing them, I came\nwith my own perspective of\nbeing someone who went to\ncamp, too. It definitely made\nthe camps a lot less defen-\nsive because they knew that I\nwas part of this as well,\u201d said\nClare.\n\nClare pointed out that sum-\nmer camps are often accept-\ned without question because\nthey feel like a natural part of\ngrowing up. They encourage\npeople to dig deeper when a\nsituation feels off and not to\n\nshy away from uncomfortable\ntruths about the history of\nsummer camps.\n\n\u201cCamps", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 56, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_57", + "text": "se\nthey feel like a natural part of\ngrowing up. They encourage\npeople to dig deeper when a\nsituation feels off and not to\n\nshy away from uncomfortable\ntruths about the history of\nsummer camps.\n\n\u201cCamps are something that\npeople don\u2019t really question\nbecause it just seems like such\nan integral part of people\u2019s\nsummers. My family didn\u2019t re-\nally question it before, so just\nlike I\u2019d say that if something\nseems awry or if something\nseems not quite right, look\ninto it. Don\u2019t be afraid of his-\ntory and making people un-\ncomfortable,\u201d said Clare.\n\nZadie Robinson \u201926 ex-\nplained that cultural ap-\npropriation in camps is fre-\nquently overlooked due to its\nnormalization within these\nenvironments. She empha-\nsized that presentations like\nClare\u2019s serve a crucial role in\nraising awareness and cata-\nlyzing change, even when be-\nginning on a small scale.\n\n\u201cSam said they tried to\nimplement a change into the\ncurriculum, and only one per-\nson spread awareness about\nthe fact that it was Indigenous\nPeople\u2019s Day. I feel like cultur-\n\nal appropriation in camps is\nsomething that happens a lot,\nbut people almost bat an eye\nat it, and normalize it. It\u2019s just\ngood that people like Sam are\nspreading awareness", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 57, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_58", + "text": "s Day. I feel like cultur-\n\nal appropriation in camps is\nsomething that happens a lot,\nbut people almost bat an eye\nat it, and normalize it. It\u2019s just\ngood that people like Sam are\nspreading awareness of things\nlike this. I truly think just\nspreading awareness, even in\nsmall groups, is a good start,\u201d\nsaid Robinson.\n\nRobinson further empha-\nsized that some students com-\nplete their entire Andover\neducation without any mean-\ningful exposure to Indige-\nnous perspectives or critical\nexamination of anti-Indig-\nenous camp practices. This\neducational gap, she noted,\nperpetuates ignorance around\ncultural appropriation issues\nand prevents many students\nfrom recognizing problem-\natic traditions they may have\nexperienced in summer camp\nenvironments.\n\n\u201cThis topic isn\u2019t something\nAndover has really shared\nabout. Like Sam said, they\u2019ve\nnever been assigned a book\nwritten by an Indigenous per-\nson except by the one elective\n\nthey were in. Sam said they\ntried to implement a change\ninto the curriculum and only\none person spread awareness\nabout the fact that it was In-\ndigenous People\u2019s Day,\u201d said\nRobinson.\n\nConnor Scheidt \u201925 reflect-\ned on his experience with\ncamps and emphasized the\nimportance of ", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 58, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_59", + "text": "nd only\none person spread awareness\nabout the fact that it was In-\ndigenous People\u2019s Day,\u201d said\nRobinson.\n\nConnor Scheidt \u201925 reflect-\ned on his experience with\ncamps and emphasized the\nimportance of recognizing\nwhen they are disrespectful\nor offensive.\n\n\u201cIn the Midwest, where I\u2019m\nfrom, these summer camps are\na big part of middle school and\nhigh school culture during the\nsummer months. I haven\u2019t re-\nally thought about these kinds\nof summer camps for a while\nsince I haven\u2019t gone to a sum-\nmer camp for the better part\nof a decade. Just bringing it\nup and recognizing that these\ncamps are distinctly disre-\nspectful and offensive is the\nright thing to do next,\u201d said\nScheidt.\n\n\n\nAo | NEWS\nWhat introduced you to\nThe Phillipian?\n\nl initially joined The\nPhillipian on a whim.\nA Freshman girl in my\ndorm, Mary Lord [24],\nwas on the Eighth Page,\nand she [told me], \u2018you\nshould join, it\u2019s so much\nfun, you\u2019ll be great at it\u2019\nI was not funny at all, but\nI thought it was going\nto be easy going and so\nI joined. I was honestly\nlooking for something\nfun to do. When I came\nto Andover, a lot of things\nI did at home, at middle\nschool, that brought me\njoy didn\u2019t translate into\nmy life at Andover in the\nsam", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 59, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_60", + "text": "joined. I was honestly\nlooking for something\nfun to do. When I came\nto Andover, a lot of things\nI did at home, at middle\nschool, that brought me\njoy didn\u2019t translate into\nmy life at Andover in the\nsame ways. I just joined\nit as something I thought\nwould be really fun and\nmake me happy. I never\nnecessarily had goals of\ndoing any serious journal-\nism, I didn\u2019t even under-\nstand how The Phillipian\nworked.\n\nHow was the adjustment\nfrom your role in the\nEighth Page to being the\nEIC?\n\nIt\u2019s funny because a lot of\npeople assume that The\nEighth Page to the [Edi-\ntor in Chief] route was a\nhuge jump. In some ways\n\nit was, but also on the\nEighth Page, you [have\nto] think about if a joke\nis okay to publish, who it\nwill be impacting, [and]\nwho we are represent-\ning. Also there have been\narticles at the Eighth Page\nthat have been far more\ncritical of people and\nthings at Andover than\neven other Commentary\narticles. It\u2019s something\nyou\u2019re very cognizant of,\njust the politics of the pa-\nper, which is a big part of\nbeing Editor-in-Chief. In\n\na lot of ways just looking\n\nat how we are represent-\ning the students, what\nchanges are the students\nlooking for, [and] student\nrelationships with the\nadministrat", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 60, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_61", + "text": "ig part of\nbeing Editor-in-Chief. In\n\na lot of ways just looking\n\nat how we are represent-\ning the students, what\nchanges are the students\nlooking for, [and] student\nrelationships with the\nadministration.\n\nIf you could have dinner\nwith a famous person,\ndead or alive, what\nwould it be?\n\nI\u2019ve had [Amanda]\nFoushee, [instructor of\nEnglish] as my English\nteacher for five terms\nat Andover and she has\n\nfundamentally really\nchanged the way I under-\nstand English and been\none of the best teachers\nI\u2019ve ever had. The first\nterm of this year was\nbased on Virginia Woolf,\nand my class had such\ninteresting conversations\nabout it, about her nov-\nels, and especially Mrs.\nDallaway. That was one of\nmy favorite [books], and\nso I would actually like to\nhave a conversation with\nher. But actually I want\nher to be in my classroom.\nI wouldn\u2019t just want it to\nbe one-on-one, I would\nwant her to be in my\nclassroom.\n\nWhat particularly in-\nterested you about Ms.\nFoushee\u2019s Women Liter-\nature class?\n\nIn our current political\nclimate, there\u2019s just a\n\nTHE PHILLIPIAN\n\n10 Questions with\nLouisa Carter\n\nREPORTING BY KRISSY ZHU & ANDY GAO\n\nLouisa Carter was the former Editor in Chief (EIC) of The Phillipian Vol. CXLVILI", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 61, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_62", + "text": "olitical\nclimate, there\u2019s just a\n\nTHE PHILLIPIAN\n\n10 Questions with\nLouisa Carter\n\nREPORTING BY KRISSY ZHU & ANDY GAO\n\nLouisa Carter was the former Editor in Chief (EIC) of The Phillipian Vol. CXLVILI. Prior to\nher role as EIC, Carter wrote for The Eighth Page which she joined in her Freshman Year. The\nPhillipian was Carter\u2019s first experience with journalism; she is also passionate about ceramics\n\nand used to row for Andover\u2019s Crew team.\n\nheightened sense, es-\npecially amongst girls,\nof what it means to bea\nwoman right now [and]\nbeing taken seriously.\nThat\u2019s something that I\nknow I feel, and I know\na lot of my friends feel.\nHow can you be tak-\nen seriously right now\nwhen the current ad-\nministration does not\nrespect women? Being\nin this class, we talked a\nlot about what it means\nto have autonomy as a\nwoman, what it means to\nchoose the life that you\nwant, and not necessarily\nhave external forces dic-\ntate what you are capable\nof and what\u2019s possible.\nThat was what was so\ngreat about being in\nthat class. It felt like my\nopinions and my beliefs\nwere taken so seriously by\nmy classmates in a time\nwhere that is rare.\n\nReflecting on your time\nas Editor in Chief, how\nwas your experience?\n\nI", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 62, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_63", + "text": "g in\nthat class. It felt like my\nopinions and my beliefs\nwere taken so seriously by\nmy classmates in a time\nwhere that is rare.\n\nReflecting on your time\nas Editor in Chief, how\nwas your experience?\n\nI have said this to so many\npeople, it was the best\nthing that could\u2019ve hap-\npened to me at Andover\nand I\u2019m so lucky to have\nhad the experience. Being\ninvolved on the paper on\nany level really gives you\nthis level of awareness\nand interest in the great-\ner Andover community\n[and] an understanding of\nwhat\u2019s going on and see-\n\ning beyond the immediate\nscope of your life here. It\nwas a really great experi-\nence for me too to under-\nstand the impact of local\njournalism. The impact\nit has on the community\nand the voice it gives to\nstudents, and when you\nwant to enact change,\nthe change that has been\nmade on campus, a lot of\ntimes The Phillipian has\na big role in that. Being a\npart of something bigger\nthan me in that sense is\njust something I will al-\nways really appreciate.\n\nWhat other commit-\nments or hobbies do you\nhave outside The Phil-\nlipian?\n\nSomething that I\u2019ve\nactually done forever is\nwork at a ceramics studio\nin the summer. I\u2019ve done\nthis since I was 14, and I\njust work full time in", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 63, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_64", + "text": "ents or hobbies do you\nhave outside The Phil-\nlipian?\n\nSomething that I\u2019ve\nactually done forever is\nwork at a ceramics studio\nin the summer. I\u2019ve done\nthis since I was 14, and I\njust work full time in the\nsummers. I teach camps,\nI teach adults, and I also\nrun all the kilns and stuff.\nIt\u2019s something I\u2019ve always\nbeen into doing and \u2019m\nactually lucky enough\nright now to be in [Sam-\nuel] Zaeder\u2019s last term of\nceramics since he\u2019s re-\ntiring. That\u2019s something\nthat I do, and being part\nof that community, is also\nwhat drove me to The\nPhillipian. The ceramics\nstudio is very eclectic, it\nhas a lot of people who\njust retired and are bored,\nor parents who are having\n\nE. LIU/THE PHILLIPIAN,\n\na break from their kids\nor college kids who are\nlooking for extra money\nso they sell their stuff.\nIt is such an interesting\ncommunity, [and] that\u2019s\npartially what drew me to\nother places on campus\nlike The Phillipian.\n\nDo you feel like there\u2019s\nparallels between trying\nto manage a group of\nkids during summer and\nThe Phillipian?\n\nNo one in The Phillipian\nis like those 12 year old\nboys who are springing\nwater at me and throwing\nclay, but I would say a lot\nof those kids you get on\nthose camps are really\ndiffere", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 64, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_65", + "text": "\nThe Phillipian?\n\nNo one in The Phillipian\nis like those 12 year old\nboys who are springing\nwater at me and throwing\nclay, but I would say a lot\nof those kids you get on\nthose camps are really\ndifferent. You\u2019re going\nto get kids that are super\nquiet and kids who are re-\nally quirky people. What\nit taught me is being able\nto make those relation-\nships and get along with\npeople who are really dif-\nferent from you. They are\na lot younger than me so\nit\u2019s super different from\nThe Phillipian, but I didn\u2019t\nknow a lot of people when\nI came into The Phillipian\nand now so many people\nwho were in the news-\nroom [are] people who\nI\u2019m really close friends\nwith, so that\u2019s part of\nwhat it taught me.\n\nDid you experience any\npersonal growth while\n\nApril 18, 2025\n\nin The Phillipian?\n\nAt Andover, there aren\u2019t\na lot of student-driven\nspaces where understand-\ning the world, politics\nand also what\u2019s going on\nwithin the Andover com-\nmunity is really valued\nand [you\u2019re] able to have\ndiscussions about that.\nWhen I joined the Eighth\nPage, I was in the news-\nroom more, and I was\nmeeting new people, not\njust people on the Eighth\nPage. It really struck me\nas this is the space where\nthat kind of dialogue and\ndis", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 65, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_66", + "text": "n I joined the Eighth\nPage, I was in the news-\nroom more, and I was\nmeeting new people, not\njust people on the Eighth\nPage. It really struck me\nas this is the space where\nthat kind of dialogue and\ndisagreement is really\nencouraged and valued\nand your ability to par-\nticipate in that is really\nrecognized. That\u2019s what\nmade me really continue\ndoing The Phillipian be-\ncause that was something\nI never necessarily had\nthought to be required of\nme and asked of me, and\nthat was a very rewarding\nexperience.\n\nWere there any specific\nmoments that you re-\nmember where you felt\naccomplished?\n\nThere were a bunch\nof articles that we had\nthroughout the year, es-\npecially in the Fall, where\nwe tried to do a lot more\nhard news articles. We\ndid an anti-racism task\nforce follow-up, [and] a\nlot of reporting on the\nschool\u2019s role in educating\nstudents on the conflict in\nIsrael and Palestine. We\nalso did some editorials\nthat were pretty forceful\nand gave voice to some of\nthe students\u2019 opinions and\nhopes for the administra-\ntion. I\u2019m proud of those\nbecause something that\nnobody tells you [when]\nyou take on a leadershi\nrole in something like The\nPhillipian, [is that] it\u2019s\nreally scary. It feels like\nthere a", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 66, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_67", + "text": "he administra-\ntion. I\u2019m proud of those\nbecause something that\nnobody tells you [when]\nyou take on a leadershi\nrole in something like The\nPhillipian, [is that] it\u2019s\nreally scary. It feels like\nthere are so many people\nwho are always going to\ndisagree with you and\nyou\u2019re never going to be\nmaking everyone happy,\nand that\u2019s a really hard\nthing to deal with. We\nworked so hard on those\narticles and really made\nsure that they were fool-\nproof and factual. That\nwas just such a great feel-\ning because I knew they\nwere done well. Inevita-\nbly, some of them enacted\nchange in a way that I was\nreally proud of.\n\nAre there things that\nyou feel like you didn\u2019t\nfinish, or are hoping\nthat the next board con-\ntinues in the future?\n\nA lot of the work at The\nPhillipian that Upper\nManagement does is very\nmuch behind the scenes.\nA lot of it is policy work.\nFor example, a lot of arti-\ncles in The Phillipian were\npublished online during\na time where the inter-\nnet wasn\u2019t what it is now,\nand everything wasn\u2019t as\nsuccessful as it is now. So\nreally rethinking how we\nethically handle this and\nmaking sure that people\ndon\u2019t write an article\nwhen they\u2019re 15-16 and\nthen facing repercussions\nfor it now that they h", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 67, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_68", + "text": "as\nsuccessful as it is now. So\nreally rethinking how we\nethically handle this and\nmaking sure that people\ndon\u2019t write an article\nwhen they\u2019re 15-16 and\nthen facing repercussions\nfor it now that they have a\nprofessional job.\n\n\nApril 18, 2025\n\nHERE AND THERE: THE WORLD RIGHT NOW\n\nConflict: Russia Ex-\npands Military Offensive\nin Northeastern Ukraine\n\nThe Ukraine-Russia\nwar, which began in Feb-\nruary 2022, recently took a\nturn. According to \u201cCNN,\u201d\n160,000 men recently joined\nthe Russian military, in-\ncreasing the total number to\n.5 million. This is in prepa-\nration for the launch of a\nresh military offensive in\nhe coming weeks to maxi-\nmize pressure on Ukraine,\nspecifically in the northeast\nSumy, Kharkiv, and Zapor-\nizhzhia regions. This follows\nthe Russian\u2019s retaking most\nof Russia\u2019s Kursk region\nlast year, according to \u201cAP\nNews.\u201d Ukrainian military\nanalyst Oleksii Hetman said\nthat \u201cthey are preparing of-\nfensive actions on the front\nthat should last from six to\nnine months, almost all of\n2025.\u201d\n\nHealth: Countries\nPush for Stronger Mental\nHealth Support Systems\n\nA new framework was\nlaunched by the World\nHealth Organization (WHO)\nto assist countries in im-\nproving their mental health\n", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 68, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_69", + "text": "f\n2025.\u201d\n\nHealth: Countries\nPush for Stronger Mental\nHealth Support Systems\n\nA new framework was\nlaunched by the World\nHealth Organization (WHO)\nto assist countries in im-\nproving their mental health\nsystems and policies. Men-\ntal health policies and orga-\nnizations are underfunded\nglobally, with up to 90 per-\ncent of people in some coun-\ntries struggling with men-\ntal health receiving little or\nno help at all. According to\n\u201cWHO,\u201d the framework laid\nout five areas that needed\nreform in different coun-\ntries, including leadership\nand governance, service or-\nganization, workforce de-\nvelopment, person-centered\ninterventions, and address-\ning social and structural de-\nterminants of mental health.\n\n).\n\nNUVTITTIT:\n\nLh\n\nTHE PHILLIPIAN\n\nEnvironmental: India\nFaces Record-High Air\nPollution Levels\n\nOut of the 100 most pol-\nluted cities in the world,\n74 of them are in India. Al-\nthough on a larger scale, In-\ndia is the fifth most polluted\ncountry in the world, this is\nbecause India\u2019s air monitor-\ning system counts the more\nrural parts of India that are\nless affected by air pollu-\ntion, bringing down the na-\ntional average. According to\n\u201cCNN,\u201d Byrinhat, a city in\nNortheast India, exceeded\na l", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 69, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_70", + "text": "-\ning system counts the more\nrural parts of India that are\nless affected by air pollu-\ntion, bringing down the na-\ntional average. According to\n\u201cCNN,\u201d Byrinhat, a city in\nNortheast India, exceeded\na level of particulate matter\nconcentration, which mea-\nsures pollution, by 25 times\nmore than the standard. Nu-\nmerous cities around India\nface hazardous conditions\noften, leading to school clo-\nsures and\npublic spaces. According to\nHealth Policy Watch, global-\nly, only 17 percent of around\n9,000 cities around the world\nmet the WHO standard.\n\nshut downs of\n\nPolitics: Tariffs In-\ncrease International Ten-\nsion\n\nAccording to \u201cCNBC,\u201d\never since President Trump\ncame into office in January,\nhe has imposed a cumulative\ntariff of 145 percent on all\nimported goods from China.\nChina has responded with a\ntariff increase for American\ngoods, with across the board\ntariffs of 125 percent in re-\ntaliation. While President\nTrump has granted reprieves\nfor tariffs on numerous elec-\ntronics, China\u2019s ministry\nof commerce said that this\nwas \u201ca small step by U.S. to\ncorrect its wrong practice\nof unilateral reciprocal tar-\niffs\u201d, asking the U.S to cancel\nthe tariffs completely. Pres-\nident Xi Jinping has star", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 70, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_71", + "text": "of commerce said that this\nwas \u201ca small step by U.S. to\ncorrect its wrong practice\nof unilateral reciprocal tar-\niffs\u201d, asking the U.S to cancel\nthe tariffs completely. Pres-\nident Xi Jinping has start-\ned a diplomatic tour of the\ncountry\u2019s main export-based\neconomies, and has appealed\nto Vietnam to join forces in\nmultilateral trade. Accord-\ning to \u201cCNN,\u201d President Xi\nJinping is attempting to cast\n\nNEWS |\n\nCOLLECTED BY VEDANT BAJAJ\n\n& AZUL CABRERA\n\nChina as a reliable partner\nand defender and upholder\nof global trade, in contrast\nto President Trump\u2019s sudden\ntariffs on multiple different\ncountries.\n\nEducation: Harvard re-\nsponds to Trump Adminis-\ntration Demands\n\nLate last week, the Trump\nAdministration made nu-\nmerous demands of Har-\nvard University, including\ngovernance and leadership\nreforms, merit-based hiring\nand admissions reform, and\ndiscontinuation of Diver-\nsity, Equity, and inclusion\n(DED programs. According\nto \u201cThe New York Times,\u201d\nit took less than 72 hours\nfor Harvard to say no to the\ndemands. This resulted in a\nfreeze of more than $2.2 bil-\nlion in federal funding. This\ndefiance followed Colum-\nbia University coming to an\nagreement with the Trump\nadministration a few w", + "metadata": { + "source": "04182025.txt", + "date": "2025-04-18", + "title": "04182025", + "file_path": "raw_corpus/04182025.txt", + "chunk_index": 71, + "total_chunks": 159 + } + }, + { + "chunk_id": "04182025_chunk_72", + "text": "y no to the\ndemands. This resulted in a\nfreeze of more than $2.2 bil-\nlion in federal funding. This\ndefiance followed Colum-\nbia University coming to an\nagreement with the Trump\nadministration a few weeks\nago, reported \u201cCNN.\u201d\n\nA7\n\n\nA8|_ EIGHTH PAGE\n\nsybau\n\nkamala we get you swimmer who has belped the team win iis last two Bastems and New En + +gland Championships, reflected on Font kederhap, athe commented or how Fox bes helped bine ienproee aver the +years through culbrrating a welcoming. yet interse emironment intended to embrace competiiion and growth. + +lua said, “Just overall being there amd checking in on ws when we eed bo In tems of success for the past few sea- +sons, he been able to provide us with really good training, especially considering that the seasons have been quite +short compared bo what you should be doing, So we're able to get a bot in and his training is really interse and tough, +baat | think he's able to create an environment that both welconves competitiveness and things like that, but also [iz] +really friendly and open io anyone whe wants tocone and joint and do competitive swiniming, So [ think ws just + +overall avery pood place to be but abo a place that really his some sort of history of success.” + +Swimming With the Stars: Girls Swimming Captain + +upeeaty” + +Two sea00re apo, Hos Sain +ming eliminated the distinction +of Junior Versi ad Varsiny di +igknme fo conate on collective +team. Seong heliews the com- +nation tras 3 peeat idea, allrving +hire io create far mere connec- +fos and strengthen the team +cukurs as agrtam + +Seomp sak, “1 henesdly feel +the cukure bere bee really pol +crenbening, all the dears aio -on. +Ive been able to per to kre a ber +Tere mew people and meta lott +neu people. [ jusn think irs nice te +hawe mere poopie co ineenacr wich +and lear from, and it bas defi +nitely been influential in creating +amore boreded tear culnare* + +Seog wil comrinue bis aca +demic and sthketic career at the +Aizckuratio lnetitate of ‘Tich- +nel MITE + +Batter’: Mote: Donel Sra et +Levoot Editor for The Phillipa. + +a . —_ + +PADMA THE PHILLIP LA + +Valencia Zhang ’25 Races Through the Water Like a Shooting Star + +AUDREY SUA + +Valens hog ‘25, Capenn +of Girls Svamenmg, m 3 dynamic +header whe strives bo meio the +team woth her endkee energy aral +enthuse. Sence the Vuseiy ard +Jusior Wareey team hare evibad +ine are lage merged anrmp, +hang seme to cukreate a inclu- +ve comenueuty among the hewn. + +Intreaduced tj saineming in +her youth by her ceo older aismers, +Zhang began her journey with the + +at when abe wus seven pears +old ‘The enjetenc her sisters +found in swimming ultima +ly compelled Zhang we purse +ewiouneing for hersell + +“| sated ovimming when +C was arnund esren, ara & woe +moenthy because both of oy ober +eaters swam, ana they scored G2 +hore a really fon Gama. Sn, | ardor +my mem iff ceed ako earall on +kegona, and then from: thera, | +hamed reank post hew to do the +sernieas, and thes | serie actual +heya a deb bern when | ve +ten. Thats when 0 alea started +competitively svimmiirg U bike +the poeple [aio itwith. Irs ee mice + +A lifelong competitive swimmer, collegiate varsity rower, and masters swimmer, Head Coach Hilary +Kavanagh was thrilled to return to the pool in 2013 to begin her coaching career. Since becoming “Coach +Kat she has worked at several Massachusetts swim clubs and even poined Team New England. which +scomed wins across individual age groups and the cverall Amateur Athletic Union (AAL) team champe- +onshap title in 2022. Ad the beginning of ihe school pear in 2022, Kavanagh jouned the Boys Swim pro +gram as an assistant coach in the newly opened Pan Athletic Cemter. In 2025, Andover went on to win its +third Easterns Champdonship. Kavanagh is mow exctted to take om her new role as Head Coach of Gurls + +Sew liming, + +No matter the level of experience of the swimmer, Kavanagh is an encouraging coach who values the +efforts of each athlete she mentors. She aspires to lead her students to be the best version of themselves + +both in and out of the pool. + +TA ST PT +tole abke no pet oo keer everyone +We hadcally become a linke mini +fai sake Shoe + +Alexis Lee ‘2# commented om +Zhang's positive aricode im and +our of che pool, spectticallhy Meh +ligheing barw she emlfeera che +team with her smile + +“Waloncta ahwarrsa mak sure +tooakhide everyone m our con- +sare and that makes me fied +really happy Whenever | sev her, +the ahwerra were. So, over if aha’ +net hapes she seem happy and +thai’s whet dines ine ticles ria +leakke. Been im the poe, she's al- +vow very hoppr: She abraps tell +us how riuch reare we bawve no de, + +amd she's aewe Mibe, 0h, son gor +this, beep godine? Queskde the pect, +whenever I see bear she’s cocina +She hes chat sane amount of em +exey [and] thot makes me bappy* +aad Lew. + +Dring the aceon, Zhong hoa +conned, mourp traditions ine ud- +ang peyches, where the athheies +veal dram: up before ther gare +Furthenners, Zhong, praia the +mintiwating abreechern that the +Scent upeasich, + +‘Ire main’ cur seam aspirin +We jut bad eur fire home racer +of che season on [January Li]. Dre +member ber every single nace chee +Tsou, 0 saw people icress che +ane cheering tor nee atthe end of +dhe pool and [ wos cheering for +erervome as well | jue apprecd +ane Chair sscauias it mbes. peigh +races past a ble bit comer 2 +tte mor accomplehabke Wedo +fom peyches. peo: po all in. Cm +Fridax, wo boal a‘ soccer mon and +barbeces dad peyche. Some poo- +ele beousht begs fe barhecme +dad, and people were really pet- +Ge, Stic Ser KAT Sec, ok Te +realhy fom," ced Zhang, + +This pear Gids Swimming +shited its leadership strucnire, +Going trom three CeCaprains 1m + +ene Capon, Hanneh Song “27 +xinowledped how Zhang has +atop pad inte this pede smocesstully +despite the od jmecrrrecms +"Sakewcia tres ber best to pet + +to heures all of the members of +the min. tam, like Yarsey and +Joniar Warsity, and. it’s just the +community sha fice ta make aad +help grow: ffs something that's +read he oneeetant for os pre a +aieam" said Song + +Zhang & an accommandaring +captain. working to help emery +ene in even the snedbes ways. Lee +commended this apa of Zhang, +speciicdhy noting her helpful +fess teanurds younger and bess ex +perieiced rearnmnares during bath +races and practices + +“Me mamer what. she aluaes +cheers [uel en. She's just wera +anopen perean. Bren of peopke +io i qomnice aral they bse ed + +wath semethong, she woold + +a hel them Actodh, +at the meet, than woe the one +farms who waant sured they +qranbed tn dies off the bleckaor oil +the side. Wakencia just scmad, “You +can atoct on thar porcd, ot fiw’ Her +ESSE Mes De Wide STi +Ton a ler nacre cendarabke” said +Lee + +Girls Swimming Coach: Hilary Kavanagh + +Song ake commenced on +Zhang’: eptimian and murmuring +characrer during meets, auch as +supporting the divers, who com +pee eeparaich Go dhe swim +hum. + +“fhring mests, she shia +keadersdup by gathering dhe toon +tegtier to hove pep talks, 1 de +team cheers, [ard] in cheer for +diving, exccupe: it's another por- +Hen She aber helps eo we bead +iragcher by ahem." sad Som. + +Akhoog’ this season will be +the last season of Zhang's high +school evim career, Zhamge plane +on swinening on oakae cob +fea to Continue pursuing b +pmsion + +=] do mom plan om svimireing +colleztave Soar competitivek in +my future, bot 1 dethekincolees +PO try cot fr club ewirenmeg aral +feet continae epenchng time on the +pool becawa: | do realy enpry at; +soa Zhang + +Edivor’s Note: Vater 2h +the (uef Financed Offeer for The +Pholligian. + +FADO ARTA PLLA + + +Bt | SPORTS + +THAAD LL + +Suimming scored +resounding, victormes +ax they conte tn prepare +for the Easnerns Interscho- +lexic Swimming and Diving + +Kore + +Hares + +Champlonships CEvesterms) +in mid-Febroary. A win im a +dual mecer igraiman Gr. Joha's +Prep aad & Criemeer agains +Loonels Chaffee (Loomis) and +Sulfeld Acaderey marked +four straghe criomeples few the +tuam this swason. +the main focus is replicaieyg +loot poar's success ot + +Tee Purieiirian + +Boys Swimming Laps Opposition With +Big Wins in St. John’s Prep, Loomis/Suffield Meets + +aad bepead + +Eric Chang “28 pave an +overview ef bork meets, mat +ing the lopskded score lines +a the aetsizing Tete +sphere at the + +Pr “hang, it re Pridsay, +we wort up against St John's +Wa wan that meat 126 bo 37. +Wd corp, overall, it was a reallly +pead mact. The stmeophere +there was great. Everpone +was cheering for teammabeo +bebsrel theer lanes. I'd say ot +was really good. Same the +on Saturday against subti +We won (che) Suffield [meet], +109 pe 66. Ip was aris meet, a0 +we hosned Suffield aad Loon +is. We won against Sulfheld +104 fo 65, amd une won against +Loomis 120 to 67. Dd say the +memonpirre wae like the #r +fohe's mest, really posite, +really mutivating, and anerall +ik was a good meet ~ + +day Wei “27 agreed ucth +Chang and mentioned hor +the team appreached the +ovens. He d that, at East- +ome, there aren't many oc +portuniticn fo rast, oo the +team used the beck-no-back +Meers te train far those kinds +af sinuarhons. + +“Thiet Taret was on a Fri +doy might. We all did super +well. We treated the weekend +like a lacnane set, oo the first +day we tied to mimic what +we were golme te do an East +ome. Hosscally, not having a +lot of rest when you're deo +very high-tnteresty sprint- + +Abeer aback Dé sete ber antebrodes be the posal + +img. We're going super fast, +mat reiting, much rest, amd. +then gring neght inte ancther +event,” ead + +Chang highlighted Oliver +Feng "25 for hie great race im +the 400-Yard Freestyke relag +He swore a cight fimal lap az +the anchor bor our-rouched a +Sulfiekd sudimmer ce win the +went. + +“During the Saturday meet. +(Miver Feng stead our the +mont, 2 mrp apinion, in the +40o-[¥ard] Prevstvie relay, he +was anchoring, which is cur +fastest relap. He wee racing, + +this Suffield pop reallly fast, +and thep were neck and neck, +but ox tee last 20 [pords], he +rwally set the pace, and he +out-teuched chat Subic’ guy +by half a second. We were alll +watching that rece, we were +all excited im anticiparion +He Was 2 standowt sudremer,” +sald Chern + +Wel alan spoke whoue baru +Captain Daniel Seong "25's +dynamic bei federal helped oa + +Ire up Ehe ‘hem ‘Wis +Was newvoms Sel fura his race, +Seong reaseored and calmed +berm den, which caused + +Swimming Past the Competition: Girls Swimming + +denuars 24, 2025 + +thers turin big + +Wel sald, “Daniel Seong +dees a really peod job of en- +copraging te: team. aad he +dees a really goad job of ke- +niting the spark within all af +ma A thee: team mewinngs, +he tells us to all kek in, and +ehvicusly, Dankl i always +cheering on bes fellow team- +mates. Keferw the relay, | was +nervaue, bot be said, Yn, Jay, +ou got this, ben! and then we +crushed tha other team.” + +Sumurday’s meee against +Loomis and Suffield was acri- +facet. am unfamiliar formar +for Boys Swimming. Heoyo +Zhang "27 explained how eri- +nezets fumction ane how they +are scared. + +Zhang sah “There were +five schowls, bur there were +two soperabe mk + +So ong meet was Andover, +Loomm, aad Suffield, and +the other was St. Paul's and +Austin Prep. les poime accu- +rulaiscen, and wheerer accu- +maltese the most points will +fe the winning team. Wa do +these types of meets ar beast +once o bear Diviowsle, the +bhi meer are ike thks be- +cause the ba meets ane many +sthowls competing cogenher. +During the regular season, +ranst of eur neers will bbe dual +racers betwen tava oc benals.” + +Bove Swimming voll race +Deerfield at home om Febru- + +arv 1. + +Keeps Their Winning Streak Alive Against Loomis Chaffee and Suffield Academy + +VIVLEN WALCEX + +Girls Swimming faced off +against Suffied Academy ard +Loomis Chaffee (loc) on +Saturday, winning broth games +by aver 0 points om total. The +team ha been showsng prom- +tet in ika ongoing and emerget- + +le win sereak this seasom + +So for im che season, the +team has culeivaned a posinive +envireament through aboddy +svatem where ewimmers are +paired together co cheer each +other on daring mezts. Ad- +dimonally, the team purtakes +in psyches hetere cach meer +to promote team spirit. Hea- +ie Pan “28 discmoed baw the +bam ceamection hax helped +cach swormmer develop confi- +dence. + +“The snvircament that the +fam fosters xt the beginning +of the season helps swimmers +feal better about themexles +in their races, ing inten +meets, and confidence helps +vou swine faener, Confidence +is bew. oo DT thimk the team en- +vironment really belps. and +how webconing the upper +classreen are,” sabd Fan + +Accerding to Madelyn Es- +posite "2, the rewne's support +te energy fostered 3 positive + +aneeypeere oat Sanurday’s +gain meet, where the athe +lenes enthusiastically cheered +each other on. Prior te che +meet, the team also gathered +for brunch to bod and build +camaraderie, senting the cone +for a strong and unified per- +formance. + +“There was a precy pac: +te meod, | think everson +wo read to compete, which +is sheave good. [ think pes +ple were exested. | kanw for +moe, [ wasn't feelng ton great, +but deepite that, | still had a +pretty good time cheereng for +people, and it was fam It was +A grea time. Positive vives all +around.” sald Esposine. + +Degpine a rocky start te the +meet, the team renmained fee +cused Especizo mored they +were gurprised to lew upon +arrival that anecher racer +tween Austin Preparaory +School (Austio Frept aad gr +Pauls weeld be kappening s- + +multanecusly, However, they +Miamaged to stay compos +and perfor well. + +“We dint ger meus thar +there would be a second meet +happening sinvalnineausly +with Gur micer So cur meet +was agains Loomis and sult +teld, bur there wazalso a meet +hetuwn Austin Prep and St +Paols, and we onl found out +that Aestin Prep and St. Paul's +weulld be having their maet at +the same tires when we got be +the pood* said Esposite. + +thoug = Bxpasibce 9 = wax +unable to owim the S00-tard +Freastple due to feelin +well, she commended Karh- +ering Peng "27 for excelling +im the event, especially cince +Feng is cypeculiy a sprinter +rather than a leagedisnimce +ey Linen. + +“Drwet her first tine 2vime- +mine iti irim a while ber she did +real yw all fer someane whe +hasn't seam it im a while Or + +was really exciting be still x +perlemoe that rece, especially +witching semeee who was a +bin newer te the race because +1 suri the EQM) an altiesan ev +ery meet, buc she does teen. +Sher's also a meu lower thks +year, ob wanching ber svim at +all the meers has been really +exciting,” osid Eapoortn + +Feng abo reflected co how +the team's uplifting satucc +bas helped ber improee indi- +viduadlly aa well and adjust tn +the neve setting + +Fong esid, “1 just switched +fo ewimreang here in Bestan, + +and ['m net mead to it, bur I +think i it’s been going wall. The +ream is really nice, and ewery: +one gets along reall well.” + +Girls Swimming will face +off agaiman Deerfield on Sat +urdag + +Girls Squash Faces First Loss of Season, Falling 3-4 Against Tabor Academy + +AUDREY BAETEN-LUFPO + +Jn a hard-feoght bottle, +the = previously = undedest- +ad Girls Squash (2-1) fared +Tabor Academy (Taber) on +Wedeesday, uhimatetr falling +sheet ith a Jed result. The +horton seeds emerped victo- +rhea, while the tap seeds en- +countered tough eppaneans, +demomanrating a balance of +Tabent acress the whole beam + +he team went into ite +match against Tabes, fnllew- +ing frre straight wins, onmclud- +ing Firat place in the Greton +Squaek ‘Tournament. Prisha +Sesvans “26 recalled the baam's +pre-qame retusa that helped +relicwe stress + +"We do this thing where +we go arcund in a corel im an +alley. of before thas specific +match. we did jumping jacks +in the sopgly roam. Pr helps +a lownen up and pet rid of any +teaches belwe stepping ear +the count. It's a small rourine, +bur ic really helps sec che right +feist before competing. + +We count backwards starting +with ten. and we prodwally +geet leader. It's sormerteing char +helps us focus and build up +intensiry before the mach," +sald Bhiwani. + +With Tabor being hister- +ically ome oof the stronger +teams Girls Sqogash faces in +ite league, according, be Fbob- +in Lukens “28, the team pre- +pared theenughly for the +mutch with am emphes on +well-bein + +Lukens said, "There was a +ig &eus on staying healthy +head anta) = thia = match. +We had a lighe day in vermis +ef fimess yesrerday just to +Teake sure We Were Nor to +sere of indored heading into +the muacch today. Also there +ware am emphasis on getting +SNOUES Seep, since Meer it a +lor of sichuess going around +cau.” + +Shivani haghlighted how +Girls Sqoash Heal Coach +Shaun Buffy shared words of +ancoursgement throughout + +ractices and the game. This +Pelped Shivani and the team +rama calm and collected. + +Sur casch reminded us +nec to deel pressured bur told +us that we bod to werk our +est chreaghout practices. +Tabor’s a tough group be beat, +oo we hil te focus om playing +smart and pivimg maximum +effort. The message was char, +dea't let the egponenc dic- + +HELE A FAA + +faghella Tog “fa prepared ca rerun the ball + +tare che mame, stay in connral, +and dewve everything on the +court.” said Shivam + +Deapite Eheir reparaincoms, +scuda 1-4 all fall ta Taber in +their matches. Co-Captain +Megye Kim °25 commented +on hew she beleeves the team +wall respond after this loos +meving Eo ward. + +“he's obriously pretty bough +po bee any match, aan in was +ais a bonding experience. +[rs a great reminder hour ey +ery player plays a pat im team +resules. and they cam affect it +ho matter their place on the +ladder,” sack Kline + +Even in the team's bess, +there were mamy standour + +moreents for members of the +team. Lukess goinned owt +her ewn wie along with wins +from Macks! Lewmzky “28 and +dsabella Tang ‘28, as a mabe of +pereerance in the comesis- +tee enirounmant + +Lukens said, "Today sill +had sco od = matches +There were a Toe of paris from +my dorm who shewed up. Me +aad Rachel Levitzky. who +ia the seed bsclow me, reffed +each ocher, and we bork wen, +a0 [ would say chan was prec: +ty sacistying. [ would sa +Isabella was a standout play- +er. She's hil seme very close +games teday. aad shes also +playing on a really high level + +and really competicively.” + +With sevem regular seaoom +games left in ins season, the +nears is decermined te bounce +back from this lees, hoping: be +seize the opportunity against +Phillips Exerer Acusleerey d- +2) an Saberday. Uhimately, +wack gore hoe a large im- +pect on hen the season will +Fan aut, specifscally on the +team's chance at Natsonala, +whick takes place Pebreory +21 theengh Pebruary 2%. + +ethene esad, "Each time + +wou are being bo wim + +ear eogue. Rigen nie, ane dre +Moving around two marches +Ber week against other beard: +img echools. Df we win then, +ie affects our seeding for na- +chonals, which is in Febrware +The hagher pour seed is. the +easier matches you play at +first, so -we are Drving to false +aur seed leading up be tha +Sou rmoonms nt.” + +Girls Squzeds will play Peal- +Gpe Exeter Academp at home +an Saturday and 52. 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Cork: Hockey ia ranv ona + +Chand Martm ‘27 boghlighhal +Mogae Averill “2? and Ci lap. +tan Melly Bede ‘25's mpeeeare +ply during Sano": game +Martin beliceed that fivesill act xT +ed ito bey pllawer in the offensive +posh wheres Boyle defended + +Tee Purieiirian + +Girls Hockey Dominates on the Ice +With Two Consecutive Wins, Continuing Their Winning Streak + +the ems meamentom, and both +froused on menniaining me +mon of the puck. ve +[Mag feenll] bad te +Vas bath from the blue be +wy Bae was very grand at +tietlonikne throws mare pla +evs and uns able to create a +space doing ae." sold Marcin. +Addirkenaly, Maddie Green: +wood" praised the performance +of Co-lapeain Peyton Kennedy +"5, Maggie Averill "22. Careline +Averil'26, and Keine Brmen 27, all +of whom nade important cone + +ALBEE Se +(Liha Wic lee bo eco Baca alle ain thee bee. + +botums to the fee's em dorm +Wednesdar’s matchue apne +Lawrence. + +*Ererdaraly’s plrang = well +together. Chor team isbonding You +08 pust ee the cheery on the +ioe, pune alter pare. 11's ee nec +bemer. Peynon’s goal wor o snipe, +and ic realy lihed evervtendy's + +ead showed whew ween + +ay heckey, Also the Averill ste +ners, Caroline rede an aeeesonee +past co Mage: Averill amd she +scored, That wie one of che noosr +beaumful gowds [ee ever seen Kel + +ra Broce also played really wselloni +the wong. She teas bo bee + +eur the pock from the pra +con, and she wee really diecup- +tree oon the firecheck. ‘These are +the corel details thot make us an +sco holl* od Grieerrceed. + +‘Wedrecalay's gare opened fre- +quent opporheutes for scormg, +fae there weer ako areca if im + +rem, according bi Martm + +“Teams plas wee occveo nae +by disorganized and allowed Law +rence to coke odvancage of cheer +mea kressses, + +"We pet a lor of scoring oppor: +noni, Weaknesses we were +a ber chmered We were kind of +ametins foncin and +amnictimes they edd gu in the +thar team. We baal a lot of shorts +onthe goal Also, sursetimes we +oud peve op breskorways for the +ether team, tehach i rant poral“ +aad Maran + +Kamer Duplexes “27 bephlght- + +4 pogke Laure Kennedy Ta a +a key plover om deferaling apport: +Lawrence's olfersive efforts. She + +was able m stay compesed under +poestoee and make critical awes. + +[tur goalie Lauren did a great +job teday, definhely helping us +Tee the win, Be saved a fon of +eed shes. and good eppornun +thee thar the ocker team biel. she +aid really realy well” Duplesss +Fos + +denuars 24, 2025 + +In the gare against Lawrence, +the team rallied in the firall mice +manis ard scored a crocial preal +Maran rerted that dhe bow re +gained conhdence and momen +tum after 2 fog stretch, + +Mortin said, “The bet goal, we +scored om dhe perwver pbry. [twas +good comeback beraua they baal +perricady scored the Lost hres + +gms And ue cone bock amd +Scared neta meee i a" + +In the upcoming weeks, +Geeenwond h the team will +centage building Tmomenum +and refining their dkills we pre +pare for tougher conepeton +The team & pushing cack other to +aay tecosed amd sharp as harder +gare naar. + +“Dur achedule coming op gets +homtke aed harder am che season +heads irewards playoll. Every +Ibady works aa hard om they can, +oy in and. day cot. There i ab +ways a pres of oe petting om the +few ward y bo pet in sore extra prac +tiew and fecuson iralrridual skills, +so we cam really be at cur bes" +Sond Gireenea + +Oins Heckey will ply qzainst +Cushing next V wo +beara. + +Boys Hockey Goes 1-1-1: Winning Against St. Pauls, Losing to Exeter, and +Tying Against St. Sebastian’s + +ALEX DUMMAKL + +Bows Hockey ondund a de- +memiling, week filed with maich- +«, plrymg, back-in-tock i +Se Poul and Philips cher + +Acsdery (Exeter) on Pricey anal +Saturday cespectivcly After se- +scaring a oedareshile win aban +St Boule, the team fund elf +in overtine again Exever and +eventually fal short. The stretch +of games concluded with a te +apart $r Sebarai ane on Wedmes- + +dry. + +Tyke Miswevich "ds described +hey miomencs againet St. Poul, He +highlighred Bul Han ‘25, whose +early goal he ot Andorer on +fe ed ell tiara Mee + +beh “27, whens performance on + +the third peried helped the tear +fain fe momentum Despiic +Se eel's efforts at catch up +from fe defeat, Alex ‘Theodore ‘25 +soaked the viciney with arerther +goal + +“Fai pon a (big fo start. +Then. we hadonew hen ther snort +ed petting chia: Tews perics +play, ie uras a home porwr play, + +witscened fa Ty cet cet Hee + +it was amy tir of dererradizing, bur +Fight anche end, Kieran got a past +aches diy ring the: porwr pi and +poe at an. Phot kina of exaked +deal. Acher that, & veaa like athres- +paal difirence, seed vor had ree +breathing near,” said iiscevach. + +Although vindever was con- + +ing om ain agairet Tilton, the +team bad straggled bo regain ma- +menbum afer winning the Flo + +Aer “Tourmaremi. Hireerver. + +Biliseich praised the vearn'sabil- +iy to rebound fron the adversiny +they previously faced and high- +leheed bs adaprabiline during the +fame againer st. Pauls, + +[Caming into this game. we'd +had some tough games along the +stretch: prber bem. We were pe +ally good ahour bouncing back. +and we wen suger tenahk m +how we plleyed. ust lifsng, cack +ther up and prewermg theough, +khewing the momentum an cor +side the whole foe. The pene +realy helped us pet cur legs back +under us. dt felt readhy pooel* aid +Pelascurrich. + +Micomich ako nefiected om +the game agalner Exener ured ret: +ed how Andover began the +strongly, Hewevex, deapine the 3 +shots on pool char the seam naan +aged, huey were only ib be pe rare +lane neva ina seare, + +“Heneale it wis super phir + +te whok i mare. We wwe ae +abhe ue bp ow or tres, the +they battled back. We would et +up again, ad near the end, ita +fod ‘Thoe’s howe tt wont inte oper- +rane is supe seh threngte +on re ae Ja prend +oun oma good rewnch. | think +they ve it a lithe extra becuase +they heey rus us and om ran +reams are rivals” said Plliocevach, + +On Wednesday, the tear +jureped to an early dominance +again, Sr. Sebxaians. However, +Nathan Kreppner ‘27 neha +weak poms mot defers allowed +St. Sebosdiane to climh back and +fee the cee late onic: he paren. + +"Wer stock to our plan te chip +dhe puck deep and conerd he +een. mics of it, wir +were domengime affercirshy. Hot +a few defenave rosiahes bed in +St. Sebs finding the met wary lane +in the ganee. Csverall, thro’. che +foe aos hed in cur tever the ene +Gre Gime You cold obrieusdy ase +we were the bemer beam eurthere. +Unbertonarely, we weren't able to +keep our conapepre bane in cine +emt. and they were able no chew + +sad Rreppaer. + +Wath Jundirer plrang four +al ite bast ote gars in overtone, +Micinics deectbed what the +fom has karned fren these +penences ara) what it needs in +adjort. He mooted how the ply- +om mend to atoy cormpesed under +fume suahon. + +“Wer loaned that we need +fo close our ganess befare they pet +to overtinse, expectally the anes +Wwihehe Te We ane al Verve +eartesd that peu can't ket ic po to +cee Time bernie yOu Tevet +whar's going to happen When ir +does pono overtioe, we've earned + +OMAHA DR ht + +Bepien Milne bt dace of gad he appa Groen Roemer. + +pave nebo plore be Like es juss a +peenc, fve-on-ftee, ai + +ds utes, fu llew the gare ple, +gral mot add avira streme,” saad +McIntosh. +Looking ahead, Kerepprer +: the game +t Neble and Geeencagh +(fishies) oe Saturday finderer +heal beaten Nobles in the final +Poured af ni Foe: Marr Tourmar +naent ewe lier this veur, He cmiphier +ded how the teane needs oe sna +coreinemr with ite tactics while +ako changing ins rave wegie plan to + +SvETCone: previnns Wenlanesacs +"Last time: we plaped then. [ +Think we shocked rhena physically + +ama vath hour aggresive we were +en the dorecheck lt wax pretty +dew, we were on ther defies + +All-Genders Wrestling Goes Three and One in + +quickly and they couldn’ hard ke +So they're probably geang bo +eapectthe une appneck fromus +ie his gare, which mughe make £ +a Gtth more difficult t execute +whe we usually dn, reicng the +puck in deep are! meountaming +peesare. Thats stl abuge poet of +eiaaen, and we atek wit hue +thes pene repht be lows r-ecoring. +thelr goals come from odd-man +fuses. We'll moed ve tighnem up +dedensievely and boyy che pressure +down low." saad Kreppaer. + +Boys Hockey will play again +Mobles this Soronday: + +Outstanding Showing at Eight-School Tournament + +Lost Saourdan, Al-Genders +Wrealing C5) numbed to Cho- +ite, participating in am +schema peLTTaneeit. Tha sam first +won aginst Henchkiss, lost we: Sr +Poul’s, amd returned with coms +unve wins againer Lawrenceville +and Deerfield. ending the day +eotth an overall 1 nec + +Gentry Thatcher ‘17 «xpresand +his sattefction with the team's +meus and commended everpone +for working bard thropghveat cach +merck Thaicher omehaasml +hour the om. overcame mcutp + +ectations fir its performance, + +ming te the bet ban practices +a shiflconm belp dor dee team +(ri thes errant. + +“As a team, © showed that me +can do really well because this +was a ood resol, and ir shows +thar we hed porta ber of work inca +thie meet belerchand We bid +A meet om Wednesdax and we +aduisted whan we bad done for +that meet aad puta Int of ork on +never the last fo practices, and it +mele a big difkeence Wir ended +upewath a preat record. Everybody +was Plezearrly eurpred by that +are ti’s a teatarene Oo the team's +abiley when we do thongs ght +peaches, we ond up showing fn +the meets,” od Thatcher. + +Fimess pPlaved a lange robe in +the teane's performmnce ar the + +meet Thatcher moned how the +Priori of gandltiering i +a reaper training focus leading oy +to the meet helped achbeves bere +manage their energy throughout +their marches, + +“We spent a bot of eur cine in +those Tae practices working on +jut general concbhoning, jut te +moke sure tee coold po the ch +tance inte mairhesbecomoti’s a +really snterse sport. You pot cick +nomches, (but you're iting oll +your effort mb them fre six men- +utes at the maximum, sesurreng +there's en overtime, = we spent a +lot of tome on that* ead Thatcher: + +Apart from comdiioming. the +team had worked on panning +combination and | thee +stages of a wresling match: op, +botrem. and neural Sean Fhenn +‘F7 forther exploined the panning +combinations. desoibing hew +the team has seen cenificam im- +provement since the beginning of +the eon + +“Perch: hare defirntely been +impriremuy three, tthe coune +wal the —— aire areal +shocting I've abe noticed that +there's heen mere wresilen who +a more age ined of +ped bemging back and actedly +urge rstanding thesr pon al +bination, We've hes d +lot over and over oemioe ; + +narkens and senups and all these +diferent things. Detfenenc parts in +dhe match char will dedinine hy hap- +pen nan actialmeet.” saad Flynn + +Foor wredlers were 440 in all +their maths: Sebastion Haferd +D5, Ceclapiain Julan Rice “do. +James Bae '26, and Brady Hie +boll “28. Thatcher ted Hoes + +formance, who storm! out + +ur hp Tre yet calcula +side, 2 ie comirhotores tn Hoe +hoes We + +*Feom 2 technical standexant, +he pomp cart at the gate on er- +ery monch He ahvayx a ple +and be mancuted exacth what be +needed na do He pat thorn ries Boer +the team. with at eataneol there +winning us dhe earch directy, +or ar least mathemaricaly” sak +Thatcher. + +Flan hinsel hod om excelkenr +showing. winning thre: of his leur +mirc bes: view pin lis coher bess wore +against o wrestler tram Hernhkiss, +which he wrestled a wright cla +u + +Pa best fo oa weeetke fom +Hotchkes, wich im the ind fam +we played agent. Hie ures 3 ore +woetior bor | naa wreailing up a + +weight chan Fn omigirolly a 15, + +werestled up ta 173. That wx +the only match thee | wert op a +weight cass te wrestle I viet a +tomes memch. | beer in che second + +period by pin. Burch other three +marches [ween by pin. ao 0 think | +didiprenr wel? aid Flyin + +Caleb Berookimn "2? praised +Ca Zaptain Din Sugenr'25. who +volont owes: apart +a oak oppinear ude dhe had +orginally tam been scheduled nm +compete agai ret. Althomgh abe ol - +mately koat, Nugent wen all her +other motches. Bercukhon ravied +dhe teare’s preniae aral expres +bs eect for the pest of th +ELEM + +"Deed Nugent bed an amurimg +mich in the secre meet senna: +St. Pouke The lad she wom pomp +again, wee a really perl +on St. Paul's: Be aemually rook a +arep up and tele our comch cha +te warmed to wreale with him, + +and she hed @ great + +ner this meet [ne realy hopeful +for the near ef che sensor. Wee Tl be +seeing a lot of these plapers. and +neared again Ip ans a veel experi: +amon, ond vee defn +anpresing a inet, sat we keep on +that Gajeciory, | kerw we'll do +pent hinge” coed Bercukhm + +Al Gander Vilretling wall tre +el ty Poilipe Boter Academy on +Saharckry. + + +fauaarp 2d, 2025 + +ETHAN Ly + +This past weekend, select +mambers of both Bows and +dhirls Track & Pield competed +at the Graster Boston Track +Cheb (GRTC) Ievirononal +Meer The evemr wee held +at Harvard's deerdon Indoor +Track daciliry and fearored +New England's top your ath- +letes — entered through club + +high school ean — are +Klasters competitors, aged +Wand over. Om Wedmesday, +Track & Field hosted Gor- +ernor’s, Marianapolis Prep +(Marianapolis), Landmark, +Wilbraham & Adfonson (Wil- +beaham}, and Monisuee. Bova +Track & Foeld won against +their competition + +In the HTC bnvitaticaal, +dirls Track & Piel’ sprint- +er Caitlim Lay ‘27 cited the +Titel et 2 CUTE Up te funure +high-lewel comperitions. The +Gerdon Indoor Track, having +banked curves, changes the +angle at which athberes apply +force. Athletes thus naininnise + +THE PRELLIPFLAN + +Track & Field Competes Fiercely +at GBTC and Home Meet Against Five Schools + +their effort speas turning and +ultimately rum faerer climes, +which Ly noted in the form +of Tumereus personal records +(PRs. + +Ly sak. “The significance +of this meet was really ce ger + +ck inte some gt compe- +beion, expeceally after coming +hack from our Winter break. +Going to and competing at the +Harvard track was abe a pret +experence for everpone who +cama to ta chances te run +ona banked track, which kd +to some really good Fits [le] +overall wae a very high-en- +ever day which made me and +the near excited for the resn +of eur season." + +Ly also menteaed hag +jumper Michele Onveko "27's +Pperfermamce at the meet. +Onyeko jonped ever LE feet, +setting a new acheal record +in her respective event, t +Girls Long Jerep Her accem- +plishmene, achieved early in +the Indose Track secon, ix a +tustarmant te her ability te om- + +rove. +“|Onvekal pumped over 1K +feet, | beleve, whch pot ber + +the fiean place wim, a class re +cord, and a very impressive +achonl pecorpé, 1 alan knee +thar chis it her firs seman +competing im long jump. 20 +that just pers be show bew ime +credible this accomplishment +is. Lt me adhee just the mun ny +of the season and 0 cam't moat +bo see ber improve and PR in +the opeomang meets,” saad Ly. + +Ab the GET Unvitational +aad. Wednewday’s home meet, +Bova Track & Field Co-Cap- +tain Jakob Ruelpo ‘2% peated +his teammates’ collective of +fort to cheer on ane another +ev. Such a sense of belonging +among Track & Feld, he mat: +ed, is eae of the team's key +advantages ever ether pre- +grams + +Kwelps said, “Chee of che +strengths af our team was +coming together are nt +Porting cur teammates It +evonda cheesy, but it waa re- +ally impactful and pounrful +tose at CRD om Sanday and +sguamet other prep schools +fan Wednesday, ihe iam +cam together to support +their teammate and that was + +our romeber eae streagth, ob- +vionshr ether thas being dam- +inant on the track, which was +alee the headline today. Both +bors and girls cook the win +over the other prep schools, +ao chat is eae of eur greanest +strengehs” + +He continud, *Having +that seme of communsty and +really caring for our people +and wanheg the best for cur +boaremates in somathang that +Jcan speak highly of de thix + +program” +ftccurding to Tyler Hasty +‘WY. Arashi Huncer ‘25 ran a + +superb relay performance ax +the Boys 45400-Meter final +leg on Wednesday, closing a +gap berveen his competiners +fear the race's end. Bary also +commented on Track & Field +Hemi Coach Keri Lambert's +atéling to form strong relay +trams, shown ospecialhy in +the Bowe 4x400-Meter amd +Cidls 422000-Abater. + +"He had a geeat beg im hix +4x400-Moter, eepecialy with +the other baame we ware +competing agsenet and their +strong first and second kp + +SPORTS HT + +Arash uros whbe to chose hat +map. which i fust really hard +to do. especially when you're +im the predicament of being +the bast bee And 0 would alse +like to igure aun che Girt +ds200-Meter, Coach Lame +bert @ alues realeng grat +combos im teams that break +records, do prest thimge, ad +make histery for the school +‘Tedap, wu pust sow if come all +together. Jt was post a great +performance all arnund,” sand +Kakr + +Boys and Gin Track +& Fidd will compere this +Weleesday oguinst Morth +Reading High School amd +Austie Preparmery School +Cen Friday and Sacurday, cer: +culm athleres will navel pe +Boston Uninersity to compere +at the ‘Terrier Invitation + +Crossword Corner + +BY MAX LANGHORST + +ESuHEE + +ACROSS +1 People with robotic +personalities, in +modern lingo +Grey +6 Expression of contempt +8 Speed, for a music +piece +9 "Ablank " + +ACROSS + +1 Classic summer +sandwiches + +5 "Yougotta _—ito +believe ii" + +6 Crown + +7 Elegant heron +allernalive + +8 Shopping section for a +dad + +ACROSS +1 it could be in +headlights +5 Under the covers +? 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The balket shoes +represent the tiene that] did +dance and heer it us soci bee +part of rv life + +LINDL InE BREN 27 + +Dhave a beyboord coer that +Cpawnted wives Twas in fifth +grade I's [made] with acrylic +markers and aomic pain 1 +peated a Chinese tiger-dancing +paron.. some pencils, and sone +turtles, inspared by the phrase +“Turtles all the way down.” +[There] is the moon, which is +Chang's, the Chimete legend +By laptop: anenily big part of +Tey emo ry beacon lana wre, +so ithe to be “me” [bberve to bee +able to denn fy with itwhesn 1 +see it. Sa, wanted tomuake a +Tenn coe Thal 4 OCT rem +riecentot whe | am + +ANMA TSWET HAPW +SISA. TORRE MS + +This Miordas: during Ando +vers Martin Luther King Day +on, sudents gathered im the Pan +Ahtene (Gemner ter the “lean Ap +Polom Expoessiore Dance Work +shop The varkehop tas ied by +den Apeolon, he Artec Drec- +tor aad n-Foursler of Jez Aip- +polo Expermenre Accompanied +by bee dromreecs, the terkshop +pion difennt mevemoente +in seearal chpthres from Haitian +Bolldon. Open te everyone, he +dae mduded a wale ra of +Pamgane regarding ape, dance +pales. ond comnecions tm +Haki + +Mayen Eouk “26 ommended tae +workeiog om Momdae She die +listed hear intenesing inane no +Sit GTO Of aCe Ce Sees + +precotes the fusion of different +herfages Gren the diverse group +of the workshops porticiponiz, +whe all come teaether in learn 2 +traditional Haitian 2omce. + +"Tita cel hy interesting nae +all these people Gor differen +dance backgrounds | mean there +were a lon of faculty Re chesre. +foculmy menshers, Chen sradent +win alse syemed op became Dey +were Bborkieed So it was ineer +coin bo soe chase aliterent he +bore: on herinagges miele nagecher +aad pertorm 2 Haitian oditional +. Enuk +muvee in done +the year, ‘Whe she +1o workebarp options + +THE + +PHELRLERFLAS + +Deco on the Techno: +How Are Andover Students Decorating Their Technology? + +MAGGIE SHU & ALEXANDRA LIN + +From sentionnita! stiches and memonahlis de teecases og arnistic ab lity th: pene aad competer casee +af lodover dears sponta winery ofdeceranons. Back oni crse demonstrates me dunine character a” +each studi, becemitgon migra! part of many ofuckinits' fence + +Students Explore Haitian Culture +Through MEK Day Dance Workshop + +was for Haitian dance. she saw +1 Une ep PMUnine co ecpamd +her dance =eil ser amd expen + +Tas Wo new nechinkgue Ennis +commented on how essential & +Beno make the mast of the chi +Tengraphers whi ame inline: +funds aa tery provade rane anil +auciting opportonitica. + +Lc a Haitian dace work +shoe specifically and | wax bke +Cia Ie never been ip one of +the before. Aone, | feel like when +a choreographer, somone wha +mune dace workshop, comes bo +the schoal. | rend to ucant to go +be them because | de dance one +dde of class and as a spect ond +an ce0Mcuiricnlar, Se | woe Mast +fmirigeed. That's why 1 signed up +ber I” sakl Exmk + +Collana Cardinake "25 aloo a +fered the workshop. She boved +0S Popes simpey have tun +al explore new forms of ey +pracdon as they pushed out of +them comfort sone. Cardinale +heal the chamew to comeare with +Apeoion, aod she was capinaiod +iby hearing bes bistery of dancing +im Hots and hoe he cond it as a +coping mechan to neepend +traurrem in his like + +“| lime ooeing peop +ire cart hewing a | +ing dances thar they might mot +rarnmalh be combormbhe with +expressing thence hres with. 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Me ant + +ek +sults de fnitely paid & +people have caly oz + +necessarily made up I + +epeuls th +rhythm. Even be + +and +leaves fellkew stocantx af An- +dover with a moving piece of + +ATs + +OOLLECTED EY HLUMA +MANGO & AN VA CASEY + +Top Artiats bo Perform at Lo singeles Fire Bene- +Gt Goncort fer Wildfire Relief + +Kili Bibeh, Shever Wonder, (nmi firedog, Lady +Gaga, and the Red Hoe C2 Peppers are arreing 24 top +arteds acheduled & perform ot ee Le Angelis Pore Ber- +eft Comcert om January 3). ‘The event il take pie ae +the Kio Forum and che Intoit Dene. with a @lobal broad +cat available at sekot ARIC Thcaes ot well as across +mak plocionns inchuding iHeamRade, Apple Bly + +Metlix, Param ire Widen. Maw, Ariss h, +mibChai, Vesps. anal Tubes. The broaghonst aims +ake onareness tor Lot Angel neklens, emci +Ing viewers no oon Marken in spp f wikia +fire Victiire. 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Trusnees die: +cussed a varlery of sobjects, in- +chiding updiaees to the Campus +Blaser Plan. che core walues +of Andever, Financial Ald. aad +Premocing Studene Wellness, + +Army Falls 8% Po 21. Pres: +ident of the Board of Trust: +ees, described the inmgormance +of beakmomg educatonal ng- +er, comphkeoty of coriculurm, +amd fun for students, as well as +maintaining the v of diver- +rf thought. + +“We foomed om three bapics, +alin de abitweh halanee. H + +dowe mainizen a really comelice +curricglum and school wath a +lor of comphesiry of Aredlower.. +but aso make sare thar there's +balance and wellness and poy? 4 +linche bin et pow is paced, sane: with +excdlemce We know that [Ar +dover seodemrs) are all amazing +students. er yeu weuldn't have +chosen to go to Andover, and we +wane yeu To be be prepared te take +on tha Ieadersh you +undeubeedly will T That requeres +a lotaf preperation but that has +to be balanced with wells +amd a litte bitof fun" aad Palle + +Pails continosd, "Pirst of alll, +nducation is emg crticreed all + +over the piece, higher educa- + +chen neostly Co chink is a time +fer Andever to rewllly snd “F +for what it beleves im, whic +fe deep inquiry, beck ocadem + +fe and interacting with people +whe think differently aad come +from differear places than you +din. Ab findiver, you barn fren +each other and its such a gfe be +be ina echoed with really inealli- +pent, thouphéfel peopk of wee +oun weneraiion cha have really +different Experian, diferent +points of mew, and different +backgrounds But you core tn- +eether around some cen +objectives, which is ce neake the +werk alberrer piace” + +Smilarh, Hew of Schoen! De +Kayaaed Kingten paovided am +averview of thie ni of Tse +during: the bee af Trustees +Meetings. such a long-term +commauniny and canepus plan +Bing, at well at asscoments of +corent An mira + +“The winter beard mestings +Seeused om a umber of critical +areas, from bang-cange sbrabegic +eianning, mcluding academic +eucullence are student wall- +suse. Agenda topics ake anclud- +ed academy finances, fundrais- + +enmllment strategies, the +call : admissions landscaper. +are faculty recruionent and pe: +hention practives:” stated Ki +cen throwgh a release drome the +Office of Communications, + +Commeating on the Campos +Master Plan. which details the +raiomnion and consmuctien af +buildings on campus, Fale nom + +Cominpeaden Ad Cotwant + +Applications for Sustainability +Scholar Brace Fellow, and +CaMD Scholar Programs Released + +(PEUULDD JEU Gr a +AKI TAVABOLD + +The application process for +the Community and Molnicul- +tural Tsevelapment = fCaMD} +Scholar, Baace Fellow, ard Sus: +tainabdliny Schelar pecgrams bat +begun Open co rising Uppers +aad Seniors, sdected audemrs +pecelve funds and faculty support +throughout the summer te con- +duct mdepemdere research core- +ering a topic thet anierest: them, +Scholars and Pellorws wall preent +thar findings inthe student brady +in the 2024-2025 academic yese: + +Gere Plain, Inucier m +Eeplish and Cat Scholar [n- +pram Coordinates, ceacribed the +early stages of applying. She en- +comzaged students to find. sopoce +that inspine then, highkebing +their imgartance as the fownda +non fer an insighrtul research = +Peresice + +“If you are a snuddear just be +inning to chink absur chis. the +first step i really to sdlf-refheer +amd think obour wher lsues +[amd] topics eecine you or inerest +you. or that pea ’re corkeus abear +learning more absyor Whar we're + +Commentary. Al + +Avion over (hearer: HH +Durigg Black Hider enh, Hur +Binge ht enphaaiea tha impor. +inte of dite mote indy epee +ond oper the De corny + +trang to streee is Ghat eeecarch +fe] a quest of eel-deecireery te +Syure cut what matters in pou. +Chee yor do think you hawe cone +Passion for somenhing. the texar +arep weuld be no talk to a ficulry +member who mehr be an adi: +aor for you and develop a rela: +thrchip with senesene ard ask +them Wf theyd comskler erring +ata teeniner for pour preject.” sak +‘latin. + +Sore stilent wed sepice +they had prevkeusly researched +in their projects, Gulliver Lines +‘a curt Cail schoke, +mentioned how he went min the +appleaeon weh a foundstoorel +understanding of hia cope: Lima +cunbend hm reszarch srcund +freebe, denscly perpulaied and +undenercleped = meighborbrendk: +on Beazil + +“| started vath the ew thai +1 wanted in ilk shout Grebe +seul in the proces of peacch- +ing, the is all beien | become +a CaMD Scholar, 1 come across +this segmenc of education calked +‘tbernery education: by a Brazil: +fam schon lar by che: name of Pook + +Cast’ and, Colored + +4. HUT PLU + +Eighth Page, Aa +Another Vear Single + +With kistwe snd hega, tha Eighth +Page le apreading cha love + +Five Alumni Inducted +into the Athletics Hall of Honor + +SUHATERY OTHE ALUM OPE + +The Athictio Ball of Here Commemaraics Exceptional Alen Coaches, aed Toe in Fan Aibletic Center + +ALLEY XU & JAY SUNG + +Andere recently anounced +the 2024 inductions: inne the Arh +ketice Hall of Honor: Mfiorla Pfil- +kewshi Anderson "34, Kathy Bl +recki Jone Cashin Deters AAT +Randy Bech Tal, and Allison Jen +rings Aictlianees AAR. Seance a +brunch in 20a, the Athbetic Hall +of Honor bos inducted exception- +al alomrs, tratrers, coc and + +feame from Phelips Acaderrp and + +Abbett Academy, epanning HE +youre of choeas 10 different +sports 7 + +Hommaion ae nevEwed +and selecned ey the Athletics +Commimee of Alomni Council. +Before the nominations are cho +soem, the slane of proposed induct: +863 Undergoes mu slages of +approwall Inductees are honered +during FReumion Weebend and +feceive necegeu then in the Hall ef +Honor in the Fan Achletic ener. +Mary Corcoran, Asean Direc: +for of Aulimiiny Engage remit +ard. Prograenimeng, in the Abo + +Engagement (Hise, deecrbed +the Hall of Honors purgice. + +The mpsien of the Hall of +Aree i te mecognice ad he +a dlunail, reams, and couches +frore Fhillips and Abber acide +tales who distived ceceprional +athletk ably on the field and +whe continue te bead o like che +embodies thr values of the acod- +eMies” wrote Corcoran in an +email no The + +od hearings alumina adhrocaec +Jndewer bes begun to choc +ented athletes from Abbot alum +Tow recent ve. Accordang in +Demers, the mela of Abbot +ghomrew om tee Hall of Honor was +mutally oot conmdered due to a +ek of tears phoire and records +Hewever, moltipla Abbot Acad +amy gradusics sance heen +rearranat + +Demers began playing var bos +spor fram a Pour age. During +her time at Abbot she plaped +wardry sennis, twetkerball and bir +crosse and pamicipaned im cheer: +leading. ‘her praduariom, De +Taers COMninued te purse thse +sports — feurelirg the lacresse + +team at the Usiversty of Fenn +svhares — are discoavred her +rol dor rowing. Racing fer +sper Boot (hob, Demers won +the Patina Championshig in +the women’s eight and rowed in +the [97d World Championships +in Surierland. Demers reflect +ed om the lessons she hee keamed +throes sports +“RRs giver you om inane +heme. ‘You make friends because +jae werking teaurds a goal +and) pou learn heer te pet over +thirgs quockhy. GP pours ecreedd +on, frou think], “Chay, a rar +fae start mgt maw. Howe de 1 +1 ee fermrard? There [ace] 5 bot of +[eke lense dheat ave taegght ume the +field of sport hoe cmt be taught +tlewhere. Spertenanship i on +Important... Les nice to oxrcise +all the ifts thar we herve eee jv +en.and there's. a place in quart ber +everybody. Yeu dent herve to be +the besn to gain o lerol enjerment +from i said Demers, + +Caninged odd Geleare + +Clubs Across Andover +Collaborate for Love Better Week 2024 + +LILY LOU & +LUCAS BEWARDETE + +Hosned (by the Enace Studenr +Adeiarry Bowrd and Yorurh: Fata +cators fir Sex Posiniviry (YES+4. + +Bether Week is a compila- +fen of events that bappen +February 1] fr February 1S. Cele- +Ibrating the screval of ‘olentine’s +Der, the week is an opportunity +for Andover tocome together and +raise awareness about the prwer +of healthy celationsheps sed self- +krve. + +In addieonce Brace and YES. +nakigle ether cubs, inchding +Self Care Bears and Active Minds, +have collaboraned no onganibee the +events dorche week. For example. +Active Minds hosed “Enabrace +the Cale" om Wednesday. Caroll- +fai Thepepo "24, Cee Head of Active +Minds, discusssd the clubs in- +elven with the project, cape- +enlly bighlgheng her role as an +archawader tn Love Better ‘Wicek. + +“Activa Mirals tras the bot +gregp O07 becrene a part of Lean +Better Week. | basically talked in +Prince [LaPax ‘24] last week and +he baal thes idea for on ‘Erebrace +the Cakn‘ event, and smece Active +Mires is kaw for talking abou +reer health and de-sessing. +he irevined us to be: ambasuders +fer thie evere, and we have che +Active Minds board be there andl +talk a lee abooe nese bealth, +help (with) disribonng coloring +books and such.” sak Thepgo. + +“Lave is in the Gare Package +mg” an event heated on Sunday +by the Brace Center for Gamer +Studs and VES+, helped creak +care peckages, mcheding things +bee mertrual supplies, io do- +rome fo kom the Greater +Lawrence Area Mis [saceon “24, +an aitendes, commend on the +fernout and how the erent up- +held her valves. + +"Tr semeene whee super +oance mhed when | cones bo peri: +eds and pads, ane] feel lie thar's +a bag topic in ey life. So, Pre pret + +Aports, Bi + +Boys Basketell Wins | aint of 3 +Andover Bop Kis bethall plied +Chroe caries in fra: days. fall + +ing bo 80 Paul's ond Willeton +Sethe, and Gringiag, bere +arin fram Sebhle aod Greacugh + +LOVE BETTER +WEEK 2025 + +On BOT +array ony + +Te + +i +Aa) aa AT + +CHIRTESY CF THE RACK STUDEAT ADEOERY HD AAD WOLT +EDS CTOHS PR EES POST Y (rE I +4 poe al eee wee bodeed ciroapdhoae Lorre feecter ame + +iH happy to be able no he some +ng ren if it aus fis some +thing so srewll, bor 7 aloo Woe che +commeunery ated thoughe | got no +hove poed discussions with some +clasimanes ond teachers 1 hadin'r +spoken to before te conmect,” said +Inareon + +Agwiher event ature, Za +4 Eohinson ‘26, decused the +“Lew mon Ge Care Packagme* +quent forther. fiobirem apoke on +the vars necemtiies thot were +ptnboted through the +— sock ox benpons, pode, nenth- +brushes, amd toorhpasre — and +tached om the overall environ +Pacer at the vere, + +Arcs, [it + +Abbe! Cabaret Amiases +Aebe Cakirc! pertocncs +ahararcased their diveres taba na +atthe gu nual winter ralernt wher: +including wanrtal ari, arbai ploving, +and a rack nendi tien of "Leth Ge". + +“There ous a really fremdh +anmmsphere and everyone unas +very Welcoming. Even chook [ +showed up aboum an hour lane, +there were still things [ cond ao +to help which 1 thimk was very +shocking moras abraps +somvthong todo in coke in +need" moa iin + +dy Wiliam ‘25, a booed +meciber of YRS? and Salf Care +Bears, spoke on the ovenis + +d by her club on congure- + +fon wadk other om-campus or- + +Gast! an def, Cofumns d + +SUBSCRIBE ADVERTISE +Trea! us wath requests: +phallipiangphilbpian ret +Subscribe andl at: +philipian net subscribe, + + +42) | COMMENTARY + +The Phillipian + +The edled purr eresqower oke Ueiee! ars Feet PAIN pia. 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Baer + +Fotoes Heme baraire + +Tee Purieiirian + +Editorial + +Fobruary Pb, Mid + +A Super Bowl of Drama + +This pot Sonday, a record 2024 million +viewers worese all nerworks tuned ine part of +Super Bowed LYTO, marking 010 percent increase +from lect year's Super Bowl and the highest +number of people watching the same broadcast +fm the history of television. Acrose the United +States of America, friends aad damily gathered +ce watch the Fath annual Super Bow! crown +the champion of the Notional Foerball League +(MPL) sethe Kamese City Chiehs Faced off again +the San Francisce 4¢r im che culmination ef a +aeasen of American foorballl (ha camper, sone +dorms canceled Sunday night dorm mechmga +ard hosted uaech parties as opportunities for +atudemes to gathers aed wach the game togethers. +In addition bt serving as a major sporting event, +the Super Bowl is. in many avs. a unbyuely +Amerkan evear and a culmural phenomenom in +the U8, taking the spot as the second haghest day +of tend comsumpties. Even for these who dont +crpleally follow deorball, the hagh-snake game. +halftime show, and iconic ad campaigns of the +Super Bowl is a snagsher of Americam Popular +Culture thac draws whiespread public atteacien, +avertalang TV chanaek and streaming services +alike + +This year, on top of che usual anticipacien for +the halftime shew and fneetall champicnship +showdewn, the excitement aneund the Super +Bewl wae bolstered by the amendance of +Taplor Swift, singer-songwrter and “TIME +Magazine's 1023 Person ef the Year, and her +relationship with Travis Keloe. tighe end for dhe +Kanes City Chief Whether we wer watching +fer spectacular performances from our fiverite +ream, oelem shots ef Swett in the bleachers, the +best advertisements of the night, om high-energy +heres and dance mawes by Usher, Alicia Revs, or +another performer during the: halftinee show, dee +Super Borel had something for sleet everpbeddy. +Its charming point was that there was no +angular focus of the ewene, making it accessible +te a wade audsence of all ages, mterests, and +prior knowhedge of sports. And with this year’s +extensive palate of conteme-rich topics bringing +mm record-breaking riewershap, the Super Kewl +reveals something essential about us as humans +are) social creatures: aur matural amractian to +entertainment — drama, greeap, and ail the latest +bur + +From a quick “IMd yoo worch the poree leer +sight?" tn heated debates over the foanient +commercial, segics sonoumnding dee Super Rew! +often take th: ploce of carky morning grectings. + +conmemsation-starters, and plewcantrice the +momiing after the game and for dave we folloue +Because of how imnegral the Super Bowl is ce +Arsercan culture as a yearly mberaecton of +the nation's mos ueil-knoan spom and ins +most fmiom pop stars, even those whe de nor +typically watch Inethall or comader themeelves +speets fans tune im co be a part of the fom Ard +become: events like che Super Bowl only happen +ance in a while sl fester performances, +celebrations, are drama char take place opt of +dhe ordinary, they bring the mare excioenernt ated +Heel te our daily lives that we crave. For many +of us, the lowury of ever-stinolating sccurrences +appeariag im our day-noeday existences is +not sorthing we can rwalistcally expect, +making exteral seurces of mowelre, gossip. and +comtroversy all the more appediimg. Be it the +Soper Borel, the briest celebrity cebrtiorehip, the +runored cast of a highly-aarkipared movie — +afl these topics draw ws out of the molds of oor +on resbtics and into a faravey world where we +are free to engage with interests char go beyond +oorscives aad the people inmezdionely arommd us. +eis pewcterly the distant pet deamaisc asture of +these cwemre that enables use bend with erkers +more enelly. 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Atop peeves schol, t had +abot teore ‘writing astgrimenes +That alowed ne no eens Tey +mapeaim, bet become my +closes ar Andover tended 1 fo +cme Taare ani analytical writing. +[ meeed being soe to write cre- +atively ter schenl Mevertueles, + +COMMENTARY Ad + +SOPLA HATZIGIANAIS f THE PADLLEPEAN + +this haa onlp eacouraged me +To The TRE Of Te AT Dene +Bey. Deine atten anid cocina +io find. jer in doing ao, whether +Thar be for o Oneathse Writing ae +