the 2010-2011 academic year on September 17th, 2010.
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Silversides to Step Into Bewig’s Shoes as College Counselor
Bachelor Enjoys Smooth Transition From College Admission Officer to College Counselor
By Andrew Cho
Stephen Silversides, Associate Dean of Admissions, will replace Carl Bewig as Associate Dean of College Counseling next year.
Bewig is retiring at the end of this year under the Voluntary Retirement Incentive Program (VRIP).
Silversides said, “College counseling has been a career aspiration of mine, and I am very excited to be working with the students next year. I realize that the college admission process can be stressful...
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Two Andover Students Head to Maryland to Participate in Physics Training Camp
By Brian Delaney
David Field ’10 and James Lim ’12 traveled to the University of Maryland, College Park this week to participate in the United States Physics Team Training Camp.
The camp is designed to educate the top 20 qualifiers from the prerequisite exam and filter the participants to determine the five members of the U.S. Physics Traveling Team that will compete in the International Physics Olympiad this July in...
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Harvard Professor and Andover Grad Present on Sleep
By Raeva Kumar
James Quattrochi, Lecturer on Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University, teamed up with Justin Chew ’07, a Harvard neurobiology major, to educate Andover students on the value of sleep and its effect on a student’s test taking ability this past Wednesday. Chew said, “One of the main reasons I wanted to come back [to PA] and do this was because I wanted to spread this...
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Seniors brought a mariachi band to campus for their Senior prank.
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Funds Raised for Commons Worker
Over $1000 raised from fundraisers across campus
By Apsara Iyer
A devastating fire destroyed the home of Paresky Commons staff member Deyanira “Bola” Espinoza, prompting fundraisers by Andover students and faculty this past weekend. The fire started after a six-year-old boy, who did not live in Espinoza’s house or the neighborhood, started playing with matches and accidentally set a bunk bed mattress on fire. The fire spread and burned down Espinoza’s home. At the time of...
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Study shows that 26 percent of boarders have left the dorm after final sign-in; 15 percent of students have cheated on a test
By Danny Gottfied
The percentage of students who report having consumed alcohol on campus has decreased, the number of self-identified hard drug users has dropped slightly and the number of students who believe the Disciplinary Committee system is fair has risen according to the 2010 State of the Academy Survey.
556 Andover students participated in the survey, 55 percent of which were female and 45 percent being male.
Boarders provided 71...
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Seniors Gift Sees 89 Percent Participation Rate, Class of ’85 Plans To Match Gift if Participation Reaches 90 Percent
By Dennis Zhou
Andover students and alumni bridged a 25-year gap to collaborate on the Class of 2010’s Senior Gift.
The Class of 1985 pledged to match the Class of 2010’s donation up to $10,000 if student contribution reaches 90 percent, hoping to spark student participation in the Senior Gift. As of now, the Class of 2010 remains very close to reaching its goals. Deborah Murphy ’86, Director of Alumni...
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
By Katharine Viles
This weekend, a step into Steinbach Theater is a step onto the breezy porch of a wealthy Mississippi plantation and into the twisted relationships of high Southern society. In the Theater 520 production of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” director Mark Efinger and his cast of seventeen talented actors and actresses will have their audience to sit among the characters and become part of the...
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- State of the Academy: Part IV
- Study shows that 26 percent of boarders have left the dorm after final sign-in; 15 percent of students have cheated on a test
- Discipline at our Peer Schools How Choate, Deerfield, Exeter and Loomis Deal with Discipline