The most recent articles from the News section of The Phillipian http://phillipian.net/article/7589 After two major responses to student use of hard drugs on campus during Fall Term, students, faculty and administrators are looking to further investigate the significance of these events and trends of substance use at Andover.In mid-November, under the non-disciplinary sanctuary policy, the actions of seven female students were brought to the attention of medical authorities. After room searches and private conversations with health officials, four of the students, two Uppers and two Seniors, took medical leaves of absence for the remainder of the school year. In October, three students, two Senior girls and an Upper boy, were arrested on cocaine charges in the town of Andover. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:19:58 -0800 http://phillipian.net/article/7591 Although Mumbai, India is 7,600 miles away from Andover, its recent terrorist attacks hit home for many members of the Phillips Academy community.Last Wednesday, terrorists attacked Mumbai in a siege that lasted for three days and killed over 188 people. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:19:58 -0800 http://phillipian.net/article/7596 Commons renovations are still on schedule for completion at the start of Spring Term, said Michael Williams, Director of Facilities. “Many items are nearing completion,” Williams said. “But finishing touches are needed almost everywhere.” Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:19:59 -0800 http://phillipian.net/article/7593 From a science research presentation in Poland to a banquet for Commons workers, funds from this fall’s Abbot Grants will support a number of student and faculty ideas and initiatives.Nineteen proposed projects received a total of $254,991 from the Abbot Academy Association. The board, which consists of 11 Abbot Academy and Andover graduates, reviewed 29 total proposals. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:19:58 -0800 http://phillipian.net/article/7590 Exeter strongly encourages students to apply early only to their first-choice college, even if the school has a nonbinding Early Action policy, said Exeter’s Director of College Counseling Melissa Dolan.“We do not have a policy about Early Action admissions; we have a philosophy,” Dolan wrote. “And at this point [in] time, we believe all of our students are served well by this philosophy.” Dolan said that Exeter also encourages their students to attend their first-choice schools if accepted early. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:19:58 -0800 http://phillipian.net/article/7592 After breathing a collective sigh of relief when most colleges’ November 1 early application deadline rolled around, Seniors who applied early now await their college fates.John Anderson, Director of College Counseling, said that the percentage of Phillips Academy Seniors applying early has generally remained the same. However, the College Counseling Office has seen a rise in early applications to Yale and Stanford this year compared to the Class of 2008, he said. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:19:58 -0800 http://phillipian.net/article/7594 The voices of Phillips Academy Seniors will echo around campus long after they graduate. Andover Voices, sponsored by the Gay-Straight Alliance, will allow Seniors to tape personal narratives, archived and sealed at the library for five years. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:19:58 -0800 http://phillipian.net/article/7595 Next fall, Jisung Park ’04 and Abby Seldin ’05 will head to the University of Oxford in England on Rhodes Scholarships.Rhodes Scholarships fund all educational costs for two to three years of study at Oxford, where Park and Seldin plan to matriculate next fall to obtain their graduate degrees. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:19:59 -0800 http://phillipian.net/article/7597 While Americans across the nation were phoning Butterball for help roasting their turkeys, peer schools were phoning Andover’s admission office for help dealing with the financial crisis. The current economy has provoked many changes in the way that prospective families look at schools. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:19:59 -0800 http://phillipian.net/article/7499 Male students looking to use the boys bathroom in the Oliver Wendell Holmes Library this weekend were out of luck due to vulgar graffiti found in a bathroom stall.As a result of the graffiti, the library temporarily required boys to sign in and out of the restroom while the issue was still being resolved, Jeffrey Marzluft, Acting Director of OWHL, said. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:00:39 -0800 http://phillipian.net/article/7500 Acclaimed journalist Sander Vanocur has been in front of NBC cameras, on the front lines during the civil rights movement, on a first-name basis with presidents and now standing before Phillips Academy students.Vanocur shared anecdotes from his long career in the news industry and spoke of the differences between the new “masters of the mass media” and the media of the 1960s at Wednesday’s All-School Meeting. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:00:40 -0800 http://phillipian.net/article/7501 Phillips Academy’s theater program will extend beyond Tang Theater this winter and will bring a story from Laramie, Wyoming to campus.Next term, Andover students in Theatre 210, Introduction to Acting, a new elective, will produce “The Laramie Project,” a play about the death of Matthew Shepard. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:00:40 -0800 http://phillipian.net/article/7503 Miscommunication, difficulty obtaining desirable auction items and an audience disinclined to bid all contributed to a poor haul at PA’s annual Oxfam Auction, said Michaeljit Sandhu ’09, Coordinator of Oxfam.The action raised approximately $500 last Saturday, compared to $5,000 in 2007. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:00:40 -0800 http://phillipian.net/article/7502 It has not always been a clear path for Rev. Anne Gardner, but she eventually found her passion for bringing religion to young people.Since September, Gardner has been Director of the Chaplaincy at Andover. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:00:40 -0800 http://phillipian.net/article/7504 The wildfires that broke out last weekend in southern California have hit close to home for some Golden State natives at Phillips Academy, while others students have escaped unscathed.The California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention reported that 40,000 acres of land have been burned, and according to the UK Guardian, over 30,000 people have been evacuated, including the friends and family of many PA students. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:00:40 -0800