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Vol CXVII Num. 6Friday, October 28, 2011

This Week’sMeasure

SPORTSNEWSGilad Shalit, pg. 4

Twitter Controversy, pg. 4

OPINION A&EOccupy Wall Street, pg. 3Morning Assembly, pg. 5

Asian Food Review, pg.8 Nesto Gallery, pg. 9

Eric Nesto, pg. 10Field Hockey, pg. 11

On the morning of Satur-day, October 15, Milton stu-dents around campus awoke to a surprise as they logged onto Twitter: all their friends were tweeting about two particular Twitter profiles.

Last weekend, these two Twitter accounts, called “restlessvirgin” and “acad-emy_bitch,” were created as anonymous streams of gossip. Though not directly mention-ing names in their tweets, the account holders made it clear whom they were tweeting about and appeared undeterred by the potential effects of their comments on the victims. However, on Tuesday October 18—only days after being cre-ated— both accounts were de-leted by the respective owners.

Twitter provides an ef-ficient way to share one’s thoughts and enjoy those

TwitterTrouble

Gabriella Blake, ‘14News Writer

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This past week, Milton ended its year long accreditation by the New England Associa-tion of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), an organization that accredits public and private institutions in New England.

Molly King, head of Greenwich Academy, and a team of educators visited Milton this past Monday and Tuesday in order to finalize the long accreditation process. Her visit is the final step in a process that the entire fac-ulty, led by Head of School Mr. Bland, contributed to.

According to its website, NEASC “provides accredita-tion services for more than 2000 public and private insti-tutions in the six state region - Pre-K through university.” Milton Academy falls under the jurisdiction of one of the six commissions within the organization: the Commission on Independent Schools (CIS).

The purpose of this decen-nial visit to Milton Academy is to confirm that the school meets NEASC’s standards.

While pursuing accredi-tation remains voluntary to achieve a certain level of va-lidity, most schools, including

those funded by the govern-ment, undergo an accredita-tion process. NEASC plays a vital role in Milton’s stature as a premier independent school in the New England region.

Many students remain unaware of the expansive

evaluation process that the school has undergone.

Geoff Owens (III) said, “Very few students actually knew about this process, my-self included. Considering we haven’t been involved much, we haven’t been af-

NEASC Visits MiltonNeil Chandra ‘14

News Writer

Michaela Carey/TMMNEASC spends week of evaluation at Milton Academy

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In their Wednesday game versus St. Paul’s, boys soc-cer rallied back to win 3-2 after team captain and star center-back, Tom Schnoor (I) suffered a season ending injury to his arm. Schnoor was taken off in an ambu-lance after jumping over a St. Paul’s midfielder and landing

awkwardly on his left arm.Schnoor broke his hu-

merus bone but will not need surgery. He currently rests at home recovering.

After Schnoor left the game, Milton had a momen-tary breakdown and gave up a poorly defended goal. Howev-er, the boys rallied back in the second half with some inspir-ing words from Schnoor as he left the field. Michael Cooke

(II) and Eric Nesto (I) both scored long goals from over 30 yards out. St. Paul’s answered to tie it up with less than six minutes left, but Michael Sheehan (II) finished out the game with a volley off a free kick from Cooke. Schnoor, the team’s captain and last year’s leading goal scorer, will be missed as a part of the strong defense that has come to define this year’s team.

Benjamin Scharfstein ‘12Editor-in-Chief

Straus Dessert

Michaela Carey/TMMMr. Emmott addresses students at the first Straus Dessert of the year

On Tuesday October 25, stu-dents and teachers gathered in Wigg Hall for the first Straus Dessert of the year, hosted by the Public Issues Board. Ev-eryone enjoyed hot chocolate

Amanda Beaudoin ‘13News Editor

and cookies as Mr. Emmott and Mr. Pollans discussed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

After the discussion of the Arab Spring last year by Ms. Wade, Mr. Emmott, Mr. Ball, and Mr. Pollans, Public Issues Board co-head Christine Cahill

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Ms. CookeBoys soccer rallies back following season ending injury to captain, Tom Schnoor (I)

Heartbreak for Boys Soccer

The Milton Measure extends its deepest condolences to the Tonegawa family for their loss

October 28, 2011 | Page 2 The Milton MeasureEditorial

Well known politicians such as Ted Kennedy, Deval Pat-rick, and Austan Goolsbee all once roamed the halls of Mil-ton. Numerous Milton parents are prominent politicians and, several years ago, the administration even instituted a policy of selecting only alumni graduation speakers be-cause it felt the speakers were becoming too politicized. Yet for all the political history and influence, we, the Milton Academy student body, are incredibly politically, unaware and unenthused.

As our recent Academia poll (page 7) suggests, students are simply unknowledgeable. Perhaps the most telling sta-tistic was that roughly 57% of students did not know that the United States is planning on vetoing the Palestinian bid for statehood in the security council of the United Nations. It is baffling to us that such important news, news that has consumed newspaper headlines for weeks, eluded so many students. Furthermore, there were several opportunities on campus to help educate students on the issue, including a three-club meeting a week before the poll, and a Straus des-sert the night before.

It’s not that Milton students aren’t smart; academically, we are superb. However, when it comes to pursuing intel-lectual conversation beyond the classroom, we lag behind. This distinction brings to light the immense potential of our student body to engage in meaningful discourse. The prob-lem is interest, not intelligence.

There is a small proportion of the student body that is po-litically active and informed. Groups such as Public Issues Board, Invisible Hand, Young Philosophers, and SIMA (Students Interested in Middle Eastern Affairs) all talk about interesting and important issues on a regular basis. These students make up a core that are active and aware. Yet thirty students out of a school of 700 is not enough. The vast majority of students are simply too involved with their schoolwork and other commitments to even care.

Two weeks ago, we wanted to run a humor page mock-ing Occupy Wall Street. In talking to students, many were at a loss as to what the protests, going on since September, even were. This ignorance is not unusual at Milton; often students only become aware of the world news weeks after it is relevant.

We certainly recognize that Milton is a stressful, intense environment, and that many feel that time spent not on homework should be spent relaxing. But we urge students to realize reading the newspaper need not be a burden; it should be an engaging and enriching experience.

Our community has so much potential to engage in mean-ingful discussion. We urge students to take a little time out of each day to simply read the newspaper or listen to the radio. With content so easily available, there is no excuse for being under-informed.

A call for political awareness

News/FeatureRachael Allen ‘14Ashley Bae ‘12

Danielle Cahoon ‘13Neil Chandra ‘14

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SportsCharles Blasberg ‘14

Joshua Ellis ‘13Meghan Kelleher ‘12

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Ari Spilo ‘13James Wang ‘12

OpinionNicole Acheampong ‘13

Ilve Bayturk ‘14Daphne Chow ‘14Russell Clarida ‘15

Raj Davae ‘15Shannon Peters ‘13

Mykayla Sandler ‘14Charles Wang ‘13

Monique Williams ‘13

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October 28, 2011 | Page 3The Milton Measure Op-Ed

As you begin to read this, I’d like you to stop whatever else you may be doing, be it watching T.V., doing your French assignment, or simply filing your nails. Now imagine yourself plucked from womb-like Milton Academy and trans-ported across two thousand miles of ocean. You are now in a country which you have never before set eyes on, to spend half a year in a place where everybody is a stranger. “How wonderful!” I thought to myself as I sat in the plane, great hopes of freedom flowing through me. I can be whomever I want to be: I have no ties and no responsibilities to anyone. What I of course did not foresee was that I would create fresh ties within the very first week of my arrival. The very first thing that struck me about America was those brightly painted gasometers which Boston boasts. The second thing was the space. America is so big. I’m told that in Massachusetts everything is tiny compared with places further west. I can well believe it, but even here the aura of great size and spa-ciousness lingers. The atmosphere is loaded with the fact that you can, whenever you wish, leap on a bus and travel somewhere where you can be the only human being within a hundred square miles. Having lived with that for so long you may be unaware of it, and even if you can sense it, it might perhaps seem trivial to you. But, speaking from a foreigner’s point of view, it seems that it is the day-to-day living with this knowledge which grants freedom such importance in the eyes of Americans. Everyone, everywhere I’ve been, has been astonishingly friendly and open towards me; I’m sure you know that abroad Americans have a reputation for being just that. Whenever the British, including myself most certainly, travel abroad, they take with them a fear of being thought conservative, stuffy and over-reticent. I found that I had to make a conscious effort to open up, simply to keep up with everybody talking to me and introducing themselves. But you Americans are a funny breed you know: after I’d been at Milton a couple of days and knew some names, people began to close up, bashfully. After, “Hi, I’m so-and-so, so you’re from England, when did you get here, how

was the flight?,” people didn’t seem to know what to say to me, nor I to them. Now if an American had been attending a British school, probably nobody would be speaking to him for the first two days, but after that he’d be in. I was very struck by the informality of Milton; perhaps that won’t come as a surprise if I tell you that I came straight from a school where we had to call all the teachers Sir or Madam. That informality seems not to be confined to the school though, it goes hand in hand with the comparative newness of America. Somebody asked me whether we have any great national heroes in Britain, like your Lincoln or Washington. I hadn’t considered the matter before, but the only person I came up with was Winston Churchill, and his stature in Britain is far less than that of Lincoln in America. Instead of popular heroes we retain a list of kings and queens as long as my arm, the names of half of which I can never remember, let alone the use to which they put their reigns. Whilst you stand by your ideals and the people that have fought for them, we cling to our heritage and our protocol. Milton bears comparison with British schools extremely well. In particular the scope of your curriculum is much wider than that of the majority of our schools, and your facilities are much better. And although everybody seems to complain about the food, it’s really much better than where I’ve come from! The I.D. cards are new to me, but appear to work well. An interesting pastime when amongst new faces is to try to discover what kind of person lurks beneath that particular face by the questions they put to you. You can dismiss the one who runs up to you crying, “Were you at the Royal Wedding?” for a start! And to save anybody else from asking me whether I’ve seen the Clash, the answer is no, I haven’t. “What interests you?” is prob-ably the best question, albeit the most difficult to answer. I’d like to say that I feel coming to Milton will be a “fulfilling and rewarding” experience, but it’s difficult to do so without making this sound like a college essay! It’s interesting though, and so far I’ve enjoyed it. Anyway, maybe I’ll see you around.

From the Archives: January 29, 1982

Debbie Sandford

Visiting British student finds Americans “a funny breed”

The Occupy Wall Street pro-tests began over a month ago and have since expanded from New York to over nine hun-dred cities. The protesters, outraged by the struggling economy and the inequality between social classes, fear another economic depression and believe that the excessive greed on Wall Street and the government’s shortcomings are to blame the current eco-nomic decline. Yet the pro-testers have been unclear and unfocused in their message.

The protesters argue

that the government has fre-quently favored Wall Street over Main Street. “We are the 99 percent,” is their ubiq-uitous slogan, summing up the protesters’ belief that the desires of the financial com-panies and super-wealthy do not correspond with those of common Americans.

Though these protesters have made it clear that the government must implement change, they have failed to make apparent what exactly must change. Without a clear purpose, protesters will lose the attention of American politicians. The hundreds of thousands of protesters must

come together to focus on targeting a coherent policy plan. If they fail to do so, pol-iticians will continue to view Occupy Wall Street as an ignorant movement guided only by aimless frustration.

While the number of participants has grown, power in numbers alone will not convince the gov-ernment to implement new policies. The assumption that the protesters are igno-rant of the real situation is not entirely unreasonable.

Many protesters are college students with enor-mous student loans. As for the older protesters, they

are not all wiser; in fact, a largely advocated idea is to completely reject the banks and rule for complete reor-ganization of the Federal Re-serve. This idea could never work for a large host of rea-sons not limited to all the time and energy wasted on reorganizing the economy.

Furthermore, while the movement has protested many broad issues, the pro-testers have no distinct so-lutions. Their only accom-plishment thus far has been to force politicians to dis-cuss reform, and even there they have had mixed results.

Protesters argue that the

financial world has too much power, but without a strong substitute no one will em-brace any sort of change.

The protesters’ rage against the financial world is understandable: there is ex-cessive greed on Wall Street. Protesters, however, must consider offering up more pointed and specific solutions.

By stepping forward with reasonable, concrete alterna-tives, rather than their overly broad list of complaints, the protesters will be taken more seriously and actually have a chance of affecting change.

Daphne Chow ‘14Opinion Writer

Occupy Wall Street: So What?

Dear Editors, This letter is in response to the Measure’s recent opinion piece about requiring the study of art. Who are these “narrowly focused students” that the writer identifies as “sacrificing a great deal of time towards a course which will be of little benefit to them?” If this is what they believe, then they have missed something. (Thank you to Mykayla Sandler for her contrasting views). As an artist and a teacher I see art is a necessity that embraces visual literacy, creative thinking, and effective communication. It provides a basis for the design of just about everything and is a vital source of innovation. Given the homogeneity and rigid controls imposed by many other cultures, it is short-sighted not to value how self-expression (artistic and otherwise) makes Americans the individuals that we are. I believe in free speech even though a diatribe against art is disappointing at a school that instituted one of the first art requirements in the country. (Maybe someone could investigate that?) So I take strong issue with the writer’s label of art as a “hobby …not integral to a student’s future.” Why do I feel that Michaelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci (a painter yes but also a brilliant inventor) had more than just a hobby? I believe our writer has missed the truth on several counts – the value of beauty and truth as expressed through art, the value of creative thinking to solving problems in all realms – including math and science for example, and the value of design to organizing our society. In my view the study of “art” provides essential practice in creating ideas, products, and systems as much as it serves to shape our identities – both individual and collective. We learn that diversity is not only beautiful but life-affirming in a contemporary world so challenged by the assumptions that we make so quickly and the destructive consequences that result. If art is just a “hobby,” so is life itself. I am in favor of the study of both.

Letters

Ed. Note: The article of interest, “Milton Arts Requirement: Against the Requirement,” was published in Vol CXVII Num. 5 of the Milton Measure. The article was part of a for and against series and was pub-lished alongside an article defending the arts requirement. We fully support our writer’s right to his opinion.

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of others. Yet, the two new Twitter accounts used the concept of information trans-fer for appalling purposes.

Describing everything from the past hook-ups to weekend scandals, the creators shed no mercy in conveying all gossip that came their way. It was not long before every-one around Milton was dis-cussing the most re-cent tweets from the accounts. S t u d e n t s were not happy with the inap-p r o p r i -ate tweets that went from entertaining to malicious in just a matter of #hashtags.

Despite being turned off by the unsettling, gossipy tone of the tweets, many students were drawn in by the unique way the pieces of information were presented. Christine Cahill (I) admits that her “first reac-tion was interest: [the tweets] were snarky and clever.”

Yet, the entertainment from the tweets did not last long, for the impropriety of the tweets increased.By tar-geting individual students, the

accounts caused humiliation for the victim whose personal life was exploited for the en-tertainment of others. With-out access to the accounts or names of the creators, Milton students had no con-trol over what was tweeted.

That the Twitter accounts were anonymous caused further worry. Cahill com-

mented that “Gossip in gen-eral is never good or healthy for our community, but the fact that the tweets were anonymous in a public fo-rum made their effect much more significant and harmful.”

There is no way to stop an anonymous source. Tweet-ing irresponsibly is easier and more tempting when a name is not attached to the profile.

The tweets affect not only the student body, but also Mil-ton Academy’s reputation. The twitter accounts were created

using a public account, mean-ing that everyone who had a twitter account—including people beyond the Milton com-munity— could see the tweets.

Matt Chen (I), who often tweets, noted that “as a re-sponsible Milton student, we should be well aware that ev-ery single action we make will impact others’ perception of

our school.” Milton stu-dents must be conscious when repre-senting Mil-ton Academy in any set-ting, whether it be online or in person. The rumor

driven tone presented with each tweet characterized Mil-ton Academy as a pretentious and malevolent community.

The deletion of the ac-counts has eliminated the un-necessary campus-wide dis-comfort. With no more tweets, the heightened emotions over the issue have seemed to calm down. Milton stu-dents can continue their usual tweeting as normal...for now.

Twitter ControversyConsumes MiltonContinued from page 1

fected by it.” While this un-derstanding of Milton’s ac-creditation process remains widespread throughout the student body, the truth is that without the accreditation of NEASC, Milton life would ultimately be very different.

Without the approval of organizations such as NEASC or AISNE, schools such as Milton could never compete at the education level that it currently does. Milton is only as good as the students that constitute it, and without ac-creditation, Milton would attract the interest of fewer students. As a New England preparatory school, Milton’s ability to appeal to students largely depends on its good reputation, for which this process is a make or break.

The evaluation is expan-sive and intensive, covering everything from academics to on-campus boarding life. These individual parts, evalu-ated by Milton Academy sub-committees, form a large report submitted by the school itself. In this sense, the first parts are largely self-evaluation.

The opinions of a ma-jority of the student body demonstrate an obvious lack of knowledge about the ac-creditation process, but these

opinions are not unwar-ranted. The role of students in Milton’s accreditation is just that: to be students.

Faculty members, how-ever, each had a role in a com-mittee, submitting a report to Mr. Hansen and Ms. Demas, a middle school teacher who left Milton this past summer. Their roles as heads were to summarize the findings of the faculty members and present this information in a document to the NEASC.

History teacher Mrs. Viv-ian Wuwong, discussed her role as a part of “Faculty Voice,” a committee head-ed by sixth grade science teacher Mr. Simonson and history teacher Mr. Emmott.

While talking about her role within the committee, she mentioned that, “[she] felt like it was a much more open process this time around.” Ms. Wuwong acknowledges that while the report is writ-ten mostly to show the ex-cellence of the school, it also included areas in which the school could improve, a key section to perpetu-ate the school’s reputation.

Milton Academy Faces AccreditationContinued from page 1

As an eighteen-year-old Is-raeli citizen, Gilad Shalit entered the army to serve three years. During his sec-ond year of service, Gilad was imprisoned by the ter-rorist organization Hamas and was stowed in a secret location from which he was unable to be rescued. Now, after over five years of nego-tiation, Gilad has been freed in exchange for the liberty of 1,0271 Palestinian pris-oners. This trade, despite Gilad’s long awaited free-dom, was a highly controver-sial point among members of the Milton Community. “His release was a small battle that Israel had been fighting for five years, and Israel won,” says Ali Golden (II). “Seeing Gilad Shalit, who survived Hamas cap-tivity for so long, gave Is-raelis’ hope and a renewed purpose to keep fighting.” Gilad’s release also in-stilled current and soon to be members of the Israeli army

with a new sense of confi-dence. “Having the reassur-ance that the country will be willing to go to that length for one soldier is important in a country with a military service that is mandatory” explains Alex Garnick (IV). This negotiation between Israel and Palestine can been seen as a step towards peace. “I see this as a positive event as it shows that Hamas and Is-rael can reach a compromise on a very difficult issue,” says Mr. Emmott, Milton’s teacher of Middle Eastern studies. “The release of Sha-lit removes a very emotional obstacle to further discussion and compromise that to date has hindered real progress.” Some have worried that, despite the trade’s benefits, Israel has much to lose in that Palestine may see this event as evidence of Israel’s vul-nerability. “This trade will make the Palestinians think that Israel is like putty in their hands and that, with the bru-tal capture of a soldier, they can make Israel do whatever they want,” says Mykayla

Sandler (III). Mykayla states, “It will give the Palestin-ians even more confidence and more desire to wipe out Israel.” “If anything, Pal-estine now has the upper-hand,” adds Ali Golden. Although the Palestin-ians released were seen as heroes in their homeland, they were considered terror-ists in Israel: “It is also im-portant to sympathize with the families of those who had relatives who were mur-dered, and how their murder-ers were released in order to facilitate Gilad Shalit’s re-turn,” says Josh Pomper (II). Many still wonder if it is possible to know whether this one compromise could in fact lead to future peace or at least a more humane relation-ship. “I think we could possi-bly see more violence in the future,” stated Gina Starfield (I). “Several Palestinians re-leased have voiced their goal to continue fighting. The con-flict has only become more layered and complex.”

Gilad Shalit’s Return Elana Golub ‘14

News Writer

“ The tweets affect not only the student body, but also Milton

Academy’s reputation.”

(I) thought it would be ben-eficial to have two members of the History Department back for discussion since “students really seemed en-thusiastic about listening to members of the History De-partment speak about cur-rent events.” This topic is, according to Cahill, “ex-tremely relevant right now, with the UN vote for Pales-tinian statehood coming up.

Both teachers feel a personal connection to the conflict. From a Jewish per-spective, Mr. Pollans feels that, although he was born after WWII, he is “emotion-ally connected to Israel.” The formation of the state of Is-rael gave Jews hope that they “would finally be in control of their own political des-tiny.” Mr. Emmott lived and worked in the Middle East and now teaches History of the Middle East at Milton.

The discussion on Tues-day, however, was very un-biased, based around stu-dent and teacher question.

As Mr. Pollans and Mr. Emmott clearly demonstrat-

ed at the Straus Dessert, this conflict can be traced back to a myriad of different time periods, even before the for-mation of the state of Israel. In response to a student’s question, both teachers dis-cussed a parallel to the Na-tive Americans and the first European settlers. No mat-ter where one sees the be-ginning of this conflict, the many peace treaties and ne-gotiations show that, as Mr. Pollans puts it, “there has been no sustainable peace.

Mr. Emmott and Mr. Pol-lans did not discuss all of the events and issues sur-rounding the conflict. The recent release of Gilad Sha-lit by the Palestinians in ex-change for Palestinian pris-oners held by the Israelis was never even mentioned.

However, the count-less view points and con-nections made in relation to the topic gave students and teachers a new perspec-tive and background on an important global issue.

Discussion in StrausContinued from page 1

October 28, 2011 | Page 5The Milton Measure Opinion

Teenage hormones have a tendency to take control of our decisions and throw rea-son to the wind. We long to embark on the endless, tumul-tuous journey of exploring our sexuality with other lost,

confounded souls. Though this is a private and personal experience for most, some couples are more than gener-ous in sharing their love with the rest of the community.

These public displays of affection, otherwise known as PDA, have the capacity to generate a variety of respons-es. Some students admire

these displays with a per-fectly cued “Aww” and “That is SO cute!”, while others cringe in disgust or roll their eyes in annoyance (or, per-haps, envy). While harmless, these gestures are impossible to ignore.

PDA can come in any or all of the following forms: hand holding, intimate em-braces, short pecks on the lips, and last, but certainly not least, out-right groping and tack-ling tonsils. PDAs, “over familiarity”, according to the Milton website, is not forbidden in the Milton Academy handbook.

Upon arriving at the Academy, I was amazed that, given so much freedom, stu-dents were not exploiting their ability to display affec-tion. I am by no means en-couraging students to turn up the heat in the classrooms; rather, I admire their self-control.

I completely support re-spectful familiarity in public settings, so long as it is dis-played tastefully. Face it: no-body wants to see a couple go-

ing at it every day, whether it’s his hands glued to her waist, a peck on the lips before every class or, even worse, the Es-kimo kisses which aggravate everyone in the room. Love can be beneficial to all of us, if we use discretion. While I have yet to find myself in any truly uncomfortable situ-ations, it is only October, and, as a fellow student reminded me, “[PDA] happens a lot in

spring, as if mates have come out of hibernation to redis-cover each other.”

Some students feel that a line still needs to be drawn between what is acceptable and what should be kept out of sight. Nicole Rufus (I) explained that “depending on how long it is, and what they’re doing, it’s rude.” If we as teenagers can remind ourselves that certain aspects of our relationships should remain private, the entire community would benefit.

Overall, however, PDA

doesn’t seem to cause ten-sion on the Milton campus. Chimene Cooper (II) asserts, “The level of PDA here is acceptable. I’m sure the fac-ulty feels the same way or it would’ve cracked down on the rules by now!” Ac-cording to Mrs. Klein-Ash, Chimene is right in that the faculty do not seem to have a problem with PDA at Milton. “A little bit of affection isn’t

necessarily a bad thing, only when it crosses the line,” she claims.

But what d i s t i n g u i s h e s the line? The best way for stu-

dents to determine this line is through a simple role rever-sal: what level of PDA would you be comfortable watching your teachers display?

It is a privilege that, as Milton students, we are free to express ourselves and our emotions. In some schools, even sitting in the opposite sex’s lap or hugging for too long in front of a teacher can result in a visit to the dean’s office. Respect for others is key. Please, do us all a favor and don’t cross the line.

Monique Williams ‘13Opinion Writer

Public Displays of Affection

McKean Tomkins/TMMStudents publicly display affection in the Student Center

Every student at Milton knows the morning assembly routine: show up at 7:58am, check in, sit through twenty minutes of announcements, and get to first period class on time. Assemblies are held five times a week in various buildings around campus in an effort to build commu-nity and keep students up-dated on upcoming events. With the exceptions of the full Upper School assem-bly in the FCC on Mondays and day students’ advisor meetings on Wednesdays, each class meets alone twice a week and is paired with the grade directly above or below it one time as well. Day students are allowed five cuts before a detention; boarders, who have no real ex-cuse, are only allotted three. The school maintains that morning assemblies keep the student body “co-hesive” while also commu-nicating up-to-date informa-tion on campus happenings. Most students, however,

will agree that, by the third week of school, assemblies are good for little more than eating, wrapping-up homework, or waking up. Many students argue that assemblies do not convey enough useful announce-ments to justify holding four assemblies a week. John Glasfeld (IV), a new boarder, shares that, “At times, [the

Class Deans] are grasping at straws for topics, but I guess they keep us on our toes.” As for Wednesday morn-ing day student advisor meet-ings, the time would be much better served with a roll-ing check in that would al-low day students to catch up on some much needed rest. Sarah Lew (III), a new student in Hallowell, says she

“…just want[s] to sleep.” She went on to mention that she “[is] often up until 11:00pm working… and [doesn’t] get anything out of morn-ing assemblies except cuts.” As Sarah makes clear, students see that daily morn-ing assemblies are detrimen-tal to students’ well-being and lacking in real informa-tive value for the institution

to maintain. Milton would serve its students much more efficiently by moving to a system with only one or two assemblies a week.

Menial Morning AssembliesRussell Clarida ‘15

Opinion Writer

Michaela Carey/TMMJunior class gathers for morning assembly

“It happens a lot in spring, as if they’ve come out of hibernation to rediscover each other”

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Freshman of the Week: Marina FleitesAge: 14Gender: FemaleZodiac Sign: AriesHometown: Hingham, MA

When and why did you decide to come to Milton?I came in seventh grade because I had been at my old school for a really long time and Milton seemed like a good place to go for a change.

What is your favorite thing to do outside of school?I really like hanging out with my friends or playing guitar.

What do you hope to accomplish in your time at Mil-ton? What are your goals for the next 4 years?I really hope to make a bunch of new friend and have fun, and do well in school too.

If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you choose and why?Hong Kong, so I could hang out with Caitlin Cheng all the time.

Senior crush?Travis Sheldon

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Senior of the Week: Jay SharmaAge: 17Gender: MaleZodiac Sign: CancerHometown: Milton, MA

What are the best memories you have had at Milton?Definitely JV Lax with Jack Platts, at least when he showed up.

Where can you usually be found around campus?Different rooms in Norris and Wolcott or the top of the Stu.

What is your favorite snackbar item?Switch drink: 100% of what you want, 0% of what you don’t.

Who is your Faculty Crush?Gwinn-Lands, no doubt.

What animal would you want to be?A psychic lion.

Matt Lebovitz

The Milton MeasureSurveyed Students to See

How Politically Aware They Are

Your internet homepage is:

How many times a week do you access the news?

The Palestinian bid for statehood in the UN will most likely get overturned because:

Herman Caine’s plan is called:

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A massive BlackBerry outage hit millions of users spanning five continents earlier this month, affecting BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), email, and web services for three days. In response, the device’s maker, Research in Motion (RIM), of-fered a $100 credit for select apps on its online store.The giveaway, however, is unlike-ly to soothe angry customers.

BlackBerry used to pride itself on protecting enter-prise data, and thus attracted security-conscious banks, IT managers, and, of course, the President. But the large-scale service disruption revealed the cost of “being protected”. Unlike iOS, Apple’s mobile operating system (OS), or An-droid, the Google-produced equivalent, the Blackberry OS routs all of its messages through its own data center, creating a single point of po-tential technical failure. In this recent disruption, the outage lasted more than 72 hours and RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis admitted that getting the sys-tem back up “took much lon-ger than they had expected.”

This is not the first time

that RIM customers have suffered from data outages. Similar problems have oc-curred four times in the past five years. Analysts say that RIM’s rivals, namely iPhone and Google, have caught up with it in terms of data protection, thanks to the re-lease of iOS 5 and Android’s third-party security software.

Another edge RIM claims to have over its com-petitors is the BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) service, an instant-messaging appli-cation that allows users to “text” other BlackBerry us-ers for free by sharing unique PINs. Apple’s introduction of iMessage, however, has un-dermined RIM’s dominance in this particular arena. While Blackberry has two separate applications for texting and BBM, iMessage seamlessly integrates the two, sending messages via SMS when a wireless or 3G network is not available or when the recipient is not using an iPhone. This us-er-friendly feature saves a lot of trouble, since BlackBerry users have to check the BBM contact list and then choose which application to open before sending a message.

Due to the technological

advancements of the iPhone over the past months, it is no wonder that sales of the BlackBerry are in worldwide decline. BlackBerry handset shipments in the fiscal sec-ond quarter were down 11% compared to the same quar-ter in 2010, and down 18% sequentially. RIM’s net in-come also plunged by 60%.

A recent comScore U.S. Mobile Subscriber Report suggests that iOS and Android continue to absorb BlackBer-ry’s market share in the United States. Android increased its share 5.6 percentage points to 43.7% during the three-month period ending in August and iOS acquired an additional 0.7% share during the same period, while RIM dropped 5 percentage points to 19.7%. According to CNN, RIM spent $118 million on costs associated with a reorganiza-tion announced in July. As part of that plan, RIM report-edly slashed 2,000 jobs, 10% of its entire workforce. The company’s stock has fallen more than 80 percent from three years ago. BlackBerry is clearly in a dire situation.

The recent outage is just the latest in a string of prob-lems RIM has faced and

continues to experience. An increasing number of com-panies that used to be loyal BlackBerry customers no lon-ger see the need to be locked into RIM’s secure proprietary email service, and have be-gun to question the reliability of their smart phones. RIM has also suffered from prod-uct delays and poor reviews. Yet the question remains: Can BlackBerry be saved?

“It depends on how quick RIM can move from the corpo-rate government image into the app-world image,” says James

Katz, director of the Center for Mobile Communication Studies at Rutgers University.

RIM’s long-term survival, according to one of the com-pany’s co-CEOs Jim Balsil-lie, hinges on the success of a “super phone” on QNX, a new operating system scheduled to be released next year. Bal-sillie said the news software would “leap-frog the mobile industry and help position RIM for the next decade”. Let’s just hope that there won’t be another launch delay.

Blackberry Blackout BacklashYvonne Fu, ‘14Opinion Writer

Benjamin Scharfstein/TMMGina Starfield (I) relies on her Blackberry

Panda Express at Logan Airport

Olivia Atwood ‘13 Reviews Local Asian Food

Mr. Chan’s in East Milton

Mr. Chan’s makes up one third of the epic chain of Mr. Chan, Ichiro, and Mozzarella’s, operated by a single mastermind in East Milton Square. With first-rate orange chicken and lo-mein, the cheap Chinese food joint is sure to please crowds. Sure, it’s not exactly authentic, but the prices are low, the deliv-ery is lightning-fast, and the chefs are always happy to cook a nut free dish if you’ve got allergies. For those who are still not convinced: they also give you free lollipops at the counter.

Ichiro Sushi in Milton

From my personal experience at Ichiro, I have found the miso soup to be salty and the rice to be over cooked. However, Ichiro does have one redeeming quality: you can order just about any sushi combo imaginable, which they will in turn prepare for you with the highest quality ingredients, like par-tially smelly fish, fresh avocado and crusty seaweed.

Village Sushi in Roslindale

Simply put, this place is the best. The Teriyaki chicken is to die for, and the Avocado rolls are so fresh you’ll order 5 or 6 platters. The service is fast and smooth, and the atmosphere of this sit-down restaurant is lovely. Village Sushi even boasts an outdoor patio with flowers growing up the walls. If you can travel to Roslindale Square, you won’t regret it. While Village is slightly more expensive than Ichiro, prices are still reason-able and certainly worth it. They do not deliver, but you can order to-go. And go you should.

Taste of Thailand in Milton

Many Miltonians flock to this little known hole–in-the-wall Thai place. With cheap prices and surprisingly delicious food, this joint is the best for your buck. Located on the Milton/Dorchester line, TOT delivers with the speed and agility of a reckless teen driver. While this Thai fare may not be gourmet, it does meet quality Asian food standards: it’s cheap, it’s take-out, and it’s slathered in peanut sauce.

For boarders traveling back to Milton from out of town, Panda Express, located in Terminal A, appears to be a good option but always disappoints. The food is incredibly greasy and salty. The sauce in the orange chicken can often be too tangy and thick for most customers.

Quincy Dynasty in Quincy

Quincy Dynasty is a favorite for Boarders looking to order Chinese. Although the prices may be a bit high, the food is delicicious, and the delivery is always speedy. Quincy prepares some of the best fried rice around, and the sesame chicken re-ally hits the spot.

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“It’s the kids who know the limit isn’t the sky, it’s the street they live on.” So states Chan-dra Dieppa Ortiz, a local artist whose work will be on display at the Nesto Gallery October 25 through November 22.

Ortiz’s work reflects her words: it is the kids who Ortiz paints for. Her vivid paintings, collages, and mul-timedia pieces contain a cer-tain vibrancy that screams to a restless generation of youth. Ortiz paints with a bright palate of eye-catch-ing reds, blues, and yellows.

Her depictions of people are both cartoonish and shock-ingly real. Channeling Picas-so, Ortiz portrays characters with more attention to emotion than to technical precision.

The results are living, breathing, highly relatable people on canvas. In some of her series’, such as “Brown,” (the title is a reference to Ortiz’ black and Hispanic characters) her figures are very much “people.” In oth-ers, such as the watercolor and gouache series “Flip-pin, Frontin, and Posin,” her figures are two-dimensional and much more abstract, but still very much alive.

While Ortiz’ mission, to “explore issues of race, class, gender, and culture in the hopes of creating a

dialogue between communi-ties,” is heavy, she uses her work itself to visualize the concept of “cultural armor,” or the ways in which aspects

of one’s culture, like “love, humor, faith, music, sto-ries, and the telling of home truths,” can “protect” an op-

pressed or struggling people.Yet behind scenes of

dance-floors and records, the viewer grasps the dark side of inner-city life.

“What I Heard,” a trib-ute to the city of Boston, is both beautiful and haunting. Images of music, the club scene, and the city skyline are woven through graffitied bits and pieces of conversa-tion. Some are empowering: “I have something to say, just listen.” Others are dark: “I was never asleep and I was never awake,” or “no one re-members.” Yet others are up to interpretation: “you ain’t never gonna get that play out of your head.” More than any other series, “What I Heard” gives a voice to the silenced.

Ms. Ortiz, known infor-mally as Dieppa, was born in Patterson, New Jersey, in 1971 to African American and Latino parents, and incor-porates her own experiences of growing up as a bi-racial American into her work.

Though born and raised in the Northeast, she received her BA from Florida State Univer-sity. She continued to pursue art at a graduate level at the Museum of Fine Arts and the Massachusetts College of Art.

Her work has been show-cased at the Museum of the National Center for Afro-American artists in Boston; the New Art Center in Bos-ton; the New Art Center in Newton, Massachusetts; La Casa de La Cultura/ The Cen-ter for Latino Artists in Bos-ton; the Copley Center for the Arts; and the Copley Society of Boston. Additionally, she was recently nominated for the Institude of Contempo-rary Art’s prestigious Fos-ter Prize. She currently lives in Boston, where she works as a professor at the Mas-sachusetts College of Art and serves as the Art Direc-tor for Dorchestor Academy.

I strongly urge all Milton students and faculty to take ad-vantage of this exhibit. More than any other work presented at the Nesto exhibit in the past few years, Dieppa’s work ap-peals to high school students. She uses topics that domi-nate pop culture, like music, dance, and graffiti art, to con-vey deep and powerful truths about society and the twenty-first century class system.

Viewers of every race, class, and socio-economic status will benefit from and enjoy this unique exhibit.

Arts and Entertainment

Milton’s student directed One Acts are precisely that: One Act Plays, directed by Milton students. Like a short story for the theater, each play must be under thirty minutes with a cast of five or fewer members. This winter, two plays are in production: “In the Absence of Words” and “Table for Four.” Emilie Trehu (I) and Cary Williams (I), the directors, chose the scripts entirely on their own. “I picked mine be-cause of how entertaining I found it,” says Cary Williams of “Table of Four.” Emilie Trehu chose the quirky drama “In the Absence of Words” for the “scary situation in which the strong personality traits in people come out very clearly.” Applying to direct a one-act is a very involved process. To direct a play, students must

choose a published play that interests them. They may look online or in an anthology. The student must then obtain permission to perform the piece from the person with the rights to the script before he or she may even apply. After receiving permis-sion, a prospective director must fill out an application asking various questions: Why does the student want to direct? Why does the student feel he or she would be quali-fied for the job? Once an ap-plication is submitted, the ad-visor of the student applying must write a brief recommen-dation on the student’s behalf. Although the process to become a One Acts director is not easy, Cary Williams recalled “how much fun” she had when acting in the One Acts her sophomore year and shared her desire “to be able to be a part of the One

Acts in a new capacity.” Af-ter assistant-directing with Mr. Parisi multiple times and assistant-directing a previous One Act, Emilie Trehu felt directing her own produc-tion would be a great way to finish her Milton career. While the performances are still a month away, both girls are extremely excited. One Acts practices began this week and are off to a prom-ising start. Unlike other Milton performances, One Acts have little rehearsal time. Both One Acts will be performed on Thursday, December 1st at 7 pm, and Friday and Saturday, Decem-ber 2nd and 3rd at 7: 30 pm. The past years’ One Acts have received strong re-views from students, and we are anticipating great shows from Cary and Emilie.

Ortiz Featured in Nesto Gallery

One Act Plays Promise SuccessKat Fearey ‘14

A&E Writer

Kat Kulke ‘13A&E Editor

Benjamin Scharfstein/TMM

One Acts directors Emilie Trehu (I) and Cary Williams (I)

“I strongly urge all Milton students and faculty to take advantage of this exhibit.

More than any other work presented at the Nesto exhibit in the past few years, Dieppa’s work

appeals to high school students.”

Michaela Carey/TMM

Chandra Dieppa Ortiz introduces her art exhibit at the Nesto Gallery

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Coming off of an upsetting loss against St. Sebastian’s, the Mustangs looked to take down the ISL powerhouse, BB&N. Prior to the season, BB&N was ranked 5th in Mas-sachusetts high schools. With a misleading record of 1-2, BB&N was looking to pull their season back together. However, despite BB&N’s re-cord, the Mustangs still con-sidered themselves underdogs in the game. Milton looked to improve its record to 3-1 with a victory over the Knights. Gaining the first posses-sion in the game, the Mus-tangs drove down the field little by little using explosive running back, Drew Jacobs (III) and shifty quarterback Anthony Scurto (III). On the BB&N 30 yard-line, Scurto ran for a nice pickup, but an illegal block on the Mustangs erased the run and pushed the line of scrimmage back 10 yards. The penalty stalled the drive as the Mustangs were un-able to score on the opening drive. BB&N came out with an offense that featured two 275 pound lineman, both of whom have already commit-ted to Division One schools. The Knights drove down the field and scored a quick touchdown. Following their

opponent’s score, the Mus-tangs could not seem to find a rhythm on offense. The wide receivers were unable to get separation from the cornerbacks and the line was unable to block well against their big boys. The final score of the game was 23-0 in the Knights favor. “Well, they were

obviously bigger and I think we weren’t quite prepared for them during the first half. But in the second half, we sucked it up and showed we were tough and could hang with them any day,” said Henry Hays (II). This past weekend, the Mustangs drove up to Riv-ers School, not only look-

ing to bounce back from two consecutive losses, but to get revenge. Last year, the Mus-tangs played Rivers at Milton High under the lights. Rivers scored 70 points and still tried to run up the score late in the fourth quarter. This year, the game could not have started off any better. Rivers kicked off

to Drew Jacobs, who ran right down their throats, scoring on the opening kickoff. Rivers was devastated. Its first posses-sion resulted in a three and out. However, on Milton’s first offensive play, Scurto threw an interception. Rejuvenated, Rivers stormed down the field and scored. After a little back and forth action, the Mus-tangs ran down the field with Jacobs and Scurto. From 25 yards out, Drew veered left and right, ultimately getting into the end zone, making the score 14-7. The Mustangs added a field goal to make the score 17-14 at halftime. The second half was an en-tirely different game. Coming out on defense, the Mustangs gave Rivers little to work with. Milton controlled the ball for the majority of the half. Drew Jacobs scored two more touch-downs and Ryan Rizzo (II) scored a touchdown as well. The defense held Rivers to zero points in the second half. The Mustangs have a chal-lenging game against Belmont Hill this weekend. The Milton-Belmont Hill game always proves to be a good contest, and the team will need all the encouragement it can get. Come support the team this Saturday at Stokinger Field!

James Wang ‘12Sports Writer

The Measure’s athlete of the week is Eric Nesto. Eric is a senior on the boys varsity soc-cer team. He is a leader on and off the field who takes great pride in his team. Eric is a key component to the team’s success so far this season.

As the Mustang’s center midfield player, Eric controls the pace of the game by dis-tributing the ball from the de-fensive to the offensive end. He is “in the thick of all the action” (Nesto (I)), generating the intensity in both the defen-sive and the offensive halves of play. Playing the team’s core position, Eric is always an impact player for Milton.

The seniors this year are leading a squad with many young players, but Eric is pleased that the boys “are gelling very well as a team.” He is satisfied with the lead-ership that he and his fellow seniors have been presenting to their younger teammates: “We have done a good job of showing what is expected day

in and day out in the games and practices,” Nesto says.

Eric has great confidence in his team and their play thus far this season. He states with pride, “We have improved with every game that we have played.” The Mustangs have a stronger record than they have had in a long time. The exciting games have been close, back-and-forth matches.

“We are trying to bring the excitement surrounding the boys’ soccer team back and I think we are doing a good job,” Nesto says, “but we have a lot left to do.” Eric has a positive outlook for the re-maining season. He is excited that “the guys have been doing well with focus and fitness.”

The Mustangs hope to “pull 6 points away from” the big games coming up this week. They will play Bel-mont Hill and St. George’s in the upcoming week. Eric encourages everyone to “get out and watch a game!”

Sports

Milton Academy Football

Jenna Lee/TMM

Eric Nesto smiles for a picture

Meghan KelleherSports Writer

Athlete of the Week: Eric Nesto

Ms. Rizzo

The football team walks out to a game

Every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, a group of twenty students takes to the quad in bare feet as a part of the In-tramural Soccer Team, col-loquially known as “Hack Soccer”.

Each practice, the squad splits into two teams, scrim-maging until Coach Peth-erick yells, “Next goal wins!”

Many players, including Katie Chow (I) and even Henry Green (I), have experienced this moment of game-winning goal glory. However, every player and spectator knows the true heart and soul of the team lies with Alex Peters (I). Commit-ted and hard working, Peters consistently displays excel-lence on the pitch, providing a role model for other players.

After watching another exquisite performance, Dylan Brennan (I) commented, “Ev-ery time I watch Alex touch the ball, my heart skips a beat.” The team hopes to have an amazing end to the season.

Matthew Lebovitz, ‘12Senior Editor

Hack Soccer

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Despite the loss to the Buf-falo Bills during week three, the Patriots are still a very strong team and a champi-onship contender. They are currently at the top of the AFC and they have the high-est average pass yards per game in the NFL, gaining approximately 350 yards per game.

They also have the 9th best rushing yards attack in the league, averaging 120 yards per game. The Patriots rarely struggle offensively. However, once again, the de-fense is a weak spot for the Patriots, and this year they have the worst pass defense in the league, letting up just over 320 pass yards per game. The Patriots defense also lets up an average of over 100 rushing yards per game. These statistics are trou-bling, but over the last few weeks, the young defense has shown clear signs of growth.

Tom Brady has the most pass yards of anyone in the NFL as well as the second most passing touchdowns. Although he has thrown eight interceptions already, twice as many as he threw in all of last year, he is still

playing at an elite level.The past two weeks, the

Patriots have faced the ri-val New York Jets and Dal-las Cowboys, both of which were sloppy home games for the Pats. Turnovers and poor decisions kept a mediocre Jets team in the game dur-ing the entire contest; how-ever, the Patriots battled the adversity and beat Rex Ryan and the Jets 30-21.

The next week, the Cowboys came to town in a much-anticipated matchup. The Cowboys de-fense played a stellar game against the leagues top of-fense and held Tom Brady and the Patriots to just 13 points for most of the game.

Thanks to Tom Brady, fans forgot all the fumbles, dropped passes, and inter-ceptions when with 1:22 seconds left in the game, Brady threw a bullet to Aaron Hernandez into the back of the end zone to com-plete the comeback 20-16.

With the Patriots in the bye week this past week-end, a fresh and rejuvenated team looks to continue win-ning ways with contests the next three weeks against the Steelers, Giants, and Jets.

New England Patriots’ Season Recap

Ari Spilo ‘13Sports Writer

Sports

Last Saturday, the Girl’s Var-sity Soccer Team faced BB&N in a competitive match. The game had been well-anticipated by both teams since last year, when the Mustangs beat the Knights 2-1 in double-overtime in the quarter-finals of the New England Tournament. The start of the first half was slow as many of the team’s shots went wide of the net, and the Wolf-pack struggled to finish its chances.

The Mustangs retained con-sistency during the attack, con-necting balls from the center mid-field players to the feet of the forwards, while serving many dangerous balls into the oppo-nent’s box. Twenty-five minutes into the second half, Chandler Quintin(III) sent the ball into the top right corner of the net to advance Milton to a 1-0 lead. With a composed defensive line, Milton held on to the win.

Coming off of a close win, the team’s energy was high against St.Mark’s. Milton eas-ily adjusted to the fast-pace turf, which worked to its advantage through the heavy rain. The Mustangs were consistently first to the ball while keeping both formation and possession. Me-gan Kim (I) finished with three goals, and many of the girls were involved in the attack-ing play. Chandler added to the

score board with a fancy chip over the opposing goalie’s head. Milton, ending the game 4-1, brought home another win, re-maining undefeated in the ISL.

This past Saturday, the team faced a solid Rivers team to test Milton’s unbeaten ISL record. Both squads played tenacious in the first half, with Rivers forc-ing the girls into a prevent de-fense and a lot of chasing. How-ever, even though the opponents seemingly dominated play, the teams went into the half in a scoreless draw. The Wolf-

pack came out in in the second half with much greater energy. With Jess Li (II) making tre-mendous saves and the offense working together brilliantly, the team anticipated a victory.

With only twenty minutes left, the Rivers team capital-ized from close range, tak-ing a one goal lead. The team was unable to finish, unfortu-nately losing 1-0, but it beat St. Paul’s 6-0 on Wednesday.

Girls’ Varsity SoccerSophia Tsanotelis ‘13

Sports Writer

Strutting through the hall-ways, the girls of the Mil-ton Academy Field Hockey (MAFH) team wear some cra-zy outfits. Whether it’s Sophie Janeway’s (I) trademark leop-ard print spandex or Co-Cap-tain Erin Martin’s (I) classic tutu, MAFH lets its presence be known off the field. This spunk is ever-present on the field as well, helping the la-dies mesh together as a unified team with one goal: winning. Field hockey remains a low-scoring game, making each goal count. When watch-ing one of these games, a fan may find Brighid Noone (I) penetrating the opposing de-fense alongside her sister Maura Noone (III), Co-Cap-tain Meghan Kelleher (I) stop-ping any and all offense, and Sarah Evans (I) putting her body on the line as she dives and splits to ensure no balls end up in the back of her net. The ladies of MAFH have

played in some exciting games. On October 15th, the girls hosted ISL rival BB&N. The Noone sisters, with help from Ale Gianino (II), were able to score all three goals for MA, with Brighid hav-ing two and Maura having the game winning goal with four seconds left. Another ex-citing win came on October 5th, with the ladies pulling out a stellar win against the Groton Zebras in overtime. Gianino, the elder Noone and Melissa Ambrus (I) sparked the offense for MAFH with Kelleher, Amy Chappel (I), and Catharine Parker (I) helping goaltender Margaret Draper (I) ensure a quality defense. Martin initiated the celebration for the ladies as she netted the game winner. On Wednesday the girls were victorious in a 3-0 match against St. Paul’s. Their next home games come on No-vember 2nd and Novem-ber 12th. Come out to the Voses Lane field and sup-port the ladies! GO, MA!

Josh Ellis ‘13Sports Writer

MA Field Hockey

Alexander King/TMM

Girls varsity soccer practices with intensity

Aria KoppErin Martin (I) dives for a ball

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