September 26, 2008 - The Governor`s Academy

A Public Forum for News, Opinion, and Creative Thought of The Governor’s Academy
SEPTEMBER 26, 2008 VOLUME 50, ISSUE 1
‘Here I am, Rock you like a Hurricane’
EDITORIALS
Speaking Up
Checking the Peripherals
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OPINION
Seize Your Assets
Left vs. Right
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NEWS
Hurricane Ike
New Energy
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SPORTS
Misty May
Back on Top
Breaking Brady
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FEATURES
No Me Gustav
Fishing Club
Caption Contest
Dear Advisors...
The Riddler
GSA
Dear Advisors...
New Teachers
Das Lacrosse Spiele
Geek Beat
Jenn Blewett
Billy Collins
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Book: Knifeboy
DVD: My Blueberry Nights
Movie: Vicky Cristina
Barcelona
Movie Options
BACK PAGE
Birthdays
Sudoku
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by Katie Reilly ‘11
All the news coverage about
Hurricane Gustav may seem distant and
unrelated to us, but it has, in fact, had an
effect on two former Governor’s
Academy students. Matt Fisch and Abby
Harris, both attending Tulane University
in New Orleans, Louisiana have been
affected by Hurricane Gustav and are
presented with the possibility of encountering yet another hurricane in the near
future.
After being at school for no more than
six days, Tulane University began its
evacuation as the threat of Hurricane
Gustav neared. In order to let students
know they had to evacuate, Tulane sent
text messages to every student informing
them on Thursday that they had to be off
campus by Saturday. “ The school was
really good about letting everyone know
and supplying shuttles to the airport for
those who needed transportation”, says
Abby. While most students came up with
their own evacuation plans, students had
the option of evacuating with the school
to Jackson State University in
Mississippi. Matt flew to Orlando,
Florida to visit friends while Abby and
her friend evacuated by way of car. “We
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cancelled for just a
little over a week
before
life
at
Tulane returned to
its normal hustle
and
bustle.
Despite this small
setback, both students agree that
the evacuation has
not led them to
have
second
thoughts
about
attending school
in New Orleans.
“Being forced to
From left: Abby Harris, a Tulane friend, and Matt Fisch stay away made
Photo courtesy of Abby Harris ‘08
me love the school
started off our ‘hurrication’ in
even more”, says Abby, “New Orleans in
Mississippi and then traveled to the
general has so much character and is so
University of Alabama. Staying at ‘Bama’
unique that it’s hard not to fall in love
was a blast and I got a real taste of the
with it.”
culture of the true Deep South.” Abby
Although their personal experience
recalls.
with hurricanes in New Orleans was not
Returning from their evacuation
devastating, Matt and Abby were given
excursions, Matt and Abby noticed minor
the opportunity to speak with people
damage to the campus. “A couple fences
who had experienced Hurricane Katrina
were blown down. The bomb-proof winand the devastating effects it had.
dows of the business building were comEveryone attending Tulane during
pletely cracked and some shattered, and
Katrina
“was Continued on Page 6
there were branches down in some
places”, describes Abby. School remained See Q+A with Abby and Matt, pg. 4
Frosh Sign into the Schoolhouse
A new tradition for freshman entering The Governor’s
Academy began this year. On
Sunday,
September
7,
Freshman Dean Mr. Michael
Delay led freshman to the
Little Red Schoolhouse and
instructed them to form a line.
One by one the students
entered the schoolhouse,
shook
hands
with
Mr. Delay greets the
freshman
Headmaster
Mr.
Marty
Doggett, and signed their
name and hometown in a
leather-bound book while sitting in the original headmaster’s chair.
This ritual is designed for
freshman to recognize that
they are not only a part of a
high school, but a part of history. “Hopefully, the freshmen
feel they are part of a historical community. Signing a
scroll signifies the start of this
new journey that the class of
2012 will be taking. With this
archived book students know
they are not only part of the
Academy, but they also join
such names as Sam Adams,
John Hancock, and several
other important Americans in
our archives,” said Mr. Delay.
When asked what the
inspiration for this was,
Headmaster
Doggett
answered, “I have five sons in
college, and all of them had
some sort of freshman initiation program. It would be nice
for us, the oldest [boarding]
school in America to mark the
time of arrival for our freshman.”
This ceremony was a
Mr. Doggett looks on as a student signs the book
memorable one, and freshman did enjoy it. Freshman
Milan Gary said, “It was a
cool tradition, and a good
way to introduce freshman
into this historical community.”
Even though some students enjoyed it, the length of
the ceremony bothered others.
“I liked how you would sit at
the same seat that John
Quincy Adams did, but I
think it took way too long,”
freshman Sean Scerbo said.
When the class of 2012
graduates, seniors will walk
through the schoolhouse
again to say their final goodbye
to
their
teachers.
Headmaster Doggett said,
“We will make a full circle.
When the freshman are seniors, they will walk through
the schoolhouse one more
time, but this time, they will
enter the opposite direction
than they did when they were
freshmen.”
Photos courtesy of Mr. Oxton
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Op/Ed
THE GOVERNOR 2
Editorial:
A Public Forum for News, Opinion, and Creative Thought of The Governor’s Academy
SEPTEMBER 24, 2008 VOLUME 49, ISSUE 9
Ms. Judy Klein
Editors-in-chief:
Julia Blanter ‘09
Will Kavanagh ‘09
Gabriella Riley ‘09
Production Advisor:
Ms. Christle Rawlins-Jackson
Photography Editors:
Abby Wallman ‘10
Maiki Kaneko ‘09
Bonnie Xia ‘09
Editorial Advisor:
Staff Writers:
Anna O’Neal ‘09
Taylor Angles ‘10
Annie Quigley ‘10
Lindsay Mackay ‘10
Lindsay Grant ‘10
Managing Editors:
Dylan Press ‘09
Jen Migliore ‘10
Katharine Brine ‘09
Sports:
Connor Helfrich ‘11
Mary Morrissey ‘10
Kayla Jenson ‘11
John Damianos ‘12
Samantha Doherty ‘10
Gabriella Riley ‘09
Katie Reilly ‘11
Jen Migliore ‘10
Aboubacar O. Diagne ‘11
Ariel Shapiro ‘09
Alex Matses ‘09
Colin Canty ‘09
Editorial:
Speaking Up
When I first drove into GDA a few
weeks ago, I was a little nervous but I felt
like a pro, coming to register for my fourth
time. Walking by the freshman, I remembered registering four years ago. Nerve
and anxiousness were only two of the
many feelings crushing me then, but now
was different because I was that scary senior. Everyone knows me, I know everything, it was pretty cool.
As I moved in, I ran into a parent with
two sophomores right behind her. She
introduced herself as I gave a quick shy
wave and hurried into my room. Before I
had time to run, she smiled saying “I'm so
glad we have a new sophomore in the
dorm.”
That's when I realized that just by
being a senior on paper, doesn't mean I'm
one of the biggest and most well known
among the younger students. Hiding in a
group of friends, or going to sit in the
same spot every free period, is only going
to make it harder for anyone to identify
who you are and how you fit in the community.
Although it seems pretty cliché and
obvious now, being friendly is really
important. My freshman year, I was too
timid to participate in any activities or do
anything out of my friends group. My
suggestion to everyone, especially freshman, is to join any group or speak to
whomever and to try something new
every weekend. Maybe join the newspaper! Or start something that no one has
tried before.
This year, I hope The Governor will
bring in lots of new writers with a wide
range of ideas. We are hoping to make
things interesting, beyond our usual stories… If you have anything awesome that
you think would add to the paper please
don't hesitate to contact any of the newspaper staff. We love new and cool ideas!
-J.B.
Checking the
Peripherals
As the election coverage progresses, the focus shifts further and further to peripheral issues. Issues that won't affect the
way the country is run over the next four to eight years. Hours
upon hours of news coverage devoted to “lipstick comment”
analysis, yet just a passing comment on something such as foreign policy. Politics have gotten so focused on “he said, she said”
tactics rather than “he will do, she will do” policy criticisms that
knowledge of policies are no longer necessary. Politicians like
Sarah Palin, can gain support and votes for their party just by
attacking the other candidate without having to know anything
about economic or foreign policy themselves.
But this tactic is not the sole domain of the Republican Party.
The Democrats attack Sarah Palin on poor parenting skills
because her 17-year-old daughter is pregnant or for an alleged
affair, neither of which would have much, if any, effect on how
she would lead the country. This focus on drama rather than
actual political issues distracts the voting public from their best
interests. As soon as McCain claims Barack is sexist, all of a sudden that makes McCain a feminist, despite his take on all issues
indicating the exact opposite. As soon as Barack has a minister
that is racist against white people those views are transcended
onto him, despite the fact that his own mother was white.
Whether this is the media's fault or the fault of a tabloidobsessed, reality show-watching public, it is a scary phenomenon. The focus needs to return to what is important and that is
the direction this country would go under the command of each
candidate. Whether or not their children are drug addicts or if
their pastors are terrorists will not change where the candidates
stand on war, healthcare, education or the economy. The sooner
voters realize this, the sooner this country can fix all its problems.
-D.P.
Please send any letters to dpress@gda.org or
jblanter@gda.org. Thank you!
Seize Your Assets
by Julia Blanter ‘09
Last week, with the stock market dropping
4.5 percent, the country went into shock. The
Gazette said that, “If money were a dad right
now, dad would be sitting in the dark, drinking heavily, with his other hand clutching his
temples. Drinking heavily on credit.”
What happened will be forever re-seen, in
books, in everything. The country just lived a
history lesson. Once Lehman brothers and
Merrill Lynch collapsed, the entire financial
sector of Wall Street went haywire. With trillions of dollars at stake, the federal government decided to give AIG a large amount of
money to keep it from going out of business.
This caused the other businesses to collapse.
It is said that Wall Street creates up to four
service jobs for every one in finance, so what
happened when the Stock Market dropped 4.5
percent? Panic. Aziz, a Moroccan food cart
vendor told The Gazette that sales went down
in 20 percent that day.
Looking at the fall, Americans chose to re-
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evaluate ourselves. What are we? Capitalist
or Socialist? With this stock market fall only
undermining American Capitalism, people
are becoming skeptical of America’s ideals.
Could we be the next USSR? Or worse, the
next Nazi Germany…
Ever since this tragedy last week, more
people have been curious about the happenings in the stock market. As Warren Buffett
has said, “It’s a tough way to make a living”
because stocks rise and fall quickly, the transaction costs are high and the risks are large.
The Stock Market is a tricky thing, but anyone can see that the 4.5 percent drop last week
was not a good thing.
This generation has experienced its fair
share of historical footprints. 9/11 will never
be forgotten, as will the war in Iraq and the
possibility of a woman or a black president.
The list could go on for pages. This decade
will definitely be one that goes down in history.
Op/Ed
THE GOVERNOR 3
Left vs. Right: Sarah Palin
by Dylan Press ‘09
1. She opposes stem cell research, the same kind of research that could help
quadriplegics walk again, cure some brain diseases and replace organs without the
need for a donor.
2. She opposes abortion even in the cases of rape and incest, thus creating
many an awkward moment when new mothers across the country will have to
explain to their child that their father is also their rapist uncle.
3. She believes creationism and evolution should be taught side by side in
public schools as theories of equal credibility, such as evolution. Saying everything
was created by a higher being, with no evidence to support the claim except for
peoples' innate faith is now as credible as a scientific theory (read: fact) that has
been agreed upon by the vast majority of the scientific community and is provable
using genetic comparisons between closely related species. Sarah Palin as Vice
President could single handedly make our schools dumber.
P.S. Palin does not believe in Evolution.
4.
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Famous Leaders that have attempted to or have banned books:
Chairman Mao, former leader of the Chinese Communist Party
Adolf Hitler, former dictator of Germany
Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska and VP Candidate
5. Although Palin/McCain claim to want a change from Bush's policies,
Palin seems to be completely unaware of what these policies are, as she shows in
her only TV interview, with reporter Charlie Gibson,
Gibson: Do you agree with the Bush Doctrine?
Palin: In what respect, Charlie?
Gibson (refusing to give her a hint): What do you interpret it to be?
Palin: His world view?
Gibson: No, the Bush Doctrine, enunciated in September 2002, before the Iraq
War…
Remember when politicians used to tell journalists about policies and what was
going on in government, not the other way around? The phrase “if you don't know
your past, you're doomed to repeat it” comes to mind.
6.
She claims to be a fiscal conservative when it comes to be the economy…
Ronald Reagan- Fiscal Conservative- $200 + Billion deficit
George H.W. Bush- Fiscal Conservative- $300 Billion deficit
Bill Clinton- Tax & Spend Liberal- $200 + Billion surplus
George W. Bush- Fiscal Conservative- $482 Billion deficit
Judging by its past success or lack thereof, this doesn't seem like something to
be flaunting.
7. The country can't trust its foreign relations issues in the hands of someone
who got their first passport in 2007.
8. She disparages community organizing and refers to Barack Obama as
“Just a community organizer.” A community organizer doesn't seem like the worst
thing. Just ask Martin Luther King Jr. or Jesus.
9.
She doesn't believe humans cause global warming. Way to go green.
10. She is the less experienced candidate. The Democratic VP nominee, Joe
Biden, has been a US senator for over 35 years. Palin has been the governor of a
state with less people than Boston, for about 24 months.
by Jen Migliore ‘10
1. People Like Her: Since late spring the country has been preparing for the Obama coronation, as he consistently had a double digit lead
over McCain in the Polls. However, since the Palin acceptance speech,
all major polling agencies now have McCain ahead. The game hasn't
changed, just the players.
2. She Gets the Job Done: I'm not about to pretend to be an expert
on Alaska politics, I'll leave that to the residents. As Governor, however, Sarah Palin had an 84% approval rating, one of the highest ever
recorded by a governor…To get more than eight out of ten people to
agree on anything is a miracle in today's society, let alone in politics...
3. Because she's the only one running for V.P.: Six weeks till the
election and the Democrats have yet to name a V.P. candidate… Oh
scratch that! I guess they have nominated some guy named Biden...I
wonder if that is the same guy that has been running for president since
1988. Would have thought America would have heard of him by now!
4. She has executive experience: Sarah Palin has more executive
experience than the whole entire Democratic ticket. As Governor of the
largest state in the union, she has fought corruption and handled a
budget, and, during her tenure, she has reduced property tax levels
while increasing services for Alaskans.
5. She is not afraid to make bold decisions: As Governor of Alaska,
Palin has used her veto pen, more than once, to slash roughly half a billion dollars in pork barrel spending. She cancelled the construction of
projects, which were unnecessary, and sold the state's luxury jet, along
with eliminating the personal driver and the chef.
6. Palin is country first: She loves this country and is unashamedly patriotic. Her love for our country is also quite prevalent within her
family; her eldest son, Track, deployed for Iraq this September.
7. She is relatable to the American People: Govenor Palin is not
only comfortable with blue collar votes, but also loved by them. In a
nutshell, Palin is blue collar to the core. She is a life member of the NRA,
she hunts and fishes, and her husband is an oil rig worker and commercial fisherman who races snowmobiles for fun.
8. She can handle the pressure: A mom of five kids, her youngest
a son with Down Syndrome, she is ready for anything and everything
thrown at her. Along with the pressures of being a mom, she has dealt
with the pressures of winning a state basketball championship. In 1982,
with the game on the line, Palin nicknamed "Sarah Barracuda" made a
critical free throw to seal the outcome of the game…Certainly no small
feat.
9.
Sarah Palin is a true reform candidate: If you're corrupt, she
will expose you...Whether you are a Democrat, the state Republican
chairman, or even her own brother in-law, she will show no mercy.
10. She doesn't just talk about the American dream, she is the
American dream: Not too long ago, Governor Palin was earning a living
by being a salmon fisher. She then worked her way up to become a local
sports reporter, a city councilor worker, a mayor, and eventually the
Governor of Alaska. Currently, she is V.P. pick of the GOP ticket, which
is more than I think she thought she would have ever accomplished.
News
THE GOVERNOR 4
Hurricane Ike Hits Coast But Spares LA
by ArielShapiro 09’
Although New Englanders might
complain about blizzards and heat
waves, they have it easy compared to
Gulf Coast residents.
Early Saturday morning,
Hurricane Ike hit the Gulf Coast of
southeast Texas and Louisiana along a
500-mile stretch. It arrived with
110mph winds, powerful rain and
huge waves.
Although the surge was less than
feared, reaching 13.5 ft in Sabine Pass,
Texas, 5 ft in Houston, and 11 ft in
Galveston, locals feared for inland
flooding and much of the Louisiana
coast experienced catastrophic flooding, with over 1800 homes destroyed.
Levees were also destroyed. This
flooding was the second in two weeks,
the first coming from Labor Day's
Hurricane Gustav. In Lake Charles
and Plaquemine Parish, Louisiana,
officials reported that the floods were
worse than those of Hurricane Rita,
which hit in September 2005.
Three million customers in Texas
are without power and could be for a
matter of weeks. After Hurricane
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Alicia, which hit Houston in 1983,
some were without power for 16 days.
Two hundred thousand are currently
without power in Louisiana; 60,000
who lost it in Gustav, and another
140,000 who lost it in Ike.
Ike has caused a spike in oil prices.
Although the storm missed many
major refineries, most will still be
closed for days. Nationally, prices are
up to an average of $3.733, while on
the Gulf Coast they have hit $4.85. The
EPA has temporarily lowered its oil
by Katie Reilly ‘10
Matt Fisch and Abby Harris graduated from TGA in
2008 and are currently attending Tulane University in
New Orleans.
standards for states primarily dependent on Gulf Coast oil, allowing those
states more access to imported oil.
President Bush has declared a
major disaster area for 29 counties in
Texas. These counties will receive federal aid in addition to state and local
aid for temporary housing, housing
repairs. State and local governments
will also receive federal aid.
G: Where did you go?
Abby: I evacuated with a friend from school. We
started off our "hurrication" in Mississippi then traveled to the University of Alabama where we stayed
with some people that my friend knows from home.
As the storm weakened and headed out, rescue crews prepared to help
the over 100,000 people who remained
and did not evacuate.
Information for this article came
from yahoo.com from Associated
Press
No Me Gustav!
Staying at Bama was a blast and I got a real taste of
the culture of the true Deep South. We ended our
week at the university supporting our school in
Gov: How did the school handle letting you
know about the hurricane and the plan to evacuate?
How was the evacuation organized?
Abby Harris: There were a lot of rumors leading
up to the actual announcement of the evacuation.
Tulane's policy is to evacuate when there's a category one hurricane or worse. The school was really
good about letting everyone know and supplying
shuttles to the airport for those who needed transportation. Also, everyone who didn't have anywhere to go could evacuate with Tulane to Jackson
State University in Mississippi.
Matt Fisch: We were texted on the Thursday
before the Saturday we were forced to evacuate on.
We were told that we had to be off campus by noon
on Saturday. The evacuation was organized by each
individual person. We all had to come up with our
own plans.
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were cancelled from Friday to the following
Monday.
G: How long had you been at school when the
evacuation was required?
Abby: I evacuated on Saturday, exactly a week
from move-in day but a lot of other people left the
previous Thursday night.
Matt: We had been at school for six days.
G: Was there any damage to the school?
Main Campus at Tulane University
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green with a few strings of Mardi Gras beads at the
Bama vs. Tulane football game.
Matt: I went to Orlando, Florida to be with
friends. I flew there.
G: How long did you have to leave school for?
Abby: We left on Saturday August 30th and
returned on Sunday September 7th
Matt: I left school for exactly one week. Classes
Abby: There was some debris around the campus, a couple fences blown down, the bomb-proof
windows of the business building were completely
cracked and some shattered, and there were branches down in some places. Although I'm sure a lot had
been cleaned up before students were allowed to
return to campus, the damage wasn't as bad as I
expected.
Matt: There were some branches that came down
in and around Audubon Park and a few windows
shattered here and there. Other than that, the campus and surrounding area fared well.
G: Did the experience make you have any second
thoughts about attending school in New Orleans?
Abby: Not at all. I had a blast the first week and
being forced to stay away made me love the school
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Features
THE GOVERNOR 5
Caption Contest
Staff Report
Send your best captions for this picture to
dpress@gda.org!
The Riddler
by Greg Rooney ‘09
John is at his house alone, when
he decides to go out for the night
and stay at a friend’s house. So
he turns off all the lights and
locks his door. He comes back
the next morning and the police
are waiting at his house to tell
him he is responsible for the
death of several thousand people.
Why is he responsible?
You walk into a jail cell, and
there is nothing but the steel
bars, no windows no lights no
nothing. The only thing that is
there is a dead man hanging from
a rope attached to a hook at the
top of the ceiling with a puddle
of water below him. How does
he kill himself ?
Dear Advisors,
Dear Advisors...
All my friends play on a team together but I don't play sports. They hang out everyday
Fishing Club
by Alex Matses '09
at practice and I feel really left out. How do I feel more in touch with them?
- Lonely
Dear Lonely,
Loneliness is a very difficult emotion. Even though it is natural and probably
healthy to spend time alone, many people feel uncomfortable when they are alone and
seek ways to connect with people in order to avoid this feeling. There certainly are times
here at school when you may find yourself engaged in some activity that is very differ-
ent from that of your friends and separates you from them. There is no question that we
tend to socialize with those people who play the same sports, participate in drama, live
in the same dorm or perform in the same musical groups. Feeling left out, for most peo-
ple, is even more difficult than being lonely because being alone will end at some point
but being left out feels like being excluded, sometimes on purpose. If all of your friends
are together in one activity and you are not there, it will be important for you to let them
know that you miss them and then find other ways for all of you to be together.
Sometimes being separated from your friends can not be helped but just remember that
it is not forever. It is important for you to communicate effectively about how you feel
and then follow up with making a plan of how to be with your friends when you can.
Maybe the most important thing to remember is to not take it personally and know that
the times you are all together will be fun and something to look forward to.
This year's fishing club will be like none
other, according to organizers Alex Matses and
George French. In previous years, the club has
done little to keep its occupants satisfied, the
seniors contend. Participants have dropped a
line in the water once or even not at all this
during the year. With the help of Activities
Director Mr. Tim Weir, Dean of Students Mr.
Steve Ogden, Manager of Information Systems
Mr. Aaron Mandel (Pandi Bear) and other faculty, the group is planning on making at least
four trips to different fishing grounds. Each
ground will be previously fished prior to their
arrival in order to help the members catch fish
by supplying them information about what to
use. Anyone is able to join this group and the
more members the better, say the organizers.
To participate, members need to have a rod
available to them on the day of the trip and
send an email to either Alex Matses (amatses@govsacademy.org) or George French
(gfrench@govsacademy.org).
photos courtesy of
Alex Matses
Features
Gay/Straight Alliance:
A Fresh New Start
ing over from last year's advisor, Ms.
Gretchen Scharfe, to help students Colin
A fresh start is a phrase commonly used Canty and Raymond Boghos lead the
at The Governor's Academy. It could be a group. They hope to work together to lead
fresh start to a new season, a new sport or students to continue the goals of last year,
what hopes to be a promising academic but also try and spark a few changes here at
year. The leadership of the Academy's school. "It was a good year," said student
Gay/Straight Alliance is hoping for its ow Ray Boghos, "But I feel like we have yet to
grasp the surface of what this group can
accomplish."
Ms. McKenna is extremely excited to
take over the new position as she also feels
the GSA needs to take a new turn but with
the same ambition of last year. To start,
meetings have been moved from Mondays
at 6 p.m. to Thursdays at 6 p.m. (still in the
Cobb Room). Canty said that his goal will
be not to get the student body involved
more in the meetings but hopefully in the
GSA's events on campus. He hopes that
through these, people will understand more
clearly what it is the GSA is trying to do.
GSA leaders Mr. Long, Ray Boghos, Colin Canty, "Anyone curious or who wants to make an
Ms. McKenna
honest contribution to your community,"
Photo by Abby Wallman ‘10
says Canty, "then help out the GSA, because
fresh start this fall. Teachers Mr. Raymond the goal is to create a comfortable place for
Long and Ms. Bre-Anne McKenna are tak- everyone to be a part of."
THE GOVERNOR 6
Would You Rather?
by Dylan Press 09’
by Colin Canty ‘09
required to attend another
...Hurricane
college for a semester. After
Continued from Page 1
that, they returned to
Tulane”, says Matt. “It’s
kind of weird discussing the disaster with people who
actually went through it because they almost hesitate to
talk about it. One woman who I work with was really
stressed out when she found out that we had to leave
because it reminded her of packing for the Katrina evacuation”, adds Abby.
When asked if they could compare any of the hurricane weather to weather they experienced living in New
England, neither Matt nor Abby could. “There’s nothing
like it. It’s hard to imagine leaning into the wind and not
falling down and seeing rain fall almost horizontally”,
Photo courtesy of Abby Harris
says Abby. Matt adds, “We're currently getting the
outskirts of Ike, and the wind is tremendous. It’s worse
than anything I've ever seen before.”
Both Abby and Matt have really been enjoying their
time at Tulane thus far. “Anyone looking for a great
school in the best city on earth should apply to Tulane. If
you do, definitely bring a raincoat and rain boots”, says
Abby, and as a word of advice, “If you value your life,
don’t attempt to drive from Tuscaloosa, Alabama to New
Orleans, Louisiana at 3:00 AM.” In conclusion, Matt
notes, “Tulane is a great place and we have fun every
night of the week. It's hard to lose when you always
win.”
-Have twins at age 14 or never have children?
- Have noticeably uneven legs or noticeably uneven ears?
- Be 8 feet tall or 3 feet tall?
- Have a working lightsaber or all 150
original pokémon?
- Live in the same place the rest of your
life or have to move every year?
- Become a quadriplegic or make your
best friend a paraplegic?
- Be able to be invisible or be able to fly?
...No Me Gustav!
Continued from Page 4
even more. I think the evacuation increased
many students' school spirit and overall happiness when we all returned. Also, New Orleans
in general has so much character and is so
unique that it's hard not to fall in love with it.
Matt: Absolutely not.
G: Did you speak to anyone who had been
there for Katrina? If so, what did they have to
say about the experience?
Abby: I've chatted with quite a few people
who went through Katrina, both Tulanians and
locals. It's kind of weird discussing the disaster
with people who actually went through it
because they almost hesitate to talk about it. It
was obviously really hard for the city and put a
huge emotional strain on those who experienced it first hand. One woman who I work
with (I work at the athletic training room on
campus) was really stressed out when she
found out that we had to leave because it
reminded her of packing for the Katrina evacuation.
Matt: All students were
required to attend another
college for one semester.
After that, they had to return
to Tulane. It was a real hassle
for everybody and no one
would ever want to have to
go through it again.
G: How did the storm
Matt after the
compare
to the weather you
evacuation
had
experienced
living in
Photo courtesy of Matt
Fisch ‘08 New England?
Abby: There's nothing like it. It's hard to
imagine leaning into the wind and not falling
down and seeing rain fall almost horizontally.
Matt: I wasn't in New Orleans during the
storm, so I can't tell you. We're currently getting the outskirts of Ike, and the wind is
tremendous. Worse than anything I've ever
seen before.
G: What else would you like people at TGA
to know about your experience?
Abby: A couple of things:
1.) I think that anyone looking for a great
school in the best city on earth should apply to
Tulane
2.) If you do, definitely bring a raincoat and
rain boots
3.) Don't let hurricanes scare you away from
this area...it's been here for a while and it's not
going anywhere.
4.) There are a lot of cool service opportunities including Habitat for Humanity (just ask
Jamie, Hannah, Demi and Liv.)
5.) Don't go to Mississippi there's nothing to
do there except go to Waffle House
Matt and Abby at graduation
Photo courtesy of Abby Harris ‘08
6.) If you enjoy frat parties held in rodeo
barns go to the University of Alabama.
7.) All the boys at U Alabama have the same
haircut.
8.) If you value your life, don't attempt to
drive from Tuscaloosa, Al to New Orleans, La
at 3 am.
Matt: Tulane is a great place and we have
fun every night of the week. It's hard to lose
when you always win.
Sports
THE GOVERNOR 7
Celebrity Domination:
Misty May
Back On Top
by Mary Morrissey ‘10
by Mary Morrissey ‘10
The professional beach volleyball player and two-time
Olympic gold medalist Misty
May-Treanor is taking a break
from the beach and hitting the
dance floor. In the upcoming
season of ABC's Dancing with
the Stars, she will make her
dancing debut along with
singer Lance Bass, reality star
Kim Kardashian, comedian
Jeffrey Ross, as well as nine
other famous contestants.
May-Treanor, with partner
Kerri Walsh, dominated the
AVP tour since August 2007.
The duo recently ended their
winning streak of 112 consecutive matches and 19 title wins
shortly after their gold medal
victory in Beijing. After the
close of the tour, both athletes
will take a break in order to
start families.
September 22 at 8/7c,
Misty May-Treanor will pair
up with a different type of
partner,
dancer
Maksim
Chmerkovskiy for the premiere of season six of Dancing
with the Stars.
Tennis star Serena Williams is back on top due to her recent victory at the U.S. Open.
Sunday, September 7, she beat Jelena Jankovic in the Open finals 6-4, 7-5. The once ranked
139th player, managed to beat her older sister Venus in the quarterfinals and play through
the tournament with intensity and heart. She refused to give up even a set. This U.S Open
victory adds to her eight other major singles champions and secures her position as number
one in the world.
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Breaking Brady
by Samantha Doherty ‘10
Patriot quarterback Tom Brady
was injured in the season opener
when he was tackled on a play by
Kansas City Chief safety, Bernard
Pollard. The 2007 League MVP went
down clutching his knee while all of
Patriot Nation held its breath. Brady
was then helped off the field and
taken to the locker room for x-rays.
The injury happened in the first quarter of the game and Brady did not
return to the sideline for the remainder of the game. The Patriots were
able to rally to a 17-10 victory.
There was speculation all Sunday
night that Brady was done for the season, but Patriot fans held out hope
that this was just speculation.
Everyone's worst fears, however,
were confirmed on Monday, when an
MRI revealed that Brady would miss
the rest of the season with both a torn
ACL and MCL injury to his left knee.
He is scheduled to have surgery on
the ACL in about a month after giving
his MCL a chance to heal. Brady will
then have to endure extensive rehabilitation of the knee which should
last for about six months. All in all,
Brady is expected to be out for
approximately nine months. The
good news is that this type of surgery
is usually very successful and
patients make a complete recovery.
The Patriots are now forced to
replace their beloved Brady with
fourth year back-up Matt Cassel.
When Cassel takes the field next
weekend against the AFC East rival
New York Jets, it will be his first start
since playing high school football for
lation arose that the Patriots and
Coach Belichick would be wise to
bring in a veteran to back up Brady.
Now that Brady is injured, people are
left to wonder if the Patriots gambled
by not having someone with more
experience and consistency ready in
the wings should Brady go down.
Hopefully, this injury will be a
motivator for the Patriots. Maybe it
will force the Patriots to focus more
on "team" play and defense. This is
the formula that worked so well for
them in 2001. This year may not be
the year of the big blowouts like last
year, but maybe we will see the
Patriots of old - having the offense
score just enough to win and the
defense coming up big in every game.
You have to admit, it was more exciting to watch. It worked for the
Patriots in 2001 and the Giants last
year. So maybe it can work for the
Patriots again. Here's hoping.
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the Chatsworth High School
Chancellors. Cassel went on to be the
back-up quarterback at USC behind
both Matt Leinart of the Arizona
Cardinals and Carson Palmer of the
Cincinnati Bengals. Both were
Heisman Trophy winners and first
round draft picks. Cassel did not have
a good pre-season in which the
Patriots went 0-4. At the time, specu-
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Features
by Kayla Jenson ‘11
Contrary to popular opinion, Mr.
Matt Hunt was NOT formerly a male
model. He was born in New Jersey
and went to high school in Sudbury,
Massachusetts. He attended college at
the University of Virginia, where he
received Bachelor's and Master's
Mr. Matt Hunt
degrees in electrical engineering. A
few months into his graduate work in
electrical engineering he decided he
didn't want to pursue this career path,
by Lindsay Mackay ‘10
Everybody loves a good Cinderella
story about an athletics team, and
none can top the likes of one that hits
close to home. This past summer, The
Governor's Academy's own Mr. John
Pirie, honors biology as well as marine
and environmental sciences teacher,
coached the German National
Lacrosse Team during their historymaking, goal-bursting success at this
summer's
World
Lacrosse
Championships.
“The
World
Championships are,” explains Pirie,
“basically the Olympics of lacrosse.”
With an impressive coaching
resume of 21 years of professional
coaching, including assistant coaching
Governor's Boys Varsity Lacrosse, Mr.
Pirie was first offered the international coaching job during an annual
coach convention in Philadelphia
where 5,000 to 6,000 lacrosse coaches
assemble each year. After delivering a
presentation on his successful methods of teaching the sport, the German
team's general manager approached
him and asked him to consider an
offer to travel overseas to create and
coach the German National Lacrosse
THE GOVERNOR 8
New Teachers and Alter-Egos
and so he became a teacher. He lives in
the Faculty Housing up on Old Road
and currently works in the mathematics department.
He coaches the football team and
track, where he specializes in the
throwing events. Mr. Hunt has fun
watching NASCAR and actually got to
visit several NASCAR tracks in
Virginia. Reading and a unique activity called Brazilian Jujitsu, a form of
martial arts that stresses different
types of holds, make up his hobbies.
Studying math is of course also high
on his list. Sorry girls, it has now been
heard straight from the horse's mouth,
your math teacher was not a model.
Unfortunately, after a thorough
interview, it is still unclear whether
Mr. Ryan Hart and Michael Phelps are
in fact related. As I am sure you have
seen the resemblance or heard the
rumors, Mr. Hart, new to the Science
Department, says to ask Dylan Press
for the inside truth on that rumor.
Growing up in Park City, Utah, it is
safe to say that Mr. Hart is most definitely a skier. After spending his summer working at an adventure/active
Mr. Ryan Hart
summer camp, where he was a program director, he is ready to whip the
Boys' 3rds Soccer team right into
shape.
When asked about his decided to
become a teacher, he explained that he
really hadn't made up his mind until
he accepted the job. “It was a natural
fit,” he described, and since it was
something he was interested in, it
seemed like a good option. He says
that he is open to any ideas in the science field for the future. He currently
lives in Eames Under, says it is a terrific space and that he is really lucky to
have such a great apartment. When
asked what the best and worst parts
about dorm life were, he indicated that
getting to interact with students outside of class was for sure the greatest
part, and the only downside was
when his neighbors above bounced
basketballs on his ceiling. So, just to
clear up any rumors, Mr. Hart was not
an Olympic swimmer, but…. he did
do a little swimming during his childhood.
Photos by Abby Wallman ‘10
Das Lacrosse Spiele!
team. Pirie agreed, hardly giving it a
second thought. Lacrosse is a fairly
new sport in Europe and the opportunity to spread his passion to others
was not an offer than Pirie could turn
down. “It was a no-brainer,” says
Pirie. “You get to do something you
love and go somewhere cool.”
Fourteen months before the World
Championship, Pirie headed to
Germany to begin scouting players
and recruiting boys under nineteen
from various German leagues. He
invited them to his six to eight-week
clinic where he would study the players closely and select members of his
team. This long “try-out” ensured that
he would not overlook any talented
players having a bad day and would
prepare new athletes to play lacrosse
at a more intense level.
Once the team was formulated,
practicing began. Though the German
team came up winless in years past,
12-hour practice sessions where the U19 boys displayed ceaseless devotion,
would ensure German redemption.
“They had tons of work ethic,”
explains Pirie. “I only had them do
spirits once because I saw no
point…they
conditioned
themselves…They got to know each
other… and pushed themselves.”
The team spent time traveling to
different places to scrimmage other
teams, including here at The
Governor's Academy. It was then that
this new team realized that they could
swim with the big fish. Pirie explains
that he was “clueless about what they
could do until they started playing.”
As time drew closer and closer to the
Championship in Coquitlam, British
Columbia, near the major city,
Vancouver, the team continued its
hard work.
When the games began, the team
soared past their simple ambitions to
win a single game, ending up with a 50 in their division, then continuing on
to the second round, where they left
the tournament with a 6-2 record,
meriting them sixth place out of 12
international teams. “It was powerful…If they lost, then they lost, but
when they won they made German
national history,” says Mr. Pirie,
remembering his experiences fondly,
particularly their very first win and
the posed picture of the entire team in
the goal.
Mr. Pirie's turn as a German
lacrosse coach has an interesting twist.
It seems that two German students,
who spent their junior years in the
United States, started up lacrosse in
Germany - one of them a student at
The Governor's Academy. The two
boys fell in love with the sport during
their spring season in America and
were eager to bring it to Germany. “It's
funny,” says Mr. Pirie. “Talk about a
full circle!”
and right in the middle is a tackily
dressed young man raising a large
knife towards the book's title,
Knifeboy.
For those whose first
thoughts went to the possibility of a
serial killer fiction novel or a suicidal
teen memoir, the cover has deceived
you.
Knifeboy by Tod Harrison
Williams is a classic coming of age
story about a young man whose persistence and peculiar abilities lead
him down a prosperous but rocky
path.
The story begins with Jay Hauser,
a competitive and crafty Dartmouth
frat boy, whose main goal seems to be
winning the heart of his crush,
Isabelle. His freshman year is coming
to a close, and with summer
approaching, Jay hopes to secure
Isabelle's affection. Isabelle, however,
shoots him down and cites his lack of
charisma and charm as her reasons
for not wanting him as her boyfriend.
Jay takes the critique very personally,
and to prove Isabelle wrong, he takes
a summer job selling expensive sets
Bladeworks knives. He combines his
natural talent of salesmanship with a
unique selling formula, and breaks
the company sales record rapidly. Jay
uses every resource he possibly can to
continue his greatness, but this success comes at a steep price. He devel-
ops an obsession with his craft and
the prospect of becoming the greatest
salesman that ever lived. In this
obsession, he develops an alcoholic
lifestyle and constantly questions his
changing of morals that come from
his competitive nature. Through
feuds with his friends and family and
a self-destructive lifestyle, Jay finally
realizes the growth he must go to in
order to become the man everyone
wants him to be.
Knifeboy is interesting in that
Williams takes an unconventional
summer job and turns it into a growth
into adulthood for Jay Hauser. The
story is a
Continued on pg. 10
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Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover: ‘Knifeboy’ Review
by Bryce Johnson ‘09
The phrase “don't judge a book by
its cover” doesn't have to apply to
choosing a new book to read. There is
a certain joy and spontaneity that
comes in purchasing a book with an
outrageous cover, and picking one
that seems a little “out there” can end
up being a great choice. The cover of
this novel appears to be the artwork
of an 11-year-old who just received
the new 48-pack of Crayolas for their
birthday. A football game is being
played in the background, a blonde is
partially covered by a pink towel,
people are gathered outside a house,
Features
Geek Beat:
by Anna O’Neal ‘09
For years, my family has been
shopping at Wild Oats supermarket.
Wild Oats is a natural food store that
boasts the best quality organic produce around, a bread shop, a butcher
and a juice bar. I love a good smoothie and have often stopped to get a
strawberry banana or mango pineapple concoction. Sometimes, if I'm
brave, I will add a protein boost for 50
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cents extra, but I have certainly never
given thought to adding grass to my
drink.
Wheatgrass is a common drink
additive at most juice bars and can be
mixed in your smoothie or, (not for
the faint of heart) can be consumed in
THE GOVERNOR 9
Curative Cow Juice?
“shot” form in a small plastic cup like
an awful medicine. But that is exactly
what the growers of wheatgrass
believe it is. Common consumption of
wheatgrass started in the 1930s when
an agriculturalist named Charles
Schnabel discovered that adding
chopped grass to his hen-feed doubled the production of eggs. He boasted of this across a couple counties,
selling wheatgrass to friends and family for health purposes. Soon, cans of
Schnabel's powdered grass were
available in most major pharmacies
around the USA.
Wheatgrass aficionados lovingly
dub their miracle cure a “superfood.”
The health benefits are said to range
from improving the digestive system
to helping to make menopause more
manageable. The green goo is even
said to help in the struggle against
cancer. Perhaps the most wondrous of
wheatgrass's many talents is the fact
that when blended, wheatgrass is
essentially chlorophyll. As you may
remember from biology, chlorophyll
is the molecule in plants that allows
for photosynthesis. Fortunately for
us, chlorophyll is very similar in
structure to hemoglobin, the molecule
in our red blood cells that carries oxy-
A handful of wheatgrass
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gen. When consumed, chlorophyll
actually increases hemoglobin production, and consequently, oxygen
circulation. Wheatgrass also has 13
vitamins of which several are antioxidants, many minerals and trace elements and boasts all 20 amino acids. It
also contains the hormone abscisic
acid and over 30 enzymes, all of
which are considered beneficial.
William T. Jarvis, a retired professor of public health at the Loma Linda
University School of Medicine,
doubts the beneficial effects of wheatgrass. “Enzymes are complex protein
molecules produced by living organisms exclusively for their own use in
promoting chemical reactions. Orally
ingested enzymes are digested in the
stomach and have no enzymatic activity in the eater.” Vivian Crisman,
nutritionist at Vaden Health Center,
also doubts wheatgrass is more than a
marketing craze. “The amount of
wheatgrass in a shot is unlikely to
improve your body's performance
drastically,” she said, and thinks the
energizing effects of wheatgrass are
potentially linked to the placebo effect
of the marketing campaigns and
claims made by the growers.
Certainly, I would hope that
wheatgrass's possible benefits can be
matched by some of the tastier vegetables out there like broccoli or
asparagus, because I would certainly
rather eat my vegetables than drink
liquefied cow chow.
New Energy For A New School Year
The Governor's
Academy is currently
conducting a study to see if the proposal to bring
wind power to campus is sustainable. Mr. Peter
Werner, the history department chair, and Dr. Hal
Scheintaub, a science teacher, are working with
Mr. Dick Savage, former chief financial officer and
now the Academy's sustainability coordinator,
and an independent agency from upstate New
by Aboubacar Okeke-Diagne ‘11
February, reducing from the previous February's
usage. Mr. Chris Rokous, an academy English
teacher, provided support and advisement in our
schools successfully bid to win the Green Cup
Challenge.
The school was able to reduce its electric usage
by more than 21 percent, tying for the championship with the Berkshire School in western
Massachusetts, according to the Green Cup website. The Governor's Academy reduced electricity
usage in February by 21.03 percent with Berkshire
getting 21.05 percent. Both schools were awarded
the championship since margin of error was taken
into account.
The school is now beginning to further extend
its environmental efforts. An organic garden was
started this spring behind the chapel. In this year's
August mailing, Headmaster Marty Doggett
announced that the school was going to try to
reduce paper waste, first by having parents sign
up for Parents Weekend, October 10th - 11th,
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behind the Ingham dorm near the ropes course. If
the system is approved, the school will have to
find at least part of the funding, with the state possibly providing some. The school could either borrow or raise the money. The project, if successful,
would eliminate the carbon emissions caused by
the Academy's electricity usage and, according to
the school's business office, could save the school
more than $100,000 a year.
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York to investigate the wind speeds and other factors to see if a windmill could produce enough
energy to power the campus.
The recent green efforts of the school started
about four years ago when Dr. Scheintaub was
able to reinvigorate the recycling movement by
focusing on soda and water containers. Last year
the school entered the Green Cup Challenge, an
interscholastic composition among American
boarding schools to see who can reduce their electricity usage the most. Last year, the challenge's
fourth year, 32 schools competed in the month of
online. The school's usage of the computer system,
Moodle, is being expanded, with more teachers
put their documents online only.
The biggest step the school would take, however, would be to install a windmill. The current
idea is that the windmill would be put on the hills
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Features
THE GOVERNOR 10
Profile: Jenn Blewett
G: Have you ever had experience with independent schools?
J: Yes. Both my parents went to private
boarding schools, as did I for my freshman year
GOV: Are you from around here?
of high school. Also many of my friends have
JB: Yes. I am from Topsfield, which is very attended private schools, including GDA.
close the to the Byfield campus.
G: Why did you choose psychology as your
G: what do you hope to learn and why did path?
you decide to come to GDA?
J: At first I was going to school for pre-med,
J: I hope to learn more
but I decided that I wantabout boarding school
ed to deal less with the
life and the issues that
whole medical side of
can arise with it. Living
things and more with
away from home during
patients and the day to
your adolescent years can
day struggles that they
be extremely rewarding
face. I had wonderful
but also tough at times
professors at NU that
too. Through Ms. Ruhl
taught me how beneficial
and the counseling office,
and crucial our line of
I am looking forward to
work is. Being able to sit
gaining some wonderful
down with someone
experience working with
going through a particustudents and learning
larly difficult time in
more about what goes on
their life, and talk about
here at Governor's.
it with them and potenI chose to come to
tially help them is a wonGDA for a few reasons. I
derful feeling.
knew I wanted to work
G: what services are
within a boarding school.
you offering and how do
It's a unique atmosphere
we get in touch with
going to school and livyou?
New intern, Jenn Blewett
J: Just like the stuing with your peers. And
photo by Abby Wallman‘10
dents and Governor's, I
I wanted to experience
what the students lives were really like. When I am here to learn about counseling and the trifound out that Ms. Ruhl would accept an intern umphs and troubles of boarding school life
for the 2008-2009 academic year, it just seemed (through Ms. Ruhl.) I will be available to talk to
like a great fit. Governors' is both close and a any student that feel they need to or want to disgreat environment to work within.
cuss something that is going on in their life. I am
G: where are you in school...what degree are located on the second floor of the field house
you going for?
right past the athletic directors office and will be
J: I am at Boston College pursuing a degree on campus Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesdays
in clinical social work with a concentration in all year.
Health/Mental Health. In May I graduated
from Northeastern University with a degree in
Human Services and Psychology.
Jennifer Blewett is the new intern in the Health
Center working under Ms.Elizabeth Ruhl, school
counselor.
‘Knifeboy’ continued from
page 8...
bit hard to grasp onto at first,
however, because the likelihood of selling knives becoming an obsession is a little
unrealistic. The concept of
becoming the best at all costs
is understandable, but the
same can be seen in popular
athletic movies or sitcoms
about teen popularity. Jay just
turns into the stereotypical
frat guy with hopes of winning a girl whose personality
doesn't seem to be very
appealing. It gets to the point
where the reader is almost
rooting for Jay's demise so he
can move onward. I would
recommend this book, but
only for someone who is just
looking for a quick read or
relief after reading a lengthy
novel, as I did.
Today
By: Billy Collins
Billy Collins is this year’s common book author and
visited The Academy yesterday. He served two terms as the
Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003.
If ever there were a spring day so perfect,
so uplifted by a warm intermittent breeze
that it made you want to throw
open all the windows in the house
and unlatch the door to the canary's cage,
indeed, rip the little door from its jamb,
a day when the cool brick paths
and the garden bursting with peonies
seemed so etched in sunlight
that you felt like taking
a hammer to the glass paperweight
on the living room end table,
releasing the inhabitants
from their snow-covered cottage
so they could walk out,
holding hands and squinting
into this larger dome of blue and white,
well, today is just that kind of day.
Billy Collins
cty.jhu.edu
Beehive
A huge beehive was removed from
the eaves of the barn earlier this week!
Photos courtesy of Ms. Christle
Jackson
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Reviews
THE GOVERNOR 11
DVD Review:
‘My Blueberry Nights”
The
by Annie Quigley ‘’10
new
release
My
Blueberry Nights may seem like
a good way to spend two hours
on a Friday night, but really, it's
not. Don't be deceived by its
intriguing front cover or its allstar cast; this movie has no plot-
line and moves at an exceedingly slow pace. The seemingly-stellar cast boasts names
such as Jude Law, Rachel
Weisz, Natalie Portman, and
even singer Norah Jones, who
plays the main character and
clearly should stick to singing.
The story (if could even be
called a story at all) follows
Elizabeth (Jones), a young New
Yorker who befriends a cafe
owner
(Law)
when
her
The
relationship
owner lasts all of ten minutes in
the film, and, for some reason,
involves blueberry pies and
abandoned sets of keys. Soon,
Elizabeth leaves inexplicably to
travel cross-country. Along this
journey, she meets an alcoholic
cop who attempts to kill his ex-
wife (Weisz), in a scene that definitely doesn't fit with the
romantic genre advertised by
the DVD box. Later, somearound
Arizona,
Elizabeth runs into a young
gambler, Leslie (Portman). The
two
become
fast
give her her car,
security camera on the ceiling.
friends,
despite the fact that Leslie
cheats Elizabeth out of thou-
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
is a romantic, charming,
and utterly unpretentious
film about two American
friends (Scarlett Johansson
and Rebecca Hall) who,
while spending the summer in Barcelona, Spain,
meet Juan Antonio (Javier
Bardem), a painter. Juan
Antonio is the quintessential lover: upon meeting
the girls for the first time,
he gives them an interesting proposal: come to
Ovedio (a small Spanish
town) and the three of
them will make love.
In fact, that is what
Vicky Cristina Barcelona is
all about: love. Vicky is the
more pragmatic of the two
friends, approaching love
from a logical, almost business-like view. Cristina is
the complete opposite: she
does not know what she
wants out of love, only
what she does not want. As
the movie progresses,
Cristina moves in with
Juan Antonio and his lovely but unbalanced ex-wife,
Maria Elena (Penelope
Cruz). And yes, there is a
ménage á trois with
Johansson, Bardem and
But, let's be honest, there's only
this, Jones por-
so much that cinematography
trays Elizabeth as
can do, because a movie really
being only very
does need some sort of interest-
mildly distressed,
ing plot.
not at all the
If you see this movie in
appropriate reac-
Blockbuster, don't be fooled by
that she had in the
back-cover
tion for losing all
middle
of
its intriguing title and alluring
the
cinematography doesn't cover
point during this
up for the lack of plotline
part, too, Leslie's
enough to hold one's attention,
father dies, but
and I found myself wishing I
she seems to get
over this fairly quickly. Then,
all of a sudden, Elizabeth is
back in New York to return to
the keys and the blueberry pies
and Jude Law. This may seem
like a good idea, but really the
only plus to this turn in the
movie was that the end was fast
approaching.
ing one usually associates
with romantic films. The
chemistry between Bardem
and Cruz is palpable, and
Johansson plays the character of Vicky with ease.
Allen shows just the right
amount of Barcelona, highlighting its beautiful and exotic
architecture without seeming too
Travel Channelesque. E v e n
though it might
not seem it on the
surface,
Vicky
Cristina Barcelona
appeals to a wide
audience. There is
the general awesomeness of Javier
Bardem, fresh off
of his Oscar Best
Actor win for No
Country for Old
movieweb.com
Men; the unique
filmmaking
of
tions what it means to be Woody Allen; and a very
faithful, what is love, and attractive and talented cast.
what makes people happy.
It is, quite simply, a movie
about love yet asks, what
exactly is love? The film is
essential Woody Allen: it is
more a snapshot into the
characters' lives than a typical plot, and it doesn't
have the typical cliché endCruz, but that scene, and,
in fact, the entire movie, is
done
with
class.
Meanwhile, Vicky struggles with her relationship
with her fiance after spending a night with Juan
Antonio. The film ques-
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description.
Unfortunately the fascinating
desert. At some
Movie Review:
‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’
by Gabriela Riley ‘09
cafe was filmed as if through a
as promised. At
between Elizabeth and the cafe
where
way, such as when a fight in the
and also fails to
boyfriend leaves for another
woman.
sands of dollars
If this movie has anything
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going for it, it's the extremely
artsy
cinematography
and
had turned it off instead of sitting through the entire, boring
ninety minutes.
unique overall design. The only
points at which I became briefly
interested in the movie were
when scenes were depicted in
an unexpected and creative
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