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BLACKFRIAR Chronicle
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NOVEMBER 2014
VOLUME 15, NUMBER 3
New service trip to Panama announced
Juniors will have the chance to collaborate with Villanova University students on church design. Tyler Pizzico ‘17 FRIAR LIFE EDITOR Malvern will now be offering a service trip to Panama for juniors alongside seniors from Villanova University, according to Director of Christian Service Mr. Larry Legner. Legner says that students on the trip will collaborate with Villanova University students to build one of five churches for different villages in Panama. Villanova has been associated with bringing water to villages in Panama for over twenty years, according to Legner. The priest in Panama associated with the previous water projects asked Dr. Dave Dinehart, Chairman of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Villanova and parent of Matt Dinehart ‘16, to build these churches. After Dr. Dinehart reached out to Malvern’s administration, an agreement was reached that Malvern’s physics classes will design one of the churches. The students at Villanova will produce the other four designs while taking a course specializing on church design. Science Department Chair Mr. Kevin Quinn states the trip will be open to all juniors, not just the physics students. However, Mr. Quinn says he would like to see all physics students, not just the ones going on the trip, to at least be part of the experience in some way. Legner said that the reason this trip wasn't an option before was that all the details were still being figured out. This project is an additional option to the service trips for which the juniors have already registered, according to Legner. Only one or two students from each service group will have the opportunity to transfer over. If there is a conflict of numbers, an interview process will decide who goes. Research for the trip will begin as a formal project conducted in the student participants' theology classes, according to Legner. "Students are required to fully research the city where they will be > PAGE 5
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GRADUATION Malvern’s first early graduation for athletics in more than two decades was not a simple decision for quarterback Alex Hornibrook ‘15 or the school’s administration. Michael McCarthy ‘15 MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY EDITOR n early September, starting quarterback Alex Hornibrook announced via Twitter that he would be graduating in December to enroll early at the University of Pittsburgh. Early college enrollment for football is a growing trend. In May 2013, USA Today reported the highest total of early enrollment in schools associated with automatic-bid conferences - 162 players. That record eclipsed the previous record of 141 in 2010, according to the USA Today story. However, Hornibrook's early departure is a brand-new experience for Malvern. “In [24 years], we have never had anyone do this with athletics,” said Director of Counseling Mr. Paul Simpson. “It wasn't a result of pressure from my family or from Pitt,” said Hornibrook. “The reason I made this decision was because there is a unique opportunity for me at Pitt, and it is very beneficial for me to get up there as soon as I can.” Hornibrook chose to accept a full athletic scholarship from the University of Pittsburgh, passing on other Division 1 offers from schools such as Rutgers, Connecticut, Lafayette, and Yale. Upon hearing the news of Hornibrook’s early departure, some students were left wondering how this was possible. According to Head of Upper School Mr. Ron Algeo, there was a twopronged decision-making process for the Malvern administration on this issue. “First, philosophically, was the school okay with it? Number two, was it logistically possible?” said Algeo.
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ILLUSTRATION / MATT PICHOLA
2016 Already on our minds Even though the midterms are barely over, people are looking ahead to the 2016 elections
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Are you interested in keeping up with politics and the news?
Jack McClatchy ‘17 REPORTER e just got through a grueling election season, but already some are thinking ahead to the elections in 2016, which will name the successor to President Obama. Even though talks of 2016 are picking up steam now, it has even been talked about before the 2014 midterms, as political analysts, news anchors and politicians try to predict who will not only control Congress, but the White House as well. “America has to come to grips with what it wants to be in the world,” Chemistry teacher and military veteran Mr. Robert Boyce said. “People have to be informed now... It’s late now [to be thinking of 2016].” When asked for the best candidate for both parties, Mr. Boyce said, “There is a populist movement for Mrs. Clinton [in the Democratic Party], because she is another ‘experiment,’ a woman president. I have seen her as First Lady and Secretary of State, but I am not impressed. I don’t really know who else [the Democrats] have.” Boyce believes that the Republicans aren’t free of the confusion as to who will run, however. “There
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No, since it doesn’t come up in conversation with friends or family.
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No, I’m not interested in politics.
(25 / 14%)
Yes, I watch multiple news channels and read articles from many different websites.
(46 / 25%)
No, since I’m not able to vote yet.
Yes, but I stick to only one news channel, such as MSNBC or Fox News.
(33 / 18%)
(29 Yes, but I prefer reading articles over the internet over watching news on TV. Yes, but I only watch shows like The Daily Show or The Colbert Report.
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