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May 24, 2023 Wolfeboro, NH
007 Replaced with "Brewster Bandits"
by Moasiah Bility ’25
having was why they would cancel right before the game was about to happen. Everyone was talking about it and getting excited about it; they were already preparing and asking other students to be their partners. While the Browser was still trying to figure out what was happening with the game, after hearing all the rumors around campus, we asked Mr. O’Blenis, Dean of Student Life, who said, “We are trying to figure it out.” We also questioned student leaders, who said, “We are trying to suggest some minor changes.” At first, everyone thought they would just switch the water gun used to play the game to another toy that sprays out water, and they were more opposed to that idea. When students discovered that the whole game was now being changed to “Brewster Bandits,” not everyone was excited. This year only about 50 people were playing, while around 100 people were playing last year, so was changing the game worth it if half the number of people that played last year aren’t playing? The new game’s rules are that each pair playing receives a piece of fabric with their names, including a clip. Every person playing pins their bandana onto their clothes in a reachable spot so the person looking for them can grab it. Your bandana is to be with you at all times, so if you do not have a backpack, you put it on the shoulder of your shirt.
Nico Sanza Stribling ’25 and Maverick Bennett ’25, partners. Nico was the overall winner of the Brewster Bandits game.
Players will be disqualified from the game if they don’t have their bandana. The bandana cannot be taken during any afternoon co-curricular or in the school buildings, including the dorms. The proof that you have gotten the person out will be the bandana itself. Many people had varying opinions about the game. “I thought it would be bad initially because they changed the rules, and in the end. I would totally do it next year
if I were here. I wasn’t expecting it to work, and I wasn’t expecting many people to play,” said Giulia Machado. “It was surprisingly fun and a suitable replacement for 007. I liked how you still had to run away and hunt people. I recommend that those who didn’t play this year play next year,” said Mason Dawkins. “I thought it was enjoyable, and it brought the community together,” said Ava Wallack.
Brewster Prep Joins NIBC by David Mason ’26
Taylor Bol Bowen '23 absolutly bodying a Vermont Academy player during a home game against Vermont Academy on January 11, 2023. photos by Gunner Found ’16
The Brewster Prep AAA basketball team has just joined the National Interscholastic Basketball Conference (NIBC). The NIBC is a basketball conference comprised of the most competitive basketball teams from across the country. Currently, the NIBC has ten other teams within it, Az Compass Prep, Long Island Lutheran, Bishop Walsh, IMG Academy, La Lumiere Legacy, Mont Verde, Oak Hill, Sunrise Christian, and Wasatch Academy. The NIBC has some rules and regulations that will affect the next year ’s team including: Players are only eligible for the four years of high
school and all players must follow the “Eight Semester” rule, meaning that there can be no postgraduates or fifthyear re-classes. The NIBC represents the highest level of high school basketball in the country. The NIBC was made out of necessity, during the 2021-2022 season due to the high number of games being canceled due to Covid. The NIBC was first comprised of only eight teams, then recruited another two for the 20222023 season. The NIBC is a ridiculously competitive conference, quite literally in a league of its own, and the scoring has never made it past 99. On Saturday, January 8, 2022, with Bishop Walsh against Oak Hill, the final score ended cont. on pg. 5
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The 007 game was a school-wide game run by Brewster Student Life that happened every spring. The game is based on the James Bond video game franchise. The general objective was to team up with an unexpected partner. For example, lower classmen tended to pick upper-level students because they wouldn’t be suspected. Once students had their partner, they were assigned another pair to “eliminate” with a water gun before being “assassinated” themselves. Not only did students play, but the faculty also teamed up with other students and joined in on the fun. The trick was that you couldn’t eliminate them in a building, so students tended to stay inside as much as possible except when they needed to stop people. You had to have a witness when you eliminated others. The school has decided not to run the 007 games and has changed the game into a new alternative for students. According to the teachers, students, and some of the deans, the reason it’s not happening is because of all the school shootings that have been happening in the United States, and having a bunch of kids running around with water guns shooting other students might not be the most ethical or intelligent thing to do because it can make anyone on campus feel uncomfortable or unsafe. One main issue students were
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