May 6, 2014
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The Centipede Concord Academy 166 Main Street, Concord, MA 01742
Executive Editor: Katherine Oh ’14 Managing Editor: Chris Pappey ’15 Features Editor: Teresa Dai ’14 News Editor: Julia Shea ’16 Opinions Editor: Nathan Greess ’15 Arts Editor: Claire Phillips ’15 Sports Editor: Ben Stoloff ’15 Photo Editor: Molly D’Arcy ’16 Copy Editor: Maggie Shea ’15 Image Quality/ Layout Editor: Jerry Liang ’17 Staff Writers: Iris Oliver ’15, Sam Culbert ’15, Shannon Sun 17 , Emily Yeo ’17, Leo Feininger ’16 , Jenny Kim ’17 The Centipede is the official student newspaper of Concord Academy. The paper welcomes comments from its readers in the form of Letters to the Editor. No anonymous letters will be printed. The Centipede reserves the right to edit all articles for length and content.
Roving Reporter Roving Reporter Asks: What’s Your Spirit Animal?
Sean Finnegan ’15: Siberean tiger Nando Martinez ’15: Chiwawa Shanika Paul ’15: Platypus Jerry Liang ’17: Peregrine falcon Olivia Chatfield ’14: The Whangdoodle. Or a Wombat. Bink Sitawarin ’14: Panda Jin Lee ’16: Cow
Julia Shea ’16: A puppy Nick Walters: Tiger Karen Barahona: Tiger Nathan Greess ’15: Sloth... maybe? Grace Yan ’15: Don’t humans identify with like monkeys or something? Jackson Sypher: Wolf
Parting Words ing, or because layout is taking too much time. But there will be just as many pleasant surprises. “Thirty-eight days until you graduate!” I am incredibly proud of what the newsMy friend casually said this to me when she paper has been able to achieve this year. saw me on April 23. I squealed and stared at Thanks to the energy and passion of my her for a good thirty seconds before I could fellow staff members, our brilliant faculty speak. “Wow,” I managed to say when I advisors, and the numerous new writers, had regained my voice. My facial expresVolume 50 of the newspaper was filled sion was probwith creative arably a mixture ticles and new of surprise, teradditions: the ror, and exciteinternational ment. 38 more column, featurdays— only 38 ing the diverse more days. viewpoints of Wi t h t h e international day of my gradstudents at Conuation quickly cord Academy, approaching, student-drawn I have found cartoons, and myself reflectnotes from stuing on my time dent council to in high school name a few. and thinking L ooking back, about what I I am grateful did and what I that I decided could have done to write for better. One acthe newspaper complishment sophomore year; that stood out I had been refor me, I have to luctant to write say, was workbecause I was ing for this very Concord Academy in the spring. “too busy” and newspaper. Photo courtesy of Katherine Oh ’14 wasn’t sure what It is hard to to expect. I’m believe that this grateful and happy that I’ve learned to issue of The Centipede is the final one for withstand— and even enjoy— the feeling the graduating staff. The bittersweet sensaof uncertainty that comes with being an tion that accompanies the end of all things editor. good washes over me as I prepare for the As I count down to Commencement last issue. 2014, I wonder what my future has in store As I leave this newspaper in the hands for me. I’ve finally decided where I’m of a group of trustworthy, hardworking headed in the fall, but I don’t know what editors, I would like to offer one piece exactly will unfold in the months ahead. of advice: don’t worry; just relax. The What I do know is that not knowing makes newspaper, or any other organization for these coming months all the more excitthat matter, will not always go as you aning. And I know my Centipede experience ticipated. Inevitably, you will be surprised. helped me understand this and that it will There will be times when you find yourself stay with me long after Commencement, panicking because many articles are missduring college and beyond.
by Katherine Oh ’14
Senior Matriculation 2014 Seniors were invited to share with others their destinations for next year. Below is a list of those who shared this information with the newspaper. Charles Manzella: Washington University of St. Louis ’18
Halina Piasecki: Bard College ’18
Clem Aeppli: Brown University ’18
Bryan Gallagher: College of the Holy Cross ’18
Nick Alvarez: Oxford of Emory ’18
Andres Gallego: Union College ’18
Emily Marcoux: Salve Regina ’18
Phoebe Pohl: Kenyon College 18
Cassady Bates: College of Wooster ’18
Matt Goldberg: Bates College ’18
Gracie Mason-Brown: Brown University ’18
Alex Poorvu: Yale University ’18
Mishla Baz: Tufts University ’18
Madhu Gupta: Wellesley College ’18
Connor McCann: Yale University ’18
John Hoyle Rymer: UCLA ’18
Lauren Black: Brown University ’18
Martha Hoffman: gap year, Oberlin College ’19
Ishbel McCann: Scripps College ’18
Kai Salem: Brown University ’18
Katherine McNally: Hamilton College ’18
Tien Hunter: Davidson College ’18
Paolo Sanchez: Connecticut College ’18
Kathleen Melendy: Simmons College ’18
Fortune Jackson-Bartelmus: Wesleyan University ’18
Matt Scott: Union College ’18
Amanda Mendez: College of the Holy Cross ’18
Malin Segal: Sarah Lawrence College ’18
Lina Janah: Tulane University ’18
Becca Miller: New York University ’18
Tessa Johnson: The New School ’19
Ben Miller: Sarah Lawrence College ’18
Austen Sharpe: Brown University ’18
Sarah Ju : gap year, Johns Hopkins ’19
Hunter Moskowitz: Cornell University ’18
Angela Kim: Wellesley College ’18
Dan Mueller: Williams College ’18
Kai Kim: New York University ’18
Ellie New: Emerson College ’18
Kiyun Kim: Barnard College ’18
Ada Obieshi: New York University ’18
Charlie King: Bard College ’18
Katherine Oh: Princeton University ’18 Julia Packman: Connecticut College ’18
Natalie Ferris: Dickinson College ’18
Chris Lin: Washington University in St. Louis ’18
Marina Fong: Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance ’17
Justin Lindberg: Oberlin College ’18 Max Lu: University of Rochester ’18
Seoyeon Park: UCLA ’18
Alex Aeppli: Carleton College ’18
Amanda Brown: Washington University in St. Louis ’18 Josh Calka: Cornell University ’18 Nate Cassidy: Trinity College ’18 Phoebe Chatfield: Colby College ’18 Christina Cho: Northwestern University ’18 Sean Chung: University of Toronto ’18 Lizzie Cosway: University of Vermont ’18 Alex Craig: Haverford College ’18 Teresa Dai: Northwestern University ’18 Jared Dickstein: Emory University ’18 Weezer Dodge: University of St. Andrews
Serena Frechter: Johns Hopkins ’18 Emma-Kate Fritschel: Skidmore College ’18
Jorge Pagan: Columbia University ’18
Maya Luckett: Kenyon College ’18
Gabe Perez-Putnam: Swarthmore College ’18
Nick Manos: Worcester Polytechnic Institute ’18
Jake Phillibin-Cross: Connecticut College ’18
Helen Pinch: Marlboro College ’18
Tina Shan: Barnard College ’18 Katie Shin: Northwestern University ’18 Bink Sitawarin: Princeton University ’18 Julia Sprague: Middlebury College ’18 Audrey Stein: Hamilton College ’18 Sam Stogdon: Haverford College ’19 William Su: RISD ’18 Eliza Thomas: Carleton College ’18 Nurik Tussipov: Tufts University ’18 Wyatt Welles: Sarah Lawrence College ’18 Junho Won: Columbia University ’18 Zach Yudkoff: University of Rochester ’18 Gary Zheng: Claremont McKenna College