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to now have two special athletic relationships — one with St. Paul’s and our historic traditional rivalry with our good friends at St. Mark’s.” The winner of the first annual Groton-St. Paul’s Challenge Cup will remain a mystery until spring; based on fall contests, the schools are tied 5–5.
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the Boys and Girls Club of Central New Hampshire as the recipient. “In this day and age, when it seems like end results and outcomes and statistics and wins dominate priorities, here you have two schools agreeing on a relationship based on helping others,” Director of Athletics Bob Low said. “Groton is so fortunate
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presidential campaigns more candidate-centric than party-centric. Donald Trump — with his distinctive personality and ability to attract wall-to-wall media coverage — is the perfect fit for such an environment. Dr. Kriner estimated that Trump received about $2 billion in free advertising through such coverage. The speaker then explained some basic election models that do not use data from direct polling of voters. He presented a model that incorporates the Index of Consumer Sentiment (ICS) — a figure that the University of Michigan collects in order to gauge ordinary Americans’ confidence in the economy. He also used unemployment data and the approval rating of the incumbent president
to develop the model. After the all-school lecture, Dr. Kriner answered a wide range of questions at the Headmaster’s House. Among other topics, he discussed the widening fracture between the left-wing and centrist factions of the Democratic Party, the Republican National Committee’s thwarted attempts to run a more inclusive party, and the prospect of reforming the primary process to make it less chaotic and unpredictable. Dr. Kriner’s visit to the Circle provided welcome clarification to a student body who, like many Americans, felt that the election defied logic. — Rand Hough ‘17, Communications Prefect
BS News broadcast a profile of Headmaster Temba Maqubela and his wife Vuyelwa on Thanksgiving morning, November 24, tracing the couple’s journey from persecution in apartheid-era South Africa to their safe landing as refugees in New York City. Central to the segment was Mr. Maqubela’s impact at Groton through initiatives to make the school welcoming and inclusive. CBS expressed interest in Mr. Maqubela after learning about Groton’s annual New York City reception, which this year was held at the American Museum of Natural History to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the Maqubelas’ arrival in the United States. The Groton headmaster’s first job in the U.S. was at the museum, where he was a coat checker and cashier. A CBS crew first filmed the Maqubelas at the September reception and in the coat check area of the museum. The following morning, they accompanied the Maqubelas to the first two places where they lived after arriving in New York — a homeless shelter on 28th Street in Manhattan and an apartment in public housing in the Bronx. The Maqubelas stood in front of the 28th Street building — still a shelter today — and recalled their experiences. In the Bronx, they grew nostalgic thinking of how the neighbors had looked out for one another; the Maqubelas felt safe — compared to when they were constantly followed by the South African police. With work complete in New York, cameramen next visited the Circle to film a typical day for Mr. Maqubela, starting at the Headmaster’s House, proceeding to Chapel, Roll Call, and class. Throughout the process, CBS reporter Ines Novacic conducted interviews with the Maqubelas; she also interviewed several students on campus and trustee Stephen Hill ’80 in New York. The invitations to Groton’s New York reception had called the evening “Celebrating Opportunity.” The event celebrated opportunity for the Maqubelas, as well as for Groton students and those who deserve to attend Groton. The CBS segment celebrated opportunity as well, providing an inspirational story well-suited to a day of Thanksgiving.
To find the story, go to www.cbsnews.com and search “Maqubela.”
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