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Volume 52, Issue 1 Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr, PA. November, 2012

By Storey Wang Lee ‘14 This marks the first year Baldwin ju-niors have been able to take the fascinating senior elective course offerings. Most Baldwin seniors spend much of their upper school careers looking forward to tak-ing these classes. Some of you may have noticed the shy (or not so shy) class of 2014 faces sitting in your Advanced Chem-istry or Calculus class. These brave juniors are trying their very best to hold their own amidst a sea of enthusiastic se-niors. Along with the new schedule and semester calendar, the addition of senior electives to junior course choices is one of the many constant chang-es occurring around Bald-win within the past few years. Although this may not be one of the biggest changes, it is certainly one of the most controversial. Many senior stu-

dents argue that the re-duced exclusivity of these courses is unfair. They had not been given the opportunity their junior year, so why should these juniors? The electives are a special treat that should only be reserved for se-niors. The courses some-how become less exciting when the opportunities to take them become more abundant. Some courses, such as Psychology, have been regarded as a senior tradition or even a bond-

ing experience. Psychol-ogy, and other courses are a rite of passage that previous seniors have spent their sophomore and junior years looking forward to taking. Other senior electives, such as the advanced sciences, are extremely challeng-ing. One could argue that juniors may not be ready for such a tough course and that it is best suited for seniors. Overall, the majority of the senior class seems to be against

this change. As a junior, many of us welcome the op-portunity to have more choice and to take more classes that have, in the past, been solely for seniors. One of the many positives to this change is that it allows girls to ex-perience as many classes as possible. Another up-side to this change is the mixture of grade levels within one class. With seniors graduating in the spring, mixed electives

are a chance for the two grades to get to know one another before it is time to say goodbye. Although advanced courses can be very challenging, steps have been taken to en-sure a junior student can handle the coursework. Before a junior can re-quest a senior elective, the department head must give approval. All in all, with these precautions taken, most juniors are (as expected) very much in favor of this change. Though the addi-tion of juniors into senior electives is quite new and some may still be wary of the change, perhaps upcoming Baldwin stu-dents will embrace this and enjoy all of the new opportunities these not-so-senior electives will offer students. What do YOU think? Should juniors be allowed to take senior electives?

by Kate Leone ‘15 For most of us Baldwin students, the end of this summer meant dragging our feet back to school for another year. But for sophomores, Miriam Jaiser and Sylvia Wu, the beginning of this fall meant a whole new life in a new country. Miriam and Sylvia are able to spend a year at Baldwin through the AS-SIST Program. Spending a whole year in a different country and living with a family you’ve never met

prior to your trip isn’t all fun and games. These two girls were required to fill out a large applica-tion, write an essay, earn outstanding grades, have a 45 minute interview with ASSIST workers and with American representa-tives, and last but not least, take a two hour test, all in English. Sylvia said, “It was really hard to get into ASSIST, but once you’re in, you know that all these efforts were not wasted.” While for some people this sort of ex-

change program sounds like the ultimate homesick-ness recipe, both girls have been adjusting quite well to the change in school and country. When Miriam was asked if she misses her family, her response was, “Yes, I miss my family, but I don’t have time to be home sick. It wasn’t hard to adjust because people here are so nice and out going.” Baldwin keeps both girls very busy and they are continuously learning a lot about themselves. Sylvia agreed saying, “I

now know that I am the one who takes responsibility for everything because my parents are not here.” Since both Miriam and Sylvia are Baldwin Eating Girls, they natu-rally noticed the difference between food in America and food in Germany. While apparently its not all schnitzel over there, both girls agree the food here is quite good. Sylvia remarks, “It seems that there’s noth-ing like an ‘American dish’ here, you just eat the food from different countries.”

While Miriam protests that, “Chocolate in America is terrible” and gummy bears and other sweets are much better in Germany. How-ever, Miriam assured me that she was happy eating in America because her housemother, Noa Shork’s mom, is a good cook. So far America is treating both of these girls very well. They both love Baldwin and our lovely country. We will miss our German Girls when they go back home at the end of the year.

Juniors Take Over Senior Electives

Baldwin says “Guten Tag” to Two ASSIST girls

Schoool ImprovementsMultimedia Studio and

BTV

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New Faces at Baldwin

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Republican and Democrat Viewpoints

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Arts Preview Once Upon a Mattress

Preview

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Volume 52, Issue 1 Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr, PA. November, 2012

Both Seniors and Juniors take the senior elective, Psychology. Sophia Tareen

By Karissa Wenk ‘13

Ever imagine what it would be like to work in a real TV studio? Baldwin students don’t need to dream any longer.

A fully functional modern multimedia studio is now located on the first floor of the School-house. The new addition to the Baldwin School was created over the summer to enhance the technol-ogy program. This studio provides teachers and students with access to the latest production media.

Mr. Pulli, who is respon-sible for Baldwin’s IT Help Desk, is now also the new Multi Media Coordinator. In this additional role, he is the faculty advisor for the first middle school and upper school Baldwin Television Club called BTV.

According to Mr. Pulli, the mission of the club is to “capture and promote Baldwin”. He says “the goal this year is threefold” and will be accomplished in “baby steps”. The first step is to promote the studio to students and teachers so that they can use this technology in their curricu-

lum. Secondly, Mr. Pulli would like to teach everyone how to use the equipment and software. Lastly, he plans to layout the foundation and set standards for how the studio will be used.

Sarah Tupchung ’13 and Paige Tobin ’13 are co-heads of BTV. They are very eager to try the many new pieces of technol-ogy available. New technology includes new computers that operate on both the PC and Mac platforms, professional cam corders and mics, a new light-ing grid with dimmers and spot lights, four professional cam

corders, green and black produc-tion screens, and color print-ers. Mr. Pulli said that the smart boards and projector could also be used with Skype for classes featuring guest lecturers.

So far this year, Mr. Pulli has taught several workshops to faculty members and has con-ducted video blogging classes for the freshman who will be head-ing off to Italy this fall.

BTV hopes to launch a Baldwin newscast. For everyone interested, the club meets every Wednesday G block and Thurs-day lunch.

Baldwin gets “Techie” with BTV and Multi-media Studio

By Annie Leonardi ‘13 Baldwin has made some significant changes over the sum-mer. APs are no longer part of the curriculum. “Advanced” classes have been added to the science de-partment in place. These classes are college-level courses available for seniors with the exception of a few juniors. New history electives have been added including American Politics and Global Issues. Psychol-ogy and Sociology, which used to comprise ICS, are now two semes-ter long courses. The Baldwin Scholars program is also new this year. Open only to seniors, the Schol-ars program is an opportunity for students to create their own course. Girls spend the fall semester of the Scholars Program research-ing a topic of their choice. In the spring semester, the girls put together a presentation or project that they will present at the end of the year. Some projects include: a production of Rent and chemi-cal engineering research. Several new teachers have found a home at Baldwin.

Mr. Kountz, Ms. Cutler and Mrs. Broger have joined the history department. Mr. Kountz teaches American Politics, Global Issues and American History. Ms. Cutler teaches Ancient and Modern World History. In addition, Mrs. Broger teaches Modern World History and Honors American History. The college counseling

department now welcomes Ms. Naté Hall. Ms. Allen’s old room has been converted into a conference room where many college visits for seniors take place. Ms. Allen is located in the office across the hall from Mr. Benke. Ms. Przybilski is Ms. Havens’ new assistant. Mrs. Loke is now the Dean of Students for the Upper School. She has really been cracking down on the dress code! Many of the new teachers are also coaches or vice versa. Tay-lor Jordan, the novice crew coach,

is now part of the Baldwin lower-school faculty.Mr. Pulli is the win-ter Indoor Track coach in addition to being the spring Track coach. Ms. Cutler is the JV Lacrosse coach and Mrs. Drollette is the Varisty field hockey coach. Baldwin has a multimedia studio, complete with TV cameras and a green screen. The Baldwin

mobile site has also been completed and launched, making it much easier to navigate the website on smartphones. This year also marks the first ever Freshman-Senior lunch. Pizzas and desserts were provided as the two classes conversed with one another. Hopefully this will become a Baldwin tradition once again! Welcome to another exciting, new school year!

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Baldwin Makes New Changes

The HourglassEditor-in-Chief: Connie Li ‘13

Website Editor: Karissa Wenk ‘13

Junior Editors: Emily Clark ‘14, Storey Wanglee ‘14, Connie Wang ‘14

Design Editor: Sophia Tareen ‘13

Contributors: Annie Leonardi ‘13Abby Grosskopf ‘13 Charlotte Matthai ‘13 Hannah Bao ‘13Tiana Mason ‘13Charlotte Beever ‘13 Jessica Fan ‘13 Seena Paul ‘14Vanessa Auritt ‘15Janny Wang ‘15Katherine Leone ‘15Rachel Dichter ‘15

Advisor: Ms. Timm

The Hourglass is the student news-paper of the Baldwin Upper School. The views expressed in The Hourglass do not necessarily reflect those of the school or the editor.

Reponses are welcome, and can be sent to hourglassbaldwin@gmail.com.

The Hourglass is made possible through the generosity of the Ruth S. Hochberger ‘68 Hourglass Sustaining Fund.

News & FeaturesLetter from the EditorDear Reader, Welcome to the first issue of the Hourglass this year! The Hour-glass staff and I have a productive year planned ahead of us, as we will be publishing on a quarterly, and maybe even a monthly basis. This year, we have started to use a new program, Adobe InDe-sign, to do the layout of the paper. We are still learning about the program, and you should expect to see great improvement throughout the year. The staff has taken time out of their busy schedule to write, take pictures, or even draw for the pa-per. Many of the contributors show a passion and demonstrate talent in their abilities, as is typical of Bald-win students. I urge you to give all our articles a read as they demon-strate our contributors’ abilities. If you want to write for the paper, or want to contribute in any other way, we would love for you to join us.

Your Editor,Connie Li

“Mrs. Loke is now the Dean of Students for the Upper School. She has really been

cracking down on the dress code!”

Studemts make good use of the new multimedia studio in the Schoolhouse. Connie Li

of 800 points for a total of 2400. The ACT, which is quickly becoming more popular among test takers in the area, has four sec-tions and then an optional one: English, Math, Read-ing, Science, and Writing. There are a total of 215 questions and the test is three hours and thirty five minutes with the writing section. The test does not deduct points for wrong an-swers, so be sure to answer each question, even if you need to guess. Each section is out of 36 points and the score of all the sections are averaged for the composite

score. The Writing section does not play a factor in the composite score. The SAT and ACT differ because the SAT is seen as an aptitude test while the ACT is consid-ered an achievement test. The SAT asks questions that require students to use the information given. On the other hand, the ACT asks knowledge based questions, information that is learned in school. An issue with the ACT is time management. Unlike the SAT, the ACT sections are not broken up into parts. Instead, the sec-tions are tested in its en-

tirety and it can be harder to manage the time. A benefit to taking the ACT is that the ACT, with the Writing section, can replace the SAT reason-ing test and the additional SAT subject tests for most colleges in the application process. Many schools re-quire students to submit the SAT reasoning test and ad-ditional subject tests; how-ever, the ACT, with writing, can replace everything. Both tests also have their drawbacks. The SAT tests vocabulary, so that means memorizing hun-dreds of vocabulary words in hopes that the words

By Connie Li ‘13 Many students will face, are facing, or have faced the challenge of hav-ing to decide which stan-dardized test, the SAT or ACT, for college admissions they will want to take. Al-though both test a student’s college readiness, the tests differ in many ways. The SAT consists of three sections: Critical Reading, Math, and Writ-ing. Each section is made up of three parts, most of which are 25 minutes long. The test has a total of 170 questions and lasts for three hours and forty five min-utes. Each section is out

By Rachel Dichter ‘15 The upcoming halloween season raises the question of whether the holiday’s customary activity comes with an age limit. Trick-or-treating, the practice of traveling door to door in pursuit of candy, has been historically re-served for young children. However, many of today’s high school students con-tinue to participate in this iconic tradition. When asked for their opinions on the ideal age to stop trick-or-treating, several students, including Davis Madeja ‘16, expressed the opinion that “fifteen or sixteen” is an optimal age to call it quits. Rebecca Haley ‘14 said on the subject, “Well I guess if you’re dressed up and really into it you could keep trick

or treating later, but I think people older than fifteen trick-or-treating is a little ridiculous.” Among those questioned, a second school of halloween diehards emerged. Alicia Song ‘15 said, “You’re never too old to trick-or-treat! I’ll be 30 and I’ll still be trick or treating!”. An opposing view was presented by sopho-more Sarah Zarsky, who stated: “I’d prefer to just go to Rite Aid and buy a bag of candy.” Regardless of the age they believe to be too old for trick-or-treating, the participants all seemed to agree with Hannah Tip-perman ‘15 that “you can always trick-or-treat if you have a small child with you.”

in Denmark. Alberte and I went around Philadel-phia, Washington D.C, and the movies. To show her American food, we went to Wawa, Pat's to get Philly cheesesteaks, Shake Shack, and, of course, Kiwi to get frozen yogurt.

Baldwin and Or-dup are two very different schools. Ordrup is coed, does not have a uniform and has only three grades. It has way more students then Baldwin's upper school. The

By Vanessa Auritt ‘15 On Saturday Oc-tober 6th, Luna, Mathilde, Liv, and Alberte from Ordup Gymansium in Denmark , arrived at the Trenton Airport at 7:30. The girls from Baldwin who are in the exchange are Kennedy Johnson, Julia Hopkins, Alexa Horwitz and me, Vanessa Auritt. We brought them back to our houses and let them rest before a fun and busy week started. During the seven days the girls were with us, we did a wide variety of things together. As a group, we had dinner, went to the mall, and to IHOP, which is something unlike any other place they have

studied will be on the test. The ACT has a science sec-tion, but no fear, the science sections consists mostly of questions that require the knowledge of how to inter-pret charts and graphs. To decide whether the SAT or ACT is the bet-ter fit, students can take the PSAT or the PLAN in sophomore or junior year. Also, students can try full length practice tests to see which test they prefer. Whichever test you decide to take, be sure to prepare and practice so that you can reach your potential.

Tips to Help Decide Between the SAT and ACT

girls thought Baldwin had more discipline then their school because our school is all girls. In Denmark, students do not have after school activities such as sports. To do sports, they must be in an outside sports club. The girls came to learn about American cul-ture, our school system, and family culture. We all had such an amazing time with the girls and we were sad to see them go. But the week after spring break ends, we will be going to visit them in Denmark. I cannot wait to go and see them and learn about their culture and lifestyle.

Denmark Exchange Girls Visit Baldwin

“Ordrup is coed, does not have a uniform and has only three grades.”

Students’ Views on Trick-or-Treating

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News & Features

Vanessa Auritt

New Upper School Faculty Introduce Themselves

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News & Features

“Putting things back in order in stores when I notice messy shelves. Even if they’re not messy, I might alphabetize or color-code them, just for fun.”“Blending flavors from my kitchen to make really tasty spiced coffees (mainly in the winter).” - Ms. Best

“What is my hidden talent....oh I can touch my tongue to my nose”“My guilty pleasure is I love finding clothes on sale, like de-signer clothes...wait no its shoes and purses. No matter what size you are, they always fit.” - Ms. Cutler

“Succesfully outting on a show after a hurricane causes all the practice a week before to be can-celled.”“Reading magazines in bed while eating cereal.” - Ms. Del Canton

“Ben and Jerry’s, Vanilla Heath Bar Crunch” - Senora Drollete

“Hidden talent? I can do a split.”“Hmmm True Blood”- Ms. Friedman-Way

“I’m a really horrible dancer. I also speak French, but that’s not a secret since my wife is French.” - Mr. Kountz

“Sleeping really late on the week-ends, and I mean like obnoxious-ly late like to 11-12 pm, but then my weekends seem really short. I actually have these really good drapes where light doesn’t come in.” - Ms. Przybyski

“I love to watch Revenge and Downton Abby, though some-times I can be found watching Keeping up with the Kardashi-ans.” -Ms. Timm

Janny Wang Tiana Mason Connie Li

Sophia Tareen

Janny Wang

Sophia Tareen

Tiana Mason

Tiana MasonTiana Mason

The Hourglass Staff went around the school and asked the new teachers one or both of these two questions:

What is your guilty pleasure (TV Show)?

What is your secret talent?

Here is what they said:

“Grimm is my favorite right now.”“I have surfed before. I’m not that good, but I can.”- Ms. Kopf

Connie LiConnie Li“Probably getting people to open up and talk.” I like all the Real House Wives TV shows, and the basketball wives, and all the VH1trashy reality TV that I’m not supposed to watch.” -Ms. Hall

“Probably knitting, but it’s not very hidden because I’m very public about my knitting.”“I guess Boardwalk Empire, but everybody watches it so I don’t feel so guilty about it.” -Ms. Lopez-Carickhoff

aid is much clearer. Having simpli-fied the complex federal application to allow electronic transactions of IRS data, Obama offers viable and worthy options to low-income families. The incumbent adminis-tration has taken $60 billion away from banks and lenders as middle-men and now delivers money directly to the students. While both candidates agree on the importance of making financial aid more de-pendable, Romney plans to return billions of wasteful subsidies to the same unreliable, intermediary

banks which caused nation-wide turmoil in the 2008 fi-nancial crisis. This approach would diminish the recent strides made by the Obama administration towards increased opportunity and job security. The President of the American Council on Education, Molly Corbett Broad, remarks, “On the area of assisting students to gain a college opportu-nity, President Obama has exerted the most impressive leadership of any president in my memory.” Baldwin students should pay attention to these candidates’ policies on education as we approach both our college educations

and the legal voting age. Along with Governor Romney’s inconsis-tent views on federal involvement in college financial assistance, the Republican candidate’s plans would also cost more money, reduce aid available to students, and re-vert to undependable programs. When it comes to the inflated costs of higher education, most young Americans cannot heed Romney’s impractical solution of “borrow[ing] from your parents” as he suggested in an Ohio rally. Obama’s policies allow for contin-ued progress towards a sounder economy and a brighter future. The current U.S. Secretary of Educa-tion, Arne Duncan assures, “We’re not just investing in the status quo; we’re investing in reform.” In order to maintain the United States’ com-mitment to nationwide success, it is vital that we abandon the outdated policies proposed by the GOP and instead continue to move forward towards equal opportunity.

By Sophia Tareen ‘13 In the Second Presidential Debate, 20-year-old college stu-dent, Jeremy Epstein, prompted the candidates to share their views regarding the exorbitant college debts facing students throughout the country. In response, Gover-nor Mitt Romney enthusiastically claimed that he “want[s] to make sure we keep our Pell Grant pro-gram growing.” While liberals were pleased to hear the Republican presidential candidate’s commit-ment to expand these federally

funded financial awards for low-in-come families, Americans should, once again, take notice of Rom-ney’s unreliability in the race to the White House. With the denunciation of the “flood of federal dollars” into the system on MittRomney.com, the Romney campaign published their intent to “refocus Pell Grant dollars” in the May education proposal. Romney also endorses the budget plan of his running mate, Paul Ryan, who cuts $170 billion from these grants, doubles student-loan interest rates, and restricts 1 million students over the next decade from receiving federal financial aid, which already covers its smallest portion of college costs in history. The obvious discrepancy between these policies and his new-found support for Pell Grants adds to Romney’s track record of unpre-dictable flip-flops on critical issues. President Barack Obama’s commitment to federal financial

By Abby Grosskopf ‘13 Currently, only 50% of col-lege graduates get jobs. Will you be part of that statistic? You go to a great school, study hard and deserve a good job, but today only half of all college graduates find jobs in their fields. Many others are taking jobs in food service and retail stores and are not earning enough to pay back student loans or to live on their own. As Paul Ryan put it, “College graduates should not have to live out their 20s in their childhood bedrooms, star-ing up at fading Obama posters and wondering when they can move out and get going with life.” We are currently experienc-ing the worst recovery from a re-cession since the great depression. For the first time in history, we’ve had 40 straight months of unem-ployment over 8%. No president since FDR has ever won re-election with unemployment over 7.2%. Obama’s economic record has hit women the hardest. Under Presi-dent Obama the number of women in poverty has skyrocketed to 17 million. In the current economy, men are gaining four times as many jobs as women. Right now, each of us owes $51,000 to the U.S. government to pay for the U.S. deficit. Obama promised to cut the deficit in half during his first term, but he has in-creased the deficit more than all the presidents before him combined. He is charging up our govern-ment credit card to China, and our generation is going to have to pay it back. If our government keeps spending irresponsibly, entitlement programs, like Social Security, will no longer exist for our generation.

Education is one of Rom-ney’s highest priorities. Mitt Rom-ney supports school choice and charter schools, which are the best path for inner city kids to receive a strong education. Obama sup-ports unionized public schools, which support the best interest of the teachers at the expense of the students. Obama does not support private alternatives, like Bald-win, where there are no teacher unions. Romney believes teachers should be paid according to their performance to advance student achievement, not just seniority. Massachusetts became 1st in the nation in student performance under Governor Mitt Romney. He will work to have the same results for our entire country. Romney has promised to work to lower the cost of college education by bringing down tuitions, and making college accessible to more students while lowering students’ need for loans. Under the current president, the U.S. education system has fallen behind many other nations. Mitt Romney is a business-man with a history of job creating. He helped start many businesses, like Staples and The Sports Author-ity. He is a turnaround specialist, who turned a $400 million deficit at the Salt Lake City Olympics into a surplus. He understands the economy and knows how to create jobs. We need to make a change for the better and stop hoping! If you want a bright future, vote smart and support Mitt Romney.

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News & FeaturesA Democratic Perspec-tive on Education in the Election

Why Students Should Support Romney

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School Calendar

Hannah Bao ’12

November 2 - 4: Maskers Fall Play3: SAT6: Presidential Election7: Picture Day8 - 15: Freshman Trip to Italy19: Winter Sports Start20: Thanksgiving Assembly21-25: Thanksgiving Break

December1: SAT 5: Upper School Concert12: Upper School Concert15: Winter Formal21: Winter Assembly22- January 6: Winter Vacation

By Charlotte Matthai ‘13 Welcome to the Arts League Column, where I spread the news about the various upcom-ing art events! So far, the art departments seem to be getting off to a lively start: the painters are bouncin’, the singers are boppin’, and the actors are doing it all at once. Speaking of those thespians, the fall musical, “Once Upon a Mattress,” is reported to be moving along quite splendidly. Se-nior Sydney Sisler describes the musical as “a really clas-sic play with an unexpected twist. Julia Tyminski’s playing the princess, and Savanna Stanton-Ameison the prince, so it’s basically a love story between the two.” Now, who wouldn’t want to see that?! Fur-thermore, Sisler states that “rehearsals are a lot of fun. Ms. DelCanton is great and we’re getting a lot done.” Remember to put “Once Upon a Mattress” on your calendars, November 2-4. I know I will. Upcoming events in the visual art depart-ment include the All School

Autumn Art Show, open-ing on October 24th. Be sure to stop by the gallery and check it out. As the first show of the year, Ms. Wilke’s bound to make it quite the exhibition. And finally, the music de-partment is off with a “jo-lo-no-do-no,” as the bflats alto II section very well knows. As they prepare for their first performance at the October 24th Open House, we should all be getting excited to hear their fresh and sunny new rep-ertoire, including “Brighter than the Sun” (Colbie Cail-lat), “Here Comes the Sun” (The Beatles), and “Perfect” (P!nk). Chorus is also very happy to have Oxana back as their accompanist for rehearsals, as she now splits her music block between chorus and orchestra. Be sure to stop by the Arts League bulletin board, next to the senior lounge, for upcoming events and notices. Feel free to ogle at that delicious-looking cake pop calendar and jot down a few recipes to try out.

By Emily Clark ‘14 Everyone knows the typical fairy tale of the Princess and the Pea. The story begins with the classic tale of a prince in need of his one true love. However,

the queen demands that each princess be tested to confirm her royal roots. The debut of the Baldwin’s school fall musi-cal, Once Upon a Mattress, echoes this story, but trails off to tell a much more dynamic tale. Under the direction of the new theater teacher, Ms. DalCanton, an ordinary damsel in distress transforms into a robust comedian who swims the moat, dances the Spanish Panic, and enjoys testing her strength by lifting cer-tain ladies. Played by Julia Tyminski ‘13, Princess Winnifred surprises the whole castle with her spirit and charisma as she gradu-

ally charms Prince Daunt-less, portrayed by Savanna Stanton-Ameison ‘13. The story will keep the audi-ence laughing as they meet the unfortunate citizens of the kingdom including

the heroic Sir Harry (Tris-ten Thompson, ‘14) and the rebellious Lady Larkin (Aaryn Turner ‘13). The wild dancing contrasts the rules of the threatening Queen, Erica Wachs ‘14, and the bellowing songs give the mute a voice as the audience tries to decipher the gestures of King Stephen, Gigi Urie ‘13. The show will be presented in the Grey Gym on Friday, No-vember 2nd and Saturday, November 3rd at 7:30 while

on Sunday, November 4th the matinee will begin at 2:00. Tickets can be bought online or in the bookstore. A great way to spend an evening or an afternoon, Once Upon a Mattress will

keep viewers on the edge of their seats until the hilari-ous end.

Fall Play is Fairy Tale with a Twist

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Arts Section

Arts League Column

Jessica Fan

Jessica Fan

Jessica Fan

Hot NOTFifty variations of French manicures Fifty Shades of Grey

Avoiding Ms. Loke when not in uniform DetentionPurchasing with tickets Changing to incidentals

Gangnam Style The DougiesStuds Feathers

Kountz Dracyka Vampire Costumes

A Baldwin Girl’s Guide to Fall Trends ... Did you hear what she just said? It goes without saying that you need to be smart to be a Baldwin girl. Sadly, we don’t always sound as smart as we are. Here are some examples we’ve heard in the hallway since the beginning of school.

“Model UN’s coming up! You know what that means: boys, boys, boys!”

“I’ve been to Mrs. Gephart’s room like 5 times this week but she’s never there”

“I just think Baldwin would be so much better if we had a football team”

“Which world war did America fight in?”

“Trust me, Jay Z and Kanye are brothers”

“It would be cool if Baldwin had a mandatory dance class, and then people wouldn’t be uncomfortable at dances and would be more culturally aware”

Person 1: “I told him to make me feel like I’m the only girl in the world”Person 2: “Did he text you back?” Person 1: “No”

By Seena Paul ‘14

Welcome back ladies, I hope you’ve all had an unforget-table summer and you’re all finally getting settled into school. NS opened up her house to a group of 13+ girls to put on their best “Party in the USA” outfits before heading over to the Haverford Back to School dance. You’ll all be delighted to know that CH and CB are still going strong having cel-ebrated their one-year anniversary this October! SS and JS have been rumored to have a very friendly relationship. There are some new

Wanted: Sophomore and Freshmen SpiesIf you are interested, email the editor at hourglassbaldwin@gmail.com

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The Sandless

lovebirds too, puppy love has sprung up between HB and TG. TT can be spotted rolling by from the bus on her custom board in the mornings, looks like she has a few tricks up her sleeve. Careful ladies, driving isn’t all fun and games, JH recently got into an accident (totally NOT her fault.) Perk: free Jeep Wrangler! Hope you’re okay JH! I’ve got my eyes on you ladies! Until next time…

xoxo,Junior Spy

Junior Spy

Ain’t nobody got time to write a senior spy column this issue. Sorry to disappoint.

Until next time,Your Senior Spy

Senior Spy

Homecoming Pictures Photos courtesy of Victoria Gevurtz