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As the fall sports seasons come to a close, there are many reasons for Brunswick students to be excited about the beginning of hockey season. Friday night home-games, huge crowds, and big wins are all things to definitely look forward to as hockey season gets going.

This season, Curt Townshend ‘12 and Luke Esposito ‘12 will be making a documentary on the Brunswick Varsity Hockey team, inspired by HBO’s award winning series “24/7,” which covered last NHL season’s lead up to the annual Winter Classic. At Heinz Field on New Year’s Day 2011, the Pittsburg Penguins and the Washington Capitals faced off

A Look Behind Brunswick Hockey

By Peter Khoury ‘13Staff Writer

What’s Inside Headlines A Look Behing Brunswick Hockey By Peter Khoury

A Time to Reflect By Holden Fett

Around Wick Wick Waterfountain Review Part II (P.2) By Will Peisch

Veteran’s Day (P. 4) By Johnny Erdman

Campus News (P. 4) By Addison Bennett

Meeting Louis Zamperini (P. 5) By Reed McMurchy

Support Our Troops (P. 5) By Curren Iyer

LaBL Interview (P. 5) By Curren Iyer

“The Man” on Campus: Interview with Robert Fernandez (P. 6) By Curren Iyer

Wick Community Big Brother (P.3) By Charlie Cassoli

Community Service Update (P.3) By Mr. Montanez

Wick Arts Intro Improv Concert (P. 7) By Teddy Cassoli

Intro Jazz Band (P. 7) By Peter Ciporin

Guitar Ensemble (p. 7) By Mark Erichetti

Student Editorials La Russa Goes Out On Top (P. 8) By Chris Keller

Jets Update (P. 8) By Chris Lucey

St. Louis Cardinals Analysis (P. 9) By Jonny Mills

Occupy Wall Street (P. 9) By Will Ponce

Wick Sports GA Math Team (P. 10) By Rebecca Duebler

Wick Football Beats Hopkins (P. 10) By William Fein

Brown v White Soccer (P. 11) By Jack Seaton

Freshman Football (P. 11) By Jack Duggan

Black Comedy Special (p. 12) By Reed McMurchy Photos: Matthew Savitt

A Time to Reflect:Thanksgiving Approaches

Holden Fett ‘13Staff Writer Brunswick School is a very active place where students rarely have time to take a step back and look at the bigger picture – a world outside grades, sports, and other personal issues. But as we approach Thanksgiving and our five-day vacation, each student should take some time, even just a few minutes, to think about and appreciate how lucky he is to be in the position he is here at Brunswick. First quarter grades might have been lower than desired, and winter sports possibly are getting off to a rocky start, but those setbacks pale in comparison with the opportunities Brunswick offers us. We are all (it is to be hoped) thankful for our families, friends, and teachers, but what is sometimes overlooked is the blessing of attending a school such

as ours. For students who have been here for the long haul, imagining schools different from Brunswick can be difficult, but we all know they still exist. So this Thanksgiving, when we sit down at our tables with our families let us pause to appreciate all we should be thankful

for. Take a moment to think how much we owe to Brunswick, and the many advantages we perhaps take for granted. In that moment of silence, let us think about what

Happy Thanksgiving!

actions we can all take to make other kids’ lives better. Brunswick does a great job letting us know about community service opportunities. One such opportunity I found particularly rewarding was this year’s first Midnight Run. The Run opened my eyes to the life of the homeless in New York City. They

really can use every item of clothing we give them. By giving them a jacket or pair of pants, we may instill new hope in their hearts, because they may realize that there are people out there who truly care about their wellbeing. So, get involved in the school’s community service! Be thankful and appreciative for

all we have this Thanksgiving, but do not forget that there are other

people who do not have all the advantages that we may have. Let us all do more to give back to our community this Thanksgiving.

All The News That Fits We Print Issue 3: Thanksgiving 2011

outdoors in the Steel City. Making the game seem even more important than it already seemed, HBO gained four weeks of access to both teams’ locker rooms, practices, and film sessions.

This hockey season, Curt and Luke will be filming pre-game speeches, locker room moments, bus rides, overnight trips, and all games and events in which the Brunswick hockey team will participate. For the four months of its season, the Brunswick hockey team is giving Luke and Curt an all-access pass (much like the one HBO got with the Penguins and Capitals) to everything that occurs both on and off the ice. Conducting interviews with certain players on the team, Luke and Curt are seeing to show Brunswick students what life is like during the winter for the Brunswick hockey team.

Scheduled to be released in May 2012, the Brunswick Hockey Documentary will run somewhere around 60-90 minutes. Stay tuned for previews, interviews, and other special sneak-peeks as we approach the movie’s release.

Luke Esposito ‘12, Co-Captain of Varsity HockeyPhoto Matthew Savitt 2010

The Chronicle and First Grade wish you a Happy Thanksgiving!

Editors-In-ChiefJake Matthews ‘12

Matthew Cassoli ‘12

Staff Writers

Faculty AdvisorDr. Brian Freeman

The Brunswick Chronicle

The Brunswick Student’s News Source

Will Peisch ‘12Peter Khoury ‘13John Erdman ‘13Curren Iyer ‘13

Parker Odrich ‘13Peter Khoury ‘13Will Ponce ‘13Jonny Mills ‘13

Mark Erichetti ‘14Harry Parsons ‘14Jack Seaton ‘14

Peter Ciporin ‘15

Managing EditorAddison Bennett ‘12

Devin Mehra ‘12Sean Forester ‘13Holden Fett ‘13

Logan Vorwerk ‘13Rohan Das ‘14Kyle Chen ‘14Jimmy Bell ‘14

Teddy Cassoli ‘15Reed McMurchy ‘15

Christopher Lucey ‘15Charlie Cassoli ‘15Jack Duggan ‘15

Chronicle.Brunswickschool.org

Sports EditorWilliam Fein ‘13

Chief PhotographerMatthew Savitt ‘12

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The Brunswick ChronicleThanksgiving 2011

I continue my quest to document all hydration sources provided at Brunswick School…

THE PERFECT WATER FOUNTAINSBurke Field House Were these fountains living, I’d be convinced they were the result of genetic modification. These water fountains are perfect in every way. All seven are identical, the only difference being their heights above the ground. Each fountain provides calculated parabolas of cool refreshing water at a rate of 6.5 seconds per cup. And best of all, they have one giant, round metal button for even the most uncoordinated guys who dislocate their shoulders studying. They truly are the Dylan Troy of water fountains, and offer the perfect drink for games of “Watch Classmates get Angry, Happy, and/or Injured.” MOST ORIGINAL AWARDUpper Field Fountains This once normal water fountain, which used to be right next to the soccer scoreboard, now houses something that can be best described as noodle udders. In lieu of the old fountain’s water, which tasted like the

hood of a hot car, the noodle udders provide eight individual tubes that are used to spray your mouth like a mini garden hose. But much like the doughnuts in the dining hall, the noodles always seem to go away as soon as people realize they are there. MOST USED AWARDSampson Lower Water Fountain Ever notice you spit a lot more when you’re playing sports? Well if you saw these two water fountains located at the Sampson Field house’s bottom entrance, you would. Brunswick’s most popular fountains, these two are petri dishes for mononucleosis. The left one is there for show while the right one gives you water at whatever the temperature is outside at a rate of 9.24 seconds. They’re like Lenny and George from Of Mice and Men. One is small and finds working difficult. The other is strong and covered in drool.EVILEST FOUNTAIN AWARDSampson Upper Water Fountain This is the water fountain of choice for those about to pass out from squash workouts, squash games, or heaving up the stairs to find the snack bar closed. The water here is like a squash ball, lobbed high to the back corner of the fountain at a rate of 6:41. The fountain is

Wick WaterfountainReview Part II: Sports

By Will Peisch ‘12Senior Hydration Correspondent

also designed to taunt those who lost their keycard first week of sophomore year, as if to say “I’m 10 feet away but your cries for help won’t unlock the doors between us and neither will that lower-schooler playing one-man ping-pong.”

WATER FOUNTAIN OF THE INSANESampson Field House Showers I’m not totally sure what the constructors of the Sampson Field House intended when they made the showers at King Street two, 360 degree fountains just one open door away from all locker rooms (impromptu maypole festivals?), but I think I speak for the everyone when I say this is the most uncomfortable place in all Brunswick. If you’re even thinking about its rate or temperature, (6.34 and whatever temperature you want, if you have to know) you’ve been there too long. And if by some freak accident a shower is your preferred form of drinking water, then you probably

didn’t read this article as you probably ate the paper as soon as you saw it.

*Bonus Water Fountain!HIDDEN GEM AWARDCeramic Room Water Fountain: Students of the art wing, I just want to thank you for your warm, embracing stares which made me feel accepted as I walked through your class room, as did your “GET OUT!”s. I assume you meant get out of your hearts, but I make no promises. Regardless, this water fountain has DNA from all other Upper School fountains. It has the porcelain shape of the preschool school fountains, the slightly lower than room temperature of the administrative fountains, the average rate of the dining hall water fountain (8.27 seconds per cup) and the similarly obscure location like the science wing fountains (hidden behind the kiln room door). But as I was so gently reminded by the open-hearted visual art students, the fountain is for “artists only.”

Will Peisch ‘12, will drink water from anywhere in the name of journalism.Photo Matthew Cassoli 2011

Wick Community


Big Brother

More than just Maher Av-enue separates Brunswick’s Pre-School from the Upper School. It can be as much as a dozen years that divides these two divisions. Bruns-wick’s Big Brother Program aims to lessen that divide. Started in 1984 by Mrs. Leslie Andersen, the Big Broth-er Program was designed as a one-on-one buddy program to bridge the gap between preschool and twelfth grade. As Mrs. Andersen explains, the goal of the program “is to create connections between our divisions.” Peter Ciporin, a current ninth grader, joined the Big Brother Pro-gram early this year. He was assigned to Mrs. Ingarra’s kindergarten class and visits 2-3 times a week. When asked about his experiences work-ing with the class, he replied, “I love working with these kindergarten-ers because I remember when I was one myself, and I would be so ex-cited when I saw an Upper Schooler. I think it means a lot that we hang out with them.” From the teacher perspective, the program is equally meaningful. According to kindergar-ten teacher Mrs. Ingarra, “I love to see the interaction between two dif-

ferent age groups. The boys in the program are mentors to my students.” Currently there are around 30 Upper School students who par-ticipate in the program. Big Broth-ers accompany their “little broth-ers” in classes ranging from library to gym. With guidance from home-

room teachers, Big Brothers can ad-ditionally help the younger students with math, science, reading, and writing. According to Mrs. Ander-

By Charlie Cassoli ‘15Staff Writer

sen, however, the real value of hav-ing the older boys in the classroom is so they can serve as role models to Brunswick’s Pre-Schoolers. As Mrs. Ingarra explains, “It is impor-tant that younger boys know that they can find knowledge in all parts of our community; education does

not only come from a teacher.” One of the aspects that Mrs. Andersen loves most is that such a small time sacrifice a few times ev-

ery week can make such a differ-ence to a preschooler. The relation-ship between big and little brother is not one-sided. As the relationship between the two grows, the young-er boys look forward to the days spent with their big brothers. Mrs. Andersen says that that program is not only beneficial for younger stu-dent, but it helps teach responsibil-ity to the older participants. “The younger boys come to depend on their big brothers,” says Mrs. Leslie. “It is all a way to unite and strength-en the Brunswick community.” Teaching, supporting, and leaving an impression on preschool-ers is just one of the many benefits of the program. Each big brother makes an impact on a kid’s day-to-day experience in school. In the pro-gram upper classmen embody the “Brunswick Boy,” a model for the youth of Brunswick to follow. The program is a brilliant part of the Brunswick community, and the pre-schoolers love having big brothers come to their classes and help out, and have fun. It may not seem like much, but having big brothers, has a significant impact on the day-to-day situation a preschooler faces.

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Peter Ciporin ‘15 reads to a group of Kindergarten students.

Mr. Montanez, head of Community Service at Brunswick, talks about Brunswick’s accomplishments this year and plans for the Holiday Season.

With the giving season rapidly approaching, it is nice to know that our Brunswick boys have been giving consistently for the past two months, and that they have exceeded all expectations in helping our local and surrounding communities during these tough times. The boys have already donated and distributed clothing to the homeless. Advisories have organized activities and tutoring in schools and after-school centers. Intramural programs have spent time at the Boys’ and Girls’ Club as well as the Eagle Hill School. Service is being done, and the community is excited about it. The boys and our teachers should be applauded for all that has been accomplished so far.

During this time of year, the season of giving, Brunswick has traditionally been extremely supportive of those in need. This year is no different. On Friday, November

18, each Upper School advisory will put together three Thanksgiving

baskets, each designed to feed a large Greenwich or Stamford family that is in need during the upcoming holiday. Students will put together a total of 159 baskets that will be distributed to

159 families utilizing or attending the Thomas Edison School, St. Luke’s Life Works, or the Family Centers of

Greenwich. It is important to note that the Upper School is not alone in this endeavor, as Brunswick’s Lower and Middle Schools will be conducting food drives as well. The baskets and the drives represent yet another fabulous community service opportunity for the boys. Community service has come out of the gate running this year. In the first quarter alone, the school has completed nearly 200 hours of hands-on service geared to give students first-hand experience with people in immediate need in our surrounding area. By exposing us all to the authentic struggles of others, we are able to appreciate our own situations that much more. There is no doubt that we are all “SUPA BUSY,” but it is important to take a minute to realize that as a school, we have completed a significant amount of community service in only two months, and we have each done our part making a difference by simply doing a little more. Thank you to each of you and Happy Holidays!

Wick Community Service UpdateBy Mr. MontanezHead of Community Service

Left to Right: Mr. Montanez, Mrs. Beattie, James Whittemore ‘13, Tommy Rosenkranz ‘13, and Ryan Hardin ‘13, participate in Neighbor to Neighbor food donations at Wick.


Around Wick


Originally celebrated on November 11 to mark the end of the First World War, Veteran’s Day has quite a storied history. In 1926, Congress voted to name the day “Armistice Day,” but later, the name changed to “Veteran’s Day” to serve as a national holiday recognizing and honoring all of America’s veterans, and not just those from this world war. Around the country, Veteran’s day is recognized as an important holiday. All non-essential govern-ment workers are free from work, while the post office does not deliver the mail. It is a day meant to acknowl-edge and honor America’s heroes. One notable celebration of Veteran’s Day this year was the Carrier Classic, a college basketball game played on Veteran’s Day in an arena constructed on the USS Carl Vinson, an aircraft carrier stationed in San Diego, California. This is the first time the Carrier Classic has been played, and it featured the number one-ranked University of

North Carolina Tar Heels squaring off against Michigan State Spartans. ESPN featured the game during a prime-time spot on Friday night. Brunswick has many ties to the Military. Numerous alumni as well as sons of faculty have served our country proudly. This past year, all of Brunswick felt that sacrifice when English teacher and Foot-ball and Wrestling coach, Lieuten-ant Colonel Bob Benjamin went to serve in Kandahar, Afghanistan. LT Colonel Benjamin, after many months of training in the US at various bases, has now been in Af-ghanistan since early July. Before leaving, Mr. Benjamin spent a num-ber of weeks in Fort Hood in Texas, performing exercises that includ-ed weapon training, fitness tests, counter-IED training and drills, and medical testing, before flying to Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, he has been overseeing the upkeep of forces, and also helping coordinate America’s withdrawal from the war. Although Brunswick Stu-dents do not get the day off for

the holiday, the day still is a spe-cial time to consider those who have given their time, effort, and possibly their lives to ensure our country remains free and safe. There are a number of ways we here at Brunswick can sup-port our troops. The joint GA and Brunswick Support Our Troops Club, headed by Michael Chronert, is currently running a drive to send cards to LT Colonel Benjamin. I’m sure Mr. Benjamin will appreciate all our letters, so please write to him. Additionally, the Club has developed a relationship with the Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic in Af-ghanistan, a hospital that provides care, rest and aid for soldiers serv-ing overseas in that region. Last year they sent over paintings to cover the walls of the clinic and plan on do-ing the same later in the year. Fur-thermore, the Club will be sending supplies such as books, magazines, movies, and snacks to the clinic. The Club would appreciate the assis-tance of everyone in the Brunswick Community Outside of Bruns-

wick, there are many opportuni-ties to help veterans and those who still actively serve. One example is an organization called The Kitchen Table Gang that organizes the ship-ment of care packages. These pack-ages include supplies that are sent to troops recovering from injuries sustained in battle and soldiers cur-rently stationed elsewhere overseas. Consider going to operationgrati-tude.com/volunteer for more infor-mation to learn how you can help this cause. Another way to support our troops is dropping off used DVDs at the local Veterans’ Admin-istration Office, or sending them through the organization DVDs-4Vets. DVDs4Vets is a national organization that distributes the DVDS to active troops. Go to dvds-4vets.org for more information. This holiday serves as a re-minder that it’s now a good time to give back and to make an effort to thank those who have served or who are currently serving for their sacrifices to protect our country.

The Brunswick Writing Center A few weeks ago, The Brunswick Writing Center began providing its services to the stu-dent body. Its purpose is to assist students, through the guidance of both students and teachers, with writing projects in any subject. 30-minute appointments can be any weekday morning during first period. Those seeking assistance should send an email to “writ-ing center” on Brunswick Email. New Vending Machine The Student Govern-ment has finalized negotiations with our soft drink providers and installed a new vending ma-chine in the science hallway. What’s new: Vitamin Water, Coke, and a little arm that deliv-ers your beverages while you wait. IMBL Prepares For its Next Season

Veteran’s DayBy Johnny Erdman ‘13Staff Writer

Campus News The papers have begun to line the walls, the bulletin boards, and urinals of the Brunswick Up-per School. They are eye-catching, colorful, and incomprehensible—all adjectives sure to describe the upcoming IMBL season. There is some “good action” coming to the preschool gym. Interested players can find Mr. Mike Har-ris as the winter season begins. Local Elections Mr. John P. Booth’s short-lived, write-in campaign for a po-sition on the Greenwich Town Board of Education came to an unceremonious end on election night. Mr. Booth has yet to formal-ly concede the election to his op-ponents. We can only hope his de-mands for a recount will be heard. The GA Fall Play A collection of come-dic one-acts, directed by Ms. Fuller at GA’s Massey Theater, will open on Friday the 18th

and close the next day. Both performances will be at 7pm. Faculty Art Show Now on display in the hall-way between the dining hall and Baker Theater are pieces of art contributed by Brunswick’s and GA’s Arts Faculty. The paintings are definitely worth a look as you pass by for morning assembly. Guys and Dolls Underway Auditions are almost com-plete, and the cast list will likely be released in the coming days. Mr. Potter’s vision will come to life on Baker’s stage in early March. The notably large cast and crew will surely live up to the challenge. What Would You Do? Assem-bly An all-day program led mostly by students on Monday the 14th, “What Would You Do” was a joint anti-bullying initia-tive with Brunswick and Green-wich Academy. The effects of

the powerful presentation, of course, will take time to observe. Geithner sets school recordPeter Geithner ‘12 re-set the school record for Cross Country running a 15:58 at the New England’s meet.

By Addison Bennett ‘12Managing Editor

Peter Geithner ‘12Photo Matthew Savitt 2011

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Meeting Louis ZamperiniBy Reed McMurchy ‘15Staff Writer


Louis Zamperini, the sub-ject of Laura Hillenbrand’s New York Times’ Best Selling Book, Unbroken, and Brunswick’s all school reading for the past sum-mer, is a true American hero. Louis was invited to speak to the school on October 24th about his amazing life experiences de-scribed in Hillenbrand’s book. En route to Greenwich on a red eye flight from California, however, Louis, who is ninety-four years old, became dehydrated and ill. Upon his arrival in Greenwich, out of precau-tion, he was admitted to Greenwich Hospital on the morning before his presentation at Brunswick School. As a result, Louis was un-able to speak at Brunswick. In-stead, John Naber, former Olym-pian in his own right and one of Louis’s closest friends, gave an ex-cellent talk about Louis and the affect Louis has had on his life. Later that day, I visited Louis in the hospital, and am pleased to report he seemed to be recovering quickly and was feeling much bet-ter. Louis, who was watching a Fox

News Program when I entered, im-mediately perked up and asked me if I had any questions. After I intro-duced myself and asked about how he was feeling, Louis started telling

a story about his experiences run-ning Cross Country. Even though he went to the Olympics for the mile, he said he far preferred Cross Country because of the constant change of scenery. Louis asked about the al-titude of Greenwich and then went on to say that 6,000 feet was an ideal altitude to train because the thin-ner air required endurance, physical stamina, and it was an ideal environ-

ment to improve one’s conditioning. One of his favorite memo-ries of running was when he came upon an old, hunter’s cabin in the Sierra Nevada Mountains on a jog.

Louie discovered a Civil War Era rifle under the floorboards. He took it home, and he found it still worked. Unfortunately, later in his life, some-one stole that rifle from Louis. He believed it to be of significant value. Louis and I then discussed his experiences scouting, a favorite hobby of his when he was younger. On his path to reaching Eagle Scout, Louis recalled the importance of

earning merit badges, awards which teach about life, self reliance, and im-portant survival skill lessons. Louis felt it was even more important to-day to learn these skills, as he felt more hardship and natural disasters were occurring than when he was a boy. Louis said the lessons he learned while scouting served him the rest of his life, and had helped him sur-vive his terrifying experiences in the Pacific Theater of World War II. He continued his talk about survival skills, recalling a memory from his days in the air corps when an optional survival course about fending off sharks was offered to all 2,000 men at his base in Hawaii. He happened to be one of only fif-teen to attend. He said this thought comes back to him many times, as he believes this was the key to his sur-vival while on the raft in the Pacific. Louis concluded our meet-ing commenting that that one must always be prepared. Louis elaborated further, saying that he always be-lieved that there will be a future cri-sis confronting society and that one must be vigilant and prepared to deal with it in whatever form it comes.

Support Our Troops Interview

Curren: When was SOT founded and who founded it?Aliya Boyer ‘13: Last year I found-ed the GA half of the club in able to inform the girls about what it means to be in the military and how it affects those people, as well as to create a better SOT club by combining forces and ideas.Curren: What inspired you to form SOT?Aliya: My father is a Commander in the Navy and I have always looked up to him for being one of those special people who dedicate their lives to helping protect our country. While he was deployed in Iraq for around seven months in 2007, I realized that there was no one else around me to act as an informed support group for military members and their fami-lies. I wanted to help be that support for everyone else experiencing what my family and I went through, and to hopefully alleviate some of the worry, fear and difficulties associ-ated with it. By forming SOT, we are trying to get our peers educated

about the military, and to help them appreciate the immense amount of work they do to help keep us all safe.Curren: What are some of the goals for SOT this year?Aliya: Our first task of the year is to collect items and send letters to Mr. Benjamin, who is currently in Afghanistan. Our other goals for this year are to continue helping the brain trauma clinics in Afghanistan by making more artwork to brighten up the trailers and small buildings the clinic is based in, as well as gather-ing donations for the different ap-pliances they need. Another goal of ours is to help inform our classmates of what life is really like for a soldier, and want to get them more directly involved, and not just sending pack-ages. We know it is very hard for sol-diers stationed in countries like Iraq and Afghanistan to have regular cor-respondences with us here, but we would love to try and find some sol-diers willing to do so. We also want to take a group to the airport and welcome returning soldiers home.Editor’s Note: More SOT coverage avail-able online at chronicle.brunswickschool.org

By Curren Iyer ‘13Staff Writer

LaBL InterviewCurren: What is LaBL?Sammy Mehra ‘13: LaBL is a proj-ect started by TERI in order to give light to rural indian Villagers. TERI surveyed the Indian Villagers about how TERI could benifit their lives in any way. The most common request by the villagers was simply a source of light. So TERI took the initiative by establishing The LaBL project. LaBL lets villagers rent solar pow-ered Lanterns for a very cheap price. (less than 5 cents a day) But these long-lasting lamps will easily pay for themselves in more ways than one.Curren: When was LaBL founded and by whom?Sammy: TERI was formally estab-lished in 1974 with the purpose of tackling and dealing with the immense and acute problems that mankind is likely to face within in the years ahead on account of the gradual depletion of the earth’s finite energy resources which are largely non-renewable and on account of the existing meth-ods of their use which are pollutingCurren: What inspired you to found LaBL at Brunswick?Sammy: I worked with the LaBL

initiative in the TERi headquar-ters in New Delhi India. I wanted to bring the project home with me, and show what I was doing in India for six weeks. I think LaBL is one of TERI’s most creative and self-less projects that TERI has started.Describe some of your experienc-es working with TERI in India.Sammy: I worked in India as an intern for the LaBL project. I met many interesting people, and worked in association with dr. K R Pachauri the General Director OF TERI in-ternational who in 1997 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with Bill Clinton. My Job at TERI was to create a universal handbook so that any school could get involved in the LaBL initiative. I worked with two of my contemporaries (Devan Malhotra, and Akhil Singh) worked on the Handbook and it is now being used in high schools around the country. We three are working together to help TERI expand to an international level.What are some of the goals for LaBL this year?Sammy: LaBL at Brunswick has a goal this year of raising enough money to give light to one whole village.


Reed McMurchy ‘15 visits Louis at Greenwich Hospital.


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“The Man” on Campus:Interview With Robert Fernandez

Curren: When was the Free Press started?

Robbie: The Free Press was started by the Society. Back when we were in freshman year, the Society was really popular, and there was even an anti-Society society. I believe it started before I was in freshman year. I remember when I was interviewed freshman year, it was dark in Mr. Booth’s room. I was actually rejected that year. The year after, I got in, however. I had never really planned on working for the society, but Alexei Bulazel passed on the burden to me, fearing that it was going to die. I was happy to take this as my duty, to create a real paper, unlike The Chronicle. How

can you attend a school with such a sub-standard newspaper that you wouldn’t have the desire to make your own.

Curren: What are some of the goals of the Free Press?

Robbie: It’s in the manifesto, which I included last spring. It’s to provide interesting and artistically stimulating publication to the school. It allows students to promote their intellectual thoughts. If you look at our goals in comparison to those of The Chronicle, you ask, what information can a school newspaper give you that you can’t provide for yourself? The answer is not much. What better than to allow a pulpit from which students can display their own opinions and the news, you know? It’s not like FOX news

though. I like to shake things up, you know what I mean? The Free press has always been more about the message than the means of describing it. I mean look at our paper, it’s the lowest grade paper, lowest grade ink. It’s not supposed to be aesthetically pleasing.

Curren: What inspires your style in writing and announcements?

Robbie: It’s like “Damn, The Free Press isn’t out yet. It needs to come out soon.” We don’t have any staff writers really. I’m not really inspired though. It’s not like “divine intervention” or anything. Nah, I’m not really inspired. It’s just my own desire. I love to see it and I love to make people laugh.

Curren: Do you plan the

announcements for assembly?

Robbie: No, no! They come out much better when I don’t plan them. It’s not really the words I say that make people laugh. It’s more of the demeanor I have. I’m not afraid of self-deprecating humor (Luis agrees). And also, in case you wanted to know, Bulbasaur is the greatest pokemon in the world. It’s half dinosaur, and half plant! I mean, do you know any other pokemon that’s half creature and half autotroph? That’s how badass it is.

Curren: Who’s going to take over once you leave?

Robbie: [Laughs] Now I have a question for you, Curren. Why didn’t you submit an article for The Free Press?


Mr. Robert Fernandez ‘12 enjoys one of Brunswick’s finest publicaitons.Photo: Matthew Savitt 2011

Wick Arts


It was a big house at the Bak-er Theatre on the night of the Upper School fall concert. Of course, the Kirsch Intro to Improv group stakes claim for drawing in the crowd. Our group performed at that morning’s assembly to give a preview of the concert. We felt good and Annie Burke, Ben Young, and I played short solos to give you a sample of the fun sound you could hear that night. Someone must have liked it, because a lot of people came out and sup-ported all the groups that performed. If you came to the concert, you were well rewarded. You heard a ton of jazz talent – horn players, gui-tarists, drummers, keyboarders, and pianists. It was a fun show displaying our bands and singing groups, with each group on their game and sound-ing just about as good as possible. The Kirsch Introduction to Improv group consists of senior Ben Young and freshmen Jarett Odrich, Matt Marvin, Tom Dunleavy, An-drew Kjorlien, Owen Gerber, An-nie Burke, and me. We played a song by The Bar-Keys called Soul Finger that includes great sax parts and a

sweet guitar solo that was nailed by Owen Gerber. Each member of the group was sharp on the song

and aced the soloes section making us sound great. That was the result of all the practice we put in playing the tune, finding connected improv solos and timing them all together. It’s a lot of fun to bang it out on stage. All the groups demonstrated talent and preparation. It looked like we all had a great time making great music. Some special recognition goes to the guitar ensemble’s awe-some rendition of 100 Years by Five for Fighting, Katie O’Neill’s fantastic vocals, and What’s Cookin’ from the Intro to Jazz Band with Theo Cham-bers and Sal Cavicchio nailing their solos. As usual, the Blue Notes closed the show and blew everyone away. With the fall concert over, all the groups are already prepar-ing for the Holiday concert in De-cember with Christmas carols and other festive songs. I’m not al-lowed to reveal what we are plan-ning to play, but I can tell you that it already sounds awesome. You should definitely catch the Holiday concert for more great music.

Intro to Music ImprovBy Teddy Cassoli ‘15Staff Writer

To most Brunswick instru-mentalists, playing in the “Blue Notes” is a great honor. Owing to limited openings, joining this elite band can be difficult, most nota-bly for interested underclassmen. For those freshmen interest-ed in the Blue Notes but who are un-able to join, one option that provides a smooth transition into the Big Band is the freshman jazz band. This year, Brunswick has a large freshman jazz band; many students joined with the ultimate goal of reaching an eventual place in the Blue Notes in mind. The freshman group has been working hard to improve since the start of the school year. At first we were given the piece “Blues by Five” to learn and memorize. “Blues by Five” is a relatively short and easy song that all Upper School Jazz Bands have also learned. The piece was assigned in order to warm us up for the year after many of our long and busy summers. After learning a couple more short songs such as “Tenor Mad-ness” and “St. James Infirmary,” we took on our first full length piece: “What’s Cookin’.” The song was hard work, but by the time the fall concert rolled around, after weeks of preparation, we felt confident to show the school what we had learned. Other than preparing for that first concert as well as our second

one on December 13, we have been working on many scales and impro-visational techniques during our class time. So far, we have learned the Bflat concert major scale, the Bflat concert blues scale, and the chro-matic scale from concert Bflat up the octave. With these scales memorized, particularly the blues scale, everybody in the band is now able to create a satisfactory improvisational solo, es-pecially using Mr. Raaen’s sheet of blues riffs and rhythms for guidance. Recently, in addition to our group pieces and improvisational studies, each band member was giv-en a solo piece to work on. Even those who play the same instrument were given separate pieces to learn and perfect. Eventually, we will be tested on the quality with which we play these solos in order to display our improvement over the year so far. We have a few more weeks of practice before our next concert in which we will most likely be playing two songs, “Out Back at the Barn” and “Shufflin’ in F.” With our im-provisational studies along the way, I believe that we will definitely see an improvement by the time of the concert. Also, at this rate, we will all be much better musicians by the end of the school year, and hopefully at some point within the next few years, many of us will have the opportunity to join Brunswick’s “Blue Notes.”

Intro Jazz BandBy Peter Ciporin ‘15Staff Writer

Teddy Cassoli ‘15 and Tom Dunleavy ‘15 play with Intro Improv in the Fall ConcertPhoto Matthew Savitt 2011

Guitar Ensemble is a very in-teresting and fun class taught by Mr. Raaen. The class is made up of soph-omore guitar players Tyler Spauld-ing, Mark Errichetti, Bradley Wilpon, Gordon Smith, and Ashim Vaish. This is our second year of playing so we have made the transition from playing beginner songs to challeng-ing modern songs and jazz. In class, Mr. Raaen does a great job of balanc-ing class time between learning new songs and note reading. This past fall concert, we performed 100 years by Five for Fighting with the help of violinist Tommy Hull ‘14, drummer, Austin Milunovich ‘14, and pianist Bradley Wilpon ‘14. In the upcoming concert, the Holiday concert, we are playing a much more difficult song called Fix You by Coldplay. It con-tains challenging chords and even a

guitar solo. Although Fix You is not a “Holiday” song, it is very popular and well-known song that I’m sure the students will love. The Guitar En-semble is also working on their Stroll-ing Strings piece. Strolling Strings is a tradition that Mr. Raaen started where the guitarists walk around the school playing classic Christmas and Hanuk-kah songs for classes and teachers. All the guitarists are improving rap-idly on their improvisational skills. At least once a week, we play a simple blues song and work on our solos. We are hoping that towards the end of the year, all the guitarists are able to comfortably solo, like the guitarists of music improv or Blue Notes do in the concerts. If anyone is interested in guitar or has a little experience in guitar, I recommend Guitar Ensem-ble for next year; it’s a great class and a great break in the day from all the stressful academic classes.

Guitar EnsembleBy Mark Erichetti ‘14Staff Writer

The Blue Notes were among the bands to perform at the Fall Concert.Photo Matthew Savitt 2011

La Russa goes out on TopBy Chris Keller ‘15Staff Writer

After 33 highly successful years as a manager in MLB, Tony La Russa decided to retire after winning his second World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals. It was his third World Series victory, following his last with the Oakland Athletics in 1989. La Russa ended his career with 2,728 victories – the third most in MLB history. He finished 35 games behind John McGraw, who is second with 2,763 wins. In a press conference in St. Louis, La Russa said, “It was just time to end it. It’s time to do something new.” He is the first manager ever to retire immediately after winning the World Series.

La Russa was as relaxed as ever during the postseason, according to Cardinals’ insiders. He had already decided that this season would be his last. The Cardinals were certainly not the favorites going into the playoffs, given that they weren’t even expected to make the playoffs at the end of the

regular season. They miraculously beat out the Braves for the NL wild card, after being 10 ½ games out in late August.

Once the Cardinals got into the playoffs, they came back after

being down in the NLDS and beat the Phillies, who were considered by most people to be the best team in baseball. They easily defeated the Brewers and then the Texas Rangers in the World

Series, capping their epic postseason run. During the World Series, La Russa said of his Cardinals, “Sometimes we’re not good enough, but our heart is always good enough.” This proved to be true after they beat the Rangers in game 6 having one out left in the bottom of the ninth inning. From there, they took their momentum into game 7 easily defeating the Rangers 6-2.

La Russa recognized his good fortune throughout his career saying that he had never been in a non-ideal situation in his 33 years as a manager. He stated that he would stay away the Cardinals in the near future. “I really think, this is a fresh start,” La Russa said. He also said that he would not be managing again, but would try to open a business or own a minor league team.

There is a very good chance that we will see Tony La Russa inducted into the Hall of Fame sometime in the near future. He was one of the greatest managers of all time, and he has three World Series rings and six pennants to prove it.


The Jets’ faithful gave a sigh of relief as their beloved gang-green broke from their last huddle in a victory formation against the Bills last Sunday. The resulting and decisive 27-11 win confirmed that the Jets have successfully traversed the most difficult segments of what fans have come to know as “The Five Stages of Rex Ryan.” Stage One was first described the same place the majority of the “Five Stages” were mentioned, the back page of the New York Post. Rex is going where every Jet has gone before and has pre-ordered twenty-two super-bowl rings right before the start of OTA’s in April. Stage Two coincides with the beginning of the NFL regular season; the Jets stumbled right out of the gate and, for the next three weeks, the ink of the NY Post ran red with Rex Ryan’s blood. But just as all hope seems lost, stage three initiated a visit to sunny Florida and the decidedly less talented Miami

Dolphins. With the Dolphins as their springboard, the Jets were thrust into Stage Four, which was pure terror. The Jets finished out the regular season by decimating the best of whatever the league can throw at them. And when the stars have

seemingly aligned and the bravado seems to have been backed up, Stage Five rears its ugly head. Triggered

Jets UpdateBy Chris Lucey ‘15Staff Writer

by the opening kickoff of the AFC championship game, the Jets wish their fans a merry offseason by falling one game short of football immortality. Hopeless as it may seem, Jets fans have greeted regular season dominance with open arms. They’ve

comfortably put the Mangini era in the rearview mirror, have convinced themselves that a silver medal is better

than being last in the AFC East, and will begin to brace themselves for heartbreak this February. But the Jets fans may rejoice, because Rex Ryan has just modified the flight plan. The abbreviated training camp after the lockout was characterized by assimilation of new faces, and farewells to the faces of old. Seasoned wideout Braylon Edwards was passed over in free agency to clear cap space for Plaxico Burress, Tony Richardson (fullback and loyal 15 year veteran) was denied his final chance at a super bowl to open up the starting spot for a University of Kentucky standout known as John “The Terminator” Conner, and five year veteran wide receiver Jericho Cotchery gave way to Derrick Mason who also gave way to Jeremy Kerley. With equilibrium being attained with the returns of wideout Santonio Holmes and cornerback Antonio Cromartie, only one thing has really changed: one of the least efficient red-zone football teams in the game has found its legs within the 20 yard line, and added a leg in what can now be known as “Rex Ryan’s Six Steps to a super bowl champion.”


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St. Louis Cardinals AnalysisThey were 10 games out from

qualifying for the playoffs with one month to go. Down to an elimination game 4 different times; down to their last strike 2 different times; no team in the 110 year history of Major League Baseball had ever overcome such obstacles. But somehow, the St. Louis Cardinals defied the odds and emerged as world champions of baseball in 2011.

The Cardinals were not up against regular odds. On August 26, this team was 10.5 games out of the wild card. They were barely above a .500 team, and had about a 1% chance of making the playoffs at this point. They did. In the subsequent playoffs, they faced 4 elimination games. Considering they were playing good baseball at that point in the season, let’s give them a 60% to win each of the four games. They won all four. Finally, the Cardinals were down to their last strike in two different scenarios in game six of the World Series. In the first scenario, with his team down by two runs with 2 strikes and 2 outs, David Freese hit a game tying triple barely out of the reach of Nelson Cruz’s glove. Later in the game, in the 10th inning, the Cardinals were down to their last strike again, and Lance Berkman came up. With the tying run on second base, he hit a

game-tying single. The Cardinals later won the game on a David Freese walk-off homer. Let’s approximate that the Cardinals had about a 10% chance of tying the game with Freese up and a 30%

of tying the game with Berkman up. To find the percentage of all the events occurring, we would need to multiply (.01 x .6 x .6 x .6 x.1 x .3) x 100. That is less than a .007% of happening. Now, these numbers might not be precisely accurate as there are too many variables to take into account, but the idea is clear.

How did they do it? Was it just luck? Not according to Babe

Ruth, who once said, “You just can’t beat the person (or in this case, a team) who won’t give up.” Albert Pujols, the Cardinals superstar, defines this mentality perfectly. In the MLB draft,

when he thought he would be drafted in an early round, Pujols was drafted 13th round. 401 players were drafted before him. He then made the Cardinals roster and became a superstar. Then, during the steroid era, some people accused him of taking steroids just because he was so good. Just a little while ago, in the World Series, Pujols had a slow start and over half of the nation voted he

Occupy Wall StreetIt started on September 17th

in Zuccotti Park in New York City, a strategic location because the park is not owned by the city. The Occupy Wall Street protesters gathered to speak out against the massive wealth inequality in America. Since that day, the Occupy Wall Street movement has metastasized throughout the country.

The vast majority of wealth in America is concentrated in 1% of the population, so the protesters refer to themselves as “the 99%.” The protestors chose to name their movement “Occupy Wall Street” because they view the financial district as a symbol of the greed that has led to America’s financial disparity. What started out as an isolated protest in New York has since become a nation-wide movement. Protests have occurred in nearly every state. The movement has also spread to many college campuses, with protests taking place at a wide variety of schools.

Occupy Wall Street protesters have no defined leader, nor do they have a concrete list of demands. The movement has evolved so that people now appear to be protesting just for

the sake of protesting; the protest lacks a clear goal. It is basically a very

By Will Ponce ‘13Staff Writer

was “choking.” The next game, he hit 3 homers. This mentality of persistence has rubbed off on his teammates. For example, this year’s World Series MVP David Freese was charged with a DUI in 2009 and wondered if he would ever play Major League Baseball again. Pujols took Freese under his wing, and Freese gives great credit to Pujols for “setting him on the right path.” This personality was a major factor in the Cardinal World Series Championship.

Back to the Cardinals’ run: in every series the Cardinals were the heavy favorites to lose the series. In a best of 5 series, they lost the 1st game to the Philadelphia Phillies and were quickly down 4-zip against Cliff Lee. Somehow they rallied back and won the series. Then they beat the Milwaukee Brewers. In the World Series 22 out of the 26 sports experts on ESPN picked the Texas Rangers to win the World Series. They managed a miraculous comeback in Game 6. None of it would have mattered if they lost game 7, but they didn’t. They had a 2 run deficit early in game 7, but they were not easily fazed. In one final comeback, the Cardinals rallied and beat the Texas Rangers to win the World Series. Yes, talent is important in sports, but the “never-give-up” mentality of the 2011 St. Louis Cardinals is what separated them from the other teams in baseball, and won them the World Series.

By Jonny Mills ‘13Staff Writer

diverse group of individuals united in their frustration against America’s government, American greed, and the perceived establishment of Wall Street.

In the beginning of the protests,

New Yorkers regarded the movement as a novelty, and even welcomed it as an example of the American tradition

of freedom of expression and freedom of the right to protest peacefully. After months of constant protests, however, the general public has become less sympathetic. The area inhabited by the protestors has become an unsanitary and dangerous zone. Some high-end restaurants have offered food to the protestors, but this has caused even more problems, as it has attracted homeless people seeking free meals. In the beginning of the protests, many people said that the effort was a parallel to the “Tea Party” movement. Unlike the tea party, however, the Occupy Wall Street movement is different in that is lacks the unified agenda exhibited by the Tea Party. One can only wonder whether the Occupy Wall Street protests can endure without the unifying focus and leadership of other protest groups like the Tea Party. While the protestors are still stationed in New York, it is debatable whether they are hardy enough to stick around for the harsh New York winter ahead.

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GA Math Team

Wick Football beats Hopkins

“You make a choice to win, and you win.” On Saturday, at Hop-kins, the Brunswick football team did exactly that. Plagued by injuries all season, they were determined to claim their first victory, and did, striking early and often on route to a 45-14 win against Hopkins. Junior running back Kevin Nathanson terrorized the Hopkins defense, running for 130 yards and 4 touchdowns. Nearly untouch-able, he ran behind a strong of-fensive line. Coming back from injuries, juniors Sean Forester and Nick Ulanoff joined Brad Seaton, Will Hayden, and Willie Rosato on a line that opened holes for Na-thanson all game. The Bruins’ win was a total team effort. Sopho-more Jimmy Knight led the team at quarterback, throwing a touch-down to senior receiver Joe Beni-nati, and running for another. Beni-nati, along with senior receiver and co-captain Donqutae Robinson, helped anchor the passing game. On defense, the Bruins were equally solid. Holding Hopkins to two touchdowns, they tackled well and played both the run and the pass with ease. Aggressive defense and a dominant offensive perfor-

mance gave Brunswick its first victory of the season. “I was ex-tremely proud of the way the boys played on Saturday,” head coach Jarrett Shine explained. “They ex-ecuted the plays (almost to per-fection), but most importantly

they played with the fierce attitude we were looking for all season.” The will to win has been hard to come by, especially in a tough season. Though the season has provided Brunswick with plenty of adversity, their attitude on Sat-urday was a demonstration of their unconquerable will. The scoreboard

echoed the sentiment. Admittedly, it has been a tough year for the Bru-ins. Injury to such key players as Todd Stafford, Carson Winn, Dylan Troy, Dylan Wadsworth, Nick Ula-noff, Sean Forester and others has slowed the Bruins’ offense and

crippled their defense. With under-classmen stepping up, the Bruins struggled to win games in the super-competitive Erickson League. After a couple of heartbreakingly close games, it is great to see the Bru-ins rewarded for months of hard work. It was really a team effort, and one that could help the Bruins

finish the season on a high note. On November 11, Bruns-wick hosts Trinity-Pawling under the lights to end the season. The Bruins see no reason why they can-not end the season on a two-game winning streak. Saying it plainly, Forester clearly expressed the atti-tude of the team: “We should beat them.” Winning the last two games would be a consolatory end to a difficult season, but it would show promise for next season. The Bru-ins know that they are better than their record demonstrates, and they are determined to prove it against Trinity-Pawling. They will work hard every day in practice, and a large crowd would help them to end the season on a winning note. Said Shine, “It’s senior night, so I am hoping all of the students and fac-ulty come out to support our boys for the last game of the season.” Every Brunswick boy should plan on going to what could be the Bruins’ first home win of the year. Vince Lombardi said, “winning is a habit,” and it looks like Brunswick might just have caught it. As for the quote at the opening of this article, that piece of inspiration comes from Charlie Sheen, for whom winning is more than a habit. Good luck, boys, but don’t get carried away.

By William Fein ‘13Sports Editor

The GA math team is an in-stitution, albeit one that not many people know about. Most people only know us from our yearly pi(e) sale. We meet at seven every Tues-day morning in Ms. Pasquet’s room to prepare for math meets, which happen every month at Wilton High School. Our captains this year are Liz Frank ‘12, Arushi Jau-hari ‘12, and Nandita Makam ‘12; Guggs (Mrs. Guggenheimer) – who is probably the nicest person I’ve ever met – is our fearless leader. Do I enjoy math? Of course I do. I wouldn’t be on the math team otherwise. Would I wake up at six purely to do math? Probably not. The truth of the matter is that my favorite part of math team – and not

to put words in my friends’ mouths, but I think that they would agree – is the group of people are part of it. We’re all friends outside of math team, and when we get together we’re all gleefully nerdy. There’s a close-ness within math team that doesn’t exist in any other GA clubs that I’ve been a part of (or that I know about). This is especially true for me and the other seniors, as most of us have been part of the math team since freshman or sophomore year, and we’re all best friends outside of math team, too. The people on the Brunswick math team can brag all they want about scoring higher than we do, but they don’t have our con-nection and closeness. There are about five of us who go to almost every meet, and then a few more

who come relatively often. For us, this is a chance to hang out and do something that we enjoy. The com-petition is really secondary, although we’re still pretty competitive people. This year, however, math

team is in peril. The rules of the Fair-field County Math League allow an

A team and a B team, with six mem-bers each. The A team can only have three seniors at most. This is meant to give underclassmen a chance to be on the A team, but for us this is a se-rious problem. We could have a full A team of seniors, but so far this year we’ve been scrambling to find under-classmen. The last meet was can-celled due to the snowstorm, but if it had happened, we wouldn’t have been able to field a full team. We used to have more than enough people, but math team has recently dwindled to the extent that we might not even be able to have a math team anymore. Here enters my shameless plug to any GA underclassmen who may be reading this. Please join. We’re a great group of people, if I say so myself, and we have fun together.

By Rebecca Duebler ‘12Guest Writer

Joe Beninati ‘12Photo Matthew Savitt 2011

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Freshmen Football: An Amazing Season

By Jack Duggan ‘15Staff Writer This past Monday, the freshman football team finished up a very successful season. Under the expert coaching of Mr. Montanez, Mr. Pendergast, and Mr. Scheufele, the team went 5-1-0 with a total of 185 points scored. The opponents could only get a meager 52 points off of the impenetrable defense. Both the offense and defense were full of all-stars. On offense, quarterback Billy O’Malley, wide-out Charlie Cobb, and running back Lazare Zoungrana proved tireless each game. Linebackers Alex Russell and Andrew Basile led the defense. The line consisted mainly of the same people on both offense and defense and was a very strong and reliable force on both sides of the ball. The freshman team opened up the season at home against a very athletic Avon Old Farms team. The Bruins pulled ahead at the beginning of the game and never looked back, ultimately defeating Avon in a 28-0 shutout to secure the team’s first victory. The second home game of the season, played against New Canaan Country Day School, paralleled the first. Brunswick’s freshmen went ahead early and sustained that lead throughout the whole game. The final score was a very familiar 28-0. The next game was played in the Bronx at the Horace Mann School

and the game was almost over the moment the Bruins stepped off their (late) bus. Brunswick went ahead early and kept adding on as the game progressed. Blocked punts and several interceptions helped pad the win. Horace Mann had a lot of trouble tackling the Brunswick runners. Running backs such as Richard Walston scored with ease as they slipped through the Horace Mann defense. The final score was an astonishing 50-12. This game marked the mid-way point of the season. So far it was looking good. The next game was played against a very tough Westhill School at Brunswick. This was a mentally and physically exhausting game. At halftime, the Brunswick Bruins were ahead by two touchdowns, but early in the second half, Westhill answered with two quick touchdowns of their own. Brunswick’s undefeated freshmen dug deep. The team kept their heads high and pulled through, ultimately winning the big game 30-16. After a week of rest, the Brunswick freshman football team went up to Avon Old Farms for a rematch. Avon established a lead and held it throughout the first half. The Brunswick team outscored Avon in the second half, however, they were not able to close the gap and suffered their first and only loss of the season. However, the Bruin’s ended the season strong. In the final game



of the season, Horace Mann traveled down to Brunswick looking for revenge. However, both the Bruin offense and defense were ready for the challenge. Brunswick pulled out a solid 37-0 win. This concluded a very successful 2011 freshman football season. Coach Montanez closed the season by reminding

his players that, “One of the most important things about this season is not that we won, it is that we won with class. There was never a time where one of you wasn’t picking up the opponent if they needed help off the ground.” This aptly summarizes the remarkable 2011 Brunswick freshman football team.

Brown v White SoccerBy Jack Seaton ‘14Staff Writer Everybody hears about the varsity teams at Brunswick School, but one thing that many people don’t know about are the sub-varsity teams. Two such teams that stand out are the Thirds soccer teams—yes, there are two of them. These two teams make up one of the most ruthless intra-school rivalries that Brunswick has seen. Both Brown and White teams have shown their superiority over other schools with their athletic record this year. Thirds White has a 6-1-1 record, while Brown holds a 7-0-1

record. This rivalry has become so heated, and the Brown vs. White game so anticipated, that not even a game between Real Madrid and Barcelona, or even a World Cup final, could distract from the palpable tension leading up to their game. In the 2010 soccer season, the Brown team barely succeeded in grabbing the victory after the extensive penalties that followed the 3-3 draw in regular time. To this day the losers of that game are haunted by that penalty shootout and look to make amends this year. This year’s game will take place on Tuesday, November 8th.

Coaches Withstandley and Kirsch (coaching the Whites) are looking to take revenge on the Thirds Brown team of coaches Hall and Shepard. This game not only determines which team has more skill, this game determines which team will be known as the fourths team and which team will be known as the thirds team. As a member of the Thirds White team, the probable outcome of this match is clear to me. With the likes of Andrew “Pieguy” Davis ‘13 and top goal scorers Rob Hash ‘12, Mark Jackson ‘12, and Hale Johnson ‘14 leading the charge, White is looking

nearly unstoppable. This season has been quite a season for Thirds White. Starting the season with a rough 6-1 defeat to Avon led some to question White’s resolve, but the team turned the season around winning or tying the subsequent seven games. Most notable were an 8-4 win over Millbrook, a 6-0 win over the Gunnery school, and a 2-1 comeback win over Greens Farms. The Thirds White squad has been an exciting team this year, and its success bodes well for future varsity wins.Editor’s Note: at the Thirds challenge game, Thirds White was unfortunately defeated by Brown. Better luck next year.

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Brunswick’s f irst play of the season, Peter Shaffer’s Black Comedy, was a spectacular success in early November. The actors and actresses were both funny and real , ult imately giving incredibly strong performances. Black Comedy was first performed on Broadway in 1965, and according to Mr. Potter, director of the play, “explores the truth through darkness.” This is accomplished through the creation of the perfect storm of anxiety using comedic antics, surprise, and stage crafting Taking place in London, its characters feature Brindsley Miller, a young sculptor, and his debutante fiancée, Carol MelKett, who have borrowed some expensive, antique furniture from his neighbor Harold Gorringe’s f lat without his permission in order to impress an elderly mil l ionaire ar t collector coming to view

Brindsley’s work, as well as Carol’s father, Colonel MelKett. When the power fai ls, however, Harold returns home early, and Brindsley’s ex-girlfriend Clea shows up unexpectedly. As events unfold, Brindsley must deal with a string of incredibly awkward, chaotic situations. The eight-member ensemble put on strong performances over

Black ComedyBy Reed McMurchy ‘15Staff Writer

Gobble Gobble!

three nights. Brindsley, played by Ashish Ramachandran, and his fiancée Carol, played by Ashley Richards, led the cast in a comedic romp of misdirection in the dark as they prepare for the coming of mil l ionaire ar t collector George Bamberger, played by Eric Mertz, al l the while tr ying to return borrowed furniture

and to replace it with their own. Miss Furnival and Harold Gorringe are neighbors who join Colonel MelKett in the dark. Furnival , Gorringe, and MelKett are hilarious characters whose par ts were played by Lauren Eames, Ray Tierney, and Harry Quinton; they the audience in tears of laughter.Clea, Brindsley’s ex-girlfriend and played by Cassidy Gifford, added to the unraveling of Brindsley as the night continues to become more complicated for him. The two share a few hilarious scenes where the excellent acting abil it ies of both Cassidy and Ashish were showcased.Black Comedy was performed bri l l iantly and provided a strong beginning to Brunswick’s dramatic year. Mr. Potter, the cast, and the crew did a fantastic job on Black Comedy and I look forward to their next work, the musical Guys and Dolls, which wil l be presented later this winter.

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