When Mr. Robert Leonhardt took the school by storm as Head of the School in 2002, he sought to take FASNY to the next level. Though already extremely successful all told, we barely had a high school, the French and American curricula were not as closely in-tegrated as they are today, and the concept of a Ridgeway campus would have seemed some-what inappropriate and grandiose. Now, under his leadership, four 12th grade classes have graduated and a large, integrated campus should soon become a reality. FASNY has grown from a “Mom and Pop” establishment into a community that is professional and thriving, yet warm and tight-knit. We at The Messenger have sought to paint a picture of the man, his time and fantastic record at FASNY, and what’s next for the school by speaking to the Chairman of the Board of Trustees Mr. Mischa Zabotin, Mr. Leonhardt himself, his successor Mr. Joël Peinado, and his assistant Ms. Debbie Kozlowski, who, sadly, will be leaving the Mamaroneck office and moving to the Fenimore office to assist Mr. Peinado. As tough as being Headmaster must have been, the man with the familiar bowtie and bearded smile made it clear that he was prepared: “I knew what I was getting into,” he assured us. He explained that he had been armed with a vision for the school that led him through his first few years: “the academic administration had to be professionalized in order to permit growth.” His assistant Ms. Kozlowski—Debbie, to most of us—agreed. When asked what Mr. Leonhardt’s crowning achievement at FASNY was, Debbie responded that it was much more of the “little, behind-the-scenes things that not many got to see” that was the most seminal aspect of his tenure, noting that he “professionalized the school and brought it up to standards.”

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As with most of FASNY’s student govern-ment elections, students scrambled into the gym in a disorderly manner, vying for a seat on the privileged benches. Many had learned just that morning that the speeches were to be held that day; others were still wondering what was going on. Regardless of what group they were in, students murmured excitedly as to whom they thought was going to be elected, before hearing the speeches. Catherine Hampton, the current school president, stepped in and told students to do the opposite of what they were now doing: to vote for the best-suited candidate for the job, not the most liked. “This isn’t a popularity contest,” she reminded them. Two candidates for treasurer, three candidates for secretary, four candidates for vice president and a single, elected-by-default president were sitting in a semi-circle on the stage. Among them were next year’s officers: Catherine Hamet (’13), Penda Sarr (’13), Ol-ivier Weiss (’14), and Michael Anderson (’13). Though their speeches mostly fol-

lowed the typical FASNY candidate’s enticing yet im-probable offerings, each scored a point on originality. Catherine leaned on her experience: with her older brother, James, having been in the student govern-ment, she had the knowledge of an old-timer as to the demands and needs of the job. Penda stepped up to the microphone and al-most immediately set a cheerful mood in the auditori-um. She announced that she knew most of the students, if not personally then by name. She said that if she were

elected, she would make it her priority to listen to each and every child that needed to be heard, then transmit any requests to the rest of the student government. Olivier walked confidently to the center of the stage; most students already knew him from his moving speech for Black History Month. He announced that he wanted to give back to the school that had already granted him so many opportunities by making FASNY an even more open and accepting community. Although Michael was already elected, he de-

livered a speech with the other candidates, listing his ideas and starting to build on a relation of trust he will be fortifying during the following year. “Ei-ther way,” he joked, “you’re stuck with me.” The speeches given by this year’s set of can-didates were promising. The students seemed to have a lot of faith in them, as most went to vote, but as many pointed out, it will be hard to equal the work of this past year’s student government. Hopefully the new group will set even higher stan-dards for the years to come. “We had a great group this year and we hope that next year’s group will not only live up to their legacy, but will continue to grow,” said Mr. Ellinghaus, Student Council faculty advisor.

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FASNY Headmaster RetiresSchool Says Farewell to Mr. Robert LeonhardtBy Julian Salz and Olivier Weiss

Student Body Elects Next Year’s Council; Michael Anderson President By Emanuelle Rizk

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M83 and Roy Hargrove in concert. By

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Seniors Strike Again

The only thing harder than actually working on an essay or a “devoir maison” is mustering up the courage to sit down at your desk and begin these most challenging tasks. There is little to no motivation aside from the looming threat of a bad grade and a descend-ing average, and worst of all, the tiniest fly becomes a thousand times more entertaining when compared to the grueling task of analyzing Shakespeare. Our parents faced the same challenges as we have when it came to being focused, but our genera-tion has to deal with an even worse, even more insur-mountable obstacle: the Internet. Whenever we are at home we are no more than two minutes away from a computer or mobile device such as an Iphone, Ipod touch, and Ipad. With an ever growing network of Wi-Fi spreading throughout the country and world, it is becoming hard to find places without a mobile Internet connection. Unlike the traditional TV where it was fre-quent to have no interesting shows to watch, the Internet is on-demand entertainment: there are mil-lions of websites scattered across the web, making it easy for the oldest grandmother and youngest child to find something of interest. There is no need to list the most popular sites that have been making headlines, like YouTube, Twit-ter and Facebook, but there are many other sites that are also helping us waste away our life, one page after the other. Although it would be ironic to list these in an article aimed at curbing our viewing of these sites, it seems only necessary in the name of journalism to name them: Reddit, memespot, smartphowned, 9gag, 4chan, memegenerator, Tumblr and many,

many more. How does one resist to the temptation of watching people get hurt on YouTube and contem-plating the oddly relatable Success Kid meme? When considering the option of starting homework a list of better things to do immediately pops into any lazy stu-dent’s head: most of them having to do with the Inter-net. The most menial of tasks, like writing a short

article, becomes monstrously arduous in comparison to sitting idly on Facebook and Tumblr while shoving food down your throat. Nowadays it takes a two hour reward of Internet after every assignment to be able to even cope with work. For those with little self-control, the idea of just shutting yourself up in your room and working studiously until every single project is done seems like a bad joke (especially when considering the fact that there’s Wi-Fi in your room and either a laptop, Iphone or tablet right by your side). The most radical option

of all, unplugging your Wi-Fi and/or shutting off the Internet seems as drastic as taking life-support away; not to mention the other members of your household would be less than enthusiastic about having to detach themselves from their screens long enough for you to get your work done, which is especially true for 11th and 12th graders who work for hours on end. Is there really no other option than learning self-discipline to be able to work? Can we actually stay studious while rejoicing in the glory of the Internet, with all its memes, movies, music, and clever e-cards? Scientists have stated that we spend seven and a half hours per day in front of a screen, which, when you think about it, doesn’t sound like much of an exag-geration. We do spend a ridiculous amount of time on the web, and technology will only become more and more intrusive as we continue living: if you think an Ipod touch with Wi-Fi makes it hard to study, wait until you can strap the Internet to your face with Google glasses. It seems impossible to live without being connected to the web, and yet its biggest adversary

is school and homework. One of the challenges of students in the years to come, which must not be taken lightly, will not be access to information for research papers and projects, but rather the ability to disconnect from the Internet to get back to real life. Not only do our academic careers depend on our self-discipline, but our social lives as well: Facebook and Twitter do not count as hanging out with friends, and never will. Every student could benefit from a little less time on the computer, and much more time doing almost anything else; maybe like learning Cro-atian or mastering the harp.

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Internet DistractionsBy Margaux Salz

Social Networking in Real Life

I’ve been thinking late-ly about what life would be like if you did exactly what you do on Facebook or Twitter. Let’s start with Face-book.

Would you ever go up to a random person and poke him or her? I guess you can, but that would be somewhat

odd. Chances are that, sooner or later, that person and others will be scared of you and block, or even unfriend you. First of all, let me just ask: how would you actually block someone in

reality? I am going to let you answer that. And, obviously, I understand that you can stop being friends with someone.

Another question: Would you give someone a

‘thumbs up’ if you were to like his or her shirt? I am pretty certain that the answer would be no; if you were to hold your thumb up at someone, with-out even talking, you would definitely make that person un-comfortable. Liking your own status updates is comparable to com-menting on something you said. For example: You say, “I just adopted a dog” … then you add, “Wow, what I said was so cool!” Does anyone realize how self-centered that is? Now we move on to Twitter. Honestly, I think that “following” someone in the real world just may make you seem like a stalker. Personally, I don’t

think people would really care if you “had cereal for breakfast”

or “just took a nap.” Of course, on Twitter, you will end up with 500 follow-ers just by saying “aced my test.” I t isn’t only these so-cial net-works where one does things that wouldn’t be done in real life. On a phone, you put a caller on hold; if you really put some-one on hold

it could be very rude. In every social network, you ask some-one to be your friend; if you did that in real life you would seem a bit desperate. Overall, social network-ing is just another way in which our means of communicating is evolving, even if it makes you look strange in real life.

By Lucie Desvallées

“Would you give someone a ‘thumbs up’ if you liked his or her shirt?”

School Life 3June 2012

Computer Program to Undergo Fundamental Change

When asked what his biggest obstacles or toughest decisions were, Mr. Leonhardt said that no decision was impossible, but rather that there were many important ones. Some of the most memorable, he said, were launching the Ridgeway project, taking on the lease for the Scarsdale campus, and opening the 11th and 12th grades, which he said was especially difficult given time constraints, the need to convince 10th grade students to stay at FASNY, and the process of gaining accreditation from the French government. When asked about his leadership style, every-one pointed to the same word: “teamwork.” Mr. Leon-hardt put it humbly, describing himself as “too lazy to be a micromanager; I’m more of a teamwork guy.” Mr. Peinado said that Mr. Leonhardt “believes in his peo-ple, delegates choices, and always works in commit-tees.” He added that the atmosphere Mr. Leonhardt created was “non-hierarchical,” in which it was not about power, but about everyone working together. Mr. Leohardt will certainly be missed. “He’s almost like a father figure to me,” said Debbie. “He’s not just a boss, he’s a friend and a role model.” She fondly recalled how, when telling a story, Mr. Leonhardt always “takes on every accent that the people in the story have, because it could be Brooklyn, or German, or French, and you’re so engaged in it because he’s so hilarious, and he remembers everything word for word.” Mr. Zabotin described his rela-tionship with Mr. Leonhardt as being “based on open and honest communica-tion, on mutual availability and on trust. Those are also the hallmarks of a good friendship, which our relationship has become.” And when asked to describe Mr. Leonhardt in a few words, Mr. Pein-ado said: “articulate, funny, intelligent, team-builder, and visionary.” Asked about his vision for FAS-NY, Mr. Leonhardt’s said it “starts with the new campus. We’d like to expand to

1200 students in the near future.” The tuition will have to stay at the same rate, the curriculum will expand to include more non-na-tive French speakers, and a new academic track will be created. Mr. Peinado added that the courses might be more diversified through means of having more than just the French curriculum, which will, in turn, reinforce the international aspect of the school. Some students, in fact, might not even need to speak French. He qualified¬ this, though, by saying that the French baccalaureate still needs to be a focal point. On the transition from Mr. Leonhardt to Mr. Peinado, the former said he believes that there will be very little to no change. Mr. Peinado said that he is “not looking to go in a different direction,” stating that

the transition will have a “positive and serene” essence to it and that he will make sure to keep the school “true to its mission.” Mr. Zabotin, in a letter he wrote for the Gala, said that Mr. Leonhardt made sure that FASNY did “not let academic excellence come at the expense of well-rounded, respectful, and unassuming students,” and, in his interview, he said that Mr. Peinado com-pliments this view of the school with his “holistic ap-proach to pedagogy,” concluding that he was the obvi-ous choice for the position of Head of the School. Mr. Leonhardt, for his part, doesn’t plan on retiring and sitting on Florida’s sunny beaches just yet; he is waiting for what the future may have in stock. Asked to reflect on his plans, what he’s learned at FASNY, and what he will miss most, he said that, after his health scare in 2009, he feels not only much healthier, but also “much better,” and that his ly-ing in a hospital bed provided for a lot of perspective and insight for the graduation speech he delivered to FASNY’s trailblazing class of 2009. When it comes to life lessons, he believes that he has “developed a deeper

understanding of the importance of lis-tening carefully; I have learned to be very patient.” He says that he will certainly miss, above all, “the people, and the op-portunity to work in a bilingual environ-ment.” It seems clear that Mr. Leon-hardt’s leadership for the past ten years has not just changed an entire school for the better, but also instilled in FASNY his own values of professionalism with warmth, trust with responsibility, and growth with stability. It’ll be different without his famous bowtie or, as Mr. Zabotin puts it, his uncanny ability to quote La Fontaine for any given situa-tion, but his legacy remains, and so does his sparkling personality. As he led the school through its largest expansions, so he leads a new chapter in his life, and we wish him the best.

“It’ll be different without his fa-mous bowtie or, as Mr. Zabotin puts it, his uncanny ability to

quote La Fontaine for any given situation.”

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Illustration by Zoé Guyot

By Amelia Getahun-Hawkins

FASNY has offered Computer class for the past sixteen years but it’s time for a change. While the school plans to use computers more than ever, FASNY has decided, essentially, to cut the class itself in half. Computer classes will still be into groups of regular, intermediate and ESL, but they will only take place for one semester per year, except for in the ninth grade, because those students need a full year of the class for their Brevet. Why only one semester? Like many inde-pendent schools that cut the class entirely, the ad-ministration feels that one semester is enough for FASNY students to absorb the basics of Computer. However, C-omputer classes are not being entirely stopped because students still need to acquire basic computer skills. To make up for the half of the program that we miss, computers will be integrated more in regu-

lar classes and students will obtain computer skills through them. For example, high school students will learn programming in math class. Many will be disappointed about the short-ening of one of their favorite classes, but the time will be used during the other semester for Study Hall and elective classes. Also, the administration is trying to put in place a pilot program for students using laptops in class. The one sticking point might be one of those most fundamental skills: typing. Since formal com-puter classes have been canceled at the lower school, the Larchmont and Mamaroneck administration want to make sure that students acquire good typ-ing skills. It’s also a time to ask about First Class—will it be the program of the future? Mr. Peinado says that the technology department is looking into changing from First Class to a Google-based mail.

Every single video game requires creativ-ity, skill, intellect and painstaking hours of work to produce. What, then, differentiates it from a painting, a novel, a poem, a song, or any other result of similar skill and effort that is considered an ‘art’? Some would say that nothing does, that Call of Duty is just as much an art form as the “Mona Lisa.” I believe there is a difference. I believe that art is defined not just by what is put into the making of it, but also by the emotional effect it has on people. Art should convey something valuable to the beholder; a sculpture or a painting may of-

fer a different view, the artist’s unique way of looking at things and finding aesthetic beauty in elements of real life, a book or film can transmit the author’s or the film-maker’s ideas, and a song can inspire, can provoke emo-tion. Video games may have potential to do this, but they haven’t sufficiently explored that possibility yet. A video game doesn’t teach anything, doesn’t enlighten, and doesn’t give a fresh perspective on life, because while play-

ing, the gamer is in charge and simply “acts” as in real life. The video game offers an imitation of everyday life. Not only do video games fail to expand people’s minds in the way art should, they also have a negative impact on people’s lives. Art is supposed to help people in some way, and if something has the opposite effect it shouldn’t qualify as art. After all, who would want to succeed in real life when there is a much simpler virtual world where you don’t have to worry about consequences for actions and your only objective is not to get killed? Real life seems complicated and overwhelming in comparison, and all your energy is transferred to succeeding in an electroni-cally generated, escapist world. This is not my concep-tion of a work of art. Finally, video games may have a negative effect on public health. Scientists continue to investigate the correlation between exploding child obesity rates in the US and the growth of the video game industry among many factors. It is logical that many kids and teens would not want to run around outdoors and sweat when they could spend the day comfortably glued to their sofa, ma-neuvering a virtual world and exerting only the muscles in their thumbs. The obesity epidemic and lack of exer-cise drastically shorten life span and reduce quality of life. Taken a bit further they have been projected to cause a tremendous tax burden on the country due to the extra medical support needed. For these reasons, video games are an industry, rather than an art, which is supposed to benefit Man-kind. That being said, video games may have the poten-tial to become an art if executed differently; and, after all, maybe it’s the fact that they are not an art form that makes them so fun.

Art: what is it? That’s a pretty good philo-sophical question, and, depending on what and whom you study, you’re going to get a lot of different answers. For me, art is a representation of abstract concepts through means of symbolism and creativ-ity. Art is about the human mind and its varying, faceted interpretations of life and all of its succeed-ing events. Art isn’t limited by tradition, and the means by which it is conveyed are not subject to arbitrary re-strictions. Art manifests itself in book form just as it does in dirt because it transcends the material through which it was made by appealing to the ideal and the symbolic in us, by ap-pealing to our reason. Today, art is taking on many different forms. Books are becoming less tangible and more and more digital. Movies are disappearing from the big screen and transferring over to the small and the mobile. The big things in music aren’t albums anymore; they’re actu-ally live concerts. But here’s one more change that may not just be recognizing reality, but a matter of opinion: video games can now be art. Consider a couple of the video games that have come out over the past few years. Consider Grand Theft Auto IV, which tells the tale of a thirty year old Eastern European immigrant, Niko Bellic, who comes to America in search of the American Dream. He arrives in Liberty City (NYC) to be greet-ed by a cousin who, many years prior, had done as he did. Soon, however, Bellic finds that America’s streets aren’t really paved with gold, that his cousin doesn’t own the mansions he claimed he had, and that life in Liberty City can be just as painful and violent as life in his home country. As he attempts to restart his life, he gets bogged down with organized crime as the debt and the shadows that had haunted him in Eastern Europe come to bite him even when he’s a quarter of the way across the world, in the land of the free and the home of the brave. As the stoic main character goes through the storyline, he meets more and more people, each with their own problems, their own outlooks on life, and their own meanings. Although Grand Theft Auto IV may be crass, violent, and pornographic at times, this only adds on to artis-tic conception and vision of the lonely, biting, greedi-ness that can be New York City. It’s a game that has more layers than possibly imaginable, a game that is deep in meaning and rich in ideas, giving it a unique ability to attract people from each end of the intel-lectual spectrum. Or how about Fallout: New Vegas, a game centered on civilization’s post-nuclear apocalypse? The world ended with a loud bang on October 23rd, 2077, as China and the United States engage in The Great War, in which the two countries launch their respective atomic bombs at each other following a Second Cold War. Your character is a courier work-ing for the Mojave Express in the vast expanse of the Mojave Desert in 2281, and the world is still heavily

scarred from the nuclear Armaged-don two centuries ago. There is a power struggle over the control of the Hoover Dam between a U.S.-based government called the New California Republic (NCR) and Caesar’s Legion, an authoritarian, slave-holding regime with a cult of

personality cen-tered around Caesar, and Rob-ert House, an enigmatic bil-lionaire genius who protected Las Vegas from nuclear destruction in 2077 and is still alive, through his own genius, in 2281, forwarding his vision of a free New Vegas with an atmo-sphere of decadence withoutelitism. Your character is in the middle of it all, and must decide whether to help one of these three sides, or help himself control New Vegas. Through amazing dialogue,

thousands of sub-quests that are indirectly linked to the main storyline, and a Rat Pack-Sinatra-cool-‘50s atmosphere, Fallout: New Vegas truly captivates, not just because of its dark, caustic, dripping humor or violence, but also because it confronts the player with different philosophies of life, hard moral choices, and an overwhelming sense of building fun and achieve-ment as the game goes on and on. In short, Fallout: New Vegas is art. Assassin’s Creed, Portal, the Halo series, the El-der Scrolls series, Heavy Rain, Red Dead Redemption, the list of amazing, artistic video games goes on and on. Video games can aspire to great things. They can be insightful, profound, and re-velatory just as they can be insipid, stupid, and to-tal trash. Just because Call of Duty is a waste of $60 doesn’t mean that the Fallout series is as well, just like how Twilight is a waste of paper, but Crime

and Punishment is worth being assigned by a school for summer reading. Whether you buy my argument or not, video games are no longer limited to Pac-Man. As technol-ogy improves, so video games will become less and less restricted, and so they will become a part of the mainstream, just as movies had a century ago. If you are an adult and you pride yourself in intellectual curiosity and open-mindedness, please do yourself a favor and try one of the games I’ve listed. I promise you, you won’t regret it.

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By Emanuel WickenburgBy Olivier Weiss

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Intercours is back from a one-issue hiatus! If you hadn’t noticed that gaping awkward hole in the last Messenger issue, it’s because our last column was deemed a little too con-troversial by higher powers. As a result, we’ve come up with something not controversial at all: our unbiased opinions on random things! Actually, we’ve worked hard on this install-ment, to make up for the last one. We took some precious time away from Bac revisions and finals studying to collect our thoughts for a moment, and reflect on the year that was. Without further ado, this is Intercours’s season finale.

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The Good and the BadBy Michael Anderson andArmand Latreille

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France’s Changing Political SceneBy Armand Latreille Exactly a year ago, this newspaper published an article explaining why Ni-colas Sarkozy would live to serve another term as the President of France. I thought it was a bril-liant article that perfectly outlined Sarkozy’s assets in contrasts to Francois

Hollande’s weaknesses. Needless to say, my prediction turned out wrong, and Hollande replaced Sarkozy as the incumbent of the Elysee Palace a month ago. Why did it come to this? Sarkozy’s presidency started with a misstep that would symbolize his governing style: instead of celebrat-ing his victory with the thousands that were waiting in la Place de la Concorde, him and 60 select few bar-ricaded themselves at Fouquet’s, one of the more “up-scale” restaurants in Paris. Attendees included French billionaires, finance moguls, CEOs of important French corporations, and Johnny Hallyday. In other words, the entire who’s who of powerful French personalities was present. Needless to say, nobody in France except the 60 people invited thought this was the best way to start off a presidency. Imagine if Obama had suddenly decided to ditch his election party at Grant Park and instead head to a posh New York City restaurant to eat lobster with Trump, CEOs of Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan, Rupert Murdoch, and Bruce Springteen. During his campaign, Mr Hollande frequently talked about the dignity of the French presidency, radi-cally more so than in previous campaigns. Indeed, he saw the important hatred; disgust, and distrust France as a whole felt for Sarkozy, and wisely ran a campaign whose semi-official main slogan was “5 years of Sarkozy is enough”. Mr Sarkozy was never a president of the people, rather, he was viewed as a “bling, bling” per-sonality, meaning attracted to all that shines and makes noises. It was easy to point out his dérapages, because they were frequent and gave fodder to tabloids. Sarkozy wasn’t educated through the traditional grandes écoles, the very prestigious and elitist French universities, un-like Francois Hollande. He liked to say what was on his mind, and he was anything but soft-spoken. Fur-thermore, he championed wildly unpopular austerity reforms that gave the impression he was disconnected from the hardships of the French. That, and his very publicized and self-proclaimed 140% pay raise didn’t help. Despite being a powerful speaker, his public be-havior was detestable to many voters, whom saw in him a mean, arrogant, and incapable little man. Simply put, he was an anthipathetic president. French voters historically favor “close to the people” presidents. They need a president that they can relate to, and in many elections, the electorate favored the president whom they could picture themselves sit down and have a beer with. Sarkozy was literally the an-tithesis of the model president. Never in five years did France feel represented in him, and he never really acted to change that. He was vulgar and his early mistakes (like the Fouquet’s dinner) had a lasting impression. What’s more, voters recognized his efforts towards fixing the economy, and other overall policies: polls suggest that Sarkozy has a better record (against Hollande) in having “the authority of a head of state” and for being “capable of taking the right decisions faced with the current eco-nomic and financial crisis.”

Hollande entered the presidential race as a pro-found outsider. Indeed, many speculate that, had Domi-nique Strauss-Kahn not been implicated in the murky rape scandal in New York last summer, he would have never secured the nomination. Hollande was rocked by ultra-left challenger Mélanchon, and was an easy target for criticism: he had, after all, never held an important government position; and his policies in home depart-ment Correze left the budget riddled with debts. How-ever, he was soft-spoken, humble, calm, and appealing to voters who simply wanted to get rid of Sarkozy. In trying times, the French needed to be re-as-sured, and Mr. Hollande did just that. While recogniz-ing the width of the financial crisis, Hollande made a choice in opting to criticize the difficult steps Sarkozy had taken to end the crisis (pension age at 60, diminish-ing of public sector employees); and comfort the elec-torate with popular policies (attack on the richest, aug-mentation of teachers by 60, 000 posts). His proposal of a 75% tax on millionaires is an example of a gratuitous promise, aimed at striking voter’s heart- not their brains. It’s easy to blame the banks, the rich, and the markets for the financial hardships France has to face. It’s harder to advocate unpopular reforms (read: austerity) needed to steer clear of trouble. Instead of pushing for a balanced budget, or a roll-back of state spending, both Sarkozy and Hol-lande stuck to calmer seas; promised to expand the role of the state and supervision of markets. Now, both of them are smart men, which have many other intelli-gent aides. They know that this is not the recipe for better economic times. However, it seemed like any method was accept-able for gaining voters. Sarkozy, for example, toughened up his stance and advocated a borderline xenophobic agenda concerning immigration to woo extreme-right votes. As a result, no one was quite sure what would each candidate do once in office. For example, not many voters actually thought that Hollande’s tax proposal was credible. Many critics, however, observed that Sarkozy had the personality and potential to pass the hard re-forms; while Hollande would likely be more influenced by the electorate. And, the vote reflected that belief. France was scared of Sarkozy, and it became Hollande’s election to loose. After Sarkozy failed to muster his elo-quence during the single debate, it was clear that he had lost the vote. Was the election a total rebuttal of Sarkozy’s policies? Not really. While some of his reforms were unpopular, many saw the good in them. Furthermore, he wasn’t as radical as some people had hoped he would be, but the tendency showed promise. He fostered an important re-lationship with foreign leaders, particularly Germany’s Angela Merkel and USA’s Barack Obama. He did put France back on the map, and strengthened its relation-ship with its allies. On the home front, he wasn’t afraid to advocate a tough—but somewhat popular—stance on immigration and racial problems (see the ban on veils), and he set the country on the right path towards economic recovery. If anything, this election is the proof that person-ality does have an impact on the voters. France showed up en masse against Sarkozy the man, not the president. And, as I re-read last year’s article, I realize that I, too, vouched for Sarkozy- the president, not the man. I was wrong.

“The Afternoon wore on, hazy and dreadfu(…; the sow staggered her way ahead of them, bleeding and mad, and the hunters followed, wedded to her in lust, excited by the long chase and the dropped blood.…. They were just behind her when she staggered into an open space where … butterflies danced round each other and the air was… still. Here, struck down by the heat, the sow fell and the hunters hurled themselves at her.…Then Jack found the throat and the hot blood sprouted over his hands. The sow collapsed under them. At last the immediacy of the kill subsided. The boys drew back, and Jack stood, holding out his hands. “Look” He giggled and flicked them while the boys laughed at his reeking palms.(…) Roger began to withdraw his spear (…). Robert stabilized the thing in a phrase that was received uproariously. “Right up her ass!”(…) This time Robert and Maurice acted the two parts; and Maurice’s acting of the pig’s efforts to avoid the advancing spear was so funny that the boys cried with laughter.(…) The butterflies still danced, preoccupied in the center of the clearing.”

--Lord of the Flies

For a bunch of twelve-year-old kids, the behavior shown in this passage from Lord of the Flies is not only unexpect-ed, but frighteningly eerie. Set during World War II, the book recounts the strange evolution of a group of young British boys after their plane crashes onto an uncharted island. While, in the beginning, the boys, aged 6-12, con-tinue to act with a “civilized” conscience and sense of responsibility, they soon embrace a life of savagery. This conduct can be viewed in two different ways: either as a mental regression into a more primitive state, or the emergence of evil from the very

depth of the human nature. It could even be a correla-tion of both. The author’s autobiography suggests that violent tendencies as a teen-ager was one of the greatest elements that inspired him to write the book. The time period is no coincidence ei-ther. In his memoir, Wil-liam Golding, the author, admits: “World War II was the turning point for me. I began to see what people were capable of doing. Any-one who moved through those years without under-standing that man produces evil as a bee produces honey must have been blind or wrong in the head.” Some suggest that the book is actually an al-legory of the war: the boys start out as friends, brothers, even, yet are divided once some are unwilling to submit to those who are by that time insane with power and barbarism. Many psychological tests were made in the second half of the century concerning this type of radical behav-ior change. In 1971, Philip Zimbardo conducted his famous Stanford prison experiment. The procedure’s goal was to study the psychological reaction of seventy-five perfectly normal men when given the role of either a prison guard or a prisoner. The results were shocking. After only two days, the prison guards started to psychologically and physically abuse the prisoners. Various forms of humilia-tion were handed out as punishment for bad behavior while the obedient were rewarded with better cells, meals and supplies. Six days in, the experiment shut down. The men’s reactions were even more extreme than Zimbardo had predicted: many of the guards seemed to have developed true sadistic tendencies,

and the prisoners were, of course, trau-matized, and grew to internalize their prisoner role as a result. One prisoner even had to be removed from the mock prison after 36 hours on account of vio-lent crying, bouts of anger and scream-ing. In the end, Zimbardo concluded that the participants’ behaviors were more due to the intense situation rather than their individual personalities. He even wrote a book entitled The Lucifer Effect, which questions whether we can ever be sure we are inherently good. Numerous critics challenged Zimabardo’s verdict. Erich Fromm, no-tably, defended a different theory: that violent behavior such as this is unalter-ably due to character traits. He argued that the experiment carried out by Zim-bardo was incorrectly and unjustly ex-ecuted, and even referenced the Nazi concentration camps to support his views. Also, in a more recent context, soldiers in enemy territory have been known to have had similar irrationally violent behaviors. Abhorrent pictures of the military posing in insulting po-sitions with Iraqi prisoners and corpses have frequently been turning up in the media. We have viewed these pictures

with disgust and horror, and, uncom-prehending, we have either assumed that these people were the “bad apples” of the bunch or attributed their actions to pure traumatic insanity. But can it be more than that? The truth is, a hostile environment brings out the worst in us. With a license to kill (or in the case of Lord of the Flies, a license to survive), people are capable of things they would not have fathomed doing when they had ethically and so-cially imposed boundaries. In studying Lord of the Flies, we observe that the boys begin to lose it not when they start murdering each other, but way before that: when they slaughter their first pig. Could this be the root of our problem? If, in your mind, you are able to kill, then you are able to harm. If you are able to harm, you are able to torture. And once you are able to torture, then there is very little separating you from utter sadism. Now say you were in a position in which you were personally handed a gun and told you had to kill the people in front of you if you and your people wanted to survive. What would happen then? Would you release the beast within?

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The Beast Lies WithinBy Maddie King

In ReviewJune 2012

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Despite what the uninformed or uninitiated ear may hear, there is no music quite as brilliant or original in its sound as Jazz, the music which was the anthem of a young and unfailingly optimistic generation. Sadly, the fascination for this sound waned with the rapid and dramatic evolution of the country which had nursed it. And for more than 30 years, what was and is still today one of the centerpieces of Americana seemed abandoned to an art form appreciable only to the “intellectual” and nostalgic. Thankfully however, America has not completely forgotten the tones and rhythms unimaginable by anyone else, and neither has Roy Hargrove. Th e 42 year-old Hargrove returned to the Village Vanguard in the West Village this past April to show the once “Mecca of Jazz” that the music and its audience was still breathing ferociously. But Hargrove is not merely one of the young lions who emerged into the contemporary jazz scenes in the early 1990s.

He is also at the forefront of a neo R&B/soul group, the RH Factor, with which he won a Grammy in 2002. He also acted as a sideman for rapper Common and now fronts the Roy Hargrove Big Band. As has now become somewhat of a tradition, his quintet returned to one of the premiere but discreet venues on Manhattan’s lower west side to perform pieces from its most recent albums, “Earfood” and “Nothing Serious”. A Jazz show is unlike any other form of live music, blending a mood, acoustic, and personality all its own which does not exist in any other style. The Village Vanguard, which has played host to some of the best artists and live recordings in Jazz, is the perfect initiation to this music. The players are only a few feet from you, displaying their groans and cries of approbation. Jazzmen are playing nearly every night, laboring to create something completely original. The physical, mental and spiritual demands of this art form can be seen on the grimaces, smiles, and shouts of the players. Jazz

groups also share a communal intimacy, a will to play together, to maintain their own musical personality and agenda while working as an ensemble. This is why Jazzmen are considered to be the best musicians in the world, because their genre requires total commitment to communal creation. They are just as talented at listening to each other as they are at playing with each other. This is what Roy Hargrove did masterfully, playing six songs that truly showed the crowd the exceptionality of his talent and innovation. His last two albums, mentioned earlier, are fusions of post and hard bop with simple but incredibly rich and soulful melodic ideas. The length and brilliant simplistic originality of his phrasing during ballads is reminiscent of Miles Davis, yet he also delights in exposing the influence Dizzy Gillespie had on him in his bop and Afro-Cuban inspired pieces. His now longtime alto saxophonist Justin Robinson pours just as much excitement as talent into his breathtakingly long and complex solos, leap-

frogging between pitches at an almost frightening but thrilling rate of speed. Pianist Sullivan Fortner showed why he is one of the most creative players of his time with R&B and funk inspired riffs evocative of catchy hip hop instrumentals. Quincy Phillips created what can only be described as a shining sea of perpetually crashing symbols and fills, dabbling even in disco and rap beats that blended surprisingly well with Ameen Saleem’s cool bass. Hargrove’s quintet’s unique sound is driven by its

careful blend of the best of then and now. Each musician plays with one ear leant to the past and one towrds the future of Jazz which is just as unpredictable as it was in its heyday. Even if your ear is not one to be taken on an incredible journey by the solos of Coltrane or the tone of Miles Davis, you truly have not fully experienced live music until you’ve seen a jazz show. Jazz doesn’t have to be reserved for the intellectual, nostalgic or old, but right now it seems to be doing just fine on its own.

Jazz: Roy Hargrove at the Village VanguardBy Julian Salz

Following the release of a critically-acclaimed album Hurry Up, We're Dreaming and Midnight City, arguably the track of the year, M83 has been spending the major-ity of 2012 on a worldwide tour, and stopped by New York's Terminal 5 this May to play one of the venue's most dazzling, energetic and electri-fying shows of the year. The French outfit took the stage right after a very

strange looking alien creature, none other than the one feature on the Midnight City single artwork, who warmed up the crowd while a cin-ematic, orchestral composition fol-lowed his every move. Suddenly, the lights fade to black, and M83 begin their set with the aptly named "In-tro", a heart-wrenching synth track which invigorates the crowd with lead singers Anthony Gonzalez &

Morgan Kibby's escalat-ing vocals. The mesmer-izing is also in full effect for the very first time: the stage was filled with neon light cylinders and the walls were covered in a bed of scintillating stars (This is almost to be expected when your band is named after a galaxy, Messier 83). The band worked through an eclectic set list, in-corporating songs from

many different albums, and because of this, they were able to cre-ate a concert experience that is second to none: in less than 90 minutes, I felt as if I had been to a sold-out stadium rock performance (Reunion, This Bright Flash), a 90's rave (Sitting, Couleurs), a local indie show (Year One, Year UFO), an 80s party (Steve McQueen, Graveyard Girl) an or-chestral recital, the list goes on & on. But if there was one thing to remember from M83 that night, it would simply be the fact that, more than the vast major-ity of independent bands today, they understand and value the context of a live show and put in effect so many noteworthy adjustments to make the audience's experience a memorable

one: be it mixing down new layers of sounds over already familiar songs, processing mind bending electron-ics through synth modules between tracks or simply jamming out on cowbells, the band always looks ready to perform like there's no to-morrow.

Dreaming in Outer Space with M83By Will Horikawa

M83 performing at Terminal 5

Album cover for M83’s Hurry Up, We’re dreaming

Art ShowJune 2012

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By Clara Martin

By Raphael Charlier

By Yasmine Kacha

The school art show has proved to be yet another success. Like every year, students from grades 6 through 12 take the oppor-tunity during this event to display their best work since September. From morning until those last seconds be-fore the opening, students from all ages come together to set up each other’s work, decorating the halls of the school with a mix of vibrant colors, covering the usual white paint on the walls. Starting at eight, the lucky middle school stu-dents have the help of FAS-NY mothers to set up their work in the hallways during the whole day, careful that no art pieces are stomped on by students scurrying to class. Mr. Murray and Mrs. Gisondo, the art teachers, supervise the setup. However, for the high school, it is a little more difficult to handle things independently. Dur-

ing the day, the older stu-dents try to concentrate in class, but to no avail; they are thinking of the last proj-ects they need to finish. As the last bell rings, they run to the art room to get their projects. Before the art show, the art class becomes a chaotic workshop. Many students finally finish up projects that were taking forever to complete in the year and everyone runs back and forth from the class to any-where in the school. Opening time draws near, the students, becoming more edgy by the minute, finish display-ing their last pieces of work, fix up the tiniest little detail that completes the project, and try to get out of the room as fast as possible be-fore anyone sees them. As the last student leaves with the stapler, the first few parents arrive. The school, now turned into an

art gallery, gives a chance to the young artists to lead their parents around and show them what they have accomplished. This year, the gym has provided more space for the growing 10th, 11th and 12th grade artists to display their numerous and wonderful works of art. Thanks to teachers and many other students working together, the gym became a room for imagi-nation. Paintings and drawings hadn’t been the only talent that night. Mu-sic groups of all genres were able to play on the stage, giving a nice atmosphere to the gym while the crowd enjoyed the displays as well as food and drinks. This art show has successfully prov-en the capacities of the stu-dents at the school and will continue to be a wonderful tradition at FASNY.

The 2012 Art ShowBy Emilie Kehm

By Jean-Raphael Decaux

By Gabriel Mehaignerie

By Madeleine HerneBy Guillaume DetobelBy Emeline DeNarp

Senior Prank 9June 2012

All photos by Emanuelle Rizk

ScienceJune 2012

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« Si l’abeille disparaît, l’humanité en a pour quatre ans. » - Albert Einstein

L’abeille influence de façon indirecte les humains ; elle assure plus de 10% de la production de plantes cultivées, telles que l’arbre fruitier et les tournesols. Cet insecte féconde par pollinisation une moyenne de 80% des fleurs dont se nour-rissent des herbivores comme le mouton ou la vache. L’abeille est donc le pilier de nombreuses chaînes alimentaires. Aujourd’hui, nous ob-servons une diminution de la

population des abeilles. Leur disparition est due aux insec-ticides utilisés par les humains pour protéger leur agriculture. Mais peu savent que leurs produits affectent la fécondité des abeilles. En effet, les abeilles femelles pondent 10 œufs de moins que les abeilles qui ne sont pas au contact des pesti-cides. C’est pour cette raison que la population diminue pro-gressivement. Mobilisons nous !

Créons le B(u)zzzzPar Elise Wendt, Naomi Daniel,Mattéo Karagoz et Camille Payen

L’abeille joue un rôle majeur dans la reproduc-tion des plantes. Les insectes pollinisateurs, comme la mé-gachile de la luzerne, assurent plus de 10% de la production de certaines plantes cultivées. Comme ces insectes volent de plante en plante, ils aident certains végétaux à gagner du territoire. Cependant, les abeilles semblent condamnées par l’urbanisation, l’agriculture in-

tensive et les développement des cultures qui ne contiennent pas de fleurs. De plus, les abeilles sont également mises en danger

par les insecticides utilisés dans les cultures. Plus essentiellement et finalement, la biodiversité ani-male et végétale est menacée par la disparition des abeilles. Une réduction des espèces vé-gétales pourrait être à la source d’une diminution d’oxygène dans l’air et d’une pénurie de

ressources alimentaires. En sau-vant les abeilles, nous nous sau-vons nous-mêmes.

Sauvons les abeilles!Par Florencia Loca, Emma Hemmerlé, Jocelin Thomas, Théotime Janssens de Bisthoven

Il y a quelques mois, une fille que nous nommer-ons Marie vit sa petite sœur se transformer en monstre hideux tandis que ses parents, hébétés, fondaient sous le soleil de Février au milieu de poissons volants. Ne sa-chant que faire, Marie se retourna afin d’éviter ces visions d’horreur, se re-trouva nez a nez avec un homme tenant un cou-teau, trébucha, et tomba dans un puits sans fin. Elle se réveilla en sursaut, haletante et terrifiée. Malgré toutes les innovations ayant eu lieu dans les siècles précédents, les rêves restent parmi les plus bizarres et mystifiants mécan-ismes du cerveau humain. Ceci alors que tous les êtres hu-mains rêvent, sauf dans les cas de problèmes psychologiques extrêmes. De quoi ? Unique-ment de personnes qu’on a déjà rencontrées. Il se pourrait que l’homme tenant le couteau dans le rêve de Marie ait été en fait le gentil monsieur qui était serveur dans son restau-rant préféré quand elle n’avait même pas cinq ans. Son vis-age avait depuis longtemps été rangé dans son subconscient, et elle ne pouvait donc s’en rap-peler lorsqu’elle était éveillée. Aujourd’hui, ce qu’on a comme informations au sujet des rêves s’appuie sur l’interprétation des individus qui ont rêvé. Ainsi, on sait que

certaines personnes ne rêvent pas en couleur, et que ce groupe

constitue à peu près 12% de la population, s’accroissant avec

l’âge. Mais on ne sait pas si l’expérience de rêver est modi-fiée s’il y a absence de couleur. De toute manière, on ne peut même pas être sur que ces faits

soient vaguement vrais : peut-être les rêveurs ne se rappellent-ils pas correctement leurs rêves. Presque tout ce qu’on sait des rêves vient de simples observations. En réveillant des élèves juste avant leur phase de rêve, des scientifiques ont put remarquer qu’au bout de moins d’une semaine, ceux-ci exhiba-ient déjà les signes des phases préliminaires de la psychose, ou la folie. Que nous montre cette expérience ? Rêver est nécessaire au fonctionnement de l’être hu-main. Il faudrait donc pousser vers bien plus de découvertes vis-à-vis de ce qu’il se passe dans le cerveau lors du sommeil. Non seulement cela servirait à en savoir plus sur cet organe si complexe, mais peut-être pour-rait-on même utiliser les rêves pour soigner des individus trau-matisés, voire malades mentaux.

Les ‘interprètes de rêves’, qu’on rencontre bien moins souvent qu’auparavant, cherchent tou-jours a déterminer la signifi-ance de nos rêves, qu’ils soient

Les RêvesPar Emanuelle Rizk

Tout le monde ne rêve pas de la même manière!- 5-10% des gens ont des cauchemars au moins

une fois par mois- Les femmes rêvent autant de femmes que d’hommes, alors

que les personnes dans les rêves des hommes sont majoritaire-ment masculines

- 80% des handicapés rêvent comme s’ils n’avaient pas leur handicap. Par exemple, un homme paralysé depuis la nais-

sance marchera dans son rêve, et un homme sourd entendra.

Sigmund Freud, père de la psychanalyse

L’artiste Salvador Dali dépeignait souvent des scènes sem-blablement sorties de rêves.

effrayants, agréables ou tout simplement bizarres. Bien que cette discipline soit loin d’être exacte, elle souligne la place im-portante qu’occupent les rêves dans la vie de tous. Pourquoi la petite sœur de Marie se trans-forme en monstre ? Peut-être qu’en poussant les recherches dans les rêves, on pourra bientôt formuler quelques hypothèses. Pourtant, le monde des rêves est toujours indéchif-fré. On se demande encore que représentent ces actions imaginaires, s’ils peuplent notre sommeil pour une raison spéci-fique. Mais surtout, le mécan-isme des rêves nous force à nous interroger a propos des

capacités incroyables de notre cerveau. Il est quand même effroyablement extraordinaire que nous puissions nous rap-peler presque chaque chose que nous avons vécue, chaque per-sonne que nous avons entrevue. De plus, ces souvenirs dont on ne sait pas qu’on se rappelle sont dans notre subconscient. Y aurait-il un moyen de les faire revenir à la surface ? Avec cette technologie, nous pourrions créer un type de surhumain, qui n’oublie pra-tiquement rien. Et peut-être les rêves sont-ils la clé qui nous ou-vrirait la porte à des innovations aussi incroyables que celles-ci.

Ecrit pour la classe de Mme Lopez

Science 11June 2012

Ecrit pour la classe de Mme LopezManger ou conduire, il faut choisir!Par Aurore Jousset-Drouhin

Nous connaissons tous le terme « Boire ou conduire, il faut choisir ! » Il nous vient à présent une nouvelle expres-sion, en rapport cette fois-ci avec le nouveau dilemme in-ternational, les biocarburants. « Manger ou conduire, il faut choisir ! » Mais pourquoi ? Les biocarburants sont, depuis quelque temps, une solution plausible contre la pollution. Malheureusement, il serait bien trop facile de pouvoir s’en arrêter la. Les biocar-burants connaissent certains inconvénients par rapport à l’environnement mais aussi par rapport à l’Homme. Mais quels sont ces facteurs qui font de l’agro carburant un sujet si contro-versé? Il ex-iste trois gé-nérations de biocarburants : la première se base princi-palement sur des plantes oléagineuses, comme, par exemple, le tournesol, dont on extrait les huiles qui sont ensuite mises en transestéri-fication pour pouvoir don-ner une huile végétale qui sera mélangée au gazole. Si les plantes oléagineuses sont introuvables dans la région, on peut alors se relier à la fabrication d’éthanol grâce à la fermentation des sucres

(betterave/canne à sucre) ou d’amidon (blé/maïs/pomme de terre) dans lequel on ra-joute de l’isobutylène pour enfin pouvoir le mélanger à de l’essence. Cette pre-mière génération présente déjà de sérieux problèmes qui affectent non seulement l’environnement, mais aussi l’alimentation de l’humanité. Pour pouvoir vous donner un aperçu du problème, prenons comme exemple la culture de maïs au Mexique. Sa culture représente plus de 60%, voire plus, du budget de base de plusieurs Mexicains. En 2007, on assiste à une hausse brutale des prix, chose qui amènera à la crise de la « tortilla ».

Les Etats Unis ra-chètent une grande partie de cette récolte pour pouvoir produire de l’éthanol, donc des biocarburants. Il ne reste

donc rien pour la population du Mexique. Selon Lester Brown, il faut 2,5 quintaux de maïs pour faire le plein d’un 4x4. Avec cette même q u a n t i t é , on pour-rait nourrir une famille mexica ine pendant un an. Un sim-ple exemple suffit : le graphique c i - c o n t r e représente l’évolution de la sur-face des

terres agricoles par habitant. En 2000, la surface di-s p o n i b l e cultivée par habitant est de 0.25 en hectares. Un résultat déjà m é d i o c r e sachant que la popula-tion est de plus de 6 m i l l i a r d s . D’après les statistiques, en 2050, la popula-tion aura augmentée de plus de

3 milliards. La surface cul-tivée sera de 0.14 hectares. Pour pouvoir nourrir la population, il faudrait alors que la production alimentaire augmente de plus de 70%. Si l’on continue à suivre la pre-mière génération, cet exploit sera-t-il possible ? C’est alors que la deux-ième génération rentre en jeu. Pour pouvoir limiter les im-pacts sur l’Homme ainsi que l’environnement, la recherche travaille sur un autre dével-oppement. Ce deuxième es-sai utilise comme matière des végétaux non alimentaires, c’est-à-dire des résidus de bois ainsi que des déchets agricoles comme la paille. Les éléments seraient alors soumis à une gazéification suivie d’une syn-

thèse, ce qui donnera alors de l’hydrocarbure qui sera ensuite mélangé à l’essence. Même chose pour les cul-

tures et les taillis, qui seront eux, soumis à une fermenta-tion. Cette technique reste un avantage au niveau de la sur-face cultivable, mais présente de nombreux problèmes, notamment face à la défores-tation. L’Indonésie est un pays où la culture des palmeraies se

fait en grande quantité, pour pouvoir produire des huiles d’agrocarburant. Elle abrite aussi une des dernières popu-lations d’orangs-outangs. Pour pouvoir produire cette huile, il est nécessaire de déraciner, donc de détruire ces arbres. Les primates se retrouvent alors sans habitat qui leur est propre, et sont donc plus vulnérables au monde qui les entoure. On ne peut donc pas appeler cette méthode une méthode viable à long terme. La troisième généra-tion est encore au stade de la recherche en laboratoire. Mais on sait déjà qu’elle serait faite à base d’algues, et serait plus

que prometteuse à long terme. La méthode serait la suivante : on synthétiserait des lipides trouvés dans les micro algues

grâce à du di-oxyde de car-bone. La raison pour laquelle cette génération pourrait être la bonne est sa rapidité. En ef-fet, les algues se développeraient plus vite que certaines plan-tes, ce qui rend-rait les hectares utilisé beaucoup moins impor-tants en nom-

bre. Il est, pour l’instant, impossible d’en dire plus sur cette technique car elle n’a pas encore été testée. Mais, on peut quand même se demander si ces algues n’auront pas un effet secon-daire sur la population qui s’en nourrit. Le fait que cette plante se développe rapide-

ment permet d’en prendre une plus grande quantité, une quantité qui, malgré ca, pour-rait devenir trop importante. Les résultats restent à voir. Les biocarburants rest-ent un sujet discuté de tous côtés. Cette nouvelle vision de l’écologie pourrait devenir très utile, ou alors très problé-matique. Pour l’instant les trois générations présentées ont pu montrer de l’espoir, mais cachant un effet secon-daire fatal sur la nourriture, ainsi que l’environnement. Manger ou conduire, il faut choisir !

“If you lose your purpose ... it’s like you’re broken.” —Hugo Cabret Tendresse, légèreté, humour, tristesse, anxiété et réjouissance, tous sont présents dans le chef-d’œuvre intemporel qu’est Hugo Cabret.

Le film nous émeut au plus profond de nous-mêmes, en suivant les pas d’un jeune orphelin nommé Hugo Cabret, dans la gare du Paris des années 30. Puis, à travers la vie de George Méliès, un contemporain du jeune héros, la magie du cinéma nous est dévoilée et nos yeux s’émerveillent comme ceux d’un enfant. Hugo Cabret, en bouleversant ainsi nos sens, s’affirme aux rangs des Grands Classiques. Le film nous plonge dans un autre univers, celui de Paris dix ans après la Grande Guerre. Hugo vit avec son père, veuf, dans une horlogerie. Un jour, celui-ci rapporte d’un musée un vieil automate particulièrement complexe. Ils tentent ensemble de le réparer mais un incendie rendra le jeune Hugo orph-elin. Il se défie alors de réparer le seul héritage de son père. L’automate devient donc la pièce cen-trale du puzzle qu’est Hugo Cabret. Survient alors l’antagoniste, le chef de gare l’Inspecteur Gustave. Accompagné de son chien féroce, il surveille la gare en quête d’un orphelin qu’il pourrait envoyer dans une som-bre prison nommée orphelinat. Ses méthodes immorales et brutales contrastent avec son his-toire amoureuse. En effet, il tente de séduire la jeune fleuriste, qui tout d’abord le repousse à cause de sa fausse jambe. Cette caractéristique

du film touche tous les autres personnages. En effet, le réalisateur nous livre une réelle étude psychologique de tous ces personnages, en étu-diant tous leurs aspects, brutaux ou naïfs dans le cas de l’Inspecteur. Enfin vers le milieu du film, l’histoire de Georges Méliès se place au premier plan. Petits et grands se verront émerveillés par ce conte de l’histoire du cinéma, réalisé avec douceur et ten-dresse enfantine. Nous suivons donc les pas de ce grand cinéaste avant et après la Guerre, dans son palais de verre puis dans sa petite échoppe dans la gare. Les costumes et les caméras de l’époque défilent devant nos yeux pour éveiller en nous quelques mémoires passées. Que dire alors ? Hugo Cabret est un chef-d’œuvre, signé par le grand réalisateur Mar-tin Scorsese. Tout nous enchante, tant la mu-sique que les thèmes abordés. Toutefois, le film débute sur une approche très « photographique ». Le silence prône alors que des scènes mag-nifiques défilent. Ces scènes intéresseront sur-tout les cinéphiles, avec douceur et volupté, mais peuvent paraître longues. Cependant, ce petit bémol ne ternit pas l’image intemporelle d’Hugo Cabret. “I like to imagine that the world is one big machine. You know, machines never have any extra parts. They have the exact number and types of parts they need. So I figure if the entire world is a big machine, I have to be here for some reason, too.” —Hugo Cabret.

Note: 4,5/5

Games12June 2012

Whenever a 9th grader is asked about their future, it’s always the infamous: “What section are you going into?” which marks the beginning of endless hours of debate. Go to S and spend endless hours im-mersed in science, or choose ES and analyze every world econo-my possible? Although the an-swer to these harrowing ques-tions need only be delivered towards the end of 10th grade, there are some choices that need to be made much sooner. At the end of 9th grade, students are given the choice between more options than ever before, such as two extra hours of art, literature, public speaking, or even additional math, physics and chemistry. Although these carry more weight in academic careers than previous decisions about chorale and music, they still can’t match up to the loom-ing choice between S and ES. Decisions for 10th grade are a baby step compared to this choice, but they already reflect the future determina-tion of taking S or ES. Those who are ready to devote them-selves to S and all its scientific wonder will rush to additional math and physics classes, but those who are already plan-ning to go down the path of ES will probably choose dif-ferent options, such as Public Speaking, or even Literature. The good thing about such a small step is the fact that scientific options act like a small taste of S, minus the crushing workload and buck-

ets of stress. For those still on the fence about their choice of section, it’s a better alternative than signing up for S, going through a few weeks of hell, and then backtracking over to ES. It’s also certainly bet-ter than finding yourself in ES when all you dream about is spending hours staring at a phys-ics manual, and being unable to fulfill that wonderful ambition. In addition to giving future 10th graders more op-portunities than the traditional choice between chorale and mu-sic, and art, Latin, and Ameri-can Math, 9th grade options give students with a burning passion for numbers and atoms a chance to delve deeper into the subject without spending twen-ty hours a week on the subject. Others get the chance to engage in more developed art classes and explore the pos-sibility of a future career in art. Public Speaking, something that no student has seen so far in their education, is a refresh-ing change and the opportu-nity to try something new (and discover you’re a master at ma-nipulating people and should pursue a career in politics). 10th grade options are a small stepping stone that prepares students for the choices they will have to take when choosing between S and ES. The fact that they are so small is just an advantage over the seemingly overwhelm-ing decision of picking a sec-tion and making the first aca-demic career-changing choice.

Option: S ou ES?By Margaux Salz

The Perfect LockerBy Amelia Getahun-Hawkins

Hugo Cabret: un chef-d’œuvrePar Irène Woo

Two FASNY Students Make Kangourou Finals Congratulations to Axel Ehlinger (’14) and Cyril Douady (’17) on their outstanding performance in the Concours Kangourou, the national French mathematics competition! Axel placed 10th out of over 11,000 contestants with his score of 102.5, while Cyril placed 5th out of over 53,000 with a perfect score of 120. It doesn’t take a differential equation or exponential function to graph the level of their success. Their math skills belong on a higher order. To say the two students have made FASNY proud would be no hyperbole—or parabola, for that matter. The two flew to Paris June 1st with math teacher Mr. Guyot to take part in a final competition at Lycée Louis le Grand. Though neither student took first prize at the final tournmaent, this did not detract—or should we say, subtract—from their trip. The apex of the journey: they also got to see friends and family in France! All photos by Mr. Guyot

Games 13June 2012

SudokuDifficulty: Hard

Cat and Mouse MazeSee if you can find your way out!

Tic-Tac-Toe

Dots - Make more squares than your opponent!

Susan LotheSummer Word Search

2-3. What bargain hunters enjoy.6-22. What we all should be.4-5. A written acknowledgment.4-26. A day dream.6-7. Such and nothing more.2-11. A talon.10-11. A bird.19-28. A pigeon.14-15. Opposed to less.F-7. Part of your head.18-19. What this puzzle is.23-30. A river in Russia.22-23. An animal of prey.1-32. To govern.26-27. The close of a day.

33-34. An aromatic plant.28-29. To elude.N-8. A fist.30-31. The plural of is. 24-31. To agree with.8-9. To cultivate.3-12. Part of a ship.12-13. A bar of wood or iron.20-29. One.16-17. What artists learn to do.5-27. Exchanging.20-21. Fastened.9-25. To sink in mud.24-25. Found on the seashore.13-21. A boy.10-18. The fibre of the gomuti palm.

Crosssword Puzzle

By Arthur Wynne

Horoscopes14By Jacqueline Sarro

Aries (March 21-April 19)Aries is back in business! You have a new, better

outlook on life. You’re so much happier, and so are the people around you. Your great energy is making

life more enjoyable. You’re truly a kind person so don’t ever feel bad about how you chose to live with your

new found confidence. It’s perfectly normal. You either have or will make a new friend in the near future. The

friendship may be lifelong or very ephemeral. Only time will tell...

Taurus (April 20-May 20) It has been a really busy and rough month for

you. So many things to do, in so little time. Don’t worry though, it’ll all be over soon. Keep your head above water for a little while longer.

Soon everything will return to it’s normal pace. You will feel better physically, mentally, and emotionally in the weeks to come. Treat

yourself to something nice and that you enjoy. You deserve it.

Gemini (May 21-June 20)Happy birthday Gemini! Now, stop worrying about dreams. Start worrying about something you actually have control over. Also, lately you have been coming

off strongly to some people. This is good in some circumstances, but lately, it hasn’t been that great for you. It has been getting on some people’s nerves. Try

listening to other people instead of always talking. You don’t always have to have the last word either. Don’t get too caught un in your new endeavors. They won’t last

long.

Cancer (June 21-July 22)You have been feeling a little unfulfilled lately. You are not living to your full potential and you know it. This is bringing you down. You need to make yourself more useful. If you’re in bad mood, you can instantly lift your spirits by forcing yourself

to smile. It’s scientifically proven. Plus, smiling is actually contagious. So by forcing yourself to smile,

you’ll lift the moods of the people around you. If that’s not enough to make you feel better, get

involved in a charity that you believe in. It will be truly inspiring. Helping others is the best way to feel good about yourself.

Leo (July 23-August 22)Someone very close to you has let you down. It has been bothering you immensely, even though you

refuse to show it.he reason that person is acting this way is because they’re insecure. Don’t be fooled or intimidated by them. You’re way better than that.

Brush it off you shoulder, c’mon! Summer is almost here, it’s time to meet new people and have a great time. It’s also time to relax. Take some down time,

unwind and hang loose.

Virgo (August 23-September 22)You’re a genuinely nice person. You alway have

been. It will pay off soon. Karma will come right back like a boomerang and give you what you have been giving to people. You’re in for a treat. You do tend to hide your feelings though. You don’t need to do that all the time. Express how you feel. It’s

okay to do so. No one will blame your for it. Stay gold kid.

Libra (September 23-October 22)You have suffered a loss which has taken a toll on you. You haven’t been yourself since. Slowly you are getting back in the game but it is truly hard. You need to accept the fact that what you had, weather it be big or small, very important

or less important, is gone. You need to move on. You’re in luck though. Life will deal you very favorable cards in the near future. Keep your eyes open and don’t miss it. It will brighten your life again and put you right

back on track. You will be the beautiful you, once again.

Scorpio (October 23-November 21)You’ve been acting super silly lately. Your

peers find it very amusing. You’re not afraid to laugh at yourself Scorpio. This is a quality that not all of us have unfortunately. You’re a lucky one. Keep on the sunny side. Your quirkiness will take you places and you will

be successful. There’s nothing really major for you to worry about at this time, so just keep

being you!

Sagittarius (November 22-December 21)Your intuitive side is beginning to shine through. You have an undervalued streak of wisdom. Follow this hunch. Something

amazing might just come out of it. Your new awesome ideas will just come to you. Don’t forget to exploit them. It would be a shame

to waste this potential. If anyone tries to resist or put you down, don’t let them. Stay serious about this and make sure they know you’re

serious too.

Capricorn (December 22-Januray 19)Be careful about starting this new commitment. You will be great at the job—don’t worry about

that, Capricorn. You always excel, no matter what you do. It’s just that your eyes are bigger than your stomach and you already have so much on your plate. You should wait a little while, maybe? It’s up to you. You’re strong-hearted and occasionally hard-headed so it’s

unlikely that this will change your mind. That’s fine, though. Keep doing what you do.

Aquarius (January 20-February 18)You finally built up the courage to do something

you have been wanting to for a while. This is great. You recently hurt a few people around you. Your relationship with them may not be ruined,

but it won’t be the same undoubtedly. Sometimes you let people influence your thinking too much. Think logically and for yourself. Hopefully you will realize some of the things that are normally

hard for you to. This would help. To fix the things around you, just don’e lie. Be honest. Honesty is key.

Pisces (February 19-March 20)You made a hard decision. It will either go really well or very badly. Hopefully it will go well. You need to hope, cross all your fingers and toes. Something you thought would never happen in your whole entire life recently just happened. If that didn’t occur, don’t worry, it will soon. Good luck. Everyone around you is skeptical but supportive. Don’t worry about it it. Follow your

gut feel. Additionally, you will come across something or someone long lost. You will have a great time

reminiscing Pieces.

June 2012

15Shark SportSJanuary 2012

The Monday that follows my French BAC, I plan to wake up early. Yes, this is unusual. But, I don’t plan on taking out my SAT book and start practic-ing that $#@%&*^ Written section, or to start read-ing Crime and Punishment. No, I will be wearing my favorite French soccer jersey, a beret, and head off in a bar somewhere in Manhattan to watch Les Bleus take on those pesky Englishmen. This will mark the start of the UEFA Euro 2012, the greatest international competition after the World Cup. Played in Poland and Ukraine, this com-petition features the best European national squads (including Turkey), and is essentially an orgy of pretty good football (we’ll refer “football” as soccer in this ar-ticle, because it’s the proper way to talk about it) for someone like me who has lots of time to waste and yell at a TV screen. This guide is aimed at the casual observer and the die hard fan, in hope that they find it a useful help to understand what’s happening, or just discussion fodder with friends while waiting for the games to begin. As a sure-fire indicator, we will use the official betting odds to win the tournament in parentheses, but I certainly will make a few changes that reflect my personal opinion.

I The “Even If You’re Not A Soccer Fan There Is No Excuse Not To Watch Those Teams Play” group: Spain (2.75-1 odds of winning it all), Germany (3-1), Netherlands (6-1)Quite possibly the three best teams in the internation-al stage right now, according to the UEFA ranking at least. Spain is world champion, Netherlands played the Final, and Germany also scored 3rd place. Of course, the stakes at the Euro are considerably less important than the World Cup, and that might reflect on the level of play. However, these three teams will aim for nothing less than the final round. Their core nucleus of talented player has not changed since South Africa, and neither have their coaches. They still have their weaknesses: Spain’s small ball tactic of tiring the oppo-nent while controlling the ball is risky against good de-fenses, Germany relies too strongly on counter-attacks, and Netherlands have a serious problem in getting the ball in scoring range. Bold Prediction n. 1: Neither of these teams wins the Final.

II Les Bleus: France (11-1)I feel like dedicating an entire section to the French na-tional team, just because I can. And, in case you were wondering, France is my pick to win the tournament (only because I’m French), though I do rationally rank

them after Spain, Germany, and the Netherlands. The problem with France is that the entire team is still play-ing with a chip on their shoulder regarding the South African disaster. “Redemption” is the key word here. This Euro is its only chance to redeem itself, even if the nucleus of the South African team is almost broken up. I say almost because many important players took part in the training boycott: Lloris, Evra, and Ribéry to name a few. Laurent Blanc has done an amazing job in re-building the team, and it has not lost since 19 games. His inclusion of a new, talented, group of players as the mainframe of the squad worked perfectly. In other words, the best thing to happen to the team is that play-ers no longer looked backwards, but forward: all of them had nothing to loose (the team’s reputation and level of play hit rock-bottom) and everything to win. The objec-tive was clear: Euro 2012 or bust. Now, it is fair to say that the holdovers form South Africa have an irreplace-able role in the team. On the other hand, many critics have argued that “bad boys stay bad boys”, and that the antagonisms that wrecked the team apart will eventually come back if Laurent Blanc allows holdovers. So far, the level of play has been geared of-fensively, and it has produced acceptable results: wins against Germany and England, for example. I say, let’s stick with the talented youth. They are fun to watch, and deserve their shot. My starting 11: Lloris- Debu-chy, Rami, Méxes, Evra- Nasri, M’Vila, Malouda, Ben Arfa, Benzema, Menez.

III The “Teams With History That Have A Role To Play If They Don’t Want To Get Assaulted When They Come Back From Poland”: England (10-1), Italy (14-1)Both of those teams have rabid fan bases that will not hesitate to parade around with the coach and/or player’s heads on spikes if they do not have a satisfac-tory outing. In England’s case, looking at their road to the tournament makes me feel good about France’s chances against them. In the midst of captain John Terry’s troubles because of his Premier League antics, coach Fabio Capello stepped down (or was pushed away), throwing the national team into disarray. To make things worse, eccentric striker Wayne Rooney is suspended for the first two games of the Euro (which includes the match against France (!!). As the saying goes, England traditionally does better when its expectations are low (a rare occurrence among English fans), so it is half-safe to assume they will make it out of the group, but my guess it that its overall fate hinges on the game against France. Bold Prediction n. 2: France wins against England, the latter spirals down and lets Sweden take 2nd place.

As far as Italy goes, I must refrain myself from referring to the scandalous rigged-match scandals that threatens to undo the team’s unity and perhaps doom its hopes in going deep this summer. Ooops. I must also refrain myself from mentioning their horrible football philosophy which consists of leaning on a stel-lar group Juventus-bred defenders as well as one of the greatest goalkeeper of all time to hold the goal, and live in counter-attacks. Finally, I must strive to hold an objective stand and overlook the fact that they are poised to meet France in the quarterfinals, possibly on their way to the final. But, I can’t because I hate this team more than the English, and I hope Spain wrecks them when they meet in the first round.

IV The Host Teams That Have Little Hope of Going Deep: Poland (40-1), Ukraine (50-1) These are the two host teams. They will benefit from a psychological advantage, because fans will show up en masse. I’m not even sure I can name one player on each team, but they have to be mentioned anyway; that’s it, let’s move on.

V The Team with The Best Player of the Tourna-ment: Portugal (18-1)Can we just please all agree on this? Cristiano Ronaldo will be the most talented guy on the field for the duration of the Euro. His stellar season at Madrid might carry over to the Euro, but it’s unlikely you can pretend to a semi-final with the team Portugal will assemble. Furthermore, Ronaldo is known for not showing up internationally. That makes it unlikely Portugal can go deep.

VI The Team with the Best Jersey: FranceI’m not kidding. The home jersey is the best since 2000.

VII The Team with the Worst Jersey: IrelandWhat the hell is this green thing? Honorable Mention: Ukraine, with a jersey straight from the end of Soviet Union era.

VII The Wooden SpoonsNobody cares about them. More bold predictions! Bold Prediction n.3: Greeks bankrupt the tournament.Bold Prediction n.4: European governments receive a mysterious message from an unknown courier that threatens to cut off all oil and gas pipelines from Russia if they win against the Russian national team. Bold Prediction n.5: Cristiano Ronaldo scores 23 goals and single-handedly wins the Cup for Portugal.Rational prediction: As the great Gary Lineker once said: “Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans win.” This year is no exception. Germany wins the final.

Early Shower!Coach Laveyssieres’ Team Talk, Interrupted!

EURO 2012: The Best Preview in TownBy ArmAnd LAtreiLLe

Parents, coaches, teachers, staff, and players all scrummed at the annual rugby tournament. Only Mr. Laveyssiere received an early shower. Photos by Mr. Faure

Shark SportSJanuary 2012

When the date was announced for the Greenwich-FASNY rugby match, people laughed. They thought that Green-wich would crush the FASNY players, like a little ants. Critics complained that the FASNY were too small. FASNY were in-deed the underdogs, but Greenwich had a lot of trouble dealing with them. Both teams stepped on to the field. It was time for kick-off. The game started. The game was one hell of a ride. Ev-ery time Greenwich scored a try, FASNY responded. After a try by Greenwich’s number 8, Cyril passes it to Aleksi. He’s gone. He’s too fast. He powers past the defense and is well into FASNY’s half be-fore he is brought down! The crowd goes wild. From there, Gonzague Demoulin pulled the ball out of a ruck and passes the ball to Paul Castaybert, who scores the FASNY’s first try of the day, bring-ing FASNY within one try of the lead. But that’s when disaster struck: Nicolas Granato was down. As the players and coaches kneeled down next to him, he was slowly carried off the field. FASNY parents and players cheered for Nicolas, as he exited the field with a concussion A couple of moments later Matheo Remy shows his skills and agility and scores! With FASNY only down a few points due to missed conversions from nearly impos-sible angles at halftime, the parents stare in shock. FASNY is in the lead! But the

injury train is not derailed, as Thomas de Villemejane gets stomped on the eye by a pair of cleats. As he exits the game, Green-wich scores again. After a powerful Paul Castaybert try and yet another try by Greenwich’s number 8, the score is 19-17. As the crowd cheers, number 8 has crossed the line

again. He is a beast. One second, Paul is celebrating, and the next, the score is 26-17. But here comes Aleksi Goulet to the rescue. He shoves players off, he runs past everybody and scores. 26-22. But everyone here knows time is running out. FASNY receives the kick. They give it to Aleksi. He’s off! But someone somehow catches up to him and tackles him. The ref looks at the coach and signals that this is the last play. Number 9, Gonzague, looks at Louis. He passes it to Louis Lejamtel, who runs towards the try line. The crowd is on their feet. Moments before Louis runs past the line, the ref signals the end of the game. Louis had stepped out of bounds! In the end, the score didn’t matter. FASNY played a heck of a game, and that’s what mattered. Everyone played really well and now, FASNY is one scary team!!!!

FASNY Middle School Rugby:A Rising TeamBy Thomas de Villemejane

The Evolution of Rugby Kids

La saison de rugby 2012-2013 a été une des meilleures saisons de l’équipe du collège depuis la créa-tion du programme de rugby de FASNY en 2008-2009. M. Ekotto et Robin Deroche (’13) ont entraîné l’équipe avec l’aide de M. Taylor. Leur passion dans les entraîne-ments et les matchs a beaucoup contribué au succès de l’équipe. Mais ce succès n’aurait pas été possible sans les joueurs. Les avants ont fait, la plupart du temps, un excellent travail : la première ligne consistait de joueurs très solides « Les Rois des Rucks »: #1 Coby (The Wall) Hilelly, #2 Louis (Rambo) Le Jamtel, #3 Jules (The Last of the Le Jamtels) Le Jamtel. Ces joueurs se sont trou-vés dans chaque ruck de la saison. La deuxième ligne de l’équipe utilisait un mélange de force, agilité et rapidité, les « Tough Guys » : #4 Mark (La Brute Epaisse) Faguer et #5 Paul (Chewbacca) Castaybert. La troisième ligne avait des joueurs qui travaillaient dur, mais qui, après le match, se regardaient dans le miroir pour des heures pour s’assurer qu’ils n’avaient pas abîmé leur figure. « Les Beaux Gosses » : #6 Jean (Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi) Horikawa, #7 Thomas (Ev-erybody Loves Him) Horikawa, #8 Hector (Goldilocks) Sonnois. Mais, quand les titulaires étaient fatigués, il fallait des excel-lents remplaçants pour maintenir le haut niveau de rugby. Benoît (Su-

per Mario) Charriaud, Augustin (The Peacemaker) Rivoire et Louis (Allez La Belgique) Marchand rem-plaçaient les joueurs de la première ligne. Les gros de la deuxième ligne étaient substitués par Thomas (The Creator) De Villemejane et Mathieu (Do I Really Have to do This) Rizk. Pour les trois quart, il y avait : Gonzague (Salut les Filles) Demoulin, Aleksi (Crazy Canuck) Goulet, Mathéo (Creator) Remy, Cyril (I’m better than you) Douady, Alban (You did what) Douady, Ni-colas (Seeing Stars) Granato, Wil-liam (Ginger) Mason, Nathan (Fais Gaffe) Poisnel, Guillaume (Coeur de Lion) Dupaquier, Melchior (Hippie, Cowboy, Who actually knows what he is) Deroche, Mattéo (Eh! Ca va pas non) Trulli. Finalement, notre capitaine était Marcel (No com-ment needed) Dupuy D’Angeac. La star de l’équipe, pour-tant, était Aleksi Goulet qui utilisait sa vitesse pour mar-quer un maximum d’essais. Chaque joueur a fait son plus grand effort pour gagner des matchs, mais surtout, pour s’amuser. Avec un équilibre de joueurs sérieux et amusants, les deux étaient possibles. Il faudra faire de même l’année prochaine, mais sans les 4e (3e de 2012-13). Nous leur souhaitons une bonne saison avec l’équipe du lycée, et nous espérons que les 6e de l’année prochaine seront aussi sérieux et amusants.

FASNY Middle School Rugby:Meet the PlayersPar Paul Castaybert et Louis Le Jamtel

On Est Les Champtions!

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On May 5th, FASNY held the first Annual Varsity Rugby Tourna-ment, and the boys beat out the competition to win the cup. The tournament included Greenwich High School, the Lycée Fran-çais de New York, and South Shore Rugby Club. FASNY beat local rivals Greenwich 15-10, then lost to South Shore 20-10. FASNY then demol-ished a weakened Lycée 40-5. FASNY then faced off with South Shore once again in the final. At half-time, it was all tied up and the atmosphere was tense. FASNY took over in the second half, though, and pulled off a gritty 25-10 victory. “A beautiful display of what French rugby is all about was dem-onstrated and we can only hope for more next year,” wrote coaches Julien Laveyssieres and Jérôme Faure in a celebratory e-mail to the community.

Left: As Jack Faure (’12) hoists the trophy, Coach Laveyssieres shows his pride and Trustees Chairman—and father to players Sacha (’12) and Lucas (’13)—Mischa Zabotin applauds the victory.