BROTHER RICE
V OLUME 58, I SSUE 9
Chieftain
S UMMER 2019
Memorable Year for Elections
Brooks, Dixon, and Murphy will be 2019-20 leaders
Brother
By Michael Singleton
tion that the student body was not happy work with the newly elected Band Cap-
Chieftain Staff
about the disruption, the incident may
tains to ensure that student voices are
On May 23, the eight candidates run-
actually have helped Brooks in the polls.
heard. The number of Band Captains has
ning for president gave their speeches
The other speeches featured interesting signifi cantly decreased for 2019-20.
to the school. The fi nal candidates were
“We went to a smaller number of Band
ideas (from Murad and Murphy), remi-
Aidan Brooks, Paddy Dansbury, D.J.
niscing about the Brotherhood (Hyde and Captains so that we could maximize the
Dixon, Michael Gates, Andrew Hyde,
participation level from the leaders
Giavino Murad, Ryan Murphy, and
in our school,” Coach Joe explained.
Kyle Sparks.
Since the amount of Band Captains
After voting by more than 90
have decreased, we hope to see a
percent of the student body, it was an-
spike in productivity and begin to
nounced that the President for 2019-20
see new traditions implemented for
will be Brooks, and the Vice Presi-
the student body. The new leaders
dents will be Murphy and Dixon.
are hard at work already planning
The candidates’ speeches featured
changes for next year.
some memorable moments. Because
Some ideas include Band tailgates
some of the speeches included disre-
on Field Day to allow the Bands
spect towards the administration, the
a central location where the kids
Band Dean, Coach Joe Kalczynski,
can assemble; an ‘Opening Day’
interrupted the fi nal speech, which
Coach Joe sets the stage for the candidates’ speeches assembly to kick off the Mentor
was by Brooks.
Group competitions in September;
Even though he was allowed to contin- Dixon), thoughts about the culture of the and adding mid-year assemblies, where
ue after Coach Joe pointed out that he felt school (Sparks), and positive messaging
we would crown a 1st half champion and
the content of his speech was inappropri- about improving culture in the school
a 2nd half champion. The two champions
ate, Brooks could never quite get back on (Dansbury and Gates).
then would play each other at an all-
track. While it was clear from their reac-
school assembly to wrap up the year.
Brooks, Dixon and Murphy now will
PRESIDENT
Aidan Brooks
Age: 17
Band: Padre Pio
Middle School: St. Regis
Hometown: Bloomfi eld Hills
Experince: Prestige 7 on BO2. I also
scored three goals in my high school
lacrosse career.
Why? This is a great opportunity to
make a change. I couldn’t pass up the
chance to be President for all you guys,
and I intend to make a huge change in
culture and positivuty in the school.
B R OTHE R R IC E H IG H S C H O O L C H I E F TA I N
VICE PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT
D.J. Dixon Ryan Murphy
Age: 17
Band: Leo
Middle School: St. Hugo
Hometown: Troy
Experince: I worked at a company
that warned people that their airbags
might explode.
Why? I could not pass up the op-
portunity to have an infl uential role
around the school. I hope to use the
summer to think about what I can do
to impact the upcoming school year.
P AGE 1
Age: 17
Band: Brendan
Middle School: Grosse
Pointe Academy
Hometown: Grosse Pointe Woods
Experince: I was a Cub Scout until 3rd
grade.
Why? I ran for offi ce because I saw
an opportunity to bring change to the
school I love. Being elected by my
peers means a lot and I won’t let them
down.
J U N E 2019