{"id":1817,"date":"2023-05-09T14:25:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T18:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2022-2023\/?p=1817"},"modified":"2024-03-25T08:56:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T12:56:29","slug":"guy-cardwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2022-2023\/2023\/05\/09\/guy-cardwell\/","title":{"rendered":"Guy Cardwell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Theogony<\/em> celebrates our only male senior editor: the columnist, future economist Guy Cardwell.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Yahney-Marie Sangar\u00e9<\/p>\nEditor<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Guy Cardwell is eighteen years old, an editor on Theogony<\/em>, captain of Alexandria City High School\u2019s Boys Ultimate Frisbee team, and a competitive chess player. He\u2019s heading to the University of Virginia this autumn, where he plans to major in Economics, but that may change. It\u2019s after school on a Friday, and he left Ultimate practice early for this interview. He\u2019s drinking tea at ESP Tea & Coffee in Old Town, Alexandria. When I ask him what he\u2019s passionate about, his first explanation for his love for Ultimate Frisbee is the \u201cscientific nature of endorphins.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guy joined Theogony <\/em>his junior year as a Staff Writer, where he wrote articles about anything from Lady Bird<\/a> to economic inflation<\/a> (Guy\u2019s a bit keener on the second.) And although Guy\u2019s serious voice and penchant for chess might suggest an interest in STEM, he considered majoring in philosophy before he ever did economics (he cited \u201cdiminishing returns\u201d for a philosophy degree as to why he veered to Economics instead.) When he was younger, he spent time reading Camus and researching fields like gender studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Andres Huenneke, left, takes a selfie with Cardwell at a field prior to playing with a local pickup group. Huenneke and Cardwell play frisbee together for the Alexandria Ultimate team. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are definitely interesting concepts that I intuited in the past, and now I look at economics and it\u2019s explained with a graph. I made this social argument that the employer-employee relationship is kind of unfair [without collective bargaining] . . . and that was explained with a graph in a monopsony model. If you add unions, you can achieve allocative efficiency,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guy was born and raised in Alexandria. His birthday is January 21. He made a point to tell me he doesn\u2019t believe in zodiac signs, but that makes him an Aquarius. Both of his parents worked for the Peace Corps — his older sister was born in Panama — and he has family across the United States: from North Carolina to California to New York. Although most of his family has deep roots in the  United States, one grandmother is British. He first joined the ACHS Ultimate team in his freshman year, after his older brother founded it. Guy is close to his siblings, who both graduated from ACHS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t like me as a kid that much. I feel like I\u2019ve learned to be nicer and more empathetic,\u201d he said. Guy also values an intense person; a lot of his friends are intense people, he said. Although he might forget someone\u2019s name, he can remember a face; he tries to be observant. And, above all, he always makes an effort to try new things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cardwell sits at the ESP Tea & Coffee in Old Town, Alexandria. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI first met Guy through ultimate, and his passion and dedication for this sport is unlike anyone I\u2019ve ever seen. He\u2019ll practice virtually every day, going to pickup and training with the best of the best, never letting anything stop him,\u201d said Micah Crane, one of Guy\u2019s closest friends. \u201cThrough this work ethic he has become (potentially) the best player on the team and one of the best in the area. I\u2019ve also had the pleasure of sharing a couple of classes with Guy, and his brightness in these classes and sense of humor were always a great part of the day. I\u2019ve been lucky to share my high school journey with you, buddy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guy\u2019s favorite article he put in the paper wasn\u2019t about economics or frisbee. It was a \u201chard-hitting\u201d opinion piece on the School Board<\/a>\u2019s new Grading Policy. His favorite news source is the Washington Post; every morning, he wakes up and reads a copy of the physical paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cardwell poses with members of the Ultimate team at tryouts. Back from left: Micah Crane, Guy Cardwell, Oscar Grajales. Front from left: Nora Curry, Andres Huenneke, Lev Dienstfrey, Leo Dienstfrey. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI really love the [Washington Posts\u2019] advice column,\u201d Guy said. Guy\u2019s affinity for advice columns is clear. He runs a Theogony <\/em>advice column of his own. Although he concedes that he \u201cdoesn\u2019t know if it\u2019s good advice,\u201d it is \u201cfun.\u201d He\u2019s a fan of columnists like Carolyn Hax \u201cand many other fifty-year-old women who give advice.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guy\u2019s not really a music person, he tells me. Classical music \u201cjust doesn\u2019t have the vibes.\u201d He\u2019s not really a podcast guy, either, although he\u2019ll occasionally tune into a Freakonomics <\/em>episode. He does like a few movies, like Rango<\/em>, Whiplash<\/em>, and Hacksaw<\/em> Ridge<\/em>. As far as television goes, he mentioned Ozark, The End of the F–ing World and Attack on Titan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI like movies that are complex; movies that you don\u2019t have to figure out but are open to interpretation,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then again, Guy does value directness, in himself and others. When I asked him what he valued about himself, the first thing he said was honesty. \u201cI think honesty is good. I try to be honest. I notice when I lie, and I feel bad,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t mean being honest in being mean–some people are jerks and they\u2019re like, \u2018Oh, I\u2019m just being honest.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGuy is the most unintentionally funny person I\u2019ve ever met,\u201d said sophomore Liam Brown. \u201cSomething about the way he says stuff just makes it ten times funnier than it would be if someone else said it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You might recognize Guy. He\u2019s kind of hard to miss. No, he doesn\u2019t play basketball, although he tried in middle school.  At 6\u20196, he says his height gives him an advantage in playing frisbee. Part of the reason he chose UVA? It has a good frisbee team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cardwell looks to the right, mid-game with another player. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As Guy heads off to UVA, he recounts his memories in Theogony<\/em>. Once, he spent a class period with a substitute teacher talking about his \u2018vision for an ideal America\u2019 after the sub overheard him arguing with a classmate about land value taxes. He also says he enjoyed the friends he\u2019s made on the staff, and hearing them talk about what\u2019s going on around the school. Outside of Theogony<\/em>, he says his favorite teacher has been Mr. Zahn; his senior-year English teacher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ll definitely miss Guy\u2019s interesting article ideas he gave me when I had no idea what to write about,\u201d said junior Harper Travis, an editor on Theogony<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re in good hands. You guys work so hard and are so skilled in random things that I wouldn\u2019t expect. Theogony <\/em>is pretty lucky to have this type of editing staff, people who are super passionate about it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the interview wraps up, Guy tells me the tea was overpriced. He gives it an eight out of ten. He talks about his own cooking–apparently, he\u2019s a decent chef. A pescatarian; he mentions that. The cafe blasts music. The interview lasted just over an hour, so it’s around seven o\u2019clock at night. He starts talking about his pet turtles (who I\u2019ve had the pleasure of meeting): Rosie, Pedro, and Pippin. I ask Guy what the meaning of life is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s what you make it. Create your own meaning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yahney’s Note<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guy, I\u2019ll miss our advice column. I concede to you being correct on land value taxes, and maybe even the Ben and Jerry\u2019s debate. Maybe. I enjoyed loudly arguing with you in the A200s throughout the past two years; it\u2019s going to be weird not looking up a full ninety degrees to hear your perspectives on things. I\u2019m lucky to have you as a friend. Have fun at UVA. Make a podcast; I\u2019ll tune in!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Part of the series of Theogony<\/em>‘s senior editor spotlights. To read about the rest of our graduating editors, go here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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