problems with archives template

Greetings.

I’ve been working on a theme for my site, Allotrope Dome. However, I seem to be having problems with the archives template.

I entered the following code in a file titled “archives.php,” then uploaded it into my theme folder with all my other theme files:

<?php
/*
Template Name: Archives
*/
get_header(); ?>

<div id="container">
	<div id="content" role="main">
		<?php // <div id="archivecontent"> ?>

		<?php the_post(); ?>
		<br/>
		<font size="4">Archives</font>
		<br/><br/>

		<div id="searchwrapper">
			<?php get_search_form(); ?>
		</div>
		<br/><br/>

		<b>Archives by Month:</b>
		<ul>
			<?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly'); ?>
		</ul>

		<b>Archives by Post Title:</b>
		<ul>
			<?php wp_get_archives('type=alpha'); ?>
		</ul>

		<b>Tag Cloud:</b>
		<ul>
			 <?php wp_tag_cloud( $args ); ?>
		</ul>

	<?php //	</div> ?>
	</div><!-- #content -->
</div><!-- #container -->

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

Then I logged into the admin panel and created a new page called “Blog Archives.” I selected the “Archives” template and hit Save. However, this is what my archives page looks like now: http://allotrope-dome.net/wordpress/?page_id=61

I just want it to show the archives by subject name, archives by month posted, and a tag cloud. What’s going on? Why does all this other stuff appear over it?