Issue oct 2012e

Where does that door lead?

Zombie Alert!

Senior night!

The Quill ventures into some of the more obscure and secure rooms here on the Elder campus

Season three of AMC’s The Walking Dead has begun and fans and critics are excited.

The Panthers have won 3 straight setting up the season finale against LaSalle tonight in the Pit.

see story on page 16

see Arts&Ent. page 12

see Sports on page 8

Published by the Students of Elder High School

Volume 81 Number 2

October 26, 2012

The Battle for the White House 2012 in and the outcome is still very much a toss-up. There are still several big states that are too close to call either way including: (Electoral Votes) Florida (29), Ohio (18), North Carolina (15), and Virginia (13). A presidential campaign lives and dies by electoral votes, so the results in these states are critical for Obama and Romney.

There are also some big states that already heavily favor a candidate. For example, in California Obama leads Romney in the polls by 18%. Likewise, New York is strongly Democratic with Obama leading Romney by about 26%.

On the other hand, Texas, which is traditionally Republican, continues the trend with Romney in the lead by about 19%.

Overall, Romney currently holds more states according to polls, but Obama holds more states with higher electoral votes. As Ohioans we are in the midst of a battle that will very much decide the outcome. As we look back in history, Ohio has voted the way of the winner in all but two elections since 1904. This makes Ohio the most sought after state in Presidential campaigns. However, Ohio has lost two Electoral College votes since the last election due to the results of the 2010 Census, leaving it with 18; the fewest for Ohio since 1828.

With the three Presidential debates and one vice presidential debate in the books, Americans have had a good look at each candidate. We have learned much about Obama and Romney through the political slugfest of the debates. One

This political cartoon which dramatically captures the tone of our front page article is gratiously reprinted here with permission from the artist - Joe Hoffecker, Elder Class of 1981, currently cartoonist for the American City Business Journals important foreign issue is the ongoing war in Afghanistan. Both the Democrats and Republicans have agreed that 2014 is a reachable goal for ending the conflict, but the Republicans have a problem with President Obama’s choice on announcing it publically. They believe that this gives the enemy the opportunity to hold out on offensives and preserve their strength until the withdrawal begins. However, the Democrats believe that our allies in this war deserve knowledge of our plans to cease fighting.

In this Election there will be two different paths for voters to choose from.

James Robb: The man with the can Reprinted from The Purple Quill Online

Kevin Laivelling ‘13 and PJ Laake ‘13

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ou can hear him coming from a mile away, the garbage can on wheels pulled by none other than James Robb.

Whether you are in class, or walking through the halls, chances are you will see James at least once during the day.

James Louis Robb, who is 40 years old, has worked at Elder for the past 11 years. He did not go to Elder himself, but his brother, uncles, and cousins did. As a result, this school has always had a place in James’ heart. He lives in Delhi and is a member of the St. Dominic parish. This is not his first time around the field of maintenance. He has served various jobs in the past such as bagging groceries at Kroger, and being a housekeeper at the

Hyatt and Marriott hotels.

While working as a housekeeper he had an unusual experience. While on duty, James approached one of his assigned rooms. The door was closed so he knocked and called out the famous “Housekeeping.” The call was left unanswered so he presumed that the room was safe to enter. When he walked in he was greeted with an unexpected sight.

With terror in his eyes, he fled the room.

“I walked into the room and I saw a couple…I really didn’t need to hear ‘whose your daddy?’”

With that in the past, James now works here at Elder. He does a job that is avoided by most people, and often taken for granted. He is responsible for emptying the garbage cans all around Elder. He is known for pulling around his trusty garbage can, and on rainy days he can be seen sporting a nice yellow poncho. You

Whether you don’t want another four years like the last, or believe that a change has begun that will take some time to develop, one thing is certain: The result will be closer than ever. It may even present the situation of a candidate winning the popular vote, but losing the election due to the Electoral College.

The key is to educate yourself and vote with your head, not your emotions. God Bless America!

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T he Presidential Election is closing

group of voters that the two sides are desperately trying to capture is the women. Back in 2008 the women sided with Senator Obama, but with this in mind Romney has been pushing to get their vote in his favor. In fact, In this election season, women are beginning to favor Romney. Amongst the women “likely voters” a recent poll shows that they side with Romney 50% to 46% for Obama.

In the case of the economy, the candidates lay down two different paths for Americans to choose from. Mitt Romney has adopted a five point plan to spur the economy which includes achieving North American energy independence by 2020, balancing the federal budget, cutting healthcare costs while repealing Obamacare, and championing small business. Obama Plans to build the economy from the middle class out. He believes that putting the middle class back to work is essential for boosting the economy. He believes his recovery plan will take a while to develop and become effective and that we are already seeing some beginning success. He has issued programs such as his Stimulus Package, and Obamacare to get the economy back in order. These types of government run programs have come under attack by the Republicans for their ineffectiveness.

Finally, Foreign policy is the next big buzz, mostly due to the recent attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Republicans have been on the offensive calling the attack a sign of the Obama Administration’s weak foreign policy. The Republicans call for an increase in national defense spending, but blame the weak economy at home as a hurdle to a strong defense. On the other side, President Obama has boasted about ending the war in Iraq, and killing Osama Bin Laden. However, perhaps the most

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can often hear the roar of the garbage can tearing through the air no matter where you are. His job is not always easy. He told us that the days after the Elder games are the hardest because the garbage cans are filled to the top and often overflowing.

James likes the fact that the job is able to keep him outside while working, and says it keeps him on his toes. He does a thankless job, often not acknowledged by the students. Next time you see James, go out of your way to thank him because he provides a service that is the backbone of any establishment.

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Take away trickor-treating, and you take away our youth Nick Antone ‘14 Staff Writer

Halloween is just around the corner, and for many students, it’s just another day. What couldn’t come fast enough. The one night a ever happened to the year you can dress up as anything scary, get excitement that came with the onset of the free candy and get a horrible stomach ache. spooky Hallows Eve? The goofy costumes It’s a holiday all kids love to celebrate but The Panther enjoys a treat from office volunteer, Nick Becker, but should high and delicious candy seem to have lost their when you get in high school, it’s time to find school students still be on the streets begging? youthful excitement for many high school something else to do on Halloween night. students.

This year Halloween is on a Wednesday. Not an ideal day to go out to a party or go Trick-or-treating is the biggest part of Halloween, and lately I’ve been hearing that to a haunted house unless you want to skip all of your homework. But it’s not impossible teens should not be participating in this wonderful activity. Teens are too old, people say. I to make it work if you really want to do it. If you just like the dress up part then cosdecided to do a survey about whether or not teens should still trick-or-treat, and the results tume parties are where it is at. They should also have some good candy there as well.

I got were quite interesting. Out of thirty students, only three raised their hands for being Parties are the best option unless your parents are strict and don’t let you leave on school in favor of teens trick-or-treating. However, when I asked the voters to close their eyes nights. and vote again, twelve more students raised their hands, making half of the thirty students With those options out, going out with younger siblings might sound like a good in favor of teens being able to trick-or-treat. This survey shows that many teens still want idea. It’s not. Senior Tom Kondash has the right idea saying he just takes it from his sibto trick-or-treat, but are afraid to because of what others think. lings. That is one thing I have done for years. They don’t realize it’s gone and you get I was shocked and disappointed when I got the results of my survey. Teens have candy without doing anything. If you don’t have siblings and are in need of a sugar high, become brainwashed into thinking that they’re too old for some free candy. It’s just go down to Kroger and buy a big bag of Reese’s. Then you can have a one man Halloween, and what else sounds better than having a bag full of candy at the end of the party with a bag of candy. Now it’s just time to realize Halloween a holiday just for kids. night when all you had do was knock on doors to receive it? Too many teens are bogged Senior Drew Keyes also made a compelling point why he doesn’t go anymore. “I down with homework, jobs, and sports. Sometimes, we as teens need to do things that don’t feel like walking.” Most likely the reason most other teenagers also don’t go out don’t take much effort such as trick-or-treating. The world is trying to make us all grow anymore. My legs are still hurting from the 12 miles of The Walk. The last thing I want up way too fast, and we’re falling into the trap. to do is to go walk a couple more miles just for some candy I can buy myself.

With constant banter from parents about having to grow up, many of us have lost our Now while students like Drew are just lazy, others don’t participate because of childhood completely, part of which includes trick-or-treating. Teens will have plenty of health reasons. years to do their growing up; In the meantime, they should be able to receive some free Nurse Geisler is not a big fan of the candy-fest. treats one night a year.

“All the sugar raises your blood sugar and you ingest a lot of calories. Neither is Another statement used by those against teens trick-or-treating is that teens are taking good for you.” the fun away from younger children. To me, however, having teens trick-or-treating is A much simpler response came from senior Nick Rosfeld. among the best way to get younger kids into the Halloween spirit. By seeing teenagers All he had to say was, “Halloween makes kids fat.” still participating in Halloween, it gives kids the idea that childhood doesn’t completely The days of going out and getting candy are over. We are almost legal adults. So it is vanish with “older” age. time to hang up the costumes Elder and find some new things to do on October 31st.

Not everyone is against trick-or-treating for teens. Senior Casey Mulligan told me, “I’m huge, and I get candy.” Many other students enjoy Halloween just as much as Casey, yet are afraid to show it.

I feel that teens are being forced to grow up too quickly. If they’re told that trick-ortreating is not acceptable for them, it makes them feel too old. As teens, we should be able The Purple Quill is published 9 times per academic year by the students enrolled in the Journalism class to hold onto our youth for as long as possible because it’s something that we can never get at Elder High School. Content is determined by the staff and does not necessarily reflect the opinions or back. policies of Elder High School’s faculty, administration or student body. Signed editorials and columns Teens should be able to participate in Halloween just as everyone else does, end of reflect the views of the writer. Letters to the editor and guest commentaries are encouraged and must be signed, although anonymity can be granted on a case by case basis.The staff reviews letters to the editor, story. If you think you’re just way too cool to trick-or-treat, then you need a reality check. advertising and guest commentaries and reserves the right to edit and refuse material. Reasons can Candy will always be delicious, but we won’t always be young enough to receive it for include length, clarity, libel, obscenity, material disruption of the educational process at Elder High free.

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I say teens should trick-or-treat. As much as they think they’re already grown up, “Give students the freedom of expression and soon everyone will want it.” they’re really not. Candy will always be delicious, and growing up doesn’t change that.

Co-Editors in Chief: Jacob Fields ‘13, Sam Kwiatkowski ‘13 Plus, walking around for your candy is better than sitting at home eating it, as adults do.

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Opinion

Friday October 26, 2012

The price of a chocolate bar Jake Fields ‘13 Co-Editor-inChief

W ithout a doubt, Halloween is the biggest holiday for candy manufacturers around the world.

Children from almost every culture celebrate the holiday.

These children go door to door each Halloween asking for candy - a tradition most everyone refers to as “trick or treating”.

Before buying that bag of Hershey’s chocolate to pass out on Halloween, however, it is essential to get informed about the source of the product you are buying.

In order to make chocolate bars, big name companies like Mars and Hershey must have cocoa beans—an essential chocolate ingredient—imported from foreign countries. Last year, 70% of cocoa beans imported to the United States came from the Ivory Coast of Africa.

While most Americans are aware that cocoa beans are imported to the US, meaning they are not grown at home, the majority are not aware of the slave labor that, unfortunately, goes into picking most of these cocoa beans.

An estimated 15,000 African children have been trafficked into chocolate slavery.

According to Mr. Matt Kemper, a St. Xavier teacher who gives his free time to speak about modern human slavery, the children are trafficked into slavery in a few ways.

First, unable to feed their growing children, Ivorian parents pay a fee to farmers who promise to take the children to their

farms, where the children will be paid to work. In reality, these “farmers” end up taking the children to distant countries where they are sold as slaves to plantation owners.

The parents think they are doing what’s best for their children, but, in reality, they are often unknowingly selling their children into slavery.

A second way in which African children are trafficked into slavery is simply through abduction. Slave drivers will kidnap children from their villages and then sell them to chocolate or coffee farm owners.

Finally, African children, knowing it is time to become self-sufficient, will travel

If I had anything to say to those who eat the chocolate, they would not be kind words. miles looking for jobs. These children will be promised paid jobs by farm owners. In reality, the children are selling themselves in to slavery. Just as the case when parents sell their children to the slave drivers, the children have no idea what’s actually going on.

These abducted children work under brutal conditions. Their new lives revolve completely around chocolate, a treat which we have all come to know and love. Yet almost none of these children will taste a chocolate bar in their lives.

In a CNN interview, a recently freed child slave from Mali had this to say about chocolate, “No, I have never eaten the chocolate before that I have worked so hard to make. If I had anything to say to those who eat the chocolate, they would not be kind words. They are eating our flesh.”

Here is an excerpt from Aly Diabate’s,

another child slave, story: Unfortunately, modern human slavery “When I was 11 years old, I was taken is still a problem in existence today. by a slave trader and sold to a farmer in the According to the US Department of State, Ivory Coast. For 4 years, I worked 80 - 100 there are an estimated 700,000 slaves trafhours per week. I was beaten. At night we ficked today. An estimated 645,000 slaves were locked into a windowless shed - 18 were brought to the New World with boys in a 20’ x 25’ room. We had a bucket to Columbus to put this in perspective to preuse instead of a toilet. We were let out only Civil War America. to work.”

Luckily, there are a few things we can Aly Diabate was promised a bicycle do to help. and $150 for his family in The first thing we can do is exchange for his work on a buy Fair Trade products. Fair farm in the Ivory Coast. Once Trade is a nonprofit organizahe arrived at the cocoa farm of tion that checks products to “Le Gros” (the big man), life ensure that no slave labor has was not as he had expected. gone into the manufacturing of He and the other children them. Fair Trade sells many were forced to work 12 1/2 products, ranging from coffee to hours every day in the fields. clothing to chocolate. Many He was forced to carry bags of local parishes sell Fair Trade cocoa that were taller than his products after Mass a few times Look for this fairtrade a month, so check your parish’s four foot frame. The others would help hoist the heavy bag logo to insure products bulletin to see if this is someyou buy are produced thing your church does! onto his head and when he fell without slave labor. down, the boss would beat him A second thing we all can with a bicycle chain until he do is to help raise awareness. stood back up and lifted the bag again.

Until I attended the Mayerson Conference When night fell, he and the 18 other at the University of Cincinnati this year; I slaves were locked in a 25’ X 20’ room with was completely unaware of modern human only a can to use for a toilet and hard wood slavery. I assumed slavery was something plank to sleep on. that ceased to exist with the creation of the Aly is one of the luckier ones. One day Emancipation Proclamation. Tell your para boy was able to escape and reported Le ents and other relatives about Fair Trade Gros to the authorities. The farmer was and push them to buy it whenever possible. arrested and the boys send back home.

Modern human slavery DOES exist, Le Gros had to pay Aly the equivalent and it is one of the greatest evils that exists of U.S. $180 for eighteen months work. Aly today. Through the purchase of Fair Trade is left with physical and mental scars. He products, we can all do our part in making had nightmares of the beating every night. the world a better place. Next time you’re at Many of the children are not as lucky the vending machine, take a minute to think as Aly. They are still slaves on the cocoa about everything that went into making that farms, subjected to beating, abuse and Twix Bar. The true price of a chocolate bar overall dehumanization every day. isn’t really a dollar, but it’s the slave labor and exploitation that went into it’s creation.

Free internet music services Mark Mazza ‘14 Staff Writer

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rom Juniors to Freshmen, Elder has given students laptops to “help us” with school work.

But in reality, much more time has been spent on finding ways around blocks that the tech guys put up and listening to music. When free time comes after tests and classes end early, students occupy their time listening to music. Pandora, Grooveshark, Spotify, and Playlist top the most used sites to waste time listening to music.

Founded in 2000 by three guys in California, Pandora has since become the most widely used internet radio service having over 54.9 million users based on a July 2012 estimate. Although you cannot pick a certain song to listen to, you can pick a genre or artist to listen to and get random songs and music for hours.

Grooveshark, on the other hand, is a site on which you can roam freely to pick whatever music you want with no limitations to the listening order you. Even though Grooveshark was launched in 2007, it has raked in just as much popularity as Pandora or Playlist. Recently Grooveshark has been sued for copyright and has been under scrutiny by many music companies, but Grooveshark

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says it operates under a “safe harbor” provision of U.S. law.

A third site that is widely used around Elder is Playlist which is an oldie but a goodie. Playlist has been around as long as Mr. Kriemer and has yet to die out. Although Grooveshark and Playlist are very similar people prefer one or the other. Playlist is pretty straight forward on how to go about it and download music which makes it more appealing to technology challenged people.

Lastly, is Spotify which is an add-on from Facebook and is relatively new. It’s a lot like Pandora, were you search a certain band, album, or artist and you’ll get a whole playlist of the artist or group you searched. One downfall of this one is that on Facebook everyone can see what you’re listening to, so if you are listening to something on the odd or on the questionable side, there’s a good chance your friends will see and have a few words for you.

Everyone has their favorite one that their school day is occupied with. In my opinion I prefer Grooveshark because I can search whatever song I want and make my own playlist and it doesn’t get blocked by the infamous tech guys who are starting to just block everything.

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Friday October 26, 2012

Clay Benjamin ‘13 News Editor

the one and only, Mr.Buetsche. When I asked Mr.Buetsche what his favorite part of having Jeff in class he replied, “His sense of humor and wittiness that he not only brings to class, but his art as well. eff Harpenau is Jeff is also very self-motivated when it an unobtrusive, comes to his work.” quiet senior who “My favorite part of his art is his use you may have seen of patterns to express emotions or wandering the halls actions; he really has a dynamic use of of this great instituspace. And his love for cats add humor to tion. However, one thing you don’t his work,” said Mr. Buetsche. know about Jeff is that he is a great He went on to say that Jeff’s art artist. reminded him of one artist in particular.

To start my quest to find some “Trenton Doyle Hancock comes to mind insight on Jeff’s art, I went to Mrs. every time I see a Harpenau for Harpenau piece.” answers.

After hearing “Jeff is very from the people talented,” said his that know Jeff the mother. “His art best, I went to the shows emotions man himself. When with a contempoI walked into the rary flair!” Mrs. art room, I found Harpenau, an artist Jeff working attenherself, finished tively on his latest off the interview piece. Luckily, Jeff by saying that she took time out of his can definitely see busy schedule to Jeff having a answer some quescareer in art. tions for The Quill.

“Hopefully he “My mom,” chooses a career said Jeff when where he will be asked what the able to support spark that spurred himself.” his interest in art Later on my was. “She is an journey to find out artist herself. She is more about Jeff like my Master and his artistic One of Jeff’s watercolors Yoda or someability, I went to

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Art Senior of the month: Jeff Harpenau

thing.”

“Content wise, my art usually deals with my emotions or how I am feeling at particular point in time. But also keeping it as close to the assignment as possible.”

When I asked Jeff what media he usually works with, “Watercolor paints. I like my art to be bright and I feel I have had the best luck with watercolor thus far.”

Jeff went on to finish the interview by saying that he hopes to pursue a career in graphic design. “I have applied to the DAAP program at UC and if I get accepted, I’ll plan my career from there.”

Jeff focuses on his latest piece.

So whether you see Jeff in the classroom, in the halls or in the art room, you can guarantee he is thinking of his next masterpiece.

Features

Friday October 26, 2012 Jeremy Reed ‘13 Staff Writer

E lderama is the major fund raiser for Elder High School; it is basically a big auction where the people gather in the basketball gym. It was started in the fall of 1986 by Mary Joe and Bob Westendorf.

The theme for this year’s 27th annual Elderama was “Come Fly with Me”. The reservation was made to look like an airline ticket.

Elderama started in the fall of 1986 and has been running for 27 years. The event raises around $113,000 annually.

“To help raise money, Elderama has oral and silent auctions, split the pot, heads and tails game, basket booth, grand raffle, and a jewelry raffle,” says Mrs. Meyer who is a big part of the project.

Elderama proceeds go mainly to financial aid, but this year $23,400 was set aside for families that have experienced especially difficult financial hardships.

A featured item in this year’s auction was a Lego creation of The Elder Pit that was donated back to Elder. The Lego Pit is to have a case built, and will most likely be displayed in the Schaeper Center. The Lego Pit was bought and donated by the one and only Mr.Butch Hubert. Another item that was donated back was the winnings from the Heads and Tails. It is similar to the more familiar split the pot. The game sold necklaces to people who wanted to play. After a certain amount of time they stopped selling them and had everyone that was going to play stand up. They were up on stage and

Images of some of the items that were part of the 2012 Elderama auction. (from the top) Workout with Kyle Rudolph, Elder comforter, Elder furntiure and the Elder dragster.

had a coin flipper. If people playing wanted heads they would put their hands on top of their heads, and if they wanted tails they would place their hands upon their butts. If they got the opposite of what the coin landed on they were out and would have to sit down. If they got it right they would stay standing until it got down to one person standing. This year when there were only two people still standing, they both decided that they were just going to donate the money back to Elder.

Lego Pit goes for $500 Alex Lind ‘13 Back Page Editor

E lderama was was a great success as was the auction of the Lego Pit. The Lego Pit was auctioned off during Elderama along with all the other great items. The winning bidder was Butch Hubert with a bid of $500. Before the auction started he told the auctioneer to start the auction at $1,000, instead the auctioneer started it at $300. After the event, Butch sought out Graham Swink, the builder of the replica, and told the student he felt bad because the Pit should’ve gone for a larger amount. The two are going to try to work out a deal where additional money or another lego structure such as the actual school

building is added to the Pit. Mr. Hubert decided to donate the replica back to Elder. The idea came about to put the Pit replica on display somewhere at Elder but where to put it is still in question.

The replica was measured so that a showcase of either glass or Plexiglas could be constructed. One idea was to put it on display in the Main Hallway but other ideas arose. The other choice would to put it in the Schaeper center. Graham, Butch, and some other people involved are working on what is going to happen with the Pit and where it will be displayed.

Graham is now working on plans for a Lego replica of the field house and the main building at Elder.

Congratulations to Graham and all those involved with the building and Elderama. Also, a big thanks to Butch and all those involved that made Elderama such a great success.

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The Lego Pit and the designers of the project (inset)

Features

Move 2012!

AJ Burdine ‘13 Staff Writer

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owered by Chick-Fil-A, Move 2012 (a leadership conference attended by several Elder students)was a definitely a success.

Speeches were given by Bengal Hall of Famer Anthony Munoz, Chick-Fil-A owner Dan Cathy and Navy seal John Sanchez. Journey of Action creators Ryan and Cassidy Brown were very touching at the beginning of the seminar.

Students who were members of leadership teams or just interested in learning more about leadership attended this convention.

From first-hand experience, I thought the seminar was very engaging for the typical American teenager. I felt the speakers related to the audience fairly well. There were a variety of ages represented in all the key speakers.

Journey of Action owners Ryan and Cassidy Brown talked about all of their hardships and the travails they had to overcome being recent college graduates.

They were living in Nashville and had no money after graduating from Belmont University in Communications. The only thing they had was a dream. They knew they wanted to use technology to connect with other young people to make change in our world. They just had to find a way.

Since they had no money, they had to find sponsors. They eventually talked Timberland into sponsoring their transportation, room and board, and other expenses for traveling around the world.

Our generation, which is commonly called Generation Y, is thought of as being consumed by media. The siblings felt they had to make our generation mean something.

The duo made a lot of sacrifices to get started. They traveled in a short bus that they found on Google. It ran on veggie oil and diesel so it saved a lot of money.

If you truly want to make a change and make something happen then you have to make sacrifices. Everyone will not agree with you. Ryan and Cassidy talked about empathy and how it’s different from sympathy. “Empathy makes something bother you and moves you to perform actions instead of just caring.”

Navy seal-John Sanchez also had some very touching comments. He grad-

uated from the United States Naval Academy. He discussed rigorous activities he had to complete throughout the program. Only fourteen out of the 140 original students made it through the program.

Mr. Sanchez talked about a quote that was on a wall at the Naval Academy.

“Be someone special.” This means you should not do things just to benefit you.

Mr. Sanchez said, “Just know that when you do things for others, service will cost you.’’

The most meaningful thing that I learned from Mr. Sanchez was when he said, “The only easy day was yesterday.”

Even though something is hard to overcome, just realize you made it through.

This is the mindset that Mr. Sanchez had throughout his training in the Naval Academy. This mindset helped him become the top student in his class When the speakers were asked some questions in the questionnaire, some of the replies surprised me. When Anthony Munoz was asked what the hardest thing he has been through was, he said physical adversity. He wasn’t sure if his knees would be able to continue to take the physical contact of football. He finished his comments saying that his outlet from bad childhood issues, was baseball.

When you think of Anthony Munoz, you usually don’t think of baseball.

Ryan and Cassidy Brown’s favorite part of their job were the relationships with people, who they got to meet, and where they got to go. They were asked, “How do you find your purpose?” They replied, “You have to step outside of your comfort zone”. Sometimes when you want to do something that’s meaningful, it can be hard to be different from what most other people are doing.

Finally, the group talked about the important points of being a leader. A leader doesn’t care what people think.

Usually the first impression they receive from people is that they are crazy.

The greatest quality of a good leader is to have a positive attitude. Things aren’t always going to go your way. But you can’t get discouraged and give up.

Be the guy that says the glass is half-full instead of half-empty. Even though the leader is important, the most important person is the first follower. Without the first follower to show that the leader is right, then the leader would be just another crazy person in the eyes of the rest of the crowd.

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The leadership panel at the Move 2012 Conference at the Cintas Center on the campus of Xavier University.

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Top ten Halloween costumes AJ Burdine ‘13 Staff Writer

L ast week I made a poll on our Elder Journalism page. Top three vote getters were: third; Ben Kenning’s Batman, second; Nick Bley’s Panther, first; the unknown’s.Naughty Nurse.

In order for our polls to me more representative of our student body, we need more participation than just 50 or so students.

Listen for more morning announcements about next month’s online version of The Quill and look for our poll right there on the main page.

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Friday October 26, 2012

Features

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Reprinted from The Purple Quill Online

Jake Fields ‘13 Co-Editor-inChief

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any students are involved in different activities around Elder. With a number of varsity sports, clubs, and organization there are many way to get involved. But perhaps the most important club is one of the newest—the Support our Troops club.

The origins of the Support our Troops club date back to 2008, when Elder students Matt Brannon and Ben Combs became involved with aiding Elder grads who were serving overseas.

Brannon and Combs spent their senior years packaging and sending care packages; however, after the duo graduated, there was nobody to take their place sending aid to Elder grads.

Last school year, the Support our Troops club was reinstated when Brannon decided to make a call to Elder High School.

According to Mr. Bill in the alumni office, Brannon felt the need for the Support our Troops club to be continued for all the Panthers serving in the military. One day in the fall of 2011, Brannon called up to suggest the creation of a Support our Troops club—on this day the club was born.

Last year—the Support our Troops club helped over 16 soldiers—15 of

which were Elder grads (the other being a Moeller grad).

The money for the care packages was raised both through Theme Days and the sale of “Panther Strong” wrist bands.

Timothy Bill, uncle of sophomore Nick Bill, sent a thank you letter for the care package he received last year. Here is an excerpt: I want to thank the young men of Elder, the alumni, staff, and the entire Elder family for their support this holiday season. Like many soldiers I am happy to be deployed and doing the job I volunteered to do. However, it is never easy to leave your home, your family, or your friends, especially for the duration of an entire year. A sentiment felt most keenly during the holidays. Times that normally abound with family gatherings and cheerful parties, but when deployed, it is just another day at work. However, it was especially uplifting to receive a package from the place I credit with instilling the beliefs in duty, loyalty, and selfless service which was instrumental in leading me to my military career.

While the Support our Troops club obviously had much success last year, Mr. Bill explained how that success has gained even more momentum going into this school year. A little over 30 kids have already signed up for the club which is quite an impressive number.

With such a big turnout, the club had to be split into four committees this year.

First, the Shopping Committee is in charge of buying and deciding what goes into each care package. Some of the things the shopping committee will be

photo by Jake Fields

Elder Panthers supporting our troops

Students volunteer selling wristbands and other items during lunch periods to support the troops

buying range from DVDs to razors to pop tarts.

Next, the Theme Day Committee is responsible for of setting up a date for which would the proceeds would benefit the club. Members of this committee are also responsible for collecting money on the Theme Day. Members of the wrist band committee will be selling wristbands at lunch and before school. Again, all proceeds will go towards buying supplies to put into each care package.

Finally, the Future Events Committee, true to its name, is in charge of planning all future events.

Junior Jonathan Rieter, who is serving on the Shopping Committee, joined the club for a number of reasons.

“Most importantly,” Rieter explains, “I wanted to support the troops that attended Elder and [who] protect our freedom on a daily basis.”

In order for this newly formed club to be successful, we need Panthers to stay involved.

Matthew Brannon had this to say about involvement: “While this club is an Elder club, we wouldn’t be men of Elder if we weren’t willing to help as many people as we are able to. However, to be able to help our fellow alumni and friends, we need the help of the Elder students and community. It is through the students that we are able to raise the money to send these packages. It is up to the Elder community to support our effort and give us the information that we need in order to help our alumni.”

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Sports

Friday October 26, 2012

Mid-season College Football Review (Through October 13) Sam Kwiatkowski ‘13

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Co-Editor-in-Chief

he Purple Quill looks back at the first half of play in the 2012 campaign.

Best Game: N.C. State vs.

Florida State - The then-No.3 ranked team, Florida State, went into the locker-room at half with a comfortable 16-0 lead over the Wolfpack.

However, after halftime, N.C. State veteran quarterback Mike Glennon and the N.C. State defense took over. Glennon had two second-half scores, while the defense held the Seminoles to zero points. The loss put Florida State’s hopes of a national championship berth in limbo.

Mid-season freshman of the year: Marcus Mariota, Oregon - The Hawaii native is having a stellar first year as an Oregon Duck. He was called into duty after former Oregon quarterback, Darron Thomas skipped his senior year and turned pro. Although young, Mariota has been preforming well beyond his years.

He has 1,300 yards and 15 touchdowns through first half of the Duck’s season.

Most importantly, Mariota has Oregon at a perfect 6-0 and third in the polls.

Surprise Team: Notre Dame - One might have thought Brian Kelly and the Fighting Irish would never get back to their winning ways. However, in Coach BK’s third season, the Irish are finally striving. They are undefeated through six games, and have arguably the nation’s best defense - giving up an average of only eight points a game. Notre Dame has passed early tests against Michigan and Stanford, but they still have Oklahoma and USC remaining on their brutal schedule. It will be extremely tough for the Irish to run the table and ultimately earn a spot in the BCS National Championship.

He leads one of the nation’s best defenses in tackles (59); he also has three interceptions and two fumble recoveries for the Irish. *honorable mention*: Oregon State - The Beavers are a surprising 5-0 on the season; they have wins over two top 25 teams, Wisconsin and UCLA. At eighth in the country, Oregon State is in the mix for a BCS bid.

Offensive Mid-Season M.V.P:

Panthers look to finish strong Sam Kwiatkowski ‘13

Co-Editor-in-Chief

L ast time the Lasalle Lancers were in the Pit, their perfect season and nine game winning streak was snapped. This time around, the Lancers are the underdog, and hope to ruin Elder’s senior night and chances of hosting a home playoff game.

“It’s senior night, and our last regular season game playing in the Pit,” said senior wide receiver and kick returner Max Mazza . “We are coming off a big win at Highlands and this game means a lot for the playoffs and getting a home

“We’re the 12th man, and it’s our responsibility to get to the game and be loud.

We have to help the team in any way possible.” game in the first round. We need a big cheering section out there supporting us.”

On the campaign, the Lancers have demolished Bishop Watterson (OH), Indianapolis Northwest (IN), Covington Catholic (KY), and Princeton (OH), all lower tier competition. However, when playing quality opponents, LaSalle is a whopping 0-5.

A bright spot in the Lancer’s 4-4 season has been the play of junior widereceiver Derek Kief. In just eight games, Kief has compiled 800 receiving yards and eight touchdowns.

Senior DB Nick Coon and the Panther secondary have their work cut out for them when dealing with this passing threat.

“Lasalle is always a big game,” Coon said. “It’s the last game of the regular season, and we are playing a G.C.L

rival. The defensive backs just have to play disciplined and execute. Leave it all on the field.”

According to Joe Eitel’s Divison 1 Region 4 Harbin Ranking projections, the Panthers clinched a playoff berth with their monumental win over Highlands.

However, a victory against G.C.L rival Lasalle will clinch a home playoff game for the Panthers. Senior cheerleader Tyler Loebker understands how important it is to play at home versus away.

“The team needs the cheering section behind them,” Loebker said. “We’re the 12th man, and it’s our responsibility to get to the game and be loud. We have to help the team in any way possible.”

The Lancers are led by senior QB Brad Burkhart, senior CB Jaleel Hytchye, junior WR Derek Kief, and sophomore DL Jordan Thompson. The Panthers are trying to revenge last year’s 17-14 loss against LaSalle.

Geno Smith, West Virginia Smith is on track to be holding the coveted Heisman Trophy at the end of the regular season. Through six games, Smith has passed for a remarkable 2,271 yards and 25 touchdowns. He has led the West Virginia Mountaineers to a 5-1 record despite having one of the nation’s worst defenses. To top it all off, Smith has gone six games without an interception; that’s on 259 pass attempts.

Defensive Mid-Season M.V.P: Manti Te’o, Notre Dame - Te’o has been a tremendous leader at Notre Dame this season.

He leads one of the nation’s best defenses in tackles (59); he also has three interceptions and two fumble recoveries for the Irish. More importantly, Te’o has made plays when his team needs it. Te’o is the main reason why the Fighting Irish is sitting at 6-0 mid-way through the season.

Biggest Disappointment: Michigan - The Wolverines came into the 2012 season with an experienced quarterback and a team anxious to repeat last year’s success. However, the young Wolverine squad stumbled out of the gate, losing to Alabama and Notre Dame.

Luckily, the Wolverines have a chance to

photo by Sam Kwiatkowski

Notre Dame has excelled this season at home

regroup and win the Big Ten Conference with great play in the second-half of the season.

Elder Senior Captains (left to right) Josh Moore, Mike Schroer, and Max Mazza prepare for the last regular season game at the Pit.

Junior work horse running back Chris Schroer takes the ball on one of his record-breaking 45 carries against Highlands.

Look for special features on Chris in our online edition as well. photos courtesy of EHSports.com

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Elder Soccer: Statebound A s we’ve all heard, this year Elder’s Soccer Team is on fire. After just two losses, a forfeit loss, and one tie – against Dayton Carroll, a D-II school with a 23-0-1 record, the 13-3-1 team played Lakota East on the 18th after a first round bye, which resulted in of course, and good game and a solid 3-1 win for the Panthers.

The first game of the season, where now ineligible Kory Hamman scored the only goal that won the game, has been ruled a loss by forfeit after Kory was ruled ineligible.

I got a chance to talk with a few of the guys. One being Elders leading scorer with 11 goals on the season, Josh Enginger. Surely being a part one of the best teams this school has seen in decades, I had to wonder, what was making the difference this season – other than of course a stacked offense and Michael Luebbe, leading a defense with 9 shutouts. (The first game of the season

A Legend Retires Reprinted from The Purple Quill Online

Clay Benjamin ‘13 News Editor

A typical Friday night at the Pit consists of a loud and rambunctious cheering section, tailgating in the Schaeper Center lot, a delicious slice of LaRosa’s and a Panther victory.

What you may not know, however, is the man in the press Box. That man is Denny Wright.

To find out more about the man behind the mic, I went to one faculty member that is in the press box every Friday night: Coach Bengel. I asked Coach Bengel if has learned anything from being in the box alongside Mr. Wright and he replied, “It is funny really.

My partner, John Kirtley, learned everything he knows from Denny and I learned everything I know from John.”

Coach Bengel went on to say that Mr. Wright really appreciates his job.

“He genuinely loves Elder. Being the PA

was a shutout, which should make 10, but of course, ruled a loss.)

Josh said that the success can be attributed to “Mr. Miliano’s advice tips, and Miliano’s parties, and the fact that we work and talk together more.”

Kory Hamman, watching from the sides due to Oak Hills whining about his transfer, agrees that the team benefits from Coach Miliano’s tips and soccer stories. Hamman who wears the number 9, looking forward to next season, also stated he wants to be “the best there ever was.”

The Juggernaut in the goal, Michael Leubbe, when I got a chance to talk to him said that the key to Elder’s un-passable defense is the height in the back.

With Tyler Shuman, Hayden Cook, Drew Dressmen, and Sam Maciejewski topping off the Elder starting D, the obvious thing is at least 75 percent of these guys are substantially taller than most opponents, and give them a huge advantage.

Michael also added that the “leadership, and capabilities” of the team is adding to the success.

After senior night recently, Seniors Leubbe, Boiman, Kurzhals, Lindle, Dressman, Cook, and team captain Shuman, look to finish their last high announcer is not a job to him, it is fun for him.”

Mr. Wright has been in Elder’s press box being the stadium’s PA announcer for the past 40 years. To find out more information about his illustrious career, I went to the legend himself.

CB: “How did you get started doing the PA for the Panthers?”

DW: “My father-in-law was Bill Kolkmeyer. He knew I had a BFA degree from UC and was calling the races at Turfway Park (then Latonia Race Track).

He asked me if I would be interested in filling in on the PA for Elder football; I said I’d try it and 40 years later I’m still here.”

CB: “What is the greatest game you have ever called?”

DW: “I can’t really say I can recall one particular greatest game but some of my favorites were the Thanksgiving Day games against West High, especially when they played it down at Riverfront

school season off strong. Of course, preparing to hand the leadership off to the Juniors, and even Joey Sabato, a Varsity playing freshman who seems to a be a prodigy. Odds are we’ll hear from Sabato well past this season.

The playoffs are looking good, and with Coah Ruehl back, the odds are stacked against our opponents. Coach Dave Ruehl has been an Elder man for years. He coached here from 1996 until he left in 2005 due to his wife’s health.

His return to coaching began at St. Ursula where he led the Girls’ varsity team to two State Championships in 3 years, with a 90-6-8 overall record.

Looking ahead in the playoffs, Junior Sam Maciejewski told me “Loveland is going to be tough but if we play hard I think that we can take the win. The defense is holding tough and will be key to our advancement through the tournament. Also, we can’t let down, photo by Clay Benjamin

Chris Henkel ‘14 Staff Writer

“...we can’t let down, no matter what the score is.”

- Sam Maciejewski

Top runner Logan Steiner at the Mason Invitational.

Stadium.”

CB: “What is you fondest memory from calling the games?”

DW: “Fondest memories are many, but the first year; the 9-0-1 team and 8 shutouts is huge, the ‘02 and ‘03 State Champions are great; and for me going on to the field before each game to check the lineups and interacting with the coaches from both schools and the players, is very meaningful.”

CB: “Has being a PA announcer taught you anything?”

DW: “Being a PA announcer I

no matter what the score is.”

In talking to front man Josh Enginger, he also told me “we are playing stronger and with more and more confidence. Our key is being smart all around with our midfield holding us together. Sam Maciejewski and Tyler Schuman have been crucial in communications to the defense. We are tough in the back and strong up top.”

You heard it from the man. I think the general feeling among Panthers worldwide, is that we’re takin’ Ohio.

Just this past Monday, the Soccer Panthers knocked Loveland High School out of the district tournament with a 2-1 win. The match was a shutout until the last 43 seconds – when Loveland showed a final breath with a late score. With this win the Panthers were advanced to the district finals. My hope is that tons of you aspiring panther soccer fans made it out to Edgewood HS for the game, as I know I did, and by the time you’re reading this, Mr. Dabbelt will have already announced the news of the success of the Panthers, in their goal – State domination. learned that if you remember you’re not a play-by-play guy or color commentator you will be just as effective and do a better job. I believe in the KISS system (Keep It Simple Stupid).”

CB: “What is one thing, if any, that will stick with you from being a PA announcer for Elder?”

DW: “Even though I came in as an outsider, I now bleed PURPLE. Also the many members of the Elder family I’ve personally met, and those thousands of others who only know my voice. All these welcomed me into the Elder family.”

Though a replacement has not yet been named for Wright, whoever takes his place will have big shoes to fill. With two more home games left this season, let us try to celebrate Wright and his contribution to the Elder football program.

Be sure to visit our online site to watch and listen to the video of Denny from the St. X game.

What is it and where is it?

Conor McCullough ‘13

T his new section of The Quill features up

close pictures of places and things that most students pass every day at Elder, but never notice in the rush of the school day. Look real close at these four pictures and try to guess what they are and where they are around Elder.

The locations of these images will be revealed in our next online November edition of The Quill. Additional installments of this feature will also be appearing in our online version, so look for more images there as well.

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photos by Conor McCollough

Staff Writer

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Sports

Walsh Winning Reprinted from The Purple Quill Online

Ian Sullivan ‘13 Faculty Features Editor

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rennen Walsh was a golf prodigy even when he was a just a Visitation Viking. Since then he has become a four year starter on Elder’s Varsity Golf Team.

Brennen Walsh was a golf prodigy even when he was a just a Visitation Viking. Since then he has become a four year starter on Elder’s Varsity Golf Team.

Brennen is now a senior tearing up the GCL. He came in second place in the GCL in the regular season. He is the captain of the team and is a great leader.

His work ethic and his respect for

Brennan shows of the form that he will take to UC next year to play for the Bearcats.

the game has spread to the rest of his team.

“Brennen has a tough practice regimen and works incredibly hard. He is truly a student of the game.”

Zach Bauer, one of Brennen’s teammates with a very promising future explained, “Being a junior on the team, I have really looked up to Brennen. He has been a great leader and has really made us a closer and better team.”

Mr. Ploehs also added, “Brennen has a tough practice regimen and works incredibly hard. He is truly a student of the game.”

Brennen’s impact on this team is undeniable; he has medaled in all but one golf match this year for the Panthers.

Last week the GCL tournament took place at Weatherwax and Brennen came in first place! He didn’t just win the tournament; he won it with style sinking

photo courtesy of Brennan Walsh

his first hole-in-one on the third hole, a 207 yard, par 3.

Brennen said, “It was my first holein-one ever, and it was an incredible feeling. What was really cool was that even my St. X, Moeller, and LaSalle opponents went crazy for me. It was just an amazing day.”

A few days after winning the GCL tournament, Brennen was offered a scholarship to play golf at The University of Cincinnati, and committed the next day.

He told The Quill, “I am really excited to play at the next level. It’s going to be sweet living with the team at UC. I know it’s going to be tough, but I can’t wait to compete.”

Brennen has undoubtedly helped make the growing Elder Golf Program even better, and all the Panthers will be right behind him rooting him on through the sectional, district, and state tournament.

At the district tournament Brennen Walsh shot a 77 which missed qualifying for state by 3 strokes, but Brennen had a great year and career at Elder.

We will all be watching for him to do big things at UC next year.

Friday October 26, 2012

A season of change: Elder Golf

Bill Macke ‘13 Features Editor

T he 2012 season for the Elder Golfers was one in which little was expected out of the team. Nobody really thought the Golf team would do anything special this year, but that is quite the contrary. Elder came in last in the GCL which was a huge disappointment, but the team really shocked the naysayers when they beat their arch rivals, St. Xavier in the sectional tournament. This advanced Elder to the district tournament. Even though none of the Elder golfers made it out of districts and to State, the team has a lot to look forward to with all of the young talent on the team, and with the enthusiasm of a new head coach.

At the beginning of the 2012 season, Head Coach Mike Trimpe announced he would retire at the end of the year. Coach Trimpe is extremely active in the Catholic Church and has wanted to become even more involved than he already is. So Coach Trimpe is going to become a deacon. Becoming a deacon takes up a lot of time and Trimpe couldn’t coach golf and fulfill all

The guy code Jimmy White ’13 Staff Writer

Many people may have thought starting senior quarterback Josh Moore was out during the St. X game due to a shoulder injury. But new information indicates it may have been a back injury. What kind of back injury you ask? Well, let’s just say there was a lot of bleeding from cuts that looked like slash marks. I have been baffled as to how he could have possibly gotten these cuts for several weeks, so I decided to take a closer look at the story behind the cuts on Josh’s back.

As I started to investigate I found out that Josh recently found himself a girl who is now his girlfriend; his first in three years. I guess you could say Josh was a little desperate because it only took them a month and three days before they ended up dating. However, this alone doesn’t explain the marks on Josh’s back.

I then came to the conclusion that these slash marks were actually from a whip and not from football.

Who is causing these marks you might ask? My theory is that it is EMMA, who is Josh’s girlfriend! I have figured this out due to the abundance of evidence we have found in the past two weeks.

For example, one day at football practice I happened to stumble across a ring on the ground right below Josh’s locker. This was no ordinary ring; it had the name of Emma across the front of it in green. Another telling sign is when Josh never hangs out with his guy

coaching, the man knows the game, and has an enthusiasm for it like no other.

Robben said that he is excited to be the Head Coach and is really looking forward to the next golf season for the Elder Panthers. The golf team graduates four seniors from this year’s sectional qualifiers: Bill Macke, Zach Willmes, Ben Beall and former State Qualifier and GCL first teamer, Brennan Walsh. Walsh will be attending the University of Cincinnati next year on a golf scholarship. With a new coach and lots of returning young talent returning to the varsity, including Freshman Kurt Fortman and Sophomore Josh Rhoads, the future still looks promising for the Elder linksters despite the tough losses from this year’s squad.

friends. Instead, he chooses to attend her soccer games. The only thing I can say is wow!

Another thing that just blows my mind is when he decided to have her over after a huge win in the Pit. Why wouldn’t you go out with the football players? I’m guessing he was too busy being whipped.

On our day off due to the PSAT for the underclassmen, Josh decided to bring his girl some chipotle. I guess the severe pain on his back is getting to his head and somehow she now has total control over him.

What will she make him do next?

She is a LaSalle fan, so will she talk him into throwing the game? I sure hope not, but like I said before, she has total control so who knows what will happen. I can guarantee you one thing, if she asked him to do it he might actually agree.

There is no doubt that Josh is being whipped. Is it just normal because they are a new couple, or is this going to keep occurring? I took the time to interview Kenny Wengert, a fellow friend of Josh’s.

“What do you think about Josh and his new girl, Emma? And do you think Josh is too attached?”

Kenny said, “Every time I’m around Josh he is always talking about Emma.

It’s quite annoying and honestly, he is already whipped.” He also said, “If he wants to benefit the football team he would reevaluate his priorities because it is showing in his stats. Ever since he met her his stats have gone down.”

Being Josh’s friend, he always asks me to come over and watch Guy Code.

Well isn’t that ironic, he is obviously not following the rules from the show. So get your stuff together Josh, and stop being whipped.

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The Panther’s Halloween Blaise Weber ‘13 Sports Editor

Most Elder students are too old to celebrate Halloween, but there is one person who loves the final day of October: the Elder Panther. He has an exacting routine for his favorite holiday, and the Purple Quill got a firsthand account of the day.

Preparation starts as soon as school lets out on the 31st. The Panther scrambles to make the campus look spooky for the night to come. Fake purple blood is splattered through the halls, and skeletons from coach Boeing’s room are placed in mysterious places. The gargoyles on the building are lighted and Elder takes on a haunted castle look.

The Panther doesn’t dress up considering he is a purple Panther, and always looks like he is dressed up.

He then sits on the front steps of the school, and serves the trick or treaters.

Most little kids are too terrified of the look of Elder to dare enter the front gate, so the Panther doesn’t have to stay too long.

The night only gets better as the Panther’s mascot friends from around the city come to his Halloween party in the Pit. It’s an exclusive list, so the Panther hires Coach Al to be his bouncer.

The Panther waits for trick-ortreaters on the front steps of Elder.

The Highlander from Oak Hills usually tries to sneak in, but is immediately beat down by the security team. Other invitees include Al T. Ora, and the ghost of William Henry himself.

The last part of the night is the favorite of the Panther. Mr. Otten shows up in his glorious purple jacket, and the two proceed up the stairs to the fifth floor radio station, and send out a Happy Halloween broadcast to all Panthers.

Then they head onto the roof, enjoy their candy, and wait for the sun to rise over the Pit. The Panther trying to score some treats from Coach Rankin.

photo by Blaise Weber

the time requirements of becoming a deacon, so he did what he tells all his players “God first, family second, school third, and golf last”. Being a man of his word, Trimpe is putting God first in his life, committing to the deaconate program and saying farwell to elder golf after 23 seasons.

With Trimpe announcing his retirement as varsity coach, the athletic department was quickly on the search for his successor. The hunt was over when Matthew Robben, a former player for Elder and graduate of the 2008 class, was selected to take the reins from Trimpe.

Robben has been the coach of the Varsity B team since 2011, so even though he doesn’t have a lot of experience with

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photo by Blaise Weber

Friday October 26, 2012

Arts & Entertainment

The Walking Dead Season 3 Episodes “Seed” and “Sick” Michael Schroer ‘13 Staff Writer

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eason 3 kicks off with a bang! The episode “Seed” shows the group after they have survived the winter. Andrea has fought with Michonne all throughout the winter and has survived as a strong mini group. Andrea, still separated from the original group, is sick and tells Michonne to move on. She says no and begins to move on with Andrea.

The winter has changed all the characters. Most of the members in the group have been formed into true killers. Carl, Glenn, Maggie, Carol, and Hershel are the main members who have truly been formed by the winter. Rick has always been able to kill but now has dropped some of his morals in order to save the group.

Rick’s group finds an abandoned house before finding the prison. The group moves in and Carl shows off his new instinct by searching the entire house and even killing walkers trying to find some food. Lori is near birth and the group wants to find a place for her to deliver the baby.

Rick has turned into a control freak with the safety of the group. He has lost the love and enjoyment of people and things you would see in season 2.

The group moves on and they find the prison. The group, like BA’s, goes into a fenced off section of the prison and kills every walker inside. They relaxed there for the night, but Rick tells the group that they need to push a little further and take the

entire prison. Lori tries talking to Rick but Rick wants nothing to do with her. Their relationship has been damaged and Rick doesn’t try to fix it.

The next day, Rick, Glenn, Maggie, Daryl, T-Dog, and Hershel go into the center of the prison. They fight their way into the hallways of the prison where they run into a bunch of walkers, Glenn and Maggie were separated. While Rick and the others try to find Glenn and Maggie, Hershel was bit by a walker on his ankle. Rick makes a quick decision to cut Hershel’s leg off to save him.

The episode ends with prisoners, who have been living there for 10 months, discovering Rick and his group.

Overall “Seed” was a great and intense episode. “I liked it” said our journalism teacher Mr. Rodgers. Senior, Casey Mulligan also added “Great episode, kept me on my toes!”, “I didn’t like Hershel getting bit, but cool with the leg getting cut off.”

Before the episode “Sick”, I asked both of them how the felt about Hershel’s fate. “I think they’ll live, they need that voice of reason” said Rodgers. “I think he’ll deliver Lori’s baby and then become a walker” The episode “Sick” starts right back to panic as Rick and the others are trying to

save Hershel. They didn’t care so much about the prisoners as much as to get Hershel back to their prison cell with the rest of the group. They bring Hershel back and Carol starts to work on him trying to stop him from bleeding out.

Rick, Daryl, and T-dog take care of the prisoners. The prisoners were not aware of the apocalypse that has destroyed the outside world. They try to work with the prisoners by telling them they would clear a new cell out for their group. The prisoners were too thug to know how to kill a walker as they try to beat up a walker. Rick tries to teach them how to properly kill a walker.

While doing killing walkers one of the prisoners, Big Tiny, is scratched by a walker. They debate on what to do with him.

Tomas, the main prisoner, brutally kills Big Tiny. Rick is cautious of him.

As they get closer to the cell area where the prisoners will stay, Rick tells them to open a door and clear out the next room. The main prisoner, Tomas, attempts to kill Rick twice trying to make it look like an accident. Rick looks at him in disbelief, the Tomas says “S*** happens”. Rick takes his Machete and nails him in the face.

Andrew, Tomas’s side man, runs away, Rick runs at him. Andrew runs outside trying to find an escape route away from Rick, but there were too many walkers. Rick locks him out and he is eaten by walkers.

This scene show how Rick is somewhat like Shane was. He is not afraid anymore to kill the living for the sake of the group. The problem is that you can still get the sense that he doesn’t want to kill but does.

Friday October 26, 2012 Rick returns and they give the cell to the two remaining prisoners. Rick spared their life as they showed some kindness as one begs for his life.

Maggie has an emotional moment with Hershel as she tries to comfort him by saying that her and Beth with do fine on their own. Hershel then dies and Maggie hesitates to bring to perform CPR on him. She doesn’t know if it is best for him to live in this world with one leg. Lori doesn’t hesitate as she performs CPR and brings Hershel back.

He eventually wakes up and Maggie realizes that she truly does want him to live.

Rick, filled with shame for having to cut Hershel’s leg off, leaves the cell and goes outside with Lori.

Outside, they both somewhat want to repair this relationship between each other.

Lori was hoping something would spark but Rick doesn’t feel enough for her to do anything and leaves Lori, sad and heartbroken.

This is so far a great season that I am so excited to watch. Episode 3 “Walk with me” will to return to Andrea and Michonne as they go through their own struggles. Also more characters will be introduced in the next episode. I hope you enjoy this as much as I do.

photos by Kevin Laiveling

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Friday October 26, 2012

Arts & Entertainment

Best Movies to prep for October 31st Clay Sohngen ‘14 Staff Writer

E lder High School needs to get in the real Halloween spirit.

Movies are a great way to get pumped up for October 31st, and here is a list of the best: Halloween (1978) This classic Halloween movie is directed and written by John Carpenter. The storyline of this movie is about a killer who was in a mental hospital his whole life, shows up halfway through the movie, on the night of Halloween. A babysitter is on the job when she is attacked by Michael Myers (the killer), as she fends him off to save her life.

Friday the 13th (1980) Friday the 13th, directed by Sean Cunningham, takes place at a summer camp where there was an incident of a child who drowned. At the camp, there is a serial killer stalking the camp counselors. The killer is named Jason, and his face is covered with a hockey mask.

This movie will keep you in suspense and send chills up your spine.

Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Directed by Wes Craven, this film is

about an adolescent boy who is having nightmares about a man named Freddy Krueger. Krueger is equipped with blades on his fingers, along with a grotesque face. The boy thinks it is real life, and is scared to go back to sleep at night. Nightmare on Elm Street is a movie that will keep you up at night.

Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) Nightmare Before Christmas has a deceiving name, but is in fact a Halloween movie. Written by the one and only Tim Burton, this movie is popular in the family movie category. It is about Jack Skellington, King of “Halloweentown”, who discovers “Christmas Town”, but he doesn’t fully understand the concept of the new world. This movie is animated, and is one of the bestselling Halloween movies of all time.

House on Haunted Hill (1959) House on Haunted Hill is about a millionaire (Vincent Price) who invited 5 contestants to his mansion for a “Party”.

The terms in the invitation were that if a person stays in the house for a whole night, they would receive $ 10,000, but in this Mansion that is no simple task.

Dracula (1931) Dracula, directed by Tod Browning, is a classic horror movie. Dracula (Bela Lugosi) is a vampire who dwells in his mansion in Transylvania. Mr. Renfield travels to Dracula’s mansion and is taken captive by the vampire. Renfield becomes crazy, and is controlled by Count Dracula to find his beloved Mina. The movie ends with Mina being saved and Count Dracula being driven back to his Mansion by Dr. Van Helsing.

Scream (1996) Scream, directed by Wes Craven, is a very suspenseful movie involving a group of teenagers who “disappear” randomly.

The killer is unknown throughout the movie, but the body count keeps on rising. The movie is famous for the “Ghost Mask”.

November to remember: Black Ops II or Halo 4?

Luke Stolze ‘13 Staff Writer

T his November will definitely be one for the books. For the first time since 2010, both major first person shooters come out in the same year. Call of Duty: Black Ops II being released on November 13, 2012 and Halo 4 being released on November 4, 2012. Being at Elder for the release of four Call of Duty games and one Halo game I know what to expect from the Elder students, which simply is nothing but walk free days and empty hallways.

Mostly seniors are the ones who skip on the release day of the new Call of Duty; however, this year though we have two games coming out within two weeks of each other so that gives me reason to believe the halls of Elder are going to be empty.

Let’s start off with the fan favorite Call of Duty: Black Ops II. It looks to

be a very balanced game that will appeal to audiences of both casual gamers and hardcore gamers such as me. This title, releasing on November 13, 2012, is looking to be a must buy because of the fact

that it’s in the famous Call of Duty series. That’s the game that everybody knows and loves.

I have watched a live stream on YouTube where they were giving the world a preview of Call of Duty: Black Ops II multiplayer. They have a new feature with “create a class” that lets you drop your secondary gun to put in an extra perk like a grenade or other item.

That is something new that is really cool.

Treyarch, the developers of Black Ops II are really listening to the community and what they want by putting in smaller maps for faster gameplay. An example of this type of map is a fan favorite, shipment, which was in the great Call of Duty 4. So my conclusion after my research, is Black Ops II is a must buy on November 13. And I expect the halls of Elder to be completely vacant the next day.

Halo 4 is going to be completely different from all of the previous ones because it has a new developer.

After Halo: Reach was released, Bungie, which is Halo 2, Halo 3, and Halo: Reach’s developer, broke up because of the gaming community’s backlash over the game.

So for Halo 4, 343 Industries is at the reins for the next title in the series.

343 Industries has brought back the 3

13 Edward Scissorhands (1990) Edward Scissorhands, directed by Tim Burton, is a movie starring a very docile young man (Johnny Depp) who was born with scissors for his hands. Edward falls in love with a girl, and uses his scissorhands for the wrong reasons.

Many people shed tears at the end of this film.

The Exorcist (1973) The Exorcist, directed by William Friedkin, is about a girl (Ellen Burstyn) who is possessed by Satan. The local priest (Max Von Sydow) faces challenges while trying to exorcise the entity out of her. The quest is to save her life in this gruesome film.

The Shining (1980) The Shining, directed by Stanley Kubrick, is a movie about a family who heads to a hotel which is isolated in the middle of winter. In the hotel there is an evil presence that influences the father (Jack Nicholson) to basically become insane.

This is a movie that is extremely hard to watch without flinching.

All of these movies define the word “Horror”. Watching these great movies is the best way to get into the Halloween spirit. It only comes once a year, so why not make the best of it?

shot burst Battle Rifle that was in Halo 2 and Halo 3 that everybody loved and they also have the single shot DMR from Halo: Reach that looks to be the underdog of the two weapons.

They also have new armor abilities that include a shield that looks similar to the riot shield from Call of Duty series, and a health regeneration field similar to what you could pick up in Halo 3. So far from what I have seen after watching the multiplayer games on the internet, the game looks really good so far. It looks to be a perfect blend of Halo and Call of Duty. They even put in a new control layout to where it is exactly like a Call of Duty default controller layout.

Overall, I say that Halo 4 is also a must buy on November 4.

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Argo Surpasses Expectations Jake Fields ‘13 Co-Editor-inChief

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ince seniors were off school last Wednesday for the underclassman’s PSAT testing, I decided to call up my friend Kyle Federmann on Tuesday night to see if he wanted to do anything. After bouncing a few ideas back and forth, all of them bad, I suggested we see Argo.

Kyle looked up the trailer and agreed that it looked like a good movie. Since the Rave only charges five bucks on Tuesdays, we decided to go watch the 7:15 showing so that we would be back in time to see the Presidential Debate.

Upon going into the movie theater, I wasn’t really sure what to expect. Of course all the previews I had seen looked good, I just wasn’t very familiar with the historical milieu of the film.

For those of you who have not seen previews, Argo is loosely based upon the

In order to save these six Americans from Iran, the CIA must devise a top secret plan.

Iranian Hostage Crisis, which occurred in 1979. Angry with America for sheltering their ex-dictator, the Shah, the Iranians protested outside the US embassy in Iran during November of 1979.

At first, the protests were pretty peaceful, mainly public cries for justice and hand-painted protest signs.

Eventually though, things got out of hand

and the protests turned violent. The Iranian people hopped the fence and, after getting past the embassy guards, made their way inside the US buildings.

Many of those working in the US embassy were publically executed as a message to America: Give us back our Shah.

Luckily, six diplomats were able to sneak out a back door to the Canadian ambassador’s house. Prior to the Iranian seizure of the embassy, the workers had shredded and burnt most of the important files in the building. Because the identities of the workers were destroyed, these six workers were able to remain in hiding without the Iranians knowing they were missing.

This is where the story of Argo picks up. In order to save these six Americans from Iran, the CIA must devise a top secret plan. As the plot progresses, the viewer learns that this plan is hatched in Hollywood.

In order to rescue the Americans, CIA specialist Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) will enter Iran under a false identity as a movie director. His plan is to go to the Canadian ambassador’s house and rescue the six diplomats for whom he has created six different fake identities. Since the only way out of Iran during this time of year is through the country’s national airline.

Will Mendez be successful in sneaking the diplomats through the airport? Or will they get busted and face a gruesome public execution in Iran? To find out you’ll just have to see the movie!

So far, Argo has had good reception with Elder students.

“Argo was definitely worth the money. I feel like it held true to the actual event and didn’t try to over dramatize the event in order to make it more appealing,” said senior Tony Faillace.

“It’s not just a Hollywood knock off of a true story.”

Kyle Federmann had this to say about Argo: “It’s an amazing movie with twists and turns you wouldn’t expect.”

Clearly, Argo has done well with critics too. Based upon 173 reviews, 95% of critics gave the movie a good

Friday October 26, 2012 review.

The movie received almost $20 million in the box office during its first three days.

I would recommend this movie to any student or faculty member who enjoys intense action movies. There wasn’t a dull moment in the whole two hours—definitely a must see.

Friday October 26, 2012

Blaise Fails

Joe Ramstetter ‘13 Staff Writer

Friday is undoubtedly the best day of the week because it’s game day, a Purple Friday and really just because it’s the last day of the week.

Every student is wearing his Elder apparel for the game and walking around the hallways full of spirit. There’s a type of excitement around the building on Fridays that makes the day a little more different than the rest. There are a several things that emphasize this excitement for the day but the biggest is when a random senior gets it up at lunch and rings the “E-L-D-E-R” cheer throughout the entire school. Everyone loves this, it’s a great way to get everyone in the mood for the game that evening.

I asked senior Jake Niehaus his thoughts on it and Jake said, “It’s a great tradition and it puts me in the mood for the game, after the cheer the game just can’t come soon enough”.

It’s definitely a big piece tradition here at Elder, it’s done every Friday when there’s a big game and should always be done. However, the Friday when the Panthers played Winton Woods the cheer wasn’t done during the Z lunch period, the first time ever…

It was just a normal day in the cafeteria; everyone was talking about what they would be doing before the game and what they would be wearing. It was five minutes until the period would have

Features ended when the seniors decided Blaise Weber would get it up. Blaise gladly accepted, he got his chair to stand on, since he’s only about 5 foot 2 inches, and got ready to go. He put his chair in the middle of the aisle and stood on top of it; he looked out over the students and got ready for the cheer. Blaise then started it with the “Ohhh” but let’s just say nobody caught on… there was nothing but silence. Blaise stood there shocked as the whole lunch room was staring at him in confusion for about three seconds. The next thing heard throughout the room was a hysterical laugh which got louder and louder.

Blaise even admits that it was pretty embarrassing and a complete fail but won’t be afraid to do it again. I asked Blaise what exactly was going through his mind when it happened and if he will ever do it again.

Blaise said “I was kinda confused on what was going on and yeah, it was embarrassing but it won’t be the last time I get it up” Fridays are a great day to show the Elder spirit through all the things we do.

Getting it up is a great way to get the feel for the game and it should always be done. However, letting Blaise get up on that chair again is risky because we might not be able to afford another lunch period with no cheer. It’s something many of us students will never forget, it’s something that is extremely unique. It’s safe to say there is probably no other school out there with half of the spirit that we have on Fridays. Witnessing Elder on a Friday is a special experience just like the school is itself.

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The underground lunch line Bill Macke ‘13 Features Editor

photo by Bill Macke

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heese burgers, grilled cheese, chicken sandwiches, and french fries are all the typical foods a Panther can find in the Panther Café. These sandwiches are quite the delicacy around Elder, and priced like it too, but after a while they can start to taste bland.

With dollar days only happening once a month now at Elder, students are looking for a bigger bang for their buck. A Panther would think that there is another way to get food from the outside world, but there isn’t anything a Panther can do about that, - or can they?

Just recently a mysterious person has been selling calzones, rondos, and small pizzas at X lunch. How does this guy get the “stuff” one might ask. Well, he works at a Pizzeria around our west side of town and cooks the food the night before and brings it in the next morning.

Some might call this a sort of Lunch Black Market. Being concerned about the quality of the food I inquired with the “dealer” himself.

The dealer of the Lunch Black Market said, “I cook it in the kitchen, only the finest ingredients, too”.

Hearing that the dealer actually uses high quality ingredients is a relief, because some Black Market imitators have sold low quality microwave pizzas or low quality calzones. He also confided that he was a part time employee at said pizza establish-

Questionable lunch purchases involving “the dealer” have been documented on school grounds.

ment.

The dealer also said he charges four bucks per item, but for freshman he charges a flat rate of ten bucks per item.

Seeing as this dealer exploits freshman for six extra bucks, I figured he sold elevator passes too, but when asked about the issue he had no comment.

When one really thinks about this “dealer” perhaps he is more of an entrepreneur, not just a black market pizza dealer.

But even entrepreneur doesn’t accurately describe this student who has brought freshness and flavor back to our lunches. I think a better name would be “lunch room savior”.

Keep your eyes peeled for this mysterious figure at X lunch, and get your order in early, he only does one a day.

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to be. Next to the old shower room is the last. The original boiler was powered by old boiler room. There was really nothing coal and you can still see the opening back there except some broken pieces to where the coal was delivered. Along with some weight benches and in a small the coal door there is a giant steel door space behind the shower wall there are that could be pulled across the doorway in the case of a boiler explosion.

Basically it is the room that runs all the mechanical and electrical systems at Elder High School.

The last place we visited was the Tank Donohoe Center’s basement.

Every day hundreds of kids pass a gate blocking a mysteriThe room that houses the controls for the cell phone tower ous stairwell on the way to the drinking fountain. Mr. some old Cross Country trophies from Dabbelt unlocked this gate the glory years. and led us into the baseNext time you are wondering about ment of the Tank. At first the history of something or want to know glance it looked just like what is behind that door, submit your another storage room ideas to The Purple Quill. If we like your among the many at Elder idea, then you might find out the answer High School. To learn in the next segment of Hidden places of what this basement was Elder. originally used for we had to learn what it was before the weight room and even Below: the boiler room Center of page: Stairs lead to the basement before it was the library. of “the tank” Before the building of the wrestling and volleyball gym, the tank was the only gym at Elder.

Imagine a style similar to the Cheviot Field House basketball gym. Back then this basement functioned as the shower room for the players. You can still see the shower floor and where the shower heads used

photos by Conor McCollough

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Conor McCullough ‘13 and Blaise Webber ‘13 Throughout a school day at Elder High School students go to the same places day in and day out. They may not be able to see some of the more hidden places at Elder. So we decided to explore three of those hidden places and give our readers a little history about what it used to be like on the fourth and fifth floor of the tower, in the sub-basement and in the basement of the Tank Donohoe Center.

The first place we went was the tower. Every guy at Elder has looked up and imagined what it would be like to have class up there and wondered what is up there now. The fourth floor is used for another storage room and contains probably the last chalk board left at Elder. But

steel safety door in the boiler room

the coolest room at Elder has to be the fifth floor. It looks straight out of the 1980’s with its wood paneling walls. Mr. Dabbelt said it used to be Elder’s very own TV studio, with broadcasts by Elder students.

Today the tower is closed off to students because the fire marshall said it was unsafe due to only one exit out of the tower. Half the fifth floor is closed off to house all the controls to the Cricket Wireless cell phone tower.

Those are the giant white cylinders on top of the tower that you can see at certain angles.

Next we were escorted by Mr. Dabbelt down the hidden stairwell into the basement. We then went through a door across from Coach Suer’s room that led us down a set of stairs into the “subbasement”. This room holds the boiler, all the electrical switches and a bunch of stuff used by the maintenance department. He told us the current boiler is the school’s third and most probably not the

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