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Seniors Signoff: Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen Prep Staff For the Class of 2017’s final issue, we asked a handful of students to reflect on their time at Loyola and possibly offer some advice to those whom they leave behind.

Maddie Guerrero Loyola in a nutshell is a pretty amazing community.

Freshman year I was going to transfer because I had no friends and didn’t like anything about it, but I powered through and now senior year is about to end. Throughout the past four years, I made the most amazing friends and connections.

The memories from this place are endless and are unforgettable, making some literally every day. I’m so thankful for every moment I experienced here, and hope everyone spends every moment with a positive outlook because four years go by extremely fast, and are some of the most memorable years of your life!!

Also senior year is hands down the best year so @ juniors, make it a good one.

Kellie McCabe Coming to Loyola, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to get involved in, but the one thing I knew for sure was that I wanted to be on the golf team. Throughout the last four years, I loved being on the team as I was able to become good friends with people I am still friends with today. Our practices included eating mozzarella sticks on the driving range

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of other people.

My freshman year I was a member of the marching band and the football team. I only joined the band because my mom made me, and I planned on quitting throughout my freshman year. However, I realized that just because the football team was what was “cool” and “respected by the student body” Kellie McCabe and Margaret Hickey take didn’t mean it a break from the links to capture a golf was for me. Even memory. though I received Photo Courtesy Margaret Hickey some ridicule (I and endless laughs on the wore a cape), I stuck with course, which are some the band and ended up havof my favorite memories ing more fun with it than from Loyola. In addition to I ever could imagine. My golf, a big part of my time point is, the key to being at Loyola has involved ser- happy is creating your own vice. Doing Arrupe sopho- path and not letting the more through senior year judgments of other people was something I looked affect who you are. As Miforward to every week, but ami rapper Pitbull says, I wanted to get involved “I’m sharp. What the streets more. One of the best de- taught me how to do is cisions I made at Loyola hustle. How to make somewas to go on a summer ser- thing out of nothing.” Dalé. vice trip, where I spent the Gianna D’Aloia week in Minnesota painting The Society of Jesus is houses and making memo- the best thing ever created. ries I’ll always have to look They truly do create future back on. As my four years leaders that will be able to at Loyola come to an end, I take on the social injustices know I’ll miss my time here in the world. They have supbut I’m excited to make ported my odd obsession new memories at college. with the Jesuits and even “Drumstix” McNamara led me to choose a Jesuit Throughout my time at University to continue my Loyola I have slowly learned education. I love everything to disregard the judgments about Ignatian Spiritual-

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ity because of the emphasis policy, the past four years on personal reflection but it have made me who I am, also has views that protect and for that I am grateful.

Caroline Busch those whom live on the marMy experience at Loyola gins. I am truly grateful for my Jesuit education and all was a process of finding out the experiences I have been what I liked to do. I started able to have that I would with sports, tried many difnot have been able to have ferent activities, but evenhad at any other school. tually found that service was the best fit for me. I Alexis Stensby I came to Loyola kind think I loved that I was of on a whim. I followed able to try so many differit purely on instinct and ent things in order to find feeling, which is not how I the one that fit. I love that make any of my decisions. Loyola offers so many opFour years later, I stand by tions. My advice for underthat choice. It’s not because classmen would be to not my time here has been per- be nervous to try something fect, for it has been far from new. It might end up being it. All my expectations have what you’re meant to do.

Billy Jardeleza changed so drastically, but

Sean McNamara practices with the drum line for one last homecoming pep rally.

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I cannot imagine how different things would be had everything played out as I initially hoped. So while I will never stop complaining about Loyola’s lack of snow days or ridiculous sweatshirt

I remember lacrosse the most. The lacrosse team is where I built my relationships that I would keep for all four years at Loyola. It is

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EDITORIALS

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Maddie Geurrero, Kellie McCabe, Dean McNamara, Gianna D’Aloia, ALexis Stensby, Caroline Busch, Jake Jalloway, Billy Jardeleza, Bridget Asmoah-Baffour, Sabrina Taylor, Will Huber, Jake Marwede, Jimmy Alexopoulos, Jack Mayer, ALaina Mowinksi, Brian Vance, Mike MacGregor, Cassandra agyemang, Jack Badovinac, Margaret Hickey, Mary Dooley, Mithcell Deligio, Emily Devyor, Kylie Fronczak, Brady Reichert, Riley Harwood, and Charlie Cronin

A Letter from an Editor

A Letter from an Editor

I wish I had some inspired final words to say before I sign

I can’t exactly pinpoint when, but I distinctly remember walking into

off one last time. But I don’t. I have no deep wisdom to impart,

school one morning and doing a double take. There, just off the main

no Aaron Sorkin-esque speech to give. But I think that’s okay.

lobby, behind the statue of St. Ignatius, was a mural of Pope Francis

Loyola already provides us with plenty of opportunities to be inspired, and I’ve already offered plenty of unsolicited advice in my previous letters. So rather than being superficially insightful, I will use my final opportunity to write for this newspaper to thank

with the slick tagline: Transformational Leaders are Jesuit Educated.

Not fully awake, I walked on, not thinking much of it until Ethics later that day. Once in class, we began an impromptu, vigorous discussion

those who have helped me along the way these past four years.

about the new poster, and whether it was “accurate.” In a convenient

To a select few in the Theology Department, congratulations,

coincedence, it related perfectly to article we were reading, an article

you have successfully indoctrinated me. It can’t be easy to teach

that questioned and challenged how Jesuit schools, Loyola included, use

North Shore teenagers about Catholic Social Teaching, but some-

the “Jesuit brand.” This brand, a term I use loosely, gets communicated

how you’ve gotten my attention and sold me on just about all of what you taught. Apart from the interesting and important topics, the culture of healthy dialogue you created in the classroom has helped me mature as a student more than any other

to us in what seems to be the unofficial vocab list: Magis, Solidarity, Finding God in All Things, Women and Men for Others. No school, no institution, is perfect, and at Loyola we often struggle to move beyond

class I’ve had. Thank you for being the best teachers at Loyola.

the ornamentation of these catchphrases. My Ethics class recognized

To the Classics Department, what you’ve taught me has be-

something was off that day, confused over whether that poster was a

come fundamental to the person I am. I know I was never the

realistic reflection of Loyola or little more than a clever marketing ploy.

best at translation or history or mythology or culture or art or

In my final letter, why do I mention this? I often think back to

most of the things taught in class, but my education would nev-

that day, for that debate in my Ethics class embodies both the prom-

er be complete without the Classics. Much of what I value is based on my time with you in and out of the classroom. I admire each of you for your passion, wit, and strong character. I am proud to call you teachers, role models, and fellow Classicists.

ise and peril of a Jesuit education. In almost every homily this year, Fr. McGrath has posed the question, “What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”A fitting question to ask a senior,

To the Loyola Academy Administration, it’s been a ride.

and as these final weeks run out, I have found myself talking with my

We’ve disagreed sometimes about certain policies, but ulti-

friends and classmates about Loyola in general and the months ahead.

mately I can’t complain. Thank you for making Loyola a truly

I do not claim some deep revelation here, but in my mind, the

great school. Loyola offers endless opportunities to discov-

phrase “Jesuit Educated” takes on a counterintuitive nature. It is

er new passions and to be involved in the community. When

not what we learn in the classroom, or even looking at issues from a

I first came to Loyola, I could not have imagined traveling to Europe on the Classics Tour, racing for the crew team at Nationals, going on Kairos, or even writing for this newspaper.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to expand my inter-

Catholic perspective. While the importance of those aspects is not to be dismissed, the real benefit of the Jesuit model is that it attempts to ask to right questions. Who am I? What am I called to do? What

ests and helping me grow as a student, citizen, and Catholic.

is my relation to others? These questions can and must be asked in

Though Loyola is not without its faults, the teachers who are

the formative years, for they build our foundation. This type of edu-

invested in their subjects and students make everything worth-

cation attempts to begin us on the path of exploring such fundamen-

while. There are countless students and staff members who I wish

tal inquiry, a model that can be unique and challenging, if embraced.

to thank, but I’m running out of words. The bittersweet end to my high school career has finally arrived. Thank you all for reading over the years. I now look forward to joining those who have gone before me as we attempt to live our lives for the greater glory of God.

After four years, can I fully answer any of the questions posed earlier? The honest answer is no, but asking in the first place is what I believe it means to be Jesuit educated. And will any of us Jesuit-edu-

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cated become transformational leaders? Your guess is as good as mine.

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Fr. McGrath Discusses Immigration, Solidarity Thomas Murphy Editor-in-Chief Monday, April 8, marked the start of Loyola’s annual Solidarity Week, featuring a series of presentations and displays to promote awareness and change for human rights issues around the world. This year’s Solidarity Week focused on the international immigration crisis and the unique opportunity we have for as students to address it.

I sat in on an interview with Fr. McGrath to learn more about how we are called to respond to this crisis.

“The call is very local at first,” said Fr. McGrath, “each of us is called to a personal reflection on how in my life today can I be more charitable, can I be kinder, can I show some generosity in spirit. These sorts of things begin very locally...

We are called to be saintly where we are.” Fr. McGrath noted that as a Jesuit school, reflection is a key element of our response; “Whenever we encounter a challenge like this or a question like this, we ought to study it... to be sober and unbiased

in studying the question.”

Fr. McGrath defined solidarity as “trying to the best of your ability to understand someone’s experience.

There are obviously limitations to that, but if I can come to know you, if I can listen to you and hear about what your perspective might be, I can stand with you and advocate for you.” Solidarity is an important aspect of the Catholic and Jesuit mindset, he noted, and Loyola is committed to building a community that stands with others. “Solidarity Week is another great step where the community as a whole can spend focus time on learning, reflecting, and acting on how we can be helpful to folks.”

In describing how Loyola has responded to the immigration crisis, Fr. McGrath noted that “We’ve been very good at how we respond in generosity...

We do a lot of work in tutoring and other sorts of programs that are designed for recent immigrants in the community.”

This year Loyola “adopted” an immigrant

family, providing them with the funds and supplies they need to build a home here in America. Funding for the family has been raised through missions collections, silent auctions in the library, and Pi Day-related festivities.

“It’s our way of trying to care specifically for some real people who are in our community.”

Another way students can stand in solidarity is through prayer. According to Fr. McGrath, “people are too quick to dismiss the power

thing that sets this concert apart from others is the fact that all the songs that will be performed at this concert are all pop songs.

Some of the songs chosen to be part of this concert were requested by the students, while others were had picked by choir direc-

tor Mr. Begale. One unique their pieces a capella. A thing this year is in addi- capella singing is when a tion to regular pop songs, group of singers does not the set for the concert gives come accompanied by room for student com- instruments, but instead posed and arranged mash- they mimic the sounds that ups that groups worked would be made by the inon throughout the year. struments themselves. This Some groups will be un- truly is a special feature, accompanied as they sing and it genuinely will en-

During Solidarity Week, juniors toured a simulated refugee camp to better learn what it means to stand with the other and advocate for their needs.

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of prayer. We Catholics believe that prayer has an effect, that it matters, that we’re changed by prayer.”

Of course, our passion for solidarity must continue to burn long after we leave the halls of Loyola Academy. An education at Loyola is the foundation for a lifelong commitment to charity and justice.

Fr. McGrath believes that Loyola’s alumni have been able to fulfill this commitment: “All along the way you can help people, you’ll see Ramblers;

people who have been affected deeply by a Jesuit education. We should be grateful to God that we were able to experience this Jesuit tradition and should recognize that that’s precisely that we should be doing; that’s who we should be.... It’s the call of Jesus that ought to echo in our souls – I like to think that everybody that graduates from Loyola has in their heart that call. The rhetoric about Men and Women for Others is not just rhetoric; it’s the core mission.”

Choir Plans to End Year on a High Note

Jake Jalloway Junior Writer

The Loyola Academy Choral program is back and better than ever!

On Thursday May 18, the Loyola Academy Choral Program will host their annual “Pops Concert” at Nichols Hall (located at 1490 Chicago Ave, Evanston IL) beginning at 7pm.

The concert will feature Women’s Concert Choir, Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, Chorale, and Honors Chambers Choir. Additionally, the concert will feature Loyola’s very own ManChoir and Nothin But Treble.

This concert is fun for everyone who enjoys listing to the radio. This concert specially is special and different from The Pops Concert will showcase the talents of Loyola’s various choir groups including Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, Choral, Chambers, and Concert Choir. the other concerts Loyola Photo Courtesy The Year has seen this year. The

gage the audience and make them want to sing along to these popular songs.

Anyone who decides to attend this performance will be thoroughly amused and inspired by the talent provided by the many choirs of Loyola Academy.

Chorale member Tessa Volpe said “This pops concert is featuring awesome songs from artists like Rihanna and Adele and fantastic arrangements, some of which are by our very own choir teacher!

This is our choir program’s favorite concert of the year and students put their heart and soul into these songs. The music will for sure get you dancing on your feet and clapping and singing along!”

There is no admission for the concert, and it is sure to be a night of memorable fun.

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SEnior Reflections

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Senior Reflections, continued

with their concerns. There are many issues here that go unrecognized, swept under also where I built the leadthe rug until they become ership skills and discipline too big to ignore; many to lead a team my senior grandiose plans devised that year. I will miss Loyola don’t really help the cause, a lot, but not as much as I whatever that may be. will miss Loyola lacrosse.

Ultimately, though, beBridget Asamoahcause you have been here, Baffour you are forever changed. For The best memories I better or for worse, a part of have made this year are my you, a very important part, “lasts.” The last Jesuit Cup, will always remain here, at my last International Night Loyola Academy. I can only performance, and my last hope that in the long run it meetings with all of my exis for the better, for all of Sabrina Taylor dances with HYG on her final I-Night. HYG felt tracurriculars are the things like home to Sabrina and many other students. us. I, for one, shall miss it. that have been the most Photo Courtesy The Year Live long and prosper. memorable this year. I’m portant and you should ways with your friends and Alaina Mowinski definitely going to miss my My favorite moments work bard and try your best. always got to watch your friends all of the great staff of high school are walk- However, they DO NOT friends play. Playing foothere. I will not miss the ing down the hallways define you. Also, don’t take ball was by far the best lines to every single girls with Val Caldwell. She’s things too seriously. Life experience for me. Saturbathroom in the building. always singing, scream- sucks and is very unfair, but day afternoon games were Sabrina Taylor ing, or giving high gives. you can’t let those things something that I will always Last week she consume you. It’s just high even ninja rolled school, and your world-shat- remember. Being involved in the middle of tering problems will pass in sports life was by the a passing period! and become a distant mem- far the best part of Loyola. ory very soon. Lighten up a Brian Vance Margaret Hickey Baseball was little it makes things easier.

My favorite memories Cassandra Agyemang a heck of a time at Loyola involve the golf What I will miss most – so much josh team. In the fall of my freshand boys in gold. about Loyola is orchestra man year, my team and I Something I will class, especially concert miss most about nights. I will also miss In- came runner-up at the State Loyola is the un- ternational Night, which Championship in Decatur. believably nice unfortunately happens only It was the first time the girls people.

Every- once a year. I hate that peo- golf program had placed at one was so nice ple at Loyola seem to be State, and we broke a State and open to me stuck in a bubble and can’t record by shooting 299 the and willing to do see any other perspectives. first day. From the start of anything to make My advice to underclassmen my high school career, I The boys basketball team celebrates its win over rival New Trier in the Re- me better. I sure is to try to be open-minded gionals final. The team credits hard work and discipline for helping them will miss my and don’t limit yourself was exposed to what Loyola reach this milestone. baseball coach, to only group of people. sports are all about. This Photo Courtesy The Year led to three more awesome Jack Badovinac Mr. Bridich. That I will probably miss HYG basketball has helped me man is a champion, and As time went on in my four years of low scores and supthe most because it was the make friends, understand his dedication to the game years at Loyola, each year portive teammates. I will first co-curricular I started failure, strive for greatness, of baseball has taught me has gotten better and better. miss the golf team the most. at Loyola. My relationships and feel pain, but most of that anything is possible. There is nothing better than Mary Dooley being in a student section Mike with people in the club all accomplish great things.

Some of my best memocheering your team, whethMacGregor have grown so strong that The practices are long and ries and friendships were Some advice for under- er it be basketball, hockey, when I enter the room, it’s grueling, but it taught me to a feeling of comfort. Ev- not give up. With that mind- classmen: Grades are im- or whatever. You were al- first made at Loyola Academy in the spring of my eryone needs to feel like set, I can happily say my last freshman year when lathey’re truly a part of some- year at Loyola the team and crosse season started. I had thing at least once during I won the Regional Chamthe special opportunity to high school and HYG wel- pionship versus New Trier.

Jack Mayer comed me with open arms. become very close with Loyola Academy is a Will Huber the girls on my JV lacrosse I will never forget my weird place. Really, all high team. Over the course of first JUG in Chinese class schools are, but in very the next four years some for pronouncing a word few places do you see such of these girls were going to incorrectly or stickman revulsion expressed pubbecome my best friends. I golf in the student center licly so frequently. I doubt will miss this aspect in my freshman year. Aside from there is anyone here who life the most. These girls are sports, my best memory of has not, at one point, said The captains walk to midfield to begin another cherished SaturLoyola was going on the something about how they day game. This band of brothers made the high school experi- some very special people to me, and I am very grateful to ence for some.

China trip. Hands down the hate Loyola or some such.

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at this point. – Will Huber Jake Marwede I have had a wonderful experience at Loyola. It has shaped me into the person that I am today, and I have learned so much along the four years here. I will miss the football season the most and all of the work that I put in with my brothers throughout the years for just 9-14 weeks. I think that our polos should be upgraded to under armour, though. That would be much more pleasant.

Jimmy Alexopoulos My experience at Loyola has been a real adventure. From coming into the school not knowing anybody, it was kind of tough.

The thing that pushed me through was playing basketball. The four years playing

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Final Words of Wisdom from a Senior Mitchell Deligio Senior Writer Despite the fact I have written for this newspaper three times, I always enjoyed to write. You may have seen me in the halls, scampering class to class or conversing wildly with students/teachers. Since this is my last time directing my voice to the public of Loyola, I wish to incorporate the things I have learned these past four years to you, the students.

Like George Washington from the hit musical Hamilton, “I wanna talk about what I have learned, the one hard wisdom I have earned.” What exactly can I impart to the baby freshman, the wise fools, the stressed out juniors turning into young adults for all the world to see? Hopefully, a lot! Do not feel that just because you starting out as a small fish in a big pond, you feel the need to give up and stick with the people you know. The people you meet

in your first year may not be your friends at the end of it all or on a better side you may reconnect to the people you think you lost.

Always be respectful to your adults/students. As you age, you may see things at a different perspective. Do not feel the need to push the people away, specifically teachers who are doing their best for you to get better grades. Be polite to the Deans, remember they are human beings! Not soulless beings who enjoy JUGing people. Their purpose is to make you a respectful adult, not being rude and disrespectful every chance you get because someone is criticizing you.

Which applies to my next point, be open to criticism.

You may hate it, but as my father always says “it builds character!” Once you deny someone correcting you, they know that you aren’t open to change. Believe me, nobody likes change.

As a young student, you

f r o m school.

After all, high school is extremely stressful. You have to k n o w what you want, not anyone else. You have to l e a r n to love yourself, I know h o w Mitchell took the stage one last time in the spring c o r n y musical as devious boss man Caldwell B. Cladwell. t h a t Photo Courtesy The Year sounds, need to become more com- but once you know what exfortable with the uncom- actly you want when you are fortable, plain and simple. facing issues, it will get more Nobody likes stubbornness. and more easier to bounce Identity issues can always back. Be you. Regardless of affect someone. What I all the pamphlets you read, highly recommend is a form the annoying advice you of a personal retreat. It does get from parents and counnot have to be Kairos, it can selors, you have to look at be a break that you just need yourself in the mirror and

ask yourself “Am I happy?

If I’m not, what can I do to change to make me happy?”

Always apply yourself.

If you think you cannot do anything, believe me, you can. Just learn to take appropriate breaks, get enough sleep, eat healthy, and get to work. People will remember the jerks in life, but they will learn to respect the people who were kind to them since day one. NEVER EVER harm yourself, you have one life, that’s been given through either God or a higher being that is love (corny I know...). You are the best around, nothing is ever gonna bring you down.

To quote Marcus Aurelius, “Is violence done you?

No violence to yourself my soul! Soon the opportunity of honoring yourself will be at an end. Every man’s life is enough; but yours is nearly finished, though your soul honors not yourself, but places your felicity in the souls of others.”

Final Campaign Promises Happy Birthday Riley Harwood LA News Editor In the spring of 2015, the class of 2017 held elections for the forthcoming year’s junior student council. While my name was on the ballot, my campaign was lackluster due to the fact that I was unaware of my own activity in the race until a peer alerted me that I had won his vote. An investigation into this mishap revealed that I had not, in fact, completed an application for Insignis but rather was

running for office. I simultaneously precluded myself from Insignis and lost an election - it wasn’t a close race. Upon these discoveries, I promptly fired my campaign staff. I would, however, feel remiss if I didn’t correct this comical mistake in a nostalgic fashion.

Loyola has offered each member of the graduating class countless blessings, but how could these four years have been better? My proposal for improvements of the Grad @ Grad experience is perfectly formatted for a revised campaign plan:

Thanks to a slight mishap, Riley missed an opportunity to serve Loyola as a member of Insignis.

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Loyola calls itself a premier source of education, yet the school does not include a single playground on campus. Studies show these tactile environments greatly improve student problem solving abilities.

Beyond things exterior to the classroom, Loyola has a concerningly low number of classroom pets. Research reflects better preparation for the workforce by children with animals in the classroom. If elected, I would ensure that one in three classrooms have a pet: a policy sure to bridge the gap between education in America and education in Denmark.

Finally, if elected to student council, I would have added the quintessential senior quote to the yearbook. This addition would allow students to express themselves in a way that researchers say expands the learning capacity of adolescent minds. In summation, Johnny Cash once said, “I got in trouble for a lot of things I didn’t do, but then I never got caught for a lot of things that I did.”

To...

Seniors Patrick Boos Cailen Butler Brendan Kelly Freshman David Dwyer

If you see these Ramblers in the hallway, be sure to wish them a Happy Birthday!

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United: Come Fly the Unfriendly Skies Emily Devyor Sophomore Writer United Airlines recently came under fire for dragging one of its passengers off of a plane after the company overbooked the plane by four people. A flight leaving from O’Hare on April 9 ended up being overbooked due to four United employees who needed to get to Louisville to work another flight. Passengers on the flight were offered $800 to voluntarily give up their seat on the flight to Louisville off, but when no one got the plane it was announced that passengers would be selected at random to be removed from the flight. Three of the passengers selected left the plane with little to no complaint and took the money that was offered to them.

One passenger refused to leave the plane, though.

Dr. David Dao claimed that he needed to get to Louisville to see patients that next day. Other people on the plane say that the flight they were on was the last one out of O’Hare to Lou-

isville that day. Refusing to get off the plane, airport security was called and the man was physically pulled from his seat and dragged towards the exit of the plane. The end of the video, which was posted on Facebook, shows Dr. Dao with a split, bleeding lip and cut on his forehead. He seems to be unconscious as he is dragged from the flight.

Dao’s attorneys released

that Dao also suffered from a significant concussion, broken nose, and two lost teeth from hitting his head on the side of a seat. There was immediately outrage from others when the video was posted, and people around the world began to question why United would do this.

A statement released by United’s CEO said, “The truly horrific event that occurred on this flight has elic-

Dr. David Dao is physically dragged off an overbooked United flight from Chicago to Louisville.

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ited many responses from all of us: outrage, anger, disappointment. I share all of those sentiments, and one above all: my deepest apologies for what happened… I continue to be disturbed by what happened on this flight and I deeply apologize to the customer forcibly removed and to all the customers aboard. No one should ever be mistreated this way.”

Many loyal United flyers have said that they are never going to fly United again and are now telling others to boycott the company as well. People in China are also calling for a boycott of United Airlines because of the fact that the man removed from the flight was Chinese saying that he was being racially profiled.

More people are coming forward with stories of United removing them from flights to make room for their employees. One couple even claims that United Airlines took them off of a flight heading to their very own wedding. United Airlines disputed this claim as well, saying that the couple kept trying to move into up-

graded seating and did not listen to crew instructions.

Since this incident, United has had a lawsuit filed against them by Dr. David Dao and his family for the apparent “bullying” of its customers. The attorney for Dao and his family has told the press that the family is appreciative of all the love being sent their way and thankful that people are in support of their family. The attorney also said that the family will not be making any public statements until Dao is feeling better and is released from the hospital.

Other airlines have been revamping their policies on removing passengers from plane to make room for staff members. Delta will even offer passengers up to $10,000 for voluntarily giving up their seat; this is seven times more than previously offered to passengers. Even though sweeping changes are being made in United Airlines upper management, this terrible event has tarnished their reputation for the foreseeable future.

Mars Mission May Be Within Our Reach Riley Harwood LA News Editor On April 7, NASA did something many have demanded it do since the Space Launch System was unveiled in 2011: Provide more details on how the agency will send humans to Mars.

During two presentations to the NASA Advisory Council, associate administrator Bill Gerstenmaier showed off the latest designs for a small, Moon-orbiting space station and a larger, reusable transport ship to carry astronauts to Mars and back.

It’s NASA’s most concrete plan yet for sending humans back into deep space. But beyond a smattering of articles, hardly anyone noticed.

This paradigm shift alters the aforementioned concentration by the Obama administration’s NASA to send manned missions to Mars.

Under the new reveal, a broader effort to explore our solar system will be adopted

much to the opprobrium of Elon Musk, Mars enthusiast.

“There’s now a sense of urgency,” Gerstenmaier said in the press conference. “The hope is we’ve created enough of a framework that folks can see that there’s a real plan worth executing. But also, it’s not so defined that it if some piece changes, the entire plan gets thrown away and we start all over again.”

The multi-phased plan begins with the ominously named Deep Space Gateway (DSG). While the 2020’s will largely be spent observing the effects of living and working in lunar orbit, the 2030’s will see ventures to Mars. One specific change in emphasis according to the NASA update is a new focus on commercial and international partners having readily available opportunities to participate. These opportunities will be strongly represented in the previously named DSG. To say the DSG is a miniature Inter-

national Space Station isn’t quite accurate. It isn’t meant to be continually staffed; with Orion docked, it only supports a crew of four for 42 days. The DSG has a propulsion module, habitation module, and possibly an airlock for spacewalks.

It will likely have an updated version of the beloved Canadarm, and possibly an advanced glass cupola offering 360-degree views of the Moon and Earth. The DSG would be assembled by 2025, over the course of three Space Launch System (SLS) flights—each of which will launch with a crewed Orion capsule.

NASA would rely on commercial or international partners for resupply flights, and a final SLS mission to bring up the airlock is tentatively scheduled for 2026.

Once the DSG is fully assembled and phase 1 is complete, phase 2 will commence with the assembly and launch of the Deep Space Transport (DST)—a

larger transport vessel. The DST supports a crew of four for 1,000 days at a time. Between each trip, it will be resupplied, refurbished, and refueled at the DSG. NASA expects the spacecraft to be long-lived enough for a total of three round trips to Mars.

A massive ship, though, the DST will need a mammoth vehicle to exit earth’s atmosphere. The forerunner to fill such a tall order will be SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launcher. The rocket claims to be able to heave 64 metric tons into low-Earth orbit, but Musk and co. have yet to release an estimate on how much mass the project could send to the Moon.

After receiving supplies and equipment at the DSG, the DST would be ready to fly. In 2029, a crew would climb aboard for a one-year shakedown cruise, during which the DST would fly on its own in lunar orbit. Assuming everything goes smoothly, the DST would return to the DSG—still following

the acronyms?—for refueling and supplies, before embarking on its first crewed flight to Mars orbit in 2033.

Among the other issues of NASA public funding, private colonization missions, China Lunar missions, and other nationalist sentiments with roots in the Cold War, we must still ask ourselves, what is our purpose? Are we destined to leave Earth?

When considering the dark, ever-expanding abyss, man cannot help but feel, simply put, small. The inescapable sense of existentialism found in the discussion of our place in the universe proves simultaneously comforting and frightening. Ultimately in order to escape this inevitable panic or apathy generated by relativity induced nihilism we look ourselves in the mirror and whisper, “Press your space face close to mine, love. Freak out in a moonage daydream, oh yeah!”

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Which finals do you have to take this year?

What AP tests are What are you most you most stressed looking forward to about? about prom?

Where are you going to school next year?

What are you going to miss most about Loyola?

None

AP Calc

I’m not going :(

The University of Notre Dame

The Building’s Architecture

None

AP Psych

The after party

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Mr. Warnke’s physics class

Math

AP Lang

That Monday, that incidentally, no seniors will be here.

Loyola UniversityChicago

Um...

None - as far as I know

AP Spanish Lit

Dancing with Margaret Peterson

Northwestern University

My friends

AP Chem

I aint’ even gonna study.

Rolling up in a minivan

Creighton University

My boys, Mr. Hara, Margaret Peterson, and Makenzie Leider

Thomas Murphy ‘17

Kassidy Caldwell ‘17

Adorina Bethishou ‘17

Zoё Huettl ‘17

Yidedia Bekele ‘17

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UPCOMING SPORTS EVENTS Wednesday, May 10

Girls Soccer vs. Lakes @ 4:45 Baseball @ Providence @ 5:00 Boys LAX @ Grayslake North @ 7:00 Girls LAX @ Glenbrook South Girls Water Polo @ Glenbrook North @ 7:00

Thursday, May 11

Softball GCAC Tournament Girls Track and Field IHSA Sectionals @ Loyola Baseball vs. Providence @ 4:30 Boys Tennis @ Leyden @ 4:30 Girls LAX @ Evanston @ 4:45 Boys Volleyball @ DePaul College Prep @ 6:00 Boys Water Polo vs. Maine South @ Glenbrook North (IHSA Sectionals) @ 8:00

Friday, May 12

Boys Volleyball Tournament @ Evanston Boys Tennis CCL Championship @ Loyola @ 9:00 Boys LAX @ St. Viator @ 5:00 Girls Water Polo IHSA Sectionals @ Glenbrook North @ 6:00 Boys Water Polo IHSA Sectionals @ Glenbrook North @ 8:00

Saturday, May 13

Softball GCAC Championships Boys Volleyball Tournament @ Evanston Boys Track & Field CCL Championships @ Loyola @ 9:00 Girls LAX vs. East Grand Rapids @ 9:30 Baseball vs. Marmion Academy @ 11:00

Brennan Dwyer weaves through the defense to score a goal. Despite some injuries, the team is pulling together and continuing to win.

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Girls LAX Chases Title IX Brady Reichert Sophomore Writer On a cold, blustery Saturday a month before graduation, seniors Brennan Dwyer and Madison Kane lace up their lacrosse shoes, ready to attack Rockford. What follows is another notch in the win column for the highly successful Loyola Academy Girls Lacrosse Team. Dwyer and Kane have come a long way in a story that is just being written as the two seniors are months away from pulling on jerseys for Northwestern and Marquette, respectively, where they have committed to play next year.

The real story is not just about them; it is really about a whole team and an outstanding program that has already achieved eight state championships. This talented team, coached

by Dwyer’s father, John Dwyer, is on the verge of making another title run. ​With a program and players this talented, their strength shines just as much during unforeseen challenges as it does in easy victories. Last month Mary

Dooley and Katie Enrietto went down with torn ACLs after the team went 5-0 in a tournament in Colorado. This was the first time the program and team had faced the adversity of losing two starting seniors to in-season injuries. This type of issue has weakened and derailed many teams. Rather than wilt to the competition, the Ramblers dug deep on their bench and faced the challenge head on. ​Their first big test was in the last week of March as they faced their main crosstown rival, New Trier, who has only lost 13 games over the past two years.

The good news is that 11 of these games were lost to Loyola, but New Trier is a strong. For the Ramblers, this spring’s game was going to be a difficult challenge. They were they facing arguably the strongest opponent in the state. Between the two teams, there are ten seniors going on to play collegiate lacrosse, nine of whom have committed to Division I programs. ​As the game began, it took some time for the Ramblers to get used to the Trevi-

ans’ pressure, but the underclassman began to step up.

Freshman Sophia Rucker joined Kane, Grace Clarke, and Elizabeth Walker in the first half to even the score 5 to 5. The Ramblers came out firing in the second half, scoring three times in the first two minutes. While the Trevians continued to focus on holding Dwyer off the score sheet, her determination broke through as she scored two of those first three goals of the second half.

By the time the dust settled the Ramblers had scored many more times with many different team members adding points. Their efforts paid off with an 18-12 victory against a strong Trevians’ team. ​The game showed what the girls could do as they focused on playing for each other during adversity. On Friday, March 28, after they went on to achieve a solid 15-7 victory over Rockford, they demonstrated their unstoppable winning momentum. These talented, relentless Ramblers show what talent and team sportsmanship are capable of!