Tatler February 2023

FROM THE PRESIDENT F

What a busy time of the year! Thank you for all of your hard work and contributions to this community. Thank you to those who supported our SRC events. Thank you for attending, for participating, and for just being you! I wish everyone the best of luck with the new year, and most importantly, success in your upcoming year.

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ROM THE EDITORS

I EVERYONE!

Hi everyone! We’ve reached the end of another year, and the start of a brand new one, with the creation of two wonderful editions. Thank you so much for making that possible. I am incredibly grateful, and I am so glad to be working with you all. I hope your Christmas break was joyful and merry enough with family and friends. Now, it is time to begin this adventurous new year. I wish you success in all your classes in semester two. I am so thrilled to see what the new year has in store for us and for our school’s newspaper.

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For the next edition our theme is hello sunshine. We welcome all stories, articles, poems or art.

ARTIST ’ S NOTE

What better to represent a legacy than a lineage? This painting displays a queen with the queens of the past behind her. Their royal blood is their legacy being passed from generation to generation. They are NOT endermen. I decided to draw females because a lineage continues through the womb. The piece being in purple represents power, royalty and nobility. Their skin being purple represents their inherited royalty while the purple attire and accessories represent the parts of being royal they had to learn. This piece was made digitally using a drawing tablet.

The Luther Tatler is edited by Ini Idowu and co-edited by Paige Patrick with the help of Eva Markatos and Lila Gelowitz.

OGHENETAKEVWE ANIGBORO

INI IDOWU

HARVEY WANG

APHROTHITI MARKATOS: FROM GREECE TO CANADA

Roughriders, icy winters, Ford F-150s, and seaweed seas

But there is another place... people are freer, the sun shines brighter, and life makes sense

Grandma’s home was Greece

Santorini, Mykonos, Corfu…

Ruins of Achilles, Artemis, and Aphrodite...

Sunburnt tourists

Beaches around every gnarly road

Sunburnt tourists

Penelope’s paradise

Greece, my second home

Step off the plane

Island breeze

Palm trees and salty seas

Crystal waters, colorful caves, White-sand beaches, and blue skies for miles

The “Mamma Mia” lifestyle

For her, Soldiers, Picking olives in the fields, hunger

Walking miles to school, Feeding the donkey, and that one red birthday balloon she tells me about

...until the earthquake.

Snow on tha bluff - J Cole

Step off the plane

Fear.

$20 in her pocket, a language she can’t understand, Arranged marriage

Roughriders, icy winters, Ford F-150s, and seaweed seas

A future, family

A place where the people are freer, the sun shines And life makes sense

No soldiers, good schools, grandchildren and lots of red balloons...

BACK TO SCHOOL PLAYLIST

Gonna love me - Teyana Taylor

Pad lock - 21 savage

Solo - Future

Spread thin - Mariah the scientist

Been away - Brent Faiyaz

Sdp interlude - Travis Scott

Pink + White - Frank Ocean

All I want is you - Miguel feat J Cole

IMY2 - Drake

Girls need love - Summer Walker

Trip - Ella Mai

Starlight -Dave

Low down - Lil baby

CULTURAL RECIPES

PUFF PUFF

Most West African countries are familiar with the popular street food Puff-Puff, which is known by different names depending on the country. Ghanaians call it Bofrot (togbei), and Cameroonians and Nigerians call it Puff-Puff (Puff) or beignet in French. The basic ingredient consists of flour, sugar, yeast, water, salt and oil for deep frying.

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 cups + 1-2 (480) tablespoons warm water (See notes)

• 2 1/4 teaspoons (7grams) active dry yeast (1 packet)

• 3 1/2 cups (440grams) flour

• 1/2- 3/4 cup (100-150grams) sugar

• 1/2 tablespoon (8-9grams ) salt

• Oil for deep frying

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Mix salt, sugar, water, and yeast. Set aside for 5 minutes.

2. Add flour and mix.

3. Let the mixture rise for approximately 1- 2 hours

4. In a large, sauce pan pour vegetable oil into a pot, until it is at least 3 inches (or about 5 centimetres) high (too little will result in flatter balls), and place on low heat.

5. Test to make sure the oil is hot enough by putting a ‘drop’ of batter into the oil. If it is not hot enough, the batter stays at the pot's bottom rather than rising to the top.

6. Using your hands grab a little bit of mixture at a time and drop in the oil.

7. When the oil is hot enough, use a spoon to dish up the batter, and another spoon or spatula to drop it in the oil, sort of in the shape of a ball.

8. Fry for a few minutes until the bottom side is golden brown.

9. Turn the ball over and fry for a few more minutes until the other side is golden brown.

10. Use a large spoon or something like that to take it out of the oil. I usually place them on napkins right away to soak up some of the excess oil.

11. If desired, you can roll the finished product in table sugar or powdered sugar to make it sweeter.

CULTURAL RECIPES

JOLLOF RICE RECIPE

INGREDIENTS:

Yield: 7½ cups rice

● 2 medium tomatoes, roughly chopped (about 5 ounces each)

● ½ medium Scotch bonnet pepper (or use a habanero pepper), stem removed

● ½ medium onion, roughly chopped

● 3 small red bell peppers, roughly chopped (about 5 ounces each)

● ½ cup vegetable oil

● 1½ teaspoons salt

● 1 teaspoon curry powder

● 1½ teaspoons hot ground chile pepper, such as African dried chile or cayenne

● 1½ teaspoons garlic powder

● 1 tablespoon plus 1 heaping teaspoon onion powder

● 2 bay leaves

● ½ teaspoon ground ginger

● 1 tablespoon dried thyme

● 2½ cups medium-grain rice

PREPARATION:

Step 1

In a blender, combine tomatoes, scotch bonnet pepper and onions; purée. Pour out half the purée into a bowl; set aside. Add the bell peppers to the purée remaining in the blender and pulse until smooth. Add to the mixture that was set aside and stir to combine.

Step 2

Heat vegetable oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add blended vegetables along with the salt, curry powder, ground chile pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, bay leaves, ginger and thyme. Bring mixture to a boil.

Step 3

Stir in the rice until well mixed, then reduce the heat to low.

Step 4

Cover pot and let cook until rice is al dente, about 45 minutes. Check after 30 minutes; if rice is sauce-logged, remove the lid to cook off the excess sauce. If rice seems dry, stir in 1 to 2 cups water. Allow the rice at the bottom of the pot to char a bit to infuse it with a smoky flavor.

Pembroke Welsh corgis are considered to be an important member to the royal family. As a small child, Queen Elizabeth II was quite fond of this breed and has owned over 30 corgis during her lifetime. All of these dogs are the decent of her first very first corgi, Susan. As a result of the Queen’s obsession with corgis, many people have adopted the breed to be one of their favorite pets. My favorite thing about corgis is their silly attitudes and the fact that they look like a loaf of bread when laying down.

A PUBLIC DECLARATION : SHAKESPEARE STYLE

I, Evan Li in grade 12. Publicly declare a snoweth ball war on Josie Lloyd, eke in grade 12. H'r devious machinations of throwing snowballs at me might not but beest ceased.

The sc're is currently 10-9, with me in the leadeth, howev'r, yond shall changeth immediately with h'r plotting the entire tok classroom to throweth snowballs at me.

Prithee, stand ho h'r advances! and protecteth me from furth'r snowball berattle. But throweth not snowballs at h'r, t is our p'rsonal battleth.

English Translation: I, Evan Li in Grade 12. Publicly declare a snowball war on Josie Lloyd, also in Grade 12. Her devious machinations of throwing snowballs at me must be stopped.

The score is currently 10-9, with me in the lead, however, that will change immediately with her plotting the entire TOK classroom to throw snowballs at me.

Please, stop her advances! And protect me from further snowball abuse. But please do not throw snowballs at her, it is our personal battle.

LUCY WRIGHT

MAX KACHUROVSKVI: FROM UKRAINE TO CANADA

Along with being known around Luther as an incredibly smart student, a person with a good fashion sense, and a jokester with a quick wit, Max in grade eleven has a captivating story about his journey from Ukraine to Canada.

On February 24th, 2022, the day that Russian troops invaded Ukraine, Max and his family moved from their home in Kyiv to a nearby village where his grandma lived. They left their apartment early in the morning before the missiles and bombings which took place around 6AM. They then moved from the Ukranian village to Poland, then to Germany all to avoid the war. They then moved back to Kyiv for the summer. The most noticeable changes in Kyiv due to the war were the sandbags piled around the city that are used for soldiers to hide behind. Deciding to stay and finish school and work, Max’s sister and father stayed in Kyiv while Max and his mother went back to Poland on September 4, 2022. They then came to Toronto on September 6 and arrived in Regina on September 7. It wasn’t until November 23 that Max’s father and sister arrived in Regina.

Most of Max’s friends remain in Europe and some are still in Ukraine. He keeps in touch with them on a regular basis. Having lived in four different countries that speak different languages, Max is fluent in Ukrainian, German, Russian, and English, as well as being familiar with Polish. Although moving across the world was a very big adjustment, Max feels comfortable speaking English here as he has been learning it in school since grade one. His German language skills will also come in handy here at Luther as he is taking IB German next semester!

For Max, the most noticeable differences between Canada and Ukraine are the spatial structuring of cities, with Regina being more spread out than Kyiv, transportation methods, as, in Ukraine, he used public transit rather than personal vehicles, and school buses, which they do not have in Ukraine. Being seventeen years old, Max is hoping to get his driver’s license soon so he will no longer have to depend on public transit here in Regina. As he is currently driving with a learner’s license, he hopes to drive himself and his sister to Luther next year when she begins grade nine.

Max plans to go to the UofR or the UofT for business as his parents are business owners. Welcome to Luther, Max! We hope your friends and family in Ukraine remain safe, and we are happy to have you here with us in Canada!

THE BRITISH BOI VS. THE AMERICAN

Unknown: Greetings to all. I'll be your host for this heated discussion at Luther College High School today. I've found two fiercely competitive people in this school today. One of them is named Anderson: the only one of the two who is truly American and who appears to dislike British society.

Anderson: British people are not human.

Unknown: Woah! Calm down man. Next up, we have Daniel, who is known as the British Boi.

Daniel: Your candy sucks!

Anderson: Like your teeth! Get it, cause British people have scurvy, and you’re British.

Unknown: Gentlemen! Gentlemen! Gentlemen! Now, I want a proper, formal, and peaceful conversation between the two of you. Are you two ready?

Daniel: Ready to win!

Anderson: I will send you back to Britain.

Daniel: in shambles

Unknown: Anyway, let us begin. Daniel and Anderson, you will both compare and contrast your different cultures in each of your different countries. Considering we are in North America, I will let Daniel begin to make things somewhat fair.

Daniel: Wait, why are you wearing a hood?

Unknown: Hey! Be quiet, I can do what I want, I’m the judge!

Daniel: Sigh

Anderson: Ha!

Unknown: Begin!

Daniel: Alright, So in Britain, we say crisps, what about you?

Anderson: Oh you know that is one I actually know - except we call them potato chips.

Daniel: I mean, yes but no

Anderson: What do you mean?

Daniel: Crisps are crunchy and crispy, therefore Crisps.

Daniel: We already have chips. You know the one where we have fish and chips.

Anderson: Fish and Chips! Ha! Classic British culture.

Daniel: Hush!

Anderson: Anyway, we call them french fries.

Daniel: Looks at Anderson in disappointment.

Anderson: What?

Daniel: French Fries? You’re American, not French!

Anderson: Ay man listen. I could care less.

Daniel: What kind of grammar is that? That makes no sense, “I don’t care” sounds way better.

Anderson: Don’t tell me what is right and what is wrong Bri’ish scum!

Daniel: HOW DARE YOU!

Anderson: Try me.

Daniel: What about colour?

Anderson: Color.

Daniel: Oh ok see we’re finding more similari- wait how do you spell colour?

THE BRITISH BOI VS. THE AMERICAN CONT’ D

Anderson: C-o-l-o-r.

Daniel: Where’s the “u”?

Anderson: What “u”?

Daniel: The “u” you use in colour. It is spelled as c-o-l-o-u-r.

Anderson: Lame, stupid: these are the words I’m using to describe the Bri’ish.

Daniel: What’d you just say: Bri’ish? What in the world is Bri’ish? Where’s the ‘t’?

Anderson: Wouldn’t you like to know Daniel? So you can go sip it. It’s in Buckingham palace waiting for you next to the queen. Oh wait… SHE'S DEAD. Ha!

Daniel: OH YOU DID NOT JUST GO THERE!

Anderson: YEA THAT'S RIGHT SHE DIED, JUST LIKE BRITAIN'S COLLOQUIAL DREAMS BACK IN 1776. OH SAY CAN YOU SEE, BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT. WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED, AND THE TWILIGTS LAST GLEAMING. WHOSE BROAD

Daniel: Oh, please! At least Britain can still keep stable. Meanwhile, LOOK AT YOU! You got Kanye West, Donald Trump, Amber Heard, oh I can go on mate.

Anderson: Ok, Kanye West was TOO FAR Daniel.

Daniel: No, you know what is far? Your dreams of ever being a top team in the world cup. AMERICA IS SO TRASH THEY CAN’T DEFEAT THE NETHERLANDS. WHO IN THE WORLD ARE THE NETHERLANDS?

Anderson: HAHA, YOU’RE SAYING THIS BUT YOUR COUNTRY LOST TO FRANCE! FRANCE!! THEY PRACTICALLY SURRENDERED IN 2 SEPERATE WORLD WARS ONLY TO BE RESCUED BY THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Daniel: At least we got into the quarter finals.

Anderson: Oh yea… HOW DID THAT GO? WHERE'S HARRY KANE NOW? He was looking at the sky when attempting to score.

Daniel: Whatever, we’re obviously superior.

Anderson: If you’re superior, then why didn’t you beat us in the world cup huh?? It’s your national sport and you can’t even beat us. How embarrassing. Britain sucks!

Unknown: …Alright so clearly you two do not have the potential to speak sensibly and simply so I’m cutting this debate off and going home. Goodbye Gentlemen. Say your goodbyes and good day!

Anderson, Daniel: Fine

Anderson: Farewell, Bri’ish boi with no queen.

Daniel: Shush. WAIT Judge! I have one more question.

Unknown: What is it now, I’ve already had enough of your constant screaming!

Daniel: Who are you?

Unknown: Who am I?

Anderson, Daniel: Yes?

Unknown removes hood

Richard: Ich bin Deutsche, Narren! See you soon for the next debate! To be continued

BASKETBALL SEASON: A RESET

I’ve been anticipating school basketball season since before the end of the previous season - the 2021-2022 school year. Improving during the off-season and just getting better before this season started were the biggest goals of mine. School basketball season starting has made me feel increasingly happy and just all around excited especially as the team progresses with time. I feel that the team this year is very strong, and with plenty of talent that we have, we have potential to do great. We’ve had a couple preseason games and a tournament, and it’s revealed how much potential that we have already. As the season continues in the new year, I am excited to see the performance of the team, as well as the bond that’s created. Basketball season, for me, is a wonderful time that comes with plenty of learning and improvement.

AYO OLAOSEBIKAN

A few months ago, a few members of Luther’s debate team participated in a debate tournament at Walter Murray High School in Saskatoon. With the help of their coaches, Ms Greenman and Ms Wilkinson, these members were able to participate at the novice level of debates. The provided motion for this specific tournament was “This house believes that school-based play should be designed to encourage children to experience physical risk” and each member had to debate both the proposition and opposition side. Not only this, but there was also a round of impromptu debates in which each pair was given a motion 30 minutes prior to their debate and was tasked with creating an argument to present to a panel of judges. It is important to mention that this tournament put on by SEDA has been the first in-person debate competition since the pandemic, which made it all the more exciting for these students, who have been deprived of such an opportunity for the past three years, to participate. In all, Avi Patel, and Ashar Rizvi placed 1st (gold) in the novice category while Zoha Sabir and Lila Gelowitz followed with a 2nd place (silver) achievement.

NEW YEAR, SAME OLD PLAYLIST

Songs I’ve been listening to while doing homework:

Me and your mama– Childish Gambino

After the storm- Kali Uchis (Tyler the creator & Bootsy Collins)

Magnolia– Carti

Champagne poetry- Drake

420( blaze up) - Snoop Dogg

Big poppa- The Notorious B.I.G

Hit 'Em Up- 2Pac

Yes sir- Chief Keef

Zodiac killer- Khalil

Middle child- J. Cole

MOHAMMAD AL KHATIB ’ S STORY

Mohammad was born in Damascus, Syria during a time of rampant turmoil as a result of political corruption. From the time he was born onward, Mohammad was exposed to missiles, worker riots, and corpses filling the streets of Damascus on a daily basis. Due to the chaos and danger that accompanied his life in a war-torn country, his family lived a life of constant movement. At the age of three, Mohammad’s family moved out of their home to hide with family friends who had a room to protect them from missiles. While they were able to return to their home after this missile incident, they did not stay long since war and violence was only getting worse. Mohammad described that whenever he left his house and went outside, he was essentially risking his life. Getting killed was a common occurrence, even for tiny disturbances such as children innocently misbehaving. Since Mohammad’s mother had to look after three small children, including one newborn girl, their family was in a vulnerable position. Mohammad recalls many “close calls'' while walking down the streets. He witnessed brutality towards some of his dearest relatives, a traumatic experience for anyone, especially a three year old boy. Shortly after Mohammad returned to his home after fleeing to his family friend’s house, his family had a period of two days to pack up their belongings and leave their home. Violence stirred in the streets, and Mohammad watched missiles and shooting going on all around the car he was traveling in to leave his home. Traveling by car was not much safer than by foot. Mohammad’s family’s car was shot at and targeted many times on their journey to a temporary safe place to live. The family was traveling to a house that formerly belonged to Mohammad’s relatives who left Syria before this time. Mohammad’s grandma informed them of the vacancy in this house since she was able to leave her home more freely than Mohammad, his parents, and siblings. While the extremists caused and continue to cause immense suffering for the majority of Syrian society, they did not treat the elderly as terribly as they did the rest of society in this time. The extremists held a level of respect towards the elder citizens of society, and they therefore had more “privileges.”

Mohammad’s family lived in the house that formerly belonged to their relatives for around a year. Although this house was in a safer neighborhood than that of his old home, it was still dangerous as war intensified and spread to all parts of Syria. Mohammad’s family was no longer living in Damascus, for they made a dangerous journey to a small town, slowly working their way towards the border between Syria and Jordan. Mohammad still risked his life every time he stepped out of the house. The only person who really went outside to fetch groceries and necessities of life was his father. However, Mohammad and his friend temporarily attended a school in the small town while they were there. He described how there was a huge hole in the roof because the terrorists bombed the school, but no one thought much of it, and they continued attenting the school. Mohammad ultimately did not stay long at this school because one day he was at school and the terrorists started bombing the area. Mohammad and his cousin were “running for their lives” for one kilometer to find shelter at her house. After this day, Mohammad stopped going to school, and his family left the town immediately. The family then moved to one of Mohammad’s aunts' houses further into the countryside for a while, and they tried to convince her to flee to Jordan with them, but she refused and wanted to stay despite the danger in war-torn Syria. Mohammad’s family then moved to two more houses near the border while Mohammad’s uncle living in Amman, Jordan was making arrangements to get them across the border.

MOHAMMAD AL KHATIB ’ S STORY CONT’ D

Mohammad enjoyed his time in Jordan and made many friends. Although the war did not spread to Jordan, there was still much poverty and it was not a completely stable country. After four years in Jordan, Mohammad’s father received a call from the Government of Canada asking if they would like to come to Canada. Mohammad’s father agreed since he believed there was no future for their family in Jordan. Other than his immediate family, most of Mohammad’s relatives currently live in Jordan, and they choose to stay there to live out their faith as devout Muslims. Mohammad’s family arrived in Canada in 2016 when he was 10 years old.

Syria remains in a state of violence, chaos, and danger to this day. One of Mohammad’s aunts still lives there today, and she barely has sufficient water, food, and electricity. He explained that it is currently almost impossible to leave for the borders of Syria. Although Damascus was in a state of chaos and danger when his family fled, Mohammad still enjoys reflecting on the joyful memories he had in his time there. He reminisces over the days his father acted as the leader of their small community, climbing on roofs with his friends, his time with family, and his old home. He misses his time in Syria and hopes he will be able to return one day.

EVA MARKATOS

Beginning in 1953, the Luther Invitational Basketball Tournament is the longest running high school tournament in all of Canada. LIT was inducted into the Regina Sports Hall of Fame in 2016.

This year, for the 69th Annual LIT, there will be teams from Regina high schools to out-of-province high schools competing. To decide which Regina teams will play in the LIT on February 9th and 10th, Luther held a Pre-LIT, which happened on January 9th and 10th.

Although LIT is a basketball tournament, there are plenty of opportunities for students of all talents, not just athletics, to be involved in the annual event. There are numerous committees, made up of students from Luther, that plan all aspects of the tournament through months of preparation. Artwork, security, and advertising are just a few of the skills needed to make LIT happen.

As a person who does not know much about basketball at all, let alone sports in general, working on the LIT Media committee for the past month or so has been a very enjoyable experience for me. Until now, I was not a person that attended sporting events. Before becoming involved with LIT, watching my school’s basketball teams play on a school evening was not something that I would partake in all that often. Now, although I still do not understand the game of basketball completely, I enjoy watching as I value being immersed in the community’s energy and excitement.

LIT is a great way to celebrate the talented basketball players at our school as well as the connected, hardworking, creative Luther community!

2023 LIT: MR. CASPER ’ S TAKE ON LIT

1 What is LIT? Why do you believe this basketball tournament holds such a significant importance to our Luther community today?

“LIT is an event … not just a basketball tournament. It is an event that is for our community (Luther, Regina, Sask, Western Canada). It is a chance for us to host and create a platform for our student skills that can be showcased. Skills including athletes, art work, music, communication with media outlets, organizing banquets, socials and hosting an event that we can celebrate while doing something for others on a large scale. No real difference than providing entertainment with our musical and candlelight service. Similar to creating an environment to celebrate our students and cultures like Multicultural night and our fine arts night.

It is important for our past Luther students as it offers a meeting spot and time to see one another, important for our present students because we can be involved with each other, hang out with each other and important for our future because LIT gives athletes, artists, musicians and our supportive parents something to look forward to and work towards.”

2. Explain your experience playing in LIT. What emotions emerged as a result of playing in such a farreaching tournament?

“I think the anticipation of playing in front of the fans that are all there to cheer on our school, but are also there to have fun in an environment that is safe and really positive, is what makes the experience memorable. As a player we want to represent our school well. WE WANTED to win. When we got to the final, it was so much fun as it is so hard to win this tournament. You give all that you have on the floor as a player. Playing, performing and representing your teammates and your school is a PRIVILEGE! It is earned ! When you earn it and stay committed to it, it means more. You develop a passion . No matter what you are doing. One of the reasons I wanted to be a teacher is so that I could be involved and coach. I could be involved with students and hopefully help create and give back to the environment that shaped me.”

3. This is LIT’s comeback year as a result of Covid-19 canceling the full extent of LIT the past two years. What does this comeback tournament mean to you?

“We were lucky to be able to have musicals , arts nights and so many other important events in our school in 2020-21 and 2021-22 yet they were often modified in a large way. For many reasons, we could not have any athletics at all in 2020-21 and were not allowed tournaments from November until March of 2022. It was great to be able to have some athletics and leagues, but tournaments and travel were not permitted. When you have so many traditions and so many important events were canceled for an extended period of time, it affects the involvement and culture of the school. Not having LIT affects the culture of the community that supports it. We cherish the times we can put our students on a platform to celebrate them. We have chapels and Zoom chapels that thankfully allowed us to celebrate important students and their skills in different areas. That was very difficult to do for athletics. For all the proper reasons, so much was canceled. Health is first , comfort levels varied and we needed to protect each other.

LIT allows us to come together again and allows our school to give opportunities to students (athletes, musicians, artists etc.)

What is not to love about this!” INTERVIEWER: PAIGE PATRICK

INTERVIEWED: MR. CASPER