RJ VOICE March 2013

THE RJ VOICE

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GIRLS SWIMMING: STATE CHAMPS

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LES MIS pg. 6

SERVICE PROJECTS pg. 20

HOOPS GIRLS TAKE

BOYS AND GIRLS

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MY JOURNEY

A LOOK AT FOUR, FOUR-YEAR VARSITY ATHLETES pg. 16

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THE RJ VOICE WHAT’S INSIDE News Mandarin Class

Sports Swim Champs

Breaking Ground

Student Life St. Baldrick’s

Locker Popping

Diversity Day

Sponsored Skier

Phobias

Girls vs. Boys Lax

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Amendment 64 page 5

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Cafeteria Food

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Student Cars

Hockey

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Boys Basketball page 36

Throwback Thursday Grant Neal page 27

Argo Hostage page 31

Okee Dokee Bros 90’s Kids page 13 My Journey

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Girls State Hoops

Freshmen Triplets

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Coach Anderson

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Features Les Miserables

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Columns Club Corner: Car page 30

Liam’s Game Review

Catfish

Entertainment Music Buzz

Opinion

Plastics

Walking Dead

Big & Little Love

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Service Projects page 20

New Pope page 32

Teen Hangouts page 40

Mr. Carroll page 25

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Summer Concerts page 42

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NEWS

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andarin Chinese is one of the most sought after languages in business today, with a study from Pew Research claiming Chinese speakers will continue to rise in the next 15 to 20 years.

Regis Jesuit had picked up on this. We will offer Mandarin classes next year in hopes of prepare students for the changing world of business and expose them to a new culture. The project, spearheaded by divisional principals Mr. Carruthers and Ms. Kessler, was approved last semester.

“We want to develop a program of Mandarin that has some scope and sequence that we can build on.” Mr. Carruthers

said, “We are not just trying to offer a one off year of Mandarin.”

New Year celebrations, Mandarin summer camps, and the Dragon Boat festival, the Mandarin experience will be fully realized.

Senior Sam Honeycutt is well versed in Mandarin. After living in Shanghai for three years, he adopted the language and the culture. “I may have the opportunity to go to China and be an engineer,” Honeycutt said.

Junior Jake Ciafone has registered for the class next year.

“Mandarin will be a gateway not only to learning a Chinese language but also the Chinese culture,” Ciafone said.

“Compared to other languages Regis has, it will be a good alternative,” he said. However, he says there is a lot of discipline needed. He studies additionally outside the classroom and advises prospective Mandarin students to do the same.

Ciafone, who already speaks German and is studying Latin, wants to join the state department of the United States one day. He knows Mandarin will give him an advantage.

He knows it won’t be easy. “It is a tonal language, unlike our own,” Ciafone says, “The sound can change the meaning.”

The class will also teach Chinese culture. With ties to Chinese

Mandarin is sought after in the U.S. Military and the nation-

SCHOOL to break ground on new performing arts center

BY YANA SLABAKOV | 2013

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he groundbreaking for the long-awaited Performing Arts Complex will be held on Wednesday the 27th of March, at 12:55 on McNicholas Green, rain or shine.

“Students, faculty and parents, whoever wants to come, can come to the ceremony,” says Fr. Steele. “Hopefully we’ll be able to actually be out there, and turn the shovels and everything.“ Construction will begin the following week.

“The first thing that they’ll do is take the Music Mansion and the other building down, and we’ll lease two new temporary buildings that will be up on the hill in between the Girls Division and the stadium. So when you come back from spring break you’ll see that and probably there’ll be bulldozers starting to move dirt,” Fr. Steele says.

Although the building is a major project, the construction period is surprisingly quick and is expected to take only nine or ten months. This places the end date of the project around the beginning of second semester next school year.

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“The idea is that after summer most of the work will be inside, to finish off between when we come back to school [next year] and December,” Fr. Steele explains.

The newest addition to Regis Jesuit will not only include a 490- seat theater, but an ensemble classroom, a scene shop, dressing rooms, Raider Shop, a college counseling center, and a student commons and cyber cafe, and a communications and broadcasting center, among others.

Since the arts, such as theater and communications, are already very co-divisional, the new building is not necessarily a way to bring the two divisions closer, but rather to designate a space for programs that are already working well together.

and inspiration from each other.”

One of the aspects of the building that Fr. Steele is most excited about is something that has not yet appeared in the official sketches and plans for the new building.

“I’m working on some art pieces, and I’m hoping I can commission my brother to do a mural outside of the theater,” he says. “And then I’d like to have a big statue of St. John Francis Regis out in front of the building. I’m working on trying to make that happen.”

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“It’s the only building on campus that’s specifically designed for both divisions,” says Fr. Steele. “I think that it’ll be a great space where kids can work on projects and you can hopefully get ideas

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LOCKER POPPING WELCOMES THEFT, CAUSES DAMAGE

A study from Bloomberg rankings called Mandarin Chinese one of the most important buisness language, second only to English.

Mandarin Chinese is spoken by 845 million people. The study, taken in 2011, based the study on number of speakers, the nations where the language is official and their populations, finacial power, and education and literacy rates.

al security sector. It gives students an advantage when applying for colleges, who look for critical languages.

“It’s a critical language offering that helps people in a multitude of areas,” Mr. Carruthers said, “there are huge demands for it.”

The class is open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Freshmen may inquire with Mr. Bostdorff if they wish to be placed in the class. The

BY BEN MOHLER @bemohler | 2014

It is not abnormal to walk down a Regis Jesuit hallway and see someone kicking pulling at their locker to try and open it up. class will share two teachers with the Colorado International Institute. They are native Chinese speakers and have experience teaching in North America.

“The economic trends that go on with Mandarin cannot be ignored,” Mr. Carruthers said, “It simply is the reality of the world.”

pot legal, questions loom As state struggles with adoption of law, concern from families, schools grows

BY EMILY BUTLER

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he passing of Amendment 64 made Colorado one of the first two states – along with Washington to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes.

Persons over the age of 21 will be able to buy one ounce of marijuana from legal dispensaries or “pot shops”, and grow up to six marijuana plants on private property.

Just over 55% of Colorado voters cast their ballot in favor of the law.

The question now is how to set-up, enforce, and monitor the legalization.

First, there are other legal issues at work.

“The biggest legal issue about marijuana is that it is still federally illegal,” social studies teacher and lawyer Mrs. Howard said, “and we haven’t begun to deal with the fact that the Unites States government can arrest you for possession but it will be legal in Colorado. That presents a big conflict between the U.S. Government and Colorado.

That’s where you’ll see the most legal issues.”

As far as how to regulate and control legal marijuana, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper told the Denver Post, “This will be a complicated process, but we intend to follow through.”

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The state expects between 5 million dollars and 22 million in income from sales after first year, and perhaps 60 million dollars by 2017.

This method, or “popping your locker”, is a way to get into your locker without entering the combination.

When you kick the locker and pull up, you temporarily bump the pins up enough to get the locker open.

“Popping my locker saves me time and makes it easier to get into my locker,” junior Brian Cromie said. “Last year when I put my combination in, I would often mess up and have to re-enter my combination. It would often make me late to class.”

Even though it is convenient for some students to pop their locker, there are many downsides to the act.

“When you pop your locker you are telling everyone around you that your locker isn’t secure,” Dean Doherty said. “We’ve had kids who pop their lockers for weeks and weeks and weeks and when their 180 dollar calculus book gets stolen, they want to get it taken care of.”

The first 40 million will be given to education via the public school capital.

With the installation of the security camera’s in 2010, theft at Regis Jesuit has declined, but it still happens.

‘Popping’ your locker can welcome theft.

Some believe that when marijuana becomes legal, the “black markets,” or underground dealing of the drug, will decrease, which will help to clean up the drug trade. Others say it will make things worse.

In addition to being unsafe, locker popping is also bad for the lockers. they go through a lot of wear and tear in their daily life here at Regis Jesuit, and adding additional kicks and hits does not help them age.

The issue has caused a great deal of controversy for some time. In 2011, 45% of Americans were in favor of legalizing marijuana, according to a Pew Research survey.

For the last eight years, the group Campaign To Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol has been pushing for legalization since the beginning.

Co-director Mason Tvert has recognized that now is a better time than ever because people are more educated on marijuana. The group believes that it is unfair to prohibit adults from using a product that is much less harmful than alcohol and other drugs.

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“As lockers got bent over the years students started to realize that they could pop them and open them,” Doherty said. “There was a time a few years ago where the maintenance crew spent the entire summer just working on the lockers.”

Spending the extra 10-15 seconds it takes to enter the locker combination can prevent loss of expensive books and other personal property as well as save the school money and time.

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LES MISÉRABLES

MASTER OF THE HOUSE

Photography by Emma Bridgewater ‘14

ABOVE: Les Misérables is a story with plenty of drama and romance, as well as an important moral lesson. It is an ambitious project but Regis Jesuit’s actors and actresses are more than ready. Junior Steven Szachara ‘14 plays Marius, the young revolutionary. |

ABOVE: Molly Martin ‘13, who plays Fantine in her last stage performance at RJ says that she is “very excited to be reenacting one of her favorite childhood musicals.” She says that Fantine is an amazing character to portray. Although the cast is not doing the musical version of the show, Martin says the dramatics more than make up for the lack of music. Also pictured: Megan Jones ‘15 and Kyle Yeager ‘15. |

RIGHT: Kyle Butenhoff ‘14, who plays Jean Valjean, says there is a lot of pressure to do well because the movie just came out and a lot of other high schools are doing this play. They all feel the pressure to put on the best performance. He says that she show has “a phenomenal amount of talent and that this promotes a great atmosphere. “ With him is Collin Jostes ‘13 who plays Javert. |

SPREAD BY: VICTORIA CASARETTO, YANA SLABAKOV, OLIVIA FROEHLICH, EMMA BRIDGEWATER

ABOVE: Sophomore Brielle Pray ‘15 plays Cosette. She says her favorite part about theater is “the sense of accomplishment and victory at the end of the play.” She also finds the chance to become someone else to be “rewarding and freeing.” |

ABOVE: As with any school production, Les Misérables is a group effort. The cast as well as the crew, who work on makeup, painting, and set construction, work extremely hard to make the performance detailed, believable, and interesting. |

ABOVE: Hunter Gause ‘14 plays Mr. Thenardier in the production. He says he is most nervous about the entire cast having to “pull together and function as a team to put on an awesome performance with just a week of dress rehearsals.” He says that an interesting part of the play is that it includes a flashback, which was filmed and will be projected on the back of the stage. Also on stage is Saron Araya ‘13 who plays Madame Thenardier. |

What Would You Do To Cure Cancer?

Seniors Hannah Burgan and Emily Kaiser shaved their heads to raise money for childhood cancer research through the St. Baldrick’s fountation on March 15.

The friends raised over $4,ooo Scan the QR code to read the full story on the girls’ decision on The RJ Voice online. | What Would You Do for Cancer? by Delaney Lanker 02 // THE‘13 RJ VOICE // VOICE.REGISJESUIT.COM

FALL 2012

OPEN TO GROWTH

Mr Walsweer talks about the history of tattoos including Japanese and Pacific Islander roots.

Alum Rani Hadla spoke about the meaning of diversity and his experience as a kid growing up muslim and facing discrimination. He found peace by learning to accept his and others differences and accepting love.

Traditional Polynnesian dancing was performed and described as kids were taken to different places throigh performance.

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Catherine O’Neil Thorn and PJ performed their poems and helped kids write and learn about the true meaning of diversity. “Art from Ashes” provides creative workshops for young people. Their voices deserve to be heard.”

Traditional Indian danceing was performed by Srida Saraogi and Breanne Williams during the

Scan the QR Code to watch the Diversity Day Opening & Closing performances on The RJ Voice Youtube account

The boys Division select choir sings “Wade in the water” during the opening ceremonies. Students cheered loud after the choir was finished.

Diversity Day 3.5.13 The Girls Division choir performed “Jai Ho” during the opening ceremonie. Taken fromt he movie Slumdog Millionaire, the choir was inspired to perform in front of the school.

Father Dyer helps with the croquette workshop that is designed to help elderly patinets with alziemers.

George Kyriazi performs “Everything” by Michael Buble. He brought people to their feet as he finished playing the piano and singing.

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We have A Jesuit Pope

BY DUGAN TIGHE & BRENDAN ‘SKIPPER’VAN JACOBS

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n March 13, 2013, the papal conclave elected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergolio to be the next leader of the Catholic Church.

Cardinal Bergolio selected the name Pope Francis, which was used in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi, who is best known for his work with the poor.

As a Jesuit and Archbishop of Buenos Aires, he stood up many times against the government for human rights and against the dictatorship that was going on at the time.

Pope Francis is a Pope of firsts. He is the first Jesuit pope, fist from the Americas, and first from the Southern Hemisphere.

“I am very excited that Pope Francis is from Argentina, it is good that we have a Pope from South America,” Senior Luca Evangelista said.

and has been spotted greeting crowds in Saint Peter’s Square in Rome in person.

“It is really cool that we now have a Jesuit Pope” senior Hayden Schwarz said. “I have a lot more pride saying I go to Regis Jesuit.”

Pope Francis was elected on the second day of the 2013 papal conclave. He was elected on the fifth ballot of the conclave. It was only the second day of voting.

Pope Francis replaces Pope Benedict XVI, who resigned on February 28 due to a “lack of strength of mind and body” due to his advanced age of 85.

“I was surprised that no one knew about the resignation beforehand” Father Dyer said, “You always hear rumors about these kinds of things and the fact that it never got out surprised me.”

“Having family from Argentina, it is really cool to see that part of the world being represented on an international level,” Evangelista said.

The resignation caught many in the Catholic Church off guard. Pope Benedict is the first Pope to resign since Pope Gregory XII in 1415.

Pope Francis has already shown his humbleness in the first few days of his papacy, as he was seen paying a hotel bill in person in Rome the day after his papacy

“I am not surprised by the timing of the announcement during Lent… It is a time for the church to reexamine itself,” Fr. Dyer said.

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All the Cardinals assemble in the Conclave in Rome, where Cardinals that are under 80 vote on who should become the next pope.

Normally there is a mounrning period, where the Cardinals mourn the deseased Pope. Since no pope died, they skipped this step.

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Pope Benedict also resigned during his “Year of Faith” in which he attempted to bring the church back to its foundation of faith and the gospel.

“The Church needs to focus on faith again and I thought it was good that they tried that this year,” senior Sean Curtis said.

Many questioned the timing of the resignation and the fact that Pope Benedict decided not to finish his year of faith.

“I think that speaks about him as a person. That he would advocate in the middle of the year of faith,” Fr. Dyer said.

Pope Benedict’s legacy is one that is often over looked, with most of the attention going to the abuse scandals in the church that happened before he took office.

“If you look at his record you will see that he was one of the ones telling people in the church to take this issue seriously” Dyer said.

Church records indicate that Pope Benedict was one of the main advocates for victims before he took office, and he immediately took action against those who ignored the abuse.

“The number of bishops that have resigned is significant, because he wasn’t afraid to say you are mismanaging this and you should turn in your resignation,” Fr. Dyer said. “He really worked to clean up the church his first few years.”

“I think Pope Benedict did a good job at fixing the church’s image and making it better after the abuse

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The first afternoon, the cardinals file into the Sistine Chapel, chanting the Litany of Saints for their help in the selection process.

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The first day of conclave includes a mass called the ““Pro eligendo Romano Pontificie,” in which they pray to elect the new pope.

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The group does a meditation and a prayer to figure out the needs of the church. The master of ceremonies yells “all out” and all but the cardinals leave the area.

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Pope Benedict only served eight years but left a lasting impression on the church.

“Liturgy is the area where he will be best known,” Dyer said. “He wanted people to have a deep faith and trust in God.” Pope Benedict will still live in Rome as Francis takes over but will live a quiet reflective life.

The church has already stated that Pope Benedict will no longer be involved in the decision making or any administrative work in the church and will be retired.

As Pope Francis takes over for Pope Benedict he will use his unique set of skills to take the church in a new direction.

“The church needs a breath of fresh air”, Sean Curtis said. “The fact that (Pope) Francis is a Jesuit really changes things.”

The gold key represents God’s power in Heavan

The crossed keys represent the power Jesus gave to Peter, the first pope of the Church

The IHS is a symbol of the Jesuits, of which he was ordained a priest in 1969

The silver key represents the spiritual authority of the Pope on Earth.

The red cord represents the necessity of both physical and spiritual keys.

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The motto of Pope Francis is in Latin, meaning “by having mercy, by choosing him.”

“He seems like he really understands the people and will be an advocate for the poor,” Evangelista said. “It will be interesting to see how him being from South America will impact his papacy.”

Fr. Dyer believes Pope Francis will call us to be a more unified church.

“I think to people who are with the church and the church’s teachings, he is going to call them to a greater austerity and a greater commitment to the poor. For people who are for the poor but dont have a strong connection to catholic teaching, he will call them to a greater connection to the church,” Dyer says.

Each Cardnial then wites their vote on a piece of paper where they write “Eligo in summen pontificem” (I elect as Supreme Pontiff )

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Each day there can be up to four rounds of voting; once someone is elected, they accept, say their name and white smoke pours out of the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Bells Toll.

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RJ Grads “The Okee Dokee Brothers” Win Grammy Award

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oe Mailander and Justin Lansing joined jazz band and select choir their junior and senior years at Regis Jesuit.

They performed on stage with the theatre department and were taught by Mr. DeNapoli, Mrs. Boyle and Mrs. Timme.

Now, Regis Jesuit grads Joe Mailander ‘03 and Justin Lansing ‘04 have a Grammy. The Folk/Bluegrass duo took home Best Children’s Album at the Grammy Awards in February.

“We definitely didn’t see a Grammy in the future, but we did know we wanted to be musicians and we were writing a lot of songs,” Mailander said, “What we tried to do was not concentrate on anything that was too fixed of a goal.”

Whatever the goal, all started at Regis Jesuit.

Nature has had a big impact on Malainder and Lansing, as it provides them the inspiration to write songs and carry on their message.

having a positive influence on the people around you- it’s all rooted in being a man for others,” Malander said.

“Those were great years for us because we were so involved with the productions there and we got to learn our instruments and get exposed to performing in front of live audiences,” Mailander said. “That was our first experience and it really did foster a lot of our music making at that time.”

Their last album, “Can You Canoe?”, was the result of a month-long canoe trip down the Mississippi River with their instruments and meager tools to survive in the wildreness.

The duo made a decision to play children’s music after the late night bar scene and tiresome grind of the adult music industry left them feeling unfulfilled.

Their songwriting and passion for literature was also influenced by their high school experience.

“Mrs. Timme was an awesome mentor to have in those years because not only was she musical, but she influenced us when it came to the concept of literature and writing,” he said. “That’s a big part of what we do.”

“I think being vulnerable is such an awesome lesson in life,” Mailander said.

“Sometimes you’re wrong, sometimes you’re ill prepared, sometimes you’re at the whim of something greater than yourself, and being outdoors in the elements, whether that’s bugs, rain, wind, storms, sun, or cold, reminds you about your humanity and your humility.”

At RJ, the two friends learned more than just songrwiting and musical skills.

The trip was documented and turned into a film also entitled “Can You Canoe?” which depicts their journey as they were exposed to new experiences and people.

”Some of the themes that run throughout the album are, in the most basic form, about friendship and environmental stewardship,” Mailander said, “Regis was influential on how we see the world as a place to build community in as well as to respect our natural surroundings.”

For them, it’s as much about the music and nature as it is about the people they meet and the things they learn along the way.

“That kind of social justice learning happened at Regis - about caring about your work and the world and

Now, the Okee Dokee Brothers’ style of songwriting holds the values of their mission and helps inspire audiences of all ages.

“Justin spends the winters teaching music classes for inner city youth and we fly back and forth doing shows on the weekends,” Mailander said.

“We play for kids and families because that’s our experience together. We grew up together as kids and we like the positive messages we can share with that audience.”

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We are all vulnerable and being indoors, you can kind of be the king of your domain and forget your humanity and that we are mere mortals.”

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P H O B I A S Everybody has some kind of fear inside of them whether they admit it or not.

BY GRACE MARRIOTT

Ski Racer:

Stephanie Llorente

BY Maura Rose @maura_rose05

ALY DOYLE ‘15

DANIELLE BRITT ‘15

Coulrophobia

Omphalophobia

Fear of Clowns

BROOK FISSEHA ‘15

Fear of Belly Buttons

When did it start?

“When I was 8 years old and I was forced to watch the movie

IT.” What don’t you like about them?

“Clowns just look like they’re going to kill me.”

“If we could get rid of clowns that would be fantastic.”

When did it start?

“I’ve been scared of them as long as I can remember.”

What don’t you like about them?

“I don’t like when people touch my belly button, it hurts.”

“When I was little my belly button chord didn’t fall off for 3 months, and it’s supposed to fall off in the first week you’re born.”

Ophidiophobia Fear of Snakes

When did it start?

“I’ve been scared of snakes since I watched the movie

Anaconda.”

What don’t you like about them?

“They are slimy and dangerous.”

“I RUN.”

It’s five minutes before freshmen Stephanie Llorente will make start her first run and she is chewing on her mouth guard. Two minutes before her race she calms her nerves by visualizing herself dominating the course.

As Llorente gets ready to take off down the hill she can feel a heart shaped necklace that she always wears cold against her chest. This good luck charm was given to her by her mom on Valentine’s Day. “Moguls, first jump,” Llorente says to herself. “Then moguls, second jump, and then moguls.” She then thinks of her tricks. “I’ll do a 360, which is basically just a turn.” Llorente said. “Then a spread.”

It might sound easy. It’s not.

She also trains every weekend during the winter, so she misses out on social events.

Tyler Ballinger ‘16 Ceraunophobia Fear of Thunder and lightning

When did it start?

“When I was a little boy.”

What don’t you like about them?

“They are so random.”

“When I was five I was in a tornado.”

KATE LECHMAN ‘13 Aphenphosmphobia Fear of having neck touched When did it start?

“Freshamn year.”

What don’t you like about them?

“I feel like people are going to choke me.”

“It’s freaky, number one, but you don’t need to touch a neck, you can live your whole life with out touching peoples necks.”

MARY SULLIVAN ‘14

Ichthyophobia Fear of Fish

When did it start?

“In fourth grade.”

What don’t you like about them?

“I can’t see them.”

“I’d go swimming in a lake and feel them brush against my leg and I’d freak out and run back to the shore.”

Remaining dates are Wednesday- 3/27 Wednesday- 4/10 Wednesday- 4/24 See Mrs. Kraus for more information.

Llorente’s sacrifices are great and sometimes difficult, but she finds a way to deal with them.

“I think it was hard for her for a little bit, but up in the mountains she has a lot of friends. During the winter she knows that she loves skiing and she knows that you can’t have your cake and eat it,” her brother Ryley Llorente said, “I think she realizes that if she wants skiing, she’s going to have to give up other things. And hanging out with people on the weekends is just one of them.”

Stephanie spends some of her weekends speaking about having Dyslexia for “Learning Ally,” a resource for free audiobooks for the blind, disabled, and dyslexic. 100-200 people come to listen to her talk. She battles Dyslexia herself and shares her story.

“My first speech was at a breakfast, second was at club, third was on the radio.”

Llorente said.

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“I remember last year in eighth grade when everyone knew I was a skier,” Llorente said. “Everyone used to invite me to stuff, but now I have to say I can’t go, so they stop inviting me.”

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MYJOURNEY

A LOOK AT FOUR, FOUR-YEAR VARSITY STARTERS part one of a two part series

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eing a varisty athlete is hard enough. Four years of commitment to varisty is even harder. Very few students put in enough effort to achieve the status of the ‘V- Squad’ as a freshman; however, all four of these incredible senior athletes have done so. These four strong athletes have jumped even higher, skated even harder, and run the extra mile. Their placement on varisty has been earned, and their story is worth telling.

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NATHAN HAAS

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ICE HOCKEY

athan Haas will always remember the moment he won state.

“I remember throwing my gloves in the air,” Haas said.

But his hockey career at RJ wasn’t always this easy.

“The first couple of games my freshman year I didn’t play” he said. “But I kept working hard and before I knew it, I was starting at the end of the year.”

Nathan has had quite a career at RJ. He is the all-time leading scorer in Regis Jesuit history, and 5th all time in CHSAA. He is 2nd all-time in points scored in CHSAA history with 145 career goals and assists and the all-time assists leader in CHSAA history with 100 assists.

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That’s not all. Nathan has played the most games in CHSAA history with over 90 games.

“I remember being a freshman and not knowing what to do”, he said. “It’s really funny looking back on all of it.”

Head coach Dan Woodley has seen the progress.

“Freshman year, he followed the lead of all the upperclassman on the team and followed their footsteps,” Woodley says.

“Now all the underclassman are following in his, he has been a great senior for us.”

“Every year I grew up a little and it was because I was surrounded by Woodley and all of my teammates. They have made into the person that I am today,” Haas said.

“He definitely showed a great work ethic all year and really pushed some of the underclassman to be the best they could be, he really stepped up into the role of assistant captain this year,” fellow assistant captain Sean Brennan said.

Following the 2012-2013 season, Haas was named all-conference and honorable mention all-state. He was also named to the state all-academic team.

His career on the ice has been unparalleled.

“The thing I will miss the most is going onto the ice on Friday night and seeing all my friends and my parents in the stands cheering the team on, it is a feeling you can never forget.”

His teammates notice his dedication.

ANA HOLLAND

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TRACK & FIELD

unning state varsity track meets as a freshmen isn’t easy. For Ana Holland, all it took was to place one time.

brings her little cooler with food for the whole meet. She has her little blanket and seat and stays until the end,” Holland said.

“Freshmen year I had no idea what I was doing. I was going through the motions. When I raced I had so much going through my head,” Holland said.

“My dad is there for motivational support. Before my races sophomore year I was really nervous at state. He said, ‘Ana you are ready. Just run your own race. Just repeat that to yourself. Run your own race’.”

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that she wanted to be a Cavalier.

“After experiencing Charlottesville, I was impressed by all that it had to offer me as both a student and an athlete. Coach Fetzer has unconditional passion for track and really gets me pumped up. The team is not only made up of great athletes, but great people as well,” she said.

As much fun as varsity track can be, it is a lot of hard work.

After recovering from an achilles injury junior year, Holland is going all out.

Monday through Friday practices mean speed, conditioning, endurance, power, strength, and relay.

Saturdays are spent at varsity meets.

She has already led the team to an Aurora City Championship, and she continues to fly toward state, making new record times along the way.

Ecouragement and support has always come from her family.

“I’ve given up a lot for this sport, like my friends and free time, but I see that it is worth it now because I’m going to be running for UVA.”

She runs a blazing 11.77 in the 100 meter, 24.20 in the 200 meter and 54.68 in the 400 meter.

“ My mom is always there. She comes to every single meet and

Holland knew before she went to Charlottesville, Virginia to visit UVA

“But after I made it to state as a freshmen and I actually placed, I said t myself maybe this is where I’m supposed to be. Maybe this is my place.”

As a freshmen, she set school records in the 100, 200, and 400 meter. Now, the four year varsity starter works to beat her own times.

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“I continue to challenge myself to get better and improve my times every year,” she said.

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JOSH REDMAN WRESTLING

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hen Josh Redman first walked out onto the mat his freshman year, he just didn’t want to get destroyed.

“I really didn’t want to get pinned,” Redman said. “So I went into it like ‘I don’t want to be worthless.’”

Redman is a four year varsity starter for the Regis Jesuit Wresting team.

The past season in the 120 weight class he took 7th place at state winning 2 matches and losing 2 matches.

He had 42 wins and 6 loses overall

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this season, but not everything about it was easy, and didn’t always go as planned.

Wrestling, like any varsity sport, isn’t all fame, glory, and wins.

“The senior that gave me a ride to school was a wrestler” Redman said, “and if I wanted to get to school I would get there at 5 in the morning anyway, so I could either wrestle or just sit there. I chose to wrestle”

“I don’t regret wrestling, but I really wish that I could have had some experiences that other students had. I missed out on a lot. I missed out on Thanksgiving dinners, skiing on the weekends, and hanging out with friends after school” Redman said.

He spent his earlier years looking up to wrestlers like Drew Onorato and John Crowley the 2012 state champion and in those years Josh had some of the best teachers.

“But wrestling caught me commitment.

I don’t think that I’ve ever worked harder on anything in my life and it’s taught me that if I wanna do well at something then I have to work my butt off for it.”

“I went from being someone who has to learn to someone who has to teach everyone new techniques” Redman said.

SHANNON HARPHAM

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SOCCER

hannon Harpham remembers her oversized jersey, sleeves past the elbows, tucked into the drawstring shorts that are high on her waist, her worn out cleats, shin guards are on the outside of the socks, and her hair in a high pony tail tied with a blue scrunchy.

That was in 2000 at the age of six when Harpham played for the Lightning.

The four-year varsity midfielder has signed to play with the Fort Lewis Skyhawks next fall.

Harpham has been playing soccer since she was four and has not once let go of her love for the sport. .

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ever again.

Harpham says the hardest thing that she has had to experience in her soccer career was when she had to change clubs four years ago because there were not enough girls to make a team.

“It was like I left my family.”

A soccer player’s life is divided between club, year round, and high school, in the spring.

“They are two different teams with two different aspects, but I love them both,” Harpham says.

She has been on the Regis Jesuit varsity team since her freshman year.

In club soccer, Harpham feels that the intense level is escalated because of the amount of practice, tournaments, and colleges to impress.

“I was nervous walking unto the field my first game. I kept asking myself was I good enough?” Harpham says.

But high school soccer is where she feels proud to represent her school and have fun with her friends.

When the first whistle blew, Harpham instantly remembered why she loved the game. She never let the fear of making a mistake keep her from playing her game

“I can’t wait to see how this season will pan out. Having the opportunity to play with these girls is why I love playing for and representing Regis Jesuit soccer.”

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The season for the Raiders began with a tie and two losses, and then Harphan scored a double overtime goal to beat Castleview 2-1.

A highlight of her four-year varsity career at RJ came when she scored a game-winning goal right after her Kairos.

“When that ball hit the back of the net, it was like music to my ears. To score a goal while still being on “KiHigh” was a pretty amazing feeling,” Harpham said.

After RJ her soccer journey will take her to Ft. Lewis to play for the Skyhawks.

“I was in love,” Harpham says about the school and the team. “Great school, great campus, and great team; this is the next chapter for my soccer career,” Harpham she said.

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“Sick Ride Bro”

This is the deck this is the deck this is the deck this is the deck this is the deck this is the deck

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Michael Bell’s “Green Bean”

1998 Pontiac sport: 0-60 mph in 11.2 seconds Fun Fact: Fits 7 legally (14 max) been in the Regis parking Notable features: lot for 8 years 4 major dents 1 Duct taped bumber

““Skipper” Van Jacobs’ 1995 ford escort: Stick shift Max speed: 220 Mph 0-60 mph in 4.56 seconds v8 engine Fits 4-8 people

“Pearl”

Charlie Marks’ “GOlden Bullet” 2001 Ford Taurus Max speed: 91mph downhill w/ tail wind o-60 mph in 19.7 seconds 21 mpg 23 highway mpg AKA “The gurdy”

DUncan Riley’s

“Lance”

0-60 mph in 5 minutes record speed- Really fast accessories: Training wheels attatchable scooby doo bell

ty huston’s 1994 Ford f-150: 0-60 mph in 10.7 sec.

Capacity: 4 in the cab. 10 in the bed.

Max Speed: 110 Mph

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“Winry”

CHris Clayton’s 1997 Honda accord: “Dent Magnet” Notable Features: 1 small scratch on the passenger side Defective side view mirror fun fact: THis is chris’s second totalled honda in two years

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IN SERVICE AND SOLIDARITY

A service journal entry features lementary school kid’s signatures

A look into four junior and senior service project expereinces

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duardo stares up, smiling, and, his eyes fill up the thick lenses of his glasses. While at the same time, 10 miles across Denver, a little girl helps a fellow classmate with downs syndrome read a book.

Service isn’t just about the Regis Jesuit juniors and seniors that go out into the community for two weeks of the year, it’s about the people they serve.

From elementary schools, elderly care facilities, abused youth centers, to traveling outside of Colorado, RJ students have the opportunity to help the community.

Junior Kylie Kachmer spent her two weeks at Highline Community School, an ESL elementary school and a refugee magnet that works with the local refugee center.

“There were a lot of Hispanic kids that were just learning English and a lot of kids came in with no shoes, no change of clothes,” Kachmer said.

Highline was Kachmer’s tenth choiceon the list of Service Projects. But the small break-throughs meant the world to Kachmer.

“It was really fun to see this one little girl Tibo speak her first real sentence in English. And this little kid Nick who could not get addition and then one day he got it and it was really cool,” Kachmer said.

Across town, Junior Austin Phillips works at, Polton Elementary, in a third grade classroom He kneels beside the tiny desks and helps a boy with a reading exersise.

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every day for such a long time, is amazing.”

Phillips encountered one girl who helped a fellow classmate with downs syndrome with her daily work and was a good friend.

“She was one of the best girls you could possibly imagine. Every day this girl would help read to her, help with her homework, help her with class work, make sure she was okay with everything and if she needed any help, all that while still getting As in the class,” Phillips said.

Senior Natalie Washington worked at Village of Littleton, a preschool where most of the kids were on state or government funding.

And lot of the kids didn’t speak English but Washington still made it her goal to spend time with every one of them.

“I realized that you can communicate with anyone even if you don’t understand their language,” Washington said.

And working at a preschool comes with perks, like pajama day.

“My favorite kid’s name was Eduardo. And he was the smallest one in the class and he had these big glasses and they were such a strong prescription that when you looked at his eyes, his eyes filled up the entire glass. We had pajama day and he wore and onsie and I just died,” she said.

Senior Sean Morton was challenged at Tennyson Center for Children. He worked with abused and neglected middle school kids ranging age from 11 to 14. Despite the challenges, Morton saw many inspiring, glimmers SPRING 2013

Taking the step to go out and build something for others out of love can be a life changing experience.

The senior girls who traveled to New Orleans in February believe found solidarity and a sense of community.

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of hope and cooperation that showed how strong they were.

“There is this one kid, who’s a little odd. So naturally I wanted to include him and make him feel apart of something greater. And he said that he like theatre and he said his favorite play was Phantom of the Opera,” Morton said, “so immediately I started singing ones of the songs from the play and he sang along with me. And it was really cool actually.”

However, many of the kids Morton worked with didn’t respond to their situations in a positive, uplifting way. In attempts to get the attention they needed and wanted, often they became violent.

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“Whether it was throwing desks or throwing pencils or just whining incessantly in class and being blatantly rude there was nothing really you could do, that was up to the professions to handle,” Morton said.

This feeling of helplessness Morton experienced with these kids taught him a lot about service.

“I learned I can’t do everything. I used to be afraid that the work I do, wouldn’t be good enough. But I don’t have the physical ability or time to fix all of their problems as much as I’d want to,” he ssaid.

“I have to take in the faith that I’m just adding another layer of love to their life.”

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PROFILES OF SERVICE BELIZE SERVICE IMMERSION DELEGATES SHARE THEIR STORIES

BY SARAH COYNE @TheSarahCoyne| 2013

EMILY LAFF

“ I had something very different in my mind from what I saw from pictures of previous delegations, but after actually going there and meeting the people of Belize and spending time with the other girls that went, I felt God in so many ways and I never anticipated having the kind of experience of living in solidarity that I ended up having.”

RYUN LUNN

“I met a boy I considered to be very bright. One of his first question was if I had ever been bullied. I had to answer yes, and eventually as time went on and we had to leave, and I had to recognize that my presence was only temporary. But I hope I was able to inspire of bring some kind of comfort. The more I think about that boy the more I have to pray. Seeing the lack of economic and educational opportunities in Belize available to those who deserve them inspired a sense of justice that extends beyond the politics of laws and rules, but it is more of a sense of “doing what is right”.

ERIN SCHILMOELLER “It’s definitely helped me to open up my eyes to see God in all things, especially in the smallest of things, whether that be a smile from a kid or a simple hello on the street. I learned that I need to keep my head up and be observant of my world because it’s ever changing and one moment is not the same as the next. Really living in that is important.”

“The most impacting thing about Belize was “the house blessing” after we finished building the 196th home at Hand in Hand Ministries. That moment when the keys were dropped in Maria’s hands she started bawling. She couldn’t even say the words “thank you” clearly. Words couldn’t describe how beautiful it was, I even started to tear up. I could tell how happy and grateful she and her son were. It was then when I truly felt God’s presence. “

MIKEY GARCIA

DREW MILLER ”Coming back was definitely the hardest thing. Seeing how little they have and realizing all the things that I have taken for granted is hard. Also, seeing how poor we as Americans are in spirit. It is amazing how little the Belizians have but how happy they are and so much more grateful and content with compared to America. We always want more and we’re never content with what we have. “

HAYDEN SCHWARZ “I was impacted by their ability to live solely in relationships with each other in pure love, without any attachments that we have to get in the way.”

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HREE in ONE

the “not so secret” world of triplets

Jordan

BY OLIVIA FROEHLICH

Taylor

Lindsey

Bottom Triplets: (left to right) Jordan, Lindsey, & Taylor

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A simple smile and a laugh between the Bottom sisters can brighten even their worst days.

They aren’t glued together, they can operate without two other people around them.

Q: Who was born first?

“Our best times [together] are when we are laughing” said Jordan.

“We can be separate, not everyone thinks that but we can” Jordan says.

A: Taylor was born first, then Jordan, and then Lindsey

Born triplets, Taylor, Jordan and Lindsey Bottom share many memorable experiences together from weekly movie nights to exciting adventures in Washington D.C.

Being a triplet isn’t all bad. There is something special about it, too.

Q: Favorite sports?

“They are your own age, they understand you, they know your life, they know your friends,” Lindsey explains.

A: Lindsey: Soccer

“A usual Friday would be going to school and then soccer practice.Then we go home and we usually hangout outside, eat dinner, and watch movies together,” they said. “We switch between who chooses the movies,” Taylor added.

In eighth grade, the Bottom sisters, along with their 34 classmates, traveled to America’s capital for a week. But all the sightseeing and museums and monuments could not compete with the ultimate highlight of the trip.

“Our favorite part was that we got to be in separate rooms from each other for a whole week,” explained Taylor.

They do everything together; and sometimes everything is too much.

“It’s just too much time with two people,” Taylor said. Agreeing, Lindsey added, “I just don’t like when they get in my personal business.”

Having freedom from each other gives them an opportunity to show people around them who they are as individuals instead of being seen as just one of the triplets.

“They say, ‘it’s the triplets,’” explains Lindsey. “People don’t treat us like individuals,” added Taylor, “I hate when they don’t name me individually, they say, ‘the triplets.’ I have a name.”

Going to school together, having the same friends, and not always having their own space causes some tension between the sisters.

“It’s just more fun,” Taylor adds.

“You always have someone to hang out with and you are never bored” Jordan finishes.

But as a group they can be misunderstood.

Jordan: Soccer and Basketball Taylor: Soccer and Basketball

Q: Favorite music?

A: Lindsey: Classic Rock (M. Jackson) Jordan: Country (Luke Bryan) Taylor: Country (no preference)

“I think people get intimidated by us sometimes,” explains Taylor, “like, if you get one of us mad, then you get all of us mad.”

Q: Favorite colors?

Making new friends can be tricky, too. People get Jordan and Taylor confused all the time.

A: Lindsey: Red

“A girl in Taylor’s class came up to me [Jordan] and said, ‘hey Tay’ and I was just like ‘hey,’ I don’t know you” tells Jordan with a smile.

They have their own personalities, but they wouldn’t be who they are if they weren’t sisters.

“Our parents always told us ‘don’t compare yourselves to your sisters,’” Taylor said.

What makes them special is that they always have two best friends to lean on through the good and bad, the sadness and joy, and all the times of laughter in between.

Jordan: Purple Taylor: Blue

Q: Favorite thing about your

sisters?

A: Lindsey: Taylor is strong and protective. Jordan is always there for me. Jordan: Taylor is funny and happy most of the time. Lindsey is creaive and giving. Taylor: Jordan is kind and looks after me. Lindsey is really sweet.

Jordan

Taylor Lindsey

By Gretchen Searle, Hannah Burgan and ARLEE LEREW ‘13

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ARE YOU SAFE ONLINE?

Catfish used to refer to a big ol’ fish with whiskers, but now the term can be used to describe someone who creates a fake online profile in order to have a false relationship with another person.

In 2010 Nev Schulman made a documentary following his experience of being “catfished”.

Following the success of the documentary “Catfish”, the creators Schulman and Joseph produced “Catifish: The TV Show”. The show demonstrates how the Internet can be a a great way to meet people, but gives us the healthy reminder that we need to be very careful.

“I’ve created an identity online” Q:

Why did you create the profile?

“i’ve been catfished”

you ever been in a position where you Q: Have were the catfish or were being cat fished?

A: I have been cat fished before!

Q: How did you handle that!? was very upset! He lied to me and I felt stupid A: Iand naive. That kind of something you need to tell someone

A: I originally crated the profile to get back at my friend’s girlfriend. Q: Did something good come out of it?

you had the profile, did a lot of people Q: When interact with you?

A:

obviously need to be careful in the world.

Yes, but I never replied to them, I only was messaging with one person.

advice do you have for avioding being Q: What catfished?

A:

learned that you can’t necessarily trust everything A: Ithat comes out of someone’s mouth and you

Q: Did you continue talking to him?

him about it and he flipped on me, A: Isoconfronted I told him I didn’t want to talk anymore and

Do not make online the only way that you meet people. Just be careful.

5 ways to stay safe online 1.

3.

2.

Don’t give out your full name, your home address or your phone number.

Do a Google image search on people you may be concerned about

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Ask to video chat and/or ask the person you are in contact with to take a picture holding up something specific (your name or something you have told them to say).

then he kept harassing me through phone calls.

For about a month and he was obsessing over me until finally I had my step dad and officers to talk to him and it pretty much stopped after that.

4.

Look at the person’s Facebook timeline, check for anything that does not add up.

5.

Be wise. Don’t believe everything someone tells you. If it doesn’t feel right it probably isn’t right.

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Mr.Carroll “Digs” History Latin teacher explores the real history of the language every summer in Italy

BY BRENDAN ‘SKIPPER’ VAN JACOBS ‘13 @skipperVJ | 2013

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I’ve crushed my hand with a big rock before on site. I went down, got the wound cleaned up and was back on site by lunch,” Mr. Andrew Carroll said.

The latin teacher’s passion is archeology, so each summer he travels with university groups to Italy to explore the culture hidden beneath the ground. “ I really got started in 2003, when I travelled to Italy with my high school class and it was just such an amazing experience.” while on the high school trip, Carroll got his inspiration from observing archeologists at work.

“We saw a group of archeologists in the Roman Forum, and I was really fascinated by them. So that guided me to the archeology aspect of it.”

Then in 2007, Dr. Anthony Tuck invited Mr. Carroll to Italy with the University of Massachusetts.

“We got to go to Poggio Civitate field school in Murlo, Italy, and it means “Hill of the Civilization” in Italian. The director just accepted everyone, which was good and bad, because that meant I had to dig with my ex-girlfriend. So that was awkward,” Carroll said.

He has traveled to Poggio Civitate for six years, the past two to work with the University of Colorado at Villa of Maxentius, an abondoned imperial villa.

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Mr. Andrew Carroll takes a break from his archeological dig Poggio Civitate, Italy to read... more history.

Mr. Carroll loves history, but he loves working with his hands. He found the perfect mix of these two in archeology.

“I get to investigate these things through a scholarly means,” he said.

On the digs, they find a good amount on the digs are not too significant and mostly very common.

“We find are pottery shards or pieces of metal that were in the trash piles of the Etruscans,” Mr. Carroll said, “but Maxentius’ villa had a lot of bricks.”

Occasionally they will come across extraordinary artifacts.

“We were digging in this one trench, and we were expecting to hit floor level and find nothing there because the house had been robbed in raids, but one of the cool things we found was the bottom step of three steps, so we were digging what used to be a garden,” Carroll said.

A good amount of the pieces they find are fragile, so working with tools can be dangerous to the artifacts.

“We’d dig with pick axes. The soil is very clay-like and very hard so we use pick axes to loosen the things up. And then everyone goes through with their hands to sift through the soil.”

If they do find a complete item, they have to be much more delicate.

“We use trowels and then if we find something really delicate, like an enact piece of poetry, we do have the dental pick kit to get it out.”

The hotel they stay at is 1 Kilometer away from the dig site, which does not seem far. Until you get salmonella.

Mr. Carroll and a friend ate some bad Portuguese sausage. When they arrived on site they realized he had a fever. Usually, Mr. Carroll is pretty tough, but this he could not work with. By 8 AM, after an hour of working, the fever had gotten to him.

“I walked back to the hotel and it was one of the worst walks because I was feeling so bad and had to take so many breaks.”

On the last day of the dig, the group walks up a wheat field to the top of Poggio Civitate before going back to the hotel to see the beautiful view.

“You just have such a sense of accomplishment at that point,” he said.

“The gorgeous Tuscan view is in front of you, you can see Murlo, the Vestabeto, you can see Sienna in the distance. And the best moment is that walk home. That last walk home.”

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Plastics In Our Lives

Single-use plastics. These include the lid you put on your soda cup, the take-out box from P.F. Changs, and every plastic knife and fork you’ve ever used. They are used once without a second thought, but they have a long life span after you throw them away.

BY YANA SLABAKOV @YSlabakov| 2014

In the Pacific Ocean there is a “plastic island” twice the size of Texas, idly floating on the surface of the water. It is so thick that it is almost possible to walk on.

And it’s not going anywhere.

This is only one example of the world’s mismanagement of plastic waste. While plastic is not always a villainous substance in itself, it can cause serious damage to the environment, especially to the world’s oceans.

Addison Wagner is a representative involved with Teens4Oceans, a student-run nonprofit aiming to educate the next generation about ocean stewardship. She believes the most harmful thing about plastic is simply that it’s everywhere.

“Everything is packaged in plastic nowadays, so even if you try to avoid using it, it’s almost impossible,” Wagner says.

“And a huge myth that people often use to justify using plastic with is that they say you can recycle it.”

Of all the plastic waste generated in 2010, only 8% of it was recovered for recycling.

Ashlan Runyan, a senior in the Girls Division, and an environmentalist who happens to be reading a book titled Plastic: A Toxic Love Story, offers her take on things.

“I think that for us at Regis it’s pretty clear why we should care,” she says. “We’re this community that’s supposed to care about how we affect the world and it comes down to the very small things, like the way you use the materials that are in your life.”

“It’s hard to remove plastic from that and the gyers because plankton and little fish start growing inside and the sheer mass of it is just hard to deal with,” Wagner says. “Plus, nobody owns the ocean. So nobody is taking responsibility.”

So if no country owns the ocean, why should we care?

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“Because it’s so prevalent in our society it has to be something that we’re thinking about,” she says.

According to Wagner, the two worst materials to use are use plastic water bottles and plastic bags.

“It’s really easy to use a reusable water bottle,” she insists. ”And it’s really easy to bring your own bags to the grocery store. And that just eliminates two main sources. It’s about reducing and reusing before you even think of recycling. Recycling is the last option.”

“If you want to live a life that causes the least impact in a negative way, you have to be aware of environmental issues,” Runyan says. She agrees that plastics are a necessary part of

“Most single-use plastics never get recycled,” she says. “Most of them just get thrown away or put in landfills. And when they get into the landfills, plastics blow out through storm drains and waterways, and end up in the ocean, where they circulate through currents into these things called gyers.”

Gyers are complex networks of water currents that exist naturally in the ocean. Once in the gyers, the plastics that float on the surface break up into little pieces through sunlight and wave motion. Then they don’t go anywhere for a very, very, very long time. In fact, they’re almost immortal. Plastics take around 400 to 1000 years to decompose. That’s how the so-called “Plastic Island” was formed.

our day-to-day lives but says that the question of single-use plastic waste is a discussion that can’t be ignored. Choosing to be aware can make a personal statement about responsibility and stewardship.

There are many reasons people should want to change.

“We will have to eventually, because we’re going to run out of petroleum to make plastics,”Wagner says. “Eventually people are going to start realizing that they can’t use plastics, because really, they aren’t being recycled on a large scale.”

There are additional dangers. Plastics have the ability to leech chemicals into food and water, which is extremely dangerous to people’s health. And now that fish and the other animals are consuming the plastics in oceans, they are also being contaminated.

Ashlan Runyan says that new technologies are being developed, including corn-based plastics, which decompose at a much quicker rate. However, a real change requires a new perspective on how we look at plastic.

One reusable plastic bottle can spare dozens, maybe even hundreds of single-use plastic bottles from a long life in the world’s oceans. | Photo: Yana Slabakov ‘14

“Pretty much our generation will make or break the ocean’s health, because it’s really fragile right now,” says Wagner. “If one piece in the system isn’t working, then everything will stop, and oceans are a lot more fragile than we think.”

At Regis Jesuit, where issues of justice are of utmost importance, this is most applicable.

“We tend to think about social justice sorts of things, and this is an environmental justice issue, so I think it’s easy for us,” says Runyan. “Everybody has the capability to make a few small changes in their lifestyle that will be really beneficial in the long run.”

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Throw Back

Thursday

Regis Jesuit Girls Division flaunts their finest fashion during Mission Weeks “Throw Back Thursday”.

By: Gretchen Searle @gretchgsearle

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LAX LAX LAX ON ON

SAME SPORT, DIFFERENT GAME: A LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCES OF BOYS AND GIRLS LACROSSE

BY NINA KELLEY @ninakelley28 | 2015

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acrosse is the oldest sport in North America and continues to grow. It is the fastest growing team sport in the United States. According to U.S. Lacrosse, “Youth participation in the sport has grown over 138% since 2001 to nearly 300,000.

No sport has grown faster at the high school level over the last ten years and there are now an estimated 228,000 high school players.”

However, boys and girls lacrosse are two very different games, from their own sets of rules to the range of equipment.

Gear is based on how each game is played. Boys are required to wear elbow pads, shoulder pads, gloves, a mouth guard, and a helmet. Girls are only required to wear eye gear and a mouth guard. On average, boys’ equipment costs around $640, girls $250. The required

GIRLS’ RULES:

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equipment for each game is so different because of the way each game is played.

Sophomore Conor Shea, a defender on varsity this year, doesn’t think he could play girls lacrosse according to the rules because of the restrictions on checking and not being allowed to play aggressively. Boys lacrosse is much more physical than girls’ is. “We’re guys. We like to hit” Shea says.

Girls are allowed to be physical but are very limited when it comes to checking. A common misconception is that girls’ lacrosse is a no contact sport and that girls aren’t allowed to be physical.

Senior Erin Schilmoeller, a defensive mid-fielder, has been on varsity since she was a freshman. She feels she would have a hard time adjusting to the boys rules if

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she tried playing. “I’m so tiny! And I think the dynamic between the two games is so different. Girls’ is more about speed and finesse,” Schilmoeller said.

Girls play more according to body positioning rather than using physical contact to advance or slow the advancement of a player down the field. If a girl makes a dangerous play such as slashing or a check to the head, she is given a yellow card and has to come off the field for 2 minutes and her team plays man down.

If a boy gets a penalty, he usually has to leave the field for 30 seconds and stay in the penalty box. If he makes a dangerous play such as a check to the head, he is sent off the field for a minute but can continue to make the same penalty without getting kicked out of the game.

Boys can check at any time as long as it is from the

Required to wear helmet, mouth guard , shoulder pads, gloves and elbow pads No checks above the shoulders or below the waist 30 second penalties Must not be able to see entirety of the lacrosse ball below the lower plastic of the head of the stick 15 minute quarters played Defenders may enter their own goalie’s crease, offenders may not SPRING 2013

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GAME GEAR: BOYS

Helmet Shoulder and Chest Pad

Elbow Pads Gloves

GIRLS front and is from the shoulders down to the waist; any checks made below the waist or above the shoulders are illegal.

Because of the different level of checking in each game, boys and girls lacrosse sticks are also different.

A boys lacrosse stick has a much deeper pocket and is considered illegal if you can see over the top of the ball beneath the plastic part of the head.

A girls stick has barely any pocket compared to a boy’s stick. A girl’s stick is considered illegal if the ball is not visible when looking over the top of the plastic part on her stick.

The boy’s pocket is much deeper because of how much checking occurs during a game. The deeper pocket makes it easier to keep the ball in during all of the

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checking. Since girls don’t check as much, it is more difficult for the ball to stay in the stick and girls must cradle the ball and be strategic when trying to check another girl’s stick.

In comparison, the games of girls and boys lacrosse are very different. Up until the 1930s, men and women’s lacrosse were played mostly by the same rules. After this, men’s continued to develop into a more physical game, while women’s stuck to the original game rules.

Mouth Guard

Lacrosse is a combination of hockey, soccer and basketball. Both games are versions of lacrosse, neither is better or more difficult than the other. Boys and girls lacrosse each have their own challenges, but both require speed, coordination and stick skills.

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Required to wear mouth guard and eye gear No slashing, checks to the head or through the sphere 2 minute penalties Must be able to see the ball over the top of the plastic of the stick Only 7 players are allowed in the offensive zone past the 30 yard line 25 minute halves played Neither offenders or defenders can enter the goalie crease VOICE.REGISJESUIT.COM // THE RJ VOICE // 29

Car Club Corner

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Every Satruday morning car ethusiasts gather in the Sears parking lot at Park Meadows to show off their rides.

600 HP twin turbo V-6 From the GTR. NIckname =GODZILLA!!

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The RJ Car Club went to check it out.

AMENDMENT 64 >> continued from page 5 But is marijuana less harmful?

Marijuana contains high percentages of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, which immediately affects the nerves in the brain and decreases brain function, causes hallucinations, delusions, impaired memory, and disorientation.

The smoke from marijuana, if inhaled consistently over a long period of time, can have extremely damaging effects.

And second-hand marijuana smoke have similar effects of inhaling second-hand tobacco smoke.

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Some fear that the state of Colorado will become “the next Amsterdam.”

Denver City Councilman Charlie Brown asked at a press conference: “Do we want Denver to become a pot-tourist spot? Is that going to be a reality? What do you think when you think ‘Amsterdam’? You think marijuana. And there is no doubt that is what Denver will become.”

Whether or not the culture of the state will change drastically remains to seen. But among American teenagers marijuana use is rising and pot is regularly thought of as a less harmful substance than in the past.

According to a 2012 University of Michigan study 20.6% of 12th graders think occasional use is harmful and 44.1% think regular use is harmful. These are the lowest percentages since 1983.

Although perceptions may be changing, the law makes it legal only for those 21 and over, so consequences for use at school will be treated much like alcohol use, for example.

When asked about the new law, girls division Dean Mrs. Lotito clearly stated, “there will still be a zero tolerance component and abuse will be handled like alcohol or any other instances of substance abuse previously presented.”

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rj voice exclusive

argo The other declassified true story

dy o b y r e Ev has a Story:

An RJ VOICE Exclusive Interview with Billy Gallegos

Josh Hamburg

BY HUNTER GAUSE @hsgause228 | 2014

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All I heard was 1,000 people chanting. I thought I was tough, and I was scared. The two guys holding me were shaking. ‘They are going to tear us up for sure, we are dead for sure.’”

Billy Gallegos was trapped inside the U.S. Embassy with his fellow Marines in 1979 when the embassy was taken over by Iranian revolutionaries.

Gallegos is depicted in the Oscar winning film, “Argo”. The story follows six embassy employees who escaped while it was under violent attack by revolutionaries. The six hide in the Canadian Embassy and wait to be rescued and taken out of revolutionary Iran.

Gallegos was not one of those lucky six. He spent 444 days as a hostage in the hands of the revolutionaries.

“What you see in the movie is Hollywood,” Gallegos said, “After they attacked the embassy we went to the basement. We grabbed grenades, six to eight on the stairs. People were pounding on the windows and doors. Gas was spraying all over the place. We choked inside our gas masks. They had taken over the embassy.”

For 444 days Gallegos tortured, moved around to several locations, and feared for his life.

“When I woke up I was tied under a chair with wire.

This guy kept walking up to me and pointing a gun at my face and shouting at me.”

Every waking hour the Marines’ lives were in jeopardy. The revolutionaries threatened to put them in a bus and blow them up. They woke them up in the middle of the night and ran firing squads.

They tortured them with the threat of death, both psychologically and physically.

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BY Sean Whitley Gallegos and his fellow Marines tried to make several escapes.

The first attempt was while they were still at the embassy. Gallegos and his crew were lying on the floor and he found some rubber bands in the back of a desk drawer. He climbed up to the window, grabbed some rocks, and started shooting the rocks at cars outside the embassy to distract the guards.

“Guys were shooting at what ever moved,” he said.

“They came in the room and looked at us. They did a raid and found our homemade slingshots and grabbed us and threw us in vans and moved us all around the country for days.”

The next escape attempt occurred when they were moved to a compound of a relative of the Shahs’.

They were only twelve miles from the war. They wanted to make an attempt to get to the Persian Gulf and get help from a freighter but they were thrown into vans again and moved around.

That would be the closet they came to making an escape.

Eventually, they were put on another bus after being transferred and held in a prison where local Iranians were tortured. This time they were sure they were going to die. After several more weeks, Gallegos woke one day to the sound of jet engines above. They took off his handcuffs.

“You are safe,” a man said.

Billy Gallegos’s story is only a brief part of the film “Argo,” but no less important than the other stories.

He is an American hero.

For Gallegos, he was just doing his job. “When we were checked out by doctors, my friend and I were the only ones not suffering from depression and anxiety. They thought it was because we were young. I was only 21.”

@swhitley95

Senior Josh Hamburg has mastered the art of the prank.

“I saran-wrapped my friends car at the front row of the movie theatre, then after he got it off I followed him back and t.p. him multiple times that same night. Thrasher wasn’t too happy with me,” Hamburg said.

It is not always easy. Trying to “sticky note” a car when it is windy out is challenging. “You have to be prepared. You have to be aware of the weather,” Hamburg said.

“I love pranking people, but when I get pranked… It is the worst,” senior Harrison Thrasher said. “Josh has gotten me too many times. So I hope someone gets him back.”

Thrasher used to help Hamburg with the pranking. But Hamburg got two new accomplices, Madeline Sager and Megan Pogue.

“With them I can focus my target back on Thrasher,” Hamburg said. “We stalked Thrasher while he was on a date at Southlands. We placed ceramic bunnies wherever he went.

And when we went to his house we left about 30 of them.”

With being prepared the next thing to remember is not to get caught and know where the one getting pranked is located.

“I have been spotted a few times, but caught only once,” Hamburg said, “It was when we were stalking Thrasher.

When he got home he saw us hiding out and figured out who it was.”

He is very willing to help people get started with pranking.

“Who wouldn’t want to prank?” Hamburg says. “The best way to get started is by getting a few friends and a box or two of plastic forks and “fork” someone’s yard. And then you can move up to always t.p. their house if you want something more fun.”

Josh closes his eyes, opens the marker and throws it at our big board of names. And it is… Daniel Naes!

DANIEL, WHAT’S YOUR STORY? EVERBODY HAS A STORY continuies with a video edition.

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GIRLS SWIM & DIVE

TAKES STATE

BY SOPHIE STACK

The RJ girls’ state swim team celebrating after their win at the State Champtionship meet. | Christine Cutler

S story.

wimming 350,000 miles is not small feet, but for the Regis Jesuit Girls Swim & Dive Team, it’s just one more notch in the belt of a very successful season, and you couldn’t have written a better

Head coach Nick Frasersmith recalls, “It’s always exciting, we were going through and we were keeping track of the score, so we kind of knew we were a little behind going into the 500 freestyle and then the second half of the meet we had a really strong show, so seeing what the final outcome was was incredibly exciting.”

Being behind in a state meet would no doubt be nerve racking, but Frasersmith and his team kept calm.

“You’re always nervous, because anything can happen, you can DQ a relay or something, but we were pretty confident in the swimmers and the scores that we had so it was mostly

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excitement, but you’re always nervous.”

Like every sports team, the Regis Jesuit girls Frasersmith should be so confident, given had their fair share of challenges this season, the incredible talented group of girls he was especially when it came to the cohesiveness coaching this season. of the group.

“You know it’s always fun with the girls, with so much talent coming in, and just all of the hard work that every single one of the girls put in from day one, every single one of them, there were 65 plus girls, worked so hard,” he said.

“I think that every season the biggest challenge is aways trying to keep everyone together within the same goal.” Frasersmith says, “winter season is a hard sport because your girls have Christmas break, so just maintaining the hard work and work ethic, keeping everybody together on the same page.”

“I swam like 17 marathons over the course of the season,” Mads Bannec says, and the hard As a captain, Renihan agrees. work was worth it.

“I think the biggest challenge was staying “Standing on the podium at state with every- positive towards the end of the season beone and it was pretty emotional, just know- cause I knew we were under a lot of pressure. ing we had worked so hard to get there was It was really hard just to keep the girls going pretty awesome,” Senior captain Marielle Re- and keep them positive when I wanted to just nihan said. “After we won state, the was a lot break down I couldn’t, I had to keep going of crying, a lot of dancing, a lot of screaming and push through.” a lot of partying!”

The RJ girls’ state swim team jumps into the pool to celebrate their win at the State Champtionship meet. | Christine Cutler

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The girls were exceptionally lucky, not only because of their strong upperclassmen, but also because of the new additions to the team.

Q&A WITH MISSY

Frasersmith says, “They were an incredible group of girls, they came in and they were excited, they had great character and there was Q: What is your favorite thing to snack on? obviously lots of good talent brought in so it Apple cinnamon cheerios, I’m snacking on them all the time, I love them! was a huge help and they were a wonderful group.”

Q: How has Regis swimming It’s a bittersweet end for the seniors this year.

affected you as a person?

Regis swimming has given me a great sense of team and community. It has given me a sense of family that I take with me everywhere.

“You know the seniors are awesome in and out of the water. As far as talent and what they did in the water every single one of them was amazing, and the character they brought to the team was even better than that, the Q: What will you miss the most leadership that they had,” Frasersmith added. about Regis Jesuit Swimming?

I’m going to miss the community,

After they won the state championship meet, the family. We’re all so close and I’m team did what any other team would do: they going to miss that. went to Red Robin.

“It’s team tradition and we always just go there and eat and celebrate being with each other and knowing we won,” Renihan said.

“We were all really tired, I don’t think we slept that night, we partied all the way back to Red Robin. I’m pretty sure the waiters just wanted us to get out of there.”

Q: What is unique about the RJ Girl’s State Experience?

Definitely the glow stick rave. On the bus on the way back it was dark and we all had glow sticks, the speakers were broken so we all just had to sing our loudest it was so fun!

As for next year, as if you could top this sea- Q: What did you do after state? son, the general sentiment is excitement.

After state we all went to Red Robin, it was such a good time, we all

“I think we have a great group of girls coming ordered milkshakes and just had fun into be captains and a great senior class com- with each other. ing in, which has kind of been handed down since we first started,” Frasersmith says.

“That freshman class that came in this year is going to bring a little bit more experience next year and I think we have a solid group of freshmen coming in next year.”

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top state finishers 2011 vs 2013 Final Team Scores 2011

Final Team Scores 2013

1. Regis Jesuit (356.5) 2. Cherry Creek (337) 3. Fairview (166) 4. Fossil Ridge (137) 5. Boulder (129)

1. Regis Jesuit (287) 2. Fossil Ridge (243) 3. Fairview (181) 4. Arapahoe (167) 5. Cherry Creek (167)

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GIRLS HOOPS 5A ST

STATE CHAMPIONS

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Boys Basketball Season Ends in Great 8 The boys varsity squad lost a hard fought game to Eaglecrest following another great season.

BY Liam Nugent and Alex Arora

| 2014

season, they smashed their competition, going 17-3.

Once again, an exciting season for the Regis Jesuit boys’ basketball team has come to an end. In a season full of mostly ups and few downs, their fate was sealed in a Great Eight loss to the Eaglecrest Raptors.

As usual, the Raiders received a number 1 seed in the 5A state tournament, which means they were the best team in their region.

Overall, it was a great year for the Raiders. Despite an unfortunate loss, they went 21-5 record and were ranked 5th overall in Colorado.

After their first round bye, they came up against a Boulder team who gave them more trouble than they expected. The final score was 56-52, with Regis coming out on top.

Star junior point guard Josh Perkins, was one of the most exciting players in the league. He led the league in points with 25.2 points per game, while dishing out 6.5 assists and grabbing 6.9 boards over the course of the season.

The season came with a rough start. But after shaking off a loss to Columbine in their first game, they went would prove to be one of the top teams in the state.

In December, they won 3 of 4 games at their annual tournament in Arizona. For the duration of their

Even Perkins’ 31 points couldn’t halt the Raptors. As the final buzzer sounded, 64-57 was the final score in favor of Eaglecrest.

There is reason to be optimistic for next year. The varsity squad will only lose two seniors this May and they boast a deep, young roster.

The Raiders will be stacked for another run at a fouth championship ring.

Their next game against Grand Junction was less of a challenge. After a closely contested and very low scoring first half, the Raiders turned it on to hold the Tigers to only 25 points in the entire 2nd half, while the Raiders exploding 47. The final score was 67-42, with Josh Perkins leading scorers with 23 points.

The Raider’s run ended at the Denver Coliseum against an Eaglecrest squad who would go on to win the 5A championship.

After being down by 9 at the end of the first quarter, the Raiders never recovered.

Photo by: Jackson Burkholder ‘15

Inside the Hockey locker room with Conner Wigton

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s third year forward on the Regis Jesuit hockey team I learned a lot about being successful in what I put my mind to and creating lifelong relationships which I will cherish forever.

Over my three years, our record under Coach Woodley was 61-6-3. Coach Woodley taught me more than just ice strengths, but how to lead by example. One of the most significant aspects of life Woodley taught me was how to be successful.

Also to feel the joy of success and winning, you need to experience the feeling of failure and loss.

I attribute a lot of the team’s success and my success to, although it sounds cheesy, the sense of brotherhood at Regis.

In the CHSAA league many of the teams have players that attend different schools. On the Regis team we are one group of kids on one team, not three, four, or five groups on one team.

My favorite memory was winning the state championship. When the final buzzer sounded and we dog piled Sam Harden, I knew that all the efforts we had put in that year had paid off.

Losing to Monarch in the semi-finals this year was hard. Knowing I was a senior and was supposed to lead the team to success was difficult to swallow, but the pain of loss is a necessary part of life. To experience the joy of winning, we must undergo the pain of failing.

As I realize that all the “last times” are approaching, I look back on my hockey career, I am proud of where I was, and where I am.

Photo by: Joe Quigley ‘14

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STATE WRESTLING:

GRANT NEAL CROWNED CHAMPION

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ormer Regis Jesuit wrestling champion John Crowley always knew Grant Neal would be a state champion one-day.

Crowley and Neal would battle it out at practice before Crowley graduated last year.

“He would beat me up at every practice,” Neal, now a junior, said. “I thought, how am I ever going to be at the level he’s at?”

Despite the tough battles, Crowley could see that Neal was going places.

“He would always say to me, ‘you’re going to be a state champ one day,” Neal remembers.

Crowley’s insight proved to be true.

In February, Neal won a state championship in the 195-pound weight class after falling just short of a title last year.

“Having John there really helped me develop a champion mindset, and he helped me develop the things it takes to be a state champion,” he said, “It takes a lot of the little things.”

Things like showing up on time to practices and eating right paid off. The championship was even sweeter for Neal after coming off of an injury during football season.

“I knew I had to do something big to show that I could bounce back and battle through adversity,” Neal said.

He battled through in a significant way while on the big stage of the Pepsi Center. The bright lights didn’t have an effect on the powerhouse wrestler.

“This time I wasn’t a deer in the headlights,” he said, “ I really enjoyed being there again and since I’ve been there before I really knew how everything worked.”

While he has only been wrestling for four years and it started off as more of a hobby, the intensity that he brings to the mat helped propel Neal to the title.

“I hate to lose. You have to have the determination and drive to win too,” he said. “Getting your hand raised it the greatest feeling of accomplishment. No other sport I can deem worthy of having that same feeling.”

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BY KYLE WEATHERBIE

| 2013

WATCH SPRING SPORTS LIVE ONLINE. Boys Swimming: Tuesday April 9 @ Creek 4pm

Boys Lacrosse: Friday April 12 @ Arapahoe Boys Lacrosse: 7pm Wednesday April 23 vs. Kent Boys Lacrosse: 7pm Tuesday April 30 vs. Creek 7:30pm

Girls Lacrosse: Monday April 29 vs. Kent Boys Lacrosse: 7pm Friday May 3 vs. Creek 7pm

Girls Soccer: Thursday April 11 @ Vista Boys Lacrosse: 7pm Tuesday April 16 vs. HR 7pm

Baseball: Monday April 15 @ Heritage Boys 4:15 pm Lacrosse: Monday April 22 vs. Legend Boys 4:15 pm Lacrosse: Wednesday April 24 vs. HR 4:15 pm Lacrosse: Boys Wednesday May 1 vs. Vista 7:30pm

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baseball

Disk In!

The Ultimate Frisbee Team in Action

BY ANDREW ADAMS AND MIKE PORAZZO ‘13

coach anderson Team welcomes new caoch, a proven leadr

BY BRENT SCHWARZ @Brent_Schwarz | 2015

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n December, new head baseball coach Mike Anderson entered the gym and addressed the team for the first time. He handed players a single piece of paper. On it was a simple flow chart that included player development, life skills, academic development, and leadership all leading to a single boldfaced word: confidence.

“You want faith. You want character. You want to grow to be responsible, caring, family men that are Christbased,” Anderson said. “You do it on a daily basis. You don’t just announce it and say it’s what you’ll try to do, you work on it daily.”

When former head coach Walt Weiss was named manager of the Colorado Rockies in November, the team knew a replacement of equal wisdom and experience would be difficult to find.

They found him.

Coach Anderson is a Colorado native and former head coach at the University of Nebraska, where he was Big Twelve Coach of the Year in 2003 and 2005 while leading his team to a College World Series in 2005. The level

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of caliber was apparent in his introduction process.

Anderson’s values are apparent and lived. When asked what his best career coaching experience has been, Anderson said, “the opportunity to coach my own kids, in any sport, at any time.”

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hris Clayton(right) goes up to play defence against Chris McCoy (left) to practice defence against an Iso play during practice.

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ike Felicissimo (left) tries to grab the frisbee out from underneith Chris McCoy(right) during a Hail-Mary play from one side of the 70 yard field to the other.

Anderson will have a daily role in RJ life — it’s about more than just baseball. Already, he has worked in the classroom as a substitute teacher and next year he will continue to be in the classroom.

The Raiders started the season with a big win on the road against Fountain-Fort Carson, 14-1. They will travel to play in Tampa, Florida during Spring Break, and then return for their first home game on April 8.

Anderson is already feeling at home.

“The character, communication, and comradeship that these young men have was surprising,” he said. “I knew it was a great school and had been here a number of times recruiting, but I didn’t realize just how great the kids are.”

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ustin Carrese(right) and Brandon Inbau chase down a lose frisbee during a cutting drill, in which the both have to run down the frisbee, Brandon playing defence and Austin playing offence in this drill.

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TOP TEEN HANGO

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The bell rings and the hallways fill with students eager for the weekend. The slamming of lockers punctuate the week, inviting a well deserved break.

But free time presents a problem. How will you spend yours?

Sitting around on the couch watching TV, or playing video games is always nice and relaxing, but sometimes that gets boring. Getting out of the house and spending time laughing with friends is the best way to spend your free time.

Deciding what to do amongst a group of friends can be difficult. Where is the best place to meet? What is the perfect place for a first date? What is something fun and new for a big group?

There are plenty of things to do all around Colorado that I’m sure you never thought to do.

Have you ever thought to have a nerf war with a huge group of friends? Or cloud watching?

Get out of the house. Call your friends. And make the most of your free time.

1-ON-1 TALKS Sometimes you need a place to sit down with someone. Avoid somewhere noisy, and opt for a quieter spot

IF YOU’RE BROKE

Library

Last week’s paycheck/ allowance has come and gone, and the weekend is here! Don’t worry, plenty of activities need no money.

Quiet Coffee Shop

Freeze Tag

Take a walk

Cloud Watching

Bake Cupcakes

A NIGHT WITH FRIENDS, FAMILY

GUYS NIGHT OUT A night out with the guys it the perfect way to spend a saturday night. But are you sick of the same old-same old? Try these!

GIRLS NIGHT OUT

A night out with the girls is just what you need to unwind from a full week. Break the usual routine, and try something new!

Golfing

Mani/Pedi

RJ Sporting Event

Cupcake Baking War

Ping Pong

Shopping

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FAMILY NIG

Time with friends is always f time can’t be neglected. Dinn is great, but why not make a

Museum

Day in the Mou

Zoo Day Spring 2013

GOUTS

DATE NIGHT

FRESH IDEAS

The first date is always nerve racking, but with these fun date ideas, you can focus more on the date, not your nerves.

FRESH NEW IDEAS

me t y.

FIRST DATE

Everybody has their favorite things to do, but mixing it up a little can be fun!

FroYo Dinner and Ice cream

Hiking

Zoo

Scavenger Hunt “Red Hot” RJ red is always a great color for painting pottery | Emma Bridgewater ‘14

Go Carting

INTIMATE DATE Congrats! You made it past the first date.

How about something a little more intimate?

Color Me Mine:

Paint your own pottery

Aquarium PJs and a Movie

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o now you have a few ideas about what to do with you free time. What will you do?

The weekend is wide open! The same old-same old routine of sitting on your couch, remote in hand can only be fun for so long. Get up and go out!

Mix it up and try a scavenger hunt or challenging your friends to a cupcake- baking war! If you’ve got a hot date, from the first to a group, there are plenty of activities to ensure its success.

ILY NIGHT

Don’t be afraid to leave your comfort zone. Challenge yourself and your friends and family to break the routine.

ds is always fun, but family glected. Dinner as a family y not make a day of it?

Bowling RJ Sporting Event

Museum

Nerf War

the Mountains

Zoo Day

GROUP DATE

Spending time just the two of you is awesome, but how about a date with friends?

BY EmmaBridgewater @EmmaBridgeH2O ‘14

Spring 2013

BY NINA KELLEY

@ NINAKELLEY28 ‘15

BY BAILEY WALLACE @@ sammbailey142013

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Entertainment The stories of a world taken by the undead are wildly popular in America, but what is it that makes them so entertaining?

Zombie Culture in America

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by Alex Arora @BigIndianLove| 2014

ive days of the week, Mr. Fagnant and Mr. Flynn spend their time as teachers and mentors in the service office. They help students in their respective classes and keep the service department up and running.

But come Sunday night, they drop those personas.

Come Sunday night, They engulf themselves in the world of Zombie America.

Mr. Flynn and Mr. Fagnant, along with over 10 million other Americas, choose to experience the story of a world overrun by the undead by watching the wildly popular television show “The Walking Dead.”

Why? “Zombies are a metaphor for American consumer culture,” Mr. Fagnant said. “It’s like we’re here to fulfill this purpose just to consume time, so why do we go on with that? Like, what’s our purpose as human beings outside of mindless consumption? It’s kind of fun for me to try and figure that out.”

The question of what we would do in the event of an apocalypse is something that’s tossed around American culture pretty relentlessly. Countless movies, games, and TV shows focus on the topic of how survivors respond to the end of life as they know it, and “The Walking Dead” is no different.

“These people are living a life outside of just death and consumption,” Mr. Fagnant said. “So, where is their life and where is their hope? I think people find it in the relationships there and the moral decisions they have to make.”

If anything, the fact that all of these stories are so popular proves that there is a sheer entertainment facet of the world of zombies that draws in a large number of people.

“I think part of the appeal is that it is a multilayered

“The Walking Dead” Average viewership

Season 1- 5.24 million viewers

The idea of a zombified America has taken hold throughout the country in the past decade or so, but its origins go back much farther than that. The modern zombie comes from horror classic “Night of the Living Dead” from director George A. Romero in 1968.

Season 3 Premiere- 10.87 million

Since, zombies have been used in countless films, novels, comics, video games, and various other artistic mediums.

Season 3 Mid-Season Premiere- 12.3

MUSIC BUZZ WITH JOSE CHALIT ‘13 | @jemiliochalit

20 years, fans were crazy about frontman Kevin Shield’s production. Other bands like Phoenix, ew music is on the loose, and everyone will be out to get it. The Strokes, Vampire Weekend, Sigur Ros, and The Postal Service.

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“It’s about how do we piece together things that used to be society in post-tragedy,” Mr. Flynn said. “How can echoes of ‘humanity’ translate past disaster? What pieces are worth picking up and putting back together, if any.”

Season 2- 6.90 million viewers

After 10 years of not touring and having released any music, their first announcements for tour dates sold out almost “A Tattered Line of String” by The Postal every show and prompted them Service Single was released in to add more mid-February this year dates in more locations. and tour dates were announced on their website for 2013.

Liam's Concert Guide

BY LIAM NUGENT @LiamNugents| 2014

Can’t Miss Shows of the Summer

fun. (August 21st-22nd, Red Rocks)

Red Rocks is the best venue around and the best acts thrive there. fun is a great act and you dont want to miss this show.

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The xx (June 3rd, The Fillmore)

Dave Matthews Band Mr. Flynn and Mr. Fagnant as zombies. That is all.

“The show is very intense and always keeps me on the edge of my seat.

What I see in the show is how the best and worst can come out of people in tough situations.”

show,” Mr. Flynn said. “You can appease the people that want to see the undead gnaw on people’s limbs, but there’s also the people who want some depth to a show.”

That character depth can be found in any post-apocalypse story. There are movies like “I Am Legend” that focus on nothing except a man and his dog following the end of the modern world. Another movie, “The Road,” focuses on the relationship between a father and son who search the post-apocalypse country for refuge.

So, who really are the walking dead?

That’s the ultimate irony of it all in the end. No story about the end of the world actually focuses on the end of the world. It’s about how we cope with that and really move forward with life. It provides a chance to explore raw humanity when it is unrestricted by a set of standardized laws.

It’s a scary thing seeing unfiltered human nature, but if America has proved anything through its interests, it’s that exploring that side of life can be incredibly intriguing as well.

- Matthew McCarron ‘16

(August 23th-24th, Red Rocks) Dave Matthews has cemented himself into rock lore as a living legend. DMB arrives at Dick Sporting Goods Park for 2 shows on August 23th and 24th.

Just for Fun

Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran

(June 2nd, Pepsi Center) Check out the Pepsi Center on June 2nd to see Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran play a heck of a show.

Fall Out Boy (June 23rd, The Ogden) The Avett Brothers (July 5th-6th, Red Rocks)

“It’s a very cool show.

A lot of other people watch it and it gives me something to talk about with them.”

Dark Horses Parquet Courts

- Alec Christian ‘14

Devotchka w/ The Colorado Symphony

The Strokes“Come down Machine” With 3 other albums out already, the Strokes have never failed to impress with their simple, hard-hitting melodies and songs. Their last album, “Angles”, sold 89,000 copies the first week and their newest single “All the Time” has been featured by multiple radio stations.

The new album will release March 26,2013.

(June 19th, Larimer Lounge) A great, fast moving punk act, these guys will be lighting up the Larimer Lounge on June 19th.

(June 14th, Red Rocks)

The Postal Service (May 30th, Red Rocks) Phoenix- “Bankrupt!”

‘Entertainment’ was released as a single March 7th of this year and already has over 300,000 views on YouTube. ‘1901’, from their last album, was an international hit and reached #1 on the US Alternative Billboard charts, so expect nothing else from the release of the French band ‘Phoenix’.

Album is set to come the week of April 2, 2013 and is available to pre-order on their website now.

Vampire Weekend- “Modern Vampires of the City” Both released on the 18th of March, ‘Diane Young’ and ‘Step’ have both reached over 100,000 views on YouTube and the new album is planned to release May 6, 2013 after 3 years of having released their last album ‘Contra’ which sold 124,000 copies in the first week.

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Entertainment

Liam’s Game

Corner Tomb Raider’s new reboot portrays a young Lara Croft, before she was a “Croft”

BY LIAM MCALEAVEY ‘13 @liammcaleavey | 2013

Tomb Raider.

When that title is read, it summons pictures of Angelina Jolie in a tank top, playing the uncompromising, elusive, and incredibly strong hero Lara Croft. But Lara couldn’t have always been like that, right? When did she become that figure so iconic in both movie and gaming history?

Square Enix has now provided that answer. On the island of Yamatai, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Lara is not played

by Miss Jolie, but instead by Camilla Luddington, and this reboot prequel to the series portrays Lara in a completely different light. Oh, and something else to add: it’s fantastic.

To begin with, the graphics are absolutely gorgeous. Yamatai is not a safe island; in fact, it’s the furthest thing from it.

But it is an awe inspiring one, that’s for sure. The detail that Square has put into the landscape and level design bring the game to a cinema quality experience. Up close camera angles in cutscenes get the players into the story. Players can feel Lara’s hopelessness when she is forced to kill crazy island inhabitants, and will cringe when Lara falls onto a rail spike early in the game, which probably robs her of her left kidney.

Square created an experience where players can feel truly connected to the game and feel as if they are Lara, not just witnessing Lara and feeling sorry for her or Shot in the angry for her. It’s an impressive arm? That’s feat. not fun.

Cutout credit to Andrew Adams ‘13

But the game would be nowhere without the writing. Lara had to basically be rewritten in this game. She’s played by a new, young actress, she’s inexperienced, she’s fearful, she’s most of the things

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the previous Lara was not. And yet, they had to portray her in a way that one day, she would be the Lara most of the world knows. After all, she’s a Croft. She has survival instincts in spite of herself, and a driving willpower that keeps her going throughout the extensive treacheries of Yamatai.

But the good parts of this game only go so far. Yes, the cutscenes are beautiful, and the game stands out among the other titles of 2013, but because this is a prequel, not a stand alone game, it has to be compared to previous titles. And as a game in a series, it didn’t do as good of a job as it could.

And most of all, this new Lara is a relatable human being, not an idyllic action hero. It’s this quality more than anything else that allows the film style gameplay to work its magic.

The game is about Lara’s personal journey that involves a backstory which evolves as the game progresses, not the actual adventure on the island. This was a bold move for a series previously so focused on simple fun, but this adds miles to Lara’s character depth, making for an overall better game.

Many gamers were expecting a look into Lara’s life before the island. “[The cutscenes] would have been helpful if they had gone into her background more, but the cutscenes do get a little annoying because they interrupt the game,” said Junior Brigid Sleevi. And she’s right, there are a ton of cutscenes, and a lot of the start of the game is much more like a movie.

It could stand to be way more interactive.

The gameplay itself isn’t actually nearly as open as it seems, which is interesting. This game uses the same tactic as Dead Space and BioShock: the plot carries the story in a linear fashion, but because each individual segment is so large, the game overall feels massive.

Lara can return to previous areas in order to collect treasures or explore previously untouched tombs, she can collect “salvage” to upgrade her weapons and tools, and she can gain experience from her exploration to gain extra abilities, but the story does follow a linear path. This fact is simply glossed over by the rest of the game’s elements.

It feels like a sandbox RPG. There are multiple access points to different objectives, meaning Lara has a lot to explore in the different routes around the current mission hub, around which she can find ancient Japanese artifacts, items pertaining to the people who were lost on Yamatai before her, and the dark secrets of the power that held this island long before recorded history.

The multiplayer, too, needs quite a bit of work. It’s decent, but it’s simple. There’ s not much to get the hang of. “It’s really mundane,” Sleevi said. “ The maps aren’t intricate like the rest of the game is, and the objectives are very obvious.”

Even updates and DLC couldn’t really fix it, either, as it has a fundamental mechanics problem. Granted, this is a first attempt at multiplayer for the Tomb Raider series, but it could have been much better.

Tomb Raider presents a good start at a new version of the series. It’s imperfect, but it has loads of potential. Hopefully, if they have a sequel, it can be ironed out a little more before release.

Next issue will be the iconic BioShock Infinite. No contest. This is pretty much the biggest release in all of 2013. Look for it in April.

The level design is fairly complex, and sometimes Lara can’t find a treasure map in the area to point her to collectibles, which makes the game more challenging if the player’s goal is completion. The controls are simple and tight, and flow incredibly well. This game is engaging, and quite simply, very fun to play and experience.

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90’s Kids: A Look Back

Y R A IBR

By: Hannah Burgan & Emily Butler

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Nickelodeon Hey Arnold

Rugrats

Amanda Show

Wild Thornberries

Full House

Doug

Boys Division Library

Disney Lizzie McGuire

Phil of the Future Proud Family

That’s So Raven

Kim Possible

Recess

Cartoon Network Powerpuff Girls

Dexter’s Lab

Scooby-Doo

Tom and Jerry

Pokemon

Looney Tunes

Girls Division Library

TOYS Moon Boots

Tamagotchi

Game Boy

In the Boy’s Division Library, the book review contest not only has a student winner, but a teacher winner as well.

The book reviews are put on a wall for others to see. Every friday, they hold Friday at the Finn. This includes, coffee, music, and students’ video productions.

Furby

Bop It

Beanie Babies

Each month, the library holds a book review contest to help promote reading in the school. Every review gets one entry. If you review online, that gets you two entries.

Each month’s winner gets a $10 gift card to a place of their choice. The library receives new books every month. They are displayed on the pyramid display. The table display holds new non-fiction books.

MOVIES Star Wars

Jurassic Park

The Lion King

Fight Club

Goonies

Toy Story

ICONS Tom Hanks

Nicole Kidman

Will Smith

Britney Spears Jesse McCartney Whitney Houston

Jerry Seinfield

Adam Sandler

Destiny’s Child

Aaron Carter

Whoopi Goldberg

Dixie Chicks

ARTISTS Christina Aguliera

NSYNC

Backstreet Boys

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IMPR

Literary Magazine

The Impressions Magazine features works from both the Boys and the Girls Divisions. Each issue shows off works from all different kinds of arts, including writing/poetry, paintings, and drawings.

POETRY SLAM Who- Any Student

Nirvana

How- Write a Poem What- Recite Poem Mondo

Caprisun

WarHeads

Fruit by the Foot

Kool-Aid

Lunchables

SNACKS

Snack Pack

Gushers

Sunny D

Why- Share writing Talents Wonderball

Fun Dip

Baby Bottle Pop

Back in the day, we lived in another era with different versions of Ke$ha and One Direction. When Boy bands and snack packs were all we needed to have a good time. We set the stage for generations to come.

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When- April 17

This year, the Poetry Slam will be held in the Girl’s Division Library. The event will include live music, a coffee stand, art show, ect.

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HOW AMERICA SHOULD RECOVER

OP-ED

BY TITO LIMAS

| 2014

To the seniors that are graduating in a few months: I hope you have a plan after college, because that is when you become a real contributor to this economy. Everyone has a future that is very scary, and nobody is guaranteed a job in this day and age.

Decades ago, the baby boomers only needed a degree in high school to have a mid-level job in manufacturing while making a good wage. Today is a far different and even gloomier labor market.

Our infrastructure is decaying, our manufacturing sector is dead and worse, our entire education system is in dire need of an overhaul.

Student’s scores in math, science and literature are significantly lower than Japan, and Canada. In short, our student counterparts are not going to have the skills needed for 21st century jobs that will be the only jobs in the U.S. If you believe this economy is bad, trust me: it will get worse if we continue our path of neglecting our education and infrastructure.

There is a solution to decrease our unemployment while creating a new economy based on innovation and creativity. The industries that the United States can lead the world in, are biotech, renewable energy, IT development and smart manufacturing. Gone are the days where workers labored in an assembly line, now the assembly lines will be manned by robots commanded by highly educated workers behind a computer. Never again will we have to depend on foreign oil from dubious allies, we can be energy independent and even export renewable energy.

However, first things first: we need to greatly improve our education, especially in science and in math. We need to decrease the power of the teacher’s unions, have a stronger curriculum, and hire better teachers whose pay is based on the quality on their work.

I propose partnerships with corporations like Microsoft, Vestas, Google, etc. where they can be part of helping to educate our young by offering software or having experts come to universities and teach the young about their professions.

Apprenticeships must be available from these same companies where the youth can have hands on experience. To encourage corporations to invest in the youth, the corporations should have lower corporate taxes due to their service in the U.S. Second, is a needed infrastructure renovation where we tear down dilapidated factories and cracked roads but build BICs (Business and Innovation Centers) where companies can begin their operations. To fund this, I also propose a tax increase on the top 5% of earners in the U.S. and increase the sales tax on most goods, so everyone will help chip into this project.

Finally, there is one more element that no one can control: YOU. I can show you the door to a better economy and a brighter future but it is up to you to accept it.

FOCUS LACKING AT CO-DIVISIONAL MASS

BY EMILY KAISER

| 2013

Every time I sit in the boy’s gym as Fr. Steele gives another incredible homily, all I can see is twirling hair and goo goo eyes.

The gym is transformed, at least three times every year, into a place of worship. Unfortunately, it does not feel that way for the students. Do co-divisional masses allow for shared worship and develop a sense of community? Or, are they a social hour for students and a babysitting job for teachers?

Senior Elliott Rarden offers a compromise. “I like the co-divisional masses but no more than two a year,” he says. “It becomes a distraction for many. I know a lot of kids, mostly freshmen, who want to use it as time to spend with girls”.

At their best, masses can be a beautiful ceremony at Regis Jesuit and really bring the two divisions together.

Senior Anastasia Thibodeau expressed the joy she gets out of the masses. “They allow us to come together as a school, which we don’t do very often. It is an experience we need to share together,” Thibodeau says. “Every once in awhile I’ll see someone who is really paying attention and being attentive to what is being conveyed and it is very up lifiting”.

The co-divisional mission is “a structured single-gender academic environment during the school day with co-ed co-curricular and social opportunities outside of school hours”.

But part of the reason students have a difficult time separating co-divisional masses from a worship service and a social hour is that we are trained to focus separately and when we do get together, that is our time.

So how do we solve the issue? Do we have even less collaboration between the schools? Or do we keep letting mass be our social hour and a time for teachers to babysit us?

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DR. BIG LOVE &DR. LITTLE LOVE “What are girls attracted to?” -Alex Nemecheck Well Alex girls can be attracted to many different guys because of the certain attributes of the guy. So really all in all girls are attracted to muscularity, humor, good listener, able to just be there without having to do anything, and much more. So, me amigo, don’t fret about what girls are really attracted to because if you are yourself, bro, you will have at least one lady falling for you!

Alex, girls are attracted to confident guys. Every girl says that they have “a type”, but really girls just want a guy that is fun to be around. If a guy is confident and others want to be around him, they tend to be more attractive. Girls love showing off their man. If you can make her want to know you, the chase will reel her in and drive her crazy! So be confident in who YOU are and the right girl will come along.

“Is humor really the way to a woman’s heart?” -Anonymous user 1234567890 Anonymous user, girls love a great sense of humor, but the humor has to be good clean humor, so like no racist jokes, cause that just ain’t cool bro. And maybe even you don’t need jokes because if you are able to make her laugh then you are getting closer to her heart to steal it away.

For some women..yes humor is the way to their heart. In my opinion you can never go wrong with humor. Girls always love to laugh. But for the girls that aren’t so into humor, don’t force it. If you’re a funny guy, she will like you for your personality and a joke every once in a while won’t hurt. It’s when a guy tries to be funny but can’t quite get there that a girl gets annoyed and will say see ya! If you’re a funny guy just be yourself and if you’re not that’s okay too. I think you’ll surprise yourself at how funny you can be.

“What’s a good way to impress a girl?” -Michael Gainer That’s a great question! A lot of guys will do stupid things, put themselves out on a limb, and embarrass themselves. Granted that does work, sometimes. A guaranteed way to impress a girl is by playing the guitar! Why do you think so many guys take beginning guitar class, because it’s fun... YES! But also so they can impress the ladies.

Michael, a great way to impress a girl is to show her that you know her. It’s all about the amount of attention that you give her. If you do something as simple as bringing her her favorite flowers, she will be impressed. Girls have a notion that boys never pay attention to their needs. So prove her wrong and you will impress her.

“The guy I like has a girlfriend, what do I do?”

-Soon To Be Upgrade Girlfriend don’t worry because every little thing is gonna be alright. Wait in the background until your bestfriend says adios to his chica. Then, it will be your perfect chance to swoop in and take prince charming to YOUR castle.

Well, this is a tricky situation because you like him but you need to respect his current relationship. If you are friends with him, the best thing you can do is show him that you support him. That way you can still be close to him without getting between him and his girl. Then, if they break up, you come out as the girl that always supported him and it’ll be your turn to shine.

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Dear Dr. Big Love, I am a sophomore, and I don’t have a car yet, I like this girl and I want to go out on dates with her, but since I can’t drive, I would have to have my dad come with me when I pick her up. Is it okay for this to happen, or does it make me look goofy?

Bro instead of your dad, have your mama drive you. Because dad’s like to embarrass us a much as possible. And goofy, of course it will be! But how else will you hang out with this lady and take her on dates?

Dear Dr. Little Love, How do I find a prom date?

Well, prom can be a very stressful time not only for girls but also for boys. Everyone wants a date! Try asking around to your guy friends. They might have a buddy that is in your same position! If you already have your eye set on someone special, start workin’ girl!!! You have to reel him in before he gives his hand to another girl!

Dear Dr. Big Love, This girl I like has her birthday coming up, and I want to do something really special for her. What’s something that says “I wanna make you feel wanted” without breaking the bank?

Dude, to make her feel like she is wanted and special you have to get to know her friends. They have to like you, too. So if she is having a party make sure you stand out. But be yourself. That way you cshe will see you are really interested in her life.

Dear Little Love, My boyfriends birthday is coming up and I have no idea what to get him. Any ideas?

Anytime you have to buy a guy a gift it can be a real doosey. Instead of spending time on stressing, spend time on planning. Boys are very simple and just want to know that you care about them. Take him to his favorite place to eat and then go do something that he likes. Birthdays don’t always mean tangible presents.

Sometimes it means symbolic presents. Trust me, the memories from that birthday date will last a lot longer than a video game.

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