Volume 74, Issue 5 | The Crusader Newspaper | June 2021

The Crusader News Official Student Newspaper of St. Paul’s High School Volume 74 Issue 5

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June 2021

DUCKS AT ST PAUL’S

A new dilemma develops in the Quad, Baljot Rai writes.

Changes at the UN

The Chauvin Trial

One Piece Andreas Radicci

James Brennan

The UAPs

A Dystopia?

Myles Cesario

Israel Okunnu

Yasuke

Eric Fontaine

Classical Music

Donovan Martin writes.

MMA Year in Review

PCs

Oscar Lavitt

Emmitt Wilson

Lego Star Wars

Raptors

Yash Varma

John Ergon Golpe

James Brennan

Elon Musk

Siwon Jengsuksavat

The Falcoln and the Winter Soldier

M&W Recap

Riley Wilcosh writes.

NFTs Jackson Gordon writes. thecrusadernews.ca

Kieran Light

Soccer

Caleb Pereira

Crossword Alec Compton

Time for change at the UN? James Brennan ’21 Chief Editor

I’ve always thought that we need a Canadian as the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Not to dive into clichés and stereotypes, but we have a solid track record of producing great leaders on the world stage: people like Lester B. Pearson, Roméo Dallaire, Chris Hadfield, and Stephen Lewis come to mind.

Canada has consistently been a key contributor to peacekeeping missions, humanitarian efforts,

emergency relief, and global development. So why haven’t we run the UN?

Throughout the UN’s 75-year history, there have been nine secretaries-general, hailing from a variety of countries, including Norway, Peru, South Korea, and Ghana. In February, 34-year-old Arora Akanksha made history by announcing that she’d be the first person to challenge an incumbent secretary-general.

While her candidacy might seem like a long shot, there are reasons to celebrate this shake to the system. After spending her early life in India and Saudi Arabia, Ms. Arora (her family name) came to Canada to pursue administrative studies at York University. From there, she went on to work as an audit coordinator for the United Nations Development Programme in New York City.

Ms. Arora’s platform is simple: it’s time for a change at the UN. Too much of the UN’s budget is wasted on administrative costs and bureaucracy instead of ac-

The Chauvin Trial Donovan Martin ’22

him to stop. For nine minutes and 29 seconds, Chauvin suffocated George Floyd, resulting in his death. Protest erupted internationally demanding justice for George Floyd. Through marches, speeches, petitions, essays, and a multitude of other mediums, Floyd’s story became known, and the arrest of his killer was demanded.

tual solutions to problems. Her three main promises are an end to the refugee crisis, concrete action against climate change, and expanding access to technology and education. This includes more funding for humanitarian solutions, youth empowerment, sustainable development, and improvements to internet access around the globe. She believes in a new generation of leaders, female empowerment, and enabling the UN to live up to its original promises.

Her opponent is António Guterres, the current secretary-general. The 72-year-old is a former Portuguese prime minister and former UN High Commissioner for Refugees. He is running for his second term after a contested election in 2016. Guterres has the support of the UN establishment-types, and his election to a second term is still seen as incontrovertible. For someone to be considered an official candidate, they must be sponsored by at least one UN member state.

Ms. Arora has spoken with the

Canadian government to request its support, but she (so far) does not have it.

The Canadian government should nominate Ms. Arora to show that we are unafraid to challenge the status quo and provide a new vision for the UN. Many people have become disillusioned with the UN, thinking it’s just a good-for-nothing bunch of political hacks that would rather obstruct than make progress.

While there is some truth to that, the UN is the only international organization that brings together the countries of the world, so I believe reform is better than renunciation. This 2021 secretary-general election is riddled with flaws—Ms. Arora has slammed it as a “hypocritical sham”—but if the UN wants to show its commitment to fairness and transparency, they’ll let Ms. Arora run.

the case, with the prosecution lead by Attorney General Keith Ellison and the defence, Attorney Eric J. Nelson.

and videos filmed on bystanders’ phones.

On April 20, 2021, the trial concluded with Chauvin being Deputy The defence provided seven convicted of all three charges Editor witnesses. Their case was mainly against him. The arrest of Chaubuilt on three premises. Firstly, vin is a win for Floyd’s family, the bystanders were “very aga win for BLM, and a win for On May 25, 2020, shopper gressive toward the officers.” Sec- justice. However, it is devestatGeorge Floyd went to a Minondly, Chauvin’s actions were in ing how this success came to be. neapolis convenience store to self-defense. And thirdly, drugs Thousands of individuals suffer purchase some cigarettes. When The egregious action committed in Floyd’s system, rather than his and are killed under the hands he attempted to pay for them

by Chauvin and tolerated by his pinning, could’ve resulted in his of police brutality, yet their with a cheque, the shop keeper colleagues led to their inevitable collapse and death. stories go untold and their cases accused Floyd of using counter- arrests on May 29, 2020. He was are forgotten. One can only feited material. As a result, the charged with second-degree The prosecution provided 400 hope that the arrest of Chauvin police were called with four unintentional murder, third-de- listed witnesses to the crime will lead to the prosecution and coming to the scene: J. Keung, gree murder, and second-degree with 38 testifying in court. Their concivtion of other officers who Thomas Lane, Tou Thao, and manslaughter. Yet unlike his case was mainly built on three committed similar atrocities.

Derrick Chauvin. Upon their co-workers, on October 7, 2020, premises. Firstly, an unnecesarrival, Floyd was physically Chauvin was released from pris- sary amount of force was used. apprehended and put into police on after his 1,000,000 USD bail Secondly, Chauvin was fully custody. To subdue the accused, (1,200,000 CAD) was paid for. aware of the suffering he was Chauvin pinned Floyd to the The conditions of his bail includ- causing (especially with his exasground, kneeling on his neck for ed the following: he could not perated gasps and nine minutes and 29 seconds. contact Floyd’s family, he had to the cries from the surrender his firearms, and he crowd). Thirdly, the For nine minutes and 29 could never work in law enforce- amount of drugs in seconds, George Floyd exment again.

Floyd’s system were claimed his pain and suffering, significantly lower repeatably saying, “I can’t On March 8, 2021, Chauvin’s than the average breathe.” For nine minutes trial began at the Hennepin post-mortem rates. and 29 seconds, the Chauvin’s County Government Center in Furthermore, the actions were filmed, with a Minneapolis. Hennepin County prosecution used surrounding crowd pleading for Judge Peter Cahill presided over police body cameras

Why we’re not in a dystopia Israel Okunnu ’23 Conrtibutor

Dystopian societies are what people fear. Some may even say that we are living in one. But I am here to boldly say that that is false. We are not living in a dystopian society.

The main characteristics of a dystopian society are totalitarian government, loss of individualism, complete environmental destruction, and technological control. It is quite clear from the above stated characteristics that our society isn’t dystopian.

I will be focusing on the most major aspect of such a society, a totalitarian government. Our government is not totalitarian.

Totalitarianism is the political concept that the citizen should be totally subject to an absolute

state authority. Here in the West, we do not have a totalitarian government; rather, we have a democracy.

We could not live in a dystopian society because saying we do would indirectly imply that the human condition in the past Society at large is a democracy, was substantially better than it and people can make their own is today. In the 1950s, there was personal choices and decisions. a lack of both civil rights andIf we were a dystopian society, women’s rights, the Clean Air the government would be putAct wasn’t passed, and the threat ting restrictions and limits on of nuclear war was looming places you can go, on things you over our heads. It most certaincan buy, and things you can do ly couldn’t be the 1920s, their in general. These types of restric- was an economic depession, tions would not be to protect WWI left nations wrecked and the public but rather to have the diseased, and a second war was citizens under the complete con- soon to come. Let us answer this trol of the government, which question truthfully in our hearts: is what the government is not “Would you doing. This freedom of choice freely choose makes our society prone to shift- to live in the ing between dystopian and uto- past, knowpian experiences and existences. ing the addBecause of this counterpoint, ed benefits between dystopia and utopia we and blessings are not fully a dystopian socithe future ety. This leads on to my second offers?” Of point, that if we are living in a course, you dystopian society now, then that would not. If means that society previously the current was near-utopian. time, we live

in is objectively better than any time in the past then I think it is hard to call it a dystopia.

It is clear that the picture does not get brighter the farther back in history we go. Historically, our past depicted as a dystopian society, while our present world leans more towards a balance between utopian and dystopian existence, we cannot be in a dystopian world. I am not saying that we live in a utopia, absolutely not, yet we do not live a dystopia.

The Developing Duck Dilemma at St. Paul’s “No person shall deposit a such a substance that is harmful to migratory birds, or permit such Baljot Rai as substance to be deposited, in ’24 waters or an area frequented by migratory birds or in a place Contributor from which the substance may enter such waters or such an area.” Further, under this law There has been a rumour in harming the bird, or its eggs, the hallways of St. Paul’s, about may have serious consequences. nothing other than: ducks! You According to Section 13.2 “Evemay have wondered why the ry individual who commits an “Quad”, the beautiful outdoor offence under subsection (1) is green space in the center of the liable, on conviction on indictschool for students to relax and ment, (i) for a first offence, to a socialize, has been shut down, fine of not less than 15,000 CAD even though the weather outand not more than 1,000,000 side is magnificent. Well, it is CAD or to imprisonment for because a mallard duck has laid a term of not more than three eight of her eggs in the corner years, or to both.” Those clearly of the Quad. Because of them, are serious consequences that no the Quad has been shut down one would like to face. To comfor well over a month. I do not ply with this law and to protect blame the mallard for choosing the Quad to lay her ducks—it is the Canadian migrating species, it was required that the school truly a peaceful place. administration shut down the The mallard duck is a bird which Quad. is protected under the Migratory It was also essential that the Birds Convention Act of 1994.

Quad be shut down for the Section 5.1 of this Act states,

safety of the students. Ducks are an extremely protective species, and while the father duck, who usually tends to be the more protective figure in the family, is not present, the mother is still there, and once a female duck lays its eggs, it also becomes extremely protective. If a potential predator approaches, there is a high chance that the mother duck may go ahead and bite the predator. Further, if a duck becomes familiar with a figure, there is also an increased chance that the duck will bite you. A duck bite may result in a painful bruise or a wound that may require medical attention, so while the shutting down of the Quad is

not ideal, it was necessary to ensure the safety of the students.

While this is the first time that there has been duck eggs laid in the school Quad, it probably isn’t the last. Ducks are known to nest in the same place annualy, so there is a chance that the duck which was nesting in the Quad may return next year.

With the eggs now hatched, the Wildlife Rehabilitation Office has been contacted. They safely transported the mother duck, as well as her ducklings, to a location with easy access to water.

Regardless, I can’t wait to see the adorable ducklings (and to enter the Quad again)!

Anime Review:Yasuke, the First Black Samurai Eric Fontaine ’22 Contributor

Yasuke is a real life black samurai who served under Oda Nobunaga in 1579. Nobunaga was one of the most important feudal lords in Japanese history and a unifier of the country.

In the anime, Yasuke is an African man who was taken to Japan as a servant yet became a samurai. During the war his general commits Harakiri (a Japanese ritual suicide), because his men were losing terribly in combat.

Trying to escape his past, Yasuke moves to a small village. But unfortunately for him, he can’t let go of the turmoil and pain. This anime excellently tells the story

of Yasuke, and the extra anime flair of mechas and magic makes for an all around amazing show.

The animation is fantastic, and the story telling will keep you pondering, “What could happen next?”Yasuke will keep you engaged the entire time you’re watching. The story itself deserves five gold stars out of five.

And don’t even get me started on the fight scenes; everyone knows that every great anime needs phenomenal fight scenes.

Let me tell you:Yasuke has some of the most exhilarating and gruesome fights that I have ever seen in my life. Seeing Yasuke using his samurai skills to eliminate enemies is such a thrill.

renowned bassist, vocalist, and anime nerd, sings the opening.

This opening is very unique for an anime intro, forgoing the usual high energy tracks that usually accompany the credits for a spacey—but not vapid— track. This fits perfectly with the tone of Yasuke, an anime with exciting, but not over-thetop with its action. This mellow opening falls more in line with the somber mood of the show.

The scoring of the rest of the anime switches between a traditional Japanese style and slow hip hop instrumentals. Flying

Lotus know perfectly when to employ both of these styles, with neither overpowering the other or becoming overused. The show is a landmark for black representation in anime and it’s great that so many talented black musicians were able to contribute, with names like Denzel Curry appearing on the official soundtrack.

Despite it being new, Yasuke has quickly become one of my most highly recommended anime to watch and it might crack my top five favourite animes.

A very interesting aspect of Yasuke is the phenomenal music accompanying the anime.

Yasuke is scored by producer Flying Lotus, famous for his instrumental records which sport features from the likes of Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, and Thundercat. Thundercat, a

Why you should listen to classical music Siwon Jengsuksavat ’23

Baroque music abides by very strict rules but are filled with flourishes (decorations) that make the pieces composed Contributor during this time very elaborate.

Bach is a well-known composer who composed during the Many people view classical Baroque period, and two great music as an ancient art form that pieces that he wrote are Violin only classical musicians listen to, Partita No. 1 in B minor (BWV but this is not the case. There are 1002) and French Suite No. 6 in four periods of classical music: E Major (BWV 817).

Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern. Each period proBeethoven is a composer from vides a variety of pieces to listen the tail-end of the Classical perito, and each piece has its own od. The music during the Clasunique character/story and tone. sical period can be described as

clear and balanced. Two famous YouTube. pieces that he composed are his Symphony no. 9 and the Pastoral Although it is beneficial for Sonata. classical musicians to listen to their repertoire, there are many The Romantic period was a time benefits of classical music, espeof very expressive and boundcially for students in high school less music. During this period, who deal with high levels of individualism was becoming a stress. According to Neurologist value in the world. Chopin was Dr. Michael Schneck, “Classical a composer for piano during the music helps lower cortisol levels Romantic period, and two pieces in the body, which are associated that he composed are his Etude with stress.” It is also strongly no. 1, also known as the Waterrecommended to listen to clasfall Etude, and his Nocturne in C sical music while studying since minor. the music helps with keeping external distractions away from In the Modern era of classithe mind. For people who strugcal music, composers became gle sleeping, classical music is innovative and created their a tool that can be used to help own musical forms. A comsoothe the brain. Not only is poser who was well known for classical music very pleasant to this was Claude Debussy. Two listen to, but as you can see it pieces that the French composer also has many practical uses in wrote are La Mer and Claire de ordinary life.

Lune. Classical music is easily accessible; check out Winnipeg’s Classical 107 radio or any of these recommended pieces on

Lego Star Wars Ranked Yash Varma ’24

4. Lego Star Wars: The Video Game (2005) & Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (2006)

Starting off the list are the first two Lego Star Wars games that came into existence. The reason these two games are put together is because they are not too Although Lego Star Wars has different. Covering their own been around for 16 years, respective trilogies, these games it continues to be an influential really depend on which trilogy game franchise that people still love today. In preparation for the you have the most enjoyable upcoming installment Lego Star time playing through. Although Wars: The Skywalker Saga, I will they are considered basic by today’s standards, these games be ranking the current Lego games from worst to best. Buckle were extremely popular at the time of their release and set the in, as we’re about to take a trip precedent for future Lego Star down memory lane!

Wars titles.

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animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars as well as side quests that could all be played through with a large roster of unique characters. The biggest flaw of this game is the new technology. Being slightly newer than its older installments, this game showcased new features; however, at times the new content could feel overwhelming and a task to use. Regardless, it was still a great game, providing many people with fun memories.

and gameplay both look and feel very smooth, giving players a modern look on these types of games. However, the only downside is the fact that the game was filled with repetitive features and puzzles, which undermines the classic Lego Star Wars magic that so many gamers love.

2. Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2016)

game was the centrepiece of many childhoods, including all six movies (since there were only six at the time), in numerous fun levels. What distinguishes this game from the previous titles on this list is its simple yet challenging gameplay. Although the game did not introduce anything revolutionary at the time, it offered a significant amount of content that people spent hours trying to complete. Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga holds a special place in many Star Wars fans’ hearts to this day.

Jumping forwards 10 years, this game ranks second on the list. Despite this game only 3. Lego Star Wars featuring one Star Wars movie III: The Clone (Star Wars: The Force AwakWars (2011) ens), it was still able to provide enough content for a full game.

Going into This was the first Lego game to the top three, have a full open-world experithis game ofence, giving players the ability fered numerto travel throughout different ous levels that planets. Being the newest Lego covered the Star Wars game, the graphics

1. Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (2007) It would be a crime if Lego

Star Wars: The Complete Saga wasn’t first on this list. This

Review: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier John Ergon Golpe ’24 Contributor

At long last, Disney Plus’s original seriesThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier has concluded.

The six-episode-long adventure starring Avengers Sam Wilson, AKA the Falcon, and Bucky Barnes, AKA the Winter Soldier, adds to the ever-expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) mythos.

Despite what the trailers and TV spots had us believe, the show was not going to be just a buddy cop adventure series (but would still have its fair share of that style, thankfully). Much to our surprise, Sam Wilson, despite Steve Rogers’s wishes to inherit the mantle of Captain America towards the end of Endgame, thought that he was not worthy

of carrying the star-spangled vibranium shield. Instead, he decided it would be best if it was retired in a display at a museum in Washington, D.C. in an attempt to properly honor the weapon’s legacy. And instead of taking up the mantle, he would join the US Air Force, still using his moniker of The Falcon.

Meanwhile, Bucky Barnes would retire his infamous alter ego of the Winter Soldier and live his days in the U.S.A., going through government-mandated therapy to deal with the guilt of taking the lives of his victims all those years ago. Bucky even makes his own attempts to right his wrongs, befriending the father of one of his victims, hoping to tell him the truth, but never going through with it until the very end of the series.

It was a promising character arc for Bucky Barnes but would ultimately be under-utilized in favour of furthering Sam’s arc, much like other concepts and characters this show uses.

One painfully prominent example of this show’s problem of under-utilization i the main antagonists of this show: Wyatt Russell’s Captain America, and Karli Morgantheau, played

by Erin Kellyman. Each one of these actors did an impeccable job with their performances but their characters were forced to share the spotlight. This left us with the phony Captain America receiving an undeserved redemption arc in the climax, resulting in his new vigilante role as U.S. Agent. Karli ended up being completely outshined by him and Zemo, who was most definitely the better antagonist among the three. This show would have benefited immensely from the addition of at least another two episodes, like

The Mandalorian and WandaVision, so that

these characters could have their arcs fully realized. There was also the subplot of another returning character, Sharon Carter, secretly being the Power Broker of Madripoor. The reveal at the final episode was disappointing due to lack of surprise, but to make her a villain is an interesting place to take the character.

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier has its strengths and weak-

nesses, but despite its downsides the show fulfilled its job of introducing Sam Wilson as the new Captain America, and is a fun side note from more substantive Marvel properties.

Anime Review: One Piece quite bizarre and interesting abilities.

Andreas Radicci Take our protagonist Luffy for ’24 example. He has the ability to turn his body into rubber. How Contributor interesting is that? Oda could have given him a more traditionally ‘cool’ superpower such One Piece is a manga and anime as super strength or speed, but series written and illustrated by instead he chose to give him Eiichiro Oda, debuting in 1999. such an underwhelming power.

The story follows Monkey D. At least, one that appears underLuffy, a boy who ate the “Gum- whelming. It turns out that Luffy Gum fruit.” This fruit gives its has an incredibly wide range of consumer rubber and elastic-like attacks. When he’s fighting, I’m abilities. With these new found always quite excited to see what powers, Luffy sets out to find it move he will make next. What the ultimate treasure: the One too captivates me is each characPiece. ter’s unique, distinct design.

At first, the storylines and even the characters’ voices appear incredibly ridiculous and annoying. This makes the first 30 plus episodes a chore to watch.

Nonetheless, there is something about One Piece that keeps one intrigued. The graphics are bold and colourful. The scenes are full of action and enthusiasm. And the characters themselves have

Unlike other anime where the designs are generic and somewhat predictable, Oda’s are unique, and that’s one of the best parts of the show. Every character and their design are idiosyncratic, whether it is Zoro’s green hair or Usopp’s long nose.

This only adds to their far from boring powers.

Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece is a manga where pirates sail to different islands, each with a unique inhabitants. This makes every story arc memorable.

There are spooky islands, winter islands, even islands in the sky!

The imaginative and creative work of Oda is endless. Oda also has a way of creating the most fascinating villains with captivating personalities and quirks, making each encounter with Luffy a treat.

One of the things that Oda likes to do is improve his disliked characters, Areturing them to the series later. Captain Buggy is a great example of this. When you first meet him, you will find that he’s quite annoying. However, 500 chapters later he comes back in, and is absolutely hilarious (and one of my personal favourites). Another one of my favourite aspects about One Piece

are all of the side characters.

All the characters that were in each Arc guiding Luffy and his entourage. Despite being in the reader’s eye for a short period of time, they never cease to amuse me.

One Piece is a long series, yet I

am amazed by how much I’m invested in the story. Coming home, turning on the TV, and watching One Piece is always the highlight of my day. I love how much it keeps evolving. With dozens of mysteries yet to be solved I have no idea what could happen next. The only thing I can truly say is that I recommend One Piece to everyone.

No matter who you are, you will fall in love with the story and the

The Three Gifts of Tomorrow Myles Cesario ’21 Religion Editor

In the Catholic Church there are three theological virtues that are interconnected and ultimately define the Christian life; they are faith, hope, and charity. These are the virtues that the world must see at the end of not only this pandemic, but this academic year. Three virtues that will set the world on a new path of understanding and virtues that are summarized in two main themes: freedom and love.

Faith is a virtue that allows humans to believe in something that, either scientifically or logically, makes no sense whatsoever. A Christian example is the Resurrection. By every scientific and logical means when you’re dead, you’re dead, especially after three days. But to Christians, we believe that Christ rose from the dead, beating sin and

fulfilling the scriptures. But faith can have practical applications.

When we look at this pandemic, we all have faith in the fact that the vaccines will help, and the pandemic will end. But by looking at the present COVID numbers, logically that seems unlikely. But we humans are hardwired to believe in things that may not even be practical. That is faith.

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As summer approaches and we prepare for our future lives, let us discuss charity. The importance of charity to others is essential to Catholics, for as St. James said, “faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead” (James 2:17). As this pandemic ends, hopefully, we will each be called to give to our needy brothers Like faith, hope is a virtue that and sisters just as we’ve done allows humans to believe in a in this pandemic. But I would brighter tomorrow in situations encourage you to not give and that seem hopeless. To a Chriscount the costs or to just drop tian, the hope and the belief is a dollar and let it be, but to give that this world is not the end. time, love, and hope to our But in a society that thinks it can world. For charity is more than control everything, the idea of just money, it is giving of onegiving up control about death self, one’s time, and one’s love. and what happens after does not One doesn’t have to be a Chrissit well. But the idea that this life tian or even religious to be charis not the end, that there must itable; one just must be human. be something more, is the most human thing to dream about.

So, what do these We humans dream of the stars gifts of faith, hope, and that there are no ends to our and charity have achievements, but if we cannot to do with tomorhope of a divine being, or an row? Well, I think afterlife, what does that say to I speak for many our other dreams of walking on when I say that the Moon, or Mars? If this year when this pandemdoes not end with hope, what’s ic ends there will the point in coming back? I don’t be hard questions

to ask, not just coming from government, but from each one of us. We will ask ourselves what do we do now? Do we still go to religious services? Or because we didn’t go for two years, can we forget about it? Another is, how can I put myself back into situations of helping others?

These questions have many different answers that all vary to different degrees. But when humanity once again attains its freedom, living by the three virtues of hope, faith, and charity will propel humanity and bring it the healing love it will need, from all of us. And so, with this year ending, I pray for you all and the future success of this school I have thought of as a second home for four years. God bless!

Universal Apostolic Preferences Conference Myles Cesario ’21 Religion Editor

The Universal Apostolic Preferences, UAPs for short, are four preferences that the Society of Jesus wishes all its apostolates to keep in the back of their minds in their decisions for the next 10 years. The four UAPs are: • To show the way to God through the Spiritual Exercises and discernment.

• To walk with the poor, the outcasts of the world, those whose dignity has been violated, in a mission of reconciliation and justice.

• To accompany young people in the creation of a hopefilled future.

• To collaborate in the care of our Common Home.

On May 18 and 19, Jack Carswell ’22, President Booth, and I attended a virtual conference hosted by Fr. Len Altilia, former president of St. Paul’s High School and the current Provincial Assistant for Secondary Education (PASE) for the Jesuits in Canada. The conference brought together schools, organizations, and camps all over Canada that are under the umbrella of Jesuit apostolates that work with young people. People from Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Ontario, and Manitoba—all to discuss their institutions’ work to promote the UAPs. All institutions were given the chance to speak on their work and many groups reflected on activities they did before COVID-19 but also how they have shifted gears because of COVID-19.

Some ideas ranged from schools

growing their own food, organizations sending letters to government officials, holding virtual symposiums, and others even helping seniors on the computer by allowing them access to a school’s computer lab. But through everyone’s discussion people learned something new, not only about what they could do individually but as part of a larger network, as Jesuit apostolates.

close and continue work that promotes the UAPs for next year and the years to come. Even though I may not be there next year, I know that the UAPs will leave a lasting impact on the students of St. Paul’s who will in turn take those teachings to the wider Jesuit and Catholic world.

a cold snap in February. Thanks to your support, we received hundreds of coats and donated them to Mama Bear Clan and O.P.K. In April, we held our second Mission Week in support of Chalice, a Canadian Catholic charity devoted to international development and education in 15 developing countries around the world. We raised thousands of dollars with our pizza and freezie sales, outdoor games, and cohort competition. This money will go directly toward the daily needs of families through Chalice’s fantastic mission. The Maroon and White also had duties at Mass, including setup,

takedown, reading the epistles and petitions, and serving at the altar.

In closing, I would like to thank Fr. Len for hosting such a wonderful conference, to the other Jesuit apostolates for their openAs the conference neared its end, ness and collaboration and to we were asked to think of what President Booth for introducing comes next. The resounding the event to St. Paul’s. answer was a desire to remain

Maroon & White Year Recap James Brennan ’21 Chief Editor The 2020-21 Maroon and White Society had a successful year.

Under the leadership of President Myles Cesario and Vice President Juan Pablo Garcia Recio, we coordinated multiple events and initiatives at the school this year. Beginning the year with a wonderful retreat and elections to our executive committee, we got to work planning our events for the year.

House of Peace. This wonderful mission is a home where newcomer women can stay when they first arrive in Canada, often coming from difficult situations in their home countries.

Through hot chocolate sales, a pizza lunch, a dress code, and many other donations, we raised thousands of dollars for this great organization.

In February, the Maroon and White, in collaboration with the Human Rights Initiative, organized a celebration of Black History Month, which included African food in the cafeteria, music from black artists on the announcements, educational posters, and a Kahoot game.

Also in February, we launched First, in partnership with the the Blood Donation Initiative.

Main Street Project, we assisted All those age 17 and up were with their Socktober sock collec- (and still are) invited to downtion campaign. Thanks to all the load the Canadian Blood Serstudents, we collected 1350 pairs vices app and book an appointof socks. Around the same time, ment to donate. Our goal was we were writing, filming, and 30 donations, which we passed producing videos advertising the easily, and we’re still going.

Crusader Raffle and the SPHS Open House. In November, we Another joint initiative with Mr. held our first Mission Week Dainard was the collection of in support of the Holy Names coats and winter clothing during

If you’re currently in grade eleven and you are invited to join the Maroon and White next year, I encourage you to participate fully and give it your all. While it can be hard work at times, it is a worthwhile experience and a great way to serve during your final year of high school. We’d like to extend our thanks to Ms. Moore, the Maroon and White moderator, for her tireless work in supporting the society’s events this year. All that we can accomplish together is AMDG.

Why you should personalize your computer puter) is a great device to have.

From video editing to gaming, a PC can have many applications.

Of course, if you are in the market for a PC, you must be aware of a few things.

large amounts of storage and po- You can choose from a wide tentially expose data). range of parts and price ranges.

Oscar For example, you can choose Lavitt ’23 Some companies will make your CPU (essentially the main wonderful prebuilt rigs, but “brain” of the PC) and your GPU Contributor these are few and far between. (a bit like the CPU but more Prebuilt computers may have graphics oriented), finding the Firstl, PCs are expensive, realhardware that is years old or not best prices and parts for your ly expensive. If you are in the as well made. The final nail in personal rig.

First and foremost, the title; no, market for a good gaming rig, the coffin is the fact that much I never have built my own PC. be prepared to drop at least a of the time, a prebuilt computer Lastly, you can customize how Am I qualified to tell you how thousand dollars to get your is more expensive than one you it looks. You don’t have to setto? Probably not, but the multimoney’s worth on the games you could build yourself. tle for the designs sold at Best tude of YouTube videos I have may have bought. Add on peBuy, as there are a multitude of watched on the subject probably ripherals such as a good monitor, There is an alternative to solve different case types, RGB opqualifies me to at least talk about a headset, a gaming mouse and the slew of problems that can tions (the type of lighting found them. a keyboard, and this purchase come with a prebuilt computer, in PCs), and many other factors can easily exceed 2000 CAD. and this comes in the form of that can make your PC look the In any case, a PC (personal combuilding one yourself. “Building” way you want it to look.

On top of this cost, if you pura PC may sound intimidating, chased a prebuilt PC, oftentimes but nowadays, it is considered by If you are committed to getting the companies that sell them many to be simple as assembling a PC, building one yourself will cheap out on some of the Lego bricks. All one must do is is definitely a good option. It parts to save money. Companies purchase parts, and then assem- teaches you about the computexist solely to make money, so it ble them. This opens a whole er itself, while also opening a is of little consequence to them new world of options to custom- near-infinite number of possiif the included power supply is ize your gaming rig, as well as bilities going towards customterribly inefficient. Of course, making it easier to upgrade. ization and upgrading. I have there are exceptions. Prebuilt one word of advice to those who computers are often filled with A computer that you build want to a good PC, however: bloat-ware (the term used for yourself is the best way to enbuild one instead of writing random programs that consume sure you have what you want. about one.

Behind the Mask: How mask recycling works Baljot Rai ’24 Contributor Over the past 15 months, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) of all sorts have become rather prominent objects in our day-to-day life, the most common example in our lives being masks. Since the start of this pandemic, wearing a mask in public has become a customary action, be it disposable or re-usable.

Ever since earlier this year,

disposable masks have become an increasingly fundamental aspect of our lives. All students at St. Paul’s High School have been wearing triple-layer medical grade disposable masks. To prevent these masks from ending up in landfills, the Environmental Action Committee decided to address the problem.

Throughout the school, various TerraCycle mask recycling bins have been set up to allow for proper disposal. TerraCycle is a private U.S. based company, with its headquarters in Trenton, New Jersey. This company recycles difficult to process materials into new, raw materials that can be used in new objects.

TerraCycle has a multi-step recycling program for disposable masks specifically.

The first step is the collection process. All PPE are collect-

ed in TerraCycle’s Zero Waste boxes. Once the box fills up, it is sealed and sent to a TerraCycle recycling location in whichever country the PPE was collected in. Next is the check-in process. When the sealed box arrives at a TerraCycle Material Recover Facility (MRF), it is checked-in and weighed. Then, the boxes are quarantined for a minimum of 72 hours, to ensure the protection of the staff members who will be dealing with the material.

TerraCycle stores all disposable masks until appropriate volumes of material for processing have been received.

The waste is then sorted into various different categories based on material composition (rubbers, metals, non-woven plastic, elastane, etc.) by utilizing a wide array of sorting technologies including manual sortation, size separation, sink/ float, optical, air density, gravity, magnetic, etc.

The different materials are then sent to third-party processing partners, which recycle

the material into usable forms.

Non-woven plastics, such as non-woven polypropylene, which is the fabric used for filters in face masks, is recycled into plastic pellets and granules. Further, the metals in the masks are manually removed and sent for smelting into new bar stock and metal sheeting.

The rubber portion of the earloops in a disposable mask is ground into a fine powder, and mixed with recycled plastics as an additive to provide flexibility and malleability to products.

Each part of the mask is put to use, making this program beneficial for our Earth and very eco-friendly. Clearly, simply recycling our masks goes an extremely long way in protecting our environment. We must all do our part to protect our Earth!

Elon Musk: Scientific Saviour or Flagrant Fraud? to how Elon Musk has branded himself towards the public, and Emmitt how he has effectively utilized Wilson ’22 people’s unease to his own benefit. Musk’s companies are Politics Editor valued far beyond any realistic value considering their actual products. Tesla sells cars at a loss and SpaceX relies on investment Elon Musk is in a unique pocapital to stay afloat. This is sition in the public sphere. He because the tangible product is is wealthy on an unimaginable only half of what Musk sells, and scale, seen as one of the primary far more important is what they innovators in fields as far rangrepresent; a technological salvaing as space, solar, and online tion from the existential dread of payment, while wielding huge climate change. People who feel influence over markets just from that existential dread are seeing his Twitter account. What makes the tangible products, whether this all the more impressive is an electric car or a colony on that it is all based on nothing of Mars as an easy fix to all the substance. Musk did not start his world’s problems. A quick glance most famous ventures, namely at Musk’s most ardent defenders SpaceX and Tesla, but bought proves this hypothesis easily, them. Yet many seem convinced with phrases like “He is trying to that it is by his genius alone that save us,” and “you don’t underelectric cars and private space stand, he’s a visionary” becomenterprise were invented. This ing increasingly common. is fundamentally different from how other multibillionaire finan- Does Musk really care about the ciers are regarded by the public. environment? He probably does to some degree, but there isn’t I believe that this comes down any way to really know. What

we do know, however, is that his companies are far from the climate saviors. But, for the people who have ruled out large scale societal change, a technological salvation from our problems is the only one viable and Musk embodies that idea.

On the back of this, Musk has built a following that rivals massive celebrities and which is seemingly far more loyal and willing to spend their time defending him. This can have real world downsides, as his sporadic tweets about the stock market and cryptocurrency have been known to cause massive upheaval. This can certainly be consid-

ered market manipulation, and while he has been punished by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) for his tweets regarding stocks, there is no such regulator for cryptocurrencies.

His focus on cryptocurrency is especially ironic considering the incredible amount of energy consumed by the technology, much of which is produced by fossil fuels. Musk’s behavior will likely continue to cause harm while he is completely insulated by a massive cult of personality, unless the issues that have driven people to support him are dealt with in a more tangible way.

NFTs: Investments or Pollutants? the future and the second is to buying NFTs, but in some cases to 3,500 USD (4,200 CAD) “flex.” Some examples of NFTs their value can increase. Taco and they don’t even include the Jackson that have been purchased are Bell put out 25 taco-themed gift card. Clearly NFTs are not Gordon ’22 a digital artwork entitled “EvGIFs, which sold out in just 30 worth the trouble. erydays – The First 5000 Days,” minutes. Each of these NFTs Science which sold for 69.3 million USD also came with a 500 USD (602 & Tech Editor (83.6 million CAD), Deadpool CAD) gift card, which the initial 2 posters, and a LeBron James owner could spend. The Taco trading card.

Bell NFTs are now selling for up Non-fungible tokens (NFTs)

have recently become popular The problem with NFTs is that and the market for them has they are stored on blockchains expanded greatly in the past year. which require proof-of-work But what is an NFT? An NFT is protocols. These protocols are simply a unit of data that proves hugely energy demanding and ownership of a digital file such contribute to the billions of metas a photo, video, or GIF. While ric tons of greenhouse gases bethe owner of the NFT does own ing released into the atmosphere the file attached to it, anyone annually. While there are some can still access and view it. Also, less energy demanding protocols the creator of the digital file still being developed, NFTs are still owns full copyright of the file’s a horrible purchase because all contents, so the owner cannot you own is the right to say you use it, they just own it. have a piece of art, GIF, video,

etc., and are greatly contributing This, an NFT named “Disaster Girl,” sold for 500,000 USD (607,000 CAD) There are really only two reasons to global warming. to buy an NFT. The first is the

belief that it will gain value in In general, you should avoid

Toronto Raptors: Starting From the Bottom ago, but I’d also be wrong in saying that they’re a bad team. Let’s just take a step back and look at Kieran Light ’21 everything Toronto faced this year. By far the biggest factor Contributor that led to the Raptors’ struggles in 2021 was the fact that they did not play a single game at home this year.

After the Indiana Pacers took down the Cleveland Cavaliers Due to Covid-19, the Raptors on May 10, 2021, the Toronto were forced to play their season Raptors were eliminated from in Tampa Bay, so even if the playoff contention for the first schedule said “Home,” it really time since 2013, thus ending To- wasn’t. In fact, most of the fans ronto’s 8-year playoff streak. This that piled into the Amalie Arena was the longest streak across the were either fans of the Miami association. In that time span, it Heat or whomever Toronto was is no question that the Raps were facing. It has to be noted how one of the league’s best clubs, passionate Raptors fans are, not having had the 2nd most regular having their energy is a huge season wins, 12 All-Star selecblow. Another big reason why tions, 9 series won, and most Toronto struggled was due to inof all, a chip (with the dip of juries, and more specifically, the course). So now that they’re out health and safety protocols. For of the playoffs, that must mean those who don’t know, the health this franchise is heading back to and safety protocols of the NBA the doldrums of the NBA, right? require that a player or staff I’d be wrong in saying that the member who is a close contact Raptors are the same team that to a positive case must quaranwon the championship two years tine for a minimum of ten days

European Soccer Championship

victors, and Portugal—reigning European Championship victors. France is regarded as Caleb Pereira the favourites to win the tour’23 nament, led by the likes of Paris Saint-Germain striker, Kylian Contributor Mbappé, and Real Madrid forward, Karim Benzema. Germany is looking to rebound after an Excitement, sus- embarrassing exit in the group pense, and upsets. This summer, stage of the 2018 World Cup. the European Soccer ChampiHowever, the next generation onship will include these all. It’s of German soccer looks threatone of soccer’s most prestigious ening, including the Bayern tournaments five years in the Munich trio of Leon Goretzka, making since the last time in Joshua Kimmich, and Serge 2016. 24 of Europe’s top interna- Gnabry. Portugal looks to detional teams face off in a group fend their championship from stage and a knockout stage until 2016. Without a doubt, Cristiaone team is crowned champion. no Ronaldo, the 5-time Ballon This year’s tournament is set to d’Or winner, will be the main be one of the most exciting yet man of their team. However, with many parts to pay attention to.

The first part of the tournament to look out for this year is the most intense group, the ‘Group of Death’. Three powerhouses of international soccer are all included in this group, and Hungary (sorry guys, maybe next time). There is Germany—the 2014 World Cup victors, France—the 2018 World Cup

or roughly five to seven games, which in a shortened schedule like this, is a lot.

The Raptors ended up missing guys like OG Anunoby, Pascal Siakam, Fred VanVleet, Norman Powell, Gary Trent, Chris Boucher, and especially Kyle Lowry, who missed 26 games this season. Before the onslaught of injuries and having to quarantine, the Raptors were fourth in the Eastern conference above playoff teams like Boston, Atlanta, New-York, and Miami. During that time of the season the Raptors beat teams like the stacked Brooklyn Nets, the Milwaukee Bucks, and later in the year they beat the defending champion LA Lakers without three of their starters. The last reason why Toronto struggled was Aaron Baynes who was an anchor holding the Raptors back. He was brought in to be a solid rebounding and defensive presence in

others have been in great form this season, including the trio of Bernardo Silva, Rúben Dias, and João Cancelo from Manchester City, as well as Bruno Fernandes from Manchester United. Overall, it will be exciting to see who tops this group with three powerhouse countries.

the paint who could shoot a few threes but he was the opposite.

No positive offensive impact, crowded the paint defensively, and was awful from three.

He held everyone back and his negative presence was put on full display when the Raptors signed Khem Birch who had an immediate impact.

So yes, the Raptors are back in the lottery again after they were at the bottom of the league in defensive and offensive efficiency. But things aren’t as bad as it seems as they now have a chance at some great prospects in the lottery like Cade Cunningham or Evan Mobley. Don’t be surprised if Toronto rises back to the top after this season.

Tottenham striker, Harry Kane and Chelsea midfielder, Mason Mount, England has a strong chance to challenge for this year’s championship. Italy will be looking to make up for past embarrassment too after failing to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. A squad led by young stars in Nicolò Barella and Federico Chiesa could start off a new generation on the right foot.

Other countries will be entering this year’s tournament looking to claim overdue success or make up for past embarrassRounding out some of the stronments. England and its fans have gest teams are The Netherlands been touting that “football’s and Poland. The Netherlands coming home” for a while now, will be a threatening side despite having not won a major tourna- losing Virgil Van Dijk to injument since the 1966 World Cup. ry. Poland will be led by striker They came close in the 2018 Robert Lewandowski after scorWorld Cup, finishing in fourth, ing an incredible 40 goals in the but now with a squad led by German Bundesliga this season.

This year’s tournament could go any way, whether it is the top favourites or perhaps an underdog causing an upset. Supporting any team is sure to be incredibly exciting. There is never a dull moment in the European Championship, and this summer’s tournament could be the best yet.

Riley’s MMA Year in Review defence, while dominating the unorthodox Aljamain Sterling, Yan was disqualified after an Riley Wilcosh illegal knee hit, handing Sterling ’22 a paper crown. After throwing in the surging Cory Sandhagen (fresh off two electrifying knockContributor outs), and two rebounding former champions Cody Garbrandt and (the no longer suspended) It’s been a crazy year. Sports have TJ Dillashaw, you wouldn’t be been feverishly trying to start up blamed for being a little conagain, yet many failed to. Luckfused about the mess at Bantamily for me, MMA was the first weight. But this mess means that sport to go back to full events.

Bantamweight is a powderkeg, For hardcore and casual fans ready to explode with a whole alike, this year has been fantastic cadre of amazing fights for 2022. for MMA. So to wrap up this school year, I have gone over all 24 events and over 250 fights to Lightweight: A Do Bronx Tale give you Riley’s lovingly cultivated MMA year in review.

For another division that was almost dissolved, Lightweight STORIES OF THE YEAR has become the most popular Figgy Saves Flyweight division in the sport, mostly due to its den of killers. And champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, Since Flyweight’s conception, the most dominant fighter of this often overlooked division all time, started off the year by was constantly in danger of beating human wrecking ball being disbanded. Worries of Justin Gaethje and then fulfilla lack of high level talent and ing the wishes of his late father knockouts were constant. Enter and coach by retiring. Megastar Deiveson “Figgy” Figueiredo.

Conor McGregor fell to an allAfter Olympic gold medalist time low, losing to fan-favourite Henry Cejudo retired to ‘call-out’ boxer Dustin Poirier. However, fighters from Twitter, Figgy won despite Conor and Khabib, the the vacant title twice, both with story of the year goes to Charles a stoppage (he couldn’t claim the Oliviera. Born and raised in the belt originally because he missed favelas of Sao Paulo, Oliveira weight). Since then, Figueiredo had to persevere through arthriand flyweight contender Brantis and a heart murmur before don Moreno, engaged in my he entered the UFC in 2010. honourable mention of ‘Fight Since then, “Do Bronx” (meanof the Year.’ These two had a ing “of the ghetto”) has become a rematch at the start of June, hardcore fan favourite by having and though resulting in a draw, the most finishes and submisFiggy remains the Flyweight sions in UFC history. After domChampion. Over the past year, inating Lightweight boogeyman, Figgy has permanently saved Tony Ferguson, Charles was the Flyweight division, and even slated to fight Michael Chandler, casuals should begin to cherish a dangerous power-puncher the future of the Flyweights. with a D1 wrestling background.

After a first round where he was nearly KO’ed, Charles came back Bantamweight: A Gauntlet of to win by knockout, completing Killers a decade long quest to bring the belt back to his namesake.

For quite a while, Bantamweight Charles’s victory brought joy to fans of every flavour, and with has been a confusing division. the den of killers at Lightweight, With a revolving door of chamOliveira’s reign is sure to be an pions and no clear ‘best of the exciting era for all watching. best,’ fans hoped to get some closure when the ‘tough-asnails’ Petr Yan defeated former Patented Polish Power™ Featherweight king, Jose Aldo, claiming another belt left vacant

by Henry Cejudo. But in his first Jan Blachowicz is the new king

at Light Heavyweight, and boy champion Kamaru Usman is he exciting. After gaining a was matched with the jiu jitsu hanged man’s noose which he ace, Gilbert Burns. Using alnow carries for good luck (no most exclusively jabs, Kamaru I am not making that up), Blaknocked out the heavy favourchowicz went on an eight fight ite. Rematched with Masvidal, streak, which awarded him a Usman was predicted to once title shot against frontrunner again smother-wrestle his way to Dominick Reyes. Despite being a decision. But in defiance of the the underdog, Blachowicz batodds, Usman knocked out Mastered Reyes, giving him a nasty vidal, who had only been finhematoma on his torso and ished once in his career. Usman knocking him out with his “Leg- went from underappreciated to endary Polish Power.” In a quick a one to watch in only a year, turn around, the UFC threw and his 2021 is only a hint of his Blachowicz to the kickboxing potential. savant Middleweight Champion, Israel Adesanya. Once again, Knockout of the Year: Cory the megastar was predicted to Sandhagen pick Blachowicz apart. Yet the threat of his Polish power and own effective wrestling handed This award technically goes to Adesanya his first MMA loss in two knockouts. After losing a #1 20 fights. With much respect contender match to Aljamain behind him, Blachowicz is now Sterling, Sandhagen’s spinning slated to fight ageless wonder Glover Teixiera, and his Legend- wheel kick KO of Marlon Moary Polish Power remains a treat raes and flying knee on Frankie Edgar placed him right back into to watch for all fans of MMA. title contention.

Out of Africa: Ngannou is Champion, and Jones awaits

Submission of the Year: Jimmy Flick

You gotta love Francis Ngannou.

Ngannou grew up in Cameroon, Despite not being seen (or apwhere he’d fight off rats for food preciated) by many, Flick’s flying triangle in round one pleased and worked in a sand mine at only twelve-years-old to pay for the more grappling inclined fans (like me) and punctuated the schooling. At age 26, he journeyed to France, running across UFC’s phenomenal 2020. the Sahara and ferrying dinghies of ten people meant for three Fight of the Year: Reyes vs. Katfrom Algeria to Spain, where he tar was jailed for two months. After living on the streets of Paris, his 6’4’’ specimen physique was There was a whole horde of noticed and picked up by a box- candidates, but this number one ing coach. And now, after only contender in Light Heavyweight eight years of training, Ngannou takes the cake. A whole two has defeated Heavyweight great, rounds of mayhem and violence Stipe Miocic, becoming the led to the Polish warrior-philosHeavyweight Champion of the opher (that’s his description, not World, completing his epic jour- mine) ending the fight with a ney. With Jon Jones, the most spinning elbow. decorated fighter ever moving up to heavyweight, and the ‘Knockout King,’ Derrick Lewis waiting in the wings, Ngannou’s future is looking bright.

AWARDS

Fighter of the Year: Kamaru Usman

After beating superstar Jorge Masvidal in a poor showing,

Letter from the editor James Brennan ’21 Chief Editor

Dear readers, My time here at The Crusader News has come to a close. I’m so proud of the work we accomplished over this past year.

We aimed for four full editions and managed to complete five.

We published over 100 articles, crosswords, and comics. We launched a new website (thecrusadernews.ca) to share our content with a wider audience, and we have great plans in mind for next year. In September, we aim to come back even stronger.

Hopefully, there will be more events at the school for the newspaper to cover. If that’s the case, we’ll have articles about school sports games and clubs and everything we love doing.

It’s been a pleasure working with the entire newsroom team.

Whether you were one of our loyal editors or a new writer, you were a crucial part of our operation. We started off with only eight of us, but we’ve grown to a great group of over 35. I couldn’t do it without all the support and great work you’ve put in this year. I thoroughly enjoyed your wide-ranging interests and writing abilities. If you missed editions, remember that they’re all available on our website.

If you’d like to write for us in the future, please contact Donovan Martin, as he will be the Chief Editor next year. We have our editorial team in line and we’ll be ready for new writers, so let us know if you’re interested! You can write about virtually anything. Also, I cannot take credit for the edition you’re reading.

I edited the first four this year, but I passed on the torch to Donovan Martin for this final edition. Between him and Ilia Mehr Bakhsh, next year’s Dep-

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uty Editor, the newspaper is in good hands. Thanks as well to Mr. Broadhurst for his immense efforts as the newspaper moderator.

After the challenging few years we’ve had, we grade 12s have come to appreciate our time at St. Paul’s. I think my friend Beiment Abera said it best in his article: “I write this so that future generations of students can perhaps glance at things from my perspective…enjoy every moment of the remaining time you have left here.” I encourage you to read the rest.

To the rest of the students who

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remain on their journey at St. Paul’s, I encourage you to find your passions and develop them.

When more extra-curriculars start again, participate fully in your school community. Support each other in your endeavours.

Happy reading and have a wonderful summer.

James