March 28, 2014Volume 94, Issue 7

Cathedral HS 5225 E. 56th Street

Indianapolis, IN 46226Twitter: @IrishMegaphoneMegaphone

As more students obtain their license, parking challenges increaseBy Maddie Lucia

Parking has become more of a challenge for staff members, stu-dents, parents and guests due to the winter weather, rule breaking and more sophomores obtaining their licenses.

In the spring some sophomores who get their licenses think they can show up with no parking sticker and take juniors’ and se-niors’ parking spots. This year the parking has become a bigger prob-lem than in years past due to the snow blocking several of the H lot’s spaces.

Since the snow is blocking a lot of the parking lot and the tempera-tures were below freezing, students decided to park wherever it was convenient for themselves, which created the problems.

The school has a total of 636 spaces for students, faculty, and guests in which to park according to Dr. Tom Greer, the school’s vice principal of student affairs. Every-one who has a stickers technically has a space.

Greer said that he thinks that the issue is that there are certain people who don’t want to fol-low the rules. But he suggested a solution. “If people do the right thing and follow the rules, there wouldn’t be a problem,” Greer said.

Issues that have been noticed by school officials, who sent an email regarding the situation, are people parking in the wrong lot they are not assigned to, parking in the visitor spaces and the handicap spaces. The other problem is that there are students who go through

the one-way signs and use the roundabout incorrectly.

With rules being broken, there are penalties that are now being applied. Those include two deten-tions if parking with a permit in the wrong lot and four detentions if failing to display a permit.

Driving the wrong way would take away driving privileges to school for three weeks. Greer im-plied that these are a way that the school believes will get students’ attention for their actions.

With these penalties for the parking lot, students and staff members have had many different reactions and opinions regard-ing parking on campus. Some complain about how sophomores

shouldn’t be able to drive to school because they are causing the prob-lem and some complain that the school need to think of a better way to organize parking for the future, while others think it will help.

Junior Zoe Walker, who’s been driving since the beginning of the school year and agrees that these rules are needed, said that she thinks the rules will apply once some form of penalty is estab-lished. “Once the punishment is actually taken place, then yes it’ll start to change and help,” Walker said.

Not only has there been a problem with the parking, but students have complained about

After school on Monday afternoon, traffic builds up in the junior lot. As more students reach the age of obtaining their license, more ask for a student parking permit. | Photo by Ben Sasin

parents dropping off and picking up their sons and daughters near the library, theatre, Loretto and the roundabout instead of in the des-ignated area. It has always been a problem for the people who have to get into the specific parking lot they were assigned to.

Senior Eric Nash, who parks in the C lot near the library, says that he thinks the parents who drop off their child near the library, theatre and on circle need to stop. “Par-ents who drop off their kid need to learn how a roundabout works, need to learn how a parking lot works. Nothing ruins my day more than Cathedral parents in the parking lot. I could honestly rant for hours about how much I hate

parents dropping off their kids,” Nash said.

There have been some discus-sions about what solutions can be placed regarding the parking lot and hill. According to Greer, the school has had some talks about building a parking garage, but that is unlikely. Another item that ad-ministrations have thought about involves building another entrance onto the campus, but it seems nearly impossible to do.

This would not be the only time that the school has tried to come up with solutions on parking. In the 90s the parking lot was up where the current football field is located and the courtyard is now.

The student body was getting bigger and there was also an acci-dent that made the school consid-er a new design. Greer decided to take on the project and find a new way to get a safer and more acces-sible parking lot.

The designs were approved and the three lots that students see now are named after the school initials. The whole idea of enforcing the rules and giving punishments out now is for the safety of anyone who is on campus.

This year started a new security and traffic person, Mr. John Gar-vey, to be out on the circle to direct and make sure no one is hurt with-in the parking lots.

Greer said that he thinks the number-1 factor is the student safety on campus, and that in-cludes being in the parking lot. “Keeping the students safe is what is important,” Greer said.

Did you know? The three parking lots spell out “CHS” for the school’s initials

The senior/junior lot is a myth made up by students years ago

There are a total of 636 parking spaces on campus

Parking used to be on the football field and the courtyard

Anyone can technically get a “senior” lot permit by turning in the form early to get the best spots

Helmich reveals strategic plan to provide an individual focus for each studentMarch 28, 20142

Compiled by Ben Sasin President Stephen Helmich has

spoken to high school adminis-trators across the country who all want to know the answer to the same question: Why is Cathedral so successful? Helmich said the root of the school’s foundation is based on what he calls “Cathedral’s Theory of Reciprocity.”

“The most important thing is to find what fills you up. Life is so short, it goes so fast. I am hum-bled when I get to interact with the men and women who are the faculty and staff here at Cathedral,” Helmich said. “This reciprocation between faculty and students alike is the common core that drives the successfulness of the school.”

“Our purpose is to help find who you are, your gifts, your strengths, your talents.” Helmich said. Three plans will lay the foun-dation of how Cathedral will grow

as a education institution in future years, a school plan, fa-cilities master plan and board of directors plan. The impact of the ideas that the new stra-tegic plan has proposed will most directly affect the Class of 2018.

A highlight that the strate-gic plan emphasizes is an idea called “Cathedral 360.” It will encompass four aspects of a student’s experience: academ-ic, co-curricular, faith/service and student leadership. Be-fore freshman year, incoming students will meet with their counselor and create a per-sonal education plan. The plan will include the scheduling of academ-ic class throughout the student’s four years, extracurricular he or she is interested in, leadership op-portunities, and college plans.

Other changes next year will

include the employment of one additional counselor and college advisor for the students. Helmich said the goal is to eliminate some of Cathedral’s requirements for mandatory classes to give students the opportunity to have a more flexible schedule and take classes

that they have an interest pursuing in college.

In the past, students have been required to take two semesters of physical educa-tion. However, next year if a student can prove he or she is actively participating in a sport, they will be able to sign a wavier that will count as a gym credit.

Additionally, the required modern technology class for freshmen will be dropped as a mandatory credit. More renovations will be underway in the near future, the first project being the remodel-

ing of the Cunningham Fine Arts building starting this spring.

One problem with the facilities is student acceptance being limited because of space constraints.

“We could be 30,000 square feet short of laboratory and classroom

space,” Helmich said. This master plan is looking to provide solu-tions to these problems.

In regards to theology curric-ulum, the school will adopt much of the Archbishop’s curriculum for Archdiocese schools.

Also, service will have a more Gospel approach meaning that stu-dents will be required, for example, to help the poor rather than assist a concession stand at a basketball game. Helmich said he believes that future changes will reinforce the school’s mission statement and help make the school a better envi-ronment for students.

“As a school, we want to help you find your God-given talents, so you can attend college and go make a difference in the world,” Helmich said. Several reporters contributed to this article.

Starbucks down the street — and all across the nation — updates their menu, appBy Maddie Lucia

Students and staff who are cof-fee junkies may be excited to know that Starbucks is expanding its menu.

The world knows Starbucks to sell many different kinds of coffee, tea and food, but a little more than a week ago stores, including the location just east of the school at 56th and Emerson, updated their menu and providing a new app that included an option for tipping baristas.

At the annual shareholders meeting March 19, Mr. Howard Schultz, CEO and president of Starbucks, announced and that all Starbucks around the nation would expand their menu, includ-ing alcoholic beverages for adults at some locations.

The manager of the Starbucks nearest Cathedral, Mr. Allen Hoover, said that this store will not serve the alcohol. He said that Indianapolis is only a secondary part of the chain and the compa-ny would like to test alcohol sales

in bigger cities, such as New York and Boston. The Starbucks down the street from the school has be-come successful with the students and staff members here. Hoover said that they will be adding many of the different Teavana products, such as the Oprah chai tea, and new breakfast sandwiches for the mornings in the next few weeks.

Theater teacher Mr. Michael Moffatt, who goes to Starbucks ev-ery day and gets free refills, says he thinks adding some new tea to the menu will be a good idea. "I would definitely order the Oprah chai tea because it's a good one," Moffatt said.

Another item that will be of-fered later this summer is a whole new line of pastries from a com-pany called Boulange. New cof-fee drinks also will be available and will include the multi cookie combo Frappuccino, caramel rib-bon crunch Frappuccino and a vanilla macchiato. Senior Olivia Odle, who said she goes to Star-bucks about twice a week and is

a rewards card member, said she thinks these new menu options could increase business and do well for the company. "I think it would bring in new customers, especially with Teavana, because it is a rare brand and it will attract more tea drinkers," Odle said.

Junior Amber Riggle, who also goes about twice a week, said she thinks that expanding the menu could bring in more customers if the items are not too expensive. "If a new menu means new prices, then that depends on if the price goes up or down," Riggle said.

The main reason for Starbucks adding new items is to provide a better experience for its custom-ers, according to Hoover.

"We are always looking for new ways to better the products for the customers and add a little something special for them," said Hoover, who added that the Star-bucks he manages has supported the school by providing coffee for some club meetings and partici-pating in other Cathedral events activities.

Senior Lexi Wheeler waits for her order at Starbucks on Tuesday morning. | Photo by Maddie Lucia

Outstanding Cathedral graduates: Superintendent Steven McCauley, Class of 1973

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Indiana Women’s Prison Superintendent Steven McCauley ‘73 talks to Correctional Officer Bailey Killinger as she sorts through donations that offenders use to make goods for the community. | Photo by Ben Sasin

By Ben Sasin Indiana Women’s Prison Super-intendent Steven McCauley grad-uated from Cathedral in 1973. He attended the school when it was located downtown on 14th and Meridian St. Since he graduated from Ball State, McCauley has held positions at several correction fa-cilities across the state. McCauley has worked for the Department of Corrections for 38 years. This arti-cle is the second in a series about Cathedral graduates and their pro-fessions.

Q: When choosing a high school, why did you choose Cathedral?

A: I had two cousins who went there, which was mainly the reason why my dad chose me to go there.

Q: What do you remember of the last years Cathedral was at its original location?

A: My senior year was the last year that the brothers of the Holy Cross ran it. They announced that financially they could not keep it going. After the brothers of the Holy Cross left, somehow the ad-ministration raised money to keep it running at the old location be-fore moving it to the new location. I imagine that they found some donors, likely graduates, that pro-vided the funds to keep the school open

Q: After Cathedral, where did you go to Cathedral?

A: Ball State. I was a criminal justice and political justice major. Then, I also got a master’s in public

administration.

Q: What jobs did you have before this one?

A: I worked at the Indiana Reformatory as an officer, counsel-or, supervisor of classification, and served as an acting assistant to the superintendent when I was still in college and I’ve been a part of the Department of Corrections ever since. I’ve worked at central office for a while, regional director, assis-tant superintendent at Rockville, superintendent at the Reception Diagnostic Center, and superin-tendent here. I’ve been a part of the department for 38 years.

Q: What inspired you to ob-tain the job you have today?

A: Once I worked at the Refor-matory, I enjoyed the work and human behavior. Being super-intendent is, in my opinion, the crowning position for corrections because I’m responsible for a whole facility and it was some-thing I aspired for.

Q: What are the basic duties of your job?

A: The easiest way to think about it is that each institution is like a city and I am kind of the mayor. I mean people live here 24 hours a day, seven days a week, so we have to provide everything that I city would have. When it snows, we have snow removal so offenders can get to their jobs and the mess hall so they can eat. It’s obviously not as big as a city, but the principle is the same in terms of providing for these services and you have to make sure it functions.

Q: What can people find you do-ing, day to day?

A: I often have procedural meetings where we determine the policy of the facility. For the rest of the day, I am walking the grounds talking with people, looking at all the programs, making sure the procedures are being followed, that the physical plant is well. There’s a million things that can go wrong;

doors don’t close, toilets don’t flush, leaks in the ceiling, checking the facility out. Also, listening to offender and staff complaints. I’m at least 50 percent outside of the office just out on the grounds.

Q: What do you find most re-warding about your job?

A: I’d like to say that I see an occasional success story from the offenders, and that is true. But on a selfish side, I reap enjoyment because I enjoy human behavior, I enjoy observing human behavior, that is a personal enjoyment. As a professional, when you see a lady who had trouble getting her GED and she finally gets it and there is a big smile on her face, which hope-fully will turn into success on the streets. Maybe she will finally get a job that will keep her from coming back here.

We see offenders a lot different than most people do. The general public sees them as people who have committed a crime. Once we get them here we see them as people who are damaged. If you were born into some of these peo-ple’s situations, you might end up in prison too. They’re not guided, they come from hugely broken homes, the parents are heroin ad-dicts and don’t care for their kids. They grow into adulthood and ha-ven’t been prepared like a lot of us with good parents. You touch their heart and you change them. That really gives you a good feeling.

Q: As a Christian, how do you live your faith through your work?

A: I try to provide an example. I don’t go out and evangelize while I’m at work. I try to give a good example, as far as truthfulness, honesty, caring, little things like making an effort to know people’s names. Those little things that say I care about you as a person be-cause that’s what I believe is part of Christianity about. If one of the ladies asks me about faith and Christianity, I will speak to them as long as they want to know about it and Scripture and how to live a

better Christian life.

Q: Do you have a favorite Bible verse?

A: Romans 8:35-39. “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or perse-cution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: ‘For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.’ No, in all these things we are more than conquer-ors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels or demons, neither present nor future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” For me the grace of God is important. Grace is a gift and it is there and it’s ours and nothing can take it away from us. That’s something to live by, in my opin-ion.

Q: How has Cathedral had an im-pact on you?

A: I am convinced that I could not have gotten a better education than I did at Cathedral. I think Catholics have has a very good school system. When I was there, the Holy Cross brothers were there and they knew how to educate you. They educated me well and prepared me well.

Q: Do you have any children?A. One. His name is Jothan,

it’s a Biblical name. He’s an entre-preneur and has run some of his own businesses in the e-commerce area.

Q: Do you have any advice for the students of Cathedral?

A: Go out, see the world and find what you like and what fits you. Find what makes you happy, what drives you. I got into this business not because I wanted it but because I needed a job, but once I got it, I found out that it’s something I really liked. But you have to experience the world to find what you like.

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By Emerson Wolff and Kara Williams“What made me feel good about the entire weekend was how everybody treated me, my daughters and their families so nicely. You can’t believe how nice all the volunteers, policemen and the people who ran the event were. It makes proud that we have a lot of great people in our country,” said Mr. Thomas O’Brien, better known as Super Sub to the Cathedral student body. Super Sub was unanimously selected as the Irishman of the Year by the Indy Sports Foundation. His duties as Irishman of the Year included the ceremonial dying of the canal, kicking off the marathon, attending the Ancient Order of Hibernians breakfast and riding in the parade. Super Sub said, “It’s sort of special for me being an Irish Catholic and a Cathedral guy. It’s just neat to be able to represent the school and the Catholic community.”

Various organizations and schools sent representatives to the St. Patrick’s Day parade downtown to show their Irish pride. Left, are police officers line up on motorcycles spelling out the word “Indianapolis.” Right is the Pride of the Irish band. Bottom left are the cheerleaders showing their spirit. The bottom picture shows Mr. Thomas Patrick O’Brien, recipient of the 2014 Irish Citizen of the Year, better known around Cathedral as “Super Sub,” waving as he rides along the parade route. | Photos by Emma Flohr

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April Fool’s Day showers pranks on family, friendsBy Katie Swanton

April Fools’ Day is that one day a year that pranks are fully embellished to the acceptable extreme, a day dedicated to tricking people and getting pay back.

People constantly pull pranks on friends and family all day long.

Some of the most common April Fools’ pranks include taping a “kick me” sign on some-one’s back without them noticing, wrapping the toilet with clear Saran wrap, putting whip cream in someone’s hand while they are sleeping and then tickling their nose. Although some of these pranks can go a little too far.

“One time I took out the white filling in an Oreo and put tooth paste in the middle instead,” said junior Alexa Williams. She then proceeded to give the Oreo to her younger sister.

“I pranked my sister and mom by putting a rubber band around the sprayer on the sink,” said junior Michael Gillium. “Then when they went to turn on the sink, water sprayed every-where.”

“On April Fools’ Day I put my friend’s hand in water while he was sleeping,” said sophomore J.R. Hill.

Some pranksters fully plan out their pranks ahead of time to get the best reaction while oth-ers intend to just get an overall good laugh by creating a funny prank on the spot. Pranks are not meant to be taken seriously although some can be stretched a little too far.

Most of these pranks are intended to bring good laughs and trick friends and family. What better way to spend April Fools’ day then by pulling a few pranks here and there?

Photo Poll: How do you plan to spend your spring break?

“College visits.” Junior

Amber Riggle

“Sleep all day, party all night.”

Sophomore Bryce Lewis

“Siesta Key.” Junior

Maggie Flood

“Siesta Key and Clearwater.”

Freshman Marlee Clayborn

“Atlanta.” Freshman

Marvin Wilson

“Skiing in Vail, Colorado.”

Senior Megan Wolf

“Stay home.” Junior

Dariusz Cholewa

By Brigid Murphy Since it aired in 2005,

the CW TV show “How I Met Your Mother” has been a hit for people of all ages through nine seasons of both comedy and heartbreak. Now toward the end of its final season, its most devoted fans are sad to see the show go.

The show’s concept revolves around the main character, Ted, telling his children

about how he met their mother. Because this is the set up, the show is told from a reminiscent perspective as if every little detail of Ted’s past led him to this girl.

Senior Olivia Odle started watching the show on Netflix her sophomore year when her cousins told her about it. She said her favorite part of the show is the humor in it. “I’m not happy about it

ending, but it has had a good run and the final season hasn’t been my favorite so I don’t think another season would have been a good one,” Odle said.

Senior Karli Bernal started viewing reruns of the show three years ago and now watches the current season as well. “I love that the show is just like a long story that keeps un-folding new informa-

tion and details. With any great show there’s always an unfortunate end to them, but I think the writer’s planning the ending of HIMYM at nine seasons was wise, especially with the high amount of viewers the show has.”

“I haven’t been the biggest fan of the last season. I’m still going to watch it but I’ve like other seasons more,” said Odle about the

ending.How the show will

end is still unclear to viewers, but Bernal said, “The only thing I can assume is that there’s going to be a re-union of everyone with the mother.”

Odle said of the ending that “it’s actually seeming like it’s going to be a really sad ending which I’m not feeling happy about whatsoev-er.”

Students reflect on ending of ‘How I Met Your Mother’ TV series

Mrs. Herron’s suggestions

The Fault in our StarsJohn Green

Divergent Veronica Roth

Ready Player One Ernest Cline

A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens

BlinkMalcolm Gladwell

By Kara WilliamsRead a few books,

and then get Subway for lunch. Sound too easy to be true? It’s not- the only catch is that the five books have to be read by May 5.

“It’s a pleasure read-ing push to encourage reading outside the classroom,” said librar-ian Mrs. Jennifer Her-ron. This activity allows students to read any five books of their choosing.

Dr. Tom Greer, vice principal for student

affairs, is also contrib-uting to the 5 by 5. He is providing Subway for the participants and helping encourage pleasure reading school wide.

The inspiration for this project comes from the Indianapolis Star. The Star is promoting a reading challenge called Read 26 Indy which involves reading 26 books during the year, or about one every two weeks.

So far, 44 students,

teachers and staff are signed up to partici-pate, along with Mrs. Jennifer Shevlin and her English classes.

Shevlin is particu-larly motivated to en-courage her students to read. “My tendency to read fewer books during the school year has always been a source of personal frus-tration for me because reading is a passion of mine,” Shevlin said.

She wants her stu-dents to become “life-

long learners and read-ers” and she said that “I’ve got to expect the same thing of myself.”

Her classes have an Independent Reading Program (IRP) that allows students to read a new book and do a project every month or so; the 5 by 5 fits togeth-er with this experience. Shevlin said the 5 by 5 is a “great oppor-tunity for the students to participate and be rewarded for what they are already doing.”

Read fresh: Library offers Subway to spur independent reading

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Irish spring sports begin to bloom with several season openersBoys’ golf Head coach: Patrick Fagan Assistant coaches: Mike Armstrong, Matt Hale, Mike Miller, Ryan SterlingLast year’s record/rating: Ranked 15th in StatePrevious year awards: City championsPredicted starters: Andrew Derringer, Joe LaMagna, Ryan WardKey returning athletes: Seniors; Andrew Derringer, Henry Edwards , Josh Fry and Quentin Keller. Juniors; Timmy McNulty , Joe LaMagna, Ryan Ward, Jack Fritton and Jack Stemmler. Sophomores; Nolan Liss-man. Season opener: April 12, Yorktown Invita-tional at the Players Club in MuncieKey match-ups: City Championship: May 8 at Riverside Golf Course; Sectional; June 7 at Maple Creek Golf Course; Regional: June 12 ; State Finals: June 17 and 18 at the Leg-ends Golf Course in FranklinHead coach’s outlook: “This should be an exciting season for our boys golf team. We have two of the top 25 players in the state in Ryan Ward and Andrew Derringer. The Irish will be trying to defend the City champion-ship and would like to win sectional, finish in the Top 3 in the Regional (which would qualify the team for State) and place well in the State. It should be a fun and memorable season,” said Fagan. - By Ian Kea

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BaseballHead coach: Richard Andriole Assistant coach’s: Pat Coffey, Ryan Davis, Brad Henke, Nick Lyons, Harry NguyenLast years record/rating: 28-1Previous year awards: State Finalist Season Opener: April 2 vs. Bishop Cha-tard at Cathedral Head Coach’s Outlook: “With the grad-uation of seven seniors from a year ago, the Irish will build around pitching and defense for the 2014 season. Returning starters Harry Shipley (Purdue), Alex Boos (Yale), and Ashe Russell (Notre Dame) will be counted on to help create chemistry with several new starters to the Irish lineup,” said Andriole. - By Ian Kea

Boys’ track and fieldHead coach: Erik Autajay Assistant Coaches: Morgan Cooper, Chris Kirtz, Jason Moyars, Jim Nohl, Sean O’Con-nor, Will StubbsPrevious year awards: All Catholic Runner Up, City Champions, Freshmen City Cham-pionsKey returning athletes: Seniors; Aid-en DeSanto, James Evans, Adam George, Liam O’Hara and Andrew Scarlott. Juniors; Harrison Adams, Malcolm Dotson, Matt Guzman, Ronnie Hill, Alex Lechter , Jared Lewis, Patrick O’Neil, and Andrew Porten. Sophomores; Rayder Hobbs , Jamal Jackson , Jordan Lapsley , Jauon Long and Rob Ma-thioudakis.Season opener: March 26 at Brebeuf JesuitKey match-ups: May 1 at Guerin: All Cath-olic Meet, May 14 at Tech: City MeetOutlook: “The boys’ track team, with its extensive coaching staff, and dozens of tal-ented athletes, have a bright future ahead of them this spring,” Coach Erik Autajay ‘03 said. “The boys’ track and field team has been working to build the program over the past few seasons. We are no longer building. We are built to succeed now. This optimis-tic outlook has reflected upon the athletes,” according to Autajay. Senior Adam George said, “The last couple of years, we had a pret-ty young squad, but now, we’re older and experienced and we’re excited to make some noise in the state.” Autajay says, “The team has set goals to win the all-Catholic meet, City meet, and advance runners to the State meet. All of these goals are within our reach. Also, I would not be surprised if we break some of the track and field records hanging in the WAC by season’s end.” All the athletes have trained for months and are prepared for the upcoming competitions. The dif-fering talents among the team make for a diverse group of competitors. Autajay says, “With over 60 talented athletes participating in track and field, we now have depth in all of our events,” said Autajay. -By Ashley King

Girls’ track and fieldHead coach: Mark Doctor Assistant coaches: Reggie Smith, Dennis Thomas, Lexie VinczLast years record/rating: 2-3Previous year awards: All-Catholic and

City runner-up. Two individuals advanced to the State meet.Key returning athletes: Seniors; Cara Rat-terman, Mallory Taylor, and Katherine Will. Sophomores; Ellen Flood, Katherine Free, Cienna Jordan, Dominique Page, Olivia Sanders and Ashley Yuska.Key match-ups: May 1 at Guerin All-Catholic championships May 12 at Tech City championships May 20 at Law-rence Central Sectional championshipsOutlook: The girls’ track team approaches the upcoming season with zeal and passion. With a lower number of athletes than what would be ideal; however, coach Mark Doc-tor predicts more success individually than as a team. Doctor believes that sophomore Katherine Free will excel in the upcoming season. Free said she hopes to make State in either the 1,600 or 3,200. Her coach as well as her teammates show the same hope for her. Doctor said, “She is looking very strong and should continue to improve this year.” Many other athletes will contribute largely to the team’s success. Sophomores Cienna Jordan, Olivia Sanders and Dominique Page are expected to participate and be successful in the sprinting events. Senior Mallory Tay-lor, a former Regional qualifier in the discus, will lead the team in throwing events. Doc-tor said, “We are looking for success from unexpected places, as over half of this year’s athletes were not on the team last year.” With this fresh outlook from new players, Doctor expects the team to thrive and come out vic-torious this season. - By Ashley King

RugbyHead coach: Scott PetersonAssistant coaches: Denny Connor, Aaron Griggs, Ken Leffel, Bruce Linenberg, Terry Rankin and Dave SnyderLast years record/ rating: 15-1Previous year awards: State champion, Midwest Regional Champion, second place finish at National Tournament Predicted starting lineup: (Cathedral stu-dents only) Ben Baker, Tyler Decker, Con-nor Dykhuizen, Michael Fleck, Kyle Hoeper, Kip Kyle, Jimmy McGuigen, Mitch Rou-graff,Will Schroeder and Jack SheridanKey match-ups: Midwest champion-ship tournament: May 3-4; Moose Rugby

Grounds, Elkhart National championship tournament: May 16-18; Moose Rugby Grounds, ElkhartOutlook: With regular season games star-ing up in a matter of weeks, the team seems prepared to dodge whatever obstacles may come their way. Sophomore Will Schroeder said, “I’m looking forward to bringing home the national title, along with the State and Midwest titles as usual.” By the time May comes around, the team will be well into the tournament and will hopefully be com-peting for the State, Midwest and National titles. Peterson said, “The team is led by a solid core of Cathedral players, including re-turning starting seniors Connor Dykhuizen and Jack Sheridan.”- By Ashley King

Boys’ lacrosseHead coach: Andy GruberAssistant Coaches: Ryan Haas, Sam Hill, and Scott NicholsLast years record/rating: 23-1Previous year awards: State champions,U.S. Lacrosse/Nike Poll: Number 9 Midwest RegionKey returners: Seniors; Joe Musto, Jack Go-mez and John Eckhart. Season Opener: March 19 vs Center GroveKey match-ups: At Home vs. Carmel April 24, At Home vs. Hamilton Southeastern May 2 Outlook: After an extremely successful season last year consisting of a State title, the boys’ lacrosse team prepares for a year of similar successes. The previous season deemed the team victorious with only one loss in 24 games. Sophomore Luke Dennen said, “We are an extremely young team with a lot of potential. Our schedule this season will be really tough but we can hopefully achieve our goal of another state title.” He, as well as his teammates and coaches, hold this same mindset as they approach their season this spring. In addition to playing for a State championship, the team will also be playing in the highly competitive Midwest Catho-lic Conference. Gruber said, “A preseason number 8 ranking in the U.S. Lacrosse/ Nike Midwest Region Poll places high expec-tations for the season that the team is pre-pared to meet.” Gruber said his young and talented team is sure to succeed for not just this season but future seasons as well.- By Ashley King

Girls’ lacrosse

Head coach: Craig McGinnisAssistant coaches Brian Irk, Nick Corne, Howard Fogel, Kylie Gray, Anne Leighty Last year’s record/rating: ranked 5th in StateKey returning athletes: Olivia Burris, Caroline Caress, Johanna Cole, Emma Flynn, Colleen Lane, Elizabeth Wyman, Noelle Lul-ing Courtney McGinnis, Grayce Petruzzi, Kelly Donnelly Key match-ups: April 23rd vs. Park Tudor Outlook: With a strong senior and Junior class, the Irish seem primed for a State run. With wins over Christian Academy, Warren and Guerin Catholic, the girls have already shown they can rev up the motor when needed. Cathedral is currently ranked second in the South conference and fourth in the State. - By Ben Baker

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Girls’ tennis Head coach: Mark NoeAssistant coaches: Kathy Bethu-ram, Cheri Hood, Jim Williams, Marl WilliamsLast year’s record/rating: 13-3 team record, second place at Athenian Booster Invitational Previous year awards: Caro-line Combs, Meredith Goshell, Grace Kociellski all state selec-tions Key returning athletes: Caro-line Combs, Meredeth Goshell, Grace Kociellski Season opener: April 15 at Guerin CatholicKey match-ups: April 29 vs Carmel Outlook: After last year’s sea-son, the Irish netters have been in the top seven for the past five years and are looking for similar success this season. “We will rely on the great leadership from our seniors,” said Noe. -By Ben Baker

Boys’ volleyball Head coach: Rhonda Lowe Assistant coaches: Cathy Cassel Last years record/rating: 16-6 Previous year awards: State Finalist Key returning athletes: Garrett Buechler, Jeramie Frazier, JT Malone, Camden WylieKey match-ups: March 26th vs Roncalli Outlook: After being ranked second in State the Irish have lived up to the hype with a record of 8-3. Senior Jeramie Frazier hopes and thinks his team can achieve the programs ninth State title if they can overcome one team in par-ticular. “Roncalli, thats the team we have to want and need to beat. Our team can do it but not only do seniors have to play their best rather everyone. We are relying on everyone and will have to in order to hang another banner on the wall,” said Frazier. - By Ian Kea

Softball Head coach: Tony Mathews Assistant coaches: Linda Bam-rick, Louie Jorscak, Corey Wat-kins, Carmen WethingtonLast years record/ rating: 14-13Key returning athletes: Emma RhodesKey match-ups: May 5th at Ron-calli Outlook: With a winning record last season the Irish look to capi-talize on the momentum.

While the team did lose a few seniors last year, the team is look-ing as strong as ever this year, ac-cording to senior Emma Rhodes. The biggest challenge for the team every year is beating its rival, Ron-calli. Last year the Rebels went on to win State after defeating the Irish. “The teams goals this year are to win city, and to beat Roncalli in the State tournament. I think this year we will have the best re-cord in Cathedral softball history,” Rhodes said. - By Ben Baker

Sophomore Kelly Donnelly faces off against Christian Academy. The Irish won 15-7 | Photo submitted

The Irish rugby squad builds a wall during tournament action. | Photo submitted

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The Megaphone takes on March MadnessIt’s the greatest time of year,

no not Christmas time but March Madness. Spring finally begins to show a glimpse of life, brackets are made, upsets happen, a new Cin-derella team emerges ad the only time of the year when it’s partially acceptable to have basketball up on your iPad during class. Match is an exciting time for sports fans of all kinds.

For many years the NCAA has

blessed us with entertaining sports television during that awkward gap between waiting for the start of the NBA playoffs and opening day of baseball season.

Who would have thought America would anticipate the month of March so much just to watch nearly kids with big muscles and tattoos throw a ball around. Some may call it crazy, and right they are.

March madness brings out the best and worst in people. With up-sets and Cinderella stories already forming the only thing we can be certain of is that it’s going to be a wild ride to the final four.

March madness is in full swing and until April 7 when a champion is crowned it’s going to stay that way. 64 teams started but in the end only one will stand alone and be named NCAA champion.

Our bracket

STAFF EDITORIAL

Not all friends necessarily have to be human in order to be called your best friendThe saying dogs are man’s best

friend couldn’t be any more true and I’m fortunate to be able to say so myself. No matter what I go through, my dog is always there for me. For the most part, my dog is happy and in the mood to play, which never fails to make a bad day better. Plus, my dog never fails to warm up my heart with his adorable looks.

Sparky surpasses those stan-dards. I received him as a Christ-mas gift about seven years ago when I found him asleep in a blanket-covered basket. My dad bought him at a Martinsville farm and he said that Sparky slept in the pocket of his shirt on the ride home. Sparky’s a mutt, half Mal-tese and half Northern Bull Ter-rier. Weighing only nine pounds,

he’s still small enough for me to hold him in my arms. He’s just

about as small as an adult dog can get, yet mentally he thinks he’s the size of a Great Dane. Although he believes he’s tough, Sparky has a soft spot. When I come home from school and I feel stressed, Sparky is always there to cheer me up with his wagging tail and is thrilled to see me, acting like he hasn’t seen me for years. He is easily amused and loves to join

the family whenever we’re togeth-er. As a matter of fact, my family loves our dog to the point that my brother and I fight over who will sleep with Sparky. For those reasons and more I love my dog and it is why I can call him my best friend. Unless you’re a dog owner, you wouldn’t under-stand. P.S. Maggie Cripe, will you go to prom with me?

PERSONAL OPINION: BEN SASIN

As our senior year comes to a close, my challenge: Find your limits and exceed themWhen the bell sounds and

everyone scrambles to their classroom the hallways become bare.

But on the insides of those classrooms it is evident that stu-dents are deep in school work. From freshmen to seniors, grades are important to the average stu-dent here.

At this time in our life, it is our job to go to school and get an education. There is this unwritten rule and expectation that you need to be perfect at everything. While perfection is not attainable, Cathe-

dral students come pretty close.But at what point does trying to

be perfect go too far? While getting an A in precalculus, being a starter on the basketball team and landing the lead role in the musical are ex-traordinary accomplishments, one can’t be perfect at everything. And when the pressures put on hard, some people will go to extreme measures to come out on top.

When sacrificing your integrity, relationships and even your health begin to occur just to be the best at something, a problem is happen-ing and needs to be stopped before

it gets out of control. We’re meant to be pushed, pushed to our limits so we can become he best we can be. But like all things we have our limits, and need to know when to not exceed them.

Nobody likes a cheater. So if be-

ing the best means cheating your way to the top, you can count me out. In the long run, that one A you might earn on a test because you cheated will mean absolutely nothing 20 years from now. But knowing that you go to the top be-cause you cheated tells a different story.

Whenever I scroll through my Twitter feed, there’s always somebody complaining about the all-nighter that lies ahead of them and how the only thing keeping them going strong is some coffee and an Adderall.

It pains me to see that some people would come to such ex-treme measures all for grades.

While I agree the pressure be-ing put on high school students to be perfect these days is awfully high, if it means taking harmful risks, I say it’s a no go.

High school isn’t about being perfect but learning to thrive on your own imperfections. It’s high school, not the Olympics.

I am just trying to do my best and enjoy the time I have left in it. And I challenge my fellow seniors to do the same.

PERSONAL OPINION: HEAVEN’S TO BETSY | ELIZABETH WYMAN

“But like all things we have our limits, and need to know when to not exceed them.”

One student reflects one his experiences as the End of the Storm comes nearThe Cathedral Class of 2014

is just about to hit the final stretch of its high school career before graduation.

The throes of senioritis have gripped every last member of the Storm; I’ve now taken to spend-ing an hour or two reading Harry Potter rather than finishing the last few problems on the AP Stats assignment that I may or may not know how to do, though I certainly haven’t been hit as hard as others.

The majority of us now know the big secret of senior retreat, where we’ll be going to college

next year, and just how epic SB14 is about to be. As we near the end, we look back at all we’ve gone through during our long (though short) four years.

We are the final class that will remember Cathedral with Caritas rather than Counties, and en-joyed the plethora of… interesting speakers. We survived the K. We’ve successfully scored two consecu-tive victories in the Irish 500, and will be successfully defending our title this year.

We’ll never have to listen to the drip-drop song again, or have to

deal with Instagram being blocked on Wi-Fi. We’ll never decorate an-other hallway for Homecoming, win the spirit stick or brutally turn on one another in a game of “Sur-vivor” hosted by LOB.

As a class, we’ve made count-

less memories that will stick with us for the rest of our lives, like when we stormed the field after the Bishop Chatard football game this year and when Bob retweeted Jordan Toby a lot.

As individuals, we’ve built rela-tionships that will last a life time, like the ceramics team or the Sa-cred Chat. Together we’ve had un-forgettable experiences on mission trips and vacations and countless concerts (though not as many as a certain junior).

Soon, however, it will all come to an end.

GUEST OPINION: SENIOR JACK MOUROUZIS

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As the final college decisions roll out, our final high school spring break passes and gradu-ation finally takes place we’ll all start working our summer jobs and just chill out until the next year brings us a whole new four years of unforgettable experiences with brand new people.

Regardless of our future choic-es, we will be bound by our com-mon experiences, fully realizing that for each and every member of the Class of 2014, The Storm will never die.

“As a class, we’ve made countless memories that will stick with us for the rest of our lives.”

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FACE- OFF: Florida vs.CancunBy Meg Turchi By Ben Baker

Spring break is without the best week of the year: No school, homework or anything remote-ly close to school pants. Spring break only rolls around once a year so the time must be cher-ished. Deciding where to go for spring break isn’t always easy, but the ever-so-popular Florida seems to be a favorite.

There are hundreds of dif-ferent places to go in Florida to fill all of someone’s spring break needs. There are so many amazing places to go to in Flor-ida such as Siesta, Sanibel, Fort Meyers and many other places. A popular destination at Cathedral is Siesta.

Florida is so much better than Cancun or Mexico in general because one would have to fly to those places and for some peo-ple that is a huge hassle. Having to leave the country requires so much effort, including getting a passport. Going to Mexico re-quires packing lighter than you would for Florida because of baggage and long security lines.

Very few people would want to worry about security and bag-gage lines while on spring break. When going to Florida, you get to decide whether to drive or fly. In Cancun it is strongly advised to only stay in your resort but in

Florida you can go anywhere. In Florida there’s the whole town feel with tourists and maybe even people that live there. In Cancun and Mexico though all you get to see if what is inside the resort.

So many more people go to Florida than Cancun, so it is probably a more fun time. Also on the way to Florida one could stop in different places and see colleges. On another note, Flor-ida is far less expensive than some resorts in Mexico. In Mex-ico there are a lot of restrictions if you are not over 18 and a lot of seniors don’t turn 18 until af-ter spring break. Spring break is suppose to be a super fun week, but what’s fun about all of ones friends that are 18 being able to do something and being left out because of age. Also in Florida there is a less chance for getting weird diseases.

Imagine your toes in the sand surrounded by all your friends. The warm weather and spring clothes add up to why it’s such an amazing week. No matter what spring break is an unforgettable week with little to no worries. Overall, Florida is way better than Mexico because of its ver-satility in places and the overall effect. Being in the warm sun surrounded by friends with the ocean near by can never truly be a bad thing.

''Cancun is a tropical paradise in which the legal age for almost all activities is 18, Flori-da’s legal age for most

activities is 21.''

‘‘Going to Mexico requires packing lighter than you

would for Florida because of baggage and long security

lines.’’

The argument comes up ev-ery year, which is a better spring break destination: Florida or Cancun? But is there really even an argument?

Cancun is a tropical paradise in which the legal age for almost all activities is 18; Florida’s legal age for most activities is 21. Not that certain activities are neces-sarily condoned or undergone while on spring break, however, their legality is an enormous tipping point towards Cancun as opposed to Florida.

Most Cancun resorts are all inclusive, which means food, drinks, and activities are pre-paid for. Students on their break are not constantly looking for a few bucks in order to buy a cheeseburger. In Cancun, at Moon Palace specifically (the most popular Cathedral resort), when you’re hungry you simply pick up your room phone and ask for food. In Florida, at Palm Bay resort specifically, no food is supplied by the resort at all.

In Florida, if you want food you must walk to a restaurant or shop and buy it yourself, or make it yourself.

Cancun has clubs and night-life activities that Florida does

not. Even the clubs that Florida offers are 21 and over (students can’t attend). Most resorts in Cancun, Moon Palace included, have clubs on the resort which are all 18 and over. Seeing as most students going to Cancun are 18, this is very convenient.

Spring breakers are notorious for engaging in activities that they should not, such as drink-ing. If you’re going to do this, which you shouldn’t, you might as well do it in a place where you can’t get arrested for it, Cancun.

Cancun resorts offer mas-sages, spas, scuba diving, food, drinks, clubs and much more all as an included portion of the resort price. In Florida, many of these activities are not even available to be done.

If money is the main compo-nent when deciding your spring break plans, then Florida is the place for you. However, if mere opportunity and fun are your main priorities when preparing for spring break, Cancun is easi-ly the proper choice.

Top 15 spring break vacation destinations for 20141. Cancun2. Panama City Beach3. Bahamas4. Punta Cana5. New Orleans

6. Acapulco, Mexico7. South Padre Island, Texas8. Key West9. Las Vegas10. Daytona Beach

11. Jamaica12. Cabo San Lucas13. Fort Lauderdale14. Miami15. Siesta Key