ST. VINCENT-ST. MARY HIGH SCHOOL * VOLUME XLIII * ISSUE 2 * OCTOBER 2013

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Kelly LauckCO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

From the beginning of the school year until the day of the dance, all students seemed to talk about was Homecoming. The Homecoming gossip centered around who was asking who and what dresses the girls were getting. The 2013 Homecoming Dance took place at Todaro’s Party Center and its theme was the Red Carpet. Music was provided by the Beach Boyz, and photos were taken by Car-men Studios. The Homecoming Court consisted of senior attendant Kiley May escorted by Mario Volpe with football escort Travonte Junius; Emily Pagni escorted by Brendan Luebbering with football escort Derek Whiddon; Cassie Jaku-bick escorted by Ben Bashor with foot-ball escort Evan Cunningham; Joanne Lutman escorted by Michael Callahan with football escort Alec Bianchi; Julie Schlosser escorted by Stephen Dages with football escort Gabe Sciarretti; Helen Burroughs escorted by Jack Hurley with football escort Parris Campbell; junior attendants

and escorts were Shea O’Brien escorted by Ryan Donahue with football escort Vince Lockett; Jane Bozsik escorted by Wade Christian with foot-ball escort Jimmy Demboski; and the sophomore attendant was Rachel Iacofano escorted by Nate Labbe with football escort Dom Davis. The Court was presented not only to the school, but also to the STVM community, both at an assembly on October 3 and at the

Homecoming game on October 4. At halftime, the Homecom-ing Court gathered on the field as everyone anxiously awaited to hear who was voted Queen. Cheers could be heard from the stands as Julie Schlosser was an-nounced as crowner and Helen Burroughs was announced Queen. “I was really shocked about being voted for queen because I didn’t ask anyone to vote for me,” said Burroughs, “but it was definitely the highlight of my year.”

“An Evening on the Red Carpet”Homecoming 2013

3D printer, CNC machine, and a laser cutter to completely equip their laboratory. Coached by Mr. Engels and science teachers

Mr. Brian Lawson and Mr. Patrick Bulford, the team is made up of of 18 Irish students, evenly divided into two groups. Team members were selected based on their avail-ability to attend practice and their desire to learn about building and designing robots. This year, team mem-bers were asked to design and build two robots in order to learn about the engineering design process, protoyping designs, computer engineer-

ing, and mechanical engineering. On Janurary 10, each of the two teams will enter their robot in a regional competition, where they will compete against robotics teams from other schools. After this competition, winners will advance to a super-regional cham-pionship tournament.

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AdvisorMrs. Maureen Harrigal

AssistantMrs. Barbara Wood

EditorsKristen Bratton

Kelly LauckStaff ReportersJane Dulaney

Shannon MacNeilErin McNultyJulia MendiolaShea O’Brien

Mary Beth ThomasHope VanDevereDerek Whiddon

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ProofreaderMrs. Luanne Richardson

Government shutdown “A House divided...”

Mr. Dages honored Freshman Theology teacher Mr. David Dages was selected as an outstanding high school parochial teacher in Summit County for the All-County Teaching Team. The team is sponsored by Summit County Educational Service Center, Shannon English Marketing Group, and numerous other organizations. This annual “Education Celebration” was held at St. George Family Center on Monday, October 28.

Nine students nationally recognized STVM released the names of eight seniors and one transfer student who were recognized as National Merit Commended Scholars based on their scores on last year’s PSAT test. The National Merit Scholarship Program is an aca-demic competition for recognition and schol-arships. Commended students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2013 competition. Seniors Sean Gaffney, Preston Hollopeter, An-drew Katcher, Alexander Morley, Brooke Pow-ell, Tyler Riemenschneider, Andrew Rodgers, Derek Whiddon, and transfer student Brady Costigan were recognized for their academic achievement.

Honors and AP students see Sweeney Todd On Tuesday, October 8, students from AP Composition and Literature, Honors English II, and the fall play traveled to the Hanna Theater in Cleveland to see a production of Sweeney Todd. Set in 19th century England, the musical tells the story of Benjamin Barker, aka Sweeney Todd, who returns to London after 15 years’ incarceration on trumped-up charges. When he finds out that his wife poisoned herself after being raped by the judge who incarcerated him, he vows revenge on the judge and the world. He teams up with a pie-maker, Mrs. Lovett, and opens a barbershop in which he slits the throats of customers and has them baked into pies.

College Fair aids students On Monday, October 14, STVM hosted the annual College/Tech Fair for all private school students in our area. Over 100 colleges at-tended, and a number of teachers offered extra credit incentives for students who attended. Juniors who stopped by also earned two col-lege visit days.

Kristen BrattonCO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Team leaders for Kairos 20 include Helen Burroughs, Annie Graff, Jack Hurley, Kelly Lauck, Kiley May, Monica Pirie, Mackenzie Nolte and Mario Volpe. The retreat was held at Loyola of the Lake from October 21-24.

* It takes 500,000 trees to publish the NY Sun-day Times - every week! * Recycling a single run of this newspaper would save 75,000 trees. * There are more roads in our National Forests than the entire U.S. Interstate Highway system.* Americans throw away enough aluminum to rebuild our entire commercial fleet of airplanes every three months.* Approximately 5 million tons of oil produced in the world each year ends up in the ocean.* Most families throw away about 88 pounds of plastic every year.* The U.S is the #1 trash-producing country in the world at 1,609 pounds per person per year.This means that 5% of the world’s people gen-erate 40% of the world’s waste.* Over 40% of all tropical forests have already been destroyed, and another hectare is lost each second.* Every day, 50 to 100 species of plants and ani-mals become extinct as their habitats disappear

Hope VanDevereSTAFFF REPORTER and other human influences destroy them.

* 80% of the primary forests were destroyed during the 20th century.*At least 10,000 species go extinct every year* The rapid loss of species we are seeing today is estimated by experts to be between 1,000 and 10,000 times higher than the natural extinction rate.* In the past 50 years, humans have consumed more resources than in all previous history.* It only takes about six weeks total to manufacture, fill, sell, recycle, and then remanufacture an aluminum bever-age can.* The most recycled consumer product in America is the automobile, with 26 cars being recycled every minute.

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STVM Robotics Team is “on the move” This fall, the Science Department welcomes another extracurricular activity-the STVM Robotics Team. “We have wanted to start a robotics team at STVM for several years but were unable to do so because of the cost of forming a team,” said team moderator Mr. Robert Engels. This desire became a reality after Mr. Engels was approached by a company which offered the chance to start a ro-botics team at STVM. This company provided a check for $25,000 to start the team. The team has also applied for and received $3,000 in grants this fall and plans to apply for more later in the year. This money has been used to outfit the team with robotic parts, tools, computers, and software. The team also plans to purchase a

Erin McNultySTAFFF REPORTER

JUNIOR RYAN SCHWETER is testing programming software.

Seniors attend Kairos 20Kristen BrattonCO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

For the first time since 1996, the federal government experienced a partial shutdown. With plenty of arguing and finger-pointing to go around, the Washington blame-game was in full swing. The heart of the government shut-down was the debate over the federal budget. The official budget process has not been used by Congress in four years. Instead, the govern-ment has been funded by a series of “continuing resolutions,” which are congressional agree-ments on how federal money will be spent and how much money will be budgeted for each program. The last major battle over federal spending occured in the summer and winter of 2011. That debate ended with a plan to fund the gov-ernment through the fiscal year and also to put in place the “sequester,” which consisted of $1.2 trillion in automatic budget cuts if Congress did not act on the budget by 2013. Although the cuts were not expected to go into effect, they did on March 1 when Congress failed to enact a solution. This time around, the debate was over the funding of the federal government after the beginning of the 2014 fiscal year on October 1, 2013. The last continuing resolution was enough to keep the government running through midnight on October 1, and lawmakers needed to pass an-other to keep the government running past that time. As the deadline approached, negotiations on Capitol Hill were at a dead stop. The reason for the deadlock had to deal with the funding of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more commonly referred to as “Obamacare.” A group of conservative Republicans in the House of Representatives, known as the Tea Party, advocated for the defunding of the Presi-dent’s healthcare law. Speaker of the House John Boehner, a Republican from Ohio, is not a member of the Tea Party, but sided with their argument in terms of Obamacare. Throughout the afternoon and late evening of September 30, the House passed four continuing resolutions that included a stipulation to defund Obam-acare. All four of these resolutions failed in the Democrat-controlled Senate, who had their own share of negotiations throughout the day. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Demo-crat from Nevada, pushed through a “clean” continuing resolution that passed twice in the Senate. A “clean” resolution meant that there

would be no political strings attached, such as defunding Obamacare. Unwilling to pass any resolution that did not include defunding the healthcare law, Speaker Boehner did not even bring the Senate Resolution to a vote in the House. When it became clear that no solution was going to be reached before the midnight deadline, the finger pointing began between the two parties. Republicans blamed the Senate and President Obama for not being willing to pass or compromise on any resolution passed in the House. Democrats blamed the House and Republicans for allowing the Tea Party to shut down the government just because they didn’t like Obamacare. As the clock hit midnight, affected federal agencies began to intiate their shutdown procedures. This caused over 800,000 government employees to be furloughed and sent home without pay, while Congress continued to receive their paychecks. As the shutdown dragged on for a week

and then two, reports were mixed out of Washington, some claiming the sides were nearing a deal, others claiming that no clear progress was being made. Adding fuel to the fire was the fact that the country’s debt ceiling would be reached on October 17, after which time

the government would not have the money to pay its debts. While neither side wants the country to “default” on its debt, neither side was willing to budge, with the President even claiming that he would not negotiate on the debt ceiling because it was the government’s job to pay back its debt. On October 15, reports began circulating that the Senate was inching towards a deal that would reopen the government and extend the debt limit. However, the House planned to vote on its own resolution, one that the President said he would not support. On October 16, just hours before the debt ceiling would have been reached, negotia-tions in the House ended as both sides walked away unhappy. This prompted the Senate to act. Senator Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnel (R-KY), along with the rank-and-file members of both parties, arrived at a bipartisan resolution that funds the government through January 15, 2014, and raised the debt ceiling until February 7, 2014. The bill passed the Senate by a vote of 81-18, and at the urging of Speaker Boehner, the bill passed the House 285-144. President Obama signed the bill just after midnight on October 17, returning all furloughed federal employees to work.

Derek WhiddonSTAFFF REPORTER

Freshmen elect officers New freshmen students aspiring to be STVM Student Council officers gave speeches at a morning class meeting. Congratulations to the winners: President Kevin Fulkerson, Vice President Alex Oliverio, Secretary Joe Conti, and Co-Treasurers Natalie Petit and Marge Sovacool.

Misspelling is a result of “Gover(n)ment shutdown.

School shooting in Nevada: On Monday October 21, a 12 year old student at Sparks Middle School in Sparks, Nevada, opened fire with his parents’ handgun. The student killed two of his 12 year old classmates along with injuring two others, who

are still hospitalized with non-life threatening wounds. Mike Landsberry, a math teacher at the school and former Marine, was also shot and killed while trying to stop the shooting. The student with the gun, who has not been identified, then proceeded to take his own life. One of the shooter’s classmates described him as “A nice kid, who would make you smile when you were having a bad day.” While the motive behind the shooting remains unclear, the classmate also commented that she “saw him getting bullied a couple of times.” The

shooting is still under investigation.

Lockdown at the Capitol Building as police shoot suspect: Miriam Carey, a 34 year old dental hygienist, was killed after being shot by police outside the U.S. Capitol on Washington, D.C., on October 3. Carey apparently drove her black sedan into a barricade at the White House and sped off in her car down Pennsylvania Avenue toward the Capitol Building. As she sped around the Capitol building, police tried but failed to surround the car, and then police began firing

shots at the car. At least six shots were fired, and the car came to rest near the Supreme Court building, where Carey was reported dead on the scene. The Capitol building was placed under lockdown after the shots were fired, and lawmakers and their staffs were ordered to shelter in place for a half an hour. Police found a one year old child in the car, but the child was unhurt while two federal officers were injured.

Juniors: Calvin Miller, Scott Showalter, Andrew Palla, Josh Williams, Brian Brown, Amanda Sophia Hamed-RamosSophomores:Jared Spencer

SOPHOMORE CARLI MICHAELS1. If you could be any ani-mal what would you be? I would be one of my dogs, because they’re so spoiled.2. Who do you admire the most? Justin Beiber, because he follows his dreams and keeps trying even when people tell him he can’t do it.3. If you could go any-where in the world, where would you go? Greece, because I have a lot of fam-

ily there that I want to meet.4. What is your favorite hobby? Horseback riding, because it helps me relieve stress and gets my mind off of everything.5. What is the thing you are most afraid of? Losing my parents, because they are the most important part of my life, and I don’t know what I would do without them.6. If you were stranded on a tropical island, what two things would you want with you? I would want my horse and my family.7. What is your favorite song? “I Want Crazy” by Hunter Hayes.

JUNIOR BRIAN BROWN1. If you could be any animal what would you be? Tigers, because they are majestic and fashionable.2. What is one of the things that you would put on your “bucket list?” To see the world.3. Who do you admire the most? Barack Obama, because he keeps a calm attitude in the face of negative criticism.4. If you could go anywhere in

the world, where would you go? California, because it looks cool on TV.5. What is your dream job? An entrepreneur, because I would get to make important decisions.6. What is your favorite hobby? Listening to music, because it relaxes me.7. What is your favorite joke? What do you get when you cross a poodle with a chicken? A cock-a-poodle-doo.8. If you were famous, what would you be famous for? Acting.9. What is the thing you are most afraid of? Failure, because I want to make something of myself.10. What TV sitcom family would you be a member of? Adventure Time.11. If you were stranded on a tropical island, what two things would you want with you? My iphone and a solar charger so I can listen to music.12. What compliment do people give you the most? “You look nice today.”

JUNIOR MARY POZUC1. If you could be any animal what would you be? A butterfly, because they are beautiful.2. What is one of the things that you would put on your “bucket list?”I would travel to all 50 states.3. Who do you admire the most? Mariah, because she motivates me every day.4. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would

you go? Italy, because it is beautiful.5. What is your dream job? Social worker, so I can help others.6. What is your favorite hobby? Dancing, because you express yourself.7. If you were famous, what would you be famous for? I would be famous for helping others.8. What is the thing you are most afraid of? Spiders, because they are freaky.9. What TV sitcom family would you be a member of? I would be in the Tanner Family (from Full House).10. If you were stranded on a tropical island, what two things would you want with you? I would take my sister and food.11. What compliment do people give you the most? Your hair is soft.12. What is your favorite song? “Love More” by Chris Brown ft. Nicki Minaj.

JUNIOR JIBRI BLOUNT: Transfer student from The Linsly School in Wheeling, West Virginia1. If you could be any ani-mal, what would you be? A horse because they are big, strong, fast, and beautiful. #HorsePower2. What is one of the things that you would put on your “bucket list?” To play in an NBA game.3. Who do you admire the

most? My father. He is popular to the world, but just dad to me and because he is in the Hall of Fame and did things I dream of doing.4. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go? I would go to the Bahamas for the weather and beautiful sights.5. What is your dream job? A doctor, because they are respected in the world.6. What is your favorite hobby? Playing basketball and collecting shoes. I love basketball and new shoes.7. What is your favorite joke? What do you call an elephant who doesn’t matter? An erelephant!8. If you were famous, what would you be famous for? Well, probably dancing because that’s what I do all day every day.9. What is the thing you are most afraid of? Math.10. What TV sitcom family would you be a member of? Martin Lawrence (“The Payne Family”) or The Boondocks (“The Freeman Family”).11. If you were stranded on a tropical island, what two things would you want with you? A beautiful lady and my iPhone.12. What compliment do people give you the most? “You have nice eyes.”

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1. Qatar faces “slave-state” allegations as it prepares for the World Cup The 2022 FIFA World Cup, which is set to be held in the peninsular country of Qatar in the Persian Gulf, has already stirred up controversy and not because of the soccer. Accusations

have arisen from the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) that Qatar is using migrant workers living in slave conditions to construct the facilities necessary to host the Cup. The ITU esti-mates that at the current rate, over 4,000 migrant workers may die in Qatar before the construction is complete. Hassan al-Thawadi, the secretary general of the Qatar 2022 Supreme Comittee, denies the allegations and says he is appalled. Nevertheless, FIFA has received offers from several trade unions to investigate workers’ rights.

Pieces of the Rubber Bowl auctioned offOn Saturday, October 19, an auction was held at the Rubber Bowl, the former football stadium of the University of Akron Zips football team. Items that were auctioned off include signs that were hung around the stadium, locker room memorabilia, and even some of the original blueprints for the stadium. A company named Team 1

Marketing has purchased the Rubber Bowl and is planning a complete overhaul of the stadium. According to the com-pany, the renovation is set to begin next month, and the company hopes to reopen the stadium next July 4 with a big opening concert. After that, the plan is for major entertainment and sporting events to be held at the stadium. The company also hopes to eventually host professional football at the stadium, but not until 2015 at the earliest.

Wildfires rage in Australia Expansive wildfires are currently burning in the Blue Mountains of Australia, just east of Sydney. Beginning in the middle of last week, the fires have already burned over 290,000 acres and affected around 200 homes. Over 1,000 emergency crews have been fighting the fire, and

another 1,500 firesfighters were set to arrive on October 22. Evacuation orderd have been given for the Greater Sydney area, one of the most populous regions in the country. Weather conditions have not helped the efforts of emergency crews, with high temperatures and powerful winds spreading the blaze. There are currently multiple fires burning, and officials fear that these fires could combine into an even larger fire. One death has already been reported. While there is no clear cause of the multiple blazes, two boys, ages 11 and 15, have been arrested for supposedly starting two bush fires that burned over 12,000 acres. Officials have not ruled out the possibility that a military exercise could have started one of the fires.

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Texas high school faces bullying allegations after football game: On Friday October 18, Aledo High School in Texas beat Western Hills High School in a football game 91-0. Aledo head coach Tim Buchanan pulled the starters in the first quarter, and even though the backups

were running simple run plays, the team continued to score. The clock even ran continuously during the second half. However, the father of one of the Western Hills players filed a bullying complaint against the Aledo coaching staff. The complaint lists both teams as victims of bullying. Buchanan defended his actions, saying, “I’m not gonna tell a kid that comes out here and practices six to seven hours a week trying to get ready for football games ‘Hey, you can’t score a touchdown if you get in, you’re gonna have to take a knee,’ cause that may be the only touchdown that kid gets to score in his high school career.” Under state law, the principal of Aledo High School must investigate the complaint and prepare a report for the school board.

cvxThor: the Dark World, an action packed se-quel to Thor, will be released November 8 in 2D and 3D. Chris Hemsworth returns as Thor, the Mighty Avenger, who battles to save Earth and the Nine Realms from a predator of the universe. He takes his most personal adventure yet and is reunited with his love. Can he save the world?

On November 22, Catching Fire will debut. After winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) must leave their family and friends to embark on a “Victor’s Tour” of the Districts.

If you are looking for a more kid- friendly film, you may be interested in going to Disney’s Frozen, also in theaters November 22. Anna, (voice of Kristen Bell) fearless and optimistic, sets off on an adventure with a rugged mountain man, Kristoff (voice of Jonathan Groff) and his trusty steed, a reindeer named Sven. They

are on a journey to save the kingdom and find her icy sister, Elsa (voice of Idina Menzel), who trapped the kingdom in eternal winter.

DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP:HOBAN: L 2-0 The Irish had 7 shots, junior Leah Rauscher had 5 saves. DISTRICT SEMI-FINAL: NORTHWEST: W 2-0 Seniors Katie Goedecke and Julia Mendiola had goals for the Irish and sophomore Kobi Bryant and junior Julia Bowen had the assists. Rauscher had 5 saves.SECTIONAL FINAL: BUCKEYE: W 1-0 Senior Lucy Daugherty score the Irish goal and Men-diola had the assist. REGULAR SEASONCOVENTRY: T 2-2 Goals were scored by junior Allison Coughlin and Mendiola. Assists go to Mendiola and Coughlin as well. Irish led with 18 shots to 4. Rauscher had 2 saves. KENT ROOSEVELT: W 4-1 Goals were scored by Mendiola, Bryant, Bowen and Coughlin. Assists recorded to junior Taylor Ceepo and junior Alaina Misbrener. Irish had 10 shots on goal and Rauscher had 12 saves. HOOVER: W 3-0 Goals were scored by Bowen, Bryant and Mendiola. Ceepo had an assist as well. Rauscher had 4 saves. HOBAN: L 2-0 Irish had 3 shots on goal and Rauscher had 15 saves.REVERE: L 1-0 Rauscher had 15 saves, Irish also had 7 shots on goal.CVCA: W 1-0 goal scored by Goedecke, assist from Misbrener. Irish led with 10 shots on goal to 4. Rauscher had 3 saves.

SECTIONAL:ORANGE: L 1-2 Junior Nate Kirk scored a header goal for the Irish assisted by senior Brendon Luebbering.NORTH: W 3-0 Sophomore AndrewPearson scored early for the Irish. Junior Chad Kanakkanatt and senior Seleke Korleh then added goals for the Irish. Junior Brock Wise and junior Ethan Haggerty were cred-ited with assists. Senior Danny Ratsavong had 3 saves at goal.REGULAR SEASONWALSH JESUIT: W 1-0 Senior Stephen Dages came through strong scoring the goal to lead the Irish in the 1-0 win. The assist was given by Kanakkanatt. Ratsavong had 9 saves. ALLIANCE: W 1-0 Wise scored the goal leading the Irish in a 1-0 win. Dages provided the assist.ST. EDWARDS: L 1-3 Pearson scored off of a free kick. PADUA: L 0-3CVCA: L 1-2 Haggerty scored on a penalty kick.ARCHBISHOP HOBAN: L 0-2

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Girls’ Soccer Boys’ SoccerAthletic Update

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Erin McNultySTAFF REPORTER

Volleyball

DISTRICT: TALLMADGE L 14-25, 26-24, 25-16, 16-25,13-15Kills: Junior Taylor Paolucci 19; Assists: senior Maddie Frericks 31; Digs: senior Kiley May 22; Serves: Frericks 11; Aces: Frericks: 2; Blocks: sophomore Cami Miller 8SECTIONAL:FAIRLESS W 2-20, 25-22, 18-25, 19-25, 15-10Kills: Paolucci 23; Assists: senior Mallory Zupke 25; Digs: Paolucci 23; Serves: Freshman Jamie Piglia 10; Aces: Piglia 3; Blocks: senior Sara Baughman 3BUCHTEL W 25-10, 25-15, 25-15Kills: Paolucci 12; Assists: Frericks: 15; Digs: May 10; Serves: Piglia 12; Aces: Piglia 9; Blocks: Miller 2REGULAR SEASONTALLMADGE:NORTON W 25-17, 23-15, 25-20, 25-16Kills: May 15; Assists: Frericks 16; Digs: May 15; Serves: Vinzani 12; Aces: 2; Blocks: Miller 6.OUR LADY OF THE ELMS W 25-14, 25-23, 25-19Kills: May 17; Assists: Frericks 18; Digs: Paolucci 6; Blocks: Miller 6; Serves: Baughman 16; Aces: Baughman 4 PERRY W 25-18, 25-22, 25-24Kills: Paolucci 16; Digs: May and Paolucci 22; Blocks: Miller 2; Frericks: 19; Serves: Zupke 15; Aces: Zupke 1MASSILLON WASHINGTON W 25-18, 25-10, 25-18Kills: Paolucci 8; Digs: May 18; Assists: Frericks 21; Serves: Piglia 14; Aces: 3; Blocks: Baughman 3FIRESTONE W 23-25, 18-25, 25-22, 25-17, 15-13

Boys’ GolfHope VanDevereSTAFF REPORTER

DIV II DISTRICT: 8th PLACE OVERALL- Seniors Evan Hofacker 86 and Sean Devany 86, sophomore Justin Hofacker 88, and junior Tory Kovalchick 88DIV II SECTIONAL: 2nd PLACE OVERALL- Junior TonyLocastro 81, Kovalchick 84, J. Hofacker 84, E. Hofacker 85WALSH: L 168-149 - E. Hofacker 39, J. Hofacker 42, Kovalchick 43, Devany 44

MaryBeth ThomasSTAFF REPORTER

Shea O’BrienSTAFF REPORTER

On Tuesday, October 8, the Girls’ varsity Volleyball team competed against Perry in the new Lebron James Arena. The match was the first event ever held in the new gym. Though renovations are not completely finished, the girls were able to hold their senior night as well as their final home game in the new facility. The official “Opening Day” of the new gym is scheduled to be Saturday, December 14, 2013.

Kristen BrattonCO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

OHSAA DISTRICT TOURNAMENT: Senior Emily Roberts 96, junior Emma Noethen 97, senior Lexi Chisholm 107, senior Julie Schlosser 110 OHSAA SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT: 2nd Place Overall: 370Noethen 89, Schlosser 91, Chisholm 96, Roberts 98

Girls’ GolfKelly LauckCO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

High school would not be complete without embarassing moments. Here are a few stories from students and teachers at STVM:MR. ROBERT BROWNFIELD:

“Two years ago at the NHS movie night, I was helping Ms. Godshalk set up the projector and speakers. We were having a lot of technical diffu-culties, so I was going to get some new speakers. As I walked down the stairs off the stage in the theater, I tripped and tumbled down the stairs in front of everyone. To make matters worse, I sprained my ankle. My pride was hurt more than my ankle, but my ankle really hurt.”

MS. ANGELA SANOR: “Once when I was a sophomore in high school, I was tanning in my backyard in my bikini. Since no one was home, I decided it would be a good idea to take my mom’s car out for a spin, even though I wasn’t allowed, and I was still in my bikini...Everything was going great until I got the car stuck in a ditch and had to ask my crush who lived down the street to help me get it out. Oh yeah, and I was still in a bikini...”

MRS. MERRYLOU WINDHORST: “ I had a student in a freshman Health Class who was taking a test. The question was, ‘What was the illness the patient had in the video?’ His answer was ‘sick-o-phrenia’ instead of schizophrenia. I gave him credit because he made me laugh with his answer.”

CHRIS CONSILIO:“On my shadow day, I was sitting down to eat lunch, and I spilled Sprite all over my pants. It looked like I wet my pants, and I had to waddle around the rest of the day.”

What better way to spend a crisp autumn day than going to the movies or dancing around to some new music to keep warm? Here are some new mov-ies and albums that will be released this November.

MUSIC: Some highly anticipated CD’s will be realeased this November. On November 5, Eminem’s The Marshal Mathers LP 2; Avril Lavine’s Avril Lavine; James Blunt’s Moonlanding; and The Glee cast’s, Glee: The Christ-mas Album 3. Not long after will come Lady Gaga’s Artpop on November 11. Then, the British are coming November 25 with One Direction’s release of Midnight Memories.

MOVIES: On November 1, Naomi Watts will be starring as the Princess of Wales in the new film Diana. It takes a look at the private life of Princess Diana and the last two years before her sudden death. This date marks the 16th anniver-sary of her death.

Embarassing stories are amusingMR. LAWSON:“When I was in high school, I was going to pick up my girlfriend. I was so excited, I went into the garage, got in the car, and quickly backed out. The only problem was I forgot to open the garage door. So, I pretty much destroyed my parents’ garage door.”

NATE LABBE:“In the sixth grade I was at school on my friend’s birthday. He brought in dough-nuts that day, and I remember that when he had me help him hand them out in class, I ran into him, and dropped all of them right on the ground. He was a little upset. Yea, sorry Jaden.”

SHANNON JACK: “One of the funniest/most embarassing experiences of my life happened my junior year on the first day of school. I’m a peer minister, so I was waiting in the hallway for my little sib while she was in class. I decided to play a prank of my sib and hide in her locker and jump out and scare her when she opened it. While I was inside the locker, a senior, Autumn Azar, decided to show her friend her old locker from the year before, which happened to be the locker where I was hiding. Not knowing I was in the locker, Autumn opened it to find me scrunched inside. She screamed in shock, and everyone around us started laughing.”

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MASSILLON: W 28-23Senior Aaron Bushner went 7 for 12 passing for 58 yards.Senior Parris Campbell had 12 carries for 60 yards.Senior Newman Williams had 10 carries for 56 yards and 2 touchdowns.Junior Vince Lockett had 12 carries for 54 yards and a touchdown.Senior Dante Booker had 6 tackles and returned a fumble for a touchdown.Junior Dre’k Brumley recovered a fumble. Senior Nate Bischof intercepted a pass.BARBERTON: W 41-0Bushner went 11 for 19 passing with 164 yards and a touchdown.P. Campbell had 57 yards on 9 carries with a touchdown.Samuel had 30 yards on 6 carries with a touchdown.Lockett had 42 yards on 6 carries with 2 touchdowns.Sophomore Marcus Hurd had 44 yards on 3 catches with a touchdown.The defense held Barberton to just 99 yards rushing.Booker led the defense with 9 tackles and 2 sacks.Senior Tony Adkins intercepted a pass. N. Williams recovered 2 fumbles and returned one for a touchdown.THURGOOD MARSHALL: W 41-12P. Campbell had 203 yards rushing on 7 carries with 3 touchdowns.Junior Jack Williams had 67 yards rushing on 4 carries.Senior Corey Whaley had 34 yards rushing on 3 carries with a touchdown.Lockett had 28 yards rushing on 7 carries with a touchdown.Booker led the defense with 12.5 tackles.Lockett returned an interception 74 yards for a touchdown.Bischof recovered a fumble forced by N. Williams.

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BOYS:REGIONAL: 5TH PLACESophomore Brian Heller led the Irish this week. Following him were ju-nior Nick Campbell, junior Marco Colant, senior Corey Large, and junior Austin Patrick.DISTRICT :1st PLACE:Campbell led the boys to a District title, placing 3rd. Following him were Heller (4th), Colant (10th), Large (12th), and A. Patrick (15th).REGULAR SEASON: LEGENDS INVITATIONAL 3rd PLACE: Campbell led the Irish, fol-lowed by Colant, Heller, Large, and junior Bryce Patrick.MIDWEST MEET OF CHAMPIONS 13th PLACE: Campbell led the pack followed by Heller, Colant, Large, and B. Patrick

GIRLS:REGIONAL: 2ND PLACEThe girls were led by senior Julia Mendiola, placing third. Closely fol-lowing her were sophomore Rachel Iacofano (4th), junior Cynthia Haas (10th), and junior Shea O’Brien (15th) and freshman Mia Brady. The team as a whole qualified for the state tournament. The top four girls also qualified individually. DISTRICT: 1st PLACEIacofano led the Irish to their 5th consecutive District Championship by placing second. She was followed by Mendiola (3rd), Haas (5th), Brady (7th), and O’Brien (12th).REGULAR SEASON: LEGEND INVITATIONAL 1st PLACE: Mendiola came in 2nd for the Irish. Following her were Iacofano (3rd), O’Brien (5th), Brady (7th), and Haas (10th).MIDWEST MEET OF CHAMPIONS: Iacofano led the Irish, closely followed by Haas, Mendiola, Brady, and O’Brien.

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REGIONAL 2nd place--qualified for STATE

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What is juglandaceous? --- of or relating to walnuts

Big mass of happy land where Siberian antelopes graze and frolic in pure happiness. -Junior Emma Noethen

The act of being jugular. -Freshman Anthony Tersigni

“Being in the jungle a lot.” - Sophomore VJ King

A word used to describe a huge, far away, fantasy land. -Senior Cassie Jakubick

NORTHWEST: W 61-7Whaley went 5 for 10 with 198 yards passing and 4 touchdowns.Seniors Parrish Poteete and Jarel Woolridge, Lockett, and sophomore Tyrece Speaight all caught touchdown passes.Campbell had 65 yards rushing on 5 carries, including an 89 yard punt return for a touchdown.Sophomore Kyle Kelly, senior Breyon Samuel, and N. Williams all had touchdown runs.The defense held Northwest to 97 yards rushing.Junior Pat Oliverio had 6 tackles.Senior Travonte Junius had 2 interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown.ARCHBISHOP HOBAN: W 41-6Bushner went 5 for 8 passing with 38 yards, and also rushed for 33 yards and a touchdown.P. Campbell rushed for 82 yards on 16 carries with a touchdown, and also returned an interception for a touchdown.Lockett rushed for 38 yards on 7 carries with a touchdown.Williams rushed 4 yards for a touchdown, and also returned an inter-ception for a touchdown.The Irish defense held the Knights to just 10 rushing yards.Booker led the defense with 9.5 tackles, and senior Aaron Adkins had 2 sacks.Brumley had 4 tackles and recovered a fumble.

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Around this time of year, people like to kick back, get cozy, and watch their all-time Halloween/scary movies. Some students voted on which movies they liked best. The following pie chart shows the results. It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown:All of the Peanuts get together to celebrate Halloween while Linus waits for the Great Pumpkin to arrive.Friday the 13th:While attempting to reopen a summer camp at Camp Crystal Lake which was the place where a child drowned, some of the camp counsel-ors are followed and then murdered by someone unknown.Hocus Pocus:Three witches come back to Salem, Massachusetts, on Halloween night. It is now the job of two teenagers, a young girl, and a cat to put an end to the witches’ reign.

Saw:Two men wake up in the house of a serial killer and when they awake, a dead body is lying between them. The serial killer’s nickname is “Jigsaw.” If they want to get away from the killer, they must follow some rules and objectives set forth by “Jigsaw.”

Superstition: Placing your purse on the floor hurts your finances.Where it came from: In some cultures putting something on the floor is a sign of disrespect for the object. Since a purse holds money, it is be-lieved that you’re snubbing those funds if you place them on the floor.Superstition: Carrying an acorn around will keep you young foreverWhere it came from: In Ancient Britain it is said that women would carry an acorn in their pockets to keep them looking young. Superstition: Seeing a hearse is bad luckWhere it came from: Since the time of horse drawn hearses, it is said that if you see one, you would be the next to die. Superstition: Crossing your fingers for good luck Where it came from: It is said that crossing your fingers dates back to early Christianity. When someone would make a wish and an-other person was there, they would cross their index fingers, and to this day, although we do it a little differently, we still cross our fingers for good luck. Superstition: Peacock feathers are unluckyWhere it came from: This dates back to Greek mythology. Peacocks were sacred to Hera, a jealous and quick tempered goddess. People connect peacocks to her and that’s what may have earned them their reputation.

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WEIRD STORIES IN THE NEWS* BURGLAR FALLS THROUGH ROOF: At 3:45 a.m. in California, a middle aged man tried to break into a bank. The man crawled through the ventilation shaft setting off the silent alarm, and then tried breaking into vaults with a crowbar. Realizing he set off an alarm, he ran onto the roof of the bank. The police were all around the building, so the man jumped to the roof of an apartment building next to the bank. The 230 pound man’s escape plan was ruined when he landed on the roof and fell right through. The police ran up to the top floor of the apartment building to find the man seriously injured and with no money. * MAN PUTS LION IN THE BACK OF HIS CAR: In the upmarket suburb in Ku-wait, a man spotted a runaway lion roaming an alley. The man found a way to lure the adult lion into the back of the car to take it back to the zoo. Soon the lion became a safety hazard to the driver, so he contacted the police to come help him. The police found out that the lion did not belong to a zoo, but was somebody’s pet. Although this is illegal, many wealthy families own lions. The police had to find a new home for the lion.* IPHONE FALLS OUT OF PLANE AND SURVIVES Angela Dalton and her son enjoyed their airplane ride home sitting in a passenger seat next to the pilot. When the plane flew over Dalton’s neighboorhood, she took out her iphone to take a quick picture through the open window. While trying to zoom in, the wind caught the phone and ripped it out of her hands. Dalton watched in horror as her phone spiraled down 1,400 feet. She spent the rest of the flight panicking that the phone had hit and killed someone or caused a car accident. Luckily, the phone didn’t harm anyone but Dalton thought for sure that her

beloved phone was demolished. Meanwhile, Eric Hall walked outside and found a bright orange phone in perfect condition. After making some phone calls, he found Dalton and returned the phone to her. She was in disbelief when she got her phone in pristine condition. * DOG EATS $500: Wayne Klinkel, his wife, and their pet dog Sundance went on an ad-venture to Wyoming to visit their daughter. In the midst of the long jour-ney Mr. and Mrs. Klinkel took a break and went out to dinner, leaving Sundance in the car. Sundance, who was also hungry, didn’t have any dog food so he chowed down on $500 left in an envelope in the car. When the couple came back to the car, they found Sundance fast asleep and only $1 remaining in the envelope. Klinkel started collecting the ripped pieces of paper in any way he could until he had enough to go to the bank and show them what happend. Luckily, the bank gave Klinkel a $500 check. * MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE: Three years ago a hopeless women in San Diego County, California, wrote a message, put it in a bottle, then threw it into the ocean. During this time she was struggling with cancer and didn’t think she would live much longer. In the message she was saying her goodbye to the world and wrote about her life story. Last week the bottle was found 6,000 miles away in Guam by a high school student named Rachael. The student’s class was visiting the beaches of Guam to study the ocean. While looking for things to study, she came across the slimy bottle. Realizing what she had come across, she read the letter to her class. The class then decided to track down the writer of the message and see what had happend to her. Penrose, who wrote the message, was in disbelief when she received the phone call from Guam, but told the class that her cancer was in remis-sion and she was living a great life.

Superstitions have unique origins Fall is the time of Halloween, haunted houses, scary stories, and even superstitions. Everyone knows the superstitions about walking under a ladder, breaking a mirror, and many others. However, there are some that aren’t as popular. Superstition: Putting shoes on the table causes bad luck in your home.Where it came from: Because footwear touches the ground, usually considered a dirty place, it’s thought that putting them on a table brings mis-fortune into the house.Superstition: Passing someone going the opposite direction on the stairs is bad luck.Where it came from: The origin traces back to biblical times and the idea that there was a ladder bridging the heavens and the earth, like the way stairs connect two floors. Blocking a staircase is thought to keep spirits from passing between the two worlds, which triggers negative consequences. Superstition: If you crack an egg and get a double yolk, it’s good luck.Where it came from: Eggs symbolize new life. Experts say that’s why people equate the rare occurrence of double yolk with doubly good fortune.

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What do you call a witch who likes the beach but is scared of the water?!--A CHICKEN SAND WITCH! What did the skeleton order with his drink?!--A MOP Knock, knock! Who’s there? Olive Olive who? --OLIVE HALLOWEEN!

Did you know...-The first jack-o-lanterns were made out of turnips-Samhainophobia is the fear of Halloween-Halloween is thought to have originated around 4000 B.C., which means Halloween has been around for over 6,000 years-Boston, Massachusetts, holds the record for the most Jack O’Lanterns lit at once-The first known mention of trick-or-treating in print in North America occurred in 1927 in Blackie, Alberta, Canada

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