Volume XLIII - Issue 14

THE RECORD WEEKLY Volume XLIII Issue 14

Final Stretch Straight Ahead

HABEMUS PAPAM!

Argentinian Jesuit Succeeds Benedict XVI

MARCH MADNESS

Tournament Seeding is a Jump Ball

KWAI NYU RUBGY ON FIRE

Wins the Tin Can Tourney, and their First Game

DODGEBALL INSANITY! FIELD DAY THEME ANNOUNCED Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive, Dodge

The Record Staff Editor in Chief: Peter J. Cogan Layout Editor: Jack M. Mueller Content Editor: Patrick C.Lindmark Editor at Large: Thomas S. Burton Faculty Moderator: Chris W. Bailes

My Top 5 TV Characters

5) Rick Grimes

The protagonist of “The Walking Dead,” Rick was a sheriff, but now leads a group of people who have survived a zombie apocalypse. Rick is smart, tough, and recently, a little crazy. He is #5 on my top five list because of his key role in an amazing show. There is little to separate him from most other TV heroes, but in my opinion is still hard to overlook.

4) Homer Simpson

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Television

Homer has been on “The Simpsons” screen for almost 25 years, but still has not gotten old. He led the way for other animated characters like Peter Griffin, but has never been surpassed. Characterized by pranks, d’oh, and crude humor, Homer is a staple of comedy television and is #4 on my Top Five TV characters.

By Patrick Lindmark ‘13 2) Michael Scott

Michael Scott was the long time boss of Dunder Mifflin on “The Office.” He was incompetent, overly energetic, and slave to whatever he was thinking at the moment.

In other words, he was a horrible boss. However, Michael is one of the greatest comic characters in television. Whether he was hosting the office “Dundy Awards” at the local TGI Fridays or attempting to become legally bankrupt by standing up and shouting, “I declare bankruptcy” across the office, Michael was always funny and painfully awkward.

1) Jack Bauer

Jack Bauer was the protagonist of the FOX series “24.” Bauer worked for the Counter Terrorist Unit in the U.S. government and is, in my opinion, TV’s greatest character.

Jack Bauer combined a sense of personal morals and a duty to his country intense action. While this character is controversial for his use of torture, he does show remorse and reason for his actions and does not deliver violence for the sake of violence. While it is doubtful that Jack Bauer will ever reach the big screen with a 24 movie, he remains the greatest character in TV history.

3) Ron Swanson

Ron Swanson is a libertarian, inefficient government employee on the show “Parks and Recreation.”

Ron is the epitome of a meat loving, axe swinging, and emotion hating man. He is best summed up by his self-created “Ron Swanson Pyramid of Greatness,” which contains such categories as Capitalism, Property Rights, and Cow Protein. Ron makes Parks and Recreation and is #3 on my list.

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Habemus Papam!

Pope Francis, Successor to St. Peter

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hen Pope Benedict XVI officially announced back in February that he would step down as the leader of the Catholic Church, everyone amidst their confusion and mixed emotions had one thing on their mind: who would be the next pope? There was much speculation as to who would be the most logical successor of Benedict. Some thought that it could be Cardinal Angelo Scolo, the archbishop of Milan, as it would make sense for the papacy to return to the Italians.

Others thought that it could be Cardinal Francis Arinze from Nigeria. Even more optimistic people thought it was conceivable for Cardinal Dolan, archbishop of New York and a St. Louisan, to be the next to succeed St. Peter. But that question has been answered as of yesterday afternoon when white smoke began to flow out of the conclave. The highly anticipated moment when the new pope would introduce himself came as Pope Francis,

By Peter Cogan ‘13

76-year-old Jorge Bergoglio, the archbishop of Buenos Aires, came out to greet the audience, “Brothers and sisters, good evening!

You know that it was the duty of the Conclave to give Rome a Bishop. It seems that my brother Cardinals have gone to the ends of the earth to get one... but here we are... I thank you for your welcome. The diocesan community of Rome now has its Bishop.

Thank you! And first of all, I would like to offer a prayer for our Bishop Emeritus, Benedict XVI. Let us pray together for him, that the Lord may bless him and that Our Lady may keep him.

And now, we take up this journey: Bishop and People. This journey of the Church of Rome which presides in charity over all the Churches. A journey of fraternity, of love, of trust among us. Let us always pray for one another. Let us pray for the whole world, that there may be a great spirit of fra-

ternity. It is my hope for you that this journey of the Church, which we start today, and in which my Cardinal Vicar, here present, will assist me, will be fruitful for the evangelization of this most beautiful city. And now I would like to give the blessing, but first — first I ask a favor of you: before the Bishop blesses his people, I ask you to pray to the Lord that he will bless me: the prayer of the people asking the blessing for their Bishop.

Let us make, in silence, this prayer: your prayer over me.

Now I will give the Blessing to you and to the whole world, to all men and women of good will.

Brothers and sisters, I leave you now.

Thank you for your welcome.

Pray for me and until we meet

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again. We will see each other soon. Tomorrow I wish to go and pray to Our Lady, that she may watch over all of Rome.

Good night and sleep well!”

Pope Francis, in the eyes of many, though unexpected, is a great choice as Pope. He is the first ever Jesuit Pope (though Benedictines know best). As a Jesuit he takes vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, and he will surely be a strong defender of the poor. He is a very spiritual man, very in touch with the basis of faith and the grounds of man. He also has great leadership abilities, which will be key to spreading the faith through a world where it seems that many have lost touch with their spiritual and religious beliefs. He believes that the Church should have a missionary role and that the Church should be active and not so much regulate the faith as promote and facilitate it. He will be an excellent voice for the Church and also moves the papacy out of Western Europe for a change.

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March Madness

March Madness

By Thomas Burton ‘13

as the season has progressed. Russ Smith, the enigmatic shooting guard, is the team’s leading scorer, despite his often-questionable shot selection. Smith is joined by senior point guard, Peyton Siva, and shot blocker Gorgui Dieng, to complete one of the most starstudded teams in the tournament.

Louisville is my pick to win it all.

Overrated:

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t’s mid-March, which can only mean one thing for college basketball fans: March Madness.

For the next four weeks, almost every person in America will be affected by this glorious tournament, whether it be through office bracket pools, supporting your favorite team, or just casually watching a game while at a bar. With selection Sunday coming up in a few days, here is a preview of what might lie ahead.

Contenders (Final 4 picks): Duke Blue Devils Seemingly always a high seed, this year will be no exception for the Blue Devils. With its three best players being seniors (always a recipe for success in the tournament), Duke has been hot lately, and is still undefeated when Ryan Kelly is healthy and in the lineup.

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Indiana Hoosiers The preseason number one Hoosiers, despite 5 losses, have not

disappointed this year. Indiana proved it was for real, winning the nations hardest conference, the Big 10. With two possible AllAmerican candidates in big man Cody Zeller, and lockdown defender Victor Oladipo, the Hoosiers will be a trendy pick to win it all.

Louisville Cardinals The Cardinals essentially return everyone from their Final Four team last year, and have heated up

Gonzaga Bulldogs Led by center, Kelly Olynyk, the Bulldogs are the number one team in the country and are virtually assured of a number one seed in the tournament. However, this high ranking is primarily due to the fact that the Bulldogs have played an extremely easy schedule. Don’t get me wrong—the Bulldogs are a good team—but they are more suited (talent-wise) to be a 4 seed, as evidenced by their 1-2 record against ranked teams. I can virtually guarantee that Gonzaga will underperform to their seed.

Michigan Wolverines Another Big Ten team, the Wolverines possess arguably the nation’s best backcourt and best individual player, Trey Burke.

Burke leads a fast pace Michigan offense that can score on anyone in the country. The only question surrounding the Wolverines is their relative youth compared to other top contenders, but Burke is a big enough star to overcome this youth.

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Georgetown Hoyas The Hoyas are having a terrific year and are more than deserving of a top two seed. They are led by player of the year candidate, Otto Porter, who does it all for the Hoyas. Therein lies the problem, though, because as Porter goes, so goes Georgetown. This is not often a recipe for success, as I can easily envision the Hoyas going down early come tournament time.

Kentucky Wildcats Kentucky is having a terrible year by recent standards, as the Wildcats have faltered after losing star Nerlens Noel. However, a recent surge has likely propelled Kentucky into the tournament.

When people see Kentucky as a lower seed, they will almost certainly be picked by many as an upset pick, simply because people are not used to seeing Kentucky so lowly seeded. But this is fair warning: Kentucky is as bad as their seeding, and will not make it past the first round.

Cinderellas:

Bucknell Bison Led by big-man Mike Muscala who is amongst the nation’s leaders in points and rebounds per game, the Bison could prove to be a matchup nightmare. If faced against a team with a relative lack of size, look for Muscala to have a huge day and lead the Bison to victory.

Akron Zips Led by shot blocker Zeke Marshall, the Zips have more size than just about any other team. Akron at one point reeled off a 19 game winning streak, so it’s clear that if the Zips get hot, anything could happen. Although not assured of a spot in the tourney (as the Zips have not yet won their conference tournament), I will almost certainly pick Akron to win a game or two in the tournament.

South Dakota St. Jackrabbits Does anyone else recall a sweetshooting guard out of Davidson catching fire and taking his previously unknown team deep into the tournament? Meet this years Stephen Curry: Nate Wolters. Wolters is amongst the nation’s leaders in points per game, in addition to leading his own team in assists. Wolters has seemingly unlimited range, and if he catches fire, the Jackrabbits could end up surprising a lot of teams.

Priory STUCO will be organizing a March Madness bracket contest open to the entire student body and faculty via ESPN.com. Entry will be free, and the top three brackets will earn a substantial cash prize.

Keep posted at the assembly on Monday to hear Dr. G’s bracket advice and for the group name and password. Brackets must be entered by early Thursday morning to be eligible.

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Sports

Rugby Starts Season Strong with Win and Tin Can

By Justin Davis-Morgan ‘13

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pring Term has heralded the arrival of a new season of Kwai Nyu Rugby. This season was expected to be a transitional one with Andrew Wenger taking over the Head Coach position from Fr. Augustine, and the introduction of freshmen on the team for the first time: Patrick French and Michael Sigillito.

Since the beginning of the term, the team has been hard at work, from last year’s veterans to the newest players. The time came to test out the new team on March 2 at Priory’s own Tin Can Tournament. Held on the turf field, 6 teams - Eureka, Parkway United, SLUH, Southside, Kirkwood, and Priory - came ready to compete despite the cold, dry weather.

Finally, the last match of the day for Priory turned out to be the championship match.

Also contending for first place was a Parkway United team which had looked good all day, beating Eureka and SLUH. The match was hard fought on both sides, with the ball constantly changing possession; nevertheless, neither team was able to push in a try, and 2 drop goal attempts by Priory in the second half missed.

The Thursday after was Priory’s regular season debut, against SLUH’s JV team. Unlike Priory’s close victory over them last year, this game proved to be a landslide. Kwai Nyu scored 7 tries: 3 by Peter Krewet, and others

by Ed and John Houser, Paul Deschler, and Joaquin Alarcon. Ed’s came when he refused to be brought down on a long run; Joaquin’s was the result of a large scramble for the ball in the try zone. Patrick Schafer made 5 out of 7 extra kicks, several of which had to be made from the edges of the field. More tries almost followed, but a score by Logan Wende was brought back by a penalty, and Wyatt Gale had a run fall just short of the try zone.

Defensively, Priory completely shut down SLUH’s drives and pulled off several successful goal line stands. The final score was [450], the biggest margin of victory for Kwai Nyu since a 69-0 victory over Fox two years ago.

Priory’s first matchup came against Southside, formerly known as Fox. Priory has dominated this team in the past, and this time was no different; Priory scored four times and completely shut down Southside defensively, winning [26-0]. Tries were scored by Ed Houser, Paul Deschler, and Peter Krewet, who scored 2.

After, Priory faced a strong Kirkwood team that had a bye in the tournament’s first round.

Last year, Priory lost to Kirkwood in the regular season. The first half went very evenly between both teams until Kirkwood broke away for a try right before the half ’s end. After a missed extra kick, Kirkwood was winning 5-0 going into halftime. However, Kwai Nyu would not become discouraged, taking control of the game in the second half to score two tries in a [125] come-from-behind victory. The two tries were scored by Ed Houser and Paul Deschler.

kicked balls between the goalposts three times from increasing distances; the best of three kicks would win. Both kickers made their first two kicks. On the third, Schafer’s kick soared through the middle of the goalposts. Parkway’s went wide right, sealing a 3-2 shootout victory and the championship for Kwai Nyu. This year marked the first time in Priory history that its own rugby team won the Tin Can Tournament.

At the end of regulation, the score was tied 0-0. The tiebreaker was determined by a penalty kick shootout between fullback Patrick Schafer and Parkway’s chosen kicker. The two

Priory’s next game is on Saturday, March 16 against Jefferson City. As it a league match which counts towards eligibility for the state playoffs, a great performance will be key. Come out to Priory at 1PM to support the team. Kwai Nyu!

Midwest Literary Review Magazine College Athletes Commit

By Peter Cogan ‘13 for an outlet for your work? Well then Are you a burgeoning writer, artist, or photographer looking look no further than the Midwest Literary Review! Priory’s newest publication will be showing off poetry, prose (esp. fiction), studio art (drawings/paintings), and photography from Priory high school students. Teams of multiple editors will go through the work submitted in each category to decide which works will be the best fits for the Review. Submissions and any questions can be directed to executive editor Justin Davis-Morgan (davis-j@stlprioryschool.org) or faculty moderator Fr. Augustine (fraugustine@priory.org). Limit submissions to three or four items per student. More announcements will come soon, and look forward to publication in the spring term!

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Sports

Baseball Begins; Game Saturday Played for Mr. Fiala

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he St. Louis Priory Baseball team is looking very strong this year. As a very young team, the Rebels have only three seniors on the team: Mitch Van Bree, Chris McKee, and David Nogalski. McKee is the Ace of the pitching staff while David Nogalski is a powerful hitter who likes to flash the leather every now and then. Dan Watson, the leader of the Outfield, is looking forward to this baseball season. When asked his thoughts about the upcoming baseball season his response was, “We have lots of potential and are a very good baseball team.

Our team is a promising one not only this year but, also in years to come.” The Rebels welcomed two new young Freshman Todd (Hottie Tottie) Hamby and Andrew

By Andrew Rund ‘16

Rund who both show promising talent. The Priory Baseball team is looking forward to a very strong season with new head Coach Greg Muench. The Rebels have a lot of Junior star power such as Dan Stein, Drew Callahan, etc. as well as promising sophomore talent. When Rund was asked about star shortstop Dominic Revetta, he said “If I had a choice between Revetta or Derek Jeter, it would be Revetta.” This is a very bold statement by Rund. The Rebels have a game this Saturday at 11am against Chaminade at Priory.

Rund was quoted as saying “This is a big game for us and we could make a big statement with a win.”

Chris McKee wants to show his love for former Chaminade Athletic Director and new Priory

A.D. Tom Fiala with a win. Come to the Priory Baseball game on Saturday at 11am at Priory and enjoy the sights of the new updated Priory Baseball Field (featuring walk-up songs for Priory’s hitters) and America’s favorite pastime.

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Lax Update

By Taylor Dubray ‘14

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his past Wednesday, the Rebels lacrosse team decided to go hunting. A herd of Ladue Rams had stumbled onto the Priory campus, and soon realized that they had made a huge mistake.

Around 5 o’clock, the Rebels took them by surprise, and made sure that no Ram would ever wander onto the Priory campus again.

As the lacrosse team took the field for their first regular season game, they knew they had something to prove. They were not out for a walk in the park with their socalled “butterfly nets”. The Rebels were determined to start the season with a crushing victory.

In the first quarter, it was clear which team was better. The Rebels were connecting their passes, hustling, and especially putting the ball in the net. After the ten minutes were over, the Rebels were ahead 5-0. “Lets go boys.

We have our foot on their throat, now let’s bury them,” said the inspiring Coach Finan. This powerful speech seemed to inspire the team, and the magic continued all throughout the second quarter.

The Rebels had no trouble finding the back of the net. With snipers littered all across the lineup, the Rams had no chance at stopping the bombardment. Attackmen George Paletta and Jack Grewe scored an impressive total of seven goals. Midfielder Carlo Herbosa was breaking ankles with his famous move called the “Shake and Bake”, and the defense held down the fort with Nick Millsap in goal. The freshmen also had a solid performance on the sideline, refilling water bottles quickly and providing great moral support to their teammates on the field.

At the end of the game, the Rebels had defeated the Rams 12-4.

The game marked the first regular season JV lacrosse game in Priory history, and is a good omen for the future of the Priory lacrosse program. The team is

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fired up for the season to continue, and all eyes will be on them as they continue to make history.

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Dodgeball

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s was announced last Monday at the STUCO Assembly, the theme for this year’s field day will be Dodgeball: Average Joes vs. Globo-Gym. This is based entirely off of the movie DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story. To those of you who haven’t seen the movie, those in the junior school most likely, I would highly suggest watching it at some point before the field day festivities begin (Spring Break would be an excellent time to sit back and take it all in in its full glory). Just to give you a run-down, here is what happens: Peter LaFleur is the owner of Average Joe’s, a small and financially unsuccessful gym with a handful of loyal members. When he defaults on the gym’s mortgage, it is purchased by his rival White Goodman, a fitness guru and owner of the successful GloboGym across the street. Unless Peter can raise $50,000 in thirty days to cover his mortgage, White will foreclose on Average Joe’s and demolish it to build a parking garage. Thus Peter enters a dodgeball tournament in Las Vegas to

win and earn enough money to keep his gym alive, but along the way he must face fierce teams such as a troop of girl scouts and eventually Globo-Gym. As you all heard, STUCO will be sending out an email to each of your student emails at Priory, where you will follow a link to select your sports and t-shirt size.

This email will be sent out Monday evening at 6:00. Sports fill up on a first-come first-serve basis, so be sure to sign up quickly! Junior School- if you forgot your student email address and password, your advisor will be handing out sheets on Monday will that information.

High School- if you do not have access to your account please pester Mr. Nunziante. Anyone who does not sign up on time will filled into the leftover sports (yes, three rounds of volleyball) and might not get the correct tshirt size. You will find out what team you are on upon opening the link in your email. Best of Luck, and remember, “If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.”

When STUCO announced that Dodgeball would be this year’s field day theme, I immediately thought one thing: what about the annual dodgeball tournament? You see one of Priory’s new and treasured events is the annual dodgeball tournament where teams face off in dodgeball duels to the death. The event has been compared to March Madness in college basketball, and rumors had it that priory would be having its own Dodgeball tournament bracket for people to fill out.

Sadly, none of this has come to fruition. It is our job as students to pester the STUCO president, Mr. Andrew Fogarty into having this event. Students of Priory, I call upon you to bother him non-stop until STUCO announces the third annual Dodgeball tournament, and there better be one cool prize for winning it. At the time of writing this article, the church has said “habemus papam” meaning “we have a pope”. But my question is why non habemus tournamentem dodgeballem?

Concerned Junior, William Danger O’Brien

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Opinion S

tar Wars is bad. There are countless things wrong with these movies, but I managed to find the most important one, the trilogy is about the terrorists winning. “But Chris, they fight the Empire and defeat evil.” No they don’t. The Empire isn’t evil. It’s easy to just assume that anything that calls itself the Empire is evil, but it’s simply not true. We, as good Americans, tend to associate any country that isn’t a democracy with evil, but it’s not always black and white. The Empire managed to unite the entire galaxy and stop wars that had been raging for quite literally ever. It’s easy to look at the story from Luke and Han’s perspective and say the Empire is evil, but with some good editing and forced perspective you can make the US look evil and AlQaeda becomes the good guys.

(What does that make Han Solo?)

Let’s begin our breakdown of the great and good Empire with its origins. The Empire came from the ashes of the old republic after its collapse due to the long unsustainable wars. The Republic had been fighting with outer solar systems for thousands of years. It was the Republic vs.

The free systems, but that should really be read as Europe colonizing and enslaving Africa and Asia.

Emperor Palpatine saw and took the opportunity to end the blood shed by destroying the outdated (and blood crazy) Jedi council. It’s easy to look at the movies and say that he took all the power for himself but he didn’t.

The senate remained in a slightly weaker state while the emperor decentralized power and gave it to people in certain systems who could better rule and understand the needs of their people.

“But Chris! Didn’t they build a huge weapon capable of

Star Wars is Bad

By Chris Hammer ‘14

destroying planets and then blow one up?” Well, did America build the nuclear bomb? Yes, and for a good reason. The Empire didn’t

wars. We couldn’t make it twenty years without having a world war pre-nuke, why would it be different on a galactic scale? It’s not. As

build the Deathstar to drive through the galaxy playing destroy-a-planet. They built it, much like America, to end the wars and prevent future wars. Nuclear bombs have prevented countless

for the planet they blew up, Alderaan, it was more than acceptable. If there was a country which the US knew was contributing to plots to destroy America, would it be unreasonable for the United

States to preemptively wage war against that country? Alderaan was a known supporter fo the rebellion and was the home world of its poster child Leia. With its destruction the Empire sent a message to the terrorists saying that they would not allow the peace of the Empire to be destroyed.

“But what about Vader?

That guy is clearly evil, Right?”

No. Pre-rebellion the Emperor used Vader as his task force protecting the Empire. Vader was essentially the seal team six of the universe. Vader wouldn’t even kill his son who was an anarchist seeking to destroy the Empire. Instead he tried to reason with his son to open his eyes to the good against which he was fighting.

I will leave you with one final thought. The terrorists won.

It is an important lesson for us as Americans to listen and learn from. If an orderly, right, and powerful Empire can fall to the terrorists, so can we. Fellow citizens we must always be vigilant for it only takes one single, whiny, pretentious girl (a.k.a. Luke Skywalker) to destroy our great way of life.

ecieves the prize? So run that you may obtain it.” - 1 Corinthians 9:24

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Puzzles Across

1. Dismay 6. Terminates 10. Classify 14. Worth 15. Pout 16. Type of sword

17. Habituate 18. Baking appliance 19. University administrator 20. In spite of everything

22. Circle fragments 23. Scream 24. What’s left behind 26. Despise 30. Zero 31. Female pronoun

32. Wild goat 43. Small finch 33. Where two pieces 44. Tropical tuber meet 46. Dribble 35. Make into law 47. Male cat 39. Become looser 49. Fury 41. Senior 50. Not in danger 64. Unusual 67. Weightlifters 65. France’s longest pump this river 68. 1000 kilograms 66. Mortgage 69. At one time

51. Decadent 54. Speech disorder 56. Astringent 57. Reflexive form of “them” 63. Contest (archaic) 70. 1/100th of a dollar 71. Drive

Down 1. Affirm 2. Piece of glass 3. Stopper 4. Emanation 5. Apprehensive 6. Skin softener 7. A short novel 8. Membership fees 9. Detects 10. Solemnity 11. A drama set to music 12. Respond 13. Anxious 21. Compacted 25. Outbuilding 26. Snake sound 27. Competent 28. Rip

29. Exhilaration 34. Joviality 36. Region 37. Musical staff symbol 38. Sort 40. Clove hitch or figure eight 42. Loamy deposit 45. Control surface on a plane 48. System of weights and measures 51. American symbol 52. Pizazz 53. Exhaust 55. Animal hides

58. Rabbit 59. Plunder 60. A climbing plant 61. Sea eagle 62. Clairvoyant

Cryptogramatonizationally-ishful This cipher has a keyword. Can you discover it?

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In the end, the thing we regret the most are the chances we never took.

Entertainment

Mitch’s Musical Madness

By Mitch Van Bree ‘13

Lover of the Light Mumford & Sons Don’t waste any more of your time listening to “I Will Wait” (horribly unoriginal). Listen to this song instead. This is by far my favorite Mumford & Sons song. The song really grows as it progresses – it’s very moving. In addition, the music video is one of the best I’ve ever seen (FYI the guy is blind. Took me a few times to get that.)

Suit and Tie Justin Timberlake

Yes I know you all know this song already but I don’t think it’s getting the appreciation it deserves. This song is incredibly creative and original.

Name one other popular song that sounds like this. You can’t. JT blends smooth big band swing with hip-hop and rap to create a completely original and catchy tune. After the Jay-Z rap, he even layers heavy synths on top to give the song a whole new feel. On top of that, he sings the whole thing in a smooth falsetto – a move most producers wouldn’t dare do in mainstream music. You may be too cool to like it, but this song really showcases Justin Timberlake’s creative musical talent. I’m really looking forward to his new album.

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LAUS TIBI

DOMINE

BONUS CROSSWORD!

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Down 1. Water park slide 2. Kidney-related 3. Mountain crest 4. A leguminous plant 5. Helix 6. Terror 7. Regretted 8. Aggressive 9. Aye 10. A type of rhododendron 11. At no time hereafter 12. Tall woody plant 13. Classify 18. Steeple 22. Parasitic insect 24. Fortitude 26. Desire 28. A cloud of fine particles 29. Black, in poetry 30. Tears 31. Resorts 32. Gloomy atmosphere 33. Crocodile cousin 34. Next to 37. Smile

22. Swift 23. Melancholy 25. King 27. Website address 28. Pennant 31. Sudden burst 34. Girlfriend (Spanish) 35. Japanese sash 36. Friends 37. Fits on a hand

38. Prune 39. Completely 40. Penniless 41. Adolescents 42. Very narrow 44. Friend 45. Coming and _____ 46. Substitute 50. Marsh 52. A river through Paris

38. Mobile phone 40. Radar signal 41. Cassettes 43. Instant 44. A state of extreme poverty 46. Carnival attractions 47. 3-banded armadillo 48. Artificial waterway 49. Banish 50. Smack 51. Diminish 53. Terminates 56. Make a low continuous sound 57. Clothe

54. Latin for “Peace�

55. Tardy 56. A language of India 58. Nameless 59. Mammary gland of bovids 60. By mouth 61. Flippant 62. Untidy 63. Storm