Friday, February 18, 2011
The Record Volume 41, Issue 19
The Official Student Publication of the Saint Louis Priory High School since 1960
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Photo credit: Mr. Turco
Callahan Heads to State Van Thomas, ’12 Sports Writer
Luke Slabaugh, ’12 Entertainment Writer
St. Louis Priory’s winter musical officially opened to the public last night, as all crews of freshmen to seniors came together to present their production to a full house. Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat will run for four nights, with each production starting at 7:00. The musical stars Jack Ciapciak as the titular character, and features set designs and props credited to the genius Brother Sixtus Roslevich, OSB---a master at his work. Ms. Raley, Mr. Marting and Ms. Ackermann return as director, vocal instructor, and choreographer, respectively. The exchange students from China, as well as several monks and friends of the monastery, faculty, and students were all allowed a preview of the play on Wednesday night in what
was the actors’ final dress rehearsal. Alumnus Michael Turco was even taking flash photos to aid the musical’s promotion. Several technical problems did not overshadow the performance’s glamour. Ciapciak, a senior, has already garnered glowing reviews for his soothing and accessible voice; Junior David Fournie gained thunderous applause on Wednesday night for his portrayal of the role of Potiphar. Tickets are still available to the general public, though fixed seating is vanishing quickly. Nevertheless, the Fine Arts Department encourages everyone on the fence to come and see the finished work for themselves. Both cast and crew have come together to make a masterpiece and are proud in their work. Come on and cheer for the Varsity cast and crew, who have worked so hard to make this happen. Cheers! (pictures on back page)
For most of the wrestling team the season ended last Saturday with the culmination of districts, but in the final part of the season the team saw much more success than in years past. Two weekends ago, the team had their final duals against MICDS, John Burroughs, and Principia in the ABC league meet. The team went in with high hopes considering our third place finish last year. On Friday night we faced off against the 7th best team in Class 2, John Burroughs. The team put out a solid performance against the Bombers, losing 40-28. The next day we came back rested and rededicated, ready to do some damage against Principia and MICDS. The Rebels put a sound beating on MICDS in the first dual losing only one match in a crushing 48-12 victory. In the next dual, we went out against Principia ready to win. Juniors Zach Behnen, James Merenda, Nicky Sarai, and Senior Sean Sigilitto pulled out all the stops in tough matches and, as a result, we took a dominant victory over the Panthers. Freshman Derrick Swaney, Juniors Van Thomas, Zach Behnen, Nicky Sarai, and Senior Tom Rich placed second in the ABC league. Freshman Drew Callahan, Juniors James Merenda, Zach Lavalle, and Senior Sean Sigillito all are ABC league champions this year. (continued on page 3)
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Cat Murder Mr. Jacob Martin, ’11 Weekly Editorial Writer
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Jon Gower, ’11 Sam Sagartz, ’11
Faculty Moderator:
Mr. Martin apologizes, but due to severe head trauma he was unable to complete this week’s article. Look forward to next
Mr. Matthew L. Barrett Issue’s Cat Murder, my friends.
In this issue... Mr. Jacob Martin, ’11 Zach Weiss, ’11 Luke Slabaugh ’12 Van Thomas ’12 Colin Kopsky, ’12 Carter Gage, ’12 Peter Cogan, ’13 Dan Stein, ’14 Spencer Wright, ’14
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NBA Teams’ Origins (continued from previous issue)
Jack O’Brien, ’12 Sports Writer
Dragons or Fire Dragons to boost its marketing efforts. One can only wonder 'What if?' New Orleans Hornets Most NBA fans know that the New Orleans Hornets originated in Charlotte and have also spent some time in Oklahoma City. Owner George Shinn decided to sponsor a name-theteam contest and had fans vote on six finalists. More than 9,000 ballots were cast and Hornets won by a landslide, beating out Knights, Cougars, Spirit, Crowns, and Stars. Afterwards, Shinn noted that the nickname had some historical significance; during the Revolutionary War, a British commander reportedly referred to the area around Charlotte as a nest of hornets.
Milwaukee Bucks Given the hunting tradition in Wisconsin, it’s no surprise that Bucks was the leading votegetter in the team’s name-the-team contest in 1968. For an animal, fans could have chosen much worse: Skunks was among the other entries.
New York Knicks The term “Knickerbockers” referred specifically to pants rolled up just below the knee by Dutch settlers in the New World during the 1600s, many of whom settled in New York. The name was evoked in 1946 when New York was granted a franchise in the BAA. Team founder Ned Irish reportedly made the decision to call the team the Knickerbockers.
Minnesota Timberwolves The Record Disclaimer The ownership group for Minnesota’s franchise The Record is the official student publication of Saint Louis Priory chose Timberwolves through a name-the-team School in St. Louis, Missouri. It contest in 1986. The nickname beat out Polars is produced by student editors/ staff members. Its purpose is by a 2-1 margin in the final vote, which was threefold: to inform students of conducted in 333 of the state’s 842 city events in the community; to encourage discussion of local, councils. The most popular entry in the national, and international contest was Blizzard, but the team wanted a issues; and to serve as a training ground for budding journalists, nickname that was more unique to its home photographers, and graphic designers. The Record accepts state. “Minnesota is the only state in the lower contributions from all members o f t h e P r i o r y c o m m u n i t y , 48 with free-roaming packs of timber wolves,” including students, faculty, and a team official said.
Oklahoma City Thunder When the Seattle SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City after the 2007-08 season, fans voted on potential nicknames from an original list of 64 possibilities. Thunder was chosen over Renegades, Twisters, and Barons, and the name was extremely well received. “There’s just all kinds of good thunder images and thoughts, and the in-game experience of Thunder,” team chairman Clay Bennett told reporters. Okay? Nothing like in door rainstorms.
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Orlando Magic In a name-the-team contest for Orlando’s prospective expansion franchise, Challengers— a reference to the space shuttle that crashed in 1986—was the most popular suggestion. Other entries included Floridians, Juice, Orbits, Astronauts, Aquamen, and Sentinels, but the panel of judges decided to go with Magic. The name is an obvious nod to the tourism-rich
alumni.
New Jersey Nets The New Jersey Americans joined the ABA in 1967 and moved to New York the following season. The team was renamed the New York Nets, which conveniently rhymed with Jets and Mets, two of the Big Apple’s other professional franchises. Before the 1977-78 season, the team returned to New Jersey but kept its nickname. In 1994, the Nets were reportedly considering changing their nickname to the Swamp
city’s main attraction, Disney World.
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Editorials, Weekly Update
Wrestling Cont’d Last weekend we wrestled in the final tournament of the season: the Class 2 District 2 tournament at John Burroughs. The Priory team had 7 wrestlers including 2 third seeds before junior Van Thomas scratched due to a sprained ankle. The team left school early on Friday to get pumped and ready to go before the big weekend. Friday night the team came out well, wrestling both strong and smart, doing much better than last year. By mid-day Saturday it came down to the do or die matches for state qualification. This year we had four team members in this position including Freshmen Drew Callahan, Derrick Swaney, and Juniors Zach Lavalle, and Zach Behnen. This was a dramatic increase over our two last year. Unfortunately all but Drew Callahan were defeated in close matches. On the bright side Drew Callahan became the second qualifier in the past ten years. Although the season came to an abrupt end for the majority of the team, our hopes are high for next season and we are all excited to see how Drew does at state.
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2011:Year of the Goalie Fight Colin Kopsky, ’12 Sports Writer
So far this NHL season, there have been three goalie fights, which is three more than there usually is in a season. The first fight was between Carey Price of the Montreal Canadians and Tim Thomas of the Boston Bruins this past January. Minutes after everyone else on the ice started fighting, Thomas and Price came out to center ice. You would think that the first goalie fight of the year would be exciting, right? Well, you are wrong. This was a terrible fight. No one threw a punch and the only thing that was accomplished was that both goalies’ jerseys came off. The next fight was much more exciting. Only weeks later, Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Brent Johnson, a former Blues goalie, and New York Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro went at it. Johnson simply skated down to DiPietro’s end and gave him a left-hook to the face, knocking him over. Later, it was found out that DiPietro had several broken bones in his face. Less than a week later, Johnson got in another fight with the Islanders. This game on February 11 was the 2nd most penalized game in NHL history. As most players fought, Islanders forward Scott Haley skated all the way down the ice to fight Johnson to get revenge for Johnson’s fight earlier in the week with DiPietro. This wasn’t too bad of a scrap. Both guys got their punches in, but no damage was done. Haley was eventually rejected. There were 346 penalty minutes between the two teams (in a 60 minute game), as the Islanders routed the Penguins, 9-3. The NHL does not like the goalie fights, or fighting in general, but it puts fans in the seats and the players seem to enjoy it.
Weekly Calendar Friday, 2/18/2011 • 4:00pm JV Bball @ Lutheran North • 5:30pm Varsity Bball @ North
Saturday, 2/19/2011 •
Monday, 2/21/2011 • 6:30pm Varsity Bball vs. MICDS @ Clayton
Tuesday, 2/22/2011
Wednesday, 2/23/2011 • 7:00pm Varsity Bball @ Clayton (if win Monday)
Thursday, 2/24/2011 •
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This Day in History Andrew Cammon, ’14 Entertainment Writer
On this day in history, 1478, legend has it that the Duke of Clarence was drowned in a butt of wine. George of Clarence was the son of Richard, claimant to the throne of England. George’s father fought a series of battles with the reigning king, Henry VI, but was eventually defeated and killed in battle. The eldest son of Richard’s family, Edward, decided to take up the cause. He, more fortunate than his father, defeated the king’s forces and had himself crowned as King Edward IV. George became the younger brother of the King. He was named the Duke of Clarence. The relationship with his brother, King Edward, began to sour when he refused to allow the marriage of George to the daughter of the Earl of Warwick. Despite the King’s refusal, the marriage went on in secret. Shortly afterwards, George and the Earl joined forces for the cause of throwing Edward off of the throne. Their plot succeeded, and they reinstated Henry VI, the King deposed by Edward. During the reign of king Henry VI, George changed sides a second time. This time he supported his ousted brother’s return to England. The return was successful, and Edward was again crowned king. Despite the help he had received from his brother, Edward did not trust George. On charges of treason, Edward threw George into the Tower of London to be executed. Instead of the traditional beheading, George was said to be executed by drowning. According to legend, he was drowned in a butt of malmsey wine on February 18, 1478. This method of death does seem historically credible. A butt of wine, in George’s time, was equal to about 126 gallons. So someone could be easily drowned in this amount of wine. Also a body, believed to be that of the Duke of Clarence, was recently discovered bearing no signs of beheading. So either Edward was very creative in his execution orders, or the executioners were very bored; for this was a exceptionally unusual way to die.
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Weekly Lunches Friday, 2/18 Cheese Lasagna Monday, 2/21 NO SCHOOL Tuesday, 2/22 BBQ Riblet Wednesday, 2/23 Country Fried Steak Thursday, 2/24 Spaghetti w/wo Meatsauce Friday, 2/25 NO SCHOOL
iTunes Top 10 1. Born This Way Lady Gaga 2. I Need a Doctor Dr. Dre ft. Eminem 3. Never Say Never Justin Bieber 4. F*** You Cee Lo Green 5. S&M Rihanna 6. Baby Glee Cast 7. The Cave Mumford & Sons 8. Take Me or Leave Me Glee Cast 9. Sing Glee Cast 10. Grenade Bruno Mars
Top 10 Songs from February 2005 1. Blvd of Broken Dreams Green Day 2. Since U Been Gone Kelly Clarkson 3. 1, 2 Step Ciara ft. Missy Elliot 4. Candy Shop 50 Cent 5. Rich Girl Gwen Stefani 6. Breakaway Kelly Clarkson 7. Get Right Jennifer Lopez 8. Over & Over Nelly & Tim McGraw 9. Soldier Destiny’s Child ft. T.I. & Lil Wayne 10.Yeah! Usher, Lil Jon, Ludacris
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Grammy Recap Spencer Wright, ’14 Entertainment Writer
This past Sunday night was an awful night. Not only did I procrastinate until 10 o’clock, but the Grammys were just terrible. The performances were good; Rihanna and Drake had great chemistry, Em and Dre put on a powerful performance, and Usher (who shows up to every big event apparently) killed it as always. The part that bothered me was the award giving (kind of a big part of it). I found problems with almost all the big award winners. First there’s new artist. If the Grammys are supposed to represent the views of America, how in any way does Esperanza Spaulding win best new artist? Spaulding, 25, is the first jazz artist to win best new artist in the Grammys. I keep up to speed with all kinds of music, and I have never heard of this girl. I hate to admit it, but Justin Bieber deserved the award. I don’t like his music in any way, but just by looking at what he’s done, it’s pretty impressive. If Justin wouldn’t have gotten it, then the next one up would have been my boy Drizzy Drake. He is such a dynamic artist and in a few years will be the leader of the rap game. But out of these three, Esperenza? It didn’t make sense. It just goes to show that the Grammys are looking for something really different and unusual, “artsy” as I would say. But this pushed it too far; this was ridiculous. Then there was album of the year, awarded to Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs. Arcade Fire is an indie rock band based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. All nominated were Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream, Gaga’s Fame Monster, Lady Antebellum’s Need You Now, and Eminem’s Recovery. I am more of a hip hop/rap fan, but I’m open to all kinds of music. Arcade Fire winning album of the year was the biggest thing of busch league I have ever seen. I will try to put my biases aside, because I’m a die-hard Eminem fan, but there should have been no doubt, Shady fan or not. Give him the award. Eminem has never been liked by the press; all he does is insult them, so it’s no wonder that he gets no love at the award shows. Recovery was the largest selling album of the year; Eminem is the only solo artist to have two different albums be the number one selling album of the year in two different years, going back to 2002 to The Eminem Show. The Show is nine times platinum and still didn’t receive the album of the year award. With subpar competition, Eminem was sure to win the most coveted Grammy award. But once again he is skipped over. Even fanatic Arcade Fire fans (for some reason they exist) just think the album was ok. It sold 400,000 copies, compared to Recovery’s 2.7 million. Considering what Eminem has done with the comeback in his career, they still wouldn’t give it to him. What more can
Twitter Feed of Real Life Carter Gage, ’12
Entertainment Writer
What really happens in the world, but all in under 140 characters. DownWithMubarak Random Egyptian The only tweetable thing ever to happen to our country and they take away the internet... waka Mr. Waka F. Flame BOW BOW BOW BOW BOW BRDBRDBDBRDBD BOW. #bow. 4ever Brett Favre Anybody know how to edit this photo I took on my phone? Like, change the size of something? hit me up. -shortly afterwardAnyone have Erin Andrews’ cell phone number? (username) Any teenage boy in America Two words: swimsuit. edition. prettyBoi Soulja Boy Hopped up out the bed, turned my swag on, and then presented my thesis on nuclear reactions in a vacuum to the board at Yale. Went alright. BigDub George W. Ayo @Barack_Obama, hit me up sometime dawg. i got these great ideas i swur. keep it real homes. -w. ESpalding Esperanza Spalding (retweeted by dontSleepOnArcadeFire) Guys, I promise I’m really good.
he do? Where’s Kanye when you need him; snatch the mic from Flaming Arcades or whatever and say, “I’m not even gunna let you finish, sit down. This goes to Shady baby.” I’m disgusted by the Grammys. I hate seeing someone work so hard for something and watch it get taken right out of their hands. If my favorites didn’t deserve the Grammy, I’d recognize that and not be so stubborn. But this was just stealing. All in all, watch the VMAs. It’s just a much better award show, and MTV does things right. Oh, and the song of the year, Need You Now by Lady Antebellum, is (excuse me) about a booty call. Thanks Grammys for giving us a great music representation of 2010.
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P.E. - Crossfit Warriors
Big East Looking Strong Heading into Tournament
Daniel Stein, ’14 Sports Writer
Peter Cogan, ’13 Sports Writer
As the second term begins to wind down, Priory athletics end yet another successful season of sports. Varsity wrestling is sending off freshman Drew Callahan to State, and hockey recently finished yet another season in the playoffs. However, an oft ignored sport that demands all of the attention and more that the other two receive, is quietly building itself a strong reputation as one of the coolest sports of all time. This, of course, is Priory P.E. Most people dismiss P.E. as an unimportant program, created for people who don’t really want to play a sport, and slack off. This is only partly true. Slowly but surely, Priory P.E. is becoming one of the best and only P.E. programs in the state. Led by the fearless Coach Combs, and Coach Bussen, P.E. is stacking up a repertoire of talent that can be matched by few other schools. Not only are the members owning the weight room, they are preparing for their spring or fall sports. So, all non-winter sports owe P.E. a big thanks. As in every sport, there are several standouts in the program. John Vitale and Gussie Busch are a formidable duo in the gym. Also, Sam Bruns and Sam Friedman continue to show leadership, actually doing the workouts listed on the board. The baseball program is looking forward to a buff Chris McKee and Nate Watson while freshman Michael Herman has no hope, despite claiming he curled infinite just the other day. In conclusion, people need to start taking P.E. seriously. Some of us actually work hard, showing up on time, and doing actual pull-ups. Also, P.E. has by far the coolest uniforms of any sport in Priory, provided by John Vitale. Yes, they are purple and yellow, and very reversible. So when you see someone running faster, jumping higher, and hitting harder than you- yes, he is a P.E. guy.
As March Madness approaches the Big East Conference’s firepower just seems to get bigger. Of the 16 teams in the conference, seven are ranked in the top twenty-five teams in the country, more than the ACC and Big 10 combined. It looks quite possible that eleven teams could be included in this year’s NCAA tourney, which would break their own record of eight back in 2006 and 2008. Leading the way in the Big East is Pittsburgh, a very talented team that can’t seem to lose at the moment. Their rebounding and experience allows them to win tough games on the road, and I could see them making a deep run into the tournament this year. Behind them is Notre Dame, led by Ben Hansbrough, a feisty emotional team that can win tough games on the road, as was evident when they won at Pittsburgh. Having lost early in the tournament last year they’ll be hungry this year for a deep run, and has the potential to knock off the favorites in the tournament. The Big East is stacked with other dangerous teams including Georgetown, Villanova, Cincinnati, West Virginia, Louisville, Connecticut, and Syracuse. With all of these high-caliber teams I think that the Big East tournament this year could be just as exciting as the actual NCAA tournament, and the winner of the Big East tourney could well go on to win the NCAA tourney as well. I predict the finalists in the Big East will be the Georgetown Hoyas, and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish; but no matter who it is, it is bound to be a great game. People will say that the Big East is overrated, but there are so many talented teams in the conference several are bound to play exceptionally in March.
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: In Color
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