Vol. XlII, Issue 13

Mark Lanegan CD Editor In Chief Luke Slabaugh reviews Mark Lanegan’s latest album. Page 3

Dodgeball Tournament Senior Andrew Rhodes reveals the upcoming tourney. Page 2.

The Record

Vol. XLII, Issue 12 2/17/12

The Official Student Newspaper of Saint Louis Priory

Guys and Dolls Premiers

This year’s winter musical Slabaugh says he gives Nathan “a

By Thomas Burton at Priory is Guys and Dolls, a play bunch of nervous habits, such as Staff Writer based on several short stories by auputting his hands in his pockets and thor Damon Runyan. Since first ap- forced to decide between the moral biting his fingernails,” but still makpearing on Broadway in 1950, Guys choice (spending life with their re- ing sure he doesn’t overdo it with his and Dolls gained fame and legend- spective women) and the immoral facial expressions, or make the charary status acter meloworldwide. dramatic.

This Besides the play tells the terrific actstory of two ing of Gage New York and Slagamblers: baugh, Guys Nathan Deand Dolls troit, who also features runs a floatunforgeting crap table perforgame and mances from has been enbeloved Prigaged to his ory students girlfriend such as Ted for fourteen Tooley, Ed years; and Houser, GraSky Masham Trout, terson, a and Everett The cast of Guys and Dolls salutes the crowd. Khaliq Snow | Record Weekly clever man Zornes. Mitch who is himself a chronic gambler. lifestyle (gambling).

Van Bree, who plays the role of HarThroughout the course of the ry the Horse, says the play features Sky (played by senior Carter Gage) has a life that revolves around play, Nathan, (played by senior Luke “Crime! Dancing! and Romance!” – gambling across the globe, gain- Slabaugh) “fears even the slightest three things which everybody loves. ing a ton of fame and fortune. On bit of commitment,” has a constant This is the best that Priory his way to winning a bet with Na- struggle throughout the play. He theatre has been in recent memory. than, Sky takes missionary Sarah must juggle pleasing his girlfriend/ The play is sure to rival the 1955 film Brown (sophomore Maddy Mauzy) fiancé, Miss Adelaide (played by ju- featuring Marlon Brando and Frank to Cuba, where they begin to fall nior Courtney Jonas) all the while Sinatra, so make sure to come out in love--although neither of them running a craps game behind her and see it today, Saturday, or Sunday admit it. Eventually, both men are back. In addition to these actions, (or preferably, all three nights).

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Athlete of the week: Jack Heitz

After a few paltry years of Priory basketball, and now with the support of the newly formed Priory Basketball Brigade, Priory has become a formidable force in the Metro League. A bright spot in Priory basketball is Jack Heitz, a guard on both JV and Varsity.

Averaging over 20 points a game on JV, the future looks promising for both Jack and Priory basketball.

1. Priory has not been known for basketball for the past couple years, mainly due to recent success in other sports. So do you think Priory basketball has become relevant again?

Varsity started off the season playing pretty well, earning second place in the Valley Park tournament. As the season went on we struggled a little and lost some close games. We did beat Affton which was pretty big, and we also had success at the Affton tournament around Christmas. After Christmas break, our season went on and we played hard but came up short in many of our games. We have not simply finished our regular season the way we wanted to.

2. How successful has JV been this year?

JV’s season was pretty good. We won most of our games except close games at MICDS and

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Lutheran North. We also had two bad games against JFK and Westminster. JV has finished strong down the stretch, beating Burroughs. We look to cap off our season with a victory at home against Lutheran North.

3. Being on the roster for both JV and Varsity, you probably have a different role on each team. What are they?

My role on JV is to lead the team and help win games. My role on varsity is to go in whenever Coach [Suarez] needs me and play my hardest. My role in practice is to get the starters better by challenging them in practice and also to make myself better for future years.

4. With not much playing time on varsity, what have you learned just from watching the upperclassmen?

I have learned many things from the upperclassmen.

Some lessons are to never give up and always play my hardest.

I have also learned how to be a better team player and what to expect in the upcoming years on Varsity.

6. With a large and talented Senior class graduating this

year, what is the plan going forward?

Next year the Rebels will be losing many important seniors including Jack Taiclet, Seve Esparrago, Kyle Martin, Mark Mannino, and James Pieper.

Their shoes will be hard to fill but I think next year the Rebels will be able to contend in the Metro League and win some big games.

We will have some great players returning like Ryan Token, the big man Jack Mueller, and Thomas Raybuck, who all started games this year.

5. With the season winding down, what is the playoff situation?

Monday (February 20th) is our first playoff game versus Clayton. We are playing at MICDS and looking to beat them and move on to Westminster, the #1 seed.

Having lost to Clayton by 8 points earlier in the year, this game is definitely winnable for the Rebels. The team is not a pushover by any means, and can upset anybody. A year removed from a ‘shocking’ victory over Duchesne, the Rebels better than any other team that anybody can beat anybody. You have the day off, so come out to MICDS on Monday to support your team.

Dodgeball Tournament

By Andrew Rhodes Contributor

Gentlemen, a call to arms has been issued to all those manly enough to accept the challenge. The second annual Community Service Club Dodgeball Tournament will be held next Friday, February 24.

For all of you who do not know, the sport of dodgeball dates back to around 1015 B.C., when the first match was played between David and Goliath. The

sport requires one to have Jack Schwartz-like reflexes, an arm 10 times stronger than Brain Vaporean, and a passion comparable to the one David Gantt has for Gossip Girl.

Last year there were many teams that came out and competed. Even a few faculty members found themselves out on the court asserting their physical dominance outside of the classroom. This tournament is a great way to help the Community Service Club raise money

for their various projects, and you get to inflict some pain on fellow classmates along the way. The price is $5.00 per person with a minimum of 5 people on a team.

There will be a prize at the end for the team who goes the distance and emerges the champion.

I leave you with the 5 D’s of Dodgeball as instructed by legend and Hall of Famer Patches O’Houlihan: Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive, and Dodge.

Editorial

“Blues Funeral” CD Review

By Luke D Slabaugh

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Editor In Chief

The new album by Mark Lanegan, Blues Funeral, was released Tuesday, February 6. This collection of songs by the Seattle-based rocker and features a plethora of skilled musicians from the American West Coast and is his seventh solo album—his first in eight years.

You likely have no idea who Mark Lanegan is. He is far and away the most talented (or at least, most experienced) baritone on the rock scene right now, having performed to critical acclaim in parts of four decades now. He features a rich, deep voice that is suitable for a plethora of genres; his earlier material was rooted deeply in folk and country, and then progressed into alternative rock. Think of him as a cross between Tom Waits and ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons in their prime. He’s not a mainstream artist by any means, but has appeared as a vocalist in several other notable projects, having sung on many tracks with Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain and bands like Creature With The Atom Brain, Soul Savers, Isobel Campbell, Screaming Trees, and Queens of the Stone Age.

However, this album is as close to mainstream music as Lanegan has ever been. While not poppy, the album features its fair share of hooks, ones that distinguish

one addictive song from the next, while not compromising the music at all. While Lanegan’s previous albums featured drums and (mostly) acoustic guitars that sounded very rawly produced, they have now been replaced with synths and less distorted, clean-sounding guitars. Anyone familiar with Lanegan’s older material will certainly leave impressed. He has taken his music in

Track Listing

a new direction, one that sounds fresh and relevant to his fan base today, while still remaining loyal to the great work of his past.

Among the standout tracks is “The Gravedigger’s Song,” the album’s first track and only single. “Harborview Hospital” and “Ode To Sad Disco” are both built around very delicious hooks and breathtaking vocal performances and are instant classics.

The lyrical content is Blues Funeral’s only drawback to the casual listener. “St. Louis Elegy”, for example, is a hauntingly slow and dreary sounding song, and it is the last of the album’s four opening tracks, all of which deal with death and disaffection. However, the contrast to later, upbeat tracks, like “Riot In My House”, which features guitar demi-god Josh Homme on guitar, makes the whole listen well worth it.

Blues Funeral not your typical Dubstep or party music. It’s actually nothing close to that. But it’s probably the best rock album you’re going to hear in this half of 2012.

1. The Gravedigger’s Song* 2. Bleeding Muddy Water 3. Grey Goes Black 4. St. Louis Elegy 5. Riot In My House* 6. Ode To Sad Disco 7. Phantasmagoria Blues 8. Quiver Syndrome* 9. Harborview Hospital* 10. Leviathan 11. Deep Black Vanishing Train 12. Tiny Grain Of Truth *Denotes Editor’s Pick

Puzzles

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Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS 1. Bush 6. Cease 10. Makes lace 14. Interrupt temporarily 15. Desire 16. Wings 17. Small islands 18. Garrison 19. Fully developed 20. From that time on 22. Keen 23. Gait faster than a walk 24. Cantankerous 26. Aquatic plant

30. Card with one symbol 31. A parcel of land 32. Wander 33. Unusual 35. Line of a poem 39. A powerful small boat 41. Everlasting 43. Pilfer 44. Beige 46. 53 in Roman numerals 47. Female sib 49. Half of a pair 50. Anagram of “Salt”

51. Time of the year 54. A musical pause 56. Plateau 57. Punctuation mark 63. Dry 64. 1/100th of a dollar 65. Permit 66. Adriatic resort 67. Ship part 68. Stop 69. Lascivious look 70. Agile 71. Laser printer powder

Sudoku

Difficulty - Challenging DOWN 1. Expectoration 2. Chop finely 3. Govern 4. End ___ 5. Assail 6. Asphyxiate 7. A type of racehorse 8. Monster 9. Gasoline 10. A lively whirling Italian dance 11. Not dead 12. Snouted animal 13. Squalid 21. A kind of

macaw 25. Wander 26. The products of human creativity 27. Boor 28. A measuring instrument 29. A diplomat of the highest rank 34. Seriously 36. Agitate 37. Hissy fit 38. Auspices 40. Hodgepodge 42. Visitor 45. Medical examiner

Cryptogram

- George Washington

48. Noshes 51. Tiny 52. Creepy 53. Comment to the audience 55. Pamphlet 58. Chick’s sound 59. Margarine 60. Scheme 61. A flexible pipe 62. Pitcher

Puzzles

ACROSS 1. A style of jazz singing 5. Smoothtongued 9. Fogs 14. Fail to win 15. Assistant 16. Declare invalid 17. A vaulted recess on a building 18. Outer covering 19. Small biscuit 20. Nightstick 22. Planted 23. Unpleasantly stern 24. Tightwad 26. Fabric made from camel hair

Crossword Puzzle

29. Don’t get caught outside after this 33. Prattles 38. The circle of color around a nipple 39. Where the heart is 40. A mendicant preacher 42. Cliff 43. City in south central Ukraine 45. Censures 47. Pertaining to teeth 48. Anagram of “Boa” 49. Without ad-

vance preparation 52. Sea 57. A resin used in incense 60. Aramaic for “Our Lord comes” 63. Assistants 64. Roughage 65. Pal 66. Smell 67. An assemblage of parts 68. Not there 69. Temporary canvas dwellings 70. Anglo-Saxon slave 71. Historical periods

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Sudoku

Difficulty - Impossible DOWN 1. Basket 2. Coconut meat 3. Ancient Assyrian city 4. Adolescents 5. A wound made by cutting 6. Be fond of 7. A peculiar form of expression 8. Source of sesame seeds 9. One who massages 10. Wrong 11. Frozen flakes 12. Melody

13. Sleigh 21. Gab 25. A type of beetle 27. Happen 28. Arrangement (abbrev.)

30. Front part of a vessel 31. Panache 32. What a dog’s tail does 33. Wearing footgear 34. Style 35. Ends a prayer 36. Will 37. Urge a dog to attack 41. Exclamation

Cryptogram

- Abraham Lincoln

of surprise 44. They inflict pain for pleasure 46. Not long now 50. Permeate 51. Farm buildings 53. Hidden storage space 54. An anesthetic 55. A Hindu deity 56. What we are called 57. Not the west 58. Parasitic insect 59. Biblical garden 61. Precipitation 62. Initial wager

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Editorial

Ralph’s Rages

By Fr. Ralph Contributor

OBSERVATION 3 ( circa 675)

become alive, [she shall do penance] as a murderess. But it makes a great

The Irish Canons place the difference whether a poor woman penance for “destruction of the does it on account of the difficulty embryo of a child in the mother’s of supporting [the child] or a harlot womb [at] three and one half years,” for the sake ofconcealing her wickcirca 8th Century: Recognizing edness.”

Women’s Circumstances In the OBSERVATION 4 Penitential Ascribed by Albers to Bede, the idea of delayed hominiza- DECLARATION OF GENEVA 1948 tion is again supported, and women’s circumstances acknowledged: “A mother who kills her child before After the horror of the Nazi the fortieth day shall do penance for eugenics program that occurred beone year. If it is after the child has fore and during World War II the

Senior Andrew Rhodes signs with Holy Cross.

World Medical Association adopted the Declaration of Geneva in 1948 setting forth a ‘standard’ for medical ethics: It runs:“I will not permit considerations of religion, nationality, race, party politics or social standing to intervene between my duty and my patient. I will maintain the utmost respect for human life, from the time of conception; under threat, I will not use my medical knowledge contrary to the laws of humanity”.