Weekly February 25, 2009

The Record Weekly

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

A Student Publication of the Saint Louis Priory School

Volume 3, Issue 19

Inside This Issue P1. Cover • Hockey •Night of Depression P2. Entertainment Weekly • 24 • Domino’s vs. Papa John’s • Top 10 Movies • Top 10 Kenny Chesney

Hockey Going to Scottrade for the Wick ~ Jim Havel ’09 Priory v. MICDS The Wickenheiser Cup Finals - the only thing that

series, Niall snapped the puck to the top left shelf

stood in Priory’s way was the Seckman Jaguars. In

of the net, where even the goalie’s shoulder would

a highly anticipated series, the Rebels, fully

not be able to deflect it. Simply put, it was one of

P3. The Weekly Update •Calendar of Events •Mr. White •Stannard House

loaded (every single player was available for use)

the prettiest goals all season for the Rebels.

entire

Rebels would go

P4. Priory Sports Weekly •Colin Barry •Basketball Final • NHL Trade Deadline •Top 25 NCCAB Teams

playoffs, as

on to win, 3-2

things got started

their victory

last Thursday at

would

Queeny Park.

bittersweet.

P5. The Forum •Academy Awards •NoD (Cont) • Coke vs. Pepsi P6. Puzzles Weekly •Crossword Puzzle •Stucco Announcement •Sudoku (hard) •Cryptogram

for the first time this

While the

In the first

Senior Captain,

period, the

Charlie Bernard

Rebels came out

went in for a

sluggish, just as

vicious check

they had against

midway in the

Clayton. Yet,

third and instead

C h r i s t i a n

of leveling the

Herbosa moved

he became acquainted with the Seckman bench,

lead.

flying right into it. Bernard got back on the ice but

junior Sean Lamb put one in the net. Seckman

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Jaguar forward,

the puck past the goalie, giving the Rebels a 1-0 In the second period, Priory again scored when

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be

suffered a concussion, which ended his semi finals early in the third (after he was checked hard).

responded with two unanswered goals. On quite

Saturday could’ve very well been the Rebels last

possibly the weirdest bounce all season, Kevin

game of the season. In front of one of the largest

Yuan’s stick was not able to block the puck and

crowds this season, the Seckman Jaguars had

Seckman for the tie.

upset on their mind handily winning game two

The Rebels were in desperate need of a hero in

4-1. But, the Rebels came back and won the mini

the third. Their answer came from sophomore

game 2-0 and now look to defeat MICDS on

stud, Niall Caparon. With the signature goal of the

Wednesday @ Scottrade!

Night of Depression “There are those who still think they are holding the pass against a revolution that may be coming up the road. But they are gazing in the wrong direction. The revolution is behind them.

It went by in the Night of Depression, singing songs of freedom.”

– Garet Garrett I am quite sure that most of you are totally unfamiliar with Mr. Garet Garrett. He was

~ Marlow Gazzoli, ’09 a journalist and writer of the first half of the twentieth centuries; he wrote for the New York Times, the Saturday Evening Post, and the New York Tribune amongst others. Garrett was a staunch defender of liberty and capitalism, fighting with great vigor against the onslaught of Roosevelt’s New Deal. His reward was obscurity, oblivion like so many of the Old Right. His words long ago echo today as we find ourselves mired in economic collapse. Those Continued on Page 5

!0 top Movies as of March 1st

1. Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail 2. Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience 3. Slumdog Millionaire 4. Taken 5. He's Just Not That Into You 6. Paul Blart: Mall Cop 7. Coraline 8. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li 9. Confessions of a Shopaholic 10. Fired Up

Kenny Chesney Top 10 Songs

1. No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems

2. Young 3. Big Star 4. Keg in The Closet 5. Guitars and Tiki Bars 6. How Forever Feels 7. I Go Back 8. She’s Got It All 9. The Good Stuff 10. When the Sun Goes down Contact the editors if you want to provide a Top 10 Playlist of your own for the band or artist of your choice and it could appear in The Record Weekly in the future...

Entertainment Weekly The Best of the Best: 24 There are many excellent episodes of the show 24. In fact there are many seasons that are excellent. In Day 5, 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Lynn McGill sacrifices himself so that others may live.

Day 1, 11:00 pm to midnight, Nina Meyers is caught and Jack’s wife is murdered. However, the best episode of 24 comes from Day 2, 10:00 pm to 11:00 pm. This is THE episode, the greatest.

Jack is flying a plane into the Mojave.

There is an atomic bomb aboard. He is going to die.

During this intense plane ride, Jack has a conversation with his daughter, Kim, whom Jack thinks he is never going to see again and doesn’t want to leave things unsaid.

Tears are shed, and, I must admit, it was a bit touching.

The episode takes place in the good ol’ days o’ President Palmer. You can’t beat that. His stalwart face and candor let you know he is in control. He does what is right, and that is no better evidenced than when he tells Jack that he is going to look after his family after his death and when he declares that he is traveling to LA, the original target of the atomic bomb, despite the inhibitions of his Cabinet. It also takes place in LA, not the fancy-pants D.C. episodes we’re seeing now.

Tony Almeida also has his hair and Michelle Dessler (later Tony’s wife) has a ‘tude on her that only Tony can handle. There is international conflict, and conflict inside CTU that does not have a textbook remedy. Taking that into account, CTU still exists. What happened to these days of internal strife mixed with overwhelming accomplishment that punishments that otherwise would involve life imprisonment are rewarded with clemency and love? Those were the days. The FBI –the new CTU– does not command that kind of respect, nor do the people who make it up.

The single thing that makes this the BEST EPISODE EVER, though, is when Jack is flying the plane with the atomic bomb, knowing full well that he is going to his death. Jack soon discovers that George Mason, former head of CTU and recipient of radiation sickness, has stowed away. They fight, but George Mason eventually takes Jack’s place and lets Jack use the chute on the plane to escape.

This single act of mercy that George Mason, not exactly a friend of Jack’s, showed Jack is undoubtedly bound to make you sad and love the show even more. That is why this episode is the best episode ever.

My words, though, don’t and cannot ever do it justice.

Domino’s versus Papa John’s When I hear the word worthless, I think of Domino’s. I can tell you that if you want a cheap, low quality, lame excuse for an Italian meal, you should order Domino’s. I can also tell you that if you for whatever reason want to make a pizza that meets Domino’s standard for quality, just gather up some nasty crap that has a dough-like texture, pour way too much cheap sauce on it, sprinkle on any cheese you can find, and throw that baby in a dirty oven.

Did I mention you can sell like 10 of them for five dollars apiece? That is a huge profit because each one is worth less than the box it comes in. In addition to creating a pizza that is hard to down fresh, Domino’s has concocted a recipe that tastes like cardboard with wax on it the following day.

If you think it is fun to watch a peep explode in the microwave, try watching domino’s pizza

~ Dan Igoe, ’09

~ Nick Fosko ’10

shrivel up in there. Let’s talk about some good pizza. My number one choice for delivery pizza has got to be Papa John’s. The man is telling the truth when he says “Better ingredients, better pizza”. Unlike the stale bread domino’s uses, Papa John’s crust is delicious. It is moist, thick, and the guys working there know just how much to use. The amount of sauce doesn’t take away from the flavor of the cheese, crust, and other toppings, and it is in itself good. And in the reheat test, Papa John’s takes home the gold. I have eaten that stuff after it has been in the refrigerator for a week and it was still better than Domino’s in its fresh state. So there you go.

Now you know what to order when you have a craving for garbage, and when you want something that tastes as good as Taylor Swift looks in that one concert where she goes under the waterfall at the end.

The Weekly Update

The Stannard House WEDNESDAY

~Billy Neukem ’09 WEDNESDAY

The second edition of the Stannard House

stannardhouse2009@gmail.com. I would

literary magazine will be released later this

encourage anyone who previously submitted

spring. If you are interested in submitting a

something to resend it. Also, all award

work such as poetry, a photograph, or a short

winning poems are more than welcome. I

story to be published, please turn it into Ms.

would really like to see some good

Tumminia's box by Friday March, 6 and

representation by the seniors from Mr.

email it to Ms. Tumminia at

Mohrmann's Creative Writing class as well.

Calendar Wednesday 3/04 • Hockey @ SCOTTRADE center 5:30 with introductions at 5:25 • Free dress day Red White and Blue theme • No play practice

Thursday 3/05 • Play practice 7-9 PM

ktumminia@priory.org or me at

Godspeed, Mr. White Mr. White, one of Priory’s “Tech Guys” Since 2007, Is heading off to serve a tour in Afghanistan. You may have noticed he has not been at school since the new year and we will not be seeing him for quite some time. Before he left, I caught up with him to find out a few details of his “new job”.

J: When did you first Join the Army?

Mr.W: I joined in 1993, when I was 18 years old. (currently 33 years old) J: What was your initial position?

Mr. W: I wanted to be a pilot, but I ended up becoming an Electronic Communications Officer. That means I was an infantry tech guy.

J: What does that entail?

Mr.W: Pretty much it’s my job at Priory. I fix electronic systems, make sure everything works (finding parts etc.)

Translate users needs to higher needs and set everything up so it meets the Army’s standards.

J: Have you served any previous tours?

Mr. W: I was in Iraq in March, 2003, when the USA first invaded. That tour lasted 10 months.

J: How many years have you been a civilian since?

Mr. W: Since 2005, I have been a civilian. Before finding work at Priory, I worked for the SSA, handling disability claims.

J: When were you notified of your new assignment?

Mr.W: I was notified in September, 2008. Called up on President Bush’s orders. ( He’s not a member of the additional 17,000 President Obama has called on.)

J: Did you think you were going to get called up this time?

~Jim Havel, ’09

Mr. W: I was stunned. No clue whatsoever.

J: Is your duty/job the same as it was in Iraq?

Mr. W: Similar. A lot of the architecture is already built in Afghanistan, so I will have a new job within the tech department.

J: How is your family handling the news?

Mr. W: Austin, my son, is really sad about the whole thing. Chris, my girlfriend is thrilled ( HEAVY sarcasm). My dad is alright with it.

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J: Will you be able to speak with them often?

Mr. W: Hopefully. With additional troops entering, the resources won’t get bigger, therefore I will have less time, like all the rest of the soldiers.

J: When you tour is complete, will you return to Priory?

Mr. W: Absolutely. This is a great job and I look forward to returning.

J: Is there any way the Priory community can communicate with you?

Mr. W: Yes, my APO address has not been given to me, but Fr. Michael will have it soon. Don’t worry so much about me though. I will be getting a list of the soldiers under my command and giving it to Priory.

Most of them do not have families nor much support, and it would be really nice if they could receive letters or care packages from you all. I know it would make a huge difference. You ought to see their faces when they get mail. It’s incredible. Please help them out.

Mr. White, a selfless soldier in the American Army, we wish you all the best and we look forward to your safe return. May God be with you, and know that not just Priory is behind you, the entire American people are still behind you.

Monday 3/09 • Play practice 7-9 PM

Tuesday 3/10 • Winter Sports Assembly • Mock Trial at Clayton Courthouse 6:00 PM

Wednesday 3/11 • Two days left before Spring Break, hooray!

Priory Sports Weekly

Top 25 NCAA Teams

Basketball Ends Too Soon

1.UConn 2.UNC 3.Memphis 4.Pittsburgh 5.Oklahoma 6.Louisville 7.Duke 8.Michigan State 9.Kansas 10. Wake Forest 11. LSU 12. Missouri 13. Washington 14. Gonzaga 15. Marquette 16. Villanova 17. UCLA 18. Xavier 19. Clemson 20. Purdue 21. Arizona State 22. Butler 23. Illinois 24. Florida State 25. Syracuse

The Priory Basketball season came to an end on a high note on Tuesday. The Rebels finished the season (9-15). The Rebs lost their first district game to St. Dominic. However, while St. Dominic had defeated them by 30 in their first meeting of the season, the Rebels were able to give the Crusaders a run for their money this time and only lost by 6. Though they only won two league games, the varsity squad was rarely blown out and always had a fighting chance under the guidance of coaches Rick Suarez and Tim Clark. The Rebels were led this year by Captains Joe Wagner and Drew Sexton along with James Kopfensteiner's silky smooth shot and Matt Jones athleticism. The next step for the Rebels is an off-season hopefully

~Matt Rhodes ’10

filled with lots of shooting and a growth spurt for some of the members of the team. The Rebels will return some key parts in Kopfensteiner and Jones, along with the likes of Mike Puettmann, who impressed late in the season, in-coming sophomores David Taiclett, and Ragen Frost. Look for them to be back again next year eager to reopen the chase for a league title.

Barry Squashes Way to Victory: Now ranked 78 We have many great athletes here at Priory, but few are nationally ranked. At Priory we may know Colin Barry as a hockey player, but nationally relatively few people know that about him. What he is known for is his outstanding play at squash. For those of you who may not know what squash is, Squash is a racquet sport game played by two players (or four players for doubles) in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball. It has similar rules to tennis and the ball has to hit the front wall before the floor. I sat down with Colin to discuss his recent success.

J:Where do you play squash?

C: I play at the racquet club on Kingshighway.

~Jim Havel ’09

C: Since Freshman year.

J: Looking to playing in college?

C: I am, I’d love to go to some of those eastern schools, Colby College, Franklin and Marshall, Cornell etc.

J: When was your last victory?

C: This past weekend I won a huge U-19 tournament in Detroit. It was an awesome feeling.

J: Are you nationally ranked?

C: I am. With my most recent victory I am now number 78 nationally.

J: What’s next for you?

C: Nationals are in a few weeks and I am training for those. I don’t know how well I’ll do.

This is my first year at the U-19 level.

J: How long have you been playing?

C: I have been playing since 6th grade, but I began competing seriously in 8th grade, traveling for tournaments etc.

J: When was your first tournament win?

C: The U-17 (under 17 years old) tournament at the Vaylkerie Club in New Jersey.

Colin receives a sports exemption for his outstanding play in the Fall, and we at the Priory community congratulate him on his outstanding achievement. Good luck at Nationals Colin!

J: When did you start traveling for competitions?

NHL Trade Deadline The NHL Trade Deadline is almost here, which means a lot of wheeling and dealing going on as teams try to jostle for position to make the playoffs. Many GM’s whose teams are on the border of making the playoffs have a big decision to make: whether to be buyers or sellers. Among these teams would include the Blues, Kings, Stars, Wild, Ducks, Oilers, and Blue Jackets in the West. In the East, the Maple Leafs, Sabres, Penguins, Rangers, and Panthers all hover around the playoffs. Some of the big names on the market that GM’s are looking at are Keith Tkachuk (Blues), Jason Spezza (Senators), Chris Pronger (Ducks), Ryan Smyth (Avalanche), Bill Guerin (Islanders), Tomas Kaberle (Maple Leafs), Jay Bouwmeester (Panthers) and Derrick Morris (Coyotes) just to name a few The Blues may not even end up trading Big Walt as the ‘Note are only 3 points out of the 8th spot in the West and playing well as of late. In their last five games they are 4-0-1 and only letting in five goals in total

~Krishna Kumar ’12 during this stretch. There was a rumor that Tkachuk was to be traded to the Bruins, a team he grew up worshiping as a kid. He would add some leadership and grit going into the playoffs, although his point totals aren’t the best on the road to the Stanley Cup. Other teams that are interested in his services are the Sharks and Red Wings. Many sources of TSN (Canada’s ESPN) say that Bill Guerin will be traded to an Eastern Conference team, which is still unknown. Chris Pronger has been the subject of trade. One rumor that has been going around is that the Blues would welcome him back to St. Louis. The only downside to this would be the Blues giving up David Perron and possibly a draft choice. In my opinion, this would not be a good trade. The Blues need to look forward for the future.

Hopefully we can see the Blues in the playoffs for the first time in three years. My pick to win the Lord Stanley’s Cup: the Boston Bruins.

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81st Academy Awards WEDNESDAY~Jack Wegman, ’11 The 81st Academy Awards took place last Sunday night, and the best movies and performances of the year were decided.

Slumdog Millionaire, the story of a poor Indian boy in Mumbai who goes to extraordinary lengths to find his true love, won eights Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Cinematography. Slumdog Millionaire became the night’s biggest winner with the next highest total for a movie being 3 Oscars for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, that won Best Makeup, Art Direction, and Visual Effects. Heath Ledger became only the second person to win a

posthumous Oscar for his performance as The Joker in The Dark Knight, a win I am sure most fans of the dark knight would agree he deserves. His father, mother and sister accepted the award on his behalf.

The only award I was displeased with the awarding of was Sean Penn's win for Milk over Mickey Rourke's performance in The Wrestler. I would have liked to see Rourke win this to complete his comeback from obscurity.

Other winners included Best Actress Kate Winslet in The Reader, Best Supporting Actress Penelope Cruz in Vicki Christina Barcelona, and Best Animated Feature, Wall-e.

Night of Depression cont. who govern in the halls of Washington gathered together and forced upon the American people a “stimulus,” a flurry of spending which will restore us to prosperity.

Haven’t we heard this before? Does it not seem slightly familiar, or have Americans become so dulled to the examples of history? As economists such as Paul Krugman chide the administration for spending too little, it is good to recall Roosevelt’s New Deal. It was a expansion of government unprecedented in America history, resulting in mountains of dollars spent. And what did it yield? The longest depression known to America. Yet this is the same sort of playbook Krugman and his ilk would have us follow.

There was an attempt, to be sure, to weaken the stimulus, but the opposition hardly ever questioned the basic premise that governments should “stimulate” the economy. President Obama was quite correct to point out that spending is what a stimulus is. The fact of the matter is that the government “stimulus” will do nothing but prolong the crash and turn it into an even deeper depression.

Where will this stimulus money come from? There are three sources: taxation, borrowing, and inflation. The first directly takes money from the private sector

~ Marlow Gazzoli, ’09

and transfers it to the government who will dole it out to whomever has the right connections. The second also takes away money from the private sector, thus hampering its recovery as less money will be available for private investment. The third is much more insidious.

Inflation is the increase of the money supply, which the Federal Reserve accomplishes by creating money. It’s that simple; the Fed creates money from nothing. Those who first get the money, the politically connected, get to use it before prices rise in response to the inflation. As the new money gets passed down, each successive level has to deal with higher prices until the lowest echelon gets it; they are confronted with higher prices and savings that are worth less.

The stimulus will hurt us all, as it will prevent the creation of wealth; it is a net loss. All the dollars taken through the first two methods could have been used by entrepreneurs to respond to the needs and wants of consumers. Instead they will be spent on projects of questionable value, projects which are merely arbitrary allotments of funds. As anyone who has undergone dramatic surgery will tell you, recovery requires pain.

Bizarre News ~ AP News

Reuters – In an apparent homage to the new President, PepsiCo has plastered the sides of buses and bus stops in the nation's capital with slogans like "Yes You Can," "Optimismmmm" and "Hope." In each poster, the letter O is inscribed with the redesigned Pepsi logo, a red, white and blue sphere that echoes the rising-sun image used by the Obama campaign.

Several senior Administration officials are committed cola drinkers, and without fail they spend their days sipping from a can of Diet Coke, a product of Pepsi's chief competitor, Coca-Cola. On Monday, as members of Congress and key lobbyists filed into a briefing room for the final event of a daylong fiscal summit, they were greeted with an ice chest full of complimentary Diet Coke, not Diet Pepsi

Late last year, Obama's nascent Administration worked out of transition offices in a downtown government building, which was serviced by only Pepsibrand vending machines, according to three people who worked in the building. Two Administration officials have told me that a group of Obama aides, frustrated by having to run the security gauntlet to go to the corner store , stocked a refrigerator with Diet Coke in open rebellion against the available options. The pattern has continued at the White House. In his West Wing office, as in his previous office at Har vard University.

Nationwide, Coke is more popular than Pepsi, but not by the same margin seen among White House staff. Beverage Digest, a trade publication, reported that Coke and Diet Coke had a 27.2% share of the carbonated-beverage market in 2007, compared with a 16.7% share for Pepsi and Diet Pepsi.

The Obama’s are no different.

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Rebel Rock ‘09 St. Louis Priory Battle of the Bands Competition Saturday, April 4th in the Kevin Kline Theatre Any band that has at least one Priory student in it is welcome. ALL types of music are welcome! Surprise us. Challenge us. Amaze us.

Up to a $300 cash prize for the top band as well as cash for other awards.

Talk to Charlie Friedman in the high school or Mitch Van Bree in the Junior School by Friday March 13th if you are interested.

Priory Talent Show!

Tuesday, March 31st in the theatre If you can sing, play an instrument, dance, eat a lot, juggle, have a film or music you would like to show, can do an extraordinary amount of pushups, or whatever random, entertaining act you wish to perform, then the Talent Show is the place for you to strut your stuff.

Talk to Joe Wagner or Charlie Friedman if you have an idea. All forms are encouraged to participate.

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