Inside This Week's Issue Cape & Sword, Faculty Grid, and Student
Edited by Joe Egler '16 and Ryan Naehr '16
Volume 41, Issue V
The Student Newspaper of St. Joseph's Prep
October 16, 2015
By Aidan O’Connor ‘17 Whether you associate Aramark with scrumptious fries, long lines, delicious shakes, or pricey food, it is still part of your daily life here at the Prep. Next year, however, all that could change. At the end of last year, the Prep’s contract with Aramark, stretching back to 2008, ended, but the Prep gave a one year extension. Now it is time for the Prep to start the process of searching
The Prep may be seeking to replace the services provided by Aramark with those ofa new food service provider by the 2016-17 school year. for a food vendor for next The Prep will then send it out year. The Prep will write an to gather responses from RFP (Request for Proposal) potential partners. Mrs. that will include all that the Ehrlich, the Prep’s controller Prep expects from a vendor. for finances, explains that the
goal is not necessarily to change vendors. “It is a great opportunity for kids and parents to pursue what they really want,” says Ehrlich. The opinions of
Opinion
Food Service Future of Prep Uncertain
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Prep vs. La Salle: The Rivalry Continues
By Aidan Donaher ‘16 All of us remember what happened last year in the PCL Football Championship. The Prep completely obliterated La Salle, 46-13. Last year’s game was highlighted by Olamide Zaccheaus ‘15, who torched La Salle’s supposedly tough defense, and Jake Strain ‘15, who created chaos and forced the highly touted La Salle quarterback Kyle Shurmur to play terribly. However, the Prep has graduated Zaccheus, Strain, and many other star athletes from last year’s team, just as La Salle has graduated
Prep football aims to gain its fifth straight win against La Salle tomorrow. Shurmur and others. Both back-to-back PIAA Class teams have many fresh faces AAAA State Champions. But this is not just in the mix, along with about football. There is seasoned upperclassmen leaders. La Salle is surely simply no rivalry anywhere chomping at the bit to get a like this. Yes, in other cities, chance to avenge its loss there may be two premier from last year against the private schools that have
battled for years in a multitude of sports, but is any city more passionate about its sports teams as Philadelphia? Stands are packed with fanatics from each side for every event. Prep-La Salle games are classics, no matter the sport, as often equally matched teams duke it out in front of large crowds of crazy students and alumni. A Prep student can remember the glory of the Prep basketball team’s regular-season tripleovertime comeback win against La Salle that clinched a home playoff game in 2015, Continued on page 2.