Vol . 42, Issue IV
The Student Newspaper of St. Joseph's Prep
RFA: Phil l y Band of Prep Al ums Gears Up f or First Nat ional Tour comprised of four current college juniors: frontman Dan Cousart, bassist Brendan McHale ?14, guitarist Christian Turzo-Egan ?14, and drummer Alec Powell ?14.
By Liam Scot t '17
It?s been almost three days now that RFA?s hit song ?Indigo? has been taking up a majority of the playing time in my head. This song is spirited, it?s edgy, it?s They are all of the youthful, it?s rockin?, and it was written and Class of 2014, with the performed by four Prep exception of Cousart, who spent only his guys. freshman and Arguably Philly?s next sophomore year at the breakout band, RFA, Prep. They all attend standing for ?Really Philly-area schools: Fast Automobiles?, is
Cousart and McHale are at Drexel, Powell is at Temple, and Turzo-Egan is at Penn. In an exclusive quote for the Hawkeye, Brendan McHale ?14 elaborates on the tour: ?Preparations are stressful. We?re really just starting out and it?s amazing that we even got the gigs we did in each city. The Prep definitely motivated us to want to do this for
real. As cheesy as it sounds, if it weren?t for the cura personalis at the Prep, I don?t think we would have the courage to take this risk. We?re ditching school for like two weeks, longer than we?ve ever done on the road and our lead singer, Dan has got a broken leg and a torn ligament. We don?t even know people in half of these cities. RFA Continued on Page 3.
RFA: Left to Right: Christian Turzo-Egan ?14, Brendan McHale ?14, Alec Powell ?14, Dan Cousart
Oct ober 27, 2016
Smash Bros Knocked Out of t he Senior Lounge By Liam Henkel s '17
enjoyed being able to stay in the senior St. Joe?s Prep lounge, not having to students have a very go too far to be able to challenging curriculum. partake in the game It is safe to say that a with their friends. lot of students tend to be stressed throughout The reason for the their time in school, so change in location, says naturally they look for Mr. Greene, is that ?The ways to kick back and noise is so loud, I relax here and there. cannot conduct business.? Since the One senior, Luke senior lounge is located Compton ?17, took it above the rest of the into his own hands to cafeteria, the sound provide a Wii U and a from the excited high television for the schoolers travels seniors in the senior quickly and loudly. lounge. The game of choice was Super He stated that he has Smash Bros. Many of tried to be fair with the these seniors would seniors and their space play the game during in the past, and he has their free periods with been. He offered the seven other people example of last year?s playing in the same ping pong table; it was match. a great idea to have the table accessible to the However, recently the seniors, but the noise game, along with its level was so high that it controllers and distracted people from console, have been meetings they had on asked to be moved to the lower level, made it the mezzanine level hard for students to do where the pool table, their work in the air hockey table, and cafeteria, and was, arcade games are overall, a disruption. located. It is the same The switch sparked situation with the Wii U some controversy for the seniors, who Continued on Page 3.
Declin e of M u lt i-Spor t At h let es In previous years, St. Joe?s Prep had been full of students who participated in multiple sports throughout the school year. In more recent years however, the amount of students who play more than one sport has significantly declined. Playing multiple sports allows for students to develop special relationships with different groups of people, but this does come at the expense of having a tight schedule and little, if any free time. John Barbera ?17, who plays football and rows for the crew team, identified some of the positives when he claimed, ?Playing two sports is a really great way to connect with different groups of people and work
towards a common goal. You create a great sense of camaraderie and you build up a trust that?s really special and it is hard to replicate. Being able to do that with two groups of people, with crew and football, has really been a special thing for me.? When student-athletes spend so much time with their team, they obviously create special bonds with one another. Getting the opportunity to do that with two different groups of people is a special experience. Another positive of playing multiple sports is getting the opportunity to compete at such a high level in a couple different activities. Getting a varsity letter for multiple sports is a phenomenal
achievement, and especially when doing so in a league recognized around the country for their athletic accomplishments. While there are positives of participating in more than one sport, there are also many negatives. One of the issues that Barbera noted was how tough it is to leave the guys at the end of the season. Making the transition from seeing your teammates at practice every day to barely seeing them at all outside of school is not easy. Additionally, some sports are year-round, so it is hard to recover from lost time. Luckily, a lot of sports have a similar workout routine, so if the athletes are lifting and
running with one team, then that helps a lot when they make the transition to another sport. Managing time as a multi-sport athlete, however, is extremely difficult. Immediately after school, they have to go to practice, and if they have to meet with
a teacher, they miss a valuable part of drills or game preparation. Then, they have to go home and have to shower, eat dinner, do 2-3 hours of homework, and still manage to get enough sleep. This routine isn?t just for one season for these multi-sport
athletes, it?s for the entirety of the school year. Regarding the rigor of the schedules of multi-sport athletes, athletic director, Mr. Dennis Hart ?95, longtime Prep faculty member and former three-sport athlete Continued on Page 7.
(Photo Courtesy of Onlineathens.com)
By Dan Avingt on '18
Bar ber a '17, pict u r ed in At h en , GA, w h er e t h e f oot ball t eam par t ook in a ser vice pr oject last su m m er .