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Features Brendan Fowler, the unsung hero of the athletic department, manages eleven straight seasons, missing only one game.

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The Trilogy Continues Golden box office numbers expected Joel “the Movie Man” Wienholt News co-Editor The fate of the world will soon be decided. The battle for middle earth and the quest to destroy the one evil ring continues as The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers hit theatres yesterday, December 18th .

The minds of men are weak.

Their desire for possession and power far exceeds their ability to see clearly and to make the right choices. It began when the Dark Lord Sauron forged a powerful ring that brought evil into this world. His goal was to destroy the world of men.

Although his army was weak, he was no match for humans. He tore through middle earth’s forces until Isildor chopped off his hand and stripped him of the ring. He had one chance to destroy the ring and all of evil, but the hearts of men are easily corrupted. Isildor kept the ring for himself and was hunted down and killed.

Evil endured and the future of civilization rested in the fate of this one ring, which was lost for centuries. This burden had been placed in the hands of the young Hobbit named Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood).

With the help of his friend Samwise Gamgee (Sean Astin) and the creature Gollum, the three set foot to Mount Doom, the fortress of the Dark Lord Sauron and the only place the ring can be destroyed. During their journey

Editor’s Top Ten Ten gifts you would not think to buy this Christmas: 1. Personalized romance novel 2. Gift Certifcate to outof-business resturant 3. First season of Full House on DVD 4. “I love Zach Morris” sweatshirt 5. An Easter basket 6. Carnival goldfish 7. Life size standee of Frodo the Hobbit 8. A noodle necklace 9. 2-Disc 80’ 80’ss Plus CD 10. A copy of The Patriot The Patriot does not condone buying any of the above gifts for your loved ones. It is the thought that counts.

Frodo begins to be taken over by the power of the ring. On many occasions his judgment is altered and he is forced into deceitful actions.

At the same time the powerful Wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen), the human Aragorn (Viggo Mortenson), the elf Legolas (Orlando Bloom), and the dwarf Gimli (John Rhys Davies) search for the two lost members of the Fellowship, hobbits Merry and Pippen. Their search is unsuccessful so they turn their strength to another cause. They aid the Rohan people, who have been under attack from an army of Uruk khai. The people abandon their town and head for a military base called Helm’s Deep. They are followed by Sauron’s forces and meet in an unforgettable battle marked by blood and death.

The Two Towers is the second movie of three in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. All three movies were filmed at the same time in a massive fourteenmonth shoot in October of 1999. Taking one of the biggest risks in movie making history, filmmakers spent over $300 million in production.

The risk paid off as the first movie of the trilogy The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring set box office records grossing $860 million worldwide. The movie has also been successful at video stores, selling a large

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Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee hide in the field, witnessing a battle.

amount of DVD’s and videos. New Line Cinemas also offers a limited edition extended version of the movie. It is a four-disc set that contains an uncut fourhour version of the movie and two discs of behind the scene action.

The Two Towers is tremendously different from The Fellowship of the Ring . The main difference between the movies is that in The Two Towers the fellowship is broken up and is on their own missions. Also, the second movie lacks the creative

settings in the first such as the Mines of Moria. The Two Towers contains more realistic backdrops because most the movie is shot in the open country of New Zealand.

Although these movies are very different, they both contain extraordinary fight scenes and various astounding settings. Even though the fellowship is split up, the sense of

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Alumni make most of education Sam Marll Staff Writer What happens after students graduate from JC? Some of them go on to college, others join the military, and others jump right into the work force. Yet there remain a few that manage to rise above the others, achieving some measure of fame and fortune. As hard as it is to believe that people leave Bel Air, many have gone on to hold positions within our society’s elite.

Of course, one of the first persons that come to mind when thinking about JC alumni is Scooter Monroe, the famed wide receiver for the Terps.

Graduating in ‘99, Monroe was considered “a standout tailback” by JC football coach Bill Mackley.

Entering the University of Maryland as a communications major, Monroe quickly achieved prominence in his freshmen year when he made a seventy-two yard touchdown against Western Carolina, making the secondlongest pass of the year. In his sophomore year, Monroe distinguished

himself as one of the Terps’ primary kickoff returners, with ten returns for 145 yards.

However, it is junior year that has held the most significance for Monroe so far. In 2001, Monroe played in the Orange Bowl and finished fourth

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Zach Thornton, class of ‘91, is the goalkeeper for the Chicago Fire.

on the team with fourteen receptions. He also had the team’s longest reception of the year; 42 yards against Tennessee State University. Monroe made a second career touchdown against the University of North Carolina.

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Major league Soccer player, Zach Thornton, class of ‘91, is probably the best known of JC’s alumni. Thornton graduated from Loyola College in ‘94 with thirty-one shutouts to his name, and helped Loyola to a 15-4-2 record. Since joining the Chicago Fire in 1998, Thornton has been goalkeeper for 113 regular season matches, and earned a 66-33-11 record. On top of this, he has shut out every other MLS team, with the exception of New England. Thanks to his skill, Chicago has won two U.S. Open Cup titles, one in ’98 and the other in 2000.

Thornton has also been named to the MLS All-Star Team every year since joining the Fire, ranks third in shutouts with twenty-nine, and ranks second in alltime GAA with an average of 1.23.

Dr. Hugo Benalcazar, class of ‘85, made medical history last year when in conjunction with Dr. Daniel Pinheiro, he performed the first endoscopic resection of a pituitary adenoma at GBMC. For those who don’t have a

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The Day Before Christmas Break

DJ Ghetto makes impression at Variety Show

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ollowing in the footsteps of such prestigious White rappers and spinners as Vanilla Ice and Eminem, JC’s own Dj Ghetto gives cross cultural music a new face.

For those unfortunate folks who haven’t the pleasure of his acquaintance, Dj Ghetto, aka. Matt Kircher, is senior this year. A physics whiz and honor roll junkie, Matt enjoys long moonlit walks on the beach and scratching his well worn, and frequently obsolete records. Eager to please, Matt can bust a rhyme on whim, even on a bus! However, it is his spinning technique that has brought him the most fame. Dj made his debut at the Senior Variety Show, flying tandem with “Dance Revolution”, the racy Latin and Hip Hop dancing troupe that took the show by storm. Dj Ghetto owes his great reception partially to their guidance. Fellow performer and expert Latin dancer, Adrian “Beatmaster” Fejoo, commented, “ He’s the greatest man. Dance Revolution loves to jive to the beats of Dj Ghetto.” Angelo “Breaking the Beat” Beato confided in me saying, “ I have never been so proud in all my life,” seeing his friend Matt Kirchner transform into the musical we all know to be called Dj Ghetto. The entire Dance Revolution stands behind their man. Chris Dresher says, “He’s inspirational, really. He epitomizes the skills of a true Dj.” Certainly, the entire show was a sight to be seen; with talent ranging from musical communist propaganda to imitation frying eggs, but what show would be complete without such lyrical mastery as Dj Ghetto? Even the competition had encouraging statements about him. Jeff Grey of “J.A.M.” commented that , “Dj Ghetto is hard-core; he’s hard like the streets.” When asked about the quality of Dj Ghetto’s overall performance, Jeff replied, “We’re better.” I would have pushed further into questioning, but J.A.M. was too busy rockin’ out to comment.

Many a question has been raised as to the face behind the name. Dj Ghetto, yes, a very intimidating name, and the face? Not so. But do not be confused by his pale complexion, clean-cut appearance. Dj Ghetto is just what his name implies. Dj Ghetto divulged to me his purpose in the music industry, “To spread the Ghettoness around the world- WHAT!” I, overwhelmed by the resounding “WHAT!” concluding his statement have no doubts as to his amazing talents and astounding ghettoness.

As Megan, “I’m Italian, not Spanish”, Blume of the Dance Revolution said, “He’s just fly, he’s so fly he’s like a bird. Jump on his wings and he’ll fly you away!” Not everyone could put into words the absolutely breathtaking aura of ghettoness that Dj Ghetto excludes. Deanna McDonald was one such victim, she said, “Its hard to describe...he’s just so real…so…real, He’s the next Vanilla Ice!!” Whether fan or skeptic of Dj Ghetto, its hard to deny that he crosses many barriers, ie. racial barriers, language barriers, and the occasional orange cone barrier on the highway.

As a side note, everyone who participated in the Variety Show did an outstanding job!! Thank you all for an amazing adventure and a beautiful show.

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‘Twas the day before Christmas break and all through JC, not a person was working, no not even me. The tests were all taken by the students with care, with the hopes that lots of “A’s” hung in the air. The lab tops were shut off and so was the heat, everybody was freezing from head down to feet, and Mr. Scholl in his red shirt and Mr. McAdams, his tie green, had just started imagining the no student scene. When over the Fine Arts wing there arose a great clatter, we all sprang from our seats to see what was the matter. Away to the windows we tore like a flash, pulled open the blinds, and threw up the sash. The sun on the ice over the three-week-old snow made everyone blinded to what was below. And we were all wondering what we should do when there lands on the miter a sleigh and eight kangaroo. With a tall, middleaged driver, a red bow tie (his marker), we knew in an instant it must be Mr. Barker. With more bounce than Mrs. B, his coursers they came, and he whistled and he shouted, and he called them by name, “Now Murphy!

Now Kachur! Now Heubeck and Heflin! On Blair! On Perry! On Piercy and Willan! To the top of the third floor! To the top of this wall! Now hop away! Hop away! Hop away al!” So up to the school top hopped the kangaroo with a sleigh full of goodies and Mr. Barker too. And then in a twinkling I heard and I saw, the hopping and bouncing of each little paw.

As I drew in my head and was turning around, down the Fine Arts wing wall came Mr. Barker with a bound. He was dressed in a suit, trying his best to look nice. Even though he was covered in snow and in ice. A briefcase of something he had slung over his shoulder, he resembled my uncle, just a little bit older. His eyes-how they twinkled-his dimples how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry! The cloth round his neck was drawn up like a bow, and his face and his hair were white with the snow. He carried a poster that “it’s bad to smoke” in his teeth, “lest you want for smoke to encircle you like a wreath”. He had an oval face and barely a belly, that I guess would have shook when he laughed, just like jelly. He was friendly and helpful, a right decent principal, and I laughed when I saw him, silently somehow. A wink of his eye and a twist of his head, soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, left the teachers nice bonuses then he turned with a jerk, and placing a finger on the “All call” button, as he’d do. I watched as he cried that Christmas break would be four weeks not two! Then he jumped in his sleigh to his team gave a whistle, and away they all hopped like the down of a thistle, but, I heard him exclaim as we drove off to our break, “Merry Christmas!

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And now for my more typical holiday writing. There’s nothing more thrilling than spending a quality afternoon at the mall during the pre-Christmas season. At some point in everyone’s life, yes, even you boys, there is that intense rush of adrenaline that can only be felt as you slowly maneuver your car through the packed parking lots only to find a spot even further from the mall than the one you hold at JC. After three Wawa coffees and three quarters of a tank of gas, at last you slide the gear into park, and the journey begins. Making it safely into the building is only the first step—people often underestimate the danger of dodging the driverless Cadillacs and avoiding the black ice.

Once inside, the fun begins! Not even the battlefields of a major war could compare to what one has to fend against in a mall anytime between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. It is pretty ridiculous. Let me take a moment to regale all of you with my holiday shopping experiences, with the hopes that maybe you will have some stories to share with me too.

First, a tip for all you potential shoppers: never underestimate the menace concealed within any mall regardless of its size or the quality of the stores, for example, Harford Mall. Small in comparison to its nearby cousins in Towson, Christiana, and White Marsh, I’ve come to learn that even it houses angry, desperate, and crazed shoppers of all ages and sexes.

While browsing the aisles of the women’s department in Hecht’s the other day, I was astonished by the number of older women who had evidently forgotten the cardinal rule in kindergarten: keep your hands to yourself. I am a relatively small person, I take a minimal mount of space; how is it then that approximately four different people somehow managed to push me out of the way attempting to grab whatever item happened to be close to me.

The same incident occurred in several other stores, and they have led me to the conclusion that online shopping is the way to go. From here on out, it will just be me, my computer, and my credit card bringing holiday greetings to those I love, or at least those I am obligated to buy presents for.

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Hardball Politics Homeland security bill was almost unanimous President Bush created the Office of Homeland Defense following the attacks of September 11, 2001. Some view its creation as essentially a public relations gesture since the CIA and National Guard supposedly already handle its functions, to help the nation prepare for, recover from, and stamp out threats to national security.

My view puts this new office in a more sinister light. I believe that it has unfairly added to the executive branch of the Federal Government and that its purpose is to put power over the thoughts, speech, and movement of the citizens into this country into the hands of a President who, until after these attacks, divided this nation.

In the name of Homeland Defense, dissent has become unpatriotic and any criticism of America’s foreign policy has become pro-terrorist. I for one don’t like the idea of the President creating and destroying government offices as he sees fit, and the mention of a National Identification Card, one of the suggestions for protection the Office of Homeland Defense has offered, strikes fear into my heart.

The best way the government and military can really provide “homeland defense” is to stop propping up dictators for our own shortsighted needs. In the guise of promoting democracy, this nation has made alliances with some of the most evil men recent history has seen: Pinochet, Noriega, and yes, Osama Bin Laden (we helped him fight the Russians when they invaded Afghanistan, remember?). The best way we can defend our country is to stop meddling in the world’s affairs in such a devious and greed driven manner. All that has done is create enemies, some of them, wellfunded ones like Bin Laden.

Some people choose to ignore the fact that the fight for freedom is as ongoing as the fight for safety in this world. Our freedoms are under constant attack from terrorism, yes, but also from our own government. Governments are not benevolent dispensers of freedoms: freedom has to be fought for. Americans have fought for every freedom we have,

President Bush signed into law the long-awaited bill to create the Department of Homeland Security, a Cabinet-level super-agency that will combine 22 separate federal agencies to protect the United States from terrorism, and nominated former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge as its secretary. Ridge, who has advised Bush on homeland de-

The White House, the birthplace of the Homeland Security bill.

from the Revolutionary War, to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s. Now it is up to us to fight for the right to think, act, and speak according to our beliefs and not to have to worry about a knock on the door in the middle of the night.

Don’t think it can’t happen here; it can and it will if we are not constantly vigilant against enemies that would try to take our freedom and destroy our nation, all enemies of freedom, whoever they might be.

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fense for the past year as head of the Office of Homeland Security, now faces the mammoth task of melding together federal organizations with unique mandates, traditions, and cultures. “We’re taking historic action to defend the United States and protect our citizens from the dangers of a new era,” Bush said at a White House signing ceremony. “We’re showing the resolve of this great nation to defend our freedom, our security and our way of life.”

Bush initially resisted calls to establish a homeland security depart-

ment, but changed his mind last summer as congressional pressure grew and as criticism mounted of the performance of the CIA and the FBI before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Tom Ridge had said for months that he was not seeking the job of secretary of the new agency, but he too reversed course and ended up working for the appointment, government sources said.

Legislation to create the new department was delayed for months by Senate Democrats who resisted demands

by Bush for new authority to establish workforce rules for the department’s employees. This month’s election, which gave Republicans control of the Senate, guaranteed a victory for Bush on the issue and Democrats quickly relented.

It will analyze terrorism intelligence to match it against the nation’s vulnerabilities, develop new technologies to detect threats, coordinate the training and funding of state and local police and fire departments, and scrutinize U.S. borders and ports of entry. A number of the largest agencies — the Coast Guard, the Secret Service, Customs, the INS and the Transportation Security Administration — will transfer to the new department on March 1, according to the master plan.

Representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union, the Federation of American Scientists and the Electronic Privacy Information Center said the new department could create advisory committees that are exempt from public disclosure laws. The legislation creating the department also shields from public disclosure information that industry might share with the government about critical infrastructure.

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The morality and legality of gay and lesbian adoption The adoption of children by same-sex couples is an issue that warrants serious consideration. My view of the matter is one of acceptance; however, many others remain skeptical of a homosexual couple’s ability to successfully raise a child.

Although homosexual parents may be able to care for a child just as well as any other parents, they cannot protect a child from receiving harassment for the sexual orientation of his or her parents. Of course one might say that any child is subject to harassment for certain aspects of their parents, and obviously no parent is capable of sheltering their children from harassment. I, therefore, cannot object to homosexuals adopting children simply on the grounds that the child will be the target of harassment.

Whether or not an individual can adopt a child should depend on that individual’s ability to provide and care for a child. Although homosexuality may seem appalling to some, it is not our right as United States citizens to place our morals on one another. We have made it our place in states such as Florida, though, where gay and lesbian adoption

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is illegal. These states persecute offenders of the anti-homosexual adoption laws thoroughly and often create more stress for the children of the couples than existed beforehand.

The case against restricting gay parenting is strong from many perspectives. The nation’s leading advocates for children have declared again and again that restrictions against homosexual parenting make for bad public policy that harms children. These groups are not driven by any political or moral beliefs, but by standards that guide how to assess and deliver what children need. Instead of making child placement decisions based on stereotypes about whole segments of people, child welfare policy asks that decisions be made on a case-by-case basis. I whole-heartedly agree with child welfare policy and therefore agree with homosexual parenting when the parents are fully capable. There are many children in need of parents, and I for one do not object to these children getting them.

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The most important thing in a child’s life is a moral basis.

Without this basis, the child will not become a productive member of society and will continue to pass on this behavior to other generations. It is not prudent to allow children to be raised in homes lacking a moral basis. The children would grow up believing that homosexuality is “normal” when in fact it is not. Can two men or two women conceive by themselves? Unless you didn’t take ANY biology at all, you know that this is impossible.

Also on the issue of biology, it has been shown that having both a male and female parent is important to making sure that the child grows up right. Only with both a male and female influence can a child be properly raised. This has been shown, not with the issue of gay adoption, but with single parents raising children. The children who are raised by single parents, whether male or female,

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cannot give the child the full experience of both men and women. A young boy needs a father and a mother, just as a girl needs a father and a mother. The reason that the traditional family unit consists of two parents, a male and female, is because that is what is best for the child. This is a basic human truth, not something created by a special interest group.

A child who grows up without the necessary teaching will lose his way and not be able to contribute to society.

The issues associated with homosexuality are complex and controversial. There are no quick or easy answers. As this issue has not yet been resolved, we should, as responsible members of society, refrain from using children as pawns in political issues.

Why would anyone want to put a child through that? Only a sick person would risk children’s welfare to advance their own social agenda.

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United Nations inspects Iraq’s arsenal Sam Marll Senior Writer

As U.N. arms experts began to hunt for clues in September that President Saddam Hussein’s government has or is developing weapons of mass destruction, the inspectors and the government both say they will be heading into previously out-of-bounds territory in a quest to avert a U.S. military attack.

The inspectors set off early today in a convoy of nine white vehicles with U.N. logos and drove to a large military compound about 12 miles east of Baghdad. They were escorted by Iraqi officials and followed by about 50 cars carrying journalists, who were barred from entering the compound.

The inspectors, reinforced by a new Security Council resolution, say they finally will be able to visit any place in Iraq, including secret military research laboratories and Hussein’s presidential palaces, without giving advance warning to Iraqi officials, a power that eluded their predecessors during more than seven years of inspections in the 1990s.

The Iraqi government, secretive and intensely nationalist, says it is willing under the resolution to open itself up to foreign officials in ways never before imaginable here. If it follows through on promises to cooperate, the government will be required to allow the U.N. inspection teams to walk through some of the country’s most s e n s i t i v e installations — where not even many Iraqis penetrate — and permit top scientists to be taken abroad for interview.

The degree of Iraqi compliance with the new i n s p e c t i o n requirements, laid down Nov. 8 in a unanimous resolution, remains to be seen. It is also unknown whether Hussein’s government is telling the truth when it claims that it no longer has weapons of mass destruction or programs to build them. But the government has vowed to abide by the new rules, and several signs point to a response that will be markedly different from the way Iraqi officials handled previous inspections from 1991 to 1998.

An adviser to Hussein said Tuesday that “every ministry, every site in the country that the inspectors might want to visit, has received instructions to cooperate fully.”

“This is the first time the government has given this directive,” he said. “They have been told, ‘Prepare the keys. Prepare the person to accompany the inspectors. Prepare the gates to be opened 24 hours a day.”

U.N. officials said Iraqi officials also told them that such orders have been issued. One of the inspection leaders, Mohamed El Baradei, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has said the Iraqi government promised to provide the inspectors “full cooperation and full transparency.”

Hans Blix, the chief U.N. inspector, told the Security Council Monday that Iraqi officials informed him

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UN inspectors finally arrive in Iraq for the first time in decades. hour period UN experts secured a dozen Iraqi artillery shells.

during a visit to Baghdad last week that, despite the pledge of cooperation, inspections of sensitive laboratories and presidential sites cannot be as routine as those of more mundane sites. But he did not specify what conditions the Iraqi government might impose, and his lieutenants here put emphasis on the promises of cooperation.

“Things look different this time,” said Demetrius Perricos, leader of an 11-member team from the U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, Blix’s organization charged with inspecting Iraq’s chemical, biological and missile programs.

Inspectors from the IAEA, who will work alongside those from the United Nations, will be responsible for nuclear issues.

U.S. officials are skeptical of Iraq’s promises to cooperate, noting that Iraq has failed in the past to provide an honest accounting of weapons programs.

They also contend that although Iraq might have destroyed much of its production capacity, it may also have hidden small caches of chemical and biological weapons that would be hard to find in a country of 168,000 square miles.

Many Iraqis, official and unofficial, expressed opposition to the demand to open any building to the inspectors. They believed it was a violation of their sovereignty. But they said they were willing to put up with it if a war with the United States could be averted. “Can you imagine inspectors going into the White House and searching everywhere without giving notice?” said Mohammed Akram, a Baghdad shopkeeper. “It’s very difficult for us to imagine that people should be allowed to do that to us.” But, he said, if it might help prevent a U.S. attack, “we must swallow our pride and do this.”

The Iraqi government also has indicated it will accommodate journalists who want to cover the inspections. The Information Ministry issued press passes Tuesday to about 100 foreign reporters and told them they would be free to follow the inspectors wherever they went.

Usually, any visits to government buildings require advance permission and the presence of a government minder.

Government officials said they would be more than happy for journalists

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to witness the inspections in their entirety, filming the experts as they run their Geiger counters and scoop up soil samples. “We want the cameras inside,” the presidential adviser said. He said the government “wants to document the work of the inspectors, particularly if they try to create problems.”

U.N. officials, however, nixed the presence of journalists at inspection sites, saying their Security Council mandate gives them the power to make places that are being searched “exclusion zones,” where nobody can enter or leave.

“Our job is to be done in a quiet manner, away from the cameras,” Perricos said.

With a clear Security Council mandate and the equivalent of nationwide backstage passes, the inspectors said they also plan to approach this round of searches differently. For starters, they have a clear game plan for inspections over the next few weeks, based on

studying satellite photos and sifting through intelligence reports for the past four years, since the last group of inspectors withdrew.

“It is our first opportunity to go under the roofs to see what’s there,” Perricos said. He refused to detail where they plan to visit first, but other U.N. officials said the initial searches almost certainly will occur at well-known sites long linked to Iraq’s weapons programs, where the experts may install cameras and other surveillance equipment. Those visits, U.N. officials said, likely will result in little new evidence or confrontation, but will provide important practice for the newly arrived inspectors, many of whom have never worked in Iraq.

U.N. officials said they plan to pay close attention to Western intelligence reports that Iraq has shifted some of its chemical and biological weapons-related facilities underground and put others in mobile laboratories. The IAEA said it also intends to look into allegations that Iraq may be using recently imported aluminum tubes to enrich uranium compounds into weapons-grade material.

At a news conference Tuesday, the inspectors showed off some of the 20 tons of equipment they have flown into Baghdad in recent days, including ground-penetrating radar that can uncover underground facilities and radioactive isotope detectors. This round of searches will employ more advanced technology than inspectors have used in the past. Photographs, for instance, will be taken with digital cameras, allowing images to be sent to experts outside Iraq for their advice while inspectors are still examining a site, Perricos said.

Dog trained to better society Jessie Pitts is training her dog and donating it to help the disabled Tara Hofherr Editorials co- Editor Admission letters for the class of 2007 won’t be mailed until February, but for one four-legged student, the JC school year has just begun. On December 12, 2002, six-month-old Chanele Pitts attended her first day of high school.

Chanele is a black Labrador mix puppy temporarily owned by senior Jessie Pitts as part of the Canine Partners for Life Program. Jessie first learned about this program at the assembly held here at JC in the spring of 2002. With the support of her mom, Lynn, Jessie attended a meeting at a training facility in Pennsylvania for potential foster families for these puppies in training.

After being placed on a waiting list for three months, Jessie received Chanele, a mere eight-week-old puppy in the beginning of July. Shortly thereafter, she began taking Chanele to an obedience class every other week.

In addition to these classes, Jessie must take Chanele out in public at least once a day. Chanele will be a part of the Pitts family until she is one year old. Then she will return to the kennel with her “graduating class.” From here her training has only begun, as she will

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begin another year of more intense instruction by a professional trainer.

Once she has completed this, she will be placed on a waiting list to be matched with a handicapped person based on his/her needs and size. The recipient and Chanele will work with another training for two more weeks, and then together, they will graduate the entire program!

Dogs through the Canine Partner for Life Program can be trained to be seizure alert dogs, companion dogs, or aid dogs for a person in a wheelchair.

As a student at JC, Chanele has her own special uniform, a “service dog in training” jacket. This helps to identify

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Chanele will go through intense instruction and much training in order to help the handicapped,

her when she is out in public, and it lets people know that they should not just come up and pet her. Besides seeing Chanele in the halls of JC, you may find her happily walking besides Jessie in the mall, in your favorite restaurant, at the movie theater, or on a special occasion at the National Aquarium in Baltimore.

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5 News Team Up aims for drug, alcohol prevention Colleen O’Brien Editor- in -Chief

needed for their support at home and in athletics. Each athlete is required to sign a pledge that says they will agree to the The toughest opponent for all Team-Up pledge and not consume drugs the JC athletic teams sometimes is not a or alcohol. county rival, but drugs and alcohol. In Like any program, Team-Up has an attempt to solve the problem of consequences both during the season student athletes and drug and alcohol and outside of the season. If an athlete use, JC has adopted the Team-Up turns him or herself in the individual stays program. on the team and is able to get help Mike Hall, the principal of through JC. If an athlete is caught using Anderson High School, in Cincinnati, or turned in by a parent, coach, teacher, Ohio, developed the program captain, or peer, the in 1983. Mr. Barker learned athlete is excluded from PAUL BARKER about the Team-Up program all athletics for 365 days when he was teaching in unless he/she is Cleveland. Mr. Barker liked successful in an appeal what he heard about Team-Up to the athletic council. If and believed it may be a the athlete has a successful program because successful appeal, they he said, “ It is coach, captain, are suspended from participation in athletics and athlete centered.” for ten days.

Mr. Barker brought Among many consequences, the idea back home to Baltimore and, after sharing it with other administrators, the athlete must also go for an decided it was something worth pursuing assessment for involvement with drugs for JC. Mr. Perry and Mrs. Gauthier and alcohol and abide by the traveled to Anderson High School and recommendations from the assessment. attended a workshop about Team –Up Outside of the season if an athlete is during the Spring of 2001. Thus, the caught they follow the same conditions following fall JC athletics started its own as if in season except they are excluded Team-Up program. from 20% of the athletic contests for the The Team-Up program relies on next sport in which they participate. But the commitment of coaches, captains, the athlete may participate in practices athletes, and parents. Coaches are and scrimmages. suppose to speak to their players often As the JC website explains, “we about drug and alcohol use, while wish it was as easy as signing a piece of captains are to be role models and paper to keep our students free of alcohol influence fellow team members to avoid and other drugs,” but it has not been that drug and alcohol use. Parents are also easy. So far this year the Team-Up

Team Up: Expectations and Alcohol Use JC conducted an alcohol use survey over the last two years. The students were promised confidentiality and the results were considered truthful and genuine. The results have shown a decrease in alcohol use. Coaches, captains, and parents have specific expectations under this new program.

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Coaches: - Talk to your team about alcohol and drug policies - Enforce team and school policies and procedures - Reinforce positive behaviors every time you see them

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eam up is coach, captain, and athlete centered.”

Make clear to your teammates that help is available Tell teammates you will confront them if they use Be a year-round role model Tell team under what conditions you talk to the coach

Parents: - Support Team-Up philosophy and pledges - Abide by the commitments of the parent pledge - Never allow drug or alcohol use by minors

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program has had good cooperation for signing the pledge among parents, coaches, and athletes. Coaches have committed practice time to talk to their athletes about different issues. Mr. Barker said that not 100% of the coaches are talking to their athletes, but over time it should improve.

But the athletes, the people the program is theoretically supposed to help, are very doubtful about the TeamUp method. Signing a nice yellow poster that says you pledge to abstain from drugs and alcohol is not going to keep all people from changing their habits on the weekends. Athletes are also

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questionable about the fact that team captains are suppose to report any team mates that have been using drugs or alcohol. Junior cross-country runner Lauren Bradley said, “It’s a good attempt, but it is not effective because if you are friends with the captain they are not going to tell on you.”

The Team Up program has already played a big role at JC. With one sport season completed, another one underway, and three successful appeals, the Team–Up program will receive its fair share of criticism this year and will determine whether it makes any progress on beating out the tough competition.

ID Cards enhance technology program safety John Vigliotti News co- Editor When providing students with a computer lab there is an important factor that must be taken into consideration: the treatment of the computers. This does not mean the physical care of the computers but rather the manner in which they are used.

The administration has issued individual computer ID’s to students for several reasons. One reason is to ensure that each student is using the computers properly. Every time a student wishes to use a JC computer, whether it is for class or on their own terms, a personal code and password must be typed.

The code and password is not the simplest of combinations either. “It’s a hassle because the card always needs to be with you, it’s not like the code can be easily memorized,” said Freshman Jessica O’Brien.

“The greatest asset of computer ID cards is the increase of security,” said Dean of Students Mr. Piercy. The school has had several accounts of computer misconduct, and had the ID cards been issued earlier, the computer abuse would have been dealt with greater ease.

If something inappropriate were to occur on a JC computer, the ID cards would ensure the proper student receives punishment. “Naturally it would be easier to discipline students if the crime committed could be proven with

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Two freshmen work diligently on the JC library computers. In order to begin their work they had to sign on to the computer using their personal ID code and password.

computer IDs,” said Mr. Piercy.

However, the cases of computer misconduct were not severe enough to be the sole reason for the new computer IDs. “I would call it [computer IDs] a preventative measure rather than reactive,” said Mr. Piercy. The computer ID’s are another step in school security.

The main reason, however, for the issuance of the computer ID’s is for each student to

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lab, many students were unable to participate right away without first making a trip to their lockers to get their ID’s. “It was unclear at first that even language classes needed to use the cards,” said Spanish teacher Senora Michael, “but it’s no problem now that the teachers all know.”

Students have many negative reactions about these new computer ID’s.

“It’s ridiculous and it doesn’t work because the whole class can just sign on three cards,” said junior Mike Monaghan.

Although a computer requires a code and password for access, the other computers cannot recognize if a password is being used on a different computer. This means that a password can be used more than once on different computers. Many foreign language classes survived on this technique for the first week. However, some computers are now able to read the other computers.

Having ID cards is not revolutionary to JC. Many real life jobs incorporate signing on to a personal code and password. “The computer ID cards also serve as a life preparation,” said Technical Coordinator Mr. Russell.

have their own central network folder.

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ABC Friday night lineup lacks family ABC to TGIF: “Nobody wants you around -- families don’t matter anymore” Tom Scilipoti Senior Writer It’s Friday night and the moon is right. Your friends are not peace rolling to BK or chilling in a parking lot: they are glued to the TV. Tonight only your Family Matters, as ABC Friday night primetime programming fills your Full House with a blitz of family-centric entertainment.

Mom pulls through in the clutch with a twelve pack of Coke, and Dad brings the house down with his savvy Urkel impressions. Thank God it’s Friday.

Thank God Danny Tanner (Bob Saget) is still funny. Thank God wearing my book bag on one shoulder is cool. Thank God it’s 1992.

What the? A split second later you swerve out of a pimped up Civic’s way, Ludacris blaring, as your childhood flashback comes to a screeching finale.

It’s 2002 now. Your house is

never full on Friday nights. The Dinosaurs (Jim Henson’s made for TV dinomuppets) are extinct. Uncle Joey has finally moved out. Your annoyingly funny neighbor, Steve Urkel, has finally hit puberty and you wonder: What ever happened to the ABC family centric lineup (TGIF) that dominated my childhood Friday nights?

Do kids and parents still Thank God It’s Friday every Friday night between 8 and 10PM? Unfortunately, the answer is no.

In the fall of 2000, an outbreak of sadness swept across an entire nation of children between the ages of six and eleven. The cause: ABC’s swift cancellation of its twelve-year-old Friday night lineup, TGIF. The only cure: A swift return of TGIF to the Friday night airwaves. Sadly, ABC has never since sought to cure its legion of sad children. Attempting to cure declining ratings, ABC forever sacked the family centric TGIF Friday

primetime block in favor of adult oriented TV. Since the fall of 2000, ABC Friday primetime has targeted the lonely adult with nothing better to do on a Friday night than watch The Drew Carey Show.

For twelve years TGIF brought kids and parents together on Friday nights through family programs like Full House and the aptly named Family Matters. Clearly, family does not matter anymore to ABC Friday primetime: No family shows have hit the block since TGIF was cancelled in 2000.

Ten years ago, ABC Friday night television (TGIF) was one of the highlights of a kid’s trouble-free week, almost as good as pretending to be a Ninja Turtle and having pizza nights.

Every week, the sweet sounds of the TGIF theme song would signal yet another magical Friday evening. Modern television classics like Full House, Family Matters, The Dinosaurs, Step by Step, and Boy Meets World made kids

everywhere thank God that it was Friday.

Now, the golden days of ABC’s Friday night television have long passed, and the ratings have declined rapidly since 1995. A kid tuned to ABC on Friday night would no longer find a lovable and equally hilarious next-door neighbor such as Urkel.

Instead, they would find a fat, whiny, flat-topped, wannabe-comedian (Drew Carey centric programs such as the Drew Carey Show and Whose Line is It Anyway? account for fifty percent of ABC Friday night programming).

ABC Friday night television for years (1988 to 2000) sent kids to bed with sweet dreams full of happiness and joy.

Now, Drew Carey-centric ABC Friday Night television sends kids to bed crying, full of nightmares of a candy stealing, fat stranger from Cleveland.

Count your blessings. Thank God you grew up in the Golden Age of ABC Friday night television. Thank God for TGIF.

TGIF Historical Timeline 1989-1990

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“A star is born” *ABC kicks off its TGIF campaign. *Perfect Strangers and Full House emerge as big hits.

“Family Matters” *Family Matters starring Steve Urkel (Jaleel White) hits the airwaves. *Full House and Family Matters attract millions of viewers to TGIF.

“Uncle” Jesse Kostopaulus (John Stamos) of Full House soon won over fans everywhere with his savvy acting and aggressive mullet.

The Winslow family (and Urkel) pose for a Family Matters group shot. Urkel and the Winslows really mattered to families everywhere during it 8-year run on TGIF.

1991-1992

1993-1994

“Ratings climb Step “TGIF W orld meets World

by Step” Boy”

*A hilarious new sitcom, Step

by Step starring Pat Duffy takes over the 9PM TGIF slot and the hearts of millions of viewers. *The Dinosaurs, a Jim Henson production, reincarnate into the 9:30 slot. The Dinosaurs would complete T.G.I.F’s dream line-up of the 90’s.

Earl and The Baby pose here for a money shot. Gotta love em’.

*Another TGIF staple, Boy Meets World, takes over the 9:30 slot. Boy Meets World would remain on TGIF until its very end. *The Dinosaurs migrate to Sundays.

Boy Meets World star, Corey Matthews (Ben Savage), took over the 9:30 spot in 93’.

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1997-1998

1999-2000

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“Full House Empties Out”

“Urkel Moves to CBS”

“It’ “It’ss all over”

“Carey scares away viewers”

*A part of TGIF died in 95’ when ratings powerhouse, Full House, was cancelled.

The 8PM TGIF block would never be the same.

*97’ marked the move of TGIF classic, Family Matters, to CBS. Urkel had finally outgrown TGIF.

Olsen tag team takes over TGIF *In a vain attempt to recreate their magic of old, Full House producers brought the Olsen twins back to TGIF in 98’. *Two of A Kind, starring the Olsen twins brought lower ratings than expected.

TGIF ratings started to crumble as millions of viewers said goodbye to Full House star Bob Saget (above).

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*2000 marked the end of TGIF’s 12-year run on ABC Friday primetime.

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Who are these unrecognizable faces? S tars of the short-lived Stars “adult” sitcom, The T rouble with Normal . Lackluster “adult” shows such as this one took over the ABC Friday primetime slot, erasing TGIF programs.

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*In another bonehead move, ABC exectives moved the flattoped Drew Carey to Friday night primetime for the 20022003 season.

Happy about the fact the his bad jokes and lack of physical fitness scares children away from ABC, Drew Carey gives a smile.

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Knot doomed to untie in celeb marriages Ben Affleck: A prospective husband or J. Lo’s next victim?

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did not work out for her. Barrymore is not the only one suffering from marriage problems.

Carmen Electra is another woman who needed someone new after a In today’s world, does “‘till short period. She and Dennis Rodman death do us part” have any meaning untied the knot after only five months. anymore? In Hollywood, it certainly does Charlie Sheen also had a fancy not seem like it. Some of the shortest for the number five as his marriage to marriages have been model Donna Peele ones within the public ended after five eye. It is almost a shock months also. to see an engagement of Charmed Hollywood stars who and Whose the Boss have not been married star Alyssa Milano previously, and it might stayed married to be a world record if a musician Cinjun Tate marriage were to last for ten months, longer than a year. which is six months Since children longer then her coof this era idolize star Shannon celebrities, the effect of Doherty. Doherty’s these marriages on marriage to Ashley future generations might Hamilton only lasted be quite substantial. a short four months. www.eonline.com Will people soon think it Although is sufficient to love and Drew Barrymore stares into Julia Roberts isn’t the eyes of her former leave over and over really the run away husband Tom Green. again just as their role bride, her reputation models do? with marriage is not the best either.

Drew Barrymore’s marriage of Roberts and country star Lyle Lovett five months to Tom Green in 2001 is a parted after twenty-one months of prime example of marriages gone wrong. marriage. However, during their first eight That relationship was a success for her, months of marriage the couple had only though. spent seven weeks together and started That marriage was three months sleeping apart, even when they were in longer than her previous marriage to bar the same city. owner Jeremy Thomas. Those Toms just That marriage should seem like

an eternity for Dynasty star Catherine Oxenberg, whose exchange of vows with her producer, Robert Evans, lasted only a whopping ten days.

Zsa Zsa Gabor’s marriage to Mexican lawyer and playboy Felip De Alba was terminated just one day after they tied the knot! Congratulations to

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The new marriage of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez is yet another marriage doomed to failure.

holding one of the records for the world’s shortest marriage.

The explanation for these couples’ incapability to hold a steady, formal relationship is questionable. Do they marry for looks? Or do they really have unconditional love for each other?

Marriages that are so ephemeral give the public eye probable cause to believe that the “love” is actually love for the gorgeous hair and the amazing smiles that most of these celebrities have.

There is one specific exception.

Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman called it quits after ten years of wedding bliss.

A spokeswoman for Kidman and Cruise announced their separation “claiming their respective careers kept them apart too long and too often to maintain a marriage.”

Most married couples can attest that a lot of work comes with commitment. Studies show that more than half of marriages end in divorce and that the odds are stacked even higher against celebrity couples. Many of these couples claim that not only do they have to undergo the regular marital issues but also the media’s invasion of their privacy.

Although celebrities must deal with more distractions than the common citizen, that still should not be an excuse for a failed marriage. The media is still awaiting the results for pop star/actress J. Lo’s recent marriage to the “Sexiest Man Alive,” Ben Affleck. Will they change the common trends of celebrity failed marriages? Until that time comes, do not look to Hollywood for marriage counseling.

Frodo charges into boxoffice Christmas gifts hand out love Continued from front page Tara Hofherr Editorials co- Editor

The stereotypical statement that Christmas is too commercialized is slowly becoming a bygone trend. As the holidays approach, JC students and faculty are taking the time to realize that the season of giving means more than a packaged present. It is a time to rejoice, share, reflect, and give the greatest gifts of all to those around us: our time, our love, and ourselves.

Contrary to popular belief, these gifts do not refer to the time it takes to drive to Towson Town Center, the love required in handing over the twentydollar bill for the Abercrombie sweater, and the sheer good will it requires of oneself to restrain from keeping the sweater for personal use.

In fact, much to the delight of wallets and the dismay of popular clothing stores, the current Christmas fad is a homemade one; whether it is cookies, bread, collages, or quilts, gifts made by hand, and clearly of the heart, are back in style.

Senior Camille Barnes is one JC student who has decided to extend her creativity into her holiday presents. Her craft is personalized with a picture, collages with scrapbook paper, and inspirational with a few selectively chosen words.

Her reason for devoting so much time and effort into these unique gifts is simple but meaningful. She said, “It’s my last Christmas with my friends, and I want to give them something they

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can take with them to college to remember me.” Gifts of the heart, such as Camille’s gift, will obviously never be forgotten.

Students are not the only participants in the spreading of good holiday cheer. Freshmen and sophomore English teacher Miss Pyzik also partakes in the exchange of homemade gifts. She enjoys painting meaningful photographs for people. For example, for her grandparents who live in Florida for three months of the year, Miss Pyzik has created a painting of a photograph they have of their neighbor fishing.

She has also painted wooden boxes with symbolic pictures for her friends to create meaningful keepsakes.

Like Camille, her reason for creating instead of buying her gifts is genuine and sensible.

Miss Pyzik said, “It saves me money. I like more sentimental things.

Most of all, I like to avoid the crowds at stores.”

These types of Christmas gifts that come from the creativity and love of the giver help to make the season more meaningful and memorable for both the gift giver and the gift receiver.

be fairly minute. If you can’t spend $3 or $4 to rent it before you see Two Towers, there’s no point in going.”

The enormous cast once again delivers an astonishing performance that will propel the trilogy to be one of the most successful of all time. Will the race of men fail or will they succeed to destroy the evil ring that haunts the world? Although these questions will not be answer ed in The Two Towers, the story is unraveling and will persuade everyone to see the final installment of the trilogy, The Return of the King, which hits theatres Christmas of 2003.

brotherhood between them is still apparent, especially in the final battle at Helm’s Deep.

Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli fight along side the Rohan people to save the race of men and fight off evil yet another time. This battle is possibly the most powerful and amazing fight sequence of all time and contains a few shocking twists and turns.

The Two Towers picks up right where the first movie left off. There is no introduction or narration to revisit The Fellowship of the Ring. Director Peter Jackson knows his audience and never even considered an introduction. He said in December edition of Time magazine that, “I know that New Line would have preferred us to have a little catch up, but I think that’s a very TV kind of device.

I figured the amount of people going to see the www.lordoftherings.net Two Towers without Legolas (Orlando Bloom) goes to battle. seeing Fellowship would

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Seniors exhibit a variety of talent at annual show Katie Chlada Managing Editor

prayer Mrs. Murphy-style that concluded with the “moon” shining from beneath the senior girls’ skirts. The Starbucks skit was a favorite among the audience members. Alyx and Becky Moore, Lauren Starbucks stereotypes, low Betzing, and Kirsten Kneussl, adorned in budget Saturday Night Live imitations, JC black attire and beatnik attitudes, offered staff mockeries, and communist a conventional day in Starbucks while boyfriends culminated on Tuesday, cleverly indicating that all of the class of November 26 and Wednesday, November 2002 went to HCC and that the sophomore girls have distinct fake tans.

“I have never even been tanning in my life, said sophomore Sarah Hagelin, “I don’t see why they made fun of us when they look like chicken nuggets all year round!”

Next, Kyle Leppert and his fellow guitarists, Dave Ivy and Adam Trionfo, played the Dave Matthews Band version of All Along the Watchtower . photo by Patriot staff Many would agree that they Alex Brueggeman and Owen Jordan entertain should have left the performance their police officer passenger, Keith Hinder, to Jimi Hendrix or Bob Dylan. with annoying noises as they reenact the Sherry Parker’s snake Dumb and Dumber hitchhiker skit. charmer oboe performance 27 when the senior class of 2003 proved that spending four years in the continued the annual JC tradition of the JC Band and in intense oboe lessons Senior Variety Show. Seniors unearthed pays off. comic personas, belligerent insults, and Act I continued with a heartfelt hidden talents to captivate everyone and rendition of Norah Jones’s single Don’t occasionally even enrage graduates and Know Why by Sara Spangler. Then, with students. gaudy sweaters and a “tub full of butter,” Two weeks of tedious practice Kyle Leppert and Brittany Sibiski offered and dress rehearsals had seniors and a striking imitation of the SNL skit, Coffee Variety Show moderators, Mr. Ionescu Talk. and Mrs. Russell, itching for the And what would the Senior performances to begin. The hard work Variety Show be without the dance paid off, and as Tuesday night rolled routines? Senior girls in their Catholic around, the class was completely schoolgirl uniforms danced to prepared.

Madonna’s Like a Prayer.

Senior Jason Botzler said, “The Act I concluded with the most practices were very time consuming, but creative and laughter-arousing skits of it was necessary to practice all of the the night. Rosalie Gant performed her skits.” song Personal Ad in a Worker’s World, Act I began with a welcome which revealed her secret lust for the

Communist regime.

“Rosalie’s song was my favorite skit,” said Jason Botzler, “It was unique and original unlike skits copied from SNL.” Matt Carr began Act II “rocking the free world.” Then, the stereotypical high school crowd amused audiences with Saved by the Wednesday One Hour Late Bell. Andrew Kachur fretted over his detention for bringing his squirrel friend to school while Courtney Quinn questioned her “private detention” in the principal’s office. The skit offered a startling reality brining light to the fact that football players miraculously escape detentions at John Carrollside High.

The infamous What If ’s? aroused controversy with their underhanded insults and bashing comments. When senior Kyle Leppert asked, “What if John Carroll didn’t have a football team? Would the “C” conference have a champion?” enraged alumni TD Callahan, with fists raised,

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Matt Carr practices his routine of Rockin’ in the Free World backstage before performing.

on bongos, and Joe Grimes with an assortment of different percussion instruments portrayed bums as they pedaled for money with their ditty.

Junior Trevor Logan said, “The bum band was so funny! I like how they played the band drum in the end.”

Meghan Blume belted out that she would survive JC in her cover of I Will Survive . As the Variety Show concluded, Jump On It played as the senior class filed onto stage, and six senior guys photo by Patriot staff did crazy dance moves and Brittany Sibiski and Kyle Leppert try to keep paraded through the straight faces as they practice lines. audience. screamed, “It’s da “B” yo! Look at da Jason Botzler said, “The Class ring! Look at da ring!” of 2003 was able to pull together a great Dressed in tattered clothing and mix of talent, making the Variety Show newspaper, Jason Botzler on harmonica, very interesting and an overall great Jamie Edwards on guitar, Adrian Feijoo experience.”

New Broadway shows step onto NYC stage Erin Markel Staff Writer

Have you found yourself bursting into song lately? Humming a catchy tune about hair care products? Do you feel a desperate need to watch young men spontaneously begin to dance, and you just cannot wait until JC’s spring production of Guys and Dolls ?

The cure might be a trip to Broadway.

While there, you may want to consider such popular new shows as Mama Mia!, Hairspray, and Rent.

Although there are a variety of shows on Broadway now, some JC students agree that the classics provide the best entertainment.

Senior Amy Indyke, theater aficionado, said, “Some are good, some are bad, but over all the classics are better…. They have more universal themes, straightforward plots, and the music is just so much better.”

Indyke is not the only student who thinks the classics will always be the better picks among the Broadway shows.

Senior Adrian Feijoo also said, “Stick to the classics.”

Senior Meghan Blume, star of JC’s spring musical, said, “Classics are

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better, but contemporary’s not bad Unfortunately though, it will be closing either.” She likes the newcomers’ on March 15, 2003, after sixteen years on contemporary themes and rhythmic, Broadway. untraditional music. However, she thinks Another show that seems likely that the best shows are ones “with lots to be popular is La Boheme, on which of dancing.”

Rent is based. The director of Moulin Providing a different Rouge has revived the Puccini opera, and perspective, math teacher Mr. Appleby it will soon open on Broadway—the first said, “I like a lot of opera to ever do so. marble steps, etc. Its story concerns the MR. APPLEBY Rogers and The setting has comfortably plump Tracy Turnblad, who Hammerstein… the been updated to 1957 dreams of becoming a star and tackling things that were Paris, although the size and racial prejudice on the Corny popular when I was original Italian score Collins Show, a TV dancing show akin to younger. Though I Bandstand . and the story of TB- American have to say I like Les Check out www.broadway.com for infected lovers have Miserables. I bought been preserved. Many ticket information or talk to Mrs. Murphy, the CD.” fans of Rent, including moderator of the Friends of the Theater To delight in their Indyke, are excited club, which provides opportunities to see theatrical interests, about the prospect of various shows. many other JC seeing the opera. students are And planning to view of course, shows during the holidays. Indyke plans as we live in Baltimore, no to see Rent because she feels that Rent description of rising is the best show for high school students. Broadway hits would be It is easy to relate to—”it’s youthful, complete without 7660 Bel Air Road - Fullerton upbeat, and it’s about love,” she said. mentioning Hairspray, the Indyke thinks that Lion King is successful and silly stage Beltway Exit 32 South 410-882-5911 destined for longevity, but “Mama Mia! version of the John Waters ALL seats $2.00 ALL TIMES is going down the drain.” movie tribute to Baltimore.

Some shows will not appear in the This show depicts a **Party Room Available** limelight forever. Junior Jess Liberatore caricature of 1960’s said, “Les Miserables is “phenomenal.” Baltimore—big hair, crabs,

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This Day in History: December 25 Christmas Day: The Birth of Christ ♦ December 25 is celebrated by Catholics as the day Christ was born in Jerusalem. ♦ Catholic churches nationwide celebrate mass at midnight every year, as well as live nativities.

Christmas Nativity Festival Held in Rome ♦ Held annually in Rome every Christmas Day since 336 ♦ Live nativities and Mass are celebrated every year for the city

Actor Dean Martin Dies ♦ Died at age 78 in 1995 ♦ Half of the comedy duo “Martin and Lewis” with Jerry Lewis, one of the most famous comedy acts in history ♦ Became famous as an actor in movies such as Ocean’s Eleven, as well as 16 other movies with Lewis before their act split apart. ♦ Became known as a singer in The Rat Pack, a group formed with Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford, and Sammy Davis, Jr.

Jonbenet Ramsey is Murdered

Christmas Truce of World War I ♦ Held just five months after the first shots fired of World War I ♦Truce held between the countries of Germany, France, England, and Russia from sunrise of Christmas morning 1914 until the sunrise of the following morning ♦Troops from each country gathered together to wish each other Merry Christmas and eat Christmas dinner, as well as exchange gifts of plum puddings and cigarettes ♦Germans invited troops to sing Christmas carols with them, accompanied by a brass band

♦ Jonbenet was reported missing on Christmas morning 1996 by her parents ♦ A ransom note found at the scene suggested that the girl had been kidnapped, but her body was found in the basement of her home the same afternoon ♦Her parents were suspected in the murder of their daughter, but have never been convicted

Celebrity Birthdays:

Jimmy Buf fet-Singer: 1946 Buffet-Singer:

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Little Richard-Singer:1932 Ricky Hendersen-Baseball player:1958

Students share their list of favorite teachers Stephanie Rew Staff Writer What do JC students like in their teachers? What don’t they like? Most seem to share a lot of ideas about what makes a good teacher. Some of the most important qualities seem to be being nice and interesting.

There is a long list of other important qualities to be a good teacher.

Having a different approach to teaching is very important. But, along with this, it’s important that teachers are pretty easy to understand. Being friendly with the students is also greatly appreciated, and of course, being funny.

If there is a list of good qualities, there must be a list of bad qualities, right?

Students say they don’t like boring teachers who just stand at the board or overhead and talk at them for the whole class. Teachers who teach straight out of the book also came low on the list, along with teachers that get mean and yell at the students.

So, (drum roll please) who are the teachers that students say are their favorites? The list includes: Mrs. Baker, Mr. Blair, Mr. Gallen, Mr. Huebeck, Mr. Ionescu, Mrs. Jansing-Kaestner, Mr. Paaby, Mr. Perry, Mrs. Smith, Mr. Spenser, and Mr. Vierheller.

So, how do these teachers feel to be chosen by students as their favorite teachers? Most seem to be honored and

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flattered. As Mrs. Smith said, “I am humbled and honored. There are so many good teachers at this school.”

Mr. Blair said he was flattered and honored because, for the students to feel this way, they must be getting something positive out of their time with him. Mr. Spenser was especially flattered, since this is only his first year here.

Some of these teachers feel that they have a different way of teaching that makes students like them? Mrs. Baker,

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Mrs. Baker teaches an enthralling chemistry lesson.

who was described as funny and easy to understand, said that she tries to put things she teaches into everyday terms students can understand and tells stories to keep students interested.

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Mr. Blair, described as funny, said he’s always thinking of ways to make material relate to the students’ lives, so they will be able to see the connection between literature and life.

He also said, “I try to get to know my students, and make them feel comfortable, so they’ll be able to express themselves better.”

Mr. Gallen, who is described as nice and interesting, said he tries to make lessons interesting, and asks students what he can do to make class more interesting for them. He also said that he can draw a fine line between Colleen O’Brien having fun and serious learning, and Mr. Paaby addresses his sophomore Enhe thinks that students like this glish class. Mr. Paaby tries to engage all because the serious side is not as the students in the interesting lesson. strictly enforced as with other teachers.

Mrs. Jansing-Kaestner, who’s teach his subjects, and, most importantly, been described as fun and easy to he loves his students.

Mrs. Smith, who is known for understand, said she thinks people like being nice and friendly toward her her because she’s more laid-back than students, likes to think that students see some other teachers, and she makes fun her as fair and approachable. of the students she knows can take it.

Mr. Spenser thinks that Mr. Paaby, who’s described as students like him because he’s less interesting and different, said that he tries reserved about his private life than other to figure out what the students are teachers, so he and his students get to already thinking and know, so that he know each other better. He also thinks doesn’t go over the obvious stuff, and that it helps that he’s not much older than he tries hard to bring all of his students his students, so he remembers how he felt into the lessons. about certain teachers when he was in Mr. Perry, who’s described as school.

Teachers want their students to the teacher who always keeps his get an education, but also want them to students awake in class, said that he have fun and enjoy their classes. thinks it’s just the fact that he loves to

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Urban legends remain popular myths Joe Matarazzo Staff Writer Over and over again, we hear the famous hoaxes and superstitions. From alligators living in the sewers, to kidney thieves, to weird Mexican pets, someone always finds a way to mess with people’s minds. But what’s the deal with these urban legends? Where do they originate, and are any of them real?

Basically, urban legends are a type of folklore, which is spread by word of mouth or written correspondence.

They are told and re-told with conflicting details, but are always claimed to be true.

These popular stories usually consist of bizarre, comical, degrading, terrifying, or supernatural events that always seem to happen to someone else. In this modern age, the phrase “urban legend” has come to symbolize any widespread story that seems too strange to be true yet is still believed by many.

Most people know that sending an e-mail to 100 people within the next 100 minutes will not make your crush instantly fall in love with you. But what makes people believe in these stories? Is

Features Facts r During the Christmas/Hanukkah season, more than 1.76 billion candy canes will be made. r During the Christmas buying season, Visa cards alone are used an average of 5,340 times every minute in the United States. r Per the results of a three-year Christmas study performed by the Center for Lifestyle Management, an average of 10 hours are spent the last week of December arguing and bickering with family members about holiday-related activities. r Only 9 minutes are spent by the average parent playing with his or her children on Christmas morning. r Animal Crackers are not really crackers, but cookies that were imported to the United States from England in the late 1800s. Barnum’s circus-like boxes were designed with a string handle so that they could be hung on a Christmas tree. r In the show, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” the Grinch cuts out a Santa beard, but never wears it. r Electric Christmas tree lights were first used in 1895. The idea for using electric Christmas lights came from an American, Ralph E. Morris. The new lights proved safer than the traditional candles.

r More than three billion Christmas cards are sent annually in the United States.

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everyone really that gullible? Well, in some cases, yes. The majority of the time, the legend’s creator relies on good storytelling and the citing of supposedly reliable sources to create some sense of truthfulness. These reliable sources often range from close friends to newspapers or other “authoritative” sources. In some legends, there is even an attempt at promoting a threatening message to the reader, such as e-mails warning that if they are not sent to 10 people, the recipient will be plagued with nightmares forever.

It seems almost impossible to know the validity of some of the most popular urban legends. Since they are repeated many times in many different places, the details of the stories often change. This means that no two versions of an urban legend are exactly the same.

One type of urban legend that exhibits this trait is the “missing person” legend.

There was an e-mail from a woman named Monzine Jang imploring people to find her daughter, Penny Brown. Monzine Jang was located, and when attempts were made to contact her, her voice-mail message stated that she did not send the e-mail, Penny Brown is not her child, and that it all must be a hoax. The message

spread as far as Canada, Australia, and even Thailand.

Another popular urban legend is the tale of the kidney thieves. In 1997, a rumor began circulating around New Orleans, home of Mardi Gras, that a highly organized crime organization was drugging tourists, removing their kidneys, and selling the organs on the black market. The victims would later wake up in a bathtub full of ice, minus one kidney. This tale has taken many forms over the years, always being heard from a distant source. When investigated, this story was found to be nothing more than another hoax. The united Network for Organ Sharing reported that there has never been activity occurring in the U.S or any other industrialized area dealing with underground organ transplantation.

Urban legends are not the same as “fictional tales,” though many people seem to think they are. A tale is only dubbed an urban legend if it is widely traveled, is told and re-told in several forms, and is said to be true. The next time someone says, “trust me,” think twice.

They might be spreading nothing more than an urban legend. If you would like to double check the story, check out www. snopes.com.

Graduates go on to greatness Continued from the front page doctorate in neurosurgery, that means he carved a cancerous tumor out of a man’s skull base using laser microsurgery. In addition to this, Dr. Benalcazar is chief of neurosurgery at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, and works at Baltimore Neurological Associates, located in Reisterstown. As a neurosurgeon, Dr. Benalcazar deals with spine & brain tumors and disorders, and traumatic brain injuries.

Larry Clarke, class of ’82, was a regular on TV’s longest running police drama and second longest running drama series, Law & Order. As Detective Morris LaMotte from 1998 to 2000, Clarke made sure that the bad guys stayed locked up tight in the thug jug. He also made guest appearances on The Sopranos, Yes Dear, and ER. After quitting Law & Order, Clarke has since moved into moviemaking, starring in the films In & Out with Kevin Kline (1997), Company Man (2000), Prince of Central Park (2000), and Winning Girls Through Psychic Mind Control (2002).

Steve Mosko, class of ‘74, is the new head of Columbia TriStar Domestic Television. After leaving the University of Delaware, Mosko went to work for Columbia TriStar Television Distribution.

The executives at Sony, who own TriStar, apparently felt the old

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Columbia TriStar Television Company wasn’t earning enough profits from madefor-TV movies. So while Steve Mosko’s former boss got a pink slip and all the trips to the Unemployment Office he wanted, Mosko was named the head of the new Columbia TriStar Domestic Television.

Essentially, he creates those made-for-TV movies that seem to be all the rage during the holiday seasons.

Strangely enough, Columbia TriStar is in heavy debt. Many people at TriStar are depending on Mosko to reform his part of the company. Potentially, thousands of jobs are riding on the decisions he will make.

Despite the popular misconception that students believe they will never apply much of what they learn at JC in the future, these people, not to mention countless other alumni, have applied much of what they learned to get to where they are today, whether they be a neurosurgeon, corporate exec, or all-star soccer player.

The Twelve Days of Christmas: r Is it a secret code to the Christian faith? t One more creative holiday urban legend includes The Twelve Days of Christmas, most widely known as the never-ending holiday carol that has been performed in every Christmas pageant across the country. The legend says the song has a much deeper meaning than what appears. The song was a somewhat secret code used by Christians during the sixteenth century religious wars in England.

The “true love” refers to God, the “me” is a baptized Christian, and each day represents aspect of the Christian faith. The twelve days are the number of days from Christmas to the Epiphany.

On the _____ day of Christmas my true love gave to me…

A partridge in a pear tree refers to Jesus.

Two turtledoves refers to the Old and New Testaments.

Three French hens refers to the three theological virtues: faith, hope, and love.

Four calling birds refers to the four Gospels: Mark, Luke, Matthew, and John.

Five gold rings refers to the first five books of the Old Testament, or Torah.

Six geese a-laying refers to the six days of creation.

Seven swans a-swimming refers to the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Eight maids a-milking refers to the eight Beatitudes.

Nine ladies dancing refers to the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit.

Ten lords a-leaping refers to the ten commandments.

Eleven pipers piping refers to the eleven faithful apostles.

Twelve drummers drumming refers to the twelve points of the Apostle’s Creed.

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Dateline: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia. April 10th 2003. The azaleas are in full bloom surrounding the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteen holes commonly known as Amen Corner. Tiger Woods drives up Magnolia Lane on the day of the first round of the Tournament, looking to win a record third straight Master’s. At the gate, a group of over 5,000 people are standing, holding pieces of paper. No, they are not seeking autographs. Rather they are members of an assemblage, led by the Reverend Jesse Jackson, picketing the point that Augusta National is an all-male country club.

This scene may or may not occur at the 2003 Master’s, depending on whether Augusta National permits the acceptance of females as members.

Augusta National Chairman William “Hootie” Johnson has repeatedly stated that there would not be a lady member at the course prior to the tournament. “A

woman may be a member of this club one day, but that is out in the future,” said Johnson in a November 4 th interview with the Associated Press.

In June, the National Council of Women’s Organizations chairwoman Martha Burk wrote a strongly worded letter to Johnson after she read reports that Augusta National did not have a single woman member of its 300 members.

Hootie responded on July 9th with a threepage statement.

Afterwards, Johnson expressed his attitude towards Burk’s comments: “This woman portrays us as being discriminatory and being bigots. And we’re not. We’re a private club. And private organizations are good. The Boy Scouts. The Girl Scouts. Junior League.

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Sororities. Fraternities.

Are these immoral?”

Hootie’s statement about the other organizations is entirely true.

Augusta National has every right to include or exclude (whichever way you look at it) whomever they want in their membership. They are protected constitutionally and by 46 percent of Americans who also feel they have the right to an all-male fraternity. This figure came from an AP poll conducted by ICR/ International Communications Research of Media, Pennsylvania.

However, the problem is that his private organization holds a very public tournament. Nowadays anything that is discriminatory, especially sexism, is scrutinized meticulously in the public arena. Hootie has already dismissed the Master’s television sponsors, Citigroup, Coca-Cola, and IBM, after Burk challenged the sponsors to live up to their own policies against sex discrimination.

Before the sponsors themselves could end their relationship with the tournament, Hootie decided to take it upon himself to make sure the companies would not take heat from media. This will make the Master’s the first commercialfree sporting event on network television.

The Reverend Jesse Jackson has also infused his wisdom into this c o n t r o v e r s y.

According to Jackson, Augusta is participating in “gender apartheid.” He has also said that he and his Rainbow/PUSH Coalition would organize a picket line in front of Augusta National during the Master’s.

“We strongly support the movement to end the gender apartheid at Augusta National Golf Club. The gender bigotry is as offensive as racial bigotry or religious bigotry,” said Jackson to the AP. Apparently many members of the club also share Jesse’s sentiments.

On December 2, the first member of Augusta resigned his membership over

the all-male policy. That member was Thomas H. Wyman, who had a membership for 25 years. Wyman estimated that at least 50 to 75 members

when women will be invited to join our membership,” said Johnson, “but that timetable will be ours, and not at the point of a bayonet.”

The shame of the whole matter is that, if it is not resolved come tourney-time, the focus will be on the situation and not Tiger Woods’ accomplishments. No one has ever three-peated at the Master’s. Tiger could do that. There has recently been a great deal of talk about Woods boycotting the tournament. The New York Times think Tiger should do that. Tiger says he won’t do that.

“I think there should photo from www.onlineathens.com Defending Master’s Champion Tiger Woods has been be women members,” said thrust into the Augusta National debate.

Woods, “but it’s not up to me. I don’t have voting at Augusta share his opinion on the rights, I’m just an honorary member.” club’s membership procedure. “There are While Jesse Jackson feels that obviously some redneck, old-boy types denying women members is wrong, he down there,” said Wyman, “but there are also feels that the Times was “unfair and a lot of very thoughtful rational people inconsistent” for singling out Woods in in the membership, and they feel as an editorial on November 19th. “I don’t remember them saying to Ben Hogan and strongly as I do.”

Ironically, Wyman used to be an Jack Nicklaus to boycott the Master’s executive at CBS, the network that because blacks are not playing,” said broadcasts the Master’s. CBS has also Jackson. been pressured by Burk to terminate their contract with Augusta National due to the sexism. CBS has yet to do this.

Another ironic tidbit is Chairman Johnson himself. In 1968, he helped to integrate the higher education system in South Carolina.

Then in 1990, he was instrumental in getting the first black man admitted to the club. Augusta National also allowed women to play over 1,000 rounds of golf last year. Johnson even invited the University of South Carolina women’s golf squad to & sportsillustrated.cnn.com Augusta as his guest. Yet they have In this womensnews.org corner, Martha Burk. And in this not had a female member in their 69- corner, the Sexist from the South, Hootie year history.

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Horse bettors pilfer mass amounts of loot

Owen Jordan Sports co Editor Chris Harn is a 29-year old computer programmer from Newark, Del. He was charged with wire fraud after taking part in a scam straight out of the famous movie “The Sting.” Harn admitted to manipulating the scores of six horse races during the Breeders’ Cup. Harn said he had originally randomly picked six horses that he thought would win the races. Later, during one of the races, there was a period of time where the computer was open to change when new scores were being imputed. In that time, he hacked in and changed the horses picked on his

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Normally there is never one original ticket to the names of the horses winner because the odds are ridiculous, that actually won the races.

Harn had experience in the more so than Eminem switching to racetrack business having been fired only country. This is partly why it was so months before the big race. He had also peculiar that there was a definite winner.

There were also admitted to fixing other races in James ComeyN some definite which his “winnings” giveaways such accumulated to more than he defendants as that there were $100,000. Derrick Davis of Baltimore and Glen Desilva of bet that the law long shots that almost no one in New York are the other suspected enforcement would the country men who are all facing up to five not catch them, but predicted except years in prison and numerous fines. that’s a bet they maybe the horses’ owners. The final The three defendants could not fix.” purse of the race knew each other because they was $3,067,821.60. were former fraternity brothers at Due to the odds from the long Drexel University in Philadelphia. The scam was apparently formulated over the shots, another dead giveaway was that past year when the three schemed to after Harn knew he won the major purse, place the bet on an off-track location in he placed money on every horse in the New York. The type of bet that they final few races to ensure he would have decided on is one where a person picks an even bigger pay off. It is not normal six horses total; one for each of the six for bet-placers to do this because it races run. Each race could have up to defeats the purpose of betting. This anomaly helped lead authorities to the twelve or more horses.

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three men.

After winning the huge purse of over three million dollars, the three defendants were supposedly going to continue what they had always done by fixing the bets. This entailed only depositing meager sums of money so that the banks would never catch on and the money would be put into numerous bank accounts as well. This process is known as “smurffing.”

The three defendants turned themselves into the authorities, but only Harn has pleaded guilty. All three have been released on bail and await their upcoming trial. The problem now is what to do about the other bettors all over the country that made legitimate bets.

Prosecutors hope this mess will be sorted out and the perpetrators will be brought to justice.

FBI agent James Comey responded during a press conference, “the defendants bet that law enforcement would not catch them, but that’s a bet they could not fix.”

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Fowler leaves mark on athletic department Sara Clafferty

Features co Editor You might have seen him along the sidelines, encouraging players, talking to the coach. Brendan Fowler is man of many trades and is one of the only people in the school to have participated in twelve seasons of varsity sports. One would think that the management of three sports teams (football, basketball, and lacrosse) requires three managers, but senior Brendan Fowler manages them all.

Since freshmen year, Fowler has managed the three teams every season.

The most intriguing part of his long-term commitment is that he has only missed one game. The excuse was certainly plausible: he had a ticket to a Rolling Stones concert.

That is the type of dedication every team needs. With all of Fowler’s responsibilities, it would be very easy for him to slack on the job. Football requires Brendan to attend every game, to record the downing distances, to write down each play, and to chow down at the pasta parties.

In the winter, Fowler manages men’s basketball where he records each

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Senior Brendan Fowler keeps track of men’s basketball stats at a recent game. It is just one of the many duties that his job entails.

player’s points and fouls, and in the spring, Fowler records the points, assists, and penalties for each player on the men’s lacrosse team.

Although some of the work is tedious, Fowler mostly sees the good points about the job. “I manage because

Experience and talent invigorate men’s hoops Lauren Ciemny

team will still be top contenders in the league,” said Vierheller.

The team has tipped off against some quality teams already with This year, the JC men’s scrimmages against Bel Air, Fallston, and varsity basketball team is on the ball, Joppatowne. The team also came in a literally. Coming off of last year’s close second in the York County (PA) success, the team is led by head coach Classic Thanksgiving Tip-off. In the first Larry Burton and new assistant coach round of the tourney, the Pats won 85-82 Steve McDermott. The team achieved in double overtime against Biglerville last year’s goal of having a successful (PA) High School. But the team fell in the year with a run at the playoffs. By championship game to Kennardale (PA) working together they overcame any High School 54-52. obstacle that got in their way. This same The team gained valuable determination seems to be pumping experience for some of the younger through this team’s veins. players like juniors Justin The team captains Wolfe, Adam Bell, Matt Fritz, are seniors Brian Vierheller, Kevin Tehan, Eric Dezell, and Chris Colbert and Corey Turner.

Matt Murphy. “The new guys Turner was injured early last are very raw,” said Burton, season but is back to full “because the returning players strength and looking to rack up have so much experience, so some quality stats in this year. they can’t get much playing Some of this year’s key players time. However, I’m pleased are seniors Drew Westervelt, with their effort in practice.

Ryan Peusch, Chris Colbert and They really push the first team Alex Brueggemann, who all hard.” Also, the loss will not have plenty of game experience. show up where it counts, in the Other returning seniors are conference record.

Chris Hoover and Keith Hinder, In the team’s first conference who will contribute to the team. match up was against seventh“We have a veteran ranked Mount St. Joe’s. JC lost squad with eight returning 66-36, however they lead by seniors. They’ll provide two two at the end of the first half. things: poise on the floor and The team lost a close 65-61 leadership in the fold to create game in overtime against a cohesive unit,” said Coach Gilman after having a strong photo by M Derbyshire lead at half. At one point in the Burton.

The men’s basketball Senior forward game JC was up thirteen program advanced itself in the Ryan Peusch points. The team was lead in MIAA “B” Conference by launches up a shot points by seniors Westervelt, against Gilman. finishing well last year. The Peusch, and Brueggemann. team will definitely feel the loss “We’re gonna be playing of their past teammates, but they are some good teams, we’ll play ‘em tight, looking for the younger players to step and then turn it on in the playoffs,” said up and play like seniors. “Even with the senior Mark Subrizi. loss of players who graduated, I think our

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many of my friends play and I just like to be around sports. Coming from an athletic family, I might get my love of sports from that,” said Fowler.

As most people see managing as a hassling job with no gratification, Fowler thinks otherwise.

“I feel like I am really appreciated in everything that I do,” said Fowler. By talking to any players on the teams he manages, it is obvious that Fowler is right on target. All of the players highly appreciate his dedication and spirit.

“Brendan is a dependable, conscientious, and hard working young man,” says assistant Athletic Director Mr. Perry.

AD’s Mrs. Shannon and Mr. O’Brien both agree he is the unsung hero of the athletic department.

It is hard for Brendan to pin down the best part about managing three

sports teams.

“Talking with people from other schools and leaving school early are definite advantages. Also, the spaghetti dinners are great,” said Fowler.

Experience will make anyone a good manager, but there are some specific qualities that make a great manager.

Fowler said, “Managing takes patience and a definite love of the game.

You need to make time for the games, which requires a lot of commitment.”

After eleven seasons as manager, Brendan Fowler has mastered managing. He even wants to continue on the collegiate level for the same reasons: enjoyment, socializing, and love of the game. Fowler is considering attending McDaniel College next year, where he will continue his work in sports management.

Swimmers hope season starts with great splash Adam Bell

Staff Writer The JC swimming team is looking forward to a whale of a season.

The team had a very successful 11-3 season last year, and they are hungry to try to maintain that record this year as the boys enter the tough MIAA conference and the girls enter the IAAM Conference.

It will be tough though because these conferences have some of the best teams in the Baltimore area.

The teams have changed leagues because they were forced to move into either the MIAA or the IAAM. Volleyball had also made the switch.

These teams are more competitive which will make for an interesting season.

The four main returning men swimmers are Justin Eberle, Ryan Katula, John Kearby, and Brendan Peters. Eberle and Katula are the best distance swimmers, Kearby is the best at the breaststroke, and Peters is the best at the butterfly and backstroke.

Brendan Peters said, “Competition in the new Conference is going to be tough this year. We lost a lot of our good men swimmers, but I think we’ll still do just fine.” Peters feels that some of the swimmers quit this year because they are seniors and just do not feel like doing anything this year.

On the girls’ side the strongest returning swimmers are senior Maureen Casey, sophomore Leah McGann, and junior Caroline Lecakes. Casey is the strongest at the butterfly, McGann is the strongest distance swimmer and strongest at the backstroke, and Lecakes is the strongest breaststroker.

Junior Lauren Bradley thinks this is going to be a tough year because the competition will be much harder. The girls also lost three of their best swimmers in Lauren Betzing and Chiara and Catherine Fortunato. Betzing is pursuing her national rank and practice times conflict. The Fortuantos have just decided to take the season off. Bradley thinks it will be hard to fill these three gaps.

Most of the meets this year will be held at the opponent’s schools because many of them have pools. The team will face some serious adversity due to the loss of so many seniors, but the teams remain confident and believe they still have a shot at their respective titles.

During the first few weeks, the Pats have come away with some big victories that will hopefully give the team some much needed momentum for the season. The girls beat IND, who has a good reputation for being strong in swimming. The men beat both Curley and St. Peter and Paul.

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Junior swimmer John Kearby in full stride, does his best stroke, the breast stroke.

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