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Thirty-six years ago the nation watched Apollo 1 burn on the launch pad, and space missions never were the same after the Challenger fell out of the sky seventeen years ago. Now Columbia has been added to the list of fallen space heroes.

Colleen O’Brien Editor-in-Chief On February 1st, 2003 around nine am ET the NASA space shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas during its reentry into earth’s atmosphere.

Americans woke up to the horrific phrase, “We interrupt this broadcast for a special news report,” and quickly learned that another tragedy had afflicted the nation. The mission, which began on January 16th, ended eight minutes too quickly with the seven crewmembers aboard. It was the first flight for four of the seven-crew members who died in America’s most romantic adventure, space travel.

The investigation as to the causes for the shuttle’s explosion is underway, though early on a terrorist attack was ruled out as a possibility.

So far, evidence suggests that the troubles began in the left wing where a chunk of foam insulation struck 81 seconds after liftoff on Jan. 16, and that is where temperatures started surging and sensors began failing in the final eight minutes of flight.

The crew on this one-hundred and thirteenth space mission consisted of Commander Rick D. Husband, a 45 year-old colonel in the US Air Force, who had logged over 235 hours in space. Pilot William C. McCool, 41, was a commander in the U.S. Navy and a former test pilot. McCool was making his first space flight. Michael P. Anderson, the 43year-old Payload Commander, was a lieutenant colonel in

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Godspeed Columbia

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The space shuttle Columbia, minutes before it broke up over Texas, streaks west to east over Owens Valley Radio Observatory, CA.

the U.S. Air Force. Anderson was a former instructor pilot and tactical officer and logged over 211 hours in space.

David M. Brown, the 46 year-old Mission Specialist, was a captain in the U.S. Navy and was making his first space flight. Kalpana Chawla, the 41year-old Mission Specialist, was an aerospace engineer and an FAA Certified Flight Instructor. Chawla logged more than 376 hours in space.

Ilan Ramon, the 48 year-old Payload Specialist, a colonel in the Israeli Air Force, was a fighter pilot who was the only payload specialist on Columbia who was also making his first space flight. Laurel Blair Salton Clark, the 41year-old Mission Specialist, was a commander in the U.S. Navy and a naval flight surgeon and was making her first space flight.

Ilan Ramon’s mission in space was highly celebrated because he was the first Israli to go to space. He was the son of an Auschwitz survivor, who grew up to become a fighter pilot in the Israeli air force and fought in the 1973 ArabIsraeli War. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon praised the astronaut’s bravery in a ceremony to welcome Colonel Ramon’s remains back from the US saying, “He represented Israel as we like to see it.”

NASA administrator Sean O’Keefe commented about the entire crew saying, “They dedicated their lives to pushing the scientific challenges for all of us here on Earth . . . and did it with a happy heart, willingly and with great enthusiasm.”

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Astronauts released a statement saying, and how she was going to get there.”

Coming from a large family, “We, the spouses and children of the NASA astronaut corps, would like to Clark joined the Navy to pay for college. thank the people of the world from the She earned her M.D. and served as an bottom of our hearts for the incredible outpouring of support and love that you have shown us in our time of deep grief.

“We would also like the world community to know that as terrible and as difficult as this journey has been and will continue to be for all of our families, we cannot photo courtesy of www.nasa.gov stress enough how blessed and Laurel Clark, close friend of JC Board of Trustees honored we feel to member Dave Johnson, died in the Columbia space be counted as members of the NASA family. We undersea medical officer. Aboard proudly support the noble goals and Columbia, Clark was responsible for objectives of NASA and we will medical and biological research. She continue to support NASA in its finest conducted experiments such as gene transfer in plants, and how bones lose and its darkest hours.”

In every national tragedy the their calcium in free fall. Before her JC community is personally touched. death Clark sent an email to friends and This tragedy is no exception. Dave family saying, “Viewing Earth from space Johnson , Board of Trustees member and is spectacular, I feel blessed to be here.”

Remembering the times he member of the Martel family, was a close friend of Laurel Clark. Johnson spent with Clark, Johnson remarked, attended both high school and college “She was an inspiration to all those that knew her. Her accomplishments were with Clark in Wisconsin.

Laurel Clark was from Racine, built on a foundation of faith and Wisconsin, wife of Navy Capt. Jonathan humanity that has, and will inspire a B. Clark, and mother of 8-year-old Iain great many people to set their personal and professional goals high; and exceed Clark.

“Her smile would light up a them.”

Despite the recent tragedy, a room, she had a natural openess that served her greatly. She was a woman of poll by USA Today reported that a persistence, determination, and great majority of Americans still support passion. She knew where she was going manned space flight.

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Editorials Emotions run high and students run fast with new tone system

Student finds new tone system soothing Dear Tara, There appear to be few admirers of the new tone system, which has been implemented throughout the school. The disgruntled murmurs of students are unavoidable-senior Adam Murtaugh deliberates, “The school should spend money adding healthy alternatives to the cafeteria menu, not on bells.” Echoing the sentiments of many faculty members, one teacher remarked, “I hope the tones do not become permanent, although I think they will.”

Conversely, I find the modular tones a vast improvement over the shrill bells, promting students to cover their ears, which marked the beginning and the end of the school day. Much of my reasoning has to do with convenience.

John Carroll’s schedule is decidedly unique, touted as a tool to teach time management; however, I waste more time looking at the bell schedule than the six hours estimated will be saved in each class if began when allotted over the course of the year. I need only refer to a schedule to determine the mod number if I have several free in a row. The tones will prove particularly convenient when special bell schedules are utilized and, once the adjustment has been made, I believe the tones will become indispensable to normality at John Carroll.

That said, the tones have heightened a preexisting problem, which needs first be addressed. Senior class member-at-large Kyle Leppert elucidates, “three minutes only worked when applied liberally.” In a meeting several months ago, before the implementation of the tones, Mr. School proposed increasing the length of the mod change to five minutes. He noted that teachers, who move from class to class, are unable to do so in three minutes. Mrs. Fisher, suggesting the press for time is not an isolated one, reasons, “With three minutes I do not feel quite prepared. I think all teachers could use an extra minute.”

The overriding sense is that the faculty understand the dilemma; they note the additional difficulties of Mr. McAdams’ announcement-the tones do not dismiss students from class but the tones mark when students are late to class-and have taken extra pains to release classes promptly. Yet, at the same time, they must adhere to directives sent from above and enforce the tone system with disciplinary action.

Thus, in the past week, I have witnessed students not walking briskly to their classes as intended, but pushing, shoving, running up and leaping down staircases. Senior Lauren Ciemny vents, “I cannot go down the hall without someone running into me.” Mod changes are not a social hour, but they should not breed hostility among students either.

The answer is obvious to many-tone the start of each class one or two minutes later. As stated, much reliance on the bell schedule has been shifted to the tone system. New schedules do not need to be printed; the solution need not be any more involved. Failing to do so will not empower students to transcend time or space travel, but only perpetuate the illusion that class time is being salvaged.

Senior Jeff Zankowitz quips, “Please leave a message after the beep,” and a second later the day is toned. Until a later time,

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BEEEEEEEP. I may now begin my editorial.

February 10th, 2003 is a day that will go down in JC history.

No, not because it was my eighteenth birthday, but because it is the day that the infamous TONE system was implemented.

It’s really hard to express how exactly I feel about this system, but it’s something between hatred and BEEEEP abhorrence. There are just so many levels to which I am disgusted. First, I will begin with the fact that I feel like I’m in prison! Well, either that or in a field of sheep or cattle.

There’s that whole herding mentality that these tones foster too as if we are incapable of thinking for ourselves.

It’s almost unbelievable, like something you would see on television.

One minute, we students are in the middle of conducting a riveting conversation about the Civil War, off goes the tone, and just like that we pick up our books and off we go. LIKE ROBOTS!! We are being programmed to respond to a conditioned stimulus (the tone) with a conditioned BEEEEP response (movement from where we are to where we need to be) living in fear that should we fail to comply with the program, we will be slapped with a detention.

It really does offend me, not on a complaining level, but on a “I am a human, not a farm animal” level that we are treated this way. There is something degrading about the entire system. I really do feel like I am BEEEP in prison, and I don’t like that feeling and I don’t deserve to made to feel this way in a place I formerly called my school community. The tone system completely obliterates the community aspect of this place. We should call it the John Carroll Correctional Center for the Unpunctual.

Second, the tone system is really bringing out the worst in people.

There is much more tension in the halls as people scurry to their classes and there is much more profanity as people fail to correctly turn BEEEEP their locker combinations. Emotions run high and students run fast with this new system. There is much more hostility than there ever was. “Hurry up!” is a frequent expression echoing throughout the stairwells now. It’s hard to be nice when you’re racing up the stairs so as not to miss the prayer that begins after that second tone.

Speaking of the second tone, that brings up my third problem with the tone system. The fact that they go off ever twenty-three minutes and then every three minutes after that is a bit absurd. They are extremely interruptive to classes, especially those partaking in serious discussions, tests, or essays. More than once, I have found my concentration broken by the tone. Everyone, BEEEEP including the teacher, just shakes their head.

But, I guess that’s okay. I mean, my grades might suffer and I might look like an idiot because I completely lose my train of thought, but THAT’S OKAY because somewhere somebody is getting to class on time, and punctuality is highly underrated these days. Or maybe it’s just that concentrating and grades that are overrated?

Basically to sum this all up, I don’t like the tone system. The argument was made that students who missed two minutes of a class everyday would ultimately result in that student missing six hours of that class throughout the entire school year. Well, quite honestly, after the tone goes off twice in the middle of a two mod class, everyone becomes disoriented and pauses to BEEEP reflect on the hassle the system is, by the time they resume what they were doing they have lost at least a minute, probably two as well.

Alright, fine, I’m done, but I doubt you’ve heard the end of this argument. I’m livid about this subject, and I know I’m not alone. WE ARE STUDENTS (aka HUMANS) and we DON’T deserve to be treated like farm animals or prison inmates. BEEEP BEEEP.. Oh, time to move on to my next article.

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What do you think about the new tone system?

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Contributing Writers: Lauren Ciemny, Jaime Edwards, McCall Gaeng, Sam Heere-beyer, Erin Markel, Joe Matarazzo, Chris O’Reilly, Jen Smith, Sandy Wienholt The Patriot is a publication of the students of John Carroll School. The views and opinions expressed in The Patriot are not necessary the views and opinions of the Board or Administartion of The John Carroll School.

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“I think it is a piercing and annoying sound that interrupts class.” ~ Teresa Ward ‘04

“I think the intent of the tones is a good one. Students should be more time conscious. However, it should be looked at whether 3 min is sufficient time to get to class.” ~Mr Mr.. Johnson

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Hardball Politics America contemplates war with Iraq President Bush is The Bush looking for support for his plan administration has to attack Iraq, but the world stepped up its isn’t with him. campaign to persuade Prime Minister Tony audiences at home and Blair has shown his support for abroad that Iraqi Bush’s plan, but 350,000 British President Saddam citizens protested against his Hussein is a decision. Even the former dangerous dictator British Chief of Defense Staff, who must be stopped Lord Bramall, spoke out against soon and possibly by the decision saying, “you don’t military force. In have license to attack someone speeches the else’s country just because you administration don’t like the leadership.” attacked Hussein’s The Bush record and sought to administration claims that one recruit support for an of the reasons for war against endorsement of Iraq is for the protection of its military action by the neighbors, but none of Iraq’s U.N. Security Council. neighbors support invasion.

The elected Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey leaders of eight all oppose the plan. Turkish European countries officials say that they would asserted in a support the war if it were to be published statement short and clean, but everyone that a failure to force knows, as Lord Bramall said, www.washingtonpost.com H u s s e i n ’ s war with Iraq “would be very Marines digging in and getting ready for some fierce combat with Iraq. disarmament “would long, and very, very messy.” be nothing less than Bush says he wants to help the regime, but I do oppose this war. If we negligent.” Iraq, meanwhile, sought to people of Iraq. Saddam Hussein has been really wanted to help Iraqi citizens, we blunt the U.S.-led effort by inviting the torturing and killing his people for would be helping to fund and protect chief U.N. weapons inspectors to decades, but this is not the reason for our rebel groups. Revolution is what ends Baghdad for more talks before the council desire to attack him. 500,000 Iraqi dictatorship, not foreign bombs. makes its next move. A Hussein adviser children have died to date and an said discussions with Hans Blix and additional 5,000 continue to die each Mohamed El Baradei would be aimed at month due to our actions. “boosting cooperation and I do not support Hussein’s transparency” in verifying Iraqi

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disarmament. Similar talks last week proved unsatisfactory.

As preparations for possible war quickened, Armitage said nine countries have agreed to provide troops for a military mission, whether or not the U.N. endorses the use of force. U.S. military officials announced that Army units based in Germany had received deployment orders for Turkey in anticipation of Turkey’s approval. The Turkish government is nearing a crucial decision about whether it will accept U.S. tanks and troops for a northern front against Iraqi forces.

The European signers of the Iraq statement, published throughout Europe and in the Wall Street Journal, said they want to show solidarity with the United States and make sure the Americans work within the Security Council. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who signed the statement, also expressed hope yesterday that Hussein would back down if he sees the international community united against him.

While insisting as they have for months that Bush has not made a decision to invade Iraq, administration officials worked to produce a sense of momentum in the direction of Hussein’s coup.

~Matt Garono

Allies in support of the cause to end Hussein’s dictatorship Since the U.S. engaged in U.S. or the allies of the U.S., an armed As U.N. arms experts began to hunt warfare with Iraq in the early 1990’s, there response by the U.S. might be deemed today for clues that President Saddam has been a great deal of tension between appropriate. Iraq is doing no such thing Hussein’s government has or is developing weapons of mass the two nations. The U.S. has destruction, the inspectors not viewed Sadam Hussein, and the government both say the leader of Iraq, favorably they will be heading into since the conflict. The conflict previously out-of-bounds came about when Iraq territory in a quest to avert a invaded Kuwait and U.S. military attack. attempted to attain Kuwatti The inspectors set off oil. Since the conflict the U.S. early today in a convoy of nine has kept a close watch over white vehicles with U.N. logos Hussein and has regularly and drove to a large military bombed military sites. The compound about 12 miles east U.S. continues to portray Iraq of Baghdad. They were as a threat because they are escorted by Iraqi officials and very often associated with followed by about 50 cars fundamentalist terrorism. carrying journalists, who were Many wonder what the U.S. barred from entering the should do about Iraq, but compound. they should really be The inspectors, wondering whether any reinforced by a new Security military action is necessary.

Council resolution, say they Anytime a nation finally will be able to visit any holds beliefs that contradict place in Iraq, including secret the beliefs of another nation, military research laboratories those nations may view one and Hussein’s presidential another as a threat. However, www.washingtonpost.com palaces, without giving the threat would be minimal. Marines watching out-going missiles targeting Bagdad and other advance warning to Iraqi Those nations would military sites. officials, a power that eluded therefore have absolutely no right to police each other or create war though, and to allow thousands of U.S. their predecessors during more than with one another. Iraq does not pose a citizens as well as Iraqi citizens to die for seven years of inspections in the 1990s.

The Iraqi government, secretive and major threat to the United States, and the no reason is absurd. intensely nationalist, says it is willing U.S. should therefore leave Iraq alone. If under the resolution to open itself up to Iraq was engaged in any military action foreign officials in ways never before against or was seriously threatening the

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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 sensitive 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 inspection 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. 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.

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Pow Wow generates funds for St. Labre Sara Clafferty Entertainment Editor On January 18th painted gourds and beaded cloths filled JC’s hallways. In the gym where the thump of basketballs usually echoes, the beat of the drum led hundreds of dancers in a circle. It was the third annual Morning Star Celebration, a day to celebrate tradition and give to others.

For the past three years on Martin Luther King weekend, JC has held a pow wow in the gym to raise money for the St. Labre Indian School in Ashland, Montana. Successful efforts in the past have always been JAY beneficial, but this year, the proceeds and turnout were better than ever.

“We take a big risk every year scheduling the event in the winter,” said Vice Principal Mr. Gary Scholl.

Since this year’s absence of snow raised attendance numbers, the pow wow was able to raise about $2,500 for St. Labre, compared to last year’s total of $1000.

Although collecting for a good cause is the main reason supporting the event, it also serves to withhold the American Indian culture and take joy in it’s tradition.

Hugs and kisses were abundant at JC’s pow wow, a friendly spirit that goes back to the Plains Indians’ traditions.

“We are all brothers and sisters, one big extended family,” said flutist Eagle Warrior, who comes from the Lenape nation, or the Delaware Indians.

In the past, when the buffalo herds came in the spring, the nomadic families would see each other once again.

To celebrate their reunion and the good weather, the Indians would dance, sing, play, and eat. This celebration between tribes is known as a pow wow.

“As pow wows are the main focus of the Indian culture,” said Mr.

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Scholl, “they contain a collection of all Indian traditions, including the arts, music, dance, and crafts.”

The main type of traditional dancing at this pow wow was the straight dance, which originated in the Southern Cheyenne tribe of Oklahoma. Anyone can follow the dance by stomping to the beat of the drum, which symbolizes the heartbeat.

“Wherever I can dance, I dance,” said Jay Hill, a dancer and singer from the Seneca Ojibway people of Canada. He participates in pow wows along the east coast about twenty times a year.

“I dance for HILL HILLN enjoyment. It is my getaway; my chance to share what the creator has given me. Once the drum starts, nothing else matters,” said Hill.

The grand entry of the ninety dancers at the pow wow formed a circle of colors and movement on the gym floor. Most of the outfits were handmade and inspired by the traditions of each tribe.

Many participants in the pow wow sold Indian supplies, ranging from apparel to jewelry to dream-catchers. The silver jewelry was the most popular item among JC students who found it cultural and trendy. Some vendors even offered discounts to these interested volunteer workers.

The Booster’s Club, which was selling the usual hotdogs and muffins in the cafeteria, gave seventy-percent of the earnings to the St. Labre school collection. The unexpected amount of spectators and participants at this year’s event seemed to be a hungry bunch, leaving only one muffin at the Booster’s stand.

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“Corn soup is great, but scans are my ultimate favorite,” said Hill.

Although Booster ’s did serve some appetizing American foods, the traditional Indian food was the real treat at the pow wow. Mrs. Perry made her delicious chile, and Mr. Saukites made the chicken soup. The cornbread, which according to Mr. Perry is “amazing,” was also offered to all of the Indians and volunteers during dinner hours.

The annual pow wow gives everyone an opportunity to share in the Indian culture, whether is be dancing, singing, or eating. The underlying reason for every pow wow, though, is to uphold the Indian spirit and to bring the Indian community together.

“The pow wow is an alternative to what is going on in society photo by Maureen Casey today,” said dancer and This man is wearing fancy Native American regalia. singer Jay Hill.

His extravagant costume and dazzling jewelry M o d e r n greatly complemented his ritual dance. society seems to forget the culture on which our nation grew. The pow wow is the pop American culture. It offers a different reminder of how the Indian’s simplistic outlook on life, a look at life in a different living can offer the happiness that is way,” said senior Emma Scholl.

Next year, Mr. Scholl plans to sometimes eluded today with schedules have the students from St. Labre featured and technology.

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The United States will not back down Jennifer Smith Staff Writer

War. A three letter word that makes grown men and women shudder at the thought. The prospect of being at war with Iraq brings up mixed emotions among Congress, the average United States citizen, and JC students alike.

Members of Congress are asking for Secretary of State Colin Powell to explain the case against Iraq with all of the evidence that the United States possesses. Congress does not want to react irrationally on too little evidence.

Hans Blix, the head United Nations inspection agent in Iraq, has been inspecting various locations in Iraq for any possible nuclear program facilities or weapons. So far, the inspectors have not found any conclusive evidence against Iraq, but inspections are on going. Germany, France, and Russia want the United States to give United Nations inspectors more time to thoroughly search for weapons of mass destruction.

The prospect of war with the United States has many Middle Eastern countries panicking. Iran, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia have all urged Iraq to cooperate with the United Nations’ inspectors, as reported by ABC News.

Working with the United Nations, President George W. Bush and Congress have been waiting for conclusive evidence that links Iraq with destructive nuclear weapons. So far, the

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Saddam Hussein, dictator of Iraq, has become a prime concern for the United States and the world for the past decade and more importantly this past year as a war is rising.

President and some members of Congress are convinced that the US possesses enough evidence to enter Iraq and disarm them. The evidence that the United States presents to support its case against Iraq seems potentially lethal. In President Bush’s State of the Union Address given on January 28, 2003, Bush made mention of Iraq’s search for uranium. Uranium is used in the manufacturing of nuclear

bombs, the weapons that President Bush and his advisors are worried that Iraq may possess.

Aluminum tubes used for rockets, with the capability to make bombs, were purchased secretly at high prices. This has the United States extremely concerned, even though Iraq claims that they are only going to use them for rockets. The information that has

United States Intelligence convinced that this is important evidence is the size specifications that Iraq gave for the aluminum tubes, as reported by CNN. President Bush said that the United States demands that Iraq disarm any weapons of mass destruction either in the works or that they already possess.

Bush states, “Saddam can stay in power so long as he complies with the United Nations and disarms. War could be avoided if Iraq provides conclusive evidence that they have disarmed and do not have weapons of mass destruction.”

War preparations have begun even without conclusive evidence. The President has called into active duty many troops that are reserves. War ships have already begun the journey towards Iraq, a trip that will take more than a month at sea.

With the prospect of war brewing on the horizon, stock prices are falling substantially on Wall Street. Many investors are worried about what war will do to the economy, more specifically the effect on the oil from the Middle East upon which the United States relies.

Junior Paula Kouneski comments, “I don’t think we should go to war. We should regulate the weapons available and continue with the weapons inspections. We should enforce that weapons policy more, not go to war risking the lives of innocent people.”

With inspections continuing, the United States can only wait and see what United Nations inspectors find.

Selection Service instituted for war in Iraq?

Senior boys turning 18 years old must fill out draft card Matt Kirchner Staff Writer As several JC seniors enter their final semester in high school, several questions arise concerning their future.

College, graduation, and battling acute cases of senioritis are all important aspects of the senior’s culminating semester. However, an underlying event is undeniably present in every senior’s mind. With the conflict between the United States and the Iraqi regime in the Middle East severely escalating, senior boys cannot help but think that this struggle might affect their lives and immediate future. The uncertainty of a draft in the near future is one of the many surprises that await JC’s class of 2003.

President Franklin Roosevelt initiated the Selective Service System in 1940. From 1948 until 1973, men were drafted to fill vacancies in the armed forces, which could not be filled through voluntary measures. For more than 50 years, the Selective Service and America’s young men have served as a backup system to provide manpower to the U.S. Armed Forces. The last time a draft was utilized was in 1973, at the culmination of the Vietnam War. 1,857,304 men were drafted during that horrific conflict.

There is a sequence of events that must be enacted in order for a draft to be held. First, a crisis occurs that requires more troops than the volunteer military can supply. Congress must pass draft legislation, and the President must sign such legislation. Consequently, a

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lottery based on birthdays determines the order in which registered men are called to serve. The first to be called will be men whose 20th birthday falls during that year, followed, if needed, by those aged 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25. Unlike popular misconception, 18 and 19 year-olds would not be called unless extreme need warranted it.

Mental, physical, and moral evaluations are then held and first draftees are inducted. This system, based on random selection of birth dates, with the order of priority for reporting assigned in a scientifically random manner, “is a fair and equitable method of calling men to serve,” says the Selective Service System.

If the draft were held today, it would be dramatically different than the one held during the Vietnam conflict. A series of reforms adopted during the latter part of the Vietnam War changed the way the draft operated to make it more equitable and fair. There would be fewer grounds to excuse a man from service.

Under current law, a student can only have his induction postponed for one semester. Under the previous system, a man could qualify for a full student deferment..

A draft held today would use a lottery to determine the order of call.

Before the lottery was implemented in the latter part of the Vietnam conflict, the SSS would call 18 1/2 through 25 years old to duty, oldest being first. This resulted in insecurity for the possible draftees during the entire time they were within the drafteligible age group. A draft held today

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would use a lottery system under which a man would spend only one year in first priority (20 year-olds) for the draft.

Though a national draft is always an option, the viability of such a measure is probably extremely low. A draft was a good way to fight a war fifty years ago. The lack of technology and weaponry permitted the effectiveness of sending ordinary civilians into engagement with a weapon. However, because of the technological advances, sending inexperienced soldiers into battle with a weapon would prove to be ineffective. Those days of fighting a war are over.

It would take at least two years to train civilians for battle. By that time, their two-year service commitment would

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be over. Moreover, United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, feels that America has more than adequate number of troops.

JC seniors must realize that Federal Law mandates that virtually all male U.S. citizens register to the SSS within 30 days of their 18th birthday.

There are many ways that a boy turning 18 can register or fill out the draft card this year. The fastest and easiest way to register is online via the SSS website: www.sss.gov. Selective Service cards are also available at all United States Post Offices. Whether or not a draft proves to be a part of our lives, it is without a doubt a major topic of discussion and interest for those senior boys graduating this May.

School induction ceremony for 2003

The Patriot would like to recognize the following students for their admittance into the National Honor Society on January 30th, 2003 S E R V I C E

Laura Kirchner Kristen Barry Paula Kouneski Lauren Beward David Lomonico Lisa Bouchelle Michael Morris Gregory Brown Amy Perry Elizabeth Cole Lauren Schnupp Christina Heere-Beyer Aisha TTurner urner Justin Huovinen Andrew Vielkind L E A D E R S H I P

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the role for Faramir in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Faramir is a man who lives in Gondor and, in The Two Towers, takes Frodo (Wood) captive. But, when he had sent in his tape, Peter Jackson responded by asking him to read for Legolas Greenleaf, an elf who joins the fellowship instead. He got the part of Legolas and was soon in New Zealand shooting the 18 month project.

While in New Zealand, Orlando made many new friends including actors

since he would, in real life, jump out of the helicopter.

After the release of the Fellowship of the Ring people all over the Orlando Bloom has recently world knew him as the “hot one” or “the become universally famous. The actor’s cute guy with the pointy ears.” role as Legolas Greenleaf in The Lord of He even won many awards for the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and his looks. One award for Sizzlin’ Guy was The Two Towers has caught the attention awarded to him in 2002 by Teen People. of screenwriters, directors, and fans all He was awarded for his talents with best over the world. breakthrough male and best debut.

On January 13, 1977 in Altogether, Orlando has won six awards Canterbury, England a dark haired and in two years. dark eyed baby was born.

This year, Orlando will Little did his mother, Sheila, be starring in many movies know he would be known to including Disney’s The Pirates people all over the world by of the Caribbean, which will be the time he was 25. released this summer 2003.

Orlando grew up like Orlando plays Will Turner, a any other boy with an young British man who teams incredible imagination and a up with a buccaneer, Captain love for acting. When he was Sparrow (Johnny Depp), to young he was drawn to largersave the governor’s daughter than-life characters in movies from Captain Blackheart and on TV. Once he realized (Geoffrey Rush), an evil pirate. that the characters weren’t Orlando’s first main real and that a person was just role will be in The Calcium Kid, acting, he knew he could which is coming to theaters become an actor and be all of www.full-bloom.net this year. Orlando plays Jimmy, the people he wanted to be.

Legolas (Orlando Bloom) prepares to fire two arrows at an a young milkman who So, his mother started attack of Orcs in the The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship becomes a boxer. Jimmy, by a entering him in bible-reading of the Ring. bizarre twist of events, ends and poetry-reciting contests.

Then, in 1993, Orlando was Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan. In up fighting the world champion in his accepted, with a scholarship, to the their spare time, Orlando and his new hometown.

Also, Bloom is co-starring with British American Drama Academy. There found friends sky dived, surfed, and even he received a role in his first movie, Wilde. bungee jumped. Orlando describes Heath Ledger as Joe Byrne in The Kelly Orlando plays a rentboy who asks the himself as an “adrenaline junkie” and it’s Gang. This film is based on the novel main character, Oscar Wilde, if he is no wonder he has broken his ribs, nose, “Our Sunshine” by Robert Drew. Ned looking for someone and then laughs at arm, wrist, both legs, a finger, a toe, has Kelly, a bushranger, his brother Dan, and him. Although his part was only one line, cracked his skull three times, and has two other men, Steve Hart and Joe Byrne he still received many film and television broken his back (he fell out of a window (Bloom), form a gang. The movie tells of their adventures of robbing banks and offers. But, Orlando turned them down and was paralyzed for 12 days)!

Orlando has even starred in shooting police. The Kelly Gang is set and chose to attend the Guildhall School Black Hawk Down. His character falls to be released June 2003. of Music and Drama.

Finally, The Lord of the Rings: Two days before graduating, hundreds of feet out of a high flying Orlando’s agent called him about getting helicopter. This role fits him perfectly The Return of the King will be released

December 17, 2003. The third and final part installment of the trilogy tells of the opposing strategies of Gandalf and Sauron, until, finally, the end of the great darkness comes. Orlando plays Legolas Greenleaf, a Sindarin elf prince from Mirkwood. Legolas joins the ring quest and represents the Elves in the Fellowship.

Orlando Bloom has come a long way and may become one of the most famous actors of all time. But, for now Orlando is just trying to do his best at what he loves to do.

date was changed, but to the disappointment of many the reason seems to be more practical than scandalous. In past years, JC graduation exercises were held on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, but due to complaints by many parents and faculty, the administration decided to change the date of graduation to the weekend before Memorial Day to avoid conflicts. Last year, in accordance with this change, graduation was held on May 19th. This year, Memorial Day weekend is again early and the date would have had to been May 17th. The administration felt that this was too early so they decided

With graduation a week later than the traditional date, and two weeks later than last year’s date, many already anxious seniors are unhappy about the date because it means more school days.

“Man, they’re just prolonging our torture,” said senior Lacie Barlow. Many seniors are irritated at the late date because they feel that the extra days are pointless. “I already know what college I’m going to, what’s the point of an extra two weeks of school?” asked senior Monica Baikauskis.

In order to make the last month of school worthwhile, there was talk in September for the last few weeks of school for seniors to be a time for senior projects such as interning or volunteering. This proposal seems to have been abandoned, however, since there has been no mention of it in several months.

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Graduation date delayed for JC seniors Although pushed back two weeks later then last year, late graduation will give the class of 2003 sufficient time for college decisions.

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As the countdown to graduation gets closer, seniors, have noticed that graduation this year, May 31, is about two weeks later than it has been in the past. This later date has raised tention, but this change was not arbitrary and did not happen just this year.

Many rumors have been circulating since September as to why the

to have graduation the weekend following Memorial Day weekend.

Another major factor in determining the graduation date is the graduation program.

Students must know their college plans and have received all scholarships weeks before graduation in order to include them in the graduation program.

Last year, the guidance department felt very rushed and frustrated by the early date and had to rush students into decisions about colleges or scholarships simply to be able to list them in a program. “It was unfair to the students… we were rushed, they were rushed, it was crazy,” said Mrs. Heflin.

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Singles seek love, find high ratings feelings about who was eliminated or who received a rose each week on Internet message boards where the same ten people share the latest gossip and frustrations.

One viewer wrote, “She doesn’t seem very interested in any of the actual conversations she is having with these guys until there is alcohol and a nice expensive one-on-one date.”

In the end, Trista rightfully chooses Ryan, the gorgeous and amazingly charming firefighter from Vail, Colorado.

The new weekly series, Married by America, hunts for a small group of people “who are tired of the dating

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A hot tub full of guys and one bachelorette, twenty women fighting for the love of a millionaire, complete strangers saying “I do” because America voted for their marriage- the list of the newest reality shows of 2003 goes on.

ABC and FOX have finally given a few lucky people fifteen minutes of fame and a chance to find their one true love.

On January 6th, FOX premiered Joe Millionaire, a seven-episode series from the creators of Temptation Island.

Joe Millionaire tried to experiment with the common phrase, “For love or money?”

Twenty women traveled to France to experience a “whirlwind of romance with a man (Evan Wallace Marriott) who they think is a dashing millionaire.” But in reality, Evan is a construction worker who makes a $19,000 yearly income, just coming slightly short of his imaginary fifty million dollar fortune.

Evan was schooled in “Multimillionaire Lifestyles 101” prior to the show to make the lie more believable.

He learned which wines go with which food, how to dance the waltz, and how to effectively ride a horse.

So, Evan pampered and courted the female suitors hoping to find the woman who looks beyond his fake inheritance. The show not only revealed that money is sometimes more attractive than the person but also that the immature women on the show will do anything to get a smooch. However, the winner, who turned out to be mysterious Zora proved to be modest and sincere…right.

The final episode held surprises for both viewers and participants. The producers surprised both Evan and Zora with a one million dollar check in the final episode.

Also in January, ABC aired the The Bachelor ’s companion , The Bachelorette. This time the table turned

as twenty-five handsome bachelors strived to win the heart of twenty-nineyear-old Trista Rehn. Trista was a former Miami Heat dancer and is now a pediatric physical therapist.

She first The Bachelor appeared on in the spring and then returned to television to be the one doing the choosing.

Trista said, “You only live once. Why limit any opportunity to meet a man who could give me what I dream of…love and a family?”

While having various parties, group dates, and intimate overnight dates, Trista eliminated men each week based on her “gut” feeling and on the connection she felt with each

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Featured characters of ABC’s The Bachelorette and FOX’s Joe Millionare have succeeded in making primetime television and becoming slightly famous, but can they make their relationships work after Hollywood’s spotlight dims?

man.

T h e competition was a little fierce at times as men fought for attention.

While the bachelors started falling for Trista, women all over the country were falling for their favorite bachelors, imagining themselves being able to share one of those intimate moments with the hottie of their choice.

Opinionated viewers expressed their

scene and open to the idea of having a marriage arranged for them,” said FOX reality chief Mike Darnell. “It’s different, it’s unusual, and it’s the first time anything like this has been tried in this country. Ultimately, it’s up to the individuals if they’re going to get married.

But hopefully, if it works, they’ll fall in love.”

After the lucky singles are selected, their friends and families will interview marriage material contestants and whittle down the pool to two potential finalists for each lovelorn single. The third show will let the viewers decide w i t h whom they should tie the knot. It will end with a proposal between two people who have technically never met. FOX hopes love (and high ratings) will ensue as the newly engaged couples get to know each other in the next episodes, which lead up to a live televised wedding finale.

These three shows sum up perfectly what Americans greatly value: appearances. The questions of the applications for participation on the upcoming series of The Bachelor seem to distinguish this as the main concern. The application asks for their age, their occupation, the number of children they have, if any, and their reason for wanting to be on the show. Last but not least, a picture MUST be included.

What is it about these reality love shows that draw millions of male and female viewers each week to see who has the perfect date or who is left with a broken heart? Even I sat down and watched The Bachelorette and its post specials. The producers seem to play with the serious ideas of love and marriage to make the shows entertaining for all viewers. They even made me and so many others fall for the love interests in the shows, specifically The Bachelorette’s Ryan. Sure, the shows are worthy of primetime television, but whether or not true love is the prime focus is questionable.

Arena Club fit to be tough fitness center Colleen O’Brien Editor-in-Chief

Probably the most common New Year’s resolution among adults is to slim down. A common one among teenagers is to become more active. The new Arena Club in Bel Air is the new club where both goals can be accomplished.

The Arena Club, which opened in the beginning of February, is located directly past H a r f o r d Community College on Route 22. Dave Bradshaw is the general manager and former general manager of the Bel Air Athletic Club. Since having learned from his previous job which business

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techniques work and which do not, Mr. Bradshaw is going to make those necessary improvements to The Arena Club.

The new wellness and fitness center hopes

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t o benefit the community by providing a place to “enhance the quality of life,” said an advertisement. The slogan, “Now That’s Fun!” shows the major goal of The Arena Club is to enhance the enjoyment of exercise and healthfulness.

The Arena Club has extensive cardiovascular

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and strength training machines from brand name manufacturers such as Life Fitness, Hammer Strength, and Nautilus Nitro. There are over sixty cardio machines, along with the strengthening machines and free weights that are the “most extensive and largest in Harford County,” said staff m e m b e r Robert Joy. The Arena also has a warm water therapy pool, an indoor arena for various sports, and a six-lane, twenty-five meter exercise pool. There are various free health clinics, and there are sixty various programs such as yoga, pilates, cardio kickboxing, and step classes scheduled each week. Personal trainers are available to assist

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Panera Bread rises into popularity Sara Clafferty Entertainment Editor I have seen them come from afar.

Bread, soup, and coffee lovers have flocked to Towson’s Panera Bread since it opened. They come to treat themselves to delicious food; they come to discuss work-related topics over coffee.

Something about the restaurant makes spending time there a hobby. Take for example some Panera extremists, senior girls Becky Moore and Kirsten Kneussl. They once celebrated a twohour-late bell not by sleeping in but by visiting Panera and happily rejoicing in the forty-minute early morning drive, in rush hour.

“We drove to Towson on several two-hour late bell occasions. The cinnamon crunch bagel with hazelnut cream cheese is worth the sacrifice,” said Kneussl.

If Panera Bread has not yet lured you in, it will soon because the smell of their famous sourdough bread and steaming soup has reached Bel Air. Panera Bread has expanded to the Festival Marketplace near Route 24, ironically or maybe even strategically placed a few stores away from coffeecompetitor, Coffee Coffee.

For the few Panera-deprived in the Bel Air area, here is an in-depth explanation of why having a meal or snack at Panera will be one of the best choices you can make in a single day.

The St. Louis, Missouri based restaurant brings the typical southern, relaxing way of life into the atmosphere of the restaurant. Fluffy leather chairs scattered throughout the restaurant give it the homey feeling for which most coffee/bread shops strive. Each wide booth seems to be placed in its own private, comfortable corner of the restaurant.

Warm colors of yellow, orange, and brown adorn the walls. Soft classical or jazz music can be heard everywhere, even in the bathrooms. This leads me to one complaint I have about Panera Bread in Festival. The speakerphone that intermittently announces that customers’ food is ready gets quite annoying in a place meant to inspire light conversation and occupational meetings.

Although Panera Bread just opened, the staff seems to enjoy working there, which shows in their friendly smiles and helpful attitudes.

“The managers are really nice

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and offer flexible schedules for us. I love working there,” said senior Amy Graul, who has worked at Panera since it opened.

Usually one or two employees will meander through the tables to ensure that all the customers are happy with their food and drink selections. As I relaxed in a leather seat one day, I even noticed employees offering to clear customers’ tables when they had finished eating.

As for the food, which rightfully deserves to be mentioned last (according to the saying, “Save the best for last”), Panera Bread outdoes itself every time they fire up the ovens and kettles, to say the least.

The baked bread with fresh dough and no preservatives is, appropriately, Panera’s “bread-winner.”

The most popular is the fatless and sugarless, yet famous, sourdough bread.

Complementing it are choices ranging from tomato basil, honey wheat, asiago cheese, and cinnamon raisin. All of these come in take-home sizes ranging from extra large loaf to round loaves.

Bagels in flavors of French toast, Dutch apple and raisin, chocolate chip, and the seasonal c r a n b e r r y walnutalways stock the wire racks. During morning hours, customers can even sample certain bagels and cream cheese before making the final decision. A bagel placed on a nice platter for dine-in consumption ranges from $1.65 to $2.15.

There are also three bagel trios, which are pre-selected bagel, cream cheese, a n d coffee flavor, or, as Panera Bread puts it, “our most popular breakfast selections bundled into one easy decision.”

You might also opt for a tempting Georgia peach Danish, coffee cake, or a chocolate cream-cheese brownie, each adding to the great assortment of goodies displayed artistically in a glass case that is the focal point of every entering customer.

Now for lunch or dinner (that is if you can resist their breakfast), Panera Bread offers delicately created panini and signature sandwiches. There are also trendy combos of either soup and salad or soup and ½ sandwich, all of which range from $4.95 to $5.95.

Starting at $2.95, a bowl of hearty soup with a sampling of sourdough bread on the side is a quality selection. Soups range from vegetarian black bean, which I highly recommend, to simple potato soup, a bowl to which some of my friends have become addicted.

And, in any restaurant, but Panera Bread especially, one can never go wrong with a creative salad flaunting a name such as the Fandango Salad. A simple gripe but certainly not warranting of criticism is the crowd of people that packs the restaurant during lunch hours. But I

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do not blame them; they are simply proving that Panera customers have good taste in food.

Panera’s coffee relieves stress and provides comfort, as any coffee would, but there is nothing extra special about it. An I.C. Frappe drink is similar to a Starbucks’ frappuccino, and the expresso is, well, expresso. The regular brew has free refills and unique fixin’s such as powdered chocolate, nutmeg, and cinnamon, similar to those in Gloria Jean’s coffee shops.

Yes, it is photo by Maureen Casey difficult to end my review Senior Jen McNamara sips on a Panera specialty on Panera Bread, but drink and chows down on the sourdough bread that since it is, by far, the best accompanies her soup and salad combo. café to enter Bel Air’s boring lite-fare restaurant selection, it and you too will have the uncontrollable deserves the recognition. Go there once, urge to praise Panera and its bread.

Musical debuts Lady Luck Tara Hofherr Editorials co-Editor The lights are out and anticipation fills the atmosphere.

Slowly, a soft tune rises from the pit and a beautiful voice echoes throughout the room. The lights fade in, and the curtain opens once again to another astounding JC spring musical.

While in Havana, the two fall in JC never fails to provide the love, but their relationship is tested when community with a stellar show, sparking they return and Sara learns that Detroit’s in the audience laughter, tears, and gang of sinners and floosies has astonishment. This year is no exception, corrupted her missionary meeting place, as the cast and crew of Guys and Dolls threatening her ownership. put the finishing touches on their lines, Guys and Dolls is filled with their lyrics, and the music and lights. dancing and is This year’s sure to delight the show takes place crowd. Already, primarily in New York, over one and Nathan Detroit thousand seats (played by senior have been sold, Adam Trionfo) sets and the show the stage as an does not even underground open until gambler. His fiancée February 28 th . of fourteen years, Performances Anna Lee (played by then follow on senior Melissa March 1st and 2nd Hmelnicky), is ready in addition to the to get married, but daytime matinees Detroit is focusing that the students his time on earning perform for local one thousand dollars elementary and to buy a place to hold middle schools. his gambling games.

Although the To win this well-known actors money he bets his and actresses will friend, heart-throb be performing in Sky Masterson the show, there is (played by senior also a lot of new Owen Jordan), that talent to liven up he cannot get a girl to the stage. Veteran go to Havana on a Meghan Blume photo by M. Derbyshire trip with him. The said, “This is my Evan Pitts practices his dramatic catch? Detroit gets acting skills during rehearsals. last show at JC, to pick the girl, and and I am really his selection is none other than the sweet excited because Guys and Dolls is one of and innocent missionary Sara Brown my favorite shows.” (played by senior Meghan Blume). Sara Directed by Mrs. Laura Lang is an extremely devout and naïve girl and Mrs. Kim Brueggemann, Guys and working for the “Save a Soul” mission, Dolls is sure to be another captivating but she agrees to go to Havana with Sky. and outstanding show.

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WWE throws opposition over top rope Matt Garono Editorials co Editor With the combining of two fiercly famous corporations, professional wrestling is now the biggest television show on the air today. The new WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment), formerly known as WWF (World Wrestling Federation) is comprised of two brands, RAW and Smackdown! The WWE now encompasses WCW (World Championship Wrestling) and ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling). The big stars from both WCW and ECW have come to the WWE, formerly known as the WWF. On January 11, 2003 the network show RAW celebrated ten years of great wrestling and great entertainment.

Among the many awards, ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin earned the RAW superstar of the decade.

The WWE also has a reality show on MTV called Tough Enough. In its third season, the show has put out some very impressive superstars. The elimination process begins with thirteen people, who are then narrowed down to five. Finally, two contestants receive contracts with the WWE. Matt Cappotelli and John Hennigan were the two WWE finalists in this third season of Tough Enough .

Following their victory of the match on Two superstars started out in two-out-of-three-falls match. The match RAW, the new wrestlers were suddenly the ring, and then every five minutes types were street fights, cage matches, interrupted and beaten with sticks. What another superstar exited from an enclosed and ladder matches. an unusual welcoming! bulletproof glass chamber. This match The Royal Rumble match this I n past January was one for the record August of books. Brock Lesner faced the ‘Big 2002, one of Show’ early in the night for the twentythe greatest ninth spot. The Royal Rumble is an legends in event where thirty WWE superstars professional wrestle each other until the last man wrestling remaining in the ring becomes the history, ‘The winner. The superstars enter every two Heart Break minutes, and the only way to eliminate Kid’ Shawn someone is to throw them over the top Michaels rope. returned after Brock Lesner was the twentyrecovering ninth to enter, immediately before ‘The from a broken Undertaker.’ In the end, Brock came up back. After behind ‘The Undertaker,’ throw him over four years the top rope, and won the 2003 Royal away from www.google.com Rumble. He will now get a shot at the the combat Shawn Michaels plays some sweet chin music on the British WWE Championship against Kurt Angle and carnage Bulldog. in the main event at Wrestlemania. of the ring, Helping professional HBK mounted an impressive victory over was for the WWE World Heavyweight wrestling’s bright future, the multi-million ‘The Game’ Triple H. Championship belt, the most prestigious dollar corporation has an extremely Shawn also fought in the very RAW belt. talented development program. There are first ‘Elimination Chamber’ match in the Shawn Michaels was the man many independent leagues around the Survivor Series. He faced the incredible who came out on top in this match. In United States and the world. Although opposition of five other WWE superstars only his second match in two years he many people do not realize the popularity Chris Jericho, Booker T, Triple H, Kane, became the World’s Heavyweight of wrestling, it is growing more and Rob Van Dam. These six men Champion. Unfortunately for Shawn, he competitive ever year. The WWE will wrestled for forty-five minutes in a ten ton lost the title in the very next Pay-Per-View continue to prevail and set new standards steel hell. to Triple H in the 3 Stages of Hell, or a for the industry.

New year produces films

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He’s back! “The Movie Man” is here to rate some of this year’s flicks. Leonardo DiCaprio makes a reappearance; Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant show their acting chemisty; and Al Pacino lights up the screen.

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Colin Farrell in The Recruit shows a fake I.D. so that he can illegally enter the CIA building.

The R ecr uit Recr ecruit Being in the CIA is nothing like what it seems. Like any other movie about the CIA, The Recruit contains numerous twists and turns that keep the audience on the edge of their seats. In this film, CIA agent Burke (Al Pacino) recruits a young and intelligent student named James Clayton (Colin Farrell) to see if he has what it takes to survive in the CIA. James receives a mission to track down Layla (Bridget Moynahan), one of his fellow recruits and his love interest, who has stolen important and confidential government files. James must put aside his relationship with her and solve the unthinkable crime in order to survive in the CIA. This movie combines the usual action and steamy romance scenes to stop anyone from taking a bathroom break. The Recruit will keep the interest of any moviegoer, although it contains nothing revolutionary to the movie industry. (PG13)

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Back in the 1860’s the Five Points was a dark and deathly corner in the streets of New York. At these grounds the natives fought an infamous battle against the Irish immigrants for lordship of the town.

Priest Vallon, leader of the foreigners, is stabbed and killed in the battle. His young son, Amsterdam (Leonardo DiCaprio), witnesses his death and later runs away to the “House of Refuge” to live by himself deep in the grounds of New York. He returns to the Five Points sixteen years later to hunt down his father’s murderer, William Cutting (Daniel Day-Lewis), who has become the leader of the town. Although this film contains extraordinary and suspenseful battles, it lacks the ability to keep the audiences attention. With a running time close to three hours, there are many unnecessary scenes that make it a considerable waste of time. (R)

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Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock in Two Weeks Notice become better aquainted while strolling along the city street.

T wo W eek sN otice Tw Week eeks No This is a typical romantic comedy starring two big stars. Hugh Grant plays millionaire George Wade, CEO of Wade Corporation. He hires Lucy Kelson (Sandra Bullock), a lawyer and Harvard graduate as his personal assistant. She soon makes all the decisions in his life from his legal conflicts to his divorce.

Lucy is overwhelmed with the job and puts in her two weeks notice. George then comes to the realization that he cannot live without her. When George hires a new assistant, Lucy becomes jealous and bitter. This movie can be described in one word: Hilarious! Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock are dazzling together and create brilliant and amazing humor. Two Weeks Notice does not fall into the trap of being a hackneyed romantic comedy, but instead it combines quality acting and great direction to make it a must-see movie. (PG13)

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Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz steam up the screen in Gangs of New York, a movie that did not live up to its expectations.

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This is a true story of Frank W. Abagnale (Leonardo DiCaprio), who was employed as a doctor, a lawyer, and a commercial pilot, all before his 21st birthday. As a true con artist, he steals millions of dollars using his brilliant knowledge and deceptive skill of forging checks. FBI agent Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks) is assigned the case and makes it his mission to track Frank down, but he has limited success. This unbelievable story is brought to life with an incredible cast and great direction. Besides taking you through the adventurous journey of Frank Abagnale, this film contains numerous witty and humorous scenes.

Director Steven Spielburg once again creates a masterpiece that will be one of the top movies of 2003. (PG13)

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Female flight attendants escort the handsome and devious Leonardo DiCaprio in Catch Me if You Can.

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Fashion trends repeat in modern styles Sara Clafferty Entertainment Editor

Fashion trends are like flowers; they blossom, stay awhile, and then slowly die away. Your new jeans are stylish, but next month beware because ten bucks says that the new line of clothes in department stores just put them out of style.

Strutting in polka dotted shirts and stretch pants was a thing of the eighties. Now we wear clothes that look like they have been run over by a fourby-four. Why does time create such drastic changes in the way Americans dress?

It seems that once we notice that a trend exists, it disappears. Seeing someone else wearing the same new shirt you just bought just takes away from your fashion style. That new shirt is behind the dresser in no time.

Who decides when the trend should change anyway? Customers do, of course. We are the ones who demand the new shapes, textures, and colors; no one wants to look like someone else. The designers work to keep our interests vivid. They wouldn’t want us to get bored in the same old outfits. In the past few decades, designers have put forth numerous trends, each with its own f l a v o r .

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thighs exposed in really short shorts, commonly called “hot pants.” In the late 60’s, both girls and guys wore tie-dyed shirts, a preview of what was to come in the 1970’s.

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teenagers, their dress was simple and conservative. The guys, besides being required to have short hair, wore plain

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conservative as the 60’s but not as ragged as the 70’s. For women, fashion was mimicking Madonna; her frizzy, crimped hair, colored eyeliner, and pastel colors were everywhere.

By looking at the jeans styles, one would think bleach had infested every washing machine. Esprit, Jordache, Bugle Boy, and Adidas were the popular brands. New Kids on the Block set the trend for guys, and Richard Simmons led the pack of women and men plagued by leg warmers and spandex.

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Clockwise from top left: Baggy pants usually adorned the legs of most teenagers in hardly there, warmers are Simmons’ fit

the 90’s. Hot pants of the 60’s, which are the shorts that are seem to be taking up shelf space in modern stores. Leg an 80’s trademark style, most famously worn by Richard followers.

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shirts, slacks, and black or brown lace shoes. The men’s slacks were skin-tight; in some cases, it was hard to pull them over the One of the greatankle. est winter storms Girls wore blouses and skirts in of the century has every season. Kneeloaded local slopes high boots with fresh powcomplemented their bare der and monster

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highlighted the rebellion from the conservative styles of the 60’s. Bellbottoms and hippie shirts were everywhere. People in search of tattered clothes filled the Army Surplus.

Beaded belts and shaped glasses adorned movie stars and common citizens alike. The Beetles’ long hair became a nationwide trend, and Julius Irving was an inspiration for the huge afros.

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away the glamour from the 80’s, but no dominant style took its place. Individuals dressed casual and comfortably. Cleancut baggy pants were popular for teenagers, while adults usually dressed in pants stretchy at the waist and tight at the ankle.

In the late 90’s, female teenieboppers thought it would cool if they slicked back their hair with hair spray, leaving only the perfectly curled bangs on their forehead. Adidas tennis shoes ruled gym classes. Office employees usually wore casual suits that could easily turn into around the house clothes.

Comfort was key.

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brought individuality; everyone wants to be the first to set the new trend, but they are really just uprooting the old fashions of past decades. The hippie trends are back! And earth tones dominate the preps’ attires.

Also, the new chic style remade the 60’s conservatism by adding addition of hoochie-mama spirit. It is kind of scary to see forty-year-old woman with a black top (conservative) labeled “Hot Stuff” (hoochie-mama).

Our clothes are clues to activites, whether it is hustling through the city or romping in the woods.

Whitetail: Liberty:

Location: Mercersburg, PA Road Time: 2 hrs, 21 min Snow Base: 38" - 50"

Location: Carroll Valley, PA Road Time: 1 hr, 57 min Snow Base: 40" - 53"

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Seven Springs:

Location: Lewisberry, PA Road Time: 1 hr, 34 min Snow Base: 38" - 48"

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sandal or colorful platform shoes. And who could forget the puffy sideburns that even stuck to the faces of major newscasters like Sam Donaldson?

These styles were the icons of the overflow of peaceful, grass-smoking hippies. The reoccurring trends of the 70’s are in many stores today. Is that inadvertently revealing what some teenagers do on their free time?

Location: Champion, PA Road Time: 4 hrs, 14 min Snow Base: 44" - 80"

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Ski trip shenanigans craft melodrama Katie Chlada Managing Editoe

It was January 16, 2003, the last day of exams, when 90 JC students loaded their skis and winter apparel into the hull of two coach buses unknowing of the events that awaited them in Killington, Vermont. It was the initiation of an illfated adventure and the birth of a great story.

With a nine-hour drive ahead of me, I sat in my seat trying to rid my head of the ominous idea of boredom while preparing for the movie Radd. Students around me arranged an array of snacks for the road and began conversations that would continue until the first rest stop. The road was long and the cities were dirty, but the first sight of snow aroused commotion among the bus.

The buses arrived at the Ramada Inn at about 9:30pm. The hotel was masked by snow; however, JC students would soon uncover the dementia that lie inside. Questions first began to surface when we were handed pink slips before entering the hotel and instructed to record any previous damage. I figured it just might be a routine among Vermont hotel visitors until I actually entered my room.

The pungent odor of cigarettes and disinfectant struck my nostrils with unrelenting force as I opened the door to my room. My roommates and I were somewhat frightened by the large red stains on the carpet, which we theorized to be trivial bloodstains. There were small holes burned into the wall and the heater was covered in frost. The beds reeked of previous escapades and the TV was straight out of the early 80’s. The bathroom seemed clean until I opened the shower curtain only to see the tub laced with a black film. Others were generously accommodated with larger holes in the wall, mildew traces, and 4-foot high showers.

After filling out the extensive damage reports, many students gathered to talk, order pizza, and play cards. The chaperones, Ms. Dombrock, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. Russell, and Ms. Zavodny, ordered us to bed at 11:30pm. However, the night also included a visit from a police officer who would lend to future chaos.

Friday morning began with a friendly call at 6:15am from the Holiday Inn phone service. Wait, I thought we were staying at the Ramada Inn. Foiled again by the masked demon! After preparing for the 7-degree weather forecast, my friends and I walked through the suspicious corridors to breakfast. A man in decorated parachute pants emerged carrying a smorgasbord of greasy eggs and sausage. I ate a piece of toast and some fruit trying to avoid a coronary.

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After breakfast, we boarded the bus tired but eager for the hour drive to the Killington Ski Resort. The drive was beautiful, and snow towered above cars and fences. When we arrived at the resort, I was floored. The snow-capped

of toilet paper and threw it down the hallway scoring points with every door it passed without touching the wall.

Other students passed the time playing poker and watching the remote-less TVs. Then it happened. At about

photo courtesy of Ms. Dombrock

The ski trip group takes a break from their adventurous weekend.

mountains were covered in dusted evergreen and the air was a cool awakening as well as a retreat from the horrific odor of our hotel room. It was a truly amazing experience but also a wallet raping experience ($1.15 for an apple not including the 9% sales tax).

After placing my ski boots in a locker, I hiked back to the buses dodging the piercing wind. Tired and weak, I slept most of the hour drive back to the “Ramada Inn.” Everyone at that point unanimously decided to skip the trip to the bowling alley and head back to the hotel.

In a fetal position and on tiptoes, I tried to take a shower but for some reason the cold water spurting from the crusted showerhead was not a convincing sign of hygiene. It was time for dinner, and the same sketchy man in the parachute pants emerged with some kind of Italian delight. I picked through my wilted salad and returned to my room to order pizza. Many others decided to be brave and take a dip in the pool. More like a cesspool to me, but the sauna seemed nice. However, I decided to play it safe and hopefully avoid the plague by not going in the steamy parasite breeding ground.

Once again, we were ordered to bed. The same routine began the next morning and we were all certain that it would be another ordinary day; the man in parachute pants with greasy eggs, a long ride to the slopes, skiing until our knees gave way, being charged $2.50 for a hot pretzel and returning only to pay more money to order pizza.

After returning from our day on the slopes, a few JC students reported money and CD accessories stolen. Many of us just thought it was a prank or just some dishonest person so we proceeded with the night. After “dinner,” some friends and I decided to fend off boredom with a rousing game of “TP Ball.” We took a roll

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9:00pm we were all sent to our rooms for a “room check.” At that point, the rumors began to fly as we called room-to-room spreading rumors about the recent events. It just so happened that the police officer that came to check on the stolen items had informed the chaperones that the officer who had come Friday night was dead. The men in room 243 were opium addicts. The hotel was an overflow from a prison. The Ramada Inn was not its original name. The hotel had to keep changing its name so it could con

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travel agencies into sending innocent schools to their hell. The rumors erupted into fear. We did not know what to believe.

Very scared and very annoyed, I packed up my possessions and waited to be escorted to the bus. The chaperones said they would explain on the bus the reason for the sudden departure. Room by room, we timidly passed room 243 and boarded the bus destined for a Marriott 20 minutes away.

Our friend and bus driver, Mr. C or “CDogg” as we called him, put in The Mighty Ducks to ease nerves.

At about 12:30am the buses, pulled into the Marriott. The chaperones’ explanation was that the accommodations were not of the quality that JC students should be exposed to. We were all a little mad and forced to believe the rumors without any other basis. With six people in each room, many students slept on the floor. It seemed like heaven.

The next morning I groggily walked to the Continental Breakfast. I was amazed to actually meet waffles and oatmeal. I packed my things once again and prepared for another day of skiing.

The day flew by and before I knew it we had to go home. For some twisted reason I did not want to go.

The nine-hour drive back home seemed treacherous. I spent most of the time wondering what I was going to tell my parents and discussing the rumors with my friends. We laughed and agreed in retrospect that the ski trip would not have been the same without the madness.

It will be an adventure story that I will tell for the rest of my life, and all I have to say in hindsight is, I can’t wait until next year!

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February snowstorm makes history The record-breaking snowstorm hit MD on President’s Day weekend, leaving people snowed in at home, stores & schools closed, roads destroyed, driveways buried, and basements flooded.

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Palestinian video game aimed at fighting Israeli citizens Sam Marll Staff Writer A Palestinian walks down a crowded street in the Buffer Zone of South Lebanon. Surrounded by both Israelis and his fellow Palestinians, he seems to be just another face in the crowd. But there’s something odd about him. The Israeli soldiers recognize his face and quickly reach for their firearms.

They’re too slow. Suddenly, he whips out an AK-47 and sprays gunfire into a nearby Israeli’s face, spattering chunks of brain all over the pavement. As people begin running and screaming hysterically, he throws a pipe bomb into the nearest cluster of those “infidels,” the Jews, he can see, sending bloody body parts and mangled flesh all over the scattering crowds in a horrifying shower of gore.

The latest Palestinian attack in the Middle East? No. Rather, it is the game Under Ash, the first video game developed by Muslims, for Muslims.

Set during the first Palestinian Intifada, or uprising, players assumes the

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role of a young Palestinian man (of course) named Ahmed. After seeing countless atrocities bring committed against Palestinian Muslims by the Israeli military, he goes on a mission to deliver a collection of important ideas in the history of the “Peaceful Palestinian Cause.”

And how does the player spread the cause of Palestine? By going on a genocidal rampage against Israeli soldiers and Jewish settlers (or Zionists, as the game continually refers the them as) through South Lebanon with grenades, knives, and automatic weapons.

Ultimately, the goal of the game is to “avenge” the Palestinians by butchering as many Israelis as inhumanly possible, or becoming a martyr for Allah, whichever comes first.

The company who created the game, Dar Al-Fikr, is a Syrian publishing company that also specializes in education surrounding Muslin theology and law. Not surprisingly, Syria is a Middle East country that has loudly voiced support for Palestinian terrorists.

Said Hassam Salem, director of the project, “We’re trying to counterbalance the poisonous ideas conveyed by American games to our children.” The goal of the company is to educate the newest generation of Palestinians of their cause in the Middle East, claims supporters.

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Originally released in and sheep entertaining,” said Asia and the Middle East, the game has www.games4arabs.com.

However, outside of Jerusalem, done surprisingly well. According to the game’s official website, most Western newspapers and game www.underash.net, most people who buy websites have labeled it was a hateful, or download the game have done so due violent game worse than games like Grand to the game’s “enlightening” and Theft Auto: Vice City. Many detractors “patriotic” theme. The Syrian company of the game argue that not only is it as planned to release an English-version of violent as today’s games, it attempts to the demo in Western Europe and spread a message of hate and antipossibly in Canada. Dar Al-Fikr believes Semitism. Still, with the U.S Army that the game would be banned in releasing a game of its own, called American, and thus will probably not be America’s Army, both sides are guilty of released here in the states. But heavy hypocrisy, as the struggle for the hearts hacker attacks on the company’s and the minds of the youngest generation databases have delayed the importation continues. of the game considerably.

Supporters of the game have claimed that it is simply a response to the U.S Department of Defensesponsored game, America’s 401 Washington Avenue Army. “First step to achieve Suite 204 balance in our information war against Israel,” is how Towson, MD 21204 the Teshreen newspaper 410-769-9200 FAX 410-769-9203 described the game. “Seems promising: we are not going to compare it with anything; it is a unique jewel in a world of destructive foolish games, flying high away over profits

Mary R. Craig Attorney At Law

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Video game gives insight to U.S. military Gene Etting Staff Writer

You are somewhere in Southeastern Europe. You are patrolling the forest outside of a small town when suddenly a shot rings out. Your platoon leader is down! Machine gun and automatic rifle fire erupts to your left and front as you dive for cover.

Lying behind a fallen tree, you look up to see the orange glow of tracers, whizzing overhead. You look to your right, and notice that there is a machine gun position with its back to you. They don’t see you!

You shoulder your M-16 rifle and squeeze off three quick shots. The gunner drops from sight.

However, your fire has attracted the attention of an AK-toting guerilla, whose presence you only notice when a bullet whizzes past your ear. You raise your rifle, confident in your skills.

You pull down into the sights, get a good bead on the guerrilla, who is still firing wildly in your direction, and squeeze the trigger four times.

The guerilla drops from sight and you are feeling pretty good. You have killed two guerillas and you get up to try to maybe kill some more. You rise to a kneeling position, and see two more fanatical enemy soldiers charging at you.

You fire at the guerilla on your left, and watch in satisfaction as he goes down.

You swing your rifle towards the one on the left and pull the trigger only to be rewarded by a sickening sound – nothing.

You look at the M-16’s chamber. Your rifle is jammed. You try frantically to clear it – but it is too late to do anything, except to be cut down in a hail of gunfire.

As you lie there, cursing your bad luck, you vow to get revenge – in

realistic computer game to simulate combat. The result? A well-designed, effective, and fun means of getting the Army’s message to its target audience: teenage boys.

“America’s Army” is primarily meant to be a multiplayer game, for play on the Internet, although the training and m i l i t a r y qualification tests must be completed solo.

That is where AA stands apart from other first person shooter games. Before even entering onto the battlefield, one must take and pass a litany of actual military tests. Pass the tests – and you are on your way to battle. Fail them – you’re headed back for training, soldier.

I downloaded AA from the website, www.americasarmy.com, and played several multi-player games. It was fantastic. I have never played a more realistic combat simulation. In the above story, which was from a multi-player game I played, that is how I was killed. I was killed because my rifle malfunctioned, just like in real life.

I rated AA on four main areas: graphics, audio, game-play, and price.

Graphics Graphics: Weapons graphics, terrain

Be All That You Can Be the next game.

As the United States Army enters the twenty-first century, it is faced with a problem: low enlistments are rapidly draining the strength of what was once the most powerful force on earth.

The Army has used all of the traditional tools; magazine ads, television spots, and high school visits, but none of them seemed to be having any effect.

However, an exciting new recruitment campaign is underway. This will utilize one of the most powerful mediums in history: computers.

The United State’s Army teamed up with a gaming company to create a

graphics, and effects graphics were all superb. When playing at night, others, and myself, often gave their position away via the muzzle flash. Explosions were not the Hollywood fireballs, but clouds of dirty black smoke – just like in real life. The characters left something to be desired, as their movement was not entirely as smooth as it could have been, but this did not detract at all from gameplay.

Audio Audio: Again, the same as above.

Gunshots, shouts, screams, explosions, even truck motors were all a part of the battlefield ambience. You would hear the bullet whiz by your ear, and a near miss sounded different from a close miss.

Game play play: Obviously, as the story above details, the gameplay is great.

Price Price: This is a real joke! The game is downloaded for free off of America’s Army website, and can be downloaded to either a CD or a hard drive. The Army felt that more people around the country would be exposed to this game if it were free – no kidding!

AA is as close as you can get to the military, without actually enlisting – which is the idea. The Army wants young men to have fun playing a soldier and hopes that the men will then want to be a soldier. While the Army’s TV ads tell our young men that “there are 212 ways to be a soldier,” the Army has realized what young men want: to be challenged, to have adventures, and to have something to tell their grandkids about. While playing a video game does not satisfy any of these requirements, this particular one may push a few kids in the right direction.

Construction workers carry on despite freezing weather Sam Marll Staff Writer

prepare concrete layers to put in “footers,” or the foundations of the gym and athletic complex. After running Ever since August 15th of 2002, plumbing up the wall, as well as setting it as students walked out of the school to up under ground, structural steel was set their cars, they inevitably heard the to provide support for the building.

As the plumbing is being machine-gun chatter of the jackhammer or the banging of the hammer working as developed, painters, ceramic flooring construction workers focused on experts, and carpenters have also begun building the new athletic complex and their work on the inner construction of gym. After a few days, it became the building. Meanwhile, exterior work background noise, and is now ignored for will continue throughout. This last phase the most part. However, those will continue for about two months. construction workers have been moving Eventually, once building is almost like crazy to finish building the gym and completed, sidewalks and grass will be put in, and then the company will “clean athletic complex.

The company putting up the up and pull out,” says Project athletic complex, Frederick Ward & Superintendent Jim Hamberger.

The most difficult phase of gym Associates, has been tirelessly hammering away at finishing the long and construction has been creating block complex process of creating the gym. The work for the gym, which is required to first part began with the excavation of the help set up the framework of the building. area, the digging out of the earth to Construction workers were required to put up round columns, while simultaneously coordinating the setting of steel structural supports to connect them to pillars.

Not only is this expensive and tedious, it is also somewhat dangerous, as the steel is not yet completely anchored to the pillars, meaning that careless workers could expect to have a ton of steel photo by M. Derbyshire come crashing down A construction worker bears the cold as he knocks on their head. a hole through the girls locker room.

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The construction of the new athletic wing gets completed piece by piece even with numerous inches of snow and freezing temperatures.

The construction workers all have a specific job and duty. As the company employs different subcontractors for every phase, each person has a certain specialty, whether they are steel setters or masons or roofers. On any given day, though, an average of twenty-five workers are out there, working like crazy from 7:00 to 3:30, six days a week. However, during the last phases of construction, all of the workers will be expected to work overtime.

While all the jobs have hazards, working as a mason or ironworker is considered to be the most dangerous.

Falling debris can be a concern, and

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Project Superintendent Jim Hamberger warned that it’s always a good idea to “Watch where you walk,” as well as to avoid working under incomplete ceilings or unfinished steel. Fortunately, no accidents have occurred since the beginning of construction.

Cold weather and freezing conditions have delayed building by about twenty-eight days, but the company is well on its way to completing the gym and athletic complex as a whole, and expects to have the building of the gym completed by March and the athletic wing altogether done by middle to late April.

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Where has the school mascot gone?

Patriot’s disertion leads students to ponder his disappearance Sam Marll Staff Writer

knew of its existence. When asked about the mascot, sophomore Andrew Vielkind said, “I didn’t even know there WAS a mascot.”

The Student Activities Council Wearing a giant headdress.

Sweating like a pig while wearing an coordinates the mascot and schedules his uncomfortable suit. Running around for various appearances. Mr. Johnson, cohours on end at sporting events and moderator of the SAC for three years now, special occasions, trying to arouse the explaining the disappearance of The apathetic crowd. What job is this? It is Patriot, said, “It’s just a matter of getting someone to get into the none other than being suit.” However, very few the JC mascot, The TREVOR McEVOY McEVOYN people have been willing Patriot. to jump into that suit.

Anyone who The last person has gone to JC for more who wore the suit on a than two years has consistent basis was occasionally noticed Shane Lawler, of the Class The Patriot jumping of 2000. Now, with his around at Homecoming graduation, the SAC has or other games, found it necessary to attempting to fire up recruit two students from the crowd with his the freshmen and bizarre antics. sophomore classes to go Recently, however, into the suit, as was the appearances of the mascot at sports games have dropped off case at Homecoming and Wrestlepalooza.

The popularity of The Patriot heavily, only being seen at big gigs like has always been mixed, further explaining Wrestlepalooza and Homecoming.

As the years wear on, students the reluctance of students to don the and teachers have begun to forget about mascot suit. Junior Trevor McEvoy the mascot, and are replaced by new stated his conflicted feelings for the students and teachers who never even mascot when he said, “Frankly, I find him

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rankly, I find him quite annoying. But on the other hand, I do find him fairly attractive.”

quite annoying. But on the other hand, I do find him fairly attractive.”

Wearing the suit itself is obviously the most brutal part of the job. Senior Jon Davis recounted his experience of wearing the suit at the groundbreaking ceremony in September 1999 as “hot and uncomfortable.”

Unfortunately all these problems that come with the suit have caused almost zero interest in wearing it. Because of low student interest, Mr. Johnson admitted that the mascot’s disappearance was “not a priority and not something of an issue right now.”

Though the mascot has not recently appeared very often, the SAC hopes to have it appear at basketball games in the near future. photo by Owen Jordan Once the spring season starts, The identity of the mascot has remained individual teams will be allowed to an enigma throughout the ages. use the costume at their games, if they so desire.

As always, the position remains simple, as it is “just like being the San open to anyone who expresses interest Diego Chicken,” said Mr. Johnson. “It’s in applying. The job itself is relatively just working the crowd.”

Men’s hoops creates Girls’ basketball fouls hullabaloo in MIAA out for the season Tom Scilipoti Staff Writer

Jaime Edwards Staff Writer

as “very young.” In fact, the team has as many sophomores (5) as seniors and juniors combined. The team also has two freshmen, forward Katherine Garnet and The girl’s varsity basketball guard Ashley Sheppard, on their roster. team has had a rough season. With only In addition to their inexperience, the team two seniors and many sophomores and has also struggled offensively around the freshmen, the team has suffered from a perimeter. lack of experienced players. They have One of the strengths of the team also faced many tough teams because is its inside game. While outside they compete in the A conference of the shooting and youth have been a problem, IAAM. strong play around the basket, led by Even though their season has junior center Kayani Turner, has proved been a difficult one, it has also been a vital to the team. They have also valuable learning experience for the large benefited from the leadership of senior captain and forward Sara Clafferty.

The team has also seen some of their junior players step up into key leadership roles. Two of the juniors, Turner and guard Ali Levendusky, are captains. The team has also had the good fortune of not having any injuries, which has allowed them utilize their full roster whenever necessary.

Even though the team has struggled this year, the returning players look to next season with high photo by Maureen Casey aspirations. The team could see the Junior guard Ali Levendusky manuevers return of all but two of its players her way to the hoop against the stifiling from this year’s roster. defense of St. John’s.

While a lack of experienced number of young players on the team. players may have contributed to the Despite their struggles in conference team’s poor record this season, it has also play, they have had success in games allowed the team to gain experience for against Harford County teams. This the future. The need for younger players includes a win over C. Milton Wright, one to step up and play an important role on of the stronger teams in the county. the team has undoubtedly caused them One of the major contributors to to gain valuable skills that may serve the the team’s struggles this season may team well a year or two down the road. It have been their inexperience. Senior has also helped to establish some of the forward Emma Scholl described the team team’s leadership for next season.

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guard Ryan Peusch brought the house down with a half-court buzzer beater to end the 3rd quarter. Then when senior guard Chris Colbert hit a second buzzer beater in overtime it was lights out for a shocked Severn squad. “The Severn game was huge and we came up clutch.

It gave us the momentum that we needed to keep our winning ways rolling,” said senior center Chris Hoover.

It’s a good time to be rolling.

The playoffs are just are around the corner and there’s trouble ahead. A stacked 12th-ranked St. Paul’s team, a

If the gym feels a little hotter nowadays, don’t worry, Mr. Pons isn’t roasting marshmallows in his office. It’s because the men’s varsity basketball team is on fire. After early season troubles JC has caught fire, blazing every conference rival en route to a complete turnaround in their league standings.

The Patriots, (13-11, 9-7 in the league) find themselves eagerly awaiting the MIAA “B” Conference playoffs. They’re riding a sixgame home winning streak and sporting a 9-3 record in their last 12 games. Victims of their recent flurry include the likes of “A” Conference powerhouse Loyola, league juggernaut Gilman, and a perennially pesky Curley squad. However, things weren’t always this happy in Patriot land.

The early part of the season bore the Pats a 1-5 record and a last place league standing. The team was dazed, photo by Mary Beth Derbyshire confused, and looking for Senior guard Ryan Peusch defends a Severn answers. “We knew we were perimeter threat during the Patriots’ overtime much better than the team that home victory. we were playing like, so we picked up the intensity in our games and downright nasty 20th-ranked St. Mary’s practices. Then we started winning again squad, and a very, very sneaky Gilman and it was contagious. We were beating team are all ready to give the surging Pats teams like Gilman and Severn that we had the boot. As is a tough Severn squad, lost to earlier in the season,” says who have a date with the Pats in round commanding senior center Corey Turner. one of the playoffs. “If we want to win Intensity was oozing out of the the championship, we have to take things rejuvenated Patriots when they met one game at a time. Severn is up first and, league powerhouse Severn in front of a if we play our game and focus on the task packed house at JC. The psyched JC at hand, then we should come out on top. squad wanted vengeance for a 60-48 If we look past them, however, we’ll have beating they took at Severn’s place, and big problems,” says charismatic senior they sure got it. Sharp-shooting senior guard Keith Hinder.

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Jesse Owens revolutionized sports yan Rc M Cavitt

small town in Alabama. When he was eight, he and his family moved to Cleveland. At a track meet in high school, he tied a world-record in the 100-meter dash with a time of 9.4 seconds.

Owens attended Ohio State University and participated on the track squad. When the team went on the road, During the year of Owens experienced segregation in 1936, Berlin was the epicenter restaurants and hotels. of hatred in the world.

The Olympic stadium in Berlin Throughout the streets and alleyways of was where the paths of the track star and the city, the blood-tinted banners of the the tyrant would cross. Towards the end Nazi regime were unfurled. Displayed on of his sophomore year at OSU, Owens them were their crooked symbols of hate dream of the Olympics started to become for the entire world to see, because at this tangible. But the road to the 1936 Games time Berlin was the center for competition was not an easy one for him. in the world.

Due to a scandal that developed when both the University of Michigan and OSU were recruiting Owens, he almost lost his amateur status. This caused an investigation by the Ohio Amateur Athletic Union Eligibility Committee, which resulted in a 90day suspension. However, this did not prevent Owens from participating in the Olympics, even though he was no longer an amateur.

According to Hitler’s photo from www.ushmm.org chief architect, Hitler originally The Olympic torch passes through a crowd of wanted the stadium that Owens Nazi party members before the start of the 1936 preformed in to seat 400,000.

Games.

Hitler hoped that this stadium The 1936 Olympic Games, held would host the Olympics for all eternity in Berlin, are also known as the “Hitler after he had conquered the world. He Olympics.” This was because Adolf finally settled on an 110,000 seat stadium Hitler planned to use the Games as a to host just one Olympic. He also had to catapult for his master race philosophy. settle for a black man defeating not only He believed that the “Aryan” people were the competition, but also Hitler’s belief the superior race of the world. Hitler in Aryan supremacy.

Owens took home four gold would not have classified runner Jesse Owens as one of the master race. Owens medals in that fortnight in August of ’36. would have been persecuted in Nazi He obtained gold, as Hitler watched, in the 100-meter dash, the long jump, the Germany because he was black.

Owens was born in 1913 in a 200-meter dash, and the 400-meter relay

in which he ran the first leg. He either broke or tied Olympic records in each of these competitions. He helped set a world record with his team in the 400meter relay. After he had won the long jump, an Associated Press reporter described Owens as the “Ohio State Negro” and the “tan thunderbolt.”

Owens received further discrimination from Hitler himself.

Supposedly, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) told the dictator after the first day of competition that “he should congratulate all or none” of the medallists. With Owens being one of the figures looming on the medal stand, Hitler chose the latter of the IOC mandate.

In response to the totalitarian’s actions, Owens said, “It was all right with me. I didn’t go to Berlin to shake hands with him anyway.”

Another controversy surrounding Owens was in the 400-meter relay. Prior to the Games, the United States had replaced two runners with Owens and runner Ralph Metcalfe. This would seem ordinary except for the fact that the other two runners were Jewish. Some reports said that the U.S. had cut them from squad after being pressured by the photo from yale.edu Jesse Owens atop Nazis. Others the medal stand at said that it was the 1936 Summer to ensure a Olympic Games in victory.

Berlin.

O n e issue that cannot be disputed is Owens’ effect on the Hitler’s regime and history. Many historians believe that Owens’ victories

disheartened the German forces and were a factor in the Allied victory in World War II in an indirect way. In direct way, Owens negated Hitler’s theory of a master race.

Owens proved how the Aryans were not better physically, while other nonAryans disproved other prejudices of Hitler.

S o o n a f t e r participating in the Olympics, Owens w a s again thrown into a dispute with the U.S. Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). The AAU suspended Owens from all U.S. amateur competition when he declined to go on a European AAU tour, which the AAU has set up to pay off the Olympic expenses.

Owens remained bitter about America’s own brand of racial discrimination when he returned home: “After I came home from the 1936 Olympics with my four medals, it became increasingly apparent that everyone was going to slap me on the back, want to shake my hand or have me up to their suite. But no one was going to offer me a job.”

The overall impact of Owens’ accomplishments are best summed up by Harrison Dillard, an Olympian track star himself in 1948 and 1952. “I don’t think I’ve been anywhere (that) anybody who is a sports fan has not heard of Jesse Owens,” said Dillard. “It’s not only what he did, but the circumstances under which he did it, right there in front of Hitler.”

Women swim to successful season in IAAM Sara Clafferty Entertainment Co-Editor

The JC swim team had a history of conquering all the neighborhood competition in the Harford County swim circuit. This year they moved into the “B” Division of the IAAM league, and though the level of competition escalated, the growing team still had winning performances.

The “B” Division is a collection of the small-scale schools in the conference, while teams from larger schools compete in the “A” Division.

Men’s swimmers prepare to plunge into meet at the Bel Air Athletic Club.

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“Our record for the conference was 4-1, so we did well with only one loss in the new conference,” said senior captain Maureen Casey.

The women’s swim team placed second in the conference with their single loss coming at the hands of Severn, who ended the season in first place. A significant win of the season occurred at the first conference meet against IND, when JC pulled through in the last event.

They also scrimmaged with more competitive teams in the “A” Division, which produced an overall record of four wins and three losses.

“These are the rebuilding years,” said Ms. Zavodny, who is in her second year of coaching duty for the women.

T h e women’s team competed in the conference championships at UMBC on January 26 th .

Among the 13 from photo by Maureen Casey schools the water at a home every division in the conference,

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the team placed 12th overall. Some of the Men’s swimming, which had factors contributing to placing at the end nine competitors, competed in the JV dual of the spectrum include the size of the meets during the season. Their record team and first year does not technically entry into the new count because the league. overall record is erased “Because we for the championships only took seven of the and the points start fifteen girls on the team from scratch. However, to the championships, the overall record for photo by Maureen Casey the men on the season it was difficult to get many points,” said Junior Lauren Bradley makes a was 2-5. splash at the start of a race at Zavodny.

Although the UMBC, where the IAAM champiHowever, the swim team has suffered onships were held. championships held severe teammate loses many of the season highlights. in the past years, the coaches seem to Sophomore Leah McGann swam a have high spirits for following seasons. personal best and placed 14th in the 500- “We know of several [incoming] freshmen meter freestyle with a time of 6:39.59. who have applied and who will hopefully Casey and junior Kelly Grimmel also come to JC. They will be great assets to finished with personal bests in the 100- the team,” said Zavodny. meter fly and 100-meter freestyle. With more teammates and more experience in the league, the girls will fare much better in the future.

“We are very optimistic for next year,” said Zavodny. “We could even win the “B” conference.”

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Sports

Raiders, Bucs wreak havoc upon shores of San Diego

Recap Ryan McCavitt Sports-Co-Editor

An epic battle ensued on January 26, 2003 in the open waters of San Diego Bay. Marauders came southward from their native Oakland on the Bay of San Francisco. En route to pillage the seaport of San Diego, they encountered a group of sea rovers from the remote land of Florida, who hailed from the Bay of Tampa. Each faction had their mind set on one goal: the celebrated statue of silver known throughout the land as the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, CA played the role of the battle scene for the Oakland Raiders and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The parity of the competition in the NFL this season led one to believe that the championship game would be one of the greatest ever.

However, the 37th edition of the Super Bowl was not. The Bucs out played, out manned, and out scored the Raiders 4821 to hoist the Lombardi Trophy for the first time in team history.

The old cliché defense wins championships held true, even against

the AFC Champs, the NFL’s number one offense. The Buccaneers came into the match up with the number one defense in the league. This was the first time in Super Bowl history that this kind of clash between the two number ones has occurred. Ten times in the game’s history there was a match up between a top threeranked offense and a top three-ranked defense. Nine of those ten Super Bowls have been won by the high ranked defense.

The Bucs are now a part of Super Bowl lore as one of those nine defensive juggernauts. Led by studs like defensive tackle Warren Sapp, linebacker Derrick Brooks, and safety John Lynch, the Buccaneer D stifled the opposition, allowing only 252.8 yards per game, which was the league’s best. The best defense in the NFL also held the opposing teams to 12.3 points per game.

The Tampa defense held true to form in the Super Bowl. They held the Raiders to an extraordinary 19 rushing yards, granted Oakland only rushed 11 times. The Bucs also intercepted Raiders’ quarterback Rich Gannon five times and sacked him the same amount. Three of those interceptions were run back for touchdowns, two of them by cornerback Dwight Smith.

The MVP of the ballgame was Tampa Bay safety Dexter Jackson who only had one tackle but intercepted Gannon two times. Many analysts thought that the award should have been given to the Bucs’ defensive end Simeon

Rice, who posted five tackles with 2 sacks. Others thought that it should have been given to Dwight Smith.

On the offensive side of the ball for the Bucs, quarterback Brad Johnson threw for 215 yards with two touchdowns and one interception.

Running back Michael Pittman was an unsung hero throughout the game, quietly gaining 124 yards on 29 carries.

yards. Veteran wide receiver Jerry Rice collected 77 yards through the air with a touchdown reception in his second Super Bowl appearance.

The major post-game headline, besides the Buccaneers win, was the story of Oakland’s Pro Bowl center Barret Robbins. Robbins missed two team meetings and a walkthrough practice the Saturday prior to the Super Bowl due to apparent barhopping. He was removed from the team’s roster early on Super Bowl Sunday. Later that day, Robbins was admitted to a San Diego area hospital for observation.

On his teammates apparent binge drinking, left guard Mo Collins said, “Too much bad tequila...

Whatever rock he came photo from espn.com up from, he can stay there Tampa Bay tight end Ken Dilger lunges for the end as far as I’m concerned. I zone but is stopped by Oakland’s Eric Barton. would welcome him back as a business partner, but 147 of Johnson’s 215 yards went to wide not as a brother. A brother wouldn’t leave receivers Joe Jurevicius (78 yards) and you hanging like that.”

Keyshawn Johnson (69 yards). Wide A statement made by Robbins’ receiver Keenan McCardell caught both agent on February 3 rd explained that of Johnson’s TD passes.

Robbins had been diagnosed with biAs for the Raiders, Gannon polar disorder, which could explain his threw for a decent 272 yards and two disappearance the night before the Super touchdowns, but had those five pick- Bowl. Also in that statement, Robbins offs. The rushing game was a non-factor wished to thank the Raider organization for the Raiders, with running back Charlie and his fans, and also expressed a desire Garner gaining a ghastly total of 10 to continue his career.

Rugby returns to romp Owen Jordan Sports co Editor

come true the team needs to get through this grueling season. The team has been practicing outside since the beginning of January, even in snow. These harsh Mr. Barker and his rough and practice conditions will hopefully get the tumble rugby players are poised for their team ready for a schedule that consists second season. They have braved the of both MIAA and out of state high cold and miserable weather in order to school opponents. prepare for a season that looks to be quite The toughest MIAA teams are successful.

Loyola and Calvert Hall. Because only For the second year in a row very few schools in the area have rugby there has been significant interest to field teams, JC has had to fill their schedule a team that will be facing some very tough with club and out of state teams in order competition. There will also again be two to have a full schedule.

The team will be lead by a core of strong returning juniors and seniors. Some of the returning stars are seniors Jason Botzler, Brent Toland, and Jamie Edwards. The juniors who will be getting their hits on are Dave Brust, Brendon Watts, and Steve Van Shura.

Seniors Edwards and Botzler agree, “With the turnout we have had so far, we should have a photo by Colleen O’Brien great season.” Botzler also added Rugby players battle the winter weather that all he wanted to do was to “ hit and each other during practice. some people!”

The games will begin before the JC teams so that everyone will get the end of February, and the school is eagerly opportunity to play. Mr. Barker and the waiting to see how this year’s team will rest of the club rugby team have been fare. lobbying for the team to become a varsity JC is also lucky enough to be sport, and by the looks of it, they might able to use the practice football field get their wish. There is also rumor of the above the convent as a rugby field, so team taking a trip to Ireland next year to there will be a few home matches that compete against some global competition students can attend. These pioneer and to experience something new. players are hoping to leave their mark and Before any of these wishes can a future of JC rugby championships.

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