January 28, 2013 - Minooka Community High School District #111

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Top teachers page 8
Peace Pipe Chatter
Minooka, Ill. Volume 98 Edition 7 January 28, 2013
Where’s
the Winter
Weather?
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SCHOOL NEWS
Relay for Life
peacepipechatter.com
January 28, 2013
Designed By Baylee Dibble
The Peace Pipe Chatter
Minooka Community High School
301 S. Wabena Avenue Minooka, IL 60447
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Editors-in-Chief
Dutch Nave, Baylee
Dibble, Elaina Bartoli,
Alexa Bowen
Cover Designer
Head: Sarah Schimanski
Assistant: Sara Dobbyn
School News Editor
Victoria Bavaro
News Editor
Brennan Pagel
Interactive Editor
John Anians
Mr. Sam Pavelka, science, spends some time with his S.A.D.D. and T.A.T.U. students and his family at the
Relay for Life at MCHS on Jan. 20. He also got to participate in the Survivor’s lap around the school.
Features Editor
Ali Bagley
A&E Editor
Head: Katie Jostes
Head: Ryan Nelli
Assistant: Catie Petric
Assistant: Chris Rubio
Opinion Editor
Head: Crystal Uribe
Assistant: Jacob Lopez
Mr. Chris Brolley, P.E., walks with his family
to support the cause.
Sports Editor
Head: Austin Hough
Head: Aaron Ladzinski
Assistant: Tara Schumal
Staff Writers
Brandon Fierke, Sylvia
Pokolenczuk
Cancer survivors walk a lap dedicated to them
as supporters line the hallways cheering them
on.
Stephanie Molskness and her mother, Ms. Shari Molskness, embrace after Shari finished the Survivor’s lap. “I
am so proud of my mom for walking in the Survivor’s lap,
and for beating cancer twice,” Stephanie said.
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Pagel
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Hough
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Dutch Nave
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About The Cover:
The weather went from being so snowy last year,
to not having an inch this year. Is global warming
finally showing, or has everything just bypassed us?
Cover designed by Sarah Schimanski.
Luminarias line the stage after a ceremony. They were in
honor of cancer survivors or in memory of people who
have passed away from cancer. Many said that this was
their favorite part of the day.
Students dress up for the Star Wars lap to support Mr. Mike Assaf, math. Each hour the NHS
students had a different theme planned for the
laps around the school.
Photos by Baylee Dibble.
SCHOOL NEWS
Designed by Victoria Bavaro
January 23, 2012
Coming soon
new counselor
By Victoria Bavaro
School News Editor
There will be a new counselor
working here at MCHS next year.
This is a necessary change that will
allow students to develop deeper
relationships with their counselor.
“We will be able to help students throughout the entire year,”
Ms. Bobbi White, counselor, said.
The existing team of seven
counselors will be split between
the two MCHS campuses. This
means two guidance counselors
will be assigned to each grade
level. This will allow counselors
to follow their students throughout their entire high school career.
“I am ecstatic, I think it’s
a fantastic idea,” White said.
This will reduce the student
to counselor ratio from about
371:1 down to about 325:1.
“This is what is best for
the
students,”
White
said.
This will afford counselors the ability to work with students and their families to plan
for a four-year college and explore work force opportunities.
Buzz in for the win
By Crystal Uribe
Opinion Editor
The scholastic bowl team, which
began its season in November, has
participated in nine competitions,
of which they have won eight.
This Jeopardy-like event goes
through English, math, reading, social studies, and many miscellaneous
topics. Quick reactions and thinking
are vital for a victorious ending.
Thursday, January 10th will be
the next scholastic bowl competition that will include Oswego East,
and Romeoville teams as well.
Each member, of the scholastic bowl team, carries a strength
that is essential for victory.
“Knowledge is power, and this
is the one activity where students
can use their knowledge to de-
feat their opponent. It is not about
who is taller or faster, it is about
who is smarter individually and
collectively,” Mr. Dennis Grosskopf, scholastic bowl coach, said.
Practice makes perfect, and the
team reviews an hour every week
to prepare themselves by reviewing
questions from previous matches.
“This is my fourth year on the
scholastic bowl team. For varsity this is our best opportunity
to win conference, and I’m really excited to see the outcomes
of conference,” Charles Tierrney,
scholastic bowl captain, said.
“The team is doing very well.
Our goal this year is to win conference and regionals,” Grosskopf said.
The time and effort put into
the scholastic bowl is evident, and
they continue to strive for more.
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Student of the month
By Brennan Pagel
News Editor
As of December, the recent Rotary Club Student of the Month
is
senior
Danielle
Senkerik.
“It was an honor I was not expecting to win at all,” Senkerik said.
Senkerik plans on attending the Univeristy of Missouri next fall and as for her
major, she is undeclared. During school
hours, Senkerik is a member of National
Honors Society, Spanish National Honors Society, and Senior Class Committee. Outside of school she stays involved
by being a leader in a junior high youth
ministry and a high school ministry
student leader at Southfield Church.
After winning the award, Senkerik
said that a lot of her teachers congratulated her for her triumph. When asked
on any advice she has for any future
potential Student of the Month winners, Senkerik said, “Just be involved.”
By being involved and keeping
her grade-point-average at a solid
4.00, Senkerik has claimed the prestigious title of the December Rotary Club Student of the Month.
Danielle Senkerik is a big hearted individual. Photo
taken by Lexi Sponseller.
Those days are gone
By John Anians
Interactive Editor
Attention students: second semester is upon
us! With that, there have been some minor alterations to the- what was once habitual- beginning
of semester schedule. Here at MCHS, we used to
have what was called an A/B schedule day. As we
all know, this was a day specifically implemented to get students used to their classes that they
haven’t had yet.
Although
students have
come to love
these days because they can
kick back and
relax in class,
this will not be
the case anymore.
This
year, Assistant
Principal, Mr.
Matt
Wikoff,
b e l i e v e s
that the majority of the students’ schedules are roughly the same as their first semester schedules, so there was no need to have this day.
“Twenty minutes for each class on A/B
days weren’t really beneficial,” Wikoff said.
Some other logical reasoning behind the
elimination of this day in the academic schedule was because, frankly, it was a waste of
valuable instruction time, as little learning was
happening on these days even in the semester
long classes. For example, all core classes that
you are still enrolled in aren’t going to change
the curriculum, and there is no new syllabus
or orientation on classroom behavior, so overall the day is more time than what’s necessary.
“It
was
more
beneficial
to
hit
the
ground
running,”
Wikoff
said.
The students viewpoint on the subject matter was somewhat divided. Some students
agreed with the change, while others did not.
“
I
didn’t
care because
I
already
k n e w
where all
my classes were
at, so it
didn’t affect me,”
Armani
Zuniga,
junior,
s a i d .
This seemed to be the case with more students, as the schedule is basically the same as
the first semester. But on the other hand, several students found the change frustrating.
“I needed it because I didn’t know where my
consumer ED class was,” Bridget Lind, junior, said.
This
implementation
to
the
yearly schedule is just a minor bump in the
road to achieve a higher level of focus
for all of thestudents and their academics.
“Twenty minutes for
each class on A/B days
weren’t really beneficial,” Wikoff said.
Mr. Dennis Grosskopf reads aloud daily announcements to part of the Scholastic Bowl team consisting of Charles Tierney, Cody Wason, Violet Scobee,
and Julie Nguyen prior to beginning their official practice which is held on
Thursdays after school. Photo taken by Sylvia Pokolenczuk
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SCHOOL NEWS
january
Designed by David Magnus
28, 2013
Grading scale change?
By Alyssa Bagley
Feature Editor
On Jan. 17th, the MCHS school board
met to discuss issues in the district, one
of these being the popular debate: The
grading
The meeting began with the farewell
speech to the community from Ms. Debra
Warning, former school board member.
The new board member to take her place,
Ms. Patti Ruettiger, took part in her first
meeting. One of the most popular controversies
throughout MCHS is finally going to be
debated among the school board-- the
grading scale. MCHS currently has a more
rigorous grading scale compared to the
districts around us who have a ten-point
grading scale. According to the board over
the course of the next year, the scale could
change. They will discuss this issue during
the meetings in late February and early
March.
The driver’s ed fees for the 2013-2014
school year will remain the same. The
Instructional
leader changes
school district is breaking even on driver’s
ed costs, meaning they aren’t making any
money off of the fees themselves.
Another main discussion during the
meeting was the newest proposal Sue Rezin
made to keep graduated students in the
Grundy County area. She declared that 2030 job openings will be available to students
for internships, and job opportunities down
the road after graduation from college. This
would ensure that these students would
come back to the Grundy County area,
instead of leaving for big cities in search of
job opportunities.
“I don’t know much about it right now.
But if all is finalized, I would work with
the principal to find students who meet the
criteria of each job opening. This would be
a great opportunity for our students,” Mr.
James Colyott, superintendent, said.
Each job would require different skills
and background knowledge.
“Not only would the jobs be available
to graduates, but even juniors and seniors
currently attending MCHS,” Colyott said.
At each board meeting, the public is
allowed to sit in and make comments
during the appropriate time. At the
recent meeting, a man shared his concern
with the board about the high rate of his
taxes. He believed to solve this solution,
MCHS students who participate in sports
should have to pay a participation fee.
The question that this raises to the board
is if this would allow for some relief for
the tax payers, or just hinder the athletes?
The board declared that it was an option
they had considered before, and it will be
discussed.
The featured focus of this board meeting
was the popular career centers found in
both South Campus and Central Campus.
Although they have the same title, they
both have different functions to benefit
students at each campus.
The career center at south campus,
which over 50 students utilize each week,
is supervised by Ms. Chris Hoelscher,
volleyball coach.
The career center at South Campus,
centrally located next to the cafeteria,
functions are to identify at-risk students,
provide student support, collaborate
with teachers, counselors, and deans, to
supervise test taking, and for tutoring
purposes.
Throughout the semester, 95 students
were failing classes, 44 of these students
passed because they utilized the career
center and returned to resource.
The Central Campus career center,
supervised by Ms. Michelle Body, has
different functions for its juniors and
seniors.
Some of these include assisting in postsecondary planning, college admissions
applications, planning college visits,
financial aid and scholarship searches. One
of the most important things that. Body
introduced was the concept of college
representative visits.
During first semester, 45 colleges
and universities visited MCHS to talk
to students about what their individual
college had to offer.
New School Board Member
By Lexi Sponseller
Staff Photographer
In the school year of 2013-2014, there
will be a lot of changes in the administration roles.
One is being the head of a department.
Department heads, or instructional leaders,
won’t be teaching any classes next year.
Due to the states requirements and research, the six instructional leaders need
more time to evaluate, observe, and mentor teachers to help improve their teaching skills. It is also to enhance the students
learning.
After speaking to some of the six instructional leaders, their opinions are very similar.
“The challenging part would be missing
that time you get to spend with the students
as a classroom teacher.
There is something special about seeing
students develop skills and abilities on a daily basis,” Mr. Trent Bontrager, instructional
leader of career/tech and foreign language,
said.
“It is very similar to being a coach no
longer coaching their team anymore,” Bontrager said.
Ms. Shawn Capodice, instructional leader in math, has similar views.
“I love teaching and spending time with
the kids. It will be hard to get used to it, it
almost makes me cry to just think about it,”
Capodice said.
They both agree by saying that it will
be beneficial for all of them so they have
enough time to meet all of the requirements
and deadlines made by the states.
The feeling is mutual for MCHS students.
“Ms. (Glenda) Smith was a great teacher
I was very fortunate to have her I’m sad that
other MCHS students won’t be able to experience her great lessons, but I’m sure she’ll
be great for administration as well,” Gina
Blaskie, senior, said.
Ms. Patti Ruettiger, a new school board member, filled the
empty seat made by Debra Warning, who resigned after
winning a seat on the Grundy County Board. She was
appointed at the Jan. 17 board meeting. Ruettiger served
previously on the District 111 board from 2005 to 2009. The
seat will be up for reelection in April at which time Ruettiger plans to run for the four-year term. Photo taken by
Victoria Bavaro.
Designed by Jacob Lopez
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NEWS
January 28, 2012
Chicago church gives back
By Dutch Nave
Editor-in-Chief
In the Near North Side of Chicago, the
Park Community Church handed envelopes filled with money ranging from $2
to $102 to its members. Reverend Jackson
Crum challenged his congregation to distribute the $12,000 total to others who are
in need throughout the North Side area.
Park Community Church has pushed
generosity to its limit with starting this
charity even when $5.7 million is owed on
the building’s mortgage.
“Typically, a church says, ‘Help us,
tithe. How often does a church pass it back
out and say, ‘You do it. You invest,’” Crum
said, according to the Chicago Tribune.
There are countless options that the
money can be used for. Various members
of Park Community plan to pool their envelopes and even include cash from their
own wallets to pay for various projects
such as school supplies for children or groceries and cooking for homeless people.
Senior Derek Dailey looked to solve a
bigger problem instead of just a small part
of it.
“I would give it to any charity because it
has a bigger potential of helping out more
people than just one,” Dailey said.
Other students thought that a meal for
those in need would be a kind gesture.
“I know that since they are homeless,
they don’t have many resources. Buying
them food would definitely help them out,”
Brian Ling, junior, said
Juniors Claire Miller, Allison Zigman,
and Lindsey Minor said that a nice warm
meal and winter clothes like coats, gloves,
and scarves would be really important for
them.
The central focus of the charity in the
Near North Side is just another action tak-
Park Community Church on the corner of Crosby and Oak in Chicago. Park Community
Church is a nondenominational church whose goal is “to be a biblical community where the
Gospel of Jesus Christ transforms lives, renews the city and impacts the world.
en to try and help out those less fortunate
than others. Whether in a church or school
and with $1 or $100, everyone can assist
fellow human beings get by in these rough
economic times.
By Brennan Pagel
News Editor
ever seen in my 27 years of law enforcement,” said Trafton to CBS news.
Miner is the only one out of the four
that has a criminal background, and he
was charged with residential burglary in
2010 as well as pending child pornography charge.
Family and friends of the victims were
left devastated.
“It’s demonic. This is evil. He is 22
years old. He didn’t get to live his life
because of sick people,” mother, Jamille
Kent, Rankins, said to CBS news.
The suspects are due back in court on
Feb. 5.
Where did the snow go? Joliet tragedy prompts arrests
By David Magnus
Staff photographer/Designer
This winter, residents of the Chicago
area have been wondering; where is the
snow? Christmas wasn’t exactly white,
followed by New Year, which also suffered the same fate. Many are hoping it
never comes; at the same time others are
eager to jump on their sleds.
“Winter just doesn’t feel right without
snow,” said Conner Petrusa, sophomore.
“I cant stand the snow,” Tara Fitman,
junior said.
A combination of unseasonably warm
temperatures and lack of precipitation has
led to Chicago’s longest period without at
least an inch accumulation of snow, 320
days and counting. That breaks the pervious record set 72 years ago. According
to nbcnews.com, 11.5 inches of snow
should have fallen at this point in the season. Not only does this absence of snow
affect us, it is taking its toll on the environment as well.
Lake Michigan is evaporating at an
advanced rate. Usually frozen, the lake
has lost its layer of insulation, causing the
lakes water level to retreat.
“These low water levels could cause
the river reverse itself, so we would have
the problem of sewage going into southern Lake Michigan,” said Henry Henderson, the director of the Midwest bureau of
the National Resources Defense Council
This can have a large impact on crops
and other environmental factors. There is
an upside to the drought, however. Little
need for salt and plows translates into big
financial savings for the Chicago land
area.
As precipitation continues to circumvent the region, it is still not clear when or
where we will see any significant amount
of snow.
On Jan. 10, Terrance Rankins and Eric
Glover were allegedly lured to Alisa Massaros’ house in Joliet, robbed, murdered,
and dismembered. The four teens charged
with these horrific crimes are Adam
Landerman, 19, Alisa Massaro, 18, Bethany Mckee, 18, and Joshua Miner, 24. After the crime, the four continued to “party”
and play video games.
Joliet Police Chief Mike Trafton described what he saw as “one of the most
brutal, heinous, and upsetting things I’ve
Washington fiscal cliff deal
By Alexa Bowen
Editor-in-Chief
The last-minute fiscal cliff deal was finally reached in Washington. This means
it is mostly over and we have avoided
jumping off the cliff.
Although Americans are pleased that
we have avoided the fiscal cliff for now,
many commentators argue, according to
nbcnews.com, that this has only made
things worse.
“The only thing it did was avoiding sending the signal (to the rest of the
world) that we’re reckless and out of con-
trol,” Richard Haas, the President of the
Council on Foreign Relations, said.
The fiscal cliff compromise pushed to
raise taxes for upper-class citizens. Although this makes many Americans happier, this means outbursts from the wealthier Americans.
Even with the fiscal cliff out of the way,
budget drama is highly expected and on
the way.
Congress will have to decide what to
do with a lot of other spending cuts in February, and in March, lawmakers will have
to decide on raising the debt ceiling, once
again.
Holmes court update
By Christopher Rubio
A&E Editor
The recent abnormality in climate is causing the water in Lake Michigan to evaporate
faster than usual. Members of the National Resources Defense Council fear that the evaporating waters could reverse the flow of the rivers in Chicago and spill sewage into the lake.
Photo by Raidarmax on Wikimedia Commons.
Last year on July 20, a man named
James Holmes shook the nation when he
opened fire at the midnight release for
The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado. The shooting that had lasted about
10 minutes, 12 people were killed and
58 injured. When he was taken into custody, he also said he planted a bomb at his
apartment which authorities found and
disarmed.
Now it has been about 6 months since
the incident and the decision to continue
the trial took place on Jan. 7. The prose-
cutors explained why the case should proceed while the defendant argued why it
shouldn’t. On Aug. 9, Holmes’ attorneys
said that their client is mentally ill and
they needed more time to figure out what
is wrong with him. So during the hearing,
the defense attorney had a limited ability
to call any witnesses or present any evidence for Holmes’ mental state.
By the end of the hearing, the court
decided to postpone the case until Mar.
12. Holmes’ attorneys say that they need
more time before entering a formal plea.
Until then, the man responsible for those
deaths and injuries is innocent until proven guilty.
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OPINION
January 28, 2013
Designed by Dutch Nave
Allowing cell phones on airlines
By Alexa Bowen
Editor-In-Chief
Throughout history, cell phones have
been a no-no on all airplanes. The reason
why cell phones have been prohibited on
airplanes is because of electromagnetic
interference.
Cell phones and other electronics affect
the aircraft electronics by emitting electromagnetic radiation. Although this is
harmless to a person’s health, it could potentially be harmful or even fatal to travelers in a sense that the airplanes navigation system could fail, some people say.
Is this a fact now?
The truth is, according to aol.com, it
was never proven that using electronics
interfered with an airplanes instruments.
Everyone just figured it was safer.
Now, the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) might be pondering the ability
for everyone to use their phones—even
make phone calls—in the air. This is a
bad idea for many reasons; specifically, it
decreases the alertness of passengers, the
Although being
able to make calls
in the air could
be very convenient and useful,
it would greatly
change the way
people are paying attention on
airplanes. At an
average of flying
30,000 feet above
the ground, is it
really a great idea
or that important
to take a phone
call? Not only
that, but safety instructions would
be hard to make
Signals from a user’s cell phone can interfere with an airplane’s guidpeople underance and radar systems, causing big problems for both pilot and passenstand while they
ger. Photo provided by shootaviation.
are on their cell
phones.
Alhappiness of travelers, and safety in genthough cell phone use will be prohibited
eral.
during takeoff and landing, safety is most
important while up in the air, as many
things could still going wrong.
According to informationweek.com,
travelers have enough to worry about
when traveling, and having to worry about
obnoxious people talking on their phones
while in the air would push the anxiety and
anger levels through the roof. This is especially because you can’t escape the loud
talkers while on an airplane, so travelers
are more likely to be agitated sitting next
to someone who won’t get off their phone
for three hours or more during the flight.
Using a cell phone affects the overall
safety of passengers. According to Wikipedia.org, electromagnetic interference is
a disturbance that affects and electrical
circuit due to either induction or radiation from an external source. Since it is a
known fact that cell phones emit radiation,
this could affect the safety of passengers.
Although using a cell phone is a great
way to stay in touch with people, they
shouldn’t be used on airplanes when there
are so many risk factors involved. The
phone calls can wait.
Global cyber showdown Breaking habits after high school
By Crystal Uribe
Opinion Editor
Technology has transformed the lives
of millions by simplifying the tasks performed in our hectic lives. However is
technology now simplifying the pathway
to war? “Security Analysts are predicting
that 2013 is when nation sponsored cyber
warfare goes mainstream, and some think
such attacks will lead to actual deaths,” David Goldman, CNNMoney journalist, said.
Although some analysts believe a cyber
cold war will break out, it is highly unlikely
every attack.
Banks, stock exchanges, companies,
nuclear power plants, and many other systems are vulnerable and targets to these cyber attacks, but they are working on their
defense system to be stronger than ever
to prevent any hacker to become successful. The hacking attempts won’t end all in
2013, but they are predicted to decrease a
great amount.
Defense Security Leon Panetta made
it clear that the United States has also
reserved the right to use military force
against any country that would try and plan
By Brandon Fierke
Staff Writer
Almost every high school student has
made some type of excuse to either not
go to school, or not turn in an assignment.
These excuses may be somewhat acceptable in high school, but those excuses can
become regular habits. These habits do not
belong in college.
One of those habits may be staying home
“sick” from school when you are perfectly
healthy. Your teachers in high school may
make sure that you receive all of your absent work. However, in college it will be
up to you to get your work.
Paying more attention to your phone during class is sometimes more common than
paying attention to a lecture. Few college
professors will be okay with this. It is fairly disrespectful.
Doodling while taking notes is something
a lot of high school students do. You may
fly by and pass a test without notes. In college notes will be essential.
Being the class clown is fun and all in
high school, but college is a much more
mature setting. It is essential to take college and your class work seriously. Turning in messy assignments with bad handwriting or a coffee stain is something no
teacher wants to read. College professors
may not even accept papers like that.
There’s always that student in class who
doesn’t have a writing utensil and asks to
borrow one. Don’t expect your professors
to lend supplies out. Always be prepared.
Getting to class late is never acceptable in
a college setting. You may miss important
information from a lecture. Most students
in high school have a parent as an alarm
clock. You’re on your own in college, so
get used to waking up to the buzzing of a
real alarm clock.
The New York Stock Exchange and other banks and companies that rely on electronics
to transfer data and budget imformation may be prime targets during a “cyber war.”
Photo Provided by www.usnews.com.
that 2013 will be known as the year of cyber warfare.
Russia and China, two countries that
may pose a threat to the United States,
have not shown any interest in the cyber
attacks. Iran, in August, repeatedly tried
and showed interest in the cyber warfare;
however, they have repeatedly failed with
a cyber attack on our country. We are well
prepared and ready for anything.
Although many security analysts and security companies are on their toes about
this cyber warfare threats, a cyber cold
war doesn’t seem like an issue, among
the ones we already have to worry about
in 2013.
Getting schoolwork done should be first priority for a student instead of checking any
social media, playing online games or reading magazines. Photos taken by David Magnus
and Dutch Nave.
INTERACTIVE
January 28, 2013
Designed by John Anians
Biggest scandal of
January?
Mante T’eo and his imaginary
girlfriend
OR
Lance Armstrong’s proven
performance enhancing drug
use
*Turn in at the folder by class
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Word of the Month
7
No New Year’s
Resolutions?
Try These...
1. Read more often
2. Don’t avoid tasting
new food (you may like
it!)
3. Meet new people
4. Take risks
5. Learn and master a
new skill
6. Contribute to your
community
7. Exercise more often
In-cho-a-tion
8. Practice an instrument
[in-koh-ey-shuhn]
noun
a beginning; origin.
9. Spend more time with
your family
10. Plan for the future
Teacher’s Corner...
Did you know?
Mr. Matt Thomas, social studies, was once in the same journalism school as Brad
Pitt at the University of Missouri, but not at the same time. They also had the
same professor. Pitt allegedly got an incomplete for an assignment in that class
and was t wo credits short of graduating. He dropped out of school and went to
California for acting.
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By Tyreisha Washington
January 28, 2013
strong teachers, strong students
It started as a simple writing exercise. The
Journalism I students, made up of freshmen and
sophomores, were assigned to spend five minutes
writing about one particular thing a teacher did that
helped them learn.
The discussion that followed led to a curiosity
about who these teachers were and how they
reached students.
The stories on these pages represent the
personalities, methods, and creativity that teachers
at South Campus use to help their students learn.
Mr. Torres
Anyone who walked into room
337 would feel a very strong, positive aura coming from the students
sitting in their seats of 15 rows of
two forming a U along the walls.
They give off such a positive aura
because they know they are in Mr.
Andres Torres’ English classroom.
Torres creates a friendly environment for all his students.
He treats his students like young
adults, instead of high school students. On the first day, he tells
his students that they are in high
school and should be treated like
a young adult unless he is given
a reason to treat someone differently. He’s not strict to where a
student may be afraid of him, but
not so little that students take it as
a blow off class. He likes to have
fun and he smiles and laughs a lot
with his students.
From the beginning, Torres
tells his students that he is not like
any other teacher, and he is right.
At the end of each month, if the
students behave, he brings his guitar in and plays a selected song for
them.
Torres also has a policy that
may seem unusual, but is actually
very good.
“Even if someone is a few
inches away from it and you call
Dibs, they have to back off. You
will use it in your other classrooms and even at home. Your dad
could be reaching for the last slice
of pizza, and if you call Dibs, it’s
yours,” Torres said.
The Dibs system works, when
someone drops something, say
their pen or paper. The first person
to call out “Dibs” gets to pick it up
for them.
It turns into a habit, as Torres is
always challenging students. Students quicken their pace in which
they can react, trying to call it before him.
“I’m always really slow at
it, but it’s fun anyways,” Janee
Maka, sophomore, said.
All of the students at MCHS
that have had him, wish to have
him again and all the students who
haven’t had him are waiting for
their turn, which may or may not
come, for their time with “Mr. T.”
By Chelsea Cerveny
Ms. Worrall
This is a phrase that Ms. Carrie
Worrall, Foreign Language, greets
our class with most every morning. Worrall, or “Chez” as students call her, does many things to
help students learn “the language
of love.”
Worrall does a great job in
teaching French class the vocabulary for that chapter.
She goes over all of the words
in the section with students, says
them aloud, and then has them say
them back to her.
This exercise also helps students work on their accents and
the pronunciation of the French
words. An example of the French
dialogue practiced would be “Bonjour! Comment tu t’appelle?”
She does many different exer-
cises to help students remember
how to say the words, but also
how to spell the words. A specific
exercise she does is when she has
students write out all of the vocabulary words five times in French
and then five times in English.
Although it isn’t the most favored exercise among students it
definitely helps the words stick in
their brains.
A more enjoyable exercise that
she has them do is board races.
During board races she tells
students a word in English and
they have to race to the board
against an opponent and be the
first to write the word on the board
correctly.
These exercises help students
learn because they really help the
vocabulary words stick in their
heads to where they remember
them not just for the day, but also
for the whole year.
By Bethany King
Mr. Petrovic
He used to be one of the top
wrestlers in college, and now with
two kids, 120 students to teach,
and the school’s golf team to
coach, he has his hands full.
Mr. Brian Petrovic, in his orange New Balance running shoes
and his colorful clothing, stands
front and center in his classroom
everyday. He lectures on about
cells, the periodic table and lab ac-
tivities until it is glued to the back
of your mind.
With hand motions, he makes
his directions clear and specific
so students can understand even if
they didn’t learn this material yet.
“It’s not your teacher from last
year’s job to teach you this information, it’s my job to teach you
this information,” Petrovic, science, said.
He uses fun and creative ways
to explain different topics, in ways
that students can relate. In order
for students to understand the
concept of the cell theory, Petrovic explained it in the way of a
car, from dented old mini-vans, to
bright red new sports cars.
Petrovic always gets some
good laughs out of each of his students everyday.
“If he didn’t explain the information the way he does, I probably
wouldn’t understand it,” Mailie
Velazquez, sophomore, said.
There is always time for everything in Petrovic’s class, even a
little bit of fun.
By Gaby Gall
Mr. Kargle
Mr. Mike Kargle, English,
teaches class in a fun way. He is a
good teacher and tries his hardest
to help his students succeed.
Kargle has a shaved head and a
mustache. He always wears something that says Minooka on it. He
is a very nice person and has a
great sense of humor and always
finding a way to make students
laugh.
Students use their textbooks
very little and when they do he
calls on people to give us a summary without using like, um, but,
so, and ok. To watch them struggle
is very amusing to some students.
“I like this class because it’s
funny when he teaches with sarcasm and make fun of the guys, ”
Kirsten Czuczuk, freshman, said.
“I put pressure on the students
because it helps them succeed.”
Kargle said. “I also use the 5W’S
and an H to make the students
think of themselves.”
The students recently read “A
Raisin in the Sun”. The thing that
made the students enjoy it more
was when they would act out the
scenes. Mainly the boys would
volunteer and would keep doing
the scenes that deal with emotion
and he would keep doing it until
they feel emotion.
By Samantha Magnus
Ms. Gabel
Ms. Jen Gabel wears your
normal teacher clothing. She has
short curly hair and light colored
eyes. She teaches grammar very
well, and has a great personality.
One Monday, she was teaching us about gerund phrases and
assigned students partners to do
the bookwork for them. She walks
around looking to see if we are doing it right and helping us if we’re
not.
Asking to take a picture of her,
she said, “Sure! Just don’t get my
bad side!”
She always is smiling and has a
fantastic sense of humor.
Almost every morning she has
her music playing and she always
walks in a little after the bell with
a cup in her hand, probably filled
with coffee. She usually greets her
students with a “Good morning
people!”
She always seems to be in a
good mood, which seems to life
the mood of others. She attracts
the students’ attention with her
positive attitude and sense of humor.
Ms. Gabel is very kind lady.
After telling her about some personal stuff that could have affected school productivity, she was
very understanding and lenient.
You can tell that she really cares
about her students. Her kindness
is very respectable.
By Jake Pena
Ms. Grzetich
In room 345 at South campus
you can find an amazing teacher
Ms. Janel Grzetich, English. She
helps people learn by going over
thing repeatedly.
When students read a book in
Grzetich’s class they are not all
down about it or moan about it.
Why? Because after or during a
book they will also watch a movie
about that book.
What helps about reading a
book and then watching a movie
is when, you might forget some
certain information and it is in the
movie or there was a part of the
book you didn’t understand you
can see it in the movie.
When the students read “Raisin
in the Sun” and “Animal Farm,”
they read a couple chapters and
then watch the newer version of
the movie and then the old one.
By Josh Fierke
Mr. Cook
Mr. Kyle Cook, who is substituting for Mr. Sam Pavelka at the
South Campus, has many techniques that he uses to help his students learn.
One of these methods is repetition. Every time Cook teaches
his students something new, such
as population, he assigns them
countless projects and worksheets
until he is sure they understand.
For instance, during the unit on
population he had an in class
group activity. This activity taught
his students the effects of natality and mortality over a period of
time.
Another way Cook helps his
students is he reviews a lot. While
his class is doing worksheets he
walks around the room to help
students if they don’t understand
a question. If multiple students
don’t understand something, he
will explain it to the entire class.
Not only does he do this while
students are working, but he also
goes over worksheets after he has
graded them as well.
It’s extremely important to pay
attention in class, for those who
do not pay attention will not understand what is being taught.
That being said, Cook has a way
to make sure his students pay attention. At the beginning of the
year he had everyone write their
name on a note card and give it to
him; whenever he asks the class
questions he picks names from his
note cards to answer questions.
Recently he began another way to
make sure his students are paying
attention. When he doesn’t use his
note cards he will wait for at least
10 people to raise their hand until
he calls on a student to answer his
question.
Cook also makes learning fun.
He has already had his students
watch two different movies, for
educational purposes of course.
He showed his class “The Lorax,”
which he used in his lesson on
populations. He also had his class
watch “Lion King” as part of their
unit on biomes.
“What do you want to listen
to?” Cook said. While his students
are doing a worksheet or project
in class he asks for song requests.
He then allows his class to listen
to music while they work.
Cook has many teaching methods that he uses to help his students learn.
By Hope Smith
Ms. King
She knows anything there is to
know about the English language.
She can sing and talk loud enough
to measure on the Richter scale.
Ms. Julie King, speech, is
pounding on the points of persuasive speaking techniques in room
347 at MCHS South. Her voice
bounces off the walls of the classroom and drills a hole of persuasive importance straight into the
cerebrum.
King’s rules of thumb when
creating notes: “Using visuals,
making it relevant to the student’s
lives, and simplifying,” she said.
The class is clearly receiving
the information as they have as
many questions about outline and
Monroe’s motivated sequence as
there are notes. But surpassing the
notes with questions isn’t relatively hard to do because the simplicity of the notes and King’s enthusiasm make time fly like an arrow.
“Strong teachers” continued
on page 13
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Designed by Graham Taylor
Top 5 movies
of 2012
Top 5 Movies of 2012
By Kayla Vidano
Copy Editor &
Designer
By Sara Dobbyn
Cover Designer
The
Dark
Knight
Rises
21 Jump
Street
20%
36%
Pitch
Perfect
15%
Ted
18%
Magic
Mike
147 MCHS students were asked
what their favorite movie of
147
students
were asked what
2012
was.MCHS
The results
are shown
above.
their favorite movie of 2012 was. The
results are shown above.
By Kayla Vidano
Copy Editor
11%
When people hear the word
terrorist, they often think of September 11, 2001 or Osama Bin
Laden, but all that was about to
change. With the help of the Navy
Seals, the CIA set out on a mission: finding Osama Bin Laden.
The movie Zero Dark Thirty was
directed by Kathryn Bigelow and
written by Mark Boal. The actors
include Jessica Chastain as Maya,
Chris Pratt as Justin who is part
of the Navy Seals, Jason Clarke
as Dan, Kyle Chandler as Joseph
Bradley, and Joel Edgerton as Patrick Red. The movie is rated R.
The CIA stayed in Pakistan
interviewing people that had an
idea of where Osama Bin Laden
was hiding. With the help of one
of Maya’s (Jessica Chastain)
coworkers, she was able to get
closer to figure out where he was
hiding. Finally, on May 2, 2011,
all their hard work paid off by not
only capturing him, but killing
him as well.
In the movie, I didn’t like how
no one believed Maya. She was
the one who found where he was
hiding, and ever since she had
started working for the CIA, she
knew that she was going to find
him. I enjoyed how the CIA found
his house. They were watching it
carefully and planning how to get
him.
I disliked how when they were
going to capture him, it took them
a while to get inside the house
because if he heard the gunshots,
that could have gave him time to
escape.
I am also not satisfied with how
they confirmed if it was him when
they shot him because I think they
all looked the same and they did
not perform any type of analysis.
The action in the movie was
outstanding. I loved how determined the CIA was to finding him
through other suspects.
All of the actors and actresses
did great. To me, I thought they
played all of their roles well.
The movie’s cinematography
was good but it could have been
better in the beginning it was just
a black screen with people talking, but other than that, it grew to
be stronger.
Overall, the movie was okay,
but I think it could have been better. It didn’t capture my attention
in the beginning, and it seemed
like it was being dragged on. I
would give it four and a half stars
out of ten. It is available to the
public on Jan. 11.
Good and bad in Gangster Squad
By Catie Petric
Designer
The movie Gangster Squad stays true
to its title in being a movie about gangsters. Though there are many “gangster’
references throughout and plenty of crime,
the movie was not a must-see. The cast includes such actors and actresses as Ryan
Gosling, who plays Sgt. Jerry Wooters,
Sean Penn playing Mickey Cohen, Josh
Brolin, who takes on the character of Sgt.
John O’Mara, and Emma Stone who plays
Grace Faraday. Ruben Fleischer, the same
guy who directed Zombieland, directed the
movie.
Gangster Squad takes place in 1949,
and is all about Mickey Cohen, and the
takedown of him and his gangster empire.
Cohen was a mob king, and ran the L.A.
area in and around 1949, but a team of
policemen try to work with him to get his
crimes to stop. Upon research, I learned
that all the facts the movie touches on are
real, and nothing is fabricated to sound
more intense than it actually was.
As far as the movie itself, I liked it. I
thought it was entertaining, and all the actors really took on the role of whom they
were playing, for example, Sgt. Wooters,
played by Gosling, gave a very real feel to
the movie. He really became a police officer, and seemed immensely believable.
I would not go back and see it numerous
times, however. It was catchy, for instance,
the plotline was entertaining and factual,
but nothing amazing. I felt like there were
a lot of dry parts, and scenes where the director just improvised to make the movie
better. Like, in one scene, Sgt. Jerry Wooters [Gosling], puts a fedora on a dog… I
thought it was an awkward touch to a movie like Gangster Squad.
Gangster Squad was a movie that took
place in a different era as the current, but
it seemed Fleischer tried too hard to give it
an older feel. It was more like an episode
of a television drama, and less of a mob
movie.
Do not let the dramatic feel draw you
away from the movie; it is a drama anyway, however, seeing as it did have good
parts in it. There were some intense parts,
none that I will give away, but it also had
some gore.
Overall, I would give Gangster Squad a
solid 6 out of 10 stars because the characters were played by dedicated actors, but it
bored me at some points, and seemed a little more like a prime-time television show.
sion was made to hold a small ceremony
on New Year’s Eve at the Playboy Mansion.
The fact that the age gap is so extensive between the two raises immediate assumptions about the marriage. The truth is
though, there is no money for Harris after
Hefner›s death as her name is absent in his
will, and she has even agreed to sign a
strict prenup. Hefner, who has a mild case
of Alzheimer’s, has decided to divide the
fortune between four children, a list of
charities, and the University of Southern
California.
“I just think that people should really
only affiliate with other people their own
age,” Tony Contreras, junior, said.
Harris is Hefner’s third wife and claims
that the cause of cold feet was because a
lot was happening in her life at the time
and needed to think things through. The
couple resolved issues between each other
quickly and decided to try again shortly
after. “I think she��
’s just with him for his money and that’s petty,” Shelly Hadden, senior,
said.
Whether or not the marriage was for the
money or publicity, neither will last long
due to unavoidable circumstances. The
second time may be the charm, but that
doesn’t mean it will last forever.
Hugh settles down again
By Sylvia Pokie
Staff Photographer
They say that the second time’s the
charm, and that could be for newly wed
86-year old Hugh Hefner, and 26-year-old
Crystal Harris. Two years before, Harris was running off five days before the
planned wedding. After things had been
worked out between the couple, the deci-
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Slicing into theaters near you Kimye adds more to the spotlight
By Elaina Bartoli
Editor in Chief
Scenes that make you jump,
screaming at the sight of an infamous villain, and covering your
eyes while still peeking through
in an intense scene are all parts
of great scary movies that viewers crave. Sadly, Texas Chainsaw
Massacre in 3D took the “scary”
out of scary movie. I walked in
hoping to cry, and walked out
crying of laughter.
Based on its 1974 prequel
(directed by Tobe Hooper), director John Luessenhop and writers
Adam Marcus, Debra Sullivan,
Kirsten Elms, Stephen Susco,
Adam Marcus, Kim Henkel, and
Hooper attempted to create the
connection of starting this movie
where the last ended off.
Heather Miller (played by
Alexandria Daddario), found out
at the beginning of the movie that
she was adopted and had inherited her biological grandmother’s
estate.
This gift, turned out to be notso-giving when Heather and her
friends travel down and stay for
the night (including Trey Songz
who played Heather’s boyfriend).
Other cast members include Scott
Eastwood and Tania Raymonde.
Dan Yeager plays the infamous Leatherface who resides
in the basement of the home because of his mental condition.
The combination of character
ignorance and a villain resulted
in chaos, murder, and everything
you would expect in a typical
scary movie.
The story plot itself wasn’t
awful. It most definitely started
off slow, but overall kept viewers’ attention. The ending was
definitely unexpected and was
undoubtedly the highlight of the
movie.
Hand-in-hand with the ending of the movie is the humanization of the villain by Heather
at the movies’ conclusion, which
may be the most unexpected turn
of the entire 92-minute movie.
The death of the characters
as the movie goes on isn’t exactly
heartbreaking because we are
made out to hate most of them,
which is one of the movie’s major
downfalls. The acting is decent as
well as the effects (while I have to
say one specific scene involving a
car flip made me laugh out loud
due to poor effects).
The 3D effects of the movie
aren’t necessary. In fact, the movie may benefit without them due
to the poor utilization of them. It
is safe to say that the director’s
attempt to make this a sequel to
the 1974 original movie was far
fetched and a definite loss.
I would not recommend paying the high movie-theater-ticketprice to go see this movie. Maybe
wait until it is on Netflix. It is not
a waste of time, but definitely a
waste of money. I would give the
movie a 3 out of 10. It is in theaters now.
By Tyreisha Washington
Designer/ Marketing Team
The paparazzi have been all
over the newly found relationship of Kim Kardashian, reality
TV star, and Kanye West, rapper.
But now they’re following
the couple for a much different
reason—Kim is 3 months pregnant. The couple is having their
first baby, and they’re both very
excited.
Kim and Kanye have been
dating, exclusively, for only
72 days, which was as long as
her former marriage to Kris
Humphries. The couple, however, have been good friends for
quite awhile.
Many people believe that
their relationship is just for publicity, especially since Kim had
just gotten married and then reportedly wanted a divorce only
72 days afterward.
But Kim blasted those rumors while on Oprah, saying
that she wouldn’t play with her
heart to get publicity.
Of course many people
didn’t believe those seemingly
sincere words because of her
history with many of her past relationships.
However, West also seemed
very sincere about their new romance.
In many of his recent rap
songs, he hinted toward marriage with Kim and having a
baby. Maybe this new relationship is real after all. Many people
have also made a new nickname
for the couple, Kimye, which is
their two names put into one.
How clever.
MCHS asked students what
they thought about “Kimye’s”
new relationship and newly
pregnant Kim.
“To be honest, I think she
just wants to have a baby to put
on her reality show, and to get
more publicity,” Jaelyn Bouie,
junior, said.
“I think she’s just rushing
into it because she’s getting older” Karina Diaz, junior said.
So could it be real love, or
love for the camera? The question will remain unknown, but
for the time being, the couple
seems happy and content, especially with expecting their new
baby.
Maybe marriage will be in
the near future for them. You
never know with Kimye.
Zombie theme takes over the
filming industry in 2013
By Graham Taylor
Designer
Zombies are everywhere.
Not physically, but in the media.
Movies, TV shows, games, and
books have all adopted this subgenre of horror allowing it to become a staple in all entertainment
nowadays.
However, this sub-genre
is now spawning it’s own subgenres, including action (e.g.
28 Days Later), drama (e.g. The
Walking Dead), and comedy (e.g.
Shaun of the Dead). This list is
continuing to grow with the releases of World War Z and Warm
Bodies.
World War Z, which is inspired by the book of the same
name, is the story of U.N. worker
Gerry Lane who tries to find of
solution to the zombie epidemic
that is wreaking havoc on the
world.
The movie promises copious
amounts of action and waves (literal waves!) of the undead. This
follows a conventional zombie
film route, while it appears to
add more over-the-top action elements instead of the more traditional survival horror ones. Brad
Pitt will play the lead role of Gerry Lane. World War Z will be in
theaters June 21.
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West at their new $11 million dollar home the couple bought together
On the other end of the zomin early January. Photo credit to lifeandstylemag.com.
bie spectrum, there is Warm Bodies, a romantic comedy in which
the living dead play a vital role in
the relationship of the movie.
them in different directions.
on purpose shows the world your
By Sarah Schimanski
Now, there have been sto- Cover Designer
“I don’t think the fact that rebellious and unconventional
ries for ages that revolve around
Justin and Selena broke up was nature.”
someone falling in love with a
Well-known pop sensation, why he became bad. She doesn’t
Not is all-bad in the world
monster.
Justin Bieber, has had his fair do anything for him in the first of Bieber though. He has been
Beauty and the Beast and share of spectacles in his music place. She doesn’t control his ac- scheduled to host and perform as
The Corpse Bride are excellent career, but has this one topped tions,” said Burns. “ They ended a musical guest on SNL on Feb.
examples of this. However, noth- them all?
things before midnight New 9. There Bieber will be promoting has been done to this degree;
Recently TMZ released a Year’s Eve and that might just be ing his newest album, Believe
R (played by Nicholas Hoult), the photo, which has Bieber and the reason why he did it.”
Acoustic, which comes out toundead lover, is a full-on brain- what looked like illegal drugs, in
This is not the only recent morrow.
dead zombie.
his hands. Has Bieber gone bad? symbolism of bad boy for Justin.
“I’m a huge Justin Bieber
That is, until he encounters
“I think he [Justin Bieber] He recently got a tattoo on his fan, and this setback wont stop
Julie (played by Teresa Palmer) has the right to make his own left shoulder of an Indian.
me from watching him on SNL.
which sparks the fire of this rela- decisions. He is 18 trying to live
This took a special place Everyone makes mistakes, this
tionship.
out his teenage years, so I’m not on his back because him and his just makes him human and not a
The movie looks like it could going to complain,” said Marissa grandfather always attended Fri- robot like everyone says he is,”
either be an okay romantic com- Burns, junior.
day night games to support the Destiny Trevino, junior, said.
edy, or an all-out flop, partly
People speculate whether Stratford Culliton, a minor hockJustin Bieber has also been
because this idea is so radical, it the recent break up with Selena ey team. This is Bieber’s eighth on his recent tour, for his newalmost seems like a joke. We can Gomez has put Bieber on edge. tattoo, along with others such as est album Believe, which was
find out when it premiers on Feb- Gomez and Bieber made an of- the praying hands and his name released on June 15, 2012.
ruary 1.
ficial announcement that they in Hebrew on his rib cage.
This album includes three chart
The zombie genre is ever were dating when they showed
According to Jean-Chris toppers; “Boyfriend,” “As Long
growing, and both World War Z up to the Vanity Fair party in Miller, “Since body art is still as You Love Me,” and “Beauty
and Warm Bodies are helping it to March of 2011. But current con- not mainstream, having marks and a Beat” featuring Nicki
evolve in opposite directions.
troversy between the two has led on your body that you put there Minaj.
Is Justin Bieber really dope?
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Designed by Ryan Nelli
2013 In Gaming
An overview of the best games coming out in the new year
By Ryan Nelli / A&E Editor
The Last of Us
As many gamers are already aware, The Last
of Us is one of the
most anticipated games of 2013 since its VGA
2011 announcement.
From the creators of Cash Bandicoot,
Jak and Daxter, and
Uncharted, Naughty Dog has been
delivering amazing
games since it paired up
with Sony in the late
90s. began development after Uncharted
2: Among Thieves was
released. A reference to
The Last of Us can be
found in Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, also. You can find a newspaper in the game with the headline:
“Scientists are still struggling to understand the deadly fungus.” From
the gameplay trailer released at E3 2012, The Last of Us sparked a lot of
interest. This is due to its unique gameplay style. The genre is listed
as an action-adventure/ survival horror game. You control Joel who is
accompanied by Ellie, a young girl, as they wander across the fungusridden United States. The game takes place two decades after the fungus
outbreak, which killed millions. Along the way, they battle fungus-humanoid creatures.
Not only is the plot brilliant, but the graphics are also stunning. Just like their recent Uncharted series, Naughty dog has been using motion capture technology. This, combined
with the PS3’s powerful graphic engine is sure to deliver a phenomenal gaming experience. The Last of Us should be in every PS3 owner’s hands when it comes out May 7.
Watch Dogs
One of the biggest announcements at E3 2012 was Watch Dogs. Developed by
Ubisoft Montreal, best known for the Far Cry and Assassin’s Creed series. Watch Dogs
follows antihero, Aiden Pearce. In the trailer, Aiden can be seen using his cell phone to
hack other people’s mobile devices, camera feeds, traffic lights, and much more. Near
the end of the trailer, the player changed all the lights of an intersection to green causing
a massive car accident. Soon after, a large firefight ensues.
This game seems like it will have mass appeal and fall into many gamers’ different
interests. It has strategy, stealth, free-roam, and guns. Not only does the gameplay look
incredible, but the game’s graphics and scenery are also aesthetically pleasing as it takes
place in Chicago. This game has no release date yet so keep your eyes open for this title
on all major platforms. There is no release date set for Watch Dogs.
everything is connected
“... [T]he game I’m looking forward to would have to be Animal Crossing: New
Leaf ....” -Jacob Kubacki, junior.
Pokemon X & Y
God of War: Ascension
Announced on Jan. 8,
Pokémon X and Pokémon Y
look to be a huge success.
Unlike Pokémon Black and
Pokémon White, X & Y have
a much greater mass appeal,
although there is a bit of controversy. Many are upset with
the “new look” of the character model; how it isn’t just a little
sprite on the screen, the character has a full-size body with
great animations. Also, and
most importantly, are the new
Pokémon. The Generation
Six Pokémon look as you
would expect them, but
don’t give up just yet if you
didn’t like the Fifth Gen Pokémon from Black & White. Gen
Six looks more reflective of Diamond & Pearl rather than Black & White, although there
still is that “new Pokémon” feel to the new designs.
Aw yeah, Kratos is back! If you loved the brutal and bloody M-rated games before
it, then you’ll be pleased to hear that the concept for God of War: Ascension is essentially the same; Greek monsters are everywhere and Kratos is angry, perhaps angrier
than ever. Coming out March 12, this title is a prequel to the previous six God of War
games and focuses on
Kratos’s vengeance towards Ares for tricking
him into killing his
wife and daughter. Not only is the story mode
proving to be phenomenal, but also Santa Monica Studios
has created an innovated an online multiplayer mode, for
the first time in
the series. While your at it, pick up the
Collector’s Edition on June 4. It comes with DLC, a
steelbook game
case, and an 8 inch statue of Kratos.
“... I’m most interested in getting the new Gears of War and The Legend of Zelda
for the Wii U.” -Rob Herhily, senior.
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Gears of War: Judgment
In this new addition to the Metal Gear franchise, instead of the main protagonist
being Snake, you take on the role of Raiden as his cyborg form featured in Metal Gear
Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Many gamers are against the idea of this game as a lot
of people were not fond of Raiden in MGS2. Regardless, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance looks like an interesting game that any MGS fan will want to own February 19.
Epic Games is releasing another Gears of War for all
you COG lovers out there. Its development was announced
on June 4 at E3 2012 followed by the trailer showing off the
new multiplayer features. It has been determined that GOW:
Judgment is a prequel to the previous games with the protagonists being Damon Baird and Augustus Cole. You can grab
this game March 19.
Grand Theft Auto V
Dead Space 3
Rockstar is pumping out yet another Grand Theft Auto. As the 15th game in the
series, GTA V is set in Los Santos in the state of San
Andreas, previously featured in GTA: San Andreas.
The setting is supposed to reflect on modern-day Los
Angeles. Rockstar has stated that GTA V is to be the
biggest GTA yet and will have three different playable
characters. This game is so highly yearned for that it
won the “Most Anticipated Game of the Year Award”
at the 2012 VGA’s. Get GTA V in the second quarter
Once again, Isaac Clark returns to his normal leisure of dismembering Necromorphs and navigating through a dark, cramped space station, except this time Isaac is
now joined by a soldier to assist him in blasting off alien legs and destroy yet another
Marker. Yes, this game will be co-op and looks like it will be a fun and scary new direction for the series. Also, if you pre-order from Gamestop, you’ll recieve the EG-900
SMG. From Amazon, you’ll recieve the ENERVATOR. Dead Space 3 can be in your
hands February 5.
Prosecuting Casey Anthony
By Jacob Lopez
Opinion Editor
On Jan. 19, Lifetime Movie Network
premiered Prosecuting Casey Anthony,
possibly Lifetime’s most controversial
movie since their Drew Peterson movie
last year. The movie runs two hours with
commercials, which is a bit lengthy for a
made-for-TV film.
The story follows the Casey Anthony
trial from the start from the viewpoint of
Jeff Ashton, (played by Rob Lowe) the
prosecutor in the trial. The story is told as
Ashton is recalling the events of the trial
while he is guest on a talk show.
The movie does a nice job of retelling
the trial as new evidence is uncovered in
the first half of the movie, and then brought
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“Strong teachers” continued
from page 9
There is generally the same routine for
he class. Give a speech, do three chapter
worksheets, and take a test. The test is usually stressed as being hard, but the students
claim they are easy.
“The way we take notes in Ms. King’s class
is easy,” Jason Viehman, sophomore, said.
By Will Roberts
Ms. Martinez
She walks in with her heels tapping
against the linoleum floor and she flashes
the class a grin and says something witty in
a jokingly tone.
Ms. Adriana Martinez, Spanish, always
comes to class with the most adorable pairs
of heels and the cutest outfits that correspond perfectly with her shoes. She is short
and wears her hair straight.
Not only are Martinez’s outfits awesome, but also so is her personality. Martinez will smile at anyone that walks by and
always says “hola” to everyone.
Spanish is definitely a tough subject for
someone who is learning this as their second language, but Martinez knows how to
make sure her class is a breeze.
Martinez makes all of her Spanish
classes learn something called, TPR. TPR
stands for “Total Physical Response.” TPR
is where you learn a move that corresponds
with a vocabulary word.
For instance, if students need to know
how to say “bailar,” which means, “to
dance,” then they would learn a dance
move that would help them remember how
to say it.
Not many students participate in TPR
or think it’s pointless to learn, but as one
January 28, 2013
moves up in Spanish education, the vocabulary becomes more challenging.
“I used to think TPR was a waste of
time and I wouldn’t participate, but this
year I decided to try and do the words with
Ms. Martinez and it was a lot easier,” Hannah Crawley, sophomore, said.
Our class does TPR each day and we
add on often. It’s fun to learn a new word
because it makes everything easier to study.
“My class does TPR at the beginning of
everything class as a way to refresh what
we did last class and at the end of the year
we will have learned up to 40 vocabulary
words,” Martinez said.
By Nina Manzo
Ms. Nehring
Ms. Jill Nehring, geometry, tries to
make geometry as fun as she can, and she
tends to joke around while teaching.
She starts class with a smile and a laugh.
Her sweaters or T-shirts are usually bright,
all adding to her somewhat perky personality. With blonde hair and a kind face, she
tries to make students feel welcome and
somewhat excited about geometry.
Nehring keeps the class structured and
productive, but still makes a little time to
joke around. For instance, on the Wednesday that had the Explore tests, she had
the class play Dance Dance Geometry, a
simple game using PowerPoint that had
students match angles, similar to matching the arrows in Dance Dance Revolution.
During the game, there was a relaxed, fun
environment that still taught the students.
While Nehring is strict when she needs
to be, she also lets the class joke with her.
She might gently tease a student who asked
about something she just explained, or play
along with a question was asked jokingly.
“That’s a good question,” she’ll say jok-
ingly in response to the frivolity of teenagers’ goofy questions.
Her class has a somewhat casual feel,
allowing students to talk and joke while
doing homework, or just before class.
“I love this class. It makes me laugh,”
Katelyn Prindle, freshmen, said.
Nehring’s own casual teasing, such as a
joking comment about a giggling student
or a sudden exclamation of “Isn’t geometry
fun?” only adds to this welcoming feel that
makes her class so enjoyable.
By Gigi Taylor
Ms. Kwasny
Ms. Tracy Kwasny, physical education,
with her quality sense of humor and amusing sarcasm, has an uncanny way of keeping a class fun and still enforcing authority.
Usually dressed in a hoodie or T-shirt,
dirty blonde hair pulled back in a ponytail,
and wearing a smirk, Kwasny – or “Kwaz”
– is a favorite among many.
She keeps homework to a minimum,
which makes it simpler to achieve a higher
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to court in the later half of the movie.
Some viewers may find it difficult to
stay interested in the movie especially
since the ending verdict, although shocking, isn’t really a shock to people who’ve
already heard about it two years ago when
it was all over the news. It’s less of a documentary about the Anthony trial and more
of a dramatic reenactment.
The movie doesn’t miss out on details
such as the media circus surrounding the
grade as long as students are working hard
and playing fair with one another. For example, during our football unit, many girls
would crowd together on the field and not
participate in the game. This, according to
Kwasny, will earn a bad grade for the day.
Kwasny recognizes that her students are
not going to be professional at or enjoy every sport that is covered in the curriculum,
but she still encourages everyone to try
their best and to have fun.
“Kwaz is aggressive when we aren’t
trying hard, but I know it’s just because she
wants us to do our best,” Paige Franzen,
sophomore, said.
One thing that differentiates her from
other gym teachers is that when she tells
her students to do an exercise, she will often jog a lap during warm-ups or do a hurdle stretch right along with them.
This makes students feel less like they
have to do something in order to get a decent grade and more like they should do it
in order to stay healthy – shouldn’t that be
the goal of every gym teacher?
By Janee Maka
case, or the demonstrators marching the
streets with picket signs that say: “Casey
is a murderer.”
Overall, Prosecuting Casey Anthony
takes the trial and turns it into a drama
crime movie, but it stays true to following
the main points of the case, even though
it may be in favor of the prosecution. For
those looking for a true documentary experience, Lifetime has released “Beyond
the Headlines: The Casey Anthony Story”
as an accompanying one-hour special,
which can be streamed from Lifetime’s
website.
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SPORTS
January 28, 2013
Designed by Aaron Ladzinski
REjoice Hockey fans
By Aaron Ladzinski
Sports Editor
The Black Hawks hope to win the Stanely
Cup and they wil need to be quick with point
Photo by credit Aaron Ladzinski.
Rejoice for hockey
is back. Take off the
chains, make the ice,
and drop the puck!
The lockout is officially over. The teams
will have only 48
games to prove that
they are the best, and
then they will compete for the Stanley
Cup. To be honest,
any team has a chance
due to the short season. The team that’s
the hottest in the end
will hoist the Stanley
cup.
In Chicago the
BlackHawks are getting ready to go as
they are reuniting
from being away from the states.
One in particular was Patrick
Kane as he traveled to Switzerland to play during the lockout.
For the most part the team stayed
in the country or North America
hoping for something to happen.
It may have taken a tad too long,
but there is a season.
The Hawks chances are very
good. In order to do well the
Hawks most win and get as many
points as possible because this
year is a sprint not a marathon.
The finish line can be seen and
a couple losses could bring them
down in flames.
The Los Angeles Kings could
be one of the first teams in a long
while to repeat. Due to a lack of
season, the Cup hangover has
disappeared. Injuries have been
healed and most of the team is
still together. Goaltender Jonathan Quick is outstanding as he
won the Con Smyth Trophy or
as most people see it as the MVP
of the Stanley cup playoffs. If
Quick continues the way he was
playing last year the Kings will
have no problem making it back
to the playoffs.
Other teams that have a good
chance include the Penguins, as
they were knocked out last year
to the Flyers in the first round.
The team is now fully rested with
their captain to make this season
his first season without a injury
has a concussion has brought him
down. Another team to watch out
for are the Minnesota Wild as
they made some post season acquirements which include Ryan
Suter and Zach Parise.
This season is anyone’s game
as the season is shorter but
doesn’t mean the look on the The Stanley Cup win be given to the
game isn’t the same.
team who wins the playoffs. Photo
by Aaron Ladiznski.
Official CBA Agreement
once again after the NHL
locked out the players.
The two sides had been
fighting for months right
now. After a very long
period of time, it is finally
time for NHL hockey. A
48 game season started
on Jan. 19.
“I’m so happy
hockey is back I love
hockey!”said
David
Hynek, senior.
The original Stanley Cup is in the hall of
Most people feel the
fame. Photo by Aaron Ladzinski.
same way, and others
are disappointed with the
By Aaron Ladzinski
long
return.
“I was disappointed
Sports Editor
with how long the deal took, you
The hockey season started up think there would be some urgency ” said Ben Trepel, senior.
The deal happened late on Jan
6. when the players and owners
finally got their act together. With
the deal brings a new resolution to
the hockey business. The new salary floor is $44 million. The salary cap is now $60 million with a
two-year transition period where
teams can spend up to $70.2 million and $64.3 million in the second year. A split of the leagues
revenue will be new as the league
and union will go 50/50.
The new CBA will only last
eight years. The chances that
agreement will last longer are
slim due to lose of money of both
sides of the bill as league cut
employees salaries by 20%. The
league also laid off many of the
employees. Players lost between
8 to 10 million dollars a day.
Garry Bettman, commissioner
of the league apologized, to the
fans for long wait for hockey as
the fans, players, and many local
business are happy for the games
to start.
Hockey. It is French for the
Hockey Hall of Fame. In Toronto,
Canada the Hockey Hall of Fame
is not only a North American
sport, it is also popular in Europe,
and some countries in Asia partake in the sport. Throughout the
last couple of decades the NHL
has had multiple lockouts and
dead ends, but the one thing that
has remained constant is the Hall
of Fame.
The hall of fame has multiple
trophies including the Stanley
cup. The Stanley is the most recognizable trophy in sports. Some
people do not know the background story on the cup. Lord
Stanley, a governor in Canada,
gave it to the best club in the domain in 1902 when the first team
was carved into the cup. Every
year the cup gains 30 names or
sometimes loses 30 names. The
original winners are no longer
on the cup due lack of space. The
cup has bands around it so that
the cup never loses its size.
The bands are placed in the
vault in the hockey hall of fame
guarded with a security system
and guards. Most people walk
up and see the cup that sits out in
the open for people to look at and
touch. Little do they know this is
not the cup, it is a fake or ‘home’
cup. The true cup is either traveling to towns of the years past
winners, or sitting in a heavily
guarded vault somewhere. The
Cup is a modern day jewel for the
people of hockey.
Another trophy that sits
in the Hall of Fame is the Conn
Smythe given to the best player
or MVP. The trophy also has a
background as it is named after
the famous solider that helped
build the hockey Hall of Fame
and owner of the Toronto Maple
Leafs. The winner of the trophy is
announced after the team has won
the Stanley Cup ,but is given before the Stanley Cup to the player.
The hall of fame has
many other trophies including the
lady bean trophy, which is given
to the player considered the most
respectful player. Some players
see this achievement as a great
reward, but others see it as burden
because it makes them look soft.
Other trophies include the
Whales and Campbell trophies
given to the best teams of the
Western and Eastern conferences.
The hall of fame is considered a pure beauty because the
top of the dome is stained glass
looking down upon the trophies
and there are m any trophies and
exhibits at the hall of fame.
The Lady Bean Trophy is given
to most gentlemen like player.
Photo by Aaron Ladzinski.
Wayne Gretzky scored 802 goals in his lifetime and this an exhibit
to show his achievement. Photo by Aaron Ladzinski.
Hockey Hall of Fame remains constant
Conn Smythe trophy is given to the
MVP. Photo by Aaron Ladzinski
By Aaron Ladzinski
Sports Editor
Le Temple La Renomee Du
SPORTS 15
January 28, 2012
Designed by Austin Hough
Kauffman’s 300 Sparks Indians
By Austin Hough
Sports Editor
300. An unattainable number for most
in the sport of bowling. The few that have
bowled a 300, though, will have an experience that they will never forget.
For John Kauffman, that dream became
a reality on Dec. 18, 2012, when the junior
opened up his three game set with a 300,
the second on the year for the Indians.
“It was probably the best day of my life
by far,” Kauffman said. “There’s nothing
else like it. You look forward to that your
whole life and to finally get it was amazing.”
As usual, nobody was expecting a 300
out of anyone that day. When Kauffman
opened with three straight strikes for a turkey, though, the thought of it even happen-
Q & A with
Jacob
Beaudin
ing crossed the minds of some of the people in attendance. With increased pressure
after every strike, it gets harder to tune out
the people.
“You always expect something to go
wrong that’ll end the streak of strikes,”
Kauffman said. “I had come close to a 300
before, but something had always gone
wrong down the stretch. I tried to not let it
bother me until the 10th frame.”
As the tenth frame approached, all eyes
were on the junior. If he striked-out, he
would have bowled a 300, matching the
300 from fellow junior Zach Segatto just
two weeks earlier.
The first two strikes were relatively
easy, as each one hit the pocket form thundering strikes. The 12th and final strike
would prove to be the most difficult, and
in, as they were playing rival Romeoville.
With both teams coming in ranked in the
top five, the stakes were high. The Indians responded, however, and bowled the
highest team score in school history. Of
the 18 combined games bowled on the
varsity level, only one of those games had
a score below 200, highlighted by Kauffman’s 300 and combined 802 total, also a
Minooka record.
“It was some of the best bowling ever at
Minooka,” Kauffman said. “It wasn’t just
me that was on a roll. Everyone stepped up
and we had one of the greatest days a team
could have.”
The Indians qualified for the state meet
from Jan. 25-26 in O’Fallon. Full recap of
their performance in the next issue of the
PPC.
Wrestlers gear up
for post-season run
By Tara Schumal
Sports Assistant
By Austin Hough
Sports Editor
With the start of swimming season
gone by, Jacob Beaudin, junior, is enjoying
the lifestyle of the sport. We just recently
caught up with him to check on the swim
team and his accomplishments.
We’ve entered the home
stretch when it pertains to
wrestling, and the Indians are
looking to continue it’s postseason success. Minooka has
made it to the state meet the
past four years, taking second,
first, second, and eight place
respectively. Although it seems
that the Indians are poised to
make a deep payoff run, there
are some hurdles in their way.
First off, senior Corbett
Oughton has been injured for
the Indians most of the season.
Coming into the season, Oughton was a favorite to win an individual state title, but an early
season elbow injury has cost
the senior the past two months
of the season. Although he’s
expected to make a full recovery and be back for postseason
time, getting in shape will be
extremely tough.
Q. How many years have you been
swimming?
A. I’ve been competitive swimming for
about nine years now.
Q. What’s your favorite memory of
high school swimming?
A. It would be being elected as team
captain this year.
Q. Describe the team this year.
A. We are doing well. Jan. 8 we swept
the competition. We won all 12 varsity
events. I won all four of my varsity races,
the 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 200m
freestyle, and the 400 freestyle.
Q. Do you feel the team bonds?
A. Yes, we always have fun on the bus
going to meets.
Q. What do you like to do in your free
time?
A. Other than swimming I like to nap.
Q. First thought when you hear
“swim”?
A. Fun. Swimming is always fun with
the challenges it brings.
Q. What is your favorite place to
swim?
A. Riverside-Brookfield, it’s a really
nice place, and I love their pool.
Q. What team scares you the most in
conference?
A. Our toughest competition is Oswego.
We don’t really scare them away and they
are a very good team.
Q. Who inspires you?
A. Matt Grievers. He won gold this
summer for the 100m backstroke. He’s
from Illinois and has the state record in the
50m freestyle and the backstroke. He’s just
an Illinois swimmer I look up to and admire.
Q. How do you get ready for a meet/
race?
A. I warm up in the pool and just relax
by stretching in between my races. I just
get pumped and excited to swim.
most stressful, of course. With the entire
alley at a standstill, Kauffman approached
the final throw of the game.
“I was physically shaking throwing that
last ball,” Kauffman said.
As the ball rolled down the lane, the
pressure and tension was at an all-time
high. As it hit the final stretch, it looked
as if it was going to miss the pocket and
lose out at a chance of a 300. But the ball,
however, hooked all the way across, hit
the opposite pocket and knocked the ten
pins down to complete the perfect game.
“I was very scared watching the ball
go down the lane,” Kauffman said. “I saw
that I had let it go too far left and I was like
‘oh no!’ I just had to wait and get lucky
and fortunately I did.”
It was a big night for Minooka going
“It was relieving to get back
on the mat,” Oughton said.
“Conditioning coming back is
tough just because you have to
work hard to get you’re cardio
back up to
what it use
to be.”
“Having Corbett
back has really boosted
the
morale of the
team,” assistant coach
Bernie Ruettiger added. “We’re
now finally
getting
healthy for the first time all
year.”
Inexperience is also going against Minooka, as only
three seniors (Oughton, Danny
Ruettiger, and Mike McNultyFerguson) are in the starting
lineup for the Indians. That
leaves 11 underclassmen to
fill the remaining spots for Minooka. One of those key assets
is sophomore Nathan Gunn,
who came within a few points
of qualifying for individual state
last year as
a freshman.
He’s come
back better
than ever his
sophomore
year, and is
ready to finally make
it down to
state.
“They’ve
been doing
their job all season for us,” Ruettiger said. “Nate Gunn can do
anything he sets his mind to,
and that is big for us as well.”
There are some positives
on the team, though. First year
head coach Jeff Charlebois has
been a big success, as the wres-
“The guys
have responded
to Charlebois
positively,”
Ruettiger said.
tlers have been buying into
what he is preaching.
With a strong compliment
of assistants in Ruettiger and
gym teacher Matt Harding,
the coaching staff is one of the
strongest Minooka has ever
seen.
“The guys have responded
to Charlebois positively,” Ruettiger said. “They’re young
age wise and experience wise,
and to go through their third
coach in three seasons has been
tough on them. To see them respond well to Charlebois well,
though, is good.”
Overall, the Indians will
look to use their experience of
being in the playoffs to help
them get down to state for a
fifth straight season.
“We’re still getting to 100
percent and when we do, we
just need to go out there and
wrestle to the best of our abilities,” Oughton said. “I feel this
team can definitely get back
down to state.”
#TheReturn
By Tara Schumal
Sports Assistant
There’s no easy way to start this. When
you see that hashtag, you hope that it’s
coming. You hope it’ll pull up the Chicago
Bulls and spark up the season.
Bulls fans have been waiting for this
one day. No fan knows exactly when it’ll
come, but each hour brings it closer.
Awaiting, the return of 6’3” guard Derrick Rose.
As of the week of Jan. 14, it’s not specifically said when the return will come,
but sources say it’ll be “soon.”
Without Rose, the Bulls record has
been 20-16. Altogether this season, the
Bulls have had an on and off season doing
well hitting the boards one day and barely
making it down the court the next. But will
the return have a great enough influence to
bring the Bulls back up into peak season?
And will Rose even be back at the right
time?
After the deadly fall on April 28, 2012,
in Game One vs. the 76ers to tear his ACL,
Rose was pulled of court and out for the
rest of the season.
After surgery nearly a month later in
May, has progress his definitely increased
to.
Rose’s recent update (as of Jan. 15) is
that he’s gone through a full practice with
little to no contact with the team, and has
even dunked a few times.
Increasing a little bit per day, Rose is
said to have that ready to go out there attitude, and knows exactly where he belongs.
With a little more full contact practice
under his belt, he should be ready soon
enough.
“I’m proud of Derrick Rose. I’m honored to have him on our Chicago team. He
has made a huge improvement and I think
he can play even better than last year! He’s
put a lot of effort to get here, so why waste
it,” Jenna Mason, sophomore said.
Meanwhile, Sydney Arlis, freshman
said, “I think he definitely won’t be 100%
when he comes back because it’s hard to
be able to get a feel for the game again after being out so long. However, I do think
he will really help the team through his
leadership and effort no matter what skill
level he plays at.”
With that being said, the clock is ticking and Bull fans are waiting.
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January 28, 2012
Inside Sports
Designed by Tara Schumal
Kauffman’s 300 Wrestling Gears Rejoice! Hockey
is Back
Sparks Indians for Regionals
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Winter Sports Updates:
Wrestling:
Record: 13-6
Conf. Record: 5-1
Season Expectations:“This team
is doing good except for many setbacks such as injuries and sickness,”
Coach Bernie Ruettiger said.
Boys Bowling:
Record:12-1
Conf. Record: 7-0
Season Highlight: 2nd at sectionals
meaning statebound.
Season Expectations: A very goodstate performance on Jan. 25 & Jan.
26.
Girls Bowling:
Record: 7-1
Conf. Record: 6-1
Season Highlight: 1st at Strikefest
Invite out of 44 teams.
Season Expectations: “Win conference, win sectional, and do well at
state,” Coach Mickey Rezner said.
Girls Basketball:
Record: 8-15
Conf. Record: 5-4
Season Highlight: The first week of
conference play winning 2 last second games vs Oswego East.
Season Expectation: “Winning another regional. I feel we have been
playing better the second half of the
season. We need to keep this up to
be playing our best basketball come
regional time,” Coach Ray Liberatore
said.
Boys Basketball:
Record: 14-7
Conf. Record: 5-1
Season Highlight: Galesburg MLK
Trip (4-1).
Season Expectations: “Give all we
got, all the time...and remaining composed and working to get better everyday...,” Coach Scott Tanaka said.
Junior Mark Geers tries to stop Oswego’s guard from a lay-up on Jan. 11. The Indians lost to Oswego
63-57. Photo taken by Tara Schumal.
Who’s Hot? Zach Segatto
Junior Zach Segatto won
the individual bowling title
at the Plainfield North Sectional on Jan. 19. His 1,411
helped get the Indians
down to state.

January 28, 2013 - Minooka Community High School District #111

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