The Twelfth Man

November 2012
St. Amant High School
Volume 1
Issue 2
Mr.
Swinney's
New Job
Increase In Synthetic Marijuana Use By Teenagers
By Jacob Hamilton
Gata Data
Although the tobacco and alcohol use in
the teenage community is at an all-time low,
a poll by the University of Michigan (taken
in 2011) revealed that 11.4 percent of high
school seniors have smoked synthetic
marijuana, which is 2nd to marijuana.
These results are alarming considering the
potential risks these students are taking by
doing these drugs.
Most people smoke synthetic marijuana
because they believe it is a better alternative
to marijuana. But little do they know,
synthetic marajuana has been made illegal
in 40 of the 50 states. While there have been
no official scientific studies on the effects,
it is believed that it has worse short-term
and long-term effects than marijuana.
According to CBS Sports, Jeremy Morris,
the senior forensic scientist at the Jackson
County Sherriff's Office in Kansas, says,
"You don't die from a heart attack from
smoking marijuana; kids are dying from
smoking synthetic marijuana." In addition,
it is marketed as 100 percent organic herbs,
but this is the farthest thing from the truth.
They have all been found to contain
synthetic cannabinoids created in a lab to
help scientists study the effects of
cannabinoids on the human brain.
The government has been trying to crack
down on synthetic marijuana use. For
example, President Obama passed the
Synthetic Drug Abuse Prevention Act on
July 10, 2012. The certain drugs listed-including "spice" and "bath salts"--in the
bill have been placed under Schedule I of
the Controlled Substance Act. Shortly after,
federal agents conducted a nation-wide raid
in approximately 100 cities, targeting
synthetic marijuana.
The main problem with cracking down
By Allison Renegar
Gata Data
drugabuse.gov
An alarming 11.4 percent of high school seniors have tried synthetic
marijuana in the past year.
on synthetic marijuana is that the
manufacturers change their formulas to
make the substances legal again--after the
government has made it illegal. It is
estimated that law enforcement is six
months behind the manufacturers.
It seems the best way to stop the use of
synthetic marijuana is to properly educate
everyone on the dangerous side effects that
come with it. Since there are no scientific
studies on it; it's up to people who have
actually experienced it to get the word out.
An anonymous source claims, "My heart
was beating really fast and I felt sick, and
that's when I had a seizure," later adding,
"I'm too scared to ever do it again." With
various sources online stating similar
experiences, it is clear that while it may get
you high, at the same time it can truly bring
you down to rock bottom.
Upon Maurice Swinney's leave to
Chicago, many students are wondering how
Swinney is holding up in his new job. "I'm
doing fine. I'm enjoying this job very much.
I'm always up for a challenge," Swinney
states. "I'm the fourth principal in the last
four years, so it's hard for the students to
accept me. But for now we're doing great in
terms of acceptance. The kids see the little
things I do like shake someone's hand or ask
how they are and see that I'm different."
The school is much different than St.
Amant. There are about 400 students total in
the high school. It's an urban, turnaround
school. "Things are faster paced here. I work
on average a 12 hour day. I start working
around 7 or 7:30 in the morning, and stop
around 7:30 that night."
Things are tremendously different
student-wise in Chicago. "They're angry.
Some of them are living in poverty; have an
unbalanced diet. They have friends and
neighbors that have been killed in gangrelated violence. If I say 'go to class,' and the
student goes off on me, it's not because
they're mad at me. You're never angry for the
reason you think you are. All of these things
happen to these students; the rules of the
school have them angry."
Swinney is still getting things going. He
is in charge of the school budget as well as
the human resources such as choosing
teachers, staff, etc. He wants to change the
school for the better.
Swinney has some words of wisdom for
the students at St. Amant: "Listen to the voice
inside yourself, and that will guide you."
The Twelfth Man
Local FFA Chapter Recieves
National Ranking
By Alixx Zeller
Gata Data
By Bella Karas
Gata Data
Mason Clouatre is a leader in the student
section. He carries on several old traditions
as well as adding a few of his own. New
chants that he has brought to the student
The atmosphere at The Pit underneath
section include, "Which way? That way,"
the Friday night lights is considered the
"I'm blind, I'm deaf," "A rope, a tree," and
most hostile environment in Louisiana high
"BOOM." The St. Amant flag that you may
school football. According to Central
see flying in the student section is not an
City's newspaper, our student section at St.
ordinary flag. It has been passed down
Amant is the most beastly. Some students
from other leaders and some of the most
argue and say that they are not hostile, but
school spirited students at St.Amant High
intimidating would be the right word.
School. The flag holder is always a senior.
Associate
Last year, Nick
Principal, Beth
Mcmahan was
Templet says, "I
the flag holder
love that we have
and was proud to
a portion of The
honor
Mason
Pit just for our
Clouatre with the
students. They
title of the flag
have been very
holder. The flag
supportive of our
holder does not
team. This past
necessarily hold
season I have
the flag at all
seen some of the
games
and
biggest crowds
William Bertaut events, but the
that
I
ever
The student section shows their support flag is in their
remember
name.
seeing." Senior at the Catholic game.
utmost rating.
Chapter members are Blaze Pertuis,
Shannon Heath, Rod Hunt Jr., Katie
Costanza, Corey Alleman and Edmond
Out of 660 candidates, the St. Amant Rachal. They represented St. Amant at the
FFA Chapter at St. Amant High School was 2012 National FFA Convention and Expo
recently selected as a three-star winner in the October 24 through the 27th in Indianapolis.
National FFA Chapter Award Program by the They have worked hard and helped to better
National FFA Organization. The St. Amant
the school's activities.
FFA chapter qualified to
FFA holds
"We have career
partake in the national
activities like Boo at
program through a gold development events, such the Barn, which was
ranking on the state level,
held on October 31st,
also earning a ranking of as welding and livestock. and Helping Hands,
the 3rd FFA chapter in We also have an environ- where FFA members
Louisiana.
aid
handicapped
The award program mental day where we help children to have an
is sponsored by John promote recycling, safety exciting day. FFA
Deere and is a special
members
also
and conservation."
project of the National
developed
AgFFA Foundation. The
environmental Day to
National FFA Chapter
raise awareness of the
Award Program watches FFA chapters as worth of plants and the importance of
they implement a detailed program of recycling.
activities. Each activity offers chances for
"We have career development events,
FFA members to exceed in student, chapter such as welding and livestock. We also have
or community development. Every year, FFA an environmental day, where we help
chapters earn a one, two, or three-star rating promote recycling, safety and conservation."
on their application; three-star being the agriculture teacher James Head stated.
James Head
Academics
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Taking The
Field For
Competition
The St. Amant band
competes at the
Dutchtown festival
and showcase
By Allison Renegar
Gata Data
The St. Amant band has competed in
two competitions this marching season. The first one was the Dutchtown
Invitational Marching Festival the
weekend of October 20th. The band
competed against 16 other bands
around the area. The competition band
won Grand Champions 1st overall,
placing 1st overall in band and percussion. The St. Amant Colorguard tied
for 4th place with Walker High
School. The second competition was
on November 3rd. The band traveled
to Lafayette to compete on Cajun
Field. The band competed against 32
of the best high school bands in the
state. St. Amant recieved all superior
ratings in band, guard, drum major,
and percussion. The band also made it
into finals, the top ten in Louisiana,
where they placed sixth overall in the
state.
In order to participate in showcase, the bands must be invited. St.
Amant has continuously been invited
since 1999. The St. Amant High
School band was founded in 1978.
Today, the band is the largest student
Staff Photo
The St. Amant band preforms this year's competition show "The Haunting" at Showcase.
organization in St. Amant. In fact, the
St. Amant "spirit band" or "pep band"
is the largest traditional marching band
in the state, composed of every member of the band program. The competition band is the most elite marchers
coming together to work on a competition show, starting in the summer.
This year's show is called "The
Haunting." Students have been working on the show since the end of July.
According to the St. Amant Band
website, band students are at the top of
the school academically and are usually at the top of their class. They are
known to average 62 points higher on
SATs. Being in band takes a lot of
determination and discipline. Students
that participate in band dramatically
change their attitudes from an I/me
outlook to a we/us perspective.
This year many students made it
through the first round for the LMEA
All-State Honor Band. These talented
students include the following: Taylor
Garret on flute, Robbie Malbrough on
clarinet, Kayleigh Gregoire (first alternate) on clarinet, Deric Mastin (first
alternate) on tenor saxophone, Austin
Dugas-Higdon on trumpet, Nicholas
Brooks on French horn, James Vercher
(first alternate) on French horn,
Landon Blocker on trombone, Tyler
LeBourgeois in percussion, Greg
Yoes-Favrot on bassoon, and Connor
Sinanan
in
percussion.
Congratulations to the students that
also made it to the second round of the
honor band. These people include
Robbie Malbrough (symphonic band),
Nicholas Brooks (concert band),
Landon Blocker (concert), Connor
Sinanan
(orchestra),
Tyler
LeBourgeois (symphonic), Greg YoesFavrot (concert), and Austin DugasHigdon (symphonic). The students
will perform at a concert at the LMEA
State Convention in November. These
students are also eligible for scholarships to many colleges around the
state.
Award Recognizes Golden Students
New program gives incentives for students to do well
By William Bertaut
Gata Data
Last spring, the St. Amant Art
Department came up with an idea to
improve participation and create
incentives in art classes. Art teachers
Darryl Babin, Nancy Geter and
Patrice Aiken teamed up to create the
Golden Brush Award. This award is
given out to the four best pieces of art
for each project that the Art I classes
complete.
The Golden Brush idea was proposed by Geter. Back in college Geter
was taking a graphic design course at
LSU. Her professor, Paul Dean, would
go to garage sales and buy old trophies to give to the student that had
the best projects. Geter remembered
how competitive she would get when
she was trying to win the award. This
would bring the best out of her, and
this was what she was hoping to get
out of her students. So she proposed
the idea to the other art teachers, and
they were immediately sold. Babin
bought a ton of brushes and painted
them gold and then Geter designed the
wining certificate, and thus the
Golden Brush Award was born.
Rachel Bourgeois has won the
award three times already, which is a
very impressive feat. When asked
about the award, she stated that the
first time she won the award she was
ecstatic. Now, after winning the award
three times, she uses the award as an
expectation more than a goal. This
kind of competitive nature is exactly
what the art teachers were hoping for
when they created the award.
The Art Department was not alone
in the creation of this award, St.
Amant's Digital media teacher Cindy
Cangiolosi created her own version of
the award called the Golden Mouse
Award. The Golden Mouse Award is
given to students who produce superior digital works by using Adobe software such as Illustrator, Photoshop,
and Premiere Pro.
The Golden Brush Award, if successful, should continue to push Art I
students to reach their full potential.
While also bringing out their competitive drive to be better artists. With art
being required for TOPS, students
will be encouraged to explore their
talent in art and will be given the skills
to possibly pursue a career that has
something to do with art if they
choose to do so. If you would like to
view the winners' work, the winning
artwork is placed in the commons by
the girls bathroom for viewing.
Darryl Babin
Sophmore Devin Savoy's artwork earned a Golden Brush
Award from Patrice Aiken.
What classes do you wish they offered at STA?
"Naptime
because I get
tired in math."
Freshman
Macklyn
Cardwell
"Breakdancing
class because
breakdancing is
amazing, and who
doesn't want to
break dance."
Senior Colby
Guitreau
"Cosmotology
class because I
want to be a hairdresser, and a lot
of young girls
want to choose the
same career path."
Freshman
Tristyn Laborde
"Packaging
class because I
want to
become a UPS
man."
Senior
Chase Bates
Academics
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Mr. St.
Amant To
Star
Teacher
Mark Lambert
returns to his alma
mater to teach
By Jacob Hamilton
Gata Data
Throughout his life, calculus
teacher Mark Lambert has always
stood out among the rest. Whether it
is when he was an outstanding student here at St. Amant High or now,
when he is a star teacher.
When Mr. Lambert attended St.
Amant High School, he participated
and excelled at everything he possibly could. He was on the football
team, honors band, BETA Club,
Science Club, and he was his senior
class' treasurer. The awards he won
are Valedictorian of his senior class,
Ascension Parish Student of the
Year, and he was also graced with
the honor of Mr. St. Amant.
Although many people would let
the accomplishments get to their
head, Mr. Lambert is overwhelmingly modest about his achievements.
After graduating high school as
Valedictorian, he went on to college
at Louisiana State University. He
was on the Tiger's marching band
Dillon McGowan
Many years after graduation, Mr. Lambert is still making an important impact at his former high school.
for four years, while continuing to
maintain a near perfect grade point
average. Since he had always loved
math, he decided to major in mathematics and become a math teacher.
When asked about how he landed
back here at his former high school
he said, "I loved high school and
knew if I taught, it would only be at
St. Amant." Starting off, he was a
freshman math teacher. After only
two years, he was presented the
opportunity to teach calculus, as the
previous teacher, Mrs. Gasper was
no longer teaching the class. After
graciously accepting the challenging course, he knew he had big
shoes to fill, so he hit the books yet
again. This past summer he took a
calculus class at LSU to refresh his
mind on the subject. After acing the
class, he was more than ready to
teach it for the first time.
When current calculus students
and teachers were asked about his
performance, Kortlan Brown simply stated, "He's the smartest
teacher I have ever had."
Meanwhile, theatre teacher Heidi
Frederic added, "Nobody is greater
than Mark Lambert." While the
true test of his performance, his student's AP test results, won't be
determined until May, the consensus from his students and peers
were all positive. This is more than
one could ask for in only their first
year teaching arguably the most difficult class this school has to offer.
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Knowledge For College
By Aric Mohler
Gata Data
With the 2013 graduation closer than we think,
many seniors and juniors have already begun to
apply for scholarships and to colleges all over the
country.
Even if you're a junior, it's never too early to
start applying for colleges. Even if you don't exactly plan on attending college, it's always good
to have a backup plan in case your original plans
fall short. The best way to start looking for colleges is to ask. Talk to your counselors about college choices or just research colleges. Keep in
mind that it doesn't have to be a popular college.
Even asking you parents, who have gone and
lived the college life, could help give you an idea
of where to begin.
Sign up to take the ACT whenever possible.
The more you take the performance tests such as
the ACT, the better you do. If you want more
preparation, St. Amant High School has an ACT
prep class that has proven to boost student ACT
test scores.
A number of websites have college-level personality tests that you can take that'll show you a
number of majors and fields that you may be interested in pursuing.
For a lot of people, college seems like a distant
thought. Usually this is because some people
don't believe they can afford college. However,
applying for grants and scholarships can do wonders in this situation. Apply as early as you can.
There will always be scholarships to be acquired
State College
Requirements
By Allison Renegar
Gata Data
Aric Mohler
Sophomore Lasa Corkern and Senior Rebeka Whitney looking at the college-prep board.
later, but the longer the year wears on, the fewer
scholarships remain. The best advice is to find
scholarships you meet the requirements for, organize them according to due date, and begin applying. Start with the scholarship with the
soonest due date.
Read the topic carefully. A lot of people over
analyze or miss the topic completely when writing scholarship essays, because they don't under-
stand the topic.
Apply for all the scholarships you can handle.
A lot of scholarship money is not even used because scholarships are not applied for. A lot of
people won't apply because they don't believe
they will win, so the scholarship never gets applied for.
Go out there and apply. It's never too soon or
too late.
College is the most important level of education after completing high school. Everyone
should know the requirements for the schools
around St. Amant. LSU requirements are the
following: A 3.0 CORE academic GPA, completion of the CORE 4 material, a minimum
ACT composite score of 22 or a minimum
SAT score of 1030. For Southeastern University, the student must complete the CORE 4
material, have a minimum cumulative GPA of
2.0 (on a 4.0 scale), and meet ONE of the following criteria: an ACT composite score of 21
OR a high school CORE GPA of 2.0. In order
to get into the University of Lafayette (ULL),
you must have one of the following: a CORE
GPA of 2.5, ACT composite score of 23, or a
1050 on the SAT Critical Reading + Math.
You also must have at least an 18 on the English portion on the ACT and a 19 on the Math.
You also must have completed the CORE 4
material and a cumulative GPA of 2.0 on a 4.0
scale. Lastly, the University Of Louisiana at
Monroe (ULM) has its own set requirements
to get in. The student must have completed the
CORE 4 courses, have a minimum ACT score
of 18 in English and 19 in Math and a 2.35 cumulative GPA. The student also must meet
one of these requirements: a 2.0 CORE GPA
or an ACT composite score of 21.
A Day In The Life Of An LSU Student
Staying Close To Home
By Alixx Zeller
Gata Data
By Whitney Honore
Gata Data
Many students at St.
Amant High are not informed about what a
college student's day
truly consists of. The
day of a college student
differs depending on
what college they go to
and if they are in extracurricular
activities.
Logan
A college student's day
Boudreaux also depends on the
type of student they are. Students who like to
over-achieve in high school will try to carry
on that trait when they get to college. Being
involved in extracurricular activities in high
school is easier to do than in college. In high
school you may have balanced your grades
and sports/extracurricular activities by scheduling your easy classes or electives in the semester that your sport was in season. In
college, all of your classes count and are important for your future or career. It may also
add more stress determining if your initial
major is exactly what you had in mind. Al-
though changing your major may be very
stressful, it is also very common.
For instance, Logan Boudreaux is a St.
Amant High graduate who attends Louisiana
State University. Logan is a part of the LSU
football team. His position is second string
deep snapper. Logan's ordinary day includes
classes starting at 7:30 in the morning. Logan
has a break from 8:30- 11:30 and another
class at 11:30, lasting until 2:00. On Tuesdays
and Thursdays, Logan has a little change in
his schedule. He has an extra class on these
days from 12:00-1:30. Logan has football
practice form 2:00-6:00 every day. On game
days and weekends, it is exciting, but he cannot forget about the education that he received the week before. On Friday, he gets to
the hotel that they will be staying at for the
game on Saturday. Logan says that after the
games he normally comes back home to St.
Amant and then heads back on Sunday for
more practice. Logans says that he pulls allnighters every test day. Logan has changed
his major once already and is now going to
be an accountant. Logan's advice for freshmen is to really learn how to study; it will be
the most useful thing in college.
Many students at St.
Amant High School
begin their college careers at local college
River Parish Community College. RPCC is a
totally different world
for most. At RPCC
there are more opportunities and freedom. In
college, you will learn
more about yourself
and where you want to go with your life. You
will realize which career would best fit you,
and in college most people begin to fulfill
their dreams.
However, many students miss high school.
Graduates don't enjoy their new responsibilities and miss being able to make decisions
without getting in trouble. Many graduates
claim to miss everyone, knowing all of their
classmates personally, and being a family.
Tavia Russell, a 2012 graduate attends RPCC
now. Here she plans to take her basic classes,
Tavia Russell
and then wants to transfer to Louisiana State
University. Tavia claims that RPPC has a very
easy going environment and learning is not
complicated like most universities due to the
low population. Tavia claims there are more
pros then cons, but she does miss being a
cheerleader and being involved in school activities. There are no activities at RPCC. She
also dislikes how "It's basically all schools
around Ascension Parish combined into one."
She loves that this college is close to home;
however, she doesn't feel like she's getting the
total college experience. Tavia encourages
people not to think that coming here is the
easy way out. The same type of work is generally given out. However, at RPCC teachers
can work hands on with the students, very
similar to St. Amant High School. Tavia has
always had a very welcoming personality. She
even stated that she loves meeting new people. She also loves how she was able to select
what times she wanted to go to class and how
she doesn't have to wear uniforms. Tavia will
only be attending RPCC her freshmen and
sophomore year. After that, she plans on
going to a university to concentrate on being
a dental hygienist. "I like RPCC, but I will
love LSU!" Tavia exclaimed.
Where are you going to college?
College bound students at St. Amant High School
"I would like to go to McNeese because it is not as
competitive in the nursing
program." - Senior Gabrielle
Theriot
"I would like to go to
LSU to play baseball."
- Senior Austin Tanner
"I would go to Southern
Miss because I like their
music program." - Senior Jordan Manton
"It's always been my
dream to go to LSU." Senior Kirsten Despino
"I want to go to LSU because
they have a good medical program, and it's a family tradition." - Senior Sydnie
Bertrand
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What's Style Got to do with it?
people. Teenagers also have been shown to
have more antisocial tendencies; most likely
due to the lack of face-to-face communication.
Social
networking sites have slowly trained us
Some say students are too connected to technology. This generation and other generations to talk to people in more of a one-to-one setto follow have become socially filtered ting than in a group. People who use these
through social media sites such as Facebook, sites have other negative behaviors, such as
Twitter and Instagram. This new technologi- paranoid feelings, as well as feelings of agcal innovation has changed the way our social gression. Teenagers who use more technology
interactions happen. This has changed the nor- have shown to be more depressed and have
mal social question of, "Did you see what they sleeping disorders such as insomnia. This is
did last Saturday night?" into "Did you see most likely caused by teenagers staying more
awake while texting and checking their acwhat they posted last Saturday night?"
Technology has become the running engine counts on social networking sites and refusing
of the modern world. With a small keystroke to let their brains relax. Excessive use of technology by teenagers has
or a quick click of a
also led to a decrease in
button, you can inliteracy among our genstantly connect with
eration. According to an
the world. You can
article titled "An open
post your views, opinletter to texting-crazed
ions and ideologies
teens" published by
with everyone. With
CNN, the average
the web, a single perteenager sends around
son can literally
3,000 texts a month.
change the world over
This constant texting
night. However, with
that teenagers have beall of the positives that
come accustomed to
technology brings us,
it harbors negative ef- According to studies done by the Institute for Public Policy Re- causes long-term downsearch (IPPR) aswell as research group called The Cyber Sentinel. sides. The drop in our litfects as well.
eracy rate is most likely
According to a research group called The Cyber Sentinel, the due to teenagers becoming so dependent on
average teenager spends 31-52 hours a week T9 and autocorrect, which automatically coronline. Another study by the Institute for Pub- rects any misspellings we create.
Students have become so mentally dependlic Policy Research (IPPR) showed 20 of these
hours are spent on social networking sites, ent on technology and the constant use of it
mainly Facebook. Facebook recently hit the every day. The fact that we take in and process
one billion mark last month of active accounts so many tasks such as texting, checking
that log on a monthly basis. Other social sites emails, talking to people online, and watching
such as Twitter have over 250 million ac- television, it is almost impossible for us to
counts. Instagram is currently holding around concentrate on just one thing. This is one of
80 million accounts; although, Instagram is the reasons why students usually cannot sit
the fastest growing online social site. In just still and just focus on one thing. We have gottwo years, Instagram went from 100,000 users ten to a point where it has become hard to
in October of 2010 to now 80 million in July work or concentrate on a homework assignment without subconsciously tapping our
of 2012.
Although these social sites have their bene- hands, fidgeting or tapping our feet. Technolfits, extreme usages of these sites have a crit- ogy is also why we, as students, concentrate
ical downside. Teenagers who Facebook or better with music in our ears. As we listen to
spend a considerable time on social network- music our brain processes multiple thoughts
ing sites have been reported to be more nar- and actions faster than it would be if we were
cissistic and lack empathy toward other to sit still and focus solely on our paper.
By Aric Mohler
Gata Data
"The average teenager
spends 31-52 hours a
week online...20 of
these hours are spent
on social networking
sites."
Safely.com
Statistics of teenage cell phone use.
Believe it or not, boys want to be in style
just like anyone else. Boys typically go for the
more rugged, tailored and comfortable look.
Who's not excited about chilly nights and Anything retro exhibited is also a trend. Most
the stylish fashions that come along with it? boys are being seen wearing jean jackets, Levi
Classics, prep, boho and vintage are typically jeans and button up shirts. These are being
worn with beanies and ski hats, depending on
the looks most people go
Louisiana's bizarre
for. Which one are you
weather
changes.
classified in?
Trendy
boys'
attire
Girls love this time of
will also be accented
the year because they reby wearing thick
ally can go all out. It's bascarves with their
sically a repeat of the 70's;
jackets or sweaters;
boldness is the word!
adding a new look.
Girls have been seen
Some boys are daring
wearing unique boots,
to be different by
colorful scarves, and viwearing
different
brant patterns. You can
boots, but most boys
say goodbye to typical
will be wearing their
blue jeans and plain
typical
Sperry's,
shirts. It's definitely time
Nike's and Jordan's.
to make a bold statement.
Due to the weather,
Wear floral, polka dots,
Yahoo Images most will begin to
cheetah prints and snake
wear thicker shoes,
skin prints. Bleached out, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian
mainly leather. Lately,
ripped up and patterned stroll the streets of New York.
males have been
jeans are the new trends.
Sweaters will accent these fashionable trends. wearing many colors, so we'll see if this conAs far as shoes, many girls are beginning to tinues. Everyone's style is different, but somewear fringed boots, rider boots, over the knee how it always seems to make a statement. Will
you be making a statement this season?
boots and combat boots.
By Whitney Honore
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STA and EA Rivalry
Unites Ascension
Community
By Spencer Duhon
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St. Amant High School and East
Ascension High School have had a
huge rivalry for the longest time.
Every year there is one week that
these two schools go all out with their
school spirit. This is the week right
before the schools' football teams
play each other. The students also do
their own activities after school to
show up the other school.
For the past few years we wore
orange to counter their camouflage
theme. We even took it as far to get
orange jerseys for our football team.
We also decorated our whole school
to match.
When Heidi Frederic attended St.
Amant High School, the students still
wore orange and camouflage
The pep rally for this game is
always the biggest of the year. They
even have it in the morning every few
years because of the news coverage.
It is not uncommon for the students
to just stay up all night when there is
a morning pep rally the next day.
When asked about school spirit
when he was in high school, former
student and current teacher Mark
Lambert said, "Back when I was in
high school we had more school spirit at the pep rallies, and they were also
less student centered. Not even the
freshmen would be sitting down; the
whole school participated more".
There were no games for any of the
pep rallies. Every pep rally, including
the E.A. pep rally, would have more
teachers in it and overall there would
be more participation.
There were no rolling houses back
in the 90's, as it was unheard of to
vandalize houses and schools.
Although students from the opposing schools become rivals for the
week, the community as a whole is
brought closer together as they participate in the same activities. After
the EA/STA week, the students
become friends again, sharing stories
from the previous week.
Since this week is so rich in tradition and students love it, it's hopeful
that it remains for many generations
to enjoy as their elders did.
James Leblanc
St. Amant and East Ascension principals at the
Spartan/Gator Ryder Cup event.
What's your favorite
part of EA week?
Junior
Kane Hanna
Freshman
Kadyn Brooks
Principal
Mia Edwards
"For one day
friends become
enemies."
"All the
dressing up."
"Seeing our
students living
out gator pride."
Assistant Principal
Angela Boudreaux
"Seeing the Shout
Out spirit stick in the
office the whole year."
Teacher Lori
Ridgdell
"The two
communities
working together."
Senior
Junior
Junior
Junior
Junior
Shelby Gordon Brett Thibeau Nathan Godeaux Mallory Ducharme Baylee Trahan
"The game
itself."
"Shout Out."
"The intense
football
game."
"The color
orange."
"Rolling
houses."
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Most
Spirited
STA shows their
school spirit at
Shout Out
By Alixx Zeller
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On Thursday, November 1, 2012, the 11th
annual Shout Out was held at Lamar Dixon
Expo Center in the 4-H building. The community gathered in the center around 6:00 in
the afternoon ready to do some shouting for
their team. The Shout Out was created to
help raise money for both rivalry schools and
also to boost the community's excitement
leading up to the big game on Friday.
The Shout Out is known to be much more
than a competition between the two schools;
it is more about the two communities uniting
together for one big event. The event has
raised over $100,000 in the past eleven years
of sponsoring the Shout Out.
The football players, cheerleaders, dancers
and both bands of the schools attend. It
resembles a pep rally for both schools.
Students on each side do their chants and
cheer for their team over each other. Each
school has a "conductor" of each student section that is allowed to go up on the stage to
lead a chant. East Ascension led their typical
"I believe" chant. The Gators sent Senior
Logan Comeaux and cheerleaders, Randi St.
Pierre and Katelyn Rusk to the stage. The
group lead the St. Amant side to do the new
chant, "We're Repping Gators." The whole
St. Amant side participated in the exciting
chant. The chant was loud and sharp, leaving
the Spartans' side of the building speechless
and shocked at the Gators confidence and
Mia Edwards
St. Amant students celebrate after winning the spirit stick at the Shout Out.
pride. Administrations from both schools
were present at the event, cheering just as
loudly as the students, parents and teachers.
There was also a DJ for when the hosts took
breaks.
The whole reason for the Shout Out is for
your school to win spirit stick. The spirit
stick is given to the loudest crowd coming
from either side. Last year, St. Amant High
took home the spirit stick, but East
Ascension left the field Friday night with a
victory. It was said that there was a curse on
the spirit stick and that if you were awarded
the spirit stick at the Shout Out, you were
cursed. Many felt that your school was to
lose the ultimate competition, which was the
game on Friday night. This year, St. Amant
High school broke the curse and not only did
we win the spirit stick at the Shout Out, but
we also beat East Ascension at their house on
Friday night. St. Amant High proudly broke
the curse of the spirit stick.
The rules of the competition were very
simple. The most important rule was that no
one in the building, on either side, was to use
any artificial noise makers. Also, no one was
allowed to use a white board to write messages to the opposing side. The third rule was
that everyone in the building was expected to
yell for their team, and to yell as loud as you
can. The yelling competition calculated on a
noise meter was the best two out of three.
Since St. Amant had won the previous
year, East Ascension was to take the floor
first. The first round the Gators took the lead.
Next, the Gators went first, and East
Ascension took the win. Finally, came the
last round. East Ascension went first, but St.
Amant blew them out of the water, yelling at
the top of their lungs. Although, St. Amant
won the spirit stick, we were very nervous
about the curse of the spirit stick. St. Amant's
students section was very proud to take home
the spirit stick, but they knew that if they
wanted their Gators to win the game Friday
night they would have to bring the same
amount of spirit if not more to Spartan
Stadium and that is exactly what they did.
Senior Matthew Sperandeo said "It was a
great experience for the seniors of 2013 to
win both the game and the Shout Out, which
is very rare."
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Hornets Offseason Acquisitions
Gives New Orleans Fans Hope
Anthony Davis and Eric Gordon look to propel New Orleans to the top of the standings
By Jacob Hamilton
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Following an extremely abysmal
season, the New Orleans Hornets are
coming back this year with a completely revamped roster and attitude.
New owner, Tom Benson-also the
owner of the New Orleans Saints-took
over the team with a vision of turning
the Hornets into a winning team and in
one short year, he is on his way to
accomplishing just that.
After the Hornets traded All-Star
guard Chris Paul for guard Eric
Gordon, forward Al-Farouq Aminu,
and a 1st round draft choice, they were
among the worst teams in the league.
After the season, they had a 13.7 percent chance to win the first pick in the
draft, and finally they cashed in their
luck. They had won the NBA draft lottery and were awarded with the number one overall pick. With the first
pick in the 2012 NBA draft, the New
Orleans Hornets selected forward
Anthony Davis from the University of
Kentucky. About whom, former 1st
overall pick Pervis Ellison says, "That
young man is going to be a special
player." In addition to acquiring Davis
in the draft, they also drafted guard
Austin Rivers from Duke University
with the 10th pick, which they
acquired in the Chris Paul trade.
After having arguably the best draft
in the franchise's history, they continued improving the team. They completed a trade with the Orlando Magic
for forward Ryan Anderson-whom
won the NBA Most Improved Player
award in 2012-in exchange for forward Gustavo Ayon. They also completed a three team trade with the
Phoenix Suns and Minnesota
Timberwolves for center Robin Lopez
and forward Hakim Warrick, giving up
Leake
Dynasty
Head Coach Allison Leake
leads the Gators in the pursuit
of a state title
By William Bertaut
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If you are a student here at St.
Amant High School, you are probably
used to the volleyball program being
very good. Well, believe it or not, it
was not always this way. Just eight
years ago, the Lady Gators were
fighting to not come out last in the
district. Then, St. Amant decided it
was time for a change. The volleyball
program hired Allison Leake to
become their new starting head coach.
One could notice the change in the
team's swagger almost immediately.
Leake started the turnaround after
the season had ended; the team practiced every day during the off-season.
Leake decided to start with the basics.
She had the team do several basic
drills to teach them the fundamentals
that every volleyball player should
know. After the fundamentals were
covered, there was nowhere to go but
up. In just one season the team had
significantly improved over the previous year.
Although Leake is a tremendous
coach on the court, it is what she does
off the court that makes her stand out
amongst the rest. She feels that the
reason that the volleyball team was
not successful before was not a lack
of talent, but it was actually a lack of
drive. The team had never had a coach
that was so passionate about volleyball and knew the game like she had.
Leake stated that, "Kids don't care
about how much you know, until they
know how much you care." She felt
that when the kids understood how
much she cared about volleyball, they
began to buy in to what she was
teaching them and then their success
began. Her current players love having her as their coach, and most say
that she is the best coach they have
ever had. Senior Alaina Decoteau
guard Jerome Dyson, center Brad
Miller, and two future 2nd round draft
picks.
Although they had a tremendous
draft and completed trades for key
players, their most important move
this offseason was resigning guard
Eric Gordon to a four year, $48 million
contract. Unfortunately, Gordon has
been plagued by injuries in his short
career, including missing 57 games in
the previous season, but he is still
thought to be one of the best young
players in the league.
With a healthy Eric Gordon and a
future superstar in Anthony Davis at
the helm, owner Tom Benson's vision
of a winning basketball team in New
Orleans looks to be coming to life.
stated that Leake is the best coach she
has ever had because "She is very
dedicated to the team and she does
anything for us that she thinks will
make us better. She pushes us to
become better players on the court,
and better people off the court. Mrs.
Leake doesn't only teach us about volleyball but she teaches us lessons that
we will have for the rest of our lives.
She's like a mom to me and I feel like
I can go to her for anything because
she's very understanding and cares for
us."
For Leake, coaching is nothing new.
Coaching is almost hereditary in her
family. Her father and her grandfather
were both volleyball coaches, so she
was brought up around the game.
Leake was doing drills with her
father's volleyball team by age six.
Around age 10 she became a demonstrator for drills in her father's practices. Leake then went on to be an
exceptional high school volleyball
player. She feels that the experiences
she had as a player help her a lot in
her coaching because she knows what
her girls are capable of opposed to a
male coach who does not fully understand.
Leake's coaching ability is not
going unnoticed; last year she was
offered the head coach position at
Nicholls State University. It is rare for
a university to hire someone with no
collegiate coaching experience as a
head coach. Although it was a great
opportunity, Leake declined for personal reasons. Another reason was
because she did not want to leave St.
Amant without winning a state title.
The current volleyball team may just
be the team to help Leake accomplish
this goal.
Currently, the volleyball team sits
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Anthony Davis poses with NBA Commisioner David
Stern after being selected 1st overall in the 2012 draft.
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Coach Leake encouraging her team during a timeout of
the gators win over Dutchtown
with a record of 31-5, and have
worked their way into the third place
team in the state. They have also
accomplished one of their major goals
for the season, which is to go undefeated in district play. For most teams
the exceptional regular season they
have had would be enough, but Leake
holds her team to a much higher standard. She knows that these girls are
capable of winning a state title and
she expects nothing less from them.
To do this, the Gators must first get
past the quarterfinals; they have been
Outdoor Report: Winter Bassin'
By Jarod Hughes
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Staff Photo
Jarod Hughes holding two bass caught at Bayou Pigeon
tournament.
With winter approaching from
around the corner, a main concern for
bass fishermen is how they are going to
fill their live wells during these cold
months. With thorough research, I have
found some tips to try next time you
are after those lethargic largemouth
bass.
Through research, I have found the
top three baits for winter fishing. These
baits are: spinner baits, jigs and pigs
and soft plastics.
Spinner baits work well this time of
the year if fished between two and
seven feet. Bright colors tend to work
well in murky water. These colors
include, but are not limited to, chartreuse, orange and white. Translucent
colors such as light gray work best in
clear water. When fishing spinner baits,
make sure to cast close to logs, stumps,
lily pads and downed trees. Make slow
retrieves and twitch the rod tip to entice
a reaction strike. Trailer hooks work
well for catching short striking bass.
When a cold front passes through,
jigs with rattles work very well
because the bass like to bury them-
knocked out in this round in the playoffs the past two years. Leake feels
this should not be an issue this year.
She feels like her team has the skills
to beat anyone. Leake stated, "There
are no teams that are undefeated,
which means that every team can be
beaten." The Gators will begin their
state championship pursuit in the
early parts of November, and with a
coach like Allison Leake a state
championship is sure to be in the near
future.
selves into thick cover and vegetation.
The rattles tend to draw the bass in out
of curiosity. Black or blue works best
due to the off-colored water caused by
rainfall this time of the year. Black and
brown are also great colors to use when
jig fishing. When fishing with this bait,
make sure to use a very slow retrieve
and twitch the rod tip to let the rattles
entice the bass to bite. Fish are sluggish
this time of the year and are not as likely to chase down bait. Flip or pitch a jig
around thick cover, vegetation and
treetops anywhere between five and 15
feet of water.
Soft plastics work well this time of
the year also, and can be rigged Texas
style or Carolina rigged. Cast to structure and twitch it back to the boat as
you would a jig.
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sports and
academics?
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Triumphant Win
Over The Spartans
With the student section packed the Gators
bring home a win over EA November 2nd.
By Jarod Hughes
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"I scheduled my hard
classes in the first semester,
so that during softball
season I will not be
stressed." - Junior Carlie
Whittington
With 30 seconds left in official
play, the Gator's defense stopped the
Spartans from scoring giving them a
15-10 victory.
After an upsetting defeat at home
against Catholic, the Gators had all
intentions of defeating the Spartans.
With Trey Belleu's kick, off the
anticipated game started.
With 10 plays and 42 yards later,
EA took the lead with 35-yard field
goal.
With the first quarter over the
Gators were behind 3-0. The
Spartans marched their way down
field with a drive that ended in a 14yard touchdown carry putting EA up
10-0. The Gators answered later in
the quarter with a one-yard carry by
Cody Raffray. The point after was
blocked leaving the Gators trailing
behind by four points. The next
score was a seven-yard run up the
middle by Kirk Elisar of St. Amant.
The Gators jumped EA with a 13-10
lead going into the fourth quarter of
play. With six minutes left in the
third quarter Jacob Morales punted
the ball deep into EA territory. The
receiver was forced to run into the
end zone where he was tackled for a
safety giving the Gators a 15-10 lead
going into the fourth quarter.
With the Gators' crowd fired up,
the players pumped up and 12 minutes left in regulation both sides of
the field were sweating. The Gators
were trying to figure out how to pro-
Athlete
Spotlight
Alaina Decoteau- Volleyball
"Carefully."
-Senior Brent
Graves
The Lady Gator volleyball team is off to another fast start this year
climbing to the number three team in the
state. A key component in the Gator's success
is senior volleyball player Alaina Decoteau.
Alaina has been the starting libero since her
freshman year. Throughout the years, Alaina
has collected several different awards and
accolades. Alaina has obtained the honors of
All-Parish, All-Metro Honorable Mention,
1st Team All-District and the 2010 Defensive
MVP for the district. Most recently she was
invited to participate in the senior All-Star
game. Even with all of these awards Alaina
only has one goal on her mind, and that is to
bring STA a state championship.
Beau Nickel- Football
"I make sure I put
enough time to study
for 1 or 2 hours."
-Freshman Nekyla
Williams
Senior Beau Nickel is the starting quarterback for St. Amant High School's football team. In Beau's first three seasons he was
always a backup, but this year he has earned the
starting spot.
"I had to wait my turn in line, but I'm grateful to
finally have the starting position."
With the starting quarterback position, comes a
lot of responsibility. As a leader on the team, Beau
likes to lead by example. He was always doubted
for his size, but Nickel uses his lack of height as
an advantage.
"It's harder for the defense to see me behind my
offensive line, so they don't know which way I'm
going with the ball."
Through all of the adversity, Nickel has led the
Gators to a 8-2 record and hopes to bring a state
championship to St. Amant.
Jarod Hughes
Kirk Elisar returns a punt to give St. Amant the lead of
East Ascension.
tect their lead while the Spartans
were trying to put more points on
the board.
When the fourth quarter started
both teams were playing really well.
With a 60-yard bomb down field
from EA quarterback Trahan to
Speligene, the Spartans landed in
the red zone with a minute and a half
left in regulation. Followed up by a
13-yard rush by running back
Sparrow, EA moved to the three
yard line. After this the Gators
defense stepped up. Sparrow was
stopped for no gain and then stopped
EA for a negative 4-yard pass. This
put EA on the seven yard line. On
third and goal STA junior, Nathaniel
Martinez, stepped up and sacked
Trahan for another four yard loss.
With EA out of time outs and the
clock ticking they scrambled back
to the line and spiked the ball on
fourth down giving the Gators a
nerve racking, 15-10 win over EA.
Although the Gators were trailing
EA at the start, they got a rally going
and defeated their biggest rival giving them a 8-2 record going into the
play- offs. Let's hope the Gators
play well and make it far into playoffs.
Senior Night Success
By Spencer Duhon
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St. Amant High School's volleyball
team is well on their way to the end of a
great season. Tuesday's volleyball game
against Dutchtown was not a close
game by any means.
The first set was the closest
Dutchtown came to defeating the
Gators, with a score of 25-14. The second and third sets were even worse for
our opponents. The scores for those
were 25-8 and 25-5.
Toni Rodriguez had an amazing
game. She had eleven kills, nine aces,
five digs and three blocks. Brooke
deVeer also did well. Her eleven kills,
one ace, two digs and one block helped
St. Amant achieve a victory over
Dutchtown.
Even though the St. Amant team did
very well, Dutchtown fought back with
everything they had to try to claim the
win for themselves. Kelly Young had
two kills, twenty-one assists, two aces
and three digs.
Brooke Wells and Lauren Mills
(Dutchtown) had nine kills. Ty Brown
had eleven assists. These girls and the
rest of the team put up a good effort to
take down the St. Amant Volleyball
team, but in the end the Gators prevailed.
To make the night even better, it was
also senior night for St. Amant. Even
though there are not very many seniors
on the team, they were all recognized
after the game.
The rest of the volleyball team held
their hands together and made a tunnel
for the seniors to walk though.As the
girls got announced, they were given
presents and flowers.
St. Amant has a very good regular
season record this season. Also, this
game advanced St. Amant to 10-0 in
district which is best the team has been
in years.
Hopefully this has boosted the team's
morale enough to bring us even closer
to the top of all of the other volleyball
teams.
Rantz Bourgeois- Soccer
"After practice, I
leave time to do my
homework."-Sophmore
Devin Chris
Rantz Bourgeois is a 17 year old senior at St.
Amant High School.
Bourgeois is a four-year starter of the St.
Amant soccer team. Rantz received AllDistrict his sophomore and junior year.
Bourgeois also made the All-Metro team his
junior year. In addition to school soccer,
Rantz is an active member of the Baton
Rouge premier soccer team. With a premier
team, Rantz gets several opportunities to travel and get his name out. Recently, Rantz has
received a lot of attention from colleges. He
has received offers from Cincinnati
University, University of Alabama
Birmigham, Centre College in Kentucky and
California State.
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Senior Brooke deVeer blocks a ball in route to a win
against rival Dutchtown.
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Life at St. Amant High School
Staff Photo
William Bertaut
Senior Cresley Pierce is joined by Valerie Hall for Hero Night.
St. Amant students meet Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan
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St. Amant students dance to " Thriller" at the Catholic Pep Rally.
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Senior Ean Rainey walks with his sister Morgan Rainey for St. Amant's Hero Night.
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The seniors of the volleyball team are accompanied by their parents for senior night.
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Help! An Opinion in Distress
By Tara Jones
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By Bella Karas
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Stress is mentally and physically tiring on
people. Parents are stressed to support their
family, adults to exceed in their career, and
students to attend school. All of these are
stressful. The question is, however, do students
have the most stress?
Most of students' stress comes from
academics and time management. Other reasons
for stress are one's image, relationships, drama,
planning of their future, lack of sleep and
household situations.
Parents and students often argue about
their amount of stress and their school
experiences. Parents do not realize that school
has changed. School has added to subjects,
especially in mathematics and anything sciencebased. If something new is discovered, it is
added to students' education. They are learning
more than the last generation.
Between school itself and home, it's hard for a student to balance their time. Parents and
teachers expect a student to balance time between school, homework, after school activities,
projects, a job, and be able to exercise an hour daily. This is all time-consuming and pressuring;
it's a wonder how some students manage this.
Adults expect students to meet their standards, but they don't understand that education
has evolved along with many other things. Teachers know that education has advanced too.
Parents and teachers frustrate students by having too high or too low of expectations for them.
Everyone has their fair share of stress. The problem is, we always try to do too many
things our human bodies are incapable of doing all at once. This always causes stress or fatigue,
and it wears down both our bodies and our minds. Stress ages us even faster.
People forget to breathe and are suffocated with all the daily hardships they face.
Sometimes we just need to take a break from work and go play.
Throughout my nine years of teaching, I have
been a first-hand witness to the stress levels of
students. While this stress is mostly school
related, students also feel pressure from outside
sources such as personal relationships with
family and friends and working part-time jobs.
Although this stress seems unbearable while in
high school, learning to deal it is a valuable
lesson for teenagers.
While it may seem that stress is the most
prevalent while in high school, stress never
decreases; however, the ability to deal with stress
improves as you become older. If students were
never exposed to situations in which they have to
problem-solve, find ways to manage their time
effectively and determine what is a priority for
them, they would be handicapped as adults when
they have to face the world independently. It is
these stressful experiences that shape who they
will be in the future.
Sometimes students looks to me to help them decrease their work load when they are feeling
especially overwhelmed. While I truly have empathy for them and wish that my class wouldn't be
a cause for stress for them, I also realize that in order to prepare them for the real world, they need
to be exposed to situations that cause them struggle a little. It is not our goal as educators to make
your lives as miserable as possible, but to show you that in order to be successful in life you must
learn to prioritize, stop procrastinating and realize that your time is valuable.
While I wish that I could say that your stress levels will be lessened once you graduate from high
school and move on to college and the work force, the truth is it is just beginning. College brings
about a whole new level of stress while you are trying to decide the path you wish to take in life.
Entering the work force means paying your own bills and being responsible for yourself. Use your
time in high school to learn to cope with your stress and look to a support system when you are
feeling too overwhelmed to figure it out on your own.
Death to the Refs
By Dillon McGowan
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The 2012 NFL season began slightly
different than past years. Due to the NFL
official's lockout, the NFL had to hire
replacement referees. The replacement
referees were used for the first three
weeks of the season. Now three weeks in
a 16 week season doesn't seem like a
long time, but with these replacement
referees, it felt like 10 seasons. The
average time of an NFL game last season
was three hours, through the first three
weeks of this season the games averaged
three hours and 15 minutes. This is a
direct result of the replacement referees
not knowing the rules and not making
quick decisions. This extension in time
makes the viewer lose interest because
you are waiting five minutes for the
replacement referees to decide on what
call they are going to make.
To everyone's relief, all this changed
after September 24th on Monday Night
Football. Monday Night Football on
ESPN is prime-time. Every football fan
was watching when the replacement
referees made a call that not only
changed the outcome of the game, but
the outcome of the NFL officials'
lockout. The game was between the
Green Bay Packers and the Seattle
Seahawks. All night the game was full of
questionable calls but at the end when
Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson
heaved a hail mary pass to wide receiver
Golden Tate the biggest controversy
started. When the play happened it
appeared that Green Bay safety M.D.
Jennings intercepted the pass, but as he
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Two Replacement referees signalled different calls as M.D. Jennings and
Golden Tate wrestle for posession.
came down with it Tate simultaneously
attempted to gain possession. One of the
officials on the field ruled it was a
touchdown, but the official right next to
him ruled a touch back. This would give
the Packers possession. After a lengthy
review the referees declared the pass a
touchdown, which gave Seattle the win.
After this horrific call, players and fans
were outraged and made their feelings
known through media outlets. The most
acknowledged came from The Green
Bay Packer's offensive lineman T.J.
Lang. He took to Twitter with a series of
expletives. The tweet that not only was
the most re-tweeted of the night but of all
time was this, "**** it NFL. Fine me and
use the money to pay the regular refs."
After the countless number of tweets and
over 70,000 voicemails left at the NFL
league office, NFL Commissioner
Rodger Goodell had to end the lockout
and bring the professional officials back
to the NFL. Presidential Spokesman Jay
Carney said, "The president's very
pleased that the two sides have come
together," and he added, "It's a great day
for America." With the lockout over the
NFL can get back to three hour games,
and most importantly fair games.
Staff Writers
William Bertaut
Alixx Zeller
Jarod Hughes
Aric Mohler
Spencer Duhon
Jacob Hamilton
Whitney Honore
Bella Karas
Letters to the editor are
welcomed by the Gata Data
staff. Email faculty adviser
Tara
Jones
at
[email protected]
to
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appropriate topic related to
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