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Volume X, Issue I
November 5, 2012
MIDGET WARRIORS WIN CHAMPIONSHIP!
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Current News
Arts & Entertainment
Sports & Clubs
Special points of interest:
• Mike Boone visits Loyola,
Page 2
• New Teacher Feature,
Page 3
• Video game review:
Tomb Raider, Page 5
• The Supercar: End of An
Era? Page 6
• Revolution, a short story
by Alex Banks
• Mr. Proietti’s year off,
Page 9
• Cross-Country Running
Team report, Page 12
• Wilderness Club report,
Page 13
The real voyage of
discovery consists not in
seeking new lands but
seeing with new eyes.
- Marcel Proust
November 3 - On a cold and
blustery day, the legendary
Greek poet, Homer, could not
have written a better script as
the Loyola Warriors vanquished the Pierrefonds Comprehensive Trojans in a contest for the ages to become
G.M.A.A. champions. It is the
first city championship for
Loyola athletics this year.
Scoreless through regulation time, it was striker
Charles Snell who drew first
blood in overtime which
proved to be all the team
needed as they prevailed 1-0 in
front of a rambunctious capacity crowd of souls who braved
the elements to witness history
unfold.
Shortly after the match,
(Continued on page 10)
LOYO LA
STUDENT CONNOR THOURET
W R I T E S T H E S C R I P T F O R FA L L P L A Y
Loyola Drama’s fall production
of The Apprenticeship of
Duddy Kraviitz features a cast
that Ms. Cheri Adams believes
to be the most talented in her
tenure as artistic director.
Also, for the first time in Loyola
history, a student has written
the script.
The Loyola News recently sat down with secondary five student Connor
Thouret, to record his
thoughts on being chosen to
write the original script and to
inquire about his writing process.
You are the first student in the
and viewed this coming Dehistory of Loyola to write a
cember.
script for the drama
department that will
Can you explain how
be performed on
this opportunity
stage. How does that
arose?
make you feel?
In Mr. Hein’s SeconI feel truly honoured.
dary 3 class, we read
It's amazing to think
The Apprenticeship of
that my first complete
Duddy Kravitz, which I
written work will be
thoroughly enjoyed.
performed at my High
When I read it, I reSchool and acted out
member picturing it
Above: playwright
by friends of mine
as film, but as time
Connor Thouret passed by, and after
who are also phenomenal actors. To this day,
thinking about it more, I slowly
I'm still awestruck that I've
came to the idea that this
actually completed a script!
book could be made into next
And that it is being produced
(Continued on page 4)
P age 2
Volume X, Issue I
T HE G AZ ETTE’ S MI KE BOONE VI SI TS LOYOLA
By Oliver Leiriao 33 -B
On Friday, October
19, 2012, Mike Boone, a
popular sports writer in Montreal, came in as a guest
speaker for the secondary 3
Journalism class. He spoke
about his career in writing
and journalism and gave useful advice to the aspiring journalist. The students also had
the opportunity to ask him
questions and took a picture
with him for the yearbook.
For those who do
not know, Mike Boone has
made quite a name for himself in the Montreal journalism industry. He wrote for the
Montreal Gazette for many
years. Seven years ago he
and Dave Stubbs, a fellow
sportswriter, were tasked with
creating a website devoted to
everything Montreal Canadiens. The site’s name was
originally Habs Inside/Out,
but they were later forced to
change it to Hockey Inside/
Out, although they continued
WHO’S
to cover only Habs related
news. This site, owned by The
Gazette, has grown dramatically over the years and is
now one of the biggest
sources for Habs news.
Boone’s biggest task
on the site is his live blog, a
page on which he blogs about
the Canadiens as they are
playing. It provides an interesting and humorous commentary that people will
check-in on during a game.
Boone said he loves doing the
live blog, but sometimes he
finds it difficult to keep up
with the action. Boone says
he loves the involvement this
city has with its hockey team,
but that “Everybody has an
opinion, and if you’re going to
listen to others opinions,
make sure they are informed
ones.” The live blog gathers
thousands of readers during
each game.
Unfortunately, with
the lockout, Boone has not
been able to write as much
content as usual for the site,
AFTER
By Samuel Adamo
They're coming after him. Most
people don't know who they
are, but they're definitely coming after him. And one has to
wonder that if Vito Rizzuto
hadn't been in jail in Colorado
for the last five years , would
they would have killed him
already? Just like they killed
his father, Nicolo, and his oldest son, Nick, Jr,
But the real question
is, as Jerry Seinfeld would say,
"Who are these people?" That
is the million dollar question:
who's killing the Rizzutos?
And, more importantly, why?
Why would anyone have any
reason to try to mess with a
man who nobody dared to
touch for twenty-five years? As
and most of news now covers
the Hamilton Bulldogs. Boone
hopes that the lockout will
soon come to an end so that
he can continue to do what
he loves.
During the class
discussion, Boone also gave
advice to students about the
terrible fate that printed journalism is facing, biased and
opinionated writing and why
smoking is a bad thing. The
class was very attentive during his lecture and the students jotted down page after
page of notes.
Boone is the second
guest speaker to come and
talk with the Journalism
class. The first was Concordia
graduate in journalism Daniel
Bartlett. There are other
guest speakers already
scheduled, such as Bernie
Perusse, a music columnist
for the Gazette. Mr. Durocher,
the teacher of the course,
tries to balances the course
material between journalism
and media history lessons
and discussions on the present
and future state of journalism.
Guest speakers like Mike Boone
offer great insight from people
who have experience in the industry.
Boone has offered to
return and speak to the class
some other time, possibly once
the hockey season starts up
again. He invites everyone to
check out hockeyinsideout.com
and follow his live blog once the
hockey season starts.
“TEFLON DON” RIZZUTO?
Vito Rizzuto comes out of jail
this October, what awaits
Montreal's so called "Teflon
Don"?
For one thing, as the
saying goes, mobsters have
very long memories. This could
be an explanation as to why
someone has been murdering
some of Vito Rizzuto’s closest
men and family members.
This all goes back
thirty-five years to the 1970’s,
the time of the last big turf war
in Montreal’s Mafia. In this war
were two “families”: Vito’s late
father Nicolo “Nick” Rizzuto’s
Sicilian clan and Vic Cotroni’s
Calabrian clan. Before all hell
broke loose, these two families were closely associated
with one another. It was Nick
Rizzuto who broke the peace.
It is likely that he did
so because, at the time, the
Cotroni family were the ones
who ran the show in the city and
he simply wanted a power shift
towards his own family. So, he
started from the bottom. Rizzuto
ordered the murders of a Cotroni counsellor or “consigliere”
and three of the family’s captains or “capos”.
These three capi were
not related by blood to the Cotroni, but were associates of the
family. They were all brothers.
Francesco, Paolo and Rocco
Violi were all murdered between
1977 and 1980. Once Rocco
was killed in 1980, the power in
Montreal had shifted to the
Rizzutos and Nick passed on
control of his empire to his son
Vito.
However, there is
one murder that stands out:
that of Rocco Violi. In 1980,
with his other brothers now
dead, Rocco was eating Sunday dinner with his family
when he was shot from a
sniper outside his home. The
sniper would flee successfully.
The youngest Violi brother was
shot in front of those he loved
most, in what is supposed to
be a type of “home base” to
Mafiosi. Killing a man at home
with his family was considered
a cheap way to go about
things.
But all this gives a
hint as to who might be responsible for the numerous
shootings of top Rizzuto men
and who Vito Rizzuto should be
most wary of upon his return
(Continued on page 15)
P age 3
The Loyola News
NEW
TEACHER FEATURE:
Place of birth: Montreal
High School: Beaconsfield
High
University: McGill
Hobbies: photography, guitar,
rock climbing, triathlon,
adventure racing
Favorite film: Tie between
Resevoir Dogs and
Anchorman (the legend of
Ron Burgundy)
Favorite book: Tie between
1984 and Slaughterhouse 5
Courses you teach: Sec 1
Math and Science & Sec 4
Science and Tech
Extracurricular activities:
Senior Robotics
How are things going thus far
at the school? Are you enjoying your new job?
I’m elated to finally get a job
here after trying for over two
years. The students and staff
are great which makes coming to work a pleasure.
What is your impression of the students
at Loyola?
From day one the
students were very
well behaved and
well disciplined, a
real treat after coming from public
school.
Are there any significant experiences
in your younger life
that may have led
to your decision to
take up teaching?
I come from a family
of teachers that
really made me
appreciate the profession.
When I was in sec 5 I had the
opportunity to teach a grade 3
class some basic physics
principles. I realized at that
point that I thoroughly enjoyed teaching and was encouraged by my teachers at
school to pursue the career.
M R . D AV I D M O R R O W
When did you decide that you
wanted to become a teacher?
I made the decision after my
third year of university. I was
reluctant at first since I was a
chemistry major but I made
the leap to make teaching my
chosen career after much
deliberation and realizing that
I didn’t want to be stuck in a
lab the rest of my career pipetting sodium hydroxide.
Our research has discovered
that you are a member of the
Canadian reserves. How long
have you been involved with
them and what inspired you
to join?
I am a member of the Canadian Armed Forces and serve
with the Canadian Grenadier
Guards, a Montreal based,
reserve infantry regiment. I
have been a reservist for
nearly 12 years now and have
completed one combat tour of
Afghanistan, having returned
in July ‘11. I joined after seeing a recruiting station at John
Abbott College with my best
bud and deciding that it would
make a lot more sense to join
the Army for a summer than
waste away sitting by the pool
again as a lifeguard. I wouldn’t say that there was much
inspiration in joining other
than my best friend and I
wanted to shoot guns and run
around in the hot sun all day.
My best friend has since
moved on but I have made a
half decent career out of the
reserves and still do my part
to this day as the recruiting
officer of my regiment.
with local governance and reconstruction of the country and was
subsequently responsible for the
opening of three schools in the
war torn region.
Could you touch on
some of your more significant experiences
with the reserves?
I have been very fortunate in the reserves
and have had a wide
variety of experiences
since joining. I partook
in the changing of the
guard ceremonies for
six summers with the
Ceremonial Guard in
Ottawa where I commanded the Canadian
National Drill Team.
Additionally, I selected
trained and commanded a section in the
Cambrian patrol, NATO’s premier patrolling event held
annually in the Brecon Beacons, Wales. Lastly, I volunteered to serve during Rotation 3-10, Operation Athena in
Afghanistan for a 8 month
combat tour. I was a member
of a specialized unit that dealt
Is our government doing the right
things by pulling out of Afghanistan? What strategies do you
think need to be executed to
bring stability to the region?
(Sorry, seeing as I’m still an active member I can’t comment. I’ll
gladly talk off the record though.)
What type of approach do you
take in the classroom when educating young minds?
I try to place myself in the shoes
of the learner and use that to
form my lessons. Hands on and
visual learning aids really help
students grasp certain concepts
and I try my best to incorporate
them as much as possible. With
that said, including humor and
getting to know my students outside of the class are key to having engaged and enthused students.
P age 4
Volume X, Issue I
A RT S & E NT E RTA IN M ENT
LOYO LA DR AM A
(Continued from page 1)
year's school play, and that I
could adapt a screenplay for
it. So, I brought up the idea
with Ms. Adams, who immediately shared my enthusiasm
and suggested that I try to get
the rights to do so. The process began last winter, when I
contacted the publisher, Penguin Publishing, who advised
me that they did not have
these rights. They suggested I
contact Westwood Creative
Artists (the Mordecai Richler
Estate). So once again, I
made a request. After weeks
of back- and-forth correspondence, we got the go-ahead
last June. Incidentally, as this
was a formal approval from
the estate, the rights to the
play were sold to us for one
penny.
Please describe the process
that you went through when
writing the script.
As soon as I heard about Ms.
Adams’ enthusiasm with the
play, I began re-reading the
novel and started to sinfully
take notes inside the novel.
Soon after, my writing of Act
One began. Mainly on weekends, and occasionally on
weeknights, I would lose myself writing for the play. Unfortunately, my best ideas tend
to come around two o’clock in
the morning which results in
hardly any sleep at all.
How long did it take you to
complete the work?
I began writing the first draft
in March and I finished early
in August. The second and
third drafts have become one
and I am hopeful that the
final screenplay will be completed by mid-October. I never
imagined how things can
SET TO PERFORM
D U D D Y K R AV I T Z
change leading up to the finished product.
The Apprenticeship of Duddy
Kravitz was the fourth novel
by Canadian writer Mordecai
Richler (1931-2001). First
published in 1959 by André
Deutsch, it was then adapted
to the screen in 1974. The
novel is set mostly in Montreal the 1940s.
The novel focuses on the
young life of Duddy Kravitz, a
poor Jewish boy raised in
Montreal. Family, friends,
lovers and teachers all contribute to Duddy's burgeoning
obsession with power and
money — desires embodied in
the possession of land.
Are you participating in the
rehearsal process? Are things
going well?
I try to attend all of the rehearsals that I can. The play
is coming along well and just
by experiencing the early
steps of rehearsals, I can tell
that all the actors and actresses will be phenomenal by
this coming December.
How important is writing to
you? What other types of writing do you produce?
Writing has always been very
important to me, and since
my youth I have been writing
stories of my own. I constantly
am getting new ideas that I try
to pursue, or at least keep in
mind for a later date. I have
produced many sorts of writing, but I prefer writing
screenplays for films. However, more recently, I have
written a short story and I
have no choice but to write
one poem each month.
What field of study would you
like to pursue in CEGEP?
In CEGEP, I hope to follow my
interests in filmmaking. I
would love to become a wellknown filmmaker and screenwriter in my future career. I
hope to explore other media
as well, and maybe I will even
revisit the theatre!
LOYOLA DRAMA PRESENTS
THE APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ
DECEMBER 5-7, 2012 MACLEAN CENTRE
CAST
Duddy Kravitz - Cole Brillinger
Max Kravitz - Jeff Brabant
Lennie Kravitz - Patrick Ryan
Virgil, Cox - Kevin Khoury
Dingleman - Justin Argentino
Cuckoo, Herbert - Anthony Pavoni
MacPherson, Friar - Frank Telfer
Hersh, Edgar - Steven Frago
Rubin, Mickey -
Adam McElligott
Benjy, Macdonald - Callahan Ioannou
Coldwell, Waiter - Dominic Paolucci
Samuels, Farber - Hugo Tartaglia
Drapeau, Calder - Thomas Galli
Abrams, Irwin - Anthony Santillo
Jackson, Bernie - Alexandre Marin
Eddy, Young Duddy - Jackson Thouret
Debrofsky, Bush - Torin Gonzalez
Cole Brillinger (above)
plays Duddy Kravitz in
Loyola Drama’s production of The
Apprenticeship of
Duddy Kravitz.
P age 5
The Loyola News
TOMB “RAIDED” R
By Anthony Pavoni
A recent trailer for the upcoming game Tomb Raider has
gotten many enthusiasts and
die-hard fans questioning the
viability of new plot elements.
While the game may be quite
a ways off from release, the
developers at Crystal Dynamics have already made it clear
that they are not afraid to
experiment with controversy.
The gaming industry is no
stranger to such controversy.
Excessive violence and shooting are practically clichés and
racial discrimination debates
are frequent. As of a couple of
months ago, Lara Croft’s foes
have shown that sexual assault may be close to becoming commonplace as well.
At E3 2012, an exclusive trailer for Tomb Raider
2013 was released entitled
“Crossroads.” In the few minute-long video, a battered and
weary Lara Croft is “attacked”
by a slightly less battered man
shortly before shooting him in
the head with a pistol. Crystal
Dynamics global brand director Karl Stewart attempted to
dismiss the questions and
criticism resulting from the
trailer. The entire team behind the project has indicated
time and again that in their
upcoming title, Croft is meant
to be weak and vulnerable
and that it is up to the player
to transform her into a mature
and relatable role-model. Not
everyone is sure if assault is
the best way to get this idea
across to the fan base. To be
exact, 16% are displeased
with the direction the developers took according to a poll
taken on computerandvideogames.com.
While the idea of
Lara being assaulted on millions of screens across the
world disturbs some people,
there is another conflict that
presents itself. I mentioned
before that during the explicit
scene, Lara Croft shoots the
offender in the head. Why is it
that people insist on highlighting the cruelty of sexual
abuse, but not that of gruesome murder? Is it because of
how common killing has become in the world of entertainment, or even because it
might be considered selfdefense? While both of these
are good answers it makes me
wonder if this type of act is the
future of gaming. I mean,
thirty years ago, Call of Duty or
any other game based on war
would have seemed just as
ludicrous as Tomb Raider
does today.
It’s really difficult for
me to express my own opinion
on the matter. With any other
piece of gaming-related controversy, I would go on about
how people need to focus a
little more on reality. This
time, however, there is a side
of me that thinks the attention
is well-deserved. I’ve played
some of the other games in
the Tomb Raider franchise,
notably Tomb Raider 2 on the
Playstation 1 and never would
I have expected the protagonist to be subjected to anything more than a few booby
traps.
As an ever-growing
form of entertainment, games
are accompanied by immersive and rich plots comparable
MONTREAL COMICCON
By Malcolm Orrell
From September 14-16, one
of Montreal’s biggest and
most popular annual events
took place: The Montreal
Comic-Con. Since 2006, this
comic book convention has
grown immensely, growing
from its original 700 guests to
over 32,000 this year. The
number of attendees isn’t the
only thing growing either.
Every year more and more
celebrity guests come to
Montreal to sign autographs
and attend Q&A sessions with
fans.
Comic books and
science-fiction form one of
the most popular genres today. Just look at Avengers
which came out in May. It
made over $1 billion in less
than three weeks. Judging by
the continual growth and
popularity of the Comic-Con
that we’ve already seen, one
can only conclude that it will
continue to grow for the foreseeable future. This year
there was forty-five times the
number of guests than in 2006.
The convention took
place downtown at the Palais
des Congrès. Inside the convention room, there were booths
selling comics, original art and
movie props as far as the eye
could see. Many people were
dressed in a wide variety of
costumes-everything from Star
Wars to the Justice League.
I think it is safe to say
that the Comic-Con will be going on for years to come and
will continue to grow for quite a
while.
to those of movies or novels.
With all the possibilities that this
presents, it is inevitable that
frustration and controversy become popular. Although I am
against any form of sexual assault, I do appreciate the fact
that an industry that was once
considered to be for children is
now causing people to think
about matters of the real world.
If you’re a gamer and this is too
much for you to handle, you
should pop in Super Mario Bros. I
hear Mushroom Kingdom is nice
this time of year.
P age 6
Volume X, Issue I
THE SUPERCAR: END
By Gabriel Santaguida
The car section of the Loyola
News is back and I'm going to
do my best to start it off with
an interesting article: the
death of the supercar. Now,
come on, can anyone honestly say that they dislike
supercars? Big, powerful Lambos, beautiful Ferraris, insanely fast McLarens and
ridiculous Mercedes? The
words "Supercharged" and
"Turbo" have a certain air
about them that just sound
epic. You just know that
"supercharged" doesn't belong on a Prius, even if you
don't know what a supercharger is.
My dream car is a
Bentley Brooklands (pictured
at right). It is the epitome of
what a car can be. 530 horsepower and 1000 pound-feet
of torque isn't exactly a Honda
Civic. Bentley killed off the
Brooklands due to some new
EU regulations that limit emissions. Aston Martin have said
that they're not going to produce any more V12s. Audis
OF
new R8 is going to be electric.
Ferrari's new car, the FF, is
four-wheel drive to save fuel.
McLaren's flagship supercar
has a low displacement V8 so
as to be more fuel-efficient.
But they're all missing the
point. Supercars aren't supposed to be fuel efficient or
eco-friendly.
Jeremy Clarkson
says it best, "Supercars are
designed to melt ice caps, kill
the poor, poison the water
table, destroy the ozone layer,
decimate indigenous wildlife,
recapture the Falkland Islands and turn the entire third
world into a huge uninhabitable desert, and all of that
before they stole all the
world's oil." That's what a
supercar is for. They're built to
scare your grandma as your
V12 roars away from a stop.
They're built to destroy your
tires as you scream through a
corner sideways or convert
them into smoke as you tear
away from a stop. That's not
around anymore.
People value cars
today based on how much
fuel they burn, or how many
AN ERA?
miles you can get out of the
battery. My grandmother had,
at one point, a 1967 AMC
Javelin. Google it, it's epic. It
had a massive 6.4L V8 that
produced 315 horsepower
which was, and still is, a lot. It
was loud, you couldn't go
around a corner without drifting and you were lucky if your
fuel efficiency was in miles
per gallon, and not gallons
per mile. If you were to drive
around in a car like that today
(say, the Ford Mustang GT) all
you're going to get is some
DEBATING TEAM FALLS FLAT
By Gabriel Santaguida
On October 13, the team of
Gabriel Santaguida and Julian
Guidote attended the Aristotle
Cup at Marianopolis. This is a
debating tournament held
every year and the first place
prize is greatly coveted
Aristotle cup. But this year,
there was an added twist: the
tournament was also a qualifier for the Oxford Cup debating championships that are
held in Manitoba. So the
stakes were high, and every
school sent their best teams,
hoping to kill two birds with
one stone: get the cup, and
qualify for Manitoba.
The forty-eight
teams assembled in the amphitheatre and waited for the
topic to be announced.
Round one: This
house would chemically castrate sex offenders. For those
of you who aren't sure, that
AT
dirty looks.
There was a time when
you could show up to something
in a Ferrari and people would
"ooh" and "ahh", but, not anymore. Show up in a Ferrari today
and people look at you like you're
a world-class criminal. We can
see that in today's world, the
supercar is not welcome. At least,
not the supercar we're used to.
Remember that electric Audi I
told you about? It might be electric, and only have 275 horse(Continued on page 15)
ARISTOTLE CUP
means that we should remove the reproductive functions of any and all sex offenders. Thank goodness we
had to oppose that one.
Loyola started out strong, and
managed to bag a win
against Selwyn House.
Round two: This
house believes that
''hacktivism'' does more harm
than good. ''Hacktivism'' is
the act of hacking into government facilities, stealing
top-secret information, and
posting it on a public domain.
We were opposition again,
and we were up against our
old rivals from ECS. It was a
close round, but Loyola could
not pull off two wins in a row.
Lunch rolled around and it gave us
some time to mingle with the
teams from other schools and
speak to some of our friends.
Julian insisted on playing cards
with one of the girls from E.C.S.
while Gabriel was more inclined to
discuss the rounds with his friends
from Trafalgar.
Finally, round three came
about: This house would pay reparations to the descendants
of slaves. This time we were up
against some new debaters from
Trafalgar, who we both knew. As
the judge put it, it was a ''messy
round''. The Trafalgar team didn't
fill their time and brought up no
(Continued on page 15)
P age 7
The Loyola News
R E VO LU TI O N : A S H O RT S TO RY B Y A LE X B A NK S
Revolution
When I arrived at school, I noticed the morning sun was barely glancing
out from the cover of walnut trees. Shy as
she was, she could not help subtly peeking at me and illuminating my path to the
open door. I gently wiggled my toe as I
grew uncomfortable with my now damp
socks. It had poured just before dawn and
the grass had not yet been dried by the
emerging day’s heat. While I stood just
outside, I took in the air which was rife
with the spring’s symphony of fruition and
I stared at the ornately woven web above
the door frame. Caught in the strands
were dozens of drops left by the fleeting
storm clouds. The sun’s weak rays proudly
shone through them and transformed a
now drowned spider’s predatory snare
into a mesh of glowing, golden lace. The
world around me seemed to hum with
anticipation; I could almost feel the pulsating of my own heart echo through the
books I was holding. I then walked
through, found my class, sat down and
fixed my languid eyes upon the engraved
obscenities of my desk. The time for revolution had come.
Gignac, my professor, soon
came in and droned on about the grammatical equivalent of his position at the
school: the subordinate. I could not bear
to look at him or anyone else for that matter. I could usually pass the time by examining Juliette, the girl to my right, and all
her graceful antics. I would relish those
instances when she would gently stroke
her soft curls away from her face as I
would soon be inundated with a paralyz-
ing burst of her floral perfume. On that
day, I had no time for such things.
The bell for first recess ripped
me from my stupor and, seconds later, the
human contents of the class funneled out
the door with chaotic febrility. I remained
motionless until Gignac, the geriatric sack
of refuse, waddled out of the room as
well. It was then that I stood and approached the teacher’s seat. My fingers
shook erratically as I fumbled to remove
the screws from each leg of the chair, yet,
I finished solemnly by sliding them into my
pocket.
When the bell rang again, the
procession of children was slow and desolate. All were seated when Gignac came
back in. His eyes drifted from the class to
his seat as he licked his lips (almost as if
he hungered to again find repose). I
breathed heavily through my nostrils. He
opened his mouth to resume as he bent
down to sit and then, in one fluid and
almost rehearsed motion, he crumbled
swiftly to the ground with the remnants of
the chair. The room erupted into a cacophony of hysteric laughter; my countenance remained constantly severe. Teethclenched, Gignac shot up and glowered
about the room. When he met my monotonous gaze, he knew immediately. The riot
became silence when he grabbed my
collar and lurched me to the tyrant himself, le Surveillant General Schleffier.
I could barely distinguish one
moment from the other. Shouts resonated
off the walls and, before long, I found
myself opposite Schleffier. On his desk
was my profile and an ash-tray filled to the
brim with the pallid carcasses of cigarettes. He was lightly flipping through my
file and he occasionally arched his left
brow during his readings. He would take
hit after hit of the cigarette in his right
hand. As he brought it to his lips, he would
emphatically suck the smoldering life from
the tobacco. He would then close his eyes
as he pushed the acrid smoke away from
his rotted teeth. The haze about the room
was so intense that light barely filtered
through the putrid cloud that surrounded
Schleffier. The charade did not work on
me.
After one long drag, Schleffier
eventually muttered “Explique” as wisps
of smoke curled out from the corner of his
lips. I did not respond and, in fact, I said
nothing to him the entire interrogation. As
he threatened detention after detention,
my lips held shut. As he threatened my
education, my lips held shut. As he bent
me over the table, as he struck at me with
his infamous cane, as the tears of heroism welled in my eyes, as the sweat
poured down his face, as the first drop of
blood ran down the back of my leg, my lips
held shut. When he could take no more,
he told me to get out. Before hobbling out
of the room, I grasped the four screws
from my pocket and laid them on the
desk. I closed the door gently to the sight
of him gawking at the screws with defeat
etched in every wrinkle of his face.
I walked out of the school with
“la Marseillaise” ringing in my ears. Just
before making my way home, I glanced
back to see the web again. Alas, the sun,
now in her descent, could not catch it.
Also, the rain’s drops had been taken by
the day’s heat. The web had lost its elegance yet it had not lost it’s beauty. It was
difficult to imagine but the beauty was
there; the beauty would always be there.
JE ME SOUVIENS … QUÉBEC CITY!
By Mme. Nadeau
On October 18, 150 intrepid
secondary three students and
nine of their teachers left in
the early hours of the morning
for a field trip to Québec City,
the oldest city in North America.
Upon arrival, we
experienced a brisk walk-
about through Old Québec,
starting at the Assemblée
nationale, then winding our
way down to the Château
Frontenac and PetitChamplain district. Along the
way, the students were able
to see the first chapel built by
the Jesuits, along with the
Couvent des Ursulines.
Afterwards, it was
already time for lunch at the
Musée de la civilisation, where
the students were able to view
the Temps des Québécois exhibit, showing facets of life
starting at the time of New
France up to present day.
Sunshine abounded
during our tour of the Citadelle,
the most important British fortress built in North America.
Finally, the students had the
opportunity to meet General
Wolfe and the Marquis de Montcalm at the Plains of Abraham,
which concluded our visit to the
provincial capital.
You can view pictures of the field
trip at news.loyola.ca
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Volume X, Issue I
DO IT YOURSELF
WITH
E R I K H UA N G
MONTREAL’S MINI-MAKER FAIRE
This summer, Montreal's very first Mini Maker
Faire took place at the esplanade of the Olympic Stadium.
The Maker Faire is
known to many as the
world's greatest showand-tell. Originating in
the Bay Area of California, the Maker Faire is
a celebration of “arts,
crafts, engineering,
science projects, and
the Do-It-Yourself culture”, and of makers
everywhere.
Anybody can
become a maker. All it
takes is a love for tinkering,
for taking things apart, and
for creativity and customization. The Maker Faire is an
expression of the DIY culture.
If you've ever played with
Lego, or built your own RC car,
or even made origami and
other paper craft, then you
qualify as a maker!
The Montreal Mini
Maker Faire saw a wide collection of various hobbyist
technological and crafts projects. Over 33 interactive
workshops, games, and other
activities could be found
throughout the grounds. Ranging from a 7m long, 4m high
K'Nex replica of the Brooklyn
Bridge, to quadrocopter demos
by Canada Drones, and even a
Muggle Quidditch game, there
were activities for every and all
hobbyists. In fact, last year the
Loyola News covered an article
on MeshNet, an increasingly
plausible solution to Internet
censorship. A Montreal based
MeshNet group known as Reseau Libre was present at
Mini, and gave info on how to
start your own meshnet node,
and become part of a free
Internet.
Mini Maker Faires like
the one that took place in
Montreal this past summer
have been popping up all over
the globe. From as far
as Singapore and Cairo,
hobbyists everywhere
have attended to show
their latest creation,
and to share it with their
community.
These events
often include the participation of local hackerspaces. Hackerspaces,
also known as makerspaces, are a place
where people with common interests in science, technology, or digital art meet up.
These groups shouldn't be confused with the computer criminals portrayed by the mass
media. In fact, the term hacker
is commonly understood in
hobby circles as someone who
explores the limits of possibility.
They often modify existing software or hardware to add or
modify features.
Hackerspaces play a
huge part in the maker culture.
They are a place where hobbyists can share and improve on
their creations and ideas, a
place where collaboration is
abundant and information is
shared. Montreal hackerspaces
like Fou Lab participated in the
Mini Maker Faire, showing off
such things as their homemade
3D printer, and Tweletype, a
retired NASA hardware terminal
that types out Twitter messages
directed to @tweletype in realtime, all autonomously.
Spikenzie labs and FabLabs
were also present.
Next year is a prospective year for the Montreal Mini
Maker Faire. Dannielle Dyson,
organizer of the Mini Maker
Faire, says, “The biggest complaint is Mini [Maker Faire] was
too mini! Which means we're
going to do this again, bigger
and better.” All makers are welcome to participate in next summer's event. If you've got a project you want to share, don't be
afraid to sign up!
For more information
about the past Montreal Mini
Maker Faire, future events, and
how to become a visit
www.makerfairemontreal.ca
T H E C O N S O F PA L L E T F U R N I T U R E
An increasing number of DIY enthusiasts are
using a very common material
as part of their projects; the
pallet. The pallet is tradition-
ally used for warehousing large
quantities, but is also an incredibly cheap source of reusable wood. Whether it's home
made coffee tables, to end
tables and drawers, the pallet
has an infinite number of uses.
Despite it's versatility,
there are many things to be
wary of when working with pallets. Many pallets are reused
not only be upcyclers and DIYers, but also the companies
themselves. They become
breeding grounds for places
like mold, when exposed to wet
conditions for extended periods
of times. Some engineered
wood pallets are even treated
with formaldehyde, a chemical
commonly known for its use in
the preservation of biological
specimens. Many forms of insects and vermin may also have
come in contact with this building material.
While the list of dangers seems to loom over head,
there is no need to worry: there
are several ways to side step
these issues. The first thing to
know is the different types of
pallets. There are three types;
wooden pallets, plastic pallets,
and metal pallets. This article
will focus mostly on the
wooden pallets, as they are
the most abundant, and the
most often used in DIY projects.
In the wooden pallet
category, there are generally
three sub types. There are the
engineered wooden ones,
which are the ones you
should avoid at all costs. They
often contain chemicals, and
are used for transporting industrial items. Softwood pal(Continued on page 15)
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WHERE WAS MR. PROIETTI LAST YEAR?
Would you like to know what
Loyola faculty member Mr.
Franco Proietti did on his year
off from work at the school?
Well, if you missed his presentation in the auditorium on September 28, you can watch it on
the Videos page at
news.loyola.ca. As well, we have
printed some of the text of the
presentation here for your reading enjoyment. It is continued
on our web site
“Odysseus spent years trying to get home, and in the
process had a great many adventures, and proved time and
time again his worth as a man,
and as a leader. While I haven’t
slain a Cyclops or come face to
face with a with death, I can tell
you that I’ve heard the siren’s
song and longed for my home. I
feel like Odysseus today - back
home, stronger and wiser for
my experiences... but what good
would that strength and wisdom
be if I couldn’t share them? It’s
a pleasure to be back here, and
I’m excited to share many of the
things I learned on my year off
with you. These things are for
everyone, students, teachers,
administration, support staff...
though a couple of items might
be directed towards some people in particular, I’d say that
most of what
I have to say
is for everyone.
To start
off, I’d like to
explain that
in my opinion, this talk
is closer to
the type of
education
that I prefer. I have
knowledge
that I want to
share, and
the people in
this room are here of their own
volition (I hope), because they
want take something away from
this experience.
True education, as far as
I’m concerned, is when both
sides want to be a part of
what’s happening. I’d take it
further and say that the pinnacle of education is when you
have that as a base, but added
to that is that fact that the
knowledge & experience sharing goes both ways and the
lines of
teacher and
student become a little
fuzzy ...
though I’m
not sure that
I can apply
that to today,
I will mention
an experience I had in
my year off
that has influenced me
to try it out
when I think
it will work.
Before I get into some of
the great experiences I had - I
want to acknowledge and thank
Loyola High School, especially
the administration for allowing
me to take a sabbatical. I’m
not sure how many schools
would be as generous, espe-
cially considering this was my
second in 11 years. And that’s
one of the things I want to bring
up today, so I’ll start with that.
I want everyone in this room
to take a moment and really understand how lucky we all
are. Really - think about it. And
I’m not talking here about being
thankful that we all live in a country that has many freedoms that
others don’t have, or that very
few people here know what it is
to be starving and shelterless.
These things are important to
consider, of course, but I mean,
we are very fortunate when we
even think about other teachers
& students in this city. Loyola is
a special place, and there’s a
reason that I miss it so much
when I’m gone for a year.
One of the biggest lessons I
learned in my year off was being
grateful.”
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A P P L E N E W S : iPhone 5
By Oliver Leiriao
In 2007, Apple’s iPhone was
released to a public that was
unaware of its potential. At the
time of the first smartphones,
the iPhone just appeared as
some other gadget. Five years
later, on September 12, 2012,
Apple announced the iPhone 5
at their press conference in
San Francisco, an event that
would go on to excite everyone. Although it was not much
of a surprise to the media, it
was an exciting event none the
less.
The press conference
began at 10:00AM PT with a
quick announcement on Apple’s plan to upgrade official
retailers or “Apple Stores”.
They reminisced on their past
year, with the OS X Mountain
Lion, the newest MacBook Pro,
the latest iPad, the evergrowing AppStore. Then Mr.
Phil Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide marketing at
Apple, came on stage to unveil
the brand new iPhone 5. The
event continued with a presentation of iOS 6, a reveal of the
new upgrades for iTunes and
the new iPods, Nano and
touch, along with an update to
the colours of the iPod shuffle
and a reveal of the new apple
headphones, which will look
more like a pair of bent ear
buds. The press conference
was closed with an acoustic
performance by the Foo Fight-
ers.
So what is new with
the iPhone 5? Well, here is a
rundown. The iPhone 5 is
7.6mm thin, 18% thinner than
the iPhone 4s, making it the
“world’s thinnest smartphone”.
It weighs 112 grams, which is
20% lighter than the 4s. It has
a 4" screen, half an inch larger than previous iPhone devices. The screen’s pixel dimensions are 1136x640, making it equal in width, but taller,
and giving it a 16:9 aspect
ratio. It is a 3G world phone,
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S P O RT S & C L UB S
M I D G E T WA R R I O R S W I N C H A M P I O N S H I P !
(Continued from page 1)
Loyola News reporters had
the opportunity to get Coach
Greczkowski’s thoughts about
the season and his worthy
band of brothers.
“The team has to be one of
the nicest, as individuals, and
most skilled, as a team; each
player worked cohesively, and
seemed to have an awareness and read of the game
that went beyond skill and
ability. Each player thanked
our coaches after each game
and practice, and our manager, Joshua Serré, brought
refreshments to each game.
This was a happy, polite, gracious, coachable, and highly
talented team.”
An indication of the specialness of this team is the
fact that Coach Greczkowski
had a hard time deciding who
contributed the most to their
success.
“We had a hard time
choosing one game MVP! This
said, out captains (Brian Powell and Thomas Prévost) led
the team, by example and
with respect, such that each
player knew his important
place. I cannot remember
having so many elite players,
guys like Christian De Cotiis
and Justin Calicchia, and then
others like Nick Whitehead,
Anthony Evans, Charlie Snell
and Alessandro Van de Peppel who, like their teammates,
could play up to any expectation with impressive leadership and prowess. Really, I
should mention the whole
team here, as this was one of
the few teams ever with out
any spares or definite starters. They were all that good!”
Above, left to right: Warriors Justin Calicchia, goalkeeper Alessandro
Van de Peppel, game-winning goal scorer Charles Snell, Hugh
Gagnon-Smith, team captain Brian Powell and Gianni Fatigati
SOCA WARRIORS WIN I.S .L. CROWN
Soccer Warriors sweep
regular season and playoffs
Another successful season of
the Intramural Soccer League
wrapped up on October 25 in
what many people have described as the best-played and
closest final in recent history.
The Championship game
capped off a terrific year of
soccer, in terms of the high
quality of play, great spirit and
sportsmanship. When the
league draft was held in early
September, team captains
Chris Acs of La Furia, Jordan
Tavares of the Spice Boyz, and
Peter McMullan of the Soca
Warriors were all pleased with
their team makeup.
Each team played a nine
-game schedule prior to the
sudden death semi-final and
final. While the Soca Warriors
and La Furia ended the regular
season tied for first place, the
Spice Boyz came on strong
during the second half of the
season, and were a definite
threat heading into the playoffs.
In the semi-final, Dean
Leonis scored his first hat trick
of the season, pacing La Furia
to a 6-3 win over the Spice
Boyz – and a date with their
archrival Soca Warriors in the
championship final.
In the final game of the
season, La Furia jumped out to
a quick two-goal lead on goals
by Chris Neeson and Chris Acs,
but the Soca Warriors re-
sponded with three goals of their
own - two by Damon Goncalves
and the other by Roderick Madeira-Mackinnon. In the second
half, Chris Neeson tied the game
at three, but with thirteen minutes remaining, Kristian Johnston
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N.H.L. LOCKOUT: PROBLEMS
By Frank Pavan
Hockey in North America finds itself at a
stalemate right now with the NHL and the
NHLPA stuck in a lockout
that will slowly take away
more and more of the
2012-13 NHL season. The
lockout is sticking a dagger into the hearts of
many fans who hope to
see an agreement between the two sides in the
near future.
Fans will remember all too well the 20042005 lockout that cost
the sport a whole season.
NHL analysts are very
fearful that a repeat of the
lost season could be around the corner.
We do not simply miss the highlight reel
goals and saves when portions of the
season are taken away. We miss out on
TO
DEAL WITH
the things we have been anticipating for
months, such as the playoffs and the
Stanley cup.
When the league came out of its
lost season in 2004-05,
the owners fought hard
for the deal that was
struck. The lasting reminder of that process is
the salary cap, which
has steadily crept upwards every year since.
Yet, the CBA never imagined the type of growth
the league would see in
the past few years.
With the amount of
growth the NHL has
enjoyed as of late, it is
obvious that the players
and the owners want
their fair shares of the new revenues.
Many may debate exactly what each side's
fair share is, but each side does have
one. Who should get what? The owners
are the risk takers and the players are the
reason the games get played and the fans
show up. The owners can take all the
risks and the players can give a dazzling
show, but if they do not have anyone to
watch them, the league can't flourish.
Here are some quotes just to
show that everyone in the hockey world
thinks that a lockout is an absolute tragedy. “This is a sad, regrettable day that all
of us wish could’ve been avoided” (Gary
Bettman). “This is a tragedy for the players. Their careers are short and this is
money and opportunity they’ll never get
back.” (Gary Bettman). “The scary part
now for hockey is do the fans come back?
We’re not baseball, were not the national
pastime” (Jim McKenzie).
Nobody wants there to be a lockout. It just comes down to two sides not
agreeing upon anything, therefore nothing
will likely change any time soon.
LOYOLA BIRDERS TAKE FLIGHT WITH FIRST FIELD TRIP
By Erik Huang
On Sunday, September 30, the
Loyola Birders embarked on a
journey into the sand pits of
St. Lazare, an ideal spotting
place for shorebirds. Despite
windy conditions, high waters,
and a lack of sweaters, the
motley crew was able to spot
over twenty various species of
birds, ranging from a group of
Greater Yellowlegs, to several
Great Blue Herons, and a
Great White Egret.
While the target bird
was not spotted, the Buffbreasted Sandpiper, the jour-
ney out west did end with success: the Birders learned much
about the flight patterns of the
different shorebirds, as well as
some side knowledge on the
geology and the shapes of
avian and mammalian scat.
The cloudy weather
failed to dampen the spirits of
the Birders as they clambered
over piles of rock, and hiked
through the marshy shores, on
the look out for such birds as
the Blue-winged Teal and its
leading white wings, it's cousin
the Green-Wing Teal, as well as
the Semipalmated Plover, and
the Belted Kingfisher. Other
birds spotted include the Killdeer, the Swamp Sparrow, as
well as such scum as the incredibly common Ring-billed
Gull and the European starling.
Birder of the day
went to Erik Huang, for his
excellent bird-spotting abilities,
as well as his ability to keep
the group sane with the use of
several truly atrocious puns.
Meanwhile the Bird of the day
went to the Long-Billed
Dowitcher. The shorebird was
only later identified as the
Wilson's Snipe.
The Birders of Loyola
will meet again in the near
future to study our winged
friends, and may yet embark
on another exciting journey
around the island of Montreal.
Stay tuned for the next
update.
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C RO S S - C O UN TRY R U N N I N G T E A M R E P O RT
By Gabriel Santaguida
Mont Royal Race
October 4, 2012
The Loyola Cross-Country
Running Team assembled
on Mount Royal, ready to
brave the cold conditions
and biting winds. The walkaround started off the day.
We were all stupefied by the
seemingly endless course,
and none of us believed that
we could possibly complete
it.
Finally, it was gotime. The Bantam boys lined
up on the start, and at the
sound of the starter's gun,
they began their journey
around Mount Royal. After
an amazing run from all of
the Bantam guys, we were
not at all surprised to see
the results. Joseph Barbiero
placed 14th, Daniel Powell
placed 12th, Benjamin
Gauthier placed 5th, Alex
Nowakowski placed 4th and
Tomas Caprera, amazingly,
placed 1st.
We didn't have
much time to congratulate
our boys, because the
Midget race started almost
right away.
Our boys, once,
again, lined up on the starting
line. We had fewer runners in
the Midget category, and
therefore we weren't expecting their race to produce results as successful as the
Bantams achieved. The
Midget race is also longer,
and more competitive than
the Bantam race. All of our
runners ran a good race, and
in the end, Ryan Carson pulled
off a 10th place finish.
Finally, the Juvenile race
rolled around. Loyola had only
one Juvenile runner, and so
we were counting on him to
make us proud. Chris Gill didn't disappoint, coming in 4th
place.
CrossCross-Country Provincials
October 21, 2012
Tomas Caprera, the Bantam
champion in the Mont Royal
race qualified for the provincials and finished in nineteenth place out of eighty-five
runners which was a very
good performance. Caprera
had the following to say about
his experience: “The cross
country race in Saguenay was
an amazing experience! At
first I wasn't sure what to
expect, or who I was going
to be with other than my
fellow Loyola companion
Ryan Carson (3D). Although
initially I was quite shy and
a little reserved, I soon got
accustomed to the environment and realized that the
GMAA cross country running team was friendly and
fun to be with.
The seven-hour
bus ride was long, but everyone had a fantastic time
watching movies and chatting. Upon arrival, we saw
that Chicoutimi was a
quaint little town with
beautiful scenery. We
lodged in a local school,
took part in a memorable
opening ceremony, ate and
got ready for a night's rest
before the big race.
The races began
early Saturday morning at
10:00am. We all cheered
each other on as the members of the G.M.A.A. team
members approached the
finish line. The competition
was fierce but the experience was extraordinary!”
Above, left to right: Midget runner Ryan
Carson finished 10th in the Midget
race and Tomas Caprera finished first
in the Bantam category.
All photos on this page are by
Jim Newman. You can view more
Cross-Country Running Team photos
at news.loyola.ca
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WILDERNESS CLUB PADDLES
By Marcus Tappert
For the first adventure of the
new season, the members of
the Loyola Wilderness Club
braved the cold and harsh
waters of Lake Wapizagonke
in La Mauricie National Park
on the weekend of September
21-23. Members on the trip
were Spencer Martel,
Damiano Ranaldi, Kyle Clayton, Marcus Tappert, Dominic
Paolucci and club moderator
Mr. Jarrett Ketterling.
After arriving at basecamp at approximately 20:45,
the group set up a cooking
and eating shelter in the darkness and freezing rain, with
nothing but headlamps to
light their way.
The next morning, the
LWC woke up bright and early,
ate well and hiked about two
IN
LA MAURICIE
kilometres to the shoreline.
They set out from the south
end of Lake Wapizagonke and
travelled downwind the entire
length of the river
(approximately twenty-two
kilometres).
The club concluded the
morning with a steep hike to a
viewing area where they enjoyed lunch while looking over
the river and the beautiful fall
colours of bright red, orange,
yellow and green. The LWC
then began the slow, long
canoe journey back to their
starting point. However, the
return trip was into the face of
a strong gale and stormy waters, and without a break.
Incredibly, the group matched
their canoe time for the same
distance earlier in the day
when they were downwind.
After many hours, the
members reached the end,
and returned to base camp
with a great sense of satisfaction and sore muscles. They
enjoyed a nice meal, and slept
soundly in their tents. Finally,
the next morning the tents and
shelter were taken down,
packed, and ready to go.
When returning to Montreal, the Wilderness Club went
on a short field trip to Mountain
Equipment Co-op to browse and
fill in any gaps in their equipment lists.
For more club information, pictures and a video of the canoe
trip, please visit the club’s official website at
wilderness.loyola.ca
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SOCA WARRIORS,
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TEAM AWARD WINNERS
-Galvez gave the Soca Warriors a 4-3
lead, a lead that held up until Referee
Ketterling’s final whistle.
Congratulations to all of the
ISLers on a great season. Special
congratulations to this year’s winner
of the Golden Boot award as the top
goal scorer – Anthony Mancuso of the
Spice Boyz (16 goals). See you next
September!
TEAM
MVP
WARRIOR
SOCA WARRIORS
PETER MCMULLAN
MATTHEW MASTROCOLA
LA FURIA
DANIEL TUCCINARDI
CHRIS ACS
SPICE BOYZ
JORDAN TAVARES
ALEX ASTORINO
Below, left to right: team MVPs Peter McMullan, Daniel Tuccinardi
and Jordan Tavares
Commissioner Meagher
APPLE NEWS,
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like the 4s, only now it also
has integrated LTE (also
called 4G), which is the next
step in cellular network technology. It is a massive upgrade from the previous network, improving upon the
download and upload speeds
of the 3G network. The new
Apple A6 chip doubles the
speed of both CPU and
graphic performances.
But enough about
technical specifications. Here
is what your average person
needs to know if he/she is in
the market for an iPhone 5.
iPhone 5 comes in either
white & silver or black & slate.
It is available in North America as of Friday, September
21. In Canada, the unlocked
versions are retailed at $699
CAD for the 16GB model,
$799 for the 32GB, and $899
for the 64GB. With a three
year contract with a service
provider, they go for $179,
$279, and $379 respectively.
The phone comes loaded with
IOS 6, which includes new
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apple programs such as Apple’s version of Maps with
flyover 3D view, turn by turn
navigation (a.k.a. GPS) and
Passbook. The larger screen
allows the phone to have an
extra row of apps. Its tall design closely resembles that of
most Android phones, in that
while it is still taller, it will fit
and feel comfortable in one
hand. The battery life is just
as long as the 4s.
On Friday 8 a.m.,
the iPhone 5 was released to
the public in North America.
The Apple Store on St. Catherine St. West in Montreal
had a line up consisting of
about 100 customers that
stretched down the block and
around the corner. Carriers of
the phone were reporting
record breaking demands,
more than they had in supply.
Apple placed a limit on a
maximum of two per person,
even with pre-orders. Apple’s
website recorded more than 2
million pre-orders in the first
24 hours that it was available
for ordering.
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STEPHAN
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TAKATA
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NEESON
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So what is the verdict? Well, are you interested in
an iPhone? You should consider the iPhone 5. It provides
enough upgrades to warrant a
new name and a new price.
Because it is an Apple product,
it is definitely a well-built
phone. It will look slightly better
than the previous iPhone, both
on the screen and in your hand.
Interested in a phone, but not
specifically an iPhone? While
the iPhone isn’t a bad phone, it
is not the only phone on the
market. It is important to consider all of your options before
deciding. While the low prices
of the three year contracts
sound appealing, it is important
to remember that by the time
your contract is up, your phone
will already be outdated, considering a new iPhone is released every year or so. But
overall, it is quite an impressive
and very good looking piece of
hardware.
Owning an iPhone has
been a zeitgeist in today’s
youth for the past 3 years,
since the release of the iPhone
4, and will continue to fuel the
machine that is the Apple Corporation. In today’s market, the
appearance of a product is worth
more than the hardware or software specs to the majority of
consumers, and Apple is definitely the best in that respect.
Apple has done it again.
NEXT ISSUE:
Oliver Leiriao will discuss the free
software update iOS 6, which
Apple recently released for
portable devices.
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from prison: the thought-to-beinactive Cotroni family, who
could very well be avenging the
deaths of their men, as well as
trying to regain the power that
they lost so many years ago.
And so let us get
back to the point that mobsters
have very long memories. If it is
true that the Calabrians are the
ones responsible for the deaths
of Nicolo Rizzuto and Nick
Rizzuto Jr., then that in and of
itself fits the saying. But there
is a clue that could really prove
this point even further.
One Sunday night in
November 2010, while his son
Vito was still in jail, Nick
Rizzuto was in his kitchen in
the district of Cartierville with
his daughter and wife, who
were preparing Sunday dinner.
It was then that a sniper’s bul-
let was shot from the woods
behind his house, killing him
with a shot to his neck. And so
he died in front of those he
loved most. Sound familiar?
However, though the
Cotroni family may seem like
the likely culprit, it is really not
that simple. Of course it is impossible to know for sure who
is responsible for the events of
the last few years. Regardless
of whom it may be, Vito Rizzuto
will definitely need to watch his back
this October.
But it must not be forgotten what a tough, clever and ruthless man Rizzuto is. Now that he has
lost his father and son, he has reason to seek revenge. The only advice
that this journalist has for anyone is
to brace yourselves because, as
organized crime expert Julian Sher
of the Toronto Star wrote, “It is too
early to write the obituary of Vito
Rizzuto”.
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power, but it has 3372 poundfeet of torque. Those are about
the same torque figures as the
planet earth. Maybe it won't
make a huge noise but that
doesn't change the fact that it
will move and move quickly at
that. McLaren, who made what
is undeniably the greatest supercar of all time, the McLaren
F1, have made a new car. It
took them about six years but it
was well worth the wait. It has a
very small 3.8 litre V8 though
somehow, the engineers at
McLaren have tuned 600
horsepower out of it. The car
also has a curb weight of 1399
kg. which is crazy light.
So maybe the Supercar isn't dead. Maybe it isn't
even dying. Maybe it's entering
a new era, an era of underpowered, lightweights. An era
of silent electric engines in-
stead of roaring combustion engines.
But I'm sure that I'm not the only one
who will miss the Lambos and the
Zondas. I'll leave you now with another quote from Jeremy Clarkson:
"Get your order in for the New Aston
Martin V12 Vantage, 'cause I don't
see another one coming any time
soon, or any V12, for that matter"
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relevant arguments. Neither
team performed particularly
well and the unprofessional
attitude of the judges did not
help. We were not even sure if
we won the debate or lost it,
but either way we were disappointed in ourselves for having
performed so badly.
Round four, finally a
fun topic: This house would
pre-emptively strike Iran's
nuclear facilities. We pulled
our act together and constructed some pretty decent
arguments. I even managed to
find a way to discreetly quote
Our Lady of Fatima. Despite
our best efforts, we still succumbed to the second E.C.S.
team of the day. Defeated, we
returned to the amphitheatre
to view the final debate. The
results were, quite frankly,
embarrassing.
But wait, rewind a
couple of weeks back to the
Trafalgar Classic tournament.
Loyola comfortably beat the
Royal West team, then we were
defeated by our long time rivals
from Trafalgar, and then we
finished on a high note by absolutely dominating The Study's
star team. So what was the difference? What made Loyola do
so well at Trafalgar, and yet do
so poorly at Marianopolis? We're
pretty sure that the teams make
all the difference. At Trafalgar we
were using the Traditional Santaguida-Loeven and Guidote-Goin
pairs, whereas at Marianopolis we
shook things up by using a Guidote-Santaguida team.
Loyola has several tournaments coming up this year, and
we hope that we continue to do
well.
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lets are a better alternative,
although have been known to
contain boring insects like termites. They are alright for certain projects, but are unsuitable
for an outdoor furniture or for
headboards or tables. Finally,
there are hardwood pallets.
These are the best wooden pal-
lets you can use; they are more
durable, and are often slightly
more weather resistant. They
also come in a heat-treated
variety (look out for an HT
stamp), which provides an extra
layer of protection from mold or
vermin.
Pallets should always
be properly prepared before
being used in a build. Some
people recommend soaking it in
bleach to disinfect any germs,
while others claim that sanding
it down is all you need. This
really depends on the pallets you
choose; go for the ones that are
newer looking, and inspect for
rotting wood. It's also generally a
good idea to pick up pallets from
companies that use them to
transport food, as they are gen-
erally not chemically treated.
It shouldn't be hard to
find pallets near you. Simply ask
around local businesses, particularly restaurants, as well as
construction sites. Many outlets
give them away for free, or for
very cheap. Just always make
sure you know what the pallets
were used to transport, before
you begin your build.
T HE LOYOL A N EWS : HELP W ANTED
The Loyola News organization
is always looking for new
members to join our staff.
Writers, journalists, photographers, artists, cameramen,
film makers, cartoonists, poets, web designers and all
other types of creative individuals are welcome!
Be sure to visit our website regularly listen to the
daily bulletin to find out when
our next meeting is. Also, you
may contact the organization’s
moderator, Mr. Ketterling, for
more information.
NEWS.LOYOLA.CA
The newly redesigned Loyola
News web site was published
on October 18 and stills requires a lot more polishing. Feel
free to browse in the mean time
and come back often for updates! Currently, you can find
recent news stories on the site,
videos and a gallery of different
pictures. Much more will be
added in the near future and
staff are now designing the new
sports page.
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Above, left to right: Alex Banks (Editor), Anthony Pavoni, Erik Huang, Gabriel Santaguida, Oliver Leiriao and Samuel Adamo
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HOMESTYLE BLUEBERRY PIE
By Frank Telfer
Ingredients
Crust:
3-1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon and 1-1/2 teaspoons white sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1 cup and 2 tablespoons
vegetable oil
1/4 cup and 1 teaspoon milk
Filling:
3/4 cup white sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 cups fresh blueberries
1 tablespoon butter
Materials
Large sized bowl, nine inch
pie pan, varied utensils (forks,
etc.), measuring spoon, large
measuring cup, three medium
sized bowls
Directions
Crust:
1. Place all ingredients for
crust into a large bowl. Stir
together with fork.
2. Pat a fair portion of the mixture into bottom and up the
sides of a nine inch pie pan.
Poke holes in bottom and side
of crust.
3. Put remaining crust mixture
aside for later.
Filling:
1. Preheat oven to three hundred seventy-five degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Pour blueberries into a medium sized bowl.
3. Mix sugar, cornstarch, salt,
and cinnamon in another medium sized bowl and gradually
pour over blueberries. Gently
mix together without crushing
any berries.
4. Pour berry mixture into the
crust, and dot with butter on the
sides and in the corners. Using
the remaining crust mixture cut
half inch wide strips, and make a
lattice top over the filling. Crimp
and flute edges with any remaining crust mixture.
5. Bake pie on lower shelf of
oven for about sixty minutes, or
until crust is golden brown.