Changing Hearts and Minds - MARIST STUDENT NEWSPAPER

Spartan Spear
The
Volume 17, Issue 2
New Field on Campus
MARIST HIGH SCHOOL
February 6, 2009
Changing Hearts and Minds
41 Seniors attend their final Marist retreat.
by Erica Little
Mr. Baker's French 2 class gathers to see the work
done on the new petanque field. Photo by Erica Little
by Mercedes Downer
This winter a new Marist Pétanque
field has been created between the softball and football fields by pétanque
coach Ryan Baker and senior Pom
Incharoensakdi. It will be the first official full scale field in Eugene.
Many local companies helped
Baker’s dream come true. Conveyered
Aggregate Delivery donated half the
price of the gravel delivery, the cat operator and the laser grader which broke
and compacted the field. Egge Sand
and Gravel delivered the top layer of
the field for free. United Pipe delivered
the cloth weed barrier.
Spring pétanque season begins at
the end of March and the competitive
season is from April to May. Marist
competes in a league with South Eugene, Churchill, North Eugene, and
Sheldon.
Future work will soon include additional walkways, benches, and eventually a shelter and storage area.
The Spartans are Back
The Mr. and
Ms. Spartan
candidates.
by Mike Haney
INSIDE
The Mr. Spartan men and women
are back and ready to take your money.
With the help and guidance of Julie
Ferrari, Mr. Spartan male contestants
and eleven females are raising as much
money as possible from now until the
April 4th pageant for the non-profit
Chilren's Miracle Network.
The Mr.Spartan entourage will visit
Sacred Heart Hospital next week to see
the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit where
their money will buy new equipment.
Along with their money jars, the team
will be hosting the traditional Ballin’
for the Babies Tournament, a Mr. Spartan dance, bake sales and pizza night at
Tracktown for fundraisers.
The contestants are seniors Jordan
Schrader, Ty Hiday, Blake Swanson,
Gianni Carter, Andrew Mosier, Nick
Daniel, Matt Busse, Matt DeBelis, and
Gabe Schepergerdes. The Ms. Spartan’s
include seniors Jessie Copley, Camille
Cioffi, Kyleigh Gerard, Madeline Gonyea, Tahne Apo, Kaitlyn Damewood,
Mimi Nguyen, and juniors Jinhee Baik
and Ashley Laing.
WINTER SPORTS
The sports department looks
closer at Marist athletics.
– pages 8-10
L
ast weekend 41 seniors, three Marist
staff members and
five Marist graduates went to St. Benedicts
Lodge on the McKenzie
River for this year’s first
Metanoia.
“Metanoia” is a Greek
word that means, “change of
heart and mind.” For about
30 years, this has been the
spirit of the retreat which
is designed to help seniors
with the transition from high
school to college.
Kathy Yocum came up
with the idea for the Metanoia
when some of the seniors in
her class questioned why
there was no follow up to the
Junior Encounter.
She spent about a year
questioning Marist grads and
seniors what they would like
to see included in a senior
retreat. Mrs. Yocum came
across the name while she
was in Greece waiting for a
bus and saw signs sporting the
word “metanoia.” When she
discovered it’s meaning, she
felt it was perfect for the tone
The seniors and leaders on the metanoia play a game of assasin during free time. Photo by
Matt Busse '09
of a senior retreat.
Bill Ferrari, who lead this
last weekend’s retreat said,
“The Encounter is designed to
challenge juniors to encounter
their faith whereas for seniors,
the Metanoia is a continuation of that faith.”
Seniors on the retreat last
weekend had time to pray, reflect, interact with the alum,
talk in their small groups and
had plenty of free time to
enjoy the atmosphere of St.
Benny’s one last time. Each
senior was asked to bring a
personal item that they would
be willing to part with for an
activity later in the retreat.
The mood of the Metanoia
was relaxed and gave the participants a chance to take a
break from the stress that was
created by finals. However,
there were also some bittersweet feelings among some
of the seniors. With the realization that while going to
college will be exciting, we
know that as a class, we will
miss each other.
The bonds that have
been made in high school
are going to be stretched by
the distance we are putting between ourselves and the small
community of Marist.
The next metanoia is Feb
13-15.
Catholic Schools Together Again
Marist, St.Paul and O'Hara celebrate National Catholic Schools Week.
by Rebecca Hanson
O
n Thursday the 29th,
Marist, Archbishop O’Hara Catholic School
and St. Paul Parish School
gathered to celebrate the All
Catholic Schools Mass in the
Marist High School gym.
The Mass was a part of
National Catholic Schools
Week- a celebration that is
meant to highlight the quality
and high standards of Catholic
education across the nation.
After not having Mass
with our fellow Catholic
schools last year because of
ice, it was refreshing to see
them back on campus. However, our younger counterparts
definitely had a more interesting week than we did.
While we were busy being occupied with the stressful and life-consuming task
of finals, St. Paul and O’Hara
were able to celebrate the
week in a more fulfilling fashion. Each day of the week
there was a different activity
to celebrate National Catholic
Schools Week. For example,
one of the activities at O’Hara
was to start dancing whenever
music played over the loudspeaker.
This year, Archbishop
John Vlazny celebrated the
Mass along with Fr. David
Cullings from Marist, Fr.
Steve Clovis from St.Paul, Fr.
Mark Bachmeier from O’Hara
and six other local priests.
Vlazny addressed the
theme of the week, service, in
his homily and encouraged us
to know Jesus as a friend, in
order to follow his life-long
example of service.
DOODLE ART
Art's coming of age story.
– page 6
Senior Danielle Kast
blesses the young
O'Hara and St. Paul
students. Photo by Dawn
Piebenga '09
Senior Jessica
Stambaugh escorts the
young O'Hara and St.
Paul students to the
places before mass.
Photo by Toni Cooper
ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE
Art, Erica, and Jordan answer your
pressing questions..
– page 12
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Ducks Shared
Field With Geese
The Oregon baseball
team uses our field.
by Zach Brandon and Jordan Schrader
From November through January,
the new University of Oregon baseball team has been using our facilities
for practice while their field underwent
construction.
This opportunity was put together
by our head baseball coach Bill Ferrari
and the Ducks' head coach George Horton.
"I wouldn't have been this generous if it any other coach or team," said
Ferrari. The two have been friends for
around 20 years.
The coaches have been involved in
the same programs, and have even competed against each other many years
ago in California.
Having the Ducks gave the Marist
baseball team, and anyone else on our
campus a great chance to see what Division One college athletics are like.
Published Again!
by Jordan Schrader
Marist English teacher Lauren
Schmidt recently found out her latest
poem "Pinocchia" will be published in
Slab, a national literary magazine out of
Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania. This is her fourth time to be published nationally.
She described her poem as "a funny look at the weirdness of becoming a
woman."
Too Many Wins
by Kristen Lee
Some very noticeable overflowing
glass cases are bursting at the seams in
the 100 wing. Athletic Director Sharee
Waldron opened her door (literally)
to the trophy room where trophies lay
bunched along the floor.
Trying to maintain a presence of
current trophies has meant pushing old
ones out of the light.
Mrs. Waldron hopes to see shelves
built along the rest of the hallway so
Marist can let people see our past and
future achievements.
The 2008-09 Newspaper Staff
NEWS
February 6, 2009
Tender Love & Care
Terrie Lynn Clemens devotes herself to the well-being of Marist students.
by Amy Parks
M
any of our teachers are here
at Marist because they feel
called to serve. Terrie Clemens takes service to a whole new level.
Growing up, Clemens was one of
eleven kids, only four of whom survived.
With a mom who was in the hospital more
than she was home and a dad who worked
full time, she started cooking full meals,
cleaning the house, and helping take care
of her family at nine-years-old!
From a very young age, Clemens said,
“Mom and Dad rolled up their sleeves and
gave whenever they could. They taught
me to give back.”
When asked how she started serving at Marist, Clemens said when she
was 19-years-old she helped her Dad, the
Men's Club President at the time, with the
Spartan Dinners.
After attending Marist as a student,
Clemens then Terrie Tremaine married
Mark Clemens, her high school sweetheart. They have been married for 37 years
and have three kids: Colleen, Brooks, and
Trevor.
Clemens got to work at the school in
the 80’s with the Marist brothers. Cooking
for retreats and working first-hand with
the kids were her passion. Her face lit up
as she exclaimed, “I loved it!”
Necessity drove her decision to leave
Marist and get a “big stressful job in the
medical field” in 1988. All the while, Clemens was still cooking for the Marist retreats.
Trying to raise three kids, take care of
her family, and oversee five medical clinics just became too much. Clemens came
back to Marist, and now she works full
time in Campus Ministry.
When asked why she chose Marist,
Clemens said, “I’m here for the love of
Marist, yes, but more for the love of the
students that inhabit it. The kids here are
special; they give me so much more than
I can give to them. It fills my cup to the
Terrie Clemens and sophomore Amy Parks sit after their long day of work for the staff Epiphany dinner. Photo by Toni Cooper
brim.” Now she is known not only for her
kind, giving heart, but also for her famous
cooking on retreats.
What exactly does cooking for retreats entail? A long to-do list, that’s for
sure.
Create the Menus – try to be teenfriendly and healthy at the same time.
Make the Grocery List – usually about
5 pages long!
Go Shopping – both at Costco and order through Cisco.
Rent the van to transport the food and
load it all - which is a big project considering the quantity.
Then drive to the site. Once she arrives at the retreat site, Clemens spends the
whole weekend prepping, cooking, cleaning, and serving the kids. By the time she
drives home on Monday, she would have
worked 17 hour days, and about 75-80 total hours!
It’s a huge sacrifice to serve on the
retreats, as it always takes at least a week
to recuperate after each one, but Clemens
knows the value in it. “I love to see the
transformation in the students. I’ll notice
someone with a bad attitude; I have a keen
sense of who is struggling. Then I always
We Are Still One
The "We Are One" sign in the gym comes down.
Before the cross was put up, the wall stood blank. Photo by Jordan Schrader '09
by Amy Parks
M
Editors-in-Chief:
Erica Little, Jordan Schrader,
Art Hickman
Sports Department:
Danielle Gehrke, Jeff
Bedbury, Mercedes Downer
Staff:
Rebecca Hanson, Kristen
Lee, Jordan Brandt, Amy
Parks, Pat Bartels, Luke
Koester, Mike Haney
[email protected]
any students this
year have noticed
the mysterious disappearance of the big letters that
hang on the gym wall, spelling out “We Are One.”
Don’t worry, Marist, the
letters have not been stolen,
and we are still one. Theology teacher Chad Depaoli
is the man in charge of the
operation.
“The plan is to move the
letters to the opposite wall
from where they were,” Depaoli says. The reason?
“Originally, we always
faced the stage for mass,” he
explained, “but now that we
face the side gym wall, we
wanted the cross to hang behind the stage for liturgies.”
Mr. Depaoli says that
the exact timing is unknown,
but the letters will be up for
sure by the senior mass at the
end of the year. That way,
the seniors can fulfill the tradition of adding the big “D,”
and ending their school days
here at Marist by saying “We
Are Done.”
try to look them in the eye and smile, to say
that this is worthwhile and I’m glad they
are there. I feel like I’m going through it
with them every time.”
When asked how she finds the power
to keep going, Clemens said, “On the way
to the retreat, I offer it up. I say, ‘God, give
me the strength to take care of your kids.’
Usually I’m exhausted when I start the
journey to St. Benedict's, but by the time
I reach Blue River, I’m smiling, and once
I go over the McKenzie Bridge, I’m filled
with peace. Then I get back on Monday,
and I can barely walk, but I look at the calendar to see when the next retreat will be,
and I get excited!”
Sometimes she’s so exhausted after
the retreats, Clemens asks herself how
long she can keep doing this. “But every
drive back,” she said, “I ask God, is it time
to stop? He always answers me, ‘I’ll tell
you when it’s time to stop.’ I haven’t heart
that yet, and I’m going to keep doing this
as long as I can. It will be a sad day when
I give this up.”
“This is why I’m here on earth: to
serve. That’s what I’ve always done, and
I’ve never stopped. I find that it’s through
food that I can take care of people.”
It's True: Finals Are Over
Seniors Hayden Houser, Alyssa
Bowden, Danielle Kast and Jared
Christian, in their final day of
Christian Leadership particpate in
activity where they pose as clay
figures. Photos by Nick Genovese '09
by Kendall Silva and Jordan Schrader
As the second quarter
came to a close, the stress of
studying for and taking finals
leaves our minds for the next
few months.
While freshmen took on
a total of seven finals, many
sophomores, juniors and seniors had the luxury of having down to around three or
four finals. However, honors
and A.P. finals took their toll
on the upperclassmen and
sophomores.
Everyone at Marist is
on the downhill now, and seniors are on the fast track to
graduation. The first semester went fast, and the second
will go even faster.
NEWS
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Call To The Wild
Jeff Dreiling's senior project benefits Marist students.
by Kristen Lee
F
rom the time of childhood, Marist
counselor Jeff Dreiling has had a
passion for the great outdoors.
While reminiscing about traveling
with his parents and seeing all the world
has to offer, Dreiling asked, "What kind
of memory are you going to have sitting in
front of the TV or texting friends?"
Spending time with family and nature can create some of the best memories
that are held in the heart, and the Marist
Outdoor Adventure Program gives those
involved the chance to create them.
Dreiling created a MOAP in 2004
with the goal of providing students and
Chess!
their families with the opportunity to enjoy the outdoors without the bothersome
technology of today. The idea for MOAP
began as a part of Dreiling’s senior project
for his Bachelors of Education at the University of Oregon.
MOAP day adventures are a great
way to challenge one's self emotionally,
physically, and socially. Through Dreiling's hard work MOAP has made it possible for many students to experience the
outdoors.
Hiking, ice skating, skiing, crabbing,
and much more are all part of the excitement planned for MOAP.
Jeff Dreiling talks to students at a basketball game. Photo by Logan
Silver ''11
New Math teacher volunteers his personal time to faith.
Senior Joseph Tomcal, junior Austin Anderson
and sophomore Blaine Patrick Werner prepare
for their chess match. If interested in joining
the team, please contact Jon Nuxoll. Photo by
Jon Nuxoll
Math teacher Travis McDonald watches his student complete a problem on the board. Photo by Nick Genovese '09
by Luke Koester
High School Favorites
(Poll Taken f rom 50 Studen ts)
Best In ven tion?
36%
44%
14%
6%
Ph one
In ternet
Video Games
I pod
Loo king fo rward to mo st a fte r HS?
Freedom
50%
Colleg e
34%
6%
Lea ving O reg on
10%
New Friends
Fart hest you ha ve tra ve le d ?
O reg on
Throug h ou t US
Throug h ou t this Con tinen t
A noth er Con tinen t
1%
22%
38%
40%
W hic h sup e r p owe r wou ld you ha ve?
In visibility
16%
Flying
10%
Sto pping Time
34%
Morp hing
40%
M
aCross
the
Pond
by Erica Cross
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arist math teacher Travis
McDonald is involved in
more than trig and algebra. Apart from teaching, McDonald is
involved in the Lifeteen program at Saint
Mary’s Catholic Church where he helps
lead spiritual activities for teens.
Lifeteen means a lot to those who attend, including McDonald. This program
includes activities for the teens such as
jam sessions, Bible studies and Lifenights.
Each Lifenight focuses on one principle
that will help the teens better their faith in
everyday life.
On most Wednesdays Marist graduate Jed Higgins, who is in charge of the
Lifeteen program at Saint Mary’s, leads
the teens in a jam session and Bible study.
From 5:00 to around 7:00 the teens and
leaders sing and play the songs for the
upcoming Lifeteen Mass. After the jam
session, the teens study the readings for
next Mass.
Sometimes McDonald can come to
Wednesday's events but most often he is
bowling in his Southtown Bowling League
from 6:30 to 9:00. McDonald usually
bowls well -with an average score of 165.
On Sunday after the 5:30 Lifeteen
mass, McDonald and his wife along with
the other CORE members help lead the
teens in a Lifenight. CORE members are
the adults who help Higgins with the Lifenight by educating and interacting with
the teens in activities.
McDonald is part of a loving family
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of three that includes his wife Amber and
his daughter Natalie, who celebrated her
first birthday on December 21st. Natalie
is loved by those involved in Lifeteen, and
she occasionally makes appearances at
Lifenights.
McDonald enjoys having his whole
family involved in the Lifeteen program.
He says, “It brings us closer together.” He
also likes the teens observing and being
around a loving family, and believes it is
a good example for how the teens should
interact with their parents, siblings and
each other.
Before teaching at Marist McDonald
earned his bachelors and masters degrees
from Fresno State and was in the PHD program at the U of O for three years before
starting his teaching career. McDonald
likes the openness that comes with teaching at a private school, but only shares his
beliefs “when it comes up.” He believes
that his vocation is independent of his
occupation, especially since he teaches
mathematics. “Faith and mathematics
don’t have a lot of intersection,” he said.
But when asked, McDonald does not
hesitate to speak about his beliefs and discuss faith with students. He appreciates
the “terrific community” of Marist as well
as the great support provided by fellow
staff members, students and parents.
McDonald likes teaching at a Catholic school. It’s a “different feel,” McDonald said. “The students are here because
their parents care about their education.”
Well Spartans, as you may have
noticed, I’m back at Marist! Great
to see all of you again. I am so glad
to be home, but it was not an easy
journey getting here.
Being a sixteen year old girl
without a whole lot of travel experience, trying to fly home from
a foreign country alone is quite a
challenge. When you add flight
cancellations and dysfunctional pay
phones, things get disastrous.
There I was, putting my brave
face on and checking myself in at
the airport, when I got a call from
my host parents. They told me my
second flight from Amsterdam to
Portland had been cancelled. I tried
to call my parents to get more details but those dysfunctional pay
phones wouldn’t work. That’s
when I started to worry.
I was stranded, completely
alone, with no clue what was going
on or what to do next. I found out
that the next flight home wasn’t until three days later – Christmas day.
I finally got a hold of my parents
who told me my host parents were
on their way to the airport to pick
me up, and that I would just have to
spend a few more days in England.
And that’s how I ended up spending
Christmas on a plane.
Things went smoothly on the
second try; the biggest challenge
was driving home from Portland in
the snow!
Since I’ve been back, I’ve had
a few weeks off of school. That allowed me to adjust to being home
and really reflect on my trip. Spending four months a world away from
home can really change your perspective on things.
My experience made me more
grateful for all the people I missed
and allowed to make amazing new
friends. I learned a lot about myself
and am now more independent. I’m
not sure I would do it again, but I’m
extremely glad I was brave enough
to do it in the first place.
I’ll never forget things like
chasing after the buses I missed,
then getting detention for being late
for school; waiting in the pouring
rain for buses that were late, then
getting detention for being late for
school; getting to travel to Manchester, London, Liverpool, Wales,
AND Spain.
It was definitely a once in a
lifetime experience and I’m thankful for every minute of it. Thanks
Spartans, for reading my tales from
my semester abroad.
Cheers!
Erica
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FEATURES
February 6, 2009
Oldest Ham On Campus
Marist Literature teacher Andrew Oldham shares his high school memories.
by Jordan Brandt
Andrew Oldham teaches junior
American literature and senior A.P. Literature and composition here at Marist
High School. He is married to our own
Toni Cooper, and is father to Marist junior
Dillon and O'Hara 7th grader Zac. A lot of
you are now probably wondering, "who is
this man of many goofy antics and guilty
of J.U.G. (Judgment Under God) on many
occasions? I wonder what he was like at
our age." Well I have these answers and
more for you.
Mr. Oldham was born in 1968 in
Newport, Oregon. Yes, that means he is
now 40 years old. Yikes! Look out Mr.
O, you’re only 10 years away from half
a century. His family moved shortly after
his birth to Bellingham, Washington due
to his father’s job as a diesel engineer for
the Army Corps. In his 7th grade year he
and his family moved to outside of Stayton, Oregon, where he spent the remainder
of middle school and all of high school.
He started out at Cascade, a public
high school, then chose to switch to Regis,
a Catholic high school, where graduated
in 1987. “I switched because I was sick of
getting harassed because I had long hair
and dressed different than all the cowboys
I went to school with, and it was probably
one of the best decisions I made.”
This may come as a surprise to most
or even all of you, but Mr. Oldham used to
have very long hair and was quite a metal
head, unfortunately, he never had a mullet.
“There was no business in the front and
party in the back, it was just party all over
for me.” He said he was always rockin’
the studded and leather clothing, until his
sophomore year when he decided to dress
more like a normal guy, and became much
more approachable. He became the typical
80’s prep, wearing plaid shorts and a Genera sweatshirt, and he even cut his hair.
He played basketball and did track.
No state titles, unfortunately. When asked
what there was to do in Oregon back then
he said, “I kicked it with homies a lot, and
worked a good amount in the summers on
farms and canneries.”
During this interview I began to wonder. He’s a teacher, so he must have been
over all a pretty good kid, got good grades,
and was pretty respectful to all his authority figures, right? Wrong. He said that
academics really didn’t make sense to him
until college, and he was a very frequent
visitor to the principal’s office.
These visits weren’t always a bad
thing, though, because his principal, Father Tim Murphy, was more or less his
mentor throughout high school and college. Murphy even married Cooper and
Oldham. Mr. O once tore a toilet off the
wall in the bathroom climbing on it to
mess with one of his friends.
“Father Murphy heard this and just
laughed.” “He was the reason I became a
Catholic because he showed me that one
can be ‘religious’ and not lame," said Oldham. I respected people but not their positions,” is what he said when it came to
interaction between him and most of his
elders.
Oldham was quite a music junkie,
and listened to early 80’s punk (Ex: Black
Flag, etc), a healthy dose of rock n’ roll,
a good amount of the popular music, and
even early techno/dance music. He has
been to many great concerts in his life, like
Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden,
Motley Crue, Bob Dylan, Nirvana, Red
Hot Chili Peppers, and Pearl Jam to name
a few. When I asked him what his “playlist” was while he was cruising around in
his car. “Well I had a tape deck and speakers that I installed myself, and it was great
for its time but now very laughable.” He
said that he had a mix tape that was 'for
his time' like or playlists today. On it had
some techno, punk, and even some stuff
from Madonna’s first album.
Once I heard about him installing his
own “stereo”, I was wondering if he had
worked on his car as well in high school.
He actually had two vehicles in high
school that he worked on. In his sophomore year he had a 4-door green Volvo,
but he wrecked it his junior year and ended up having to drive a ’44 Dodge pick-up,
with a double clutch and a suicide steering
knob. “That truck was great to do cookies
in.”
I was a little curious about his interest in techno/dance music, and asked him
if he was into dancing. “Yes I was. My
friends and I used to sneak out and go to
the teenage night clubs up in P-town quite
Marist English teacher Andrew Oldham
often.” He said that when he would go out
and dance he took his dancing seriously.
Now that he looks back on it all, it makes
him laugh and he is thankful that he was
into punk rock as well to balance his short
lived dance craze.
Though he was pretty outgoing for
the most part he has always loved to read.
“Reading just helped me escape, considering I was an only child who grew up out
in the country.”
After high school he went to the U of
O, where he met Cooper in the Carson dining hall while he was making faces at her
friends. He considered law, but ended up
with a degree in English and political science. During an outdoor school he went on
with middle school kids (and Cooper) he
had a blast, so he went to Lewis and Clark
University to get his Masters in Education.
He and Cooper finally tied the knot before
he graduated. This is how he came to be
the man we are taught by today.
Closing the interview I asked him
what he regrets most about his high school
days, “That I had a serious girlfriend and
that I never played football.” Seeing how
he has a history of a bad back, most likely
form all his serious dancing, I bet keeping
the football cleats hung up and the dancing shoes on probably kept him from having even worse back injuries today.
"Wii" Should Go Golfing
Wii sports are put to the test against actual the real thing.
by Erica Little
I bet there are a lot of people reading this that either have a
Nintendo Wii or have played one of the games on them. If you
don’t know what a Wii is, it is a video game console that uses a
remote or nunchuk to mimic the experience of physical activity.
Wii offers classic games such as Mario and Zelda but has also
created new games such as Wii Sports.
One day, I was playing Wii Sports with senior Jordan Schrader and freshmen Joanie Skoog and Megan Flannery. We played
baseball, bowling, tennis and golf. Jordan was consistent in beating the rest of us in all the sports except for tennis. I was surprised
when I lost at golf because I have been on the Marist golf team for
three years and have played since I was four years old.
I refused to believe that Jordan, Joanie or Megan would be
better at golf than I would despite their teasing that I had been
beaten by amateurs. I came up with the hypothesis that in order
to be good at Wii Sports, you need to be good at video games, not
at the real sport.
To test my hypothesis I took Jordan and our fellow newspaper editor Art Hickman to the driving range. I came up with a
point system: 4 points if you miss the ball completely, 3 points if
you hit the top of the ball or hit a ground ball, 2 points if you get it
up in the air but hook or slice and 1 point if you hit a perfect shot
with the goal of getting the least number of points possible, just
Seniors Jordan Schrader, Art Hickman, and Erica Little pose in golf stance. Photo courtesy
of Jack McNutt '09
like a round of golf.
Each of us hit 20 balls and kept track of our own points.
Art, who had never played before got 69, Jordan who played
when he was younger got 45 and I got 26. Is this proof enough
that Wii Sports aren’t as realistic as originally thought?
Perhaps not. Each of us has different skill levels at golf and
different skill levels when it comes to video games. The fact is
that everyone is going to have strength in different activities.
The day might come when video games can reproduce sports
but until then, video games will honor the very people who are
good at them.
[email protected]
Will Graduate
For Hugs
by Erica Little
These are stressful times for the senior class. Many of us are feeling the
pressure of college or scholarship applications on top of school, sports and
obligations to our family and friends.
For a while it seemed to me that there
was nothing that could calm the anxiety
I was feeling about everything on my
“to do list.”
On one particular Sunday night
when I was feeling overwhelmed by the
responsibilities I had on my plate, my
grandparents came over for dinner. It
would have been like any other family
dinner, just my mom, my grandparents
and I, except for the fact that I was in a
particularly bad mood. I made my mom
promise that we wouldn’t talk about
college or school because I was so sick
of hearing, “So Erica, do you know
where you want to go to college yet?”
or, “Have you finished your college applications yet?”
It was obvious to my grandparents
that something was bothering me. All
through dinner all I could think about
was that I needed to get back to work
on my college applications. When my
grandpa tried asking me how school
was as I knew he would, I gave him the
standard reply, “It’s okay” and shot a
look at my mom that screamed, “No,
It’s not okay!” She quickly explained
that I would rather not talk about it.
As I gave my grandparents a hug
goodbye I felt a wave of relief sweep
over me. I felt guilty that my mood lifted after they left.
A couple days later I got an email
from my grandpa. This wasn’t unusual
because he sends me forwarded emails
all the time, but instead of an email
warning about another potential computer virus, it was a greeting card from
americangreetings.com.
The animated card shook me back
to reality like I never thought was possible. It was like my grandpa had sent
me a virtual hug. The card said that a
hug can be powerful enough to make
any day brighter. At the end of it, my
grandpa wrote a message to me that was
the icing on the cake of that card. He
said that I should be forgiving of those
who are only concerned for my wellbeing and may find one day that their
concerns were well intended.
I believe that stress is a necessary
emotion that we feel that helps us get
things done and can be good in moderation. However, when you feel so
overwhelmed by stress that it becomes
more trouble than it’s worth, a hug is
the best medicine. My mom has always
told me that a hug is a way of releasing
that stress. There is something about a
hug that allows you to share each others
burden in that moment and leaves you
feeling relieved once you let go.
I came to realize that the relief I
had felt when my grandparents left my
house that night was because they had
given me a hug, allowing me to transfer
some of my burden onto them.
So while it would be ideal for you
to plan ahead and get your college applications done early, it’s not the end of
the world if you don’t. Sometimes we do
all we can to stay on the right track but
somehow manage to fall behind which
is when stress kicks in to save us. However, what is meant to save us can also
destroy us. Just remember that a hug is
the simplest way to find respite from the
day to day insanity. There is always one
waiting, you just have to find it.
FEATURES
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February 6, 2009
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The King Makes It 'Rein'
1544 Hwy 99 No.
Eugene, OR 97402
(541) 689 2135
Music
instructor and
band leader
Bartels Packing
Jim Reinking's
influence
8809 Central Road
reaches
Eugene, OR 97402
beyond Marist.
541.935.3839
IT'S ALL
'RELATIVE'
Test your Marist community knowledge and
see if you know who is related. In the sets,
two may be related, all three, or none at all!
Y/N
1.
Andrew Stewart
Y/N
Thor Woelful
Y/N
2.
Art Hickman
Y/N
Jon Nuxoll
Charles De Gaulle
Y/N
3.
Dillon Oldham
Y/N
Audrey Hart
Kendall Silva
Y/N
4.
Claire Koester
Y/N
Luke Koester
Y/N
5.
Max Diaz
Tressa Parra
Pat Bartels
Jared Christian
Tessa Diaz
Y/N
Maddie Gonyea
Y/N
7.
Courtney Koester
Y/N
Y/N
6.
Ingrid Woelful
Ashley Laing
Y/N
Tyler Patterson
Jordan Christian
answers on page 11
Jim Reinking leads the pep
band at a basketball game.
Photo by Erica Little '09
by Rebecca Hanson
Since first grade I've been going to
a carpeted band room to sit in old chairs
behind black stands with some of the
same people and with the same joy. We
have sung songs that vary in cheesiness,
thrown duct tape covered balls of newspaper, acted, learned music history and
made music.
The room’s location has changed three
times in my life, but the surroundings, my
feelings toward it, and Jim Reinking remained the same. Reinking has taught my
class and me at both St. Paul and Marist in
all things musical. I've known him, been
taught by him, and have heard his musical related clichés for almost exactly 11
½ years.
Born in 1953, Reinking has certainly
led a musical life. "I knew from about the
time I was 14 that I didn't want to do anything but music," said Reinking. "Whether
I'm rich or poor, this is my calling. This is
what I'm going to do." And he does just
that.
He double majored in instrumental
music education and in percussion performance. The latter has served him well. He
teaches drum lessons on the side and even
as I was talking to him one of his students
came in to learn from the master. If anyone
has seen him and a couple of his students
do their combination of the Oregon yell,
Bridgeman, and the drum routine of OSU,
they will surely be amazed. He was asked
to play this at the Olympic trials with Seniors Andy Yoon, Matt DeBellis, and his
son, River, a senior at North Eugene High
School.
It's hard for me to believe, but Reinking has not always been a part of Marist.
He started teaching at Willamette Christian when it was just new. Reinking recalls, "They said, ‘Here, teach music and
band for us, and here's an empty room
with a piano in the corner." He was there
for four or five years, and when that no
longer worked, he saw the ad in the newspaper for a job opening at Marist. Reinking began working at Marist in 1986, and
doubled his teaching job by starting at St.
Paul's a year later.
In the beginning, Marist had three
music classes: Choir, jazz band, and concert band. They were actually classes, too.
About eight or ten years ago was when
band was moved to after school, and choir
was put in lunch to allow anyone in who
wanted to play or sing. Rock band had its
beginnings in 1999, when more drummers
and guitarists were joining the jazz band.
Luckily, one of Reinking's many
skills is adapting music that suits the instruments at hand. The band began to
dabble in some rock songs, along with its
regular jazz. And then, in 2002, the great
schism of the bands occurred and the 7th
period rock band was born. It's the only
organized high school rock band in the
area. Incidentally, this spring the rock
band might enter the first annual Battle of
the Bands put on by the Lesson Factory,
which may take place at Marist.
Before his teaching life, he was a part
of various rock bands. Over summers he
played at places like Reno, Disneyland in
Tomorrow Land, and even on a cruise line.
He also did a bit of concert promotion,
which led to playing drums for a small gig
with the then rather unknown band KISS,
make-up and all. Along with these summer adventures, he was in a small road
band.
As I move on to college, one of the
things I’ll be missing most about my life
in Eugene will be band, and the ever present Mr. James Reinking.
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FEATURES
February 6, 2009
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Will You Stand Up For Rock N' Roll?
Rock 'n' Roll encompasses more music than you think.
by Jordan Brandt
W
hen most people hear the words "rock n’ roll,"
they think of the old school bands and musicians like AC/DC, Molly Hatchet, Alice Cooper, Queen,
Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Beatles, Rolling
Stones, or even Judas Priest and Motley Crue. Then there
are those who hear rock n’ roll and think of angry white
disaffected youth. Neither of these are entirely correct.
The fact is that rock n’ roll encompasses almost all music
under one roof.
Rock n’ roll started with jazz and blues, then went
on to rockabilly (now called outlaw), to the rock n’ roll of
the 50’s (thought to be just as bad as jazz and blues for its
time). Then there were the sixties, when there all kinds of
music surfacing. There was folk, psychedelic, some metal, funk, soul, r&b, a little reggae, and so much more.
After that came the 70’s and 80’s, which really
brought forth metal, the rise of punk and rap, and the beginning of a lot of sub genres and different form of music all together. From the 90’s until now there have been
other forms of music that have risen and become popular
as well.
However, people seem to not be able to connect all of
the music they listen to. They all are tied together in their
roots, from the start of the blues and jazz. Yet there are
people who put rock n’ roll down as if it’s a bad thing.
Ever since the beginning of rock n’ roll people have
been calling it immoral and the devil’s music. They have
been blaming violent acts, suicides, and youth rebellion
on it, yet how can something as pure as music be a bad
thing? It just can’t.
Yes, there have been rock stars with drug, alcohol,
and other abuse issues. This side of their lives, however,
doesn’t tie in with the music itself. Rock stars have a lot
of money and a lot of free time, and shouldn’t be tied into
the purity of the music they make.
These rock stars can’t control how people perceive
their music. If you listen to a song and they say something
"irresponsible" most of the time they don't mean to glorify this behavior but rather to show how messed up it is
by taking a reverse psychology approach to it.
When something as simple as a guitar, a bass, a set
of drums, a piano, a keyboard can make a kid just sit and
focus and express himself. How can this be evil, satanic,
violent, or whatever else people of society have tried to
claim it is?
In today’s music, the more instrumental based rock
doodling
Doodling becomes a
battle of the sexes.
by Art Hickman
Illustrations by Lex
Schmidt
As a doodler myself, I’m very
familiar with the contents of boys’
class-time doodles. They can involve a lot of explosions, a lot of
combat, and in one instance that I
personally witnessed, Mr. Ferrari
exploding Cody Pinto’s brain with
telekinesis. While boys’ doodles
are consistently exciting, they
need no more attention than they
already get. Instead, our focus
falls on the small and unappreciated world that is girls’ doodling.
I, like you, once thought that
girls couldn’t doodle. Having been
subjected to such literary abominations as Willa Cather's My
Antonia and Kate Chopin’s The
Awakening, I believed that female
creativity was held to a lower standard than that of males. I stood by
this opinion until encountering
the doodles of Marist Art teacher
Lex Schmidt.
After seeing Schmidt’s work,
including my new favorite doodle
of all time, “What to Do with Coffee Rings,” she easily overshadowed my many miserable hours
reading the dry words of female
authors on Marist’s required reading list. As I have now concluded,
Illustration by Amanda
Lee Hagstrom
Cather and Chopin are just bad
apples in an otherwise perfectly
good gender.
Not surprisingly, Schmidt
isn’t the only girl at Marist who
draws during boring lectures. Senior Amanda Lee Hagstrom, or
Doodle Master Flex as her friends
call her, is a passionate doodler.
“It totally consumes my mind,”
she answered when asked about
the advantages of doodling. “[It]
comes in handy when you’re stuck
with a boring teacher.”
It was shocking to hear a girl
talk about doodling in a way that
I can relate to. As if this weren’t
enough to shake my beliefs even
closer to the core, she’s also a talented artist. I finally had to come
to terms with the concept of gender-equality among doodlers.
So, my coming of age story
comes to an end. I've accepted that
reaching conclusions about the
creativity of over 3 billion living
people, based on only the writing
of two dead authors, does a great
disservice to the Lex Schmidts
and Amanda Lee Hagstroms of the
world.
n’ roll has taken a back seat to hip hop and rap as being
targeted by parents as a bad influence. There are people
everywhere complaining about how horrible and immoral
it is. How it drives inner city kids to look up to these stars
and really want to be like them, and take to the violence
that is “praised” in their music.
I can’t see this as truth. It’s just another excuse for
people to further censor society and not have to face reality. Because this form of rock n’ roll is just repeating the
cycle that began with blues and jazz and kept repeating
through each generation, they talk about the same things
as the popular music before them. It’s just done in a different manner.
This is good, because if rock n’ roll didn’t evolve
then it would become boring and stale.
Rock n’ roll adds to the flavor of life. It truly encompasses all music and gives one a sense of energy, relaxation, or whatever else you listen to music for. It fuels
your need and fills the void of boring silence. In the words
of AC DC, “rock n’ roll ain’t noise pollution, rock n’ roll
ain’t gonna die.” No matter what form it takes.
OPINIONS/EDITORIALS
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February 6, 2009
Fear
7
Bomb threats raise new questions.
by Jordan Schrader
T
Minerals, Recyclable Goods,
And Sharp Objects
The Game of Rock, Paper, Scissors is examined.
by Rebecca Hanson
R
ock: heavy, strong, enduring. It has the
ability to smash scissors with crushing
force.
Scissors: nimble, high in agility, quick, cuts
paper with razor sharp blades.
Paper: weak, flimsy, can easily be crumpled
and thrown away, or ripped apart with bare hands,
has ability to, wait for it… cover rock.
Honestly? What is with the hierarchy of Rock,
Paper, and Scissors? It’s easily understood why
Rock beats Scissors, and of course Scissors beats
Paper, but how does Paper win over the much more
hard core Rock?
Paper, being weak yet intelligent due to its
constant use as storage for knowledge, somehow
outsmarts Rock, who is notorious for being the
dumbest of the three.
You see, Rock isn’t as sharp as Scissors, nor as
informative as Paper. But can we really believe that
Rock is so oblivious as to think it has lost when it
is merely covered?
There must be something deeper. Rock could
be claustrophobic. It might panic when shrouded in
darkness, and gives way to Paper.
Perhaps Paper has been taking performance
enhancing drugs. That’s right. Extensive use of
steroids has turned Paper into Cardboard.
Meanwhile, Rock has evolved over the ages to
use something other than brute force to dominate
Scissors.
Rock has turned into Sandstone, and now has the
ability to get in the pivot spot of Scissors, inhibiting
its speed, and spoiling its blades. Cardboard now
has a significant advantage over Sandstone, which
can easily be crumbled.
We must now turn our attentions toward the
forlorn Scissors. It had gotten used to easily beating
Paper after being humiliated by Rock.
Now that Paper has changed its identity to
Cardboard, Scissors has a harder time beating it.
Maybe in time Scissors will change as Rock and
Paper have.
Only one question remains. Who do you
choose?
he bomb threats that came after
Christmas break brought a sense
of fear and unknown to the Marist
campus that had not been felt for a very long
time. We were a safe, welcoming school that
became uneasy, but have now returned to normal. We are still that safe and welcoming
school, but there are many out there who can’t
return to that safe feeling, and often live their
lives in fear.
Being targeted as a faith community made
me consider how lucky we are to live in a country that doesn’t tolerate any form of terrorism.
We have an incredible force of individuals who
have vowed to protect and serve. The police
and FBI worked around the clock to put an end
to these threats, and they did.
The instability of Iraq makes me wonder
about what it is like to live in an environment
where suicide bomber attacks may happen anytime. No matter if it’s in the form of the bomb
or a shooting, something terrible can happen
on a daily basis.
It would be ignorant to deny the fact that
something like that never happens in the United States, because in fact it has. We have had
our troubled times as a nation, as a local area
community, all the way down to our school
community.
September 11, 2001 was another fearful
day for our nation. I remember exactly where
I was when I found out. I watched the towers
collapse. It brought on a sense of uneasiness
for the new century, and we now are dealing
with an enemy that was not set in stone, and
wasn’t in one place. From then on, we were
battling against a mind set rather than a people.
Three years earlier, on May 21, 1998, we
felt our own shock wave as a local community
after the Thurston High School shooting. No
one ever thought it could happen in a place like
this. Kipland Kinkel took the lives of his parents and students at the school, while injuring
over 20. As a seven year old, it was hard for me
to understand what was going on. I remember
listening to adults explain it, but it still took me
a while to fully understand.
After consideration of all these events, not
to mention the ones that don’t make national
news, I realized that everyone faces some form
of fear. With that, I also found there is no set
normal for everyone. What I know as normal
isn’t what Iraqi people know as normal. I now
have a small taste of what they live in every
day.
Hezbollah Attacks Push Israel To Its Limit
International conflict creates gray areas.
by Pat Bartels
I
nternational news headlines over
the past few weeks have been
dominated by the Israeli governments’ invasion of the Palestinian held territory referred to as the Gaza strip. Israel
states that the military action was brought
on by the Hezbollah organizations missile attacks on Israeli cities and military
checkpoints throughout Southern Israel.
Israeli forces entered the Gaza strip in
force on December 27, 2008. They entered
the country under the premise of locating
smuggled weapons and rockets that Hezbollah militants have been using on Iraqi
citizens over the past few months. Israeli
army forces engaged multiple Hezbollah
positions on the border, sustaining fewer
than a dozen causalities. Hezbollah at-
tempted retaliation on multiple occasions,
launching missiles at Israeli cities. The Israeli forces were able to crush all Hezbollah resistance within the strip itself.
The invasion was been met with
outrage by Palestine sympathizers and
members of the U.N. council. It came at
an inopportune moment as far as the U.S.
was concerned. With the elections and the
following inauguration, there was no real
possibility of America being able to intervene.
The largest points of interest were the
tactics used by the Israeli military, which
ordered personnel to find and eliminate
any supposed Hezbollah supporters, many
of whom were unarmed citizens. They justified their actions by stating that Hezbollah had increased their attacks on Israeli
cities during the invasion, and the change
in the R.O.E. (Rules Of Engagement) was
necessary to eliminate the threat to the Israeli people.
Israel promised to withdraw troops
from the region if the U.N. agreed to
dramatically increase efforts to stem the
tide of illegally smuggled weapon being
brought into the region to supply militant
Hezbollah forces.
The U.N. Council for Human Rights
has been investigating the substantial body
count left by Israeli forces as a possible
violation of the Geneva Convention. It is
estimated that the body count has topped
over three thousand civilians and suspected militants with only 11 Israeli casualties. While Israel has claimed of Hezbollah missile attacks on Israeli cities, they
have yet to provide any evidence of recent
loss of life due to the supposed Hezbollah
retaliations.
Finally on January 21, 2009 the last
of Israeli forces withdrew from the Gaza
Strip area. A U.N. initiative, headed up by
Egypt, England, and Italy, promised to increase funding and resources being committed to stem the illegal arms trade into
the region. Israel kept its promise and immediately began troop withdrawals.
I find myself just as split on my opinion toward the issue as a large portion of
U.N. council members. While it appears
the numbers of dead make Israel seem the
villain, we must remember the countless
dead in Israeli cities due to pre-invasion
Hezbollah missile attacks. It appears much
of the conflict is unseen.
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SPORTS
February 6, 2009
by
the
numbers
4
1
The number of seniors on
the boys basketball team.
The number of freshmen
on varsity girls basketball.
6
The number of team points
earned for a pin in
wrestling.
3
The number of new
cheerleaders for the winter
season.
Please Recycle
Marist's Number One Fan
Winfred Murphy shows his support for all Marist athletics.
by Dani Gehrke
You may have seen him
but likely not known who he is.
Pinky is a loyal fan and maybe
even our number one fan. He is
at nearly every Marist sporting
event but who is he? No matter
what rain or shine Pinky, whose
real name is Winfred Murphy,
is here supporting our Marist
athletes. Pinky enjoys our teamwork, our sportsmanship, and our
competitiveness that we bring to
every event.
He is a quick witted man;
ready to laugh. It was hard for
me not to notice him at my freshman softball games. He was always there cheering on our team
which sparked my interest to find
out more. My mom made friends
with him first and gave him many
rides to and from games which
allowed me to get to know him.
Pinky was even invited to attend
the end of the year celebration
for the softball team.
Pinky has been avidly
watching all Marist sports for
eight years ever since he was in
the front office and met Stephanie Singer an outgoing basketball
and softball player. She invited
him to come watch their games.
He then became hooked. “Marist
is so handy for me to just watch
a game and go home,” said Pinky
who lives in the apartments next
to Marist.
Corey Anderson, a former
Marist athletic director and basketball coach noticed Pinky sitting on the top row across from
the bench years ago and assumed
he was a grandparent of one of
our kids. Anderson finally introduced himself to the frequent
visitor and learned he was just a
fan who found Marist athletics
a good form of entertainment.
Anderson soon became Pinky’s
number one fan because "Mr.
Murphy saw who was really behind the jersey” and his presence
was “warmly welcomed” said
Anderson.
Anderson soon began to give
him free season passes to honor
his dedication with the help of
the front office. “Mrs. May has
always been so good to me, anything I want I get,” said Pinky.
Pinky has always been competitive, playing high school football, basketball and track and if
he could still play a sport he said
it would be softball. Even today
he is an avid golfer at the age of
88. Pinky once hit two hole-in-
GIRLS
HOOPS
25
Junior Danielle Gehrke, Pinky, and Melissa Gehrke after a volleyball game. Photo by Toni Cooper
ones in the same month.
Pinky lived his first 11 years
in Kansas. He then moved to
southeastern Colorado until the
age of 22 when he joined the Marine Core as an aircraft mechanic.
At the age of 25 he met his wife
Peggy Murphy who was a member of the Army at the time. It
was at a ball in Hollywood. They
danced the night away and Pinky
remembers telling a friend “She
is the one I’m going to marry.”
After dating for three months
they were wed on the first of Sep-
tember in 1945. “We are just so
different I don’t know what attracted us” said Peggy. They
have been married for 63 years,
and have had 6 children together.
Peggy doesn’t mind all the time
he spends at Marist. “He thinks
I’m good to let him go” to the
sporting events she said.
Pinky looks to keep coming
to all Marist’s sporting events,
keeping his number one fan title.
If you see Pinky I encourage you
to say thank you for his support
of every Spartan sport.
There Is No Off-Season
Spring sports condition through the winter.
Freshman
Olivia
Houser
drives to
the hoop
against
Marshfield
at home.
The length of a swimming
pool in yards.
Photo by
Logan Silver
'11
800
The baseball and softball teams spend a workout session working on their balance and core strength through yoga.
Photo by Toni Cooper
by Pat Bartels
The number of yards the
swim team swims for warm
ups.
5:30
The time dance practice
starts in the morning.
Senior
Amanda
Hagstrom
goes to
the hoop
against
Marshfield
at home.
Photo by Logan
Silver '11
League record: 6-2
The girls are tied for 2nd in league and are looking
towards the playoffs.
Its time again for the spring sports
teams to get ready for the next season.
While many are still waking and shaking
the proverbial dust off, a select few are already hard at work.
The Boys’ Lacrosse team began their
conditioning workouts with the coach in
January. Their practices take place every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at
three.
The Girls’ Lacrosse started their captain practices on January 2nd and expect
to have a large amount of new players,
along with many returning players. They
expect to have a successful season.
Baseball and Softball have been conditioning since the fall; they have been
doing extensive plyometric and flexibility
training, on top of traditional strength and
cardio training. Senior Jordan Schrader
said, “The results of Ana Smith‘s (team
trainer) workouts have been undeniable,
and will be the ‘difference maker’ between
Marist and its opponents this season.”
Track runners have no official workouts, but many of the runners have started
their own individual workouts.
Boys Tennis is not planning on having
any organized offseason practices. Head
coach Mark Chronister is really looking
for some new and eager players.
Boys and Girls Golf are not having
any organized offseason practices. Some
players play on their own.
SPORTS
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February 6, 2009
SWIMMING
9
ASK THE
ATHLETES
What would you rather stuff
your suburban with balloons
or toilet paper?
"Balloons because there is
so much more you can do
with balloons, like to see
how many could lift a chair
or something."
-junior Emily Hacker
Senior Jacob Deines butterflies down the pool.
Piebenga '09
Photo by Dawn
Junior Mary Cummings prepares for her upcoming race.
Photo by Dawn Piebenga '09
Swimming has been competing in many invitationals and dual meets. Districts
will be Valentines Day weekend in Albany. State is the Feb 19-23 at Mount Hood
Community College.
Orton Starts Anew
The new head boys basketball coach settles in at Marist.
Which celebrity would you
like to wrestle?
"Nicole Kidman because she
is pretty and popular"
-junior Eric Chun
Who would you rather be
stranded on an island with
Moser or Conroy?
'Moser but I don't know why."
-senior Calvin Philpott
by Jeff Bedbury
BOYS
HOOPS
Change has been the word to describe Marist as a whole this past year.
Another coaching change has occurred
with first time head basketball Coach
Eric Orton receiving the honor to coach
the defending state champions. This is
new territory for Orton being a first
time head coach but says, “Head coaching has always been a goal for me and
Marist is a great fit with great kids.”
He is not alone in his new venture, picking his father as his assistant
coach. “He coached 20 plus years at the
high school level and his experiences
are very beneficial in my success” said
Orton. You can easily see the irony in
the situation having older Orton has
been the authority figure thus far, but
the tables have turned with the younger
Orton now in control.
“It’s nice though, relaxing in a
way. If you have coached for 24 years
it’s nice to just be able to sit on the side
and give your opinion every once in a
while” said Doug Orton. When asked
about this Eric Orton said, “He helps
me a lot and I take everything he says
seriously. It’s almost his way with my
twist.”
Orton has had basketball in his
life since he was young. He grew up in
the gym so to say. He worked so hard
dreaming of playing in the NBA. Orton used to shoot three sets of 100 three
pointers, and had a personal goal of 80
percent and would shoot until he made
80 on each set. When realizing his
height, vertical jump and his strength
only went so far, he set his sights on
coaching. Like father like son.
Senior Nick
Daniel goes
up for a reverse lay-up.
Photo by Erica
Little '09
If could take one teacher to
“Dancing with the Teachers”
who would you take and
why?
"Mr. Matt, because he could
move better than some of
the other teachers."
-senior Madison Hilles
If you could go anywhere
where would you go and
why?
"I'd go to space; it would be
amazing to see the earth
from another view."
-freshman Sam Walters
Eric Orton studies the opposing team warm up before a game.
Orton has had a goal of coaching
his own team. When talking about the
changes as a head coach the amount of
sleep was the first to his mind. He said,
“I don’t really sleep a lot even if I am
not watching film, I am just thinking
about the team, and how to get better.”
When Orton was asked of his feelings on his first win as a head coach he
said, “It was really nice, it was a relief
after losing the first game. I questioned
myself wondering if I was doing something wrong. It was great to share such
a monumental moment with such a
good group of kids."
Orton seems to think the transition
is going very well. When asked how the
Marist community has welcomed him
he said, “They have a very good staff,
great kids, and the parents have been
Photo by Jordan Schrader '09
very supportive of the change.”
Orton has managed his personal
life with basketball though by finding
the time to propose. Orton’s fiancé,
Hayley, a 5th grade teacher at Walterville Elementary School, was greeted
by a message on the loud speaker asking the big question. “I felt great. It was
such a rush when she said yes” said Orton.
How does a new coach balance a
new engagement and basketball? Orton
seems to think it’s not that big of a deal
saying, “The people around me have
realized that basketball is very serious
to me, and I look to be the best I can at
whatever it is I do, whether I am playing or coaching.” Orton looks forward
to what is to come in his new coaching
career and personal life.
Senior
Gianni Carter
dribbles down
the court.
Photo by Jordan
Schrader '09
League record: 5-3
The boys are tied for 3rd in league and are on the second half of their schedule.
If you had to jump out of a
plane, which teacher would
you do it with and why?
"Mr. Nuxoll because I would
want to see his reaction."
-junior Kori Lennon
Would you rather ride on a
cheetah or a bull and why?
"Cheetah, because it's faster
and a bull is ugly."
-sophomore Alexis Mollahan
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SPORTS
February 6, 2009
WRESTLING
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The sports department continues to debate who is the dominate
athlete in each sport, when to
feature them and why.
But we just can't agree on the
BEST ATHLETE OF THE
SEASON
Here's a bit of our thinking.
-Dani and Jeff
Wrestling coaches, Ryan Dunn and Chase Wells
shout directions to their athlete. Photo by Toni Cooper
Junior Justin Perry tries to take down his opponent.
Photo by Toni Cooper
"The teams is young and Coach Dunn and I see improvements everyday. We expect
big things from these young wrestlers. They don't even look like the same wrestlers
that walked in the door at the first practice." - Coach Chase Wells
"Part of who
I Am"
DANCE
Senior Natalie Grant
dedicates herself to
skating.
The dance team
performs for the
Marist student
body at the winter
sports assembly.
Photo by Taylor
McAdams
Junior Andrina
Kaupert shows
off her moves.
Photo by Toni
Cooper
Senior Natalie Grant. Photo by Dawn Piebenga '09
The Passion Dance Team is in its state
season right now. Their dance theme is
"Dream Within A Dream." They took 2nd
at Thurston and received the friendship
award. They also took 3rd in Gresham.
by Luke Koester
At an age where many children are still learning to balance on their feet, senior Natalie Grant
was learning to balance on ice. Grant started taking
figure skating lessons from the same coach as her
sister and cousin when she was four and has stuck
with it ever since.
Having family members who did the sport was
what originally drew Natalie to try skating. Even
though her sister quit, who is now in college, Grant
kept practicing and improving. She said that she
“likes being rewarded for [her] work” and “having
fun” with her team-mates.
Grant participates in about four competitions
a year for the Lane Events Center team and skates
in a variety of events at each. Natalie participates
in both technical and footwork individual events as
well as team events. In the footwork event skaters are given a minute and a half to incorporate a
variety of specific turns and edges into their performance.
The individual technical event is Natalie’s favorite to compete in. Skaters are given two and a
half minutes in this event to complete the seven required elements plus their own assortment of extra
jumps and spins.
Grant is still taking lessons and is friends with
the youngest of her coaches. Her favorite skater is
Kristi Yamaguci, who Grant saw on TV when she
was little. “I like the way she skates,” she replied
when asked why she likes Kristi. Today Grant describes the sport she started twelve years ago as
“part of who I am.”
CHEER
J- During this winter season there have been many
standout athletes but none other than my boy Will Swindling.
He has moved up to varsity basketball as a sophomore and
is playing considerable minutes. Swindling has started two
years at linebacker for the Spartan football team and Marist
football coach Frank Geske says, “He is a hitter plain and
simple.” Swindling looks to finish out the basketball season
and move on to varsity baseball as a catcher. Sounds like a
stud to me Danielle.
D-Well Jeff, what about wrestler Sam Hardin. He is a
junior who went to state last year in the 171 weight class.
Hardin is 2-2 in league and ranked 3rd behind two placing
wrestlers last year at state. He also won the Dilly Invitational
at Lowell earlier this year. Hardin will be a three sport athlete
this year competing in track along with football in the fall. He
balances school and academics by maintaining a 3.9 GPA.
Hardin looks to place highly at state and then looks forward
to football in the fall.
J- Danielle that is a good one but sorry, I think you came up
a little short on your pick. If we are talking about true athletes
there is no question that Mitchel Wilson is the player of the
winter season. Wilson has been a standout since he walked
on campus and has been a part of two state championships in
both football and basketball and played considerable minutes
in each. He possibly was the best defensive player in last
year’s state championship football game, stopping the now
Portland State Viking, Corey McCaffrey. Wilson maintains a
3.4 GPA but that doesn’t faze him with his ability on the field,
being as though he is looked at by many D1 schools. What do
you think of this Ms. Gehrke?
D- Well, what I think is my girl Kayla Braud has got
you beat buddy. She is a senior softball player who has got a
golden road of opportunity ahead of her. School softball will
start in the spring but this winter she is playing on her Elite
18 Gold traveling team. She has already signed to Alabama
University who is ranked #2 in softball according to USA
today poll. On top of this great scholarship, she helped her
team reach their goal of the 4A title last year in softball. Off
the field she also contributed a 3.9 GPA to the team’s Dairy
Farmers of Oregon Award, which is given the team with the
highest average GPA as a team.
J- Danielle I will give props. Solid pick but not good
enough. The player of the winter season surely goes to
McKinley Dennis. She has balled it up on the soccer field
in the fall and has now turned her focus to the court running
the offense as the starting point guard for the girls varsity
basketball team. Dennis has been a key part of the Spartans
success this year. She is looked upon as one of the Spartans
best perimeter shooters by her teammates and coaches.
Dennis has been looking to play soccer at the next level and
hopes to win a state championship in basketball and in soccer
her senior season.
one
The cheer team
leads the crowd with
enthusiasm at the
basketball game.
Photo by Toni Cooper
Dorothy Olzyk
leads on the
cheer team. Photo by Toni Cooper
Cheer has been rooting on the winter sports team
and now cheers at wrestling meets.
D- Good pick but I believe we shouldn't just pick just
athlete. Instead my final pick will go to a group
of girls. Did you forget about the
defending State Championship
Medley
Relay
swimming
squad? The team of sophomore
Alexis Mollahan, juniors Mary
Cummings and Victoria Weiler
and senior Ingrid Woeful are a
year older and stronger and are sure
to make a splash in the swimming
world again. Watching them could be
as fun as watching the Olympics this
summer.
J- You win. We can look at the
positives, you didn’t pick Calvin
Philpott.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Shakespeare à la Disco
Marist Fall Theater Production entertains the crowds.
by Rebecca Hanson
After walking into the dimly lit theater, my first sight was the disco ball.
When I think of Shakespeare, I don’t necessarily envision disco balls, or the 70’s.
Obviously, the cast of Twelfth Night are of
a different mindset. The play was set in the
time where disco was hip and bellbottoms
were groovy. Adding to the groovitude
was Matt DeBellis’ original music. The
plot, like any of Shakespeare’s comedies,
was confusing.
On Friday the 16th in January,
Marist’s production of the Shakespearian comedy Twelfth night premiered. The
closing show was two days later. The play
starred junior Jessica Svetal as Viola, a
survivor of a boat wreck who pretended to
be a man in order to get a good job working for Harrison Givens, who played the
Duke Orsino. Adding to the confusion was
freshman Michael Busse as Sebastian,
Viola’s twin who, unbeknownst to Viola,
also survived the boat wreck.
Other main roles were senior Searra
Konyn as Olivia, who Orsino loves, and
who falls in love with the male version of
Viola, Cesario and twin Sebastian. Viola
falls in love with Orsino, which is difficult to act out on, as he thinks her to be
a man. Meanwhile, Sebastian is mistaken
for Viola by Olivia, and they get married.
Whew!
Margaret Quartararo
Q.How many licks does it take to get to the
center of a tootsie pop?
A. Too many to count.
Q.Plain or peanut M&M's?
A. Plain, because there's more
chocolate in them.
Q. "A _ divided against itself, cannot __."
A. "A house divided against
itself, cannot stand."
Q."There's nothing to fear but __."
A. Fear itself.
Q. Which is better, 80's pop music or pop
music today?
A. Pop music today, I've never
really listened to 80's music.
Q. Most embarrassing moment?
A. It changes daily.
Q. Funniest thing ever said by a teacher:
A."Out -freaking-standing!" -Mr.
Mullins
Lauren Nelson
Q. How many licks does it take to get to
the center of a tootsie pop?
A. I'm too busy to count.
Q. Plain or peanut M&M's?
A. Plain, because there's more
chocolate.
Q. "A _ divided against itself, cannot __."
A. "A heart divided against
itself, cannot love."
Q. If you could spend the day in
the life of anyone at Marist -who
would it be?
A. Mr. Wagner so I could
make fun of Luke.
Q. "You don't need a weatherman to know ___"
A. that it rains in Oregon.
Q. Funniest thing ever said by a teacher:
A."Barney is a communist." or
anything Mr. Wagner says.
Q. "It's all about ___"
A. Me.
Juniors John Strother-Garriot and Gina Jacobson flirt on the set of Twelfth Night. Photo by Toni Cooper
While the love triangle keeps getting
more and more confusing, junior Alice
Rear as the clown Feste, junior Austin
VanderPlaat as Sir Toby Belch, junior John
Strother-Garriot as Sir Andrew, junior
Gina Jacobson as Maria, and sophomore
Lauren Taylor as Fabianne pull a prank on
junior Houston Noble as Malvolio.
The play had a great turnout all three
showings, and kept the crowd entertained
with its groovy theme. In the center of
the set, a disco ball was hung, and the
costumes positively shouted the spirit of
disco with vibrant and pleasantly contrasting colors.
All in all, the play was magnificently
Geoffery Wildish
Q.How many licks does it take to get to the
center of a tootsie pop?
A. The world may never
know...
Q. Plain or peanut M&M's?
A. Peanut M&M's, because
there is a suprise in the
middle.
Q."A __ divided against itself, cannot
__."
A."A school divided against
itself, cannot learn."
"There's nothing to fear but __."
A. Margaret.
Q. Which is better, 80's pop music or pop
music today?
A. 80's music, because my
friends think it's cool.
Q. Most embarrassing moment?
A. It's too embarrassing to talk
about.
Q. Funniest thing a teacher has ever said:
A."Booty"
Tyler Wagner
Q. How many licks does it take to get to
the center of a tootsie pop?
A. I've never had the patience to
actually try that.
Q. Plain or peanut M&M's and why?
A. Plain. They taste better.
Q. "A __ divided against itself, cannot
__."
A."A school divided
against itself, cannot
learn."
Q. If you could spend the day in
the life of anyone at Marist, who
would it be?
A. Max or Mitchel so I
could dunk.
Q. "You don't need a weather
man to know___"
A. How many licks does it take
to get to the center of a tootsie
pop.
Q. Funniest thing ever said by a teacher:
A."Today we're going to be
exchanging bodily fluids." -Mr.
Wagner.
Q. "it's all about ___"
A. The food.
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bought your
2008-09
Yearbook yet?
$70 is a great
deal for a lifetime
of memories.
Do it soon!
Final deadline for pre-ordering
a book is
Friday April 24, 2009
See Ms.Cooper with any
questions or an order form.
Junior Alice Rear clowns around with junior
Jessica Scetal and senior Harrison Givens.
done, and marvelously entertaining. Bravo!
Micah Stratton
Q. If you could spend a day in the life of
anyone at Marist, who would it be?
A. Andrew Woods, because
he's good at Halo.
Q. "It's all about ___."
A."Fun."
Q."You don't need a weather man to
know ___."
A."The time."
Q."There's nothing to fear but___."
A."Mr. Dreiling."
Favorite book?
A. I like all books mostly.
Q. 80's pop music or pop music
today?
A. I don't listen to pop.
Jonas Brothers suck.
Q. Most embarrassing moment?
A. I don't get embarrassed.
Q. Funniest thing a teacher ever
said?
A. Charles de Gaulle was a good
man.
Chris Rusin
Q.Plain or peanut M&M's?
A. Peanut -as long as I take the
peanuts out.
Q. If you could spend the day in the life
of anyone at Marist -who would it be?
A. Craig.
Q."Everyone will be ___ for 15 minutes."
A. Craig.
Q. Most embarrassing moment?
A. Someone called me Craig.
Q. Funniest thing ever said by a teacher:
A."Shabang-O?" -Mrs. Cool.
Q. "You don't need a weather man to
know___"
A. Shoesies.
Answers to It's All Relative
on page 5
1. N,Y 2. N,N 3. Y,Y 4. Y,N 5. N,N
6. Y,Y 7. Y,Y
Jessica Kast
Q. If you could spend a day in the life of
anyone at Marist, who would it be?
A. Ian Skurdal. Then I could do
a back flip whenever I wanted
and I could play the guitar.
Q. "It's all about ___."
A."Brittany Burr."
Q."You don't need a weather man
to know ___."
A."It's already raining."
Q."There's nothing to fear but___."
A."Clowns and peanut butter."
Q. Favorite book?
A."The Shack"
Q. 80's pop music or pop music today?
A. 80's, because it spins me
right round!
Q. Most embarrassing moment?
A. The time I got locked in the
bathroom for two hours.
Q. Funniest thing a teacher ever said?
A. Basically everything
Mr. Oldham says.
Anna Guzikowski
Q.Plain or peanut M&M's?
A. Both.
Q. If you could spend the day in the life of
anyone at Marist -who would it be?
A. Craig.
Q."Everyone will be ___ for 15 minutes."
A. Craig.
Q. Most embarrassing moment?
A. Losing to Craig.
Q. Funniest thing ever said by a teacher:
A."Obama is "black" " (using air
quotes)- Mr. Conroy.
Q. "You don't need a weather man to
know___"
A. How awesome Craig is.
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February 6, 2009
ENTERTAINMENT
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Upcoming
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letters to the editors
Seniors Erica Little, Jordan Schrader and
Art Hickman respond to your queries...
Dear Art,
Why am I no longer the girl of your dreams?
-Kindergarten Kiddy
Dear Heidi Klum,
Get it through your head, girl. It’s over.
Those four weeks in Naples were magical,
but the spark is gone. Please stop calling.
-Art
Dear Editors,
Is it a really bad idea to send a Valentine’s
Day candy gram when I have a boyfriend at
a different school?
-Questioning Girl
Dear Questioning,
It really depends on what you write. Do you
use winky-smiles? Do you use the word
“tantalizing?” Is there an illustration? How
much tasteful nudity can be found in this
illustration? Distasteful nudity? If the answer
to any of these questions is yes, perhaps it’s
time to rethink your Valentine’s Day plans.
-The Editors
Dear Erica,
Why is it so hard to do homework as a
second semester senior?
-I really really want college
Dear wanting college,
There is a disease known as senioritis. It
is a progressive disease that first affects
a senior’s ability to concentrate in class.
After it has taken another victim, it is only a
matter of time before procrastination hits an
all time high so that no homework is able to
be done. Unfortunately, some teachers fail
to recognize this as a valid excuse when
students fail to turn in their homework.
-Erica
Dear Jordan,
Ain’t Nothin’, but a thang.
-The Dude playing the dude, disguised as
another dude.
Dear Dude(s),
Pump yo breaks kid. Take some time to
figure out who you are, who you’re playing,
and who you’re disguised as. There’s
nothing worse than being a dude that truly
has no idea what dude he is, or what dude
he claims to be.
-Jordan
Dear Art,
The 80’s were a truly, truly, truly outrageous
time for animated TV shows. What
happened to all of that great animation?
-Anonymous
Dear Anonymous,
The 80’s were indeed a great time for
cartoons, but the world grew up. It used to
be all a hero needed was a square jaw and
a magical power ring, but suddenly children
expected characters to have “emotions,”
and “motives.” I blame the smarmy OPB for
spoiling us.
-Art
Dear Jordan,
Do you feel bad for tearing my ACL?
-Injured
Dear Injured,
I am not happy that your ACL is torn, but I
don’t feel bad. That's why God gave us two.
I came away from that collision perfectly
fine, and it sounds like you just couldn’t
keep up. Eat your vitamins, and maybe one
day you’ll have ACLs like mine.
-Jordan
Dear Erica,
Why is Art Hickman such a dirty thief?
-Angry
Dear Angry,
Art seems to think that it is ok for him to
steal other people’s letters and answer
them without the permission of the intended
recipient. This is a recurring problem
that will require years of therapy (for Art).
Unfortunately, I don’t see him taking any
advice from me, so keep anything valuable
in your possession away from Art’s sticky
fingers.
-Erica
Dear Erica,
I felt compelled to write a letter to you
instead of Art. Any explanations?
-Don’t worry ‘bout it
Dear ‘bout it,
Instead of answering your question better
than Erica ever could have, I’d like to
respond to her claims that I’m a thief. I’ll
have her know that I only steal from her
what I know I can do better. That’s why I
secretly re-write every story she does for the
paper during my free period. I also take and
destroy her math homework when she’s not
looking, and sneak mine into her backpack.
-Art
Dear 'bout it,
What Art doesn't know is that it's really his
homework that he destroys and the joke's
on him because we aren't in the same math
class. As for your inclination to write to me
instead, good choice.
-Erica
Dear Jordan,
Do you think the girls you're interested in
like the fact that you are a newspaper editor
and baseball captain?
-the real Jack Bauer
Dear Jack Bauer,
All titles of mine considered, along with
the current state of my "love life," I feel as
if it wouldn't matter if I was named "2009's
sexiest man alive." I'm single, but am
always found in the newspaper room or on
the baseball field. If you girls are interested.
-Jordan
-TBA
Sophomore Boys Retreat #2
-Feb 6-9
Canned Food Drive has been extended to this
coming Monday Feb 9th -Three more days to
help MVP feed the hungry in our community!!
-Feb 7
Marist Auction
-Feb 9
Freshman Retreat -all day
-Feb 13-15
Senior Metanoia #2
-Feb 21-23
Junior Boys Encounter #2
-Feb 23
Spring Sports Begin
-Feb 28-Mar2
Junior Girls Encounter #2
-Mar 4
Talent Show
-Mar 18-19
Winter Band Concert
-Mar 23-27
Spring Break
-Apr 4
Mr. Spartan Pageant
-April 8
Jesus Christ Superstar
One day only! Marist Theatre
will present a partial showing during school and a
full showing at 7:00 p.m.
-April 10
Good Friday -NO SCHOOL
-April 17-19 and 24-25
Sweeny Todd, The Deamon Barbur of Fleet Street
A dark yet strangely beautiful revenge tragedy
with monumental music by Stephen Sondheim.
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