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HALL OF FAME pg. 8The Hall of Fame at Jesuit is based solely
around athletics. Is this title de-ceiving? FEAR OF MISSING OUT pg.
9With the fast pace of everyday life, teenagers are struggling with
the ev-er-present fear of missing out.
KEEPING SUNDAY HOLY pg. 10This article discusses the imminent
issue athletes are facing: Sunday practices when trying to maintain
the holy day.CONCUSSIONS pg. 11Athletes feel a growing concern with
the large amount of concussions occurring today.
LEGADO LATINO pg. 2Legado Latino is a club seeking to do
ser-vice to bring everyone together in the Jesuit community.NEW
STUDENT SIBLINGS pg. 2Jesuit welcomes the Mueller siblings for
second semester, a junior boy and fresh-man girl coming from
Florida.
FEBRUARY 2016, EDITION LIX
PAGE EDITORS: Katie Kelley & Emily Preble
Maintaining A+cademic integrityBY CONOR CHAPMAN, 16
Madison Sarratt, former dean of Vanderbilt Uni-versity once
said, To-day I am giving you two exam-inations, one in trigonometry
and one in honesty. I hope you will pass them both, but if you must
fail one, let it be trigonometry. Many students know that quote as
one that hangs on walls classrooms throughout the school. Students
may even know it as the quote they see when theyre looking around
the room during an exam on material they think they havent learned.
The quote serves as an ideal for the school and its mission: to
educate a body
of students where their self-truth-f u l n e s s and integ-
rity is paramount. But as students sit in that class, looking
around the room and spotting the quote, the ide-al is probably not
what comes to mind. Instead, students
probably think of the devastating grade loss they face, their
parents disappointment, and their own embarrassment if they fail a
test. That point is where stu-dents at Jesuit often face a
prob-lem. In a high-pressure world of athletics, co-curricular
activities, and most of all academics, some-times it seems the only
way to complete a task is the easiest way: cheating. We are an
education-al institution with a priority to learn, Academic Vice
Princi-pal Mr. Smart said. Learning is a process, learning is a
theory,
learning is practice. Learning is the pursuit of truth.
Truthful-
ness must characterize that pursuit. The only way we can fulfill
that is through integrity.
As the administrator who directly deals with all ac-ademic
integrity violations, Smart recognizes the chal-lenges Jesuit
students face. He realizes that with a large
amount of stress, sometimes stu-dents become so overwhelmed they
take a short cut. Shortcuts though, as Je-suit tries to instill in
its students, are a dangerous path to take. In-tegrity violations
extend far be-
yond the walls of Jesuit Portland, and consequences seem to get
more severe the further one goes. In 2013, the Defense Minister of
Germany was forced to resign due to a plagiarism ac-cusation. In
2015, the very Min-ister that took his place was also accused of
plagiarizing her disser-tation. Even more recently, VW sales
dropped 15% worldwide fol-lowing their integrity scandal,
ac-cording to the Wall Street Journal. But while many students are
told not to cheat, some feel they arent told exactly how not to do
it. When teachers tell the class if they cant do something
honest-ly they should take the zero and move on, most dont find
that a satisfactory answer. For Smart, the best way to address the
prob-lem is through direct dialogue be-tween students and teachers.
[An integrity violation], how does [a student] avoid that? By being
open, and honest, and transparent, and asking a teach-er to make a
reasonable accom-modation so you can do it hon-estly, Smart said.
Every year at the beginning of the school year and throughout the
year, primar-ily through the mechanism of the Academic Council, I
remind department chairs and teachers that [they] need to get to
know [their] kids, they need to get to know their students context
and experience. A teacher has to know what their lived experience
is, what their challenges and op-portunities are. If you know that,
then youre going to be open to dialogue. Smart says that the key to
integrity in the context of academics falls on communica-tion
between all parties involved: teachers, students and parents.
Through all of this, Je-suit tries to instill in its students that
while in high school, integ-rity is the priority. Unlike many
things that end at graduation though, integrity carries with an
individual their whole lives. Each relationship, no matter with a
teacher, family member or friend is built on trust, and therefore
integrity. All of this means that though currently what matters are
the grades, the trophies and the college apps, in the context of
integrity these dont really matter. Integrity has no end game, no
higher achieve-ment. Instead, integrity is merely knowledge and
trust, in yourself and in your actions, that when no one is
watching you make a decision that impacts the person who matters
most: your-self.
Learning is a pro-cess, learning is a theory, learning is
practice. Learning is the pursuit of truth.
-Mr. Smart
COURTESY OF EMILY PREBLE, 16
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Jesuit is full of diverse clubs and groups. One of these clubs
is Legado Latino, where a group of students gives back to the
community while sharing their love of the Span-ish speaking
culture. Legado Latino is a club for those of Latino heritage and
those who just love the cultures of the Spanish speak-ing world.
Spanish teacher, Se-nora Circosta, created it back in 2008. The
goal of creating it was to form a bond between Latinos and lovers
of the Span-ish language. I saw a need for a community for Spanish
speak-ing students and for those whole love the culture, Seno-ra
Circosta said. It seemed that there wasnt a place that was
available for them to feel like they didnt have to explain
themselves. The club has numerous
social events. During the sum-mer there is a barbecue where
incoming Latino freshmen can get to know some other Jesu-it
students. There are also ice cream socials and dance ses-sions with
Spanish music. Students are encour-aged to share their Latino roots
with others. They see it as a comfortable place to ex-press
themselves with those who are similar to them. Le-gado Latino
members not only get together to create a bond, but to share their
experi-ences. Legado Latino has been fortunate enough to take
several different trips. A few years ago Mr. Blue took several
students to San Francisco for the Latino Summit at St. Igna-tius
College Preparatory. This provided Jesuit students with the
opportunity to meet with a large group of other Latinos from around
the country, and share their experiences.
Each year the club evolves, as different leaders have various
activities that they want to achieve. Over the years it has evolved
from a club where they do a bunch of social gatherings into a club
where the focus is all about giving back to the community. When
talking with students at the Latino Sum-mit, members of Legado
Lati-no came up with the idea to do a school fundraiser. When they
returned from the trip, the students initiated a soccer tournament
called 3v3 Cru-sader Cup. The tournament took place during lunch,
and all of the proceeds went to charity. The first year [the
proceeds] went towards a field in Nicaragua, senior Michelle
Escobar said. The second year we helped Causa, an Oregon immigrant
rights organiza-tion. Along with fundrais-
ing, Legado Latino helps with First Friday Feasts. On the first
Friday of every month, a group of students and teachers take
coffee, sandwiches, and their conversations to the homeless people
at the Beaverton Transit Center. Service has become a very big part
of Legado Latino. Senior leaders Michelle Esco-bar and Tomas
Ramirez are service oriented and want to share their passion with
others. One of my favorite parts would definitely have to be giving
back to the commu-nity, Escobar said. But also the field trips
because you just see a bunch of Hispanic people. I think its pretty
neat. At public schools there must be a whole population, but here
it is pretty minimized. Any students that want to partake in Legado
Latino or First Friday Feast should watch out for an announcement
about the next meeting.
Legado Latino celebrates cultureBY REBECCA PFLUGER,17
Legado Latino club gathers in the Hayes plaza. These students
hope to inspire the Jesuit community to engage in service.
COURTESY OF KATE HEBERT, 17
High school sports are a competitive activity, especially at
Jesuit where our teams are consistently compet-ing for state titles
year af-ter year. With every sport comes the possibility of
in-jury, but injuries dont just take form in broken bones. Injuries
are also possi-ble internally, where casts wont fix the problem. A
concussion is a brain bruise caused by a sudden hit or jolt to the
head. This injury caus-es the nerves in the brain to not function
properly. Among others, symptoms may include headache, lack of
coordination or memory loss. To diagnose a con-cussion, I ask
questions about what happened and what the person is experi-encing
now, Jesuits Ath-letic Trainer Jen Adams said. Usually there was
something that happened and their head hit some-thing, the ground
or anoth-
er player. Repeated concus-sions can cause detrimen-tal
long-term damage. In 2002, Nigerian born Dr. Bennet Omalu
discovered the brain disease Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
(CTE), a progressive de-generative disease found in people who have
suffered repetitive brain trauma. The discovery of this dis-ease
brought more aware-ness to concussions and its facts, generating a
change in the way teams handle concussions. This awareness has
changed a majority of pro-tocols teams use to decide when someone
is fit to re-turn to play after a concus-sion. One example of these
practices is ImPACT test-ing. Jesuit requires their students to
take it twice throughout their high school career to keep their
records up to date. ImPACT tests some of the more subtle and harder
to detect issues that someone might be experi-encing after a
concussion
- things like reaction time, pattern reaction, etc., Ad-ams
said. We can use the test as one part of the as-sessment to see if
the stu-dent has completely recov-ered. The ongoing aware-ness in
sports also raises the question on whether youth athletes should be
held to different rules, in-cluding playing with strict-er rules
and less equipment. By using less equipment, athletes wouldnt be
able to use their equipment as ex-tra force when hitting other
athletes. The belief behind this theory is that athletes would be
forced to learn proper techniques and not use cheap shots you see
now. However, taking these into consideration may jeopardize the
core of the sport. We have to make sure we make it as safe as
possible, but you are nev-er going to make anything 100% injury
free, varsity football coach Ken Potter said. Every sport is
look-ing at what can we do to
make our sport as safe as possible, while still main-taining the
integrity of the sport. To make the sport safe, you need to make
sure athletes are healthy. Athletes have a tendency to not report
their concus-sion symptoms for fear of missing a game. As
concus-sion awareness increases, coaches encourage athletes to
fully recover from their concussion before reenter-ing their sport.
State laws have even been changed to support this awareness. It is
now state law that any athlete who [suf-fers] a blow to the head
and is demonstrating any symp-toms must stop what they are doing to
be evaluated, Adams said. But another nega-tive aspect of
concussions come in the classroom, where athletes suffering a
concussion may have hard times focusing due to the way their brain
is recover-ing. Senior Lauren Rivers suffered a concussion just
before break during a bas-
ketball game after diving for a ball at the same time as an
opponent, resulting in a head collision. I missed the whole week
before break, River said. Now coming back after break and before
fi-nals, I have had to make up a lot of extra tests where I should
be studying for fi-nals, leaving me behind in studying for finals.
With the research that continues to advance every day, a greater
aware-ness of concussions and its effects are hitting the
mainstream. The film Con-cussion came out this past Christmas,
detailing Dr. Omalus fight with the NFL over CTE. This movie will
bring more awareness to the seriousness of concus-sions. I think
with great-er awareness, athletes are more likely to be forthright
about symptoms because they understand it is a se-rious matter,
Adams said. They only get one brain, so it is important to take
care of it.
BY RAMSEY SULLIVAN, 16Concussions: raising awareness of
impacts
PAGE EDITORS: Conor Chapman & Katie Kelley
Transfer StudentsAt the start of second se-mester, you may have
recognized two new faces in the halls of Jesuit. These two new
students are Ana and Sam Mueller. Ana and Sam moved to Portland
from Crys-tal River, Florida. Q: How was your old school different
than Jesuit?Sam: Kids at my old school didnt take school as
serious-ly as the students [at Jesuit] do. The teachers at Jesuit
are also more interesting to listen to and care about the subjects
they teach.Ana: My old school was very small. There were about 35
peo-ple in my entire freshman class.Q: What activities can we hope
to see you involved in around the Jesuit community?Sam: I play
football, baseball, and will run track if my ankle heals in
time.Ana: Mostly sports, but I also play the guitar.Q: What are you
most excited about in Oregon?Sam: I am excited about the challenges
[Jesuit] has to offer academically as well as athleti-cally.Ana: I
am excited to develop new friendships like the ones I had in
Florida and meet new people, go new places, and ex-perience new
things.
BY KATHLEEN KELLEY, 16
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LIFESTYLEFEBRUARY 2016, EDITION LIX LIVE NEWS UPDATES @
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Over the past few years, Jesuit has pushed itself to be-come
more eco-friendly in all aspects of the school. The most recent
installment in the movement to be green was the introduction of
hand dryers, instead of paper tow-els, in all of the bathrooms.
However, many stu-dents hold conflicting opin-ions about the hand
dryers. While some enjoy the new installment, others find that they
take too long and miss the paper towels. I love the hand dry-ers,
junior William Tooley said. Theyre so much more eco-friendly than
using a ton of paper towels everyday. On the other hand, some
students find the hand dryers to be a waste of time, so many use
alternative methods of drying. Now I just wipe my hands on my pants
after Im done washing them, senior Mylan Garnett said. Another
issue with timing for some students is getting to class on time.
Ju-nior Diana Harris has per-sonally experienced this is-sue.
I was drying my hands after washing them with the hand dryers,
Har-ris said. The problem is that it takes at least 12 seconds,
sometimes more, to get them dry. Unfortunately the bell rang while
I was trying to get them completely dry and I was late to class.
Some students have also found that paper towels have some uses that
hand dryers just cant fix. A com-mon issue is the problem of what
to do with a spilled water bottle. In the past stu-dents could
simply go to the bathroom to get paper tow-els and clean the spill
up. That is no longer an option, leaving many students and teachers
confused on what to do. Sanitation wise, the dryer someones hands
are, the fewer germs there are. This means that there is a less
likely chance of spread-ing or catching an illness. According to
ASAP Science YouTube Channel, on average, it takes less than 10
seconds to evaporate 96% of water on ones hands from using paper
towels. For hand dryers, it takes at least 12 seconds, although
many
students reported it taking much longer, to evaporate 97% of
water, meaning that regarding sanitation, theyre about the same.
However, one the-ory brought up also points out that the
contaminat-ed air from the bathroom is being pushed onto ones
hands, meaning that more germs could be pushed onto students hands.
(ASAP Sci-ence) Also, the friction from paper towels can also help
to remove germs from ones hands onto the paper towel. (ASAP
Science) But, the hand dryers were installed for the sake of
environmental reasons. This is a job that they are fully achieving.
Every year in the U.S. alone, 13 billion pounds of paper towels are
used and thrown away. Hand dry-ers on the other hand help to
prevent deforestation by eliminating towel consump-tion. (ASAP
Science) Also, with all factors of processing taken into ac-count,
hand dryers produce a far lower carbon emission than how paper
towels are made. (ASAP Science)
12 seconds too long?BY ASHLEY MEPHAM, 17
COURTESY OF BAILEY COOK, 17
Upon finishing the first semester, freshmen, sophomores and
ju-niors are required to forecast classes for the upcoming school
year from Feb.11 through Feb. 26. Students can expect a visit from
faculty members during their English class for an informative
meeting regard-ing forecasting on Feb. 8 or 9. Throughout
forecasting, stu-dents will learn about required classes and
electives which can be selected from a variety of courses. Whether
you are a freshman or a junior, I think you should take classes
that you are interested in, yet challenge you, senior Daniel
Dea-Mattson said. Base your decision off of
what you want to take, not what your friends are taking. A few
electives, such as photography and international studies, require
students to apply before being enrolled. Once ac-cepted, a
signature, like the rest of the courses on a students fore-casting
sheet, must be obtained. Time to locate teachers and ac-quire
signatures is given in place of an assembly, but students are
strongly encouraged to get their sheets signed ahead of time.
Similar to getting the signatures before the due date, sophomores
and juniors who are forecasting for Christian Service and Peace and
Justice should get the service papers signed and turned in early,
senior Julia Marieb said. Those forecasting for
the 65-hour Christian service project must choose when to
complete the service. Once stu-dents decide upon their pre-ferred
time-frame option, they must have a tentative list of po-tential
service opportunities. Based on when the ser-vice project is
complete, students are enrolled into the Peace and Justice class
for one semester. The remaining semester consists of a theology
class which can be chosen from a list of theology courses. All
forecasting paper-work involved must be filled out and signed by
the due dates. Individuals who need a break in their schedule due
to copious amounts of homework or tests, have the option of taking
a prep period or being a coun-seling, office, or teachers aid.
If
a student feels the need to take advantage of these
opportunities to compensate for an overload of honors and advanced
place-ment courses, or great amounts of stress, they can do so in
place of an elective. I signed up for a prep for my senior year,
senior Brod-ey Sajal said. It has helped me by studying for tests
and also working on college applications. Prep gives me time to
slow down after a busy schedule. Juniors as well as ambi-tious
sophomores and freshmen who are looking at colleges to ap-ply to
senior year are encouraged to research each university for a list
of required classes for their application process. As a col-lege
preparatory school, Jesuits curriculum fulfills most college
application requirements. To further discuss the needs of their
schedule, students can schedule appointments with college
coun-seling advisors in Ignatius Hall. Some colleges prefer
students take more than two years of a language or four years of
math and science, Marieb said. Students can find infor-mation
regarding the academic curriculum in the handbook. Along with pages
nine and ten of the handbook, there are several resources available
for students. Students who are forecasting can ask faculty
mem-bers, counselors, and upperclass-men for any assistance or
guid-ance needed. Additional course information can be found on
forecasting sheets or online at jesuitportland.org.
BY SAM LOUIE, 16Forecasting tips help students succeed
PAGE EDITOR: Bailey Cook
F.O.M.O. anxietyBY MIRA PETRILLO, 16
Students utilize newly implemented hand dryers that take up to
12 seconds.
As social media continues to surround most Jesuit students, a
feeling that something better is happening elsewhere creeps into
the minds of social media users. This con-stant social media
exposure is leading to an increasing number of teens with Fear of
Missing Out Anxiety or FOMO. FOMO refers to the anx-iety and
inadequacy that appears when one scrolls through social media sites
such as Snapchat and Instagram and is increasingly becoming an
epidemic among a generation of teenagers obsessed with their
smartphones. Sometimes, if I just want to be at home on a Friday
night and just have a chill night, its really hard to get on
Snapchat and see videos of people at a par-ty or everyone at a
girls house who Im not really friends with, senior Heidi Olyaei
said. When I see that, I feel the need to be hanging out with
someone. Activities that seem suf-ficient quickly become less fun
the moment one sees that some-one else is doing something that
appears to be more exciting. The problem is, many teens think that
social media is a natural extension of ones so-cial lives, but
instead social me-dia profiles are only a look at the best aspects
of ones life to then make the person appear to be an exciting,
interesting person,.Therefore, the images and vid-eos contributing
to FOMO arent real representations of peoples lives. Junior Aiden
Dummi-gan used an iPhone the first two years of his high school
career, however, recently switched back to having a flip phone.
Without
a smartphone he no longer has constant access to what all of his
friends are doing which he notes has made him happier in the long
run and more present in his life. More than anything, not having an
iPhone ruined so-cial media for me in the best way possible,
Dummigan said. I dont feel any pressure to check in on what people
are doing any-more. My focus is more inward rather than focusing on
the lives of others. The focus on others rather than oneself occurs
in FOMO and creates a cycle of dis-contentment in ones life. Even
if youre not con-stantly on it, if your iPhone is such a huge part
of your life, the feeling is always there, Dum-migan said. Say
youre having a conversation of your friend, I notice that people
still are think-ing about whats happening else-where, wondering if
what they are doing at that moment is the most fulfilling thing
possible at that moment. The feeling of FOMO isnt completely new,
but the number of people who are af-fected by it has increased
tre-mendously as information about everyone elses life flows into
our hands every moment. Because of the addictive qualities of
smartphones and social media, escaping FOMO takes awareness of self
and awareness of screen time. Delet-ing social media is one action
to rid oneself of FOMO, but simply working on being present in the
moment and remembering that the images on the screen arent real
similarly works in combat-ing a feeling of missing out.
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LIFESTYLE 4
Survival tips for getting through Valentines DayBY EMERY HANEL,
17
I n Louisiana, the day before the start of Lent warrants a
massive cel-ebration known as Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday. Mardi
Gras takes its origins all the way back to medieval Italy and
France, and became a staple of Lou-isiana life when the French
explorers settled near New Orleans and established customs like
street parades and masked balls. Mardi Gras wove into Catholic
tradition as the last big par-ty before 40 days of fasting,
abstinence, and other re-ligious obligations of the penitential
season. Now, the holiday has become so fundamental to Louisiana
culture that schools in New Orleans even have Mardi Gras breaks so
that they can join the parties with-out the burden of school the
next day. Possibly the most well-known of Mardi Gras traditions are
the street parades. Parades began as impromptu street celebra-tions
in the 1800s, with people decorating wagons, and were almost banned
because of the chaos they caused. Today, the floats begin making
their way
through the streets a couple weeks before Fat Tuesday. Throws
include cups, toys, and the purple, gold, and green beads commonly
associated with Mardi Gras that float riders toss into to
spectators. My favorite part about Mardi Gras was defi-nitely going
to the parades, junior Grace Manthey, former resident of New
Or-leans, said. Everyone lines up on the sides of the street
several roads deep. People also stand on the balconies that are
very common in New Orleans houses and watch from there. These
traditional colors have their own sig-nificance and history as
well. One of the first and most prominent Mardi Gras organizations,
Rex, traditionally adorned the colors purple for justice, gold for
power, and green for faith. This group be-came so central to Mardi
Gras celebrations that their color scheme, inspired by Catholic
tradition, became tied to the holiday. Another well-liked tradition
of Mardi Gras is the baking of King Cakes, which begins with the
Epiphany on January 6th.
King Cakes are a sweet, flakey pastry in the shape of a wreath,
often contain-ing a small plastic baby, representing Jesus, hidden
in the cakes. New Orle-ans legend brings luck and prosperity to the
recipient, who is also responsible for making the next King Cake.
Essential to the production of Mardi Gras celebrations are Krewes.
A krewe is an organization, separate from any county or
municipality, that has its own traditions and themes and puts on a
parade and ball each year. Most of the balls they put on are
pri-vate, krewe-member only events. However, sever-al Louisiana
krewes allow tourists and other mem-bers of the general public to
join the parties and ex-perience the festivities of Mardis
Gras.Whether pri-vate or public, Mardi Gras balls are almost always
formal and costumes, or at least masks, are traditional attire.
Mardi Gras tra-ditions vary in differ-ent countries around the
world. In the United States, Louisiana is the place to go if youre
looking for the
full experience. Mardi Gras in Portland is very different from
New Orleans, Man-they said. People seem to know that its Mardi
Gras, but there is no anticipation for it like in New Orleans.
Though its roots lie in Catholicism, many Jesuit students, like
most people not from the south-eastern United States, are only
vaguely familiar with the rich history and cele-brations of this
holiday. I think thats all people really know about it...that its
just a big party, junior Jacob Small said. T h a n k - fully, the
Portland
area is
home to the Mysti Krewe of Nimbus, our first and only krewe,
who, for the past five years, has been putting on balls and parades
on Mississippi Av-enue. The Mysti Krewe was started by Jane and
Steve Kerin, who moved to Portland from Louisiana in 2005,
and found themselves missing the celebration that brought
together fam-ily and friends. We had a small krewe of 30 or 40
strong that invited a bunch of other friends and bought tickets,
Captain Jane Ker-in, founder of the Mys-ti Krewe, said. We had a
concert and Louisiana style food and people wore cos-tumes in the
Mardi Gras spirit. This year, the ball is carnival themed and over
500 tickets have been sold to the general public. This is a 21 and
older event and includes Louisiana style music and food. Though Fat
Tues-
day parties are limited in Portland, many of
Portlands restaurants like Tapalaya or
The Parish that serve
t r a d i -t iona l ly L o u -i s i a n a
or cajun style food
c o m m e m o r a t e Mardi Gras on Feb. 9th
with festive foods, drinks, and the high spirits of fel-low
party-goers.
BY JACLYN FLOOD, 17
History behind celebrating Mardi Gras
PAGE EDITOR: Rebecca Pfluger and Kyle Phelps
Brace yourselves. Feb. 14 is coming, and you all know what that
means. Growing up, it meant a cornucopia of various Valentines Day
themed candies that, if ra-tioned strategically, would last until
Halloween. But now? Behold the plague of sappy romance film
releas-es. Prepare for the predict-able surge in the purchase of
overpriced commodities such as roses, chocolate, and useless
stuffed toys that are anything but an appropriate gift for anyone
over the age of thirteen. The capitalist Hall-mark Holiday,
designed to sell obnoxious singing cards and a plethora of lifeless
animals with corny phrases stitched onto their stomachs, has
developed into a national phenom-
enon where everyone de-cides to treat their signifi-cant other
how they should treat them every other day of the year. Ready
yourself for the inevitability of 1) planning the perfect date,
which, news flash, is going to be just as exactly like any date
youve ever gone on, or 2) being single and knowing you wont be
par-ticipating in this mediocre but overly-hyped event. However,
the cel-ebratory day has its perks. It doubles as Singles Awareness
Day, or S.A.D., uniting a community of lonely Netflix-watchers and
reminding them, you are not alone. The three Cs of S.A.D.cry,
com-miserate, and copeserve as the loose guidelines for all the
solo riders out there who wish they had a signif-icant other to
pretend they
actually enjoy Valentines Day with. N e v e r t h e l e s s , t
h e day miraculously continues to exist on our calendars, so to
make the holiday more survivable, heres some Valentines Day Donts:
1. Dont break up with your significant oth-er. If youre dating
some-one, whether it be serious or casual, Valentines Day is most
definitely not the day to end things. Sever-ing your relationship
with them on this sweetheart Sunday is easily one of the most shady
things to do, ever. To avoid being forev-er known as That Ex, put
the break up on hold for another day, or, better yet, opt for
splitting before they surprise you with all of those material goods
your retweets encouraged them to buy.
2. Dont contact your ex via text message, phone call, email,
carrier pigeon, or smoke signal. Anyone elseyour friends, your
family, your physi-cal therapist, that one kid you met at summer
camp in 2010would be a viable option to reach out to. Lit-erally,
anyone else but your ex. Just. Dont. Do. It. Save that I miss you
for your pizza deliverer and that string of choice words for when
you stub your toe. 3. Dont third-wheel. Unless youre into an
awkward public mani-festation of your bachelor or bachelorette
status, wal-lowing in fake laughter and self-pity as you sit next
to two lovebirds is probably going to be a pretty misera-ble way to
spend your loner Valentines Day. Ignore the false hope that you
will not
be ignored if you go out with your friend and their significant
other, who are both madly infatuated with one another. Politely
de-cline their invitation and instead rally the troops of other
singles to spend the day with instead. 4. Dont go any-where where
couples flock. Singletons, please dont subject yourself to the pain
of seeing idyllic couples who think theyre in love performing
public dis-plays of affection. Dont force yourself into making
cruel comparisons, like the fact that youre hold-ing onto crushed
roman-tic dreams and others are holding hands. Go some-where where
you can hap-pily treat yo self (Parks and Recreation, Season 4
Episode 4), like the spa or the gym.
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ARTSFEBRUARY 2016, EDITION LIX LIVE NEWS UPDATES @
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Will Cuddy, Je-suit graduate in 2010, began acting at a young
age. As an early member of the Young Peoples The-atre Camp hosted
at Je-suit, Cuddy developed relationships with men-tors such as
Jeff Hall and Elaine Kloser, and began taking advantage of aris-ing
opportunities. He was always really willing just to try anything
thrown his di-rection, Mr. Hall said. He was always willing to dive
in and participate to the fullest. Cuddys drive served him well in
the act-ing world. As a freelancer, there are no limitations as to
what he can do, which compliments his enthu-siastic and
hard-working personality. I love what I do. Everyday is exciting
and challenging, Cuddy said. The harder I work, the bigger things
that come along . . It takes a lot of self-motivation, but its all
well worth it. Although his en-thusiasm is now clearly evident, it
took an initial push to get him involved. He came on his very first
day of third grade and he stayed in the hallway and didnt want to
come in, Ms. Kloser said.
He was asking his mom if they could turn around and go home. . .
but he re-luctantly came in and two days after he had a lead for
the childrens chorus! Cuddy, when he finally entered Jesuit,
quickly involved himself in the drama department, track, football,
choir, and was a Coffee House reg-ular with his band. As he began
to realize his fondness for the drama department and acting in
general, Cuddy started his career as an on-camera actor and
auditioned for many roles at Jesuit and elsewhere. During his time
at Jesuit, Cuddy was selected as a director for the 2010
Playwriting Festival and for Chamber Choir. In ad-dition, Cuddy was
select-ed for the Discovery Kid networks Endurance: Fiji. He found
that kind of opportunity for himself everywhere he could, Mr. Hall
said. He is not afraid to strike up a conversation and to jump in
and show that he is in-terested. Today, so many people seem to
think its not cool to show that youre really interested. Its almost
cool to not be concerned or enthusias-tic, but he was always very
enthusiastic and I think thats paying off for him. After
graduat-
ing from Jesuit in 2010, Cuddy attended the Uni-versity of
Oregon. As before, Cuddy involved himself in many oppor-tunities.
Cuddy acted in multiple web series for UOs DuckTV, joined the
acapella group -On The Rocks- and direct-ed two award-winning short
films for the 72-Hour Adrenaline Film Festival. In addition, he was
contacted to work as the Multimedia Producer for UOs newspaper, The
Daily Emerald. Cuddys talents in directing, man-aging, and
producing be-came evident early on and he was quickly promoted to
Multimedia Editor. Although most of Cuddys prominent suc-cesses
have been from on-camera acting such as in NBCs Grimm and in Wild
with Acade-my award-winning Reese Witherspoon, Cuddys passion for
the other as-pects of film became clear to him. During my time at
UO, I found that my real passion lies behind the camera as a
shooter, editor, and more impor-tantly, a director, Cuddy said.
Cuddy is current-ly a freelance film direc-tor and actor, meaning
he doesnt work for a partic-ular company. He works
on video jobs by shooting, editing, and sometimes writing
content. Mr. Hall, Ms. Kloser, and Cuddy all stress the importance
of relationships in the performing arts world. Whether its with the
en-semble or with people in the professional film in-dustry, Cuddy
has always been good at developing relationships. Hes tried to
net-work and meet as many people as possible in the business and
collaborate, Ms. Kloser said. Hes re-ally good at that
collabo-ration and thinking out-side of himself. Cuddys passion and
determination for what he loves is a huge factor in the success
that he has today. Everyone that has worked with him can attest to
his hard work and how it has paid off for him. Figure out what you
love the most that can be applied to a ca-reer and pursue it with
everything you have, Cuddy said. Adults are constantly telling you
the only thing you have control over is how hard you work, and that
is the truest statements there is . . . Utilize your youth and
start working toward something that brings you true joy now.
Will Cuddy finds success in film
BY NATALIE LANDGRAF, 17
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BY EMMA GRAHAM, 17
Legally Blonde cast sparkles on stage
PAGE EDITOR: Sam Louie
Mod art
BY ARIANA WILTJER, 16
Portland contemporary art display.
Coming to Jesuit High School this spring is the iconic and
humorous story of Elle Woods. Legally Blonde the Musical (based on
the movie of the same name) is about the journey of Elle Woods, a
bright and girly college graduate who follows her ex-boyfriend to
Harvard Law School, trying win back his love. There, with the help
of many along the way, she learns the value of staying true to
herself and believ-ing in what she can achieve. Every year, the two
directors of the drama pro-gram, Elaine Kloser and Jeff Hall,
decide on a theme and pick scripts that center on that theme, which
var-ies from year to year. The theme for this
year is Holding on.In Elles case for LB, it con-nects with
holding on to her dream. Day in and day out, the cast puts in
several hours for rehearsal, per-fecting every small detail
throughout the musical. When the drama program announced that the
spring musical of 2016 was going to be Legally Blonde the Musical,
there was an immediate excite-ment. In December, over 100 students
auditioned for the musical. Legally Blonde the Musical is great for
high schools because it provides a large ensemble and several big
song-and-dance numbers. In addition to the cast there will be two
spe-cial guests. Everyone seems
to remember Bruiser, the chihuahua in the story, but folks
rarely remember the bulldog that belongs to the hair dresser,
Elaine Kloser said. Both roles will be played by pets from our
Je-suit community and will be making their stage debut.This year,
junior Brooke Gato will be starring as the lead role, Elle Woods.
One thing that is really cool about this show, in addition to the
fact that it is a well known story, is that it has a really strong
female lead, which unfor-tunately is not something that you always
see, se-nior Jack Levis said. In the past weve seen many strong
male leads such as in In The Heights, Shrek, Curtains, and Singing
in the Rain. So now we get to see Brooke take the first female lead
that Jesuit has
seen in several years. Levis will be star-ring as Emmett. He
stresses his excitement for the mu-sical as well as the Jesuit
twist on the plot. This musical is different from those Je-suit has
done in the past because of the message it sends to everyone who
sees it, Gato said. Elle teaches those around her to always be true
to who they are. I think this is an important and relevant thing to
share with a high school audi-ence. The production runs Feb 25
through Mar 6Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7:30 and Sundays
at 2 pm. There will also be a presentation of excerpts from the
show for local middle school stu-dents, and regular tickets will be
sold online.
Contemporary Art is con-stantly challenging us to remember that
art is not made to look beautiful, but rather to cause emotional
reac-tions. Through the works of Kenny Scharf, Jeff Koons, and
Daien Hirst, we learn that the purpose of contemporary Art lies
within what we already know. It is not meant to be ques-tioned, but
rather to become the second party in a conversation. Contemporary
Art, by definition, is art produced by artists living today. These
art-ists works are often culturally diverse, technologically
ad-vancing, and comment on mod-ern-day society. Living in a
gen-eration constantly changing by technology has affected the art
being created today. We now have so many resources, artists can
really do their own thing, junior Emily Steele said. Modern Artist
have moved away from the realistic view of human figures and our
environment and moved to-wards abstraction. A lot of art we see
today is inspired by per-formance art, pop art, minimal-ism,
conceptual art, and videos. If art has a meaning, it is worthy of
being shared, senior Cici Pham said. Art is a place where artist
can show what they are thinking. Its not just about trying to
create something that looks nice. Not only does society have an
impact on art, but art has a monumental impact on society. The
movements that are occurring during a time pe-riod influence
everything from fashion to consumer goods. Honestly where your
generation is taking art, it looks shallow to me, Ms. Fleenor said.
I would hope your generation would see past the commercial-ization
of art and talk about real issues, because you all are go-ing to
have real issues in your lifetime. Artists can help raise awareness
and spark people to make changes and to think.
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Everybodyislookingforaquickfixthesedayswhenitcomestostayingenergizedandactivethroughouttheday,buttheeasiestrouteisnotalwaysthebest.
Inrecentyears,productslike5-hourEnergyandRedBullhavetakenthecaffeinateddrinkmarketbystorm,claimingtheyreproductsarethebestsolutionsforheavyhoursofworkandgettingthroughthe2:30pmfeeling.
ConsideringIworkalmosttwelvehoursaday,itsdefinitelyaquickfix,juniorEthan
Passadoresaid.Iunderstandsomeofthehealthrisks,butwhenImworkingsolongitdoesbecomebeneficialinsomeways.Idontthinkitsthatbigofaproblemcurrently.Ijustusethemtogetthroughmyoutsideactivities.WhenIgethome,andImtootiredfortheday,Ineedagoodrefreshertogetmethroughthelast5hoursofthedayorevenjuststartthedayoff.
Anotherkeyfactorinthisrecentriseinthepopulari-tyoftheseenergydrinksisrootedintheiradvertisingmeth-ods.Theyaresoldjustlikeanyothersodaorcaffeinateddrinkwouldbe,effectivelyropinginayoungerdemographic.
Theadvertisementsaredefinitelygearedtowardsteenagersandadolescents,Mr.Butchersaid.Theyretakingadvantageoftheideathattheyknowkidswanttofeelenergizedandtheywanttofeelawakesotheyretargetingthem.
Thiscreatesaslewofissuesthatcouldleadyoungadultsintoanenergydrinkaddictionandposssiblyotherillegalsubstances.
Imeanthatstheintendedpopulation.Teenagersaretheonesthatabuseenergydrinksthemost,Mrs.Kaempfsaid.Researchfoundthattheyeventendtomixitwithalcohol.Energydrinkshaveahugenegativeimpacton
kids.Theyhavefoundthatkidsthatdrinkenergydrinksmorecommonlyenduphavingdepressionanddrugabuse.
Peopleareusuallynegligentwhenconsideringtheriskofthemultiplesideeffectsevenoneenergydrinkcancause.
Thebiggestsideeffectswouldbenervousness,jit-ters,notbeingabletosleepwhenyouwantto,Mr.Butchersaid.Anotherproblemisthatkidswillstayuplaterbecausetheyredrinkingtheseenergydrinksandthecaffeinewonttakeeffectuntilaftertheyredonestudyingandthentheycantsleep.Iknowthatsomeofthebiggestmistakesinhistorywerecausedbylackofsleep.Chernobyl,Exxonallofthosewerecausedbylackofsleep,soyoucouldimaginewhatthatwoulddoforyouonaMathtestorEnglishquiz.
Amajorityofteenagersmayhavealreadyover-lookedoneofthesimplestmethodsofgettingaconsiderableamountofenergy:water.
Justdrinkwater,Mrs.Kaempfsaid.Reallyalotoftimeswefeeltiredisbecausewerereallydehydrated.Makingsureyougetyourwaterinisgoingtoletyoufeellikeyouhavemoreenergythroughouttheday.
WhilewecannotbecertainwhetherJesuitstudentssufferfromthisgrowingtrendofenergydrinks,itisclearthattheycanstillsubstantiallydamageourmentalandphys-icalhealth.
Takeadvantageoftheweekendswhenyouhavemoretimetostudy,Mr.Butchersaid.Mapoutyourdayifyouknowyouregoingtobebusy.Plantimeforbreaks,plantimeforstudyingandplantimeforsleep.Thatsthebestalternativetousingsomesortofdrugofanytypelegalorillegal.Itsalwaysbettertousegoodtimemanagement.
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Inthehastetogetreadyandgettoschoolbeforethefirstbell, many
students either dont have time to eat breakfast, intention-ally
skip it, or fail to eat something adequate. Weve all heard that
breakfast is the most important meal, but do we know why? According
to nutritionist Allie Schroeder, eating a healthy breakfast is
important because it gets our metabolisms started and gives our
bodies and brains the energy it needs to function and be productive
all day long.
I actually eat breakfast seven days week. Im always energized
at
school and eating breakfastkeepsmesatisfieduntillunchtime,junior
William Tooley said.
Studies have shown that there is a direct correlation between
eating breakfast and
our ability to concentrate and perform well in the classroom
throughout the day.
If your car doesnt have gas in its tank, you wouldnt be able to
go or drive very far at all. But if you have gas in
your tank, your car can function and go. The same goes for
breakfast. Start off your day with fuel for your body to function,
move,think,beproductive,andconcentrate,Schroedersaid.
Students often notice this difference on days when they dont
eat breakfast. I cant focus as well at school and am just more
distracted overall,juniorKim Sanders said. On days I have a [track
or cross country] meet, I have to eat breakfast because I wont be
able to performaswellifIdont. How else does not eating a healthy
breakfast affect our bod-ies? Often when people dont eat breakfast,
it slows down their
metabolismandlowerstheirenergylevel,Schroedersaid. Having a slower
metabolism means that your body takes a
longer time to break down food and therefore delays your body
from receiving the fuel you need from the food you eat. Hav-ing a
slower metabolism in turn has many negative effects including
weight gain/not being able lose weight, chronic fatigue, high
cholesterol and high blood pressure.
Studies show that only 36 percent of high school students take
part in this essential part of the day (Foodnavigator-usa.com). And
of the 36 percent that do eat breakfast in the mornings, many fail
toeatsomethingthatkeepsboththeirstomachandbrainsatisfieduntil lunch
time. For example, grabbing a granola bar on your way out the door
does not count as an adequate breakfast.
Ahealthybreakfastconsistsofproteinandfiber.Examplesof this could be
oatmeal with nuts and fruit, or peanut butter on whole wheat toast,
or Greek yogurt and berries, or scrambled eggs with
veggiesandwholewheattoast,Schroedersaid. So the next time youre
thinking about skipping breakfast for
lastminutecrammingbeforeatest,thinkagain!Eatingahealthybreakfast
may actually help you do better!
OUR HEALTHEating breakfast a f fects performance
BY KAMYA CHANDRA, 17
of Americans say breakfast is the most important meal of the day
but onlyeat it every day
Those who dont eat breakfast consume:40% more sweets
55%more soda
45%fewervegetables
30% lessfruit
44%93%
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OPINIONFEBRUARY 2016, EDITION LIX
As a prominent Catho-lic high school, Jesuit proudly founds
itself on certain intrinsic religious values. Throughout the past
60 years, upholding these specific values has propelled us to great
accom-plishment and stature within the realm of academics. Yet as
the only Catholic school in the Met-ro League, our non-secular
foun-dation begs the question: How exactly do we fit in? Today, as
more progres-sive trends regarding issues like abortion and
same-sex marriage emerge and evolve, it seems more and more that
the stance of the church on such topics conflicts with current
societal sentiments. And as a school poised to prepare students for
life beyond Jesuit, this raises potential problems. How, if at all,
does Jesu-it uphold Catholic values whilst openly discussing the
state of modern society? In an effort to extrapolate on the
specific role of the church in our school, I sat down with Mr.
Schreck, for-mer priest and current teacher of Catholic
Contemporary Culture. Q: Legalistically, Cathol-icism tends to have
specific views on issues like same-sex marriage and abortion that
often differ with the way it seems society is starting to trend. As
a Catholic high school, where do you think this leaves us?
A: I think it leaves us in a challenging place, because we have
to consider the teachings of the church. We are a Catholic
institution, and in terms of our theology department, we teach
theology from the Catholic van-tage point, so we always need to
make sure that were faithful to what the church teaches. At the
same time, as an academic institution, we also need to take into
account whats happening in the world around us, what that means,
and how that might be different from or run in conjunction with
Catholic thought, and then ask the ques-tion of Where does that
take us? What does that call us to do? With some issues, it may
mean that we need to bring new ideas into the discussion about
Catholic teaching, or we may need to really examine the depth and
the reach of Catholic teaching. Sometimes what we hear, especially
in the media, is a very narrow or very limited view of what
Catholic teaching really is. The other thing is to recognize that
sometimes Cath-olic teaching means looking at contemporary ideas
from con-temporary theologians and lis-tening to the voices of
people who are sincerely trying to live out their lives as Catholic
Chris-tians, but maybe finding them-
selves in conflict with the church. It means we need to look at
all of those different voices and experi-ences and bring all of
that into the discussion which may include opportunities for
changewill we be able to think differently as we move into the
future? Q: Not everybody at Je-suit is Catholic; obviously, as a
school, we try to promote Catholic ideals, but do you think that
our promotion of these foundations ever excludes others? If we
consis-tently put forth Catholic values, do you see us ever
supporting a pro-gram that discusses topics that are sensitive
within the church, like a club supporting gay-marriage? A: I think
we should always be open to discussion, partly because we have
people representing different religious faiths and denominations,
but also because there are a lot of Catholics who are considering
ideas that may challenge or be somewhat different from official
church teaching. Well always be a school that supports the official
teaching of the church, but I think we should also be a place where
ideas and discussions are welcome and that we respond to those not
simply by quoting doc-trine or canon law but by hon-oring other
peoples ideas and responding with the depth and the breadth of
Catholic thought
rather than just a simple denun-ciation of somebodys contrary
idea. Q: You teach a class that directly addresses these exact
issues. How do you manage to openly discuss religiously sensitive
topics with a class looking to chal-lenge the churchs role in
todays society? A: Its not always an easy thing to do, because some
people feel like its difficult to talk about an idea that might be
somehow close to the official teaching of the church, and they
sometimes choose simply to re-main quiet because of that. I do try
to encourage people to share their ideas. At the end of the day, I
will always try to let people know as faithfully as I can what the
teaching of the church is. But at its best, another hallmark of
Catholicism is to be open to ideas and people even when the ideas
or the practice of their faiths might be different than ours, and
in the end we may have to agree to disagree but the conversations
help everybody to better understand what different people think. Q:
How do you think our Catholicity sets us apart from oth-er schools
in the Metro League? A: One of the things that does make us
different is our Catholicity and our religious background because
were able to
talk about that openly and make that very clearly and directly
the basis for our values. We do have opportunities to talk about
reli-gion and spirituality more open-ly than some of those schools
might. Im not sure exactly how it works, but because of the
separa-tion of church and state in public schools, theres little,
if any, prayer. Retreat opportunities dont exist. Service learning
happens, but I dont think with the same kind of emphasis that we
have. I think our Catholici-ty helps us to bring some things into
the whole educational ex-perience and the community at large that
some of the public schools might not have access to. Q: Yet at a
public school, there probably isnt a taboo around discussing
stances that differ with that of the church. Do you think that this
will ever hold us back, or leave us behind? A: I dont know that we
would be left behind, but I can see situations where people might
not feel that they can talk about things as freely as might be
possi-ble in a public school. But at our best, the values of
Catholicism can give some shape or guidance to the discussion that
might be helpful as well. It can bring some ideas and perspectives
into play that you might not get in a purely secular atmosphere, so
it proba-bly goes both ways.
Catholics balance religion with modern valuesBY EMILY PREBLE,
16
Have you ever heard of Blake Nelson or Travis Knight? Blake
Nelson has writ-ten over a dozen books and even received a special
award at the Cannes Film Festival for an adap-tation of his novel,
Paranoid Park. Travis Knight isnt just Phil Knights son. He
attended Jesuit in the early 1990s and now runs Laika
Entertainment. Its an animation studio best known for stop-motion
feature films like Coraline, ParaNorman and The Boxtrolls. While
these remarkable individ-uals have enjoyed big success-es, their
stories are not widely known on campus. Like many other
non-athletes, they have not been heralded or inducted into the
Je-suit Hall of Fame. Defined as an outstanding individual, the men
and women inducted into the Jesuit Hall of Fame deserve the award
for their superior careers. All but two of these inductees are for
sport related achievements. It makes one wonder: should that wall
next to the Knight Gym be
renamed the Jesuit Athletic Hall of Fame? Even from the school
website, the Hall of Fame is characterized as recognition of the
athletic programs. It reads: Jesuit High Schools Hall of Fame is a
way of maintaining the rich heritage and tradition of suc-cessful
athletic programs at Jesuit High School. Traditionally, Halls of
Fame are sports-centered, Mr. Hogan said. Athletics are about
competition. They create statis-tics measuring relative
achieve-ment, and offer a forum in which virtues like courage and
loyalty emerge in a very public way. Je-suit students have achieved
an unparalleled level of athletic suc-cessour program is unique,
even at the national level. Cele-brating that kind of excellence is
one reason we have all the tro-phies and bannersand the Hall of
Fame. Mr. Gladstone mentions the fact that other alumni do make
significant contributions to other fields like the ministry,
dra-ma, and academics. Awards rec-ognizing amazing people
outside
of sports are handed out yearly at commencement. Awards given
each year at graduation, including the Peter Canisius, SJ Award
(Jesuits high-est), the Pedro Arrupe, SJ Award, the Age Quod Agis
Award, and the Alumnus/a of the Year Awards, are very special
awards. We have chosen to present these in front of our
soon-to-be-gradu-ates because these award winners have done
something very signif-icant in their livesaccomplish-ments that
reflect the mission of our school, Mr. Gladstone said. But these
winners do not enjoy a special school-wide assembly (held every
three years) to celebrate their accomplish-ments. Their names and
faces are not in the Hall of Fame. It has always been hoped that
our students wit-nessing the presentation of these awards will
inspire them to reach heights above the ordinary in their lives,
Mr. Gladstone said. Perhaps we need to find a way to display the
names of these award winners in more prominent ways around our
school. There are cer-tainly additional ways to honor
these recipients and other nota-ble people who have served our
school and our community well. Different awards are publicized. For
example, Jesuit High School was recently award-ed the overall 2015
Oregon Sus-tainable School Award. Jesuit was also awarded the
first-ever Ore-gon More Sustainable Award, which recognizes the
schools continuous improvement efforts in sustainability over the
last four years. And there are awards that acknowledge athletics
and academics together. The Orego-nian named Jesuit High School the
Oregonian Cup recipient for the 6A activities division twelve times
for outstanding achieve-ments in academics, co-curricu-lar
activities, athletics and sports-manship. Principal Paul Hogan says
the school is considering ways to honor other notable alumni
outside of Commence-ment and refine the Hall of Fame to stipulate
that it is to honor people of outstanding character and athletic
achieve-ment. Mr. Hogan also points
out that identifying winners in other fields can be harder than
in athletics, where achievement is easily measured. Of course,
athletics lends itself more easily to mea-surable achievements than
some other mission-central areas. We need to do a better job of
public-ly celebrating alumni who have lived out the Profile in
non-ath-letic arenas like business, educa-tion, medicine, public
service, and the arts, Mr. Hogan said. If we want to level the
playing field and inspire cur-rent students transcend when it comes
to their passions, its vital to recognize more than our fa-mous
athletes. Award winning performers, honored scientists creating
medical breakthroughs, public servants representing Or-egonians in
elected office, and published authors could all be considered
worthy of a Jesuit Hall of Fame. It might be harder to identify the
other amazing grad-uates of Jesuit High School, but a diversity of
occupations should be given just as much praise as our outstanding
athletes.
BY GENNIE KLEIN, 17
Should non-athletes receive more recognition?
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Imagine you are an Asian student talking to a group of friends
about a test you failed. Yourealready feeling terrible about
yourself when one of your friends cracks a joke about how Asians
are sup-posed to be smart. This racist joke only makes your day
worse. This is an example of a micro-aggression: a subtly offensive
comment or ac-tion directed at a minority group. Oftentimes, these
comments subconsciously reinforce stereotypes. To-day,
micro-aggressions are prevalent in the form of ho-mophobic, sexist,
or racist undertones in jokes. On a typical day walking down
freshman hall, the comment thats gay can be heard multiple times.
Open up social media and you can see jokes about women that say
something along the lines of go make me a sandwich or jokes about
African Americans and their love of friedchicken. Turn on political
debates and you will hear various forms of racial ste-reotypes,
specifically re-garding Muslims being ter-rorists. Micro-aggress
ions surround us and affect peo-ple every day. While many of the
jokes may be thought to be funny, theyre often only funny to the
people who are not a part of the targeted group.
If people hear those jokes, they dont feel com-fortable with
themselves, said Unity Club Leader,junior Sophia Penaflor. Even
though they know who they are, it makes them question if its right
or if its good. They dont feel as safe speaking their mind. It
makes people uncomfort-able, and its unfair. These jokes have
be-come so normalized in our society that people laugh at them and
repeat them without a second thought. Micro-aggressionsm can be
passed down through friends, family members, and even teachers. But
what are the root causes of these everyday jokes? We are a
chang-ing society and people ar-ent very happy that they have to
adjust how they talk, how they are, or how they live their life,
senior Geoffrey Henderson said. They make jokes as a way to strike
back and release some tension. Its good to release some tension,
but thats probably not the best way to do it. As Henderson de-s cr
ib es ,micro-aggress ive jokes are often made out of a position of
ignorance.Most people do not intend to hurt others with their jokes
and do not realize the impact it has. I definitely think not
understanding is a part of it, Penaflor said. But so is believing
that some part
of you is better than an-other groups identifica-tions. Although
many people do not realize it, the underlying purpose of these
jokes is to put down minori-ty groups. They give a per-son of the
more common race, gender, or sexual ori-entation power over
some-one of a minority group. By making these jokes the message of
hate continues.
Its a put down that says were superior and youre not, Counselor
Ken Potter said. You dontrecognize them as equal with who you are.
However, not all jokes are micro-aggres-sive, and not everyone who
makes a micro-aggressive joke is a bad person. Like most other
justice issues, the roots of these jokes stem from ignorance and
mis-
understandingsomething that can be solved with a little effort
on everyonespart. We just need to be aware, Potter said. Any-body
would be hurt if its about them or if its about someone they care
about. If they would step back and look at it from another
per-spective many times they wouldnt say it and they wouldnt
condone it.
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These are just some of the questions that have been asked over
the years about the Diversi-ty and Inclusion Program. The program
was started to help students of color feel included and feel part
of a community that is predom-inately White. The program is also a
resource for ALL students and faculty to learn, ask questions, and
create di-alogue about subjects that may be difficult to talk
about. The Diversity and Inclusion Program at Jesuit: Seeks to
cultivate and embrace a diverse com-munity. Programs abound to
provide support so all students feel part of the community, yet
maintain their individuality. The DIP supports many students who
are and
feel underrepresented. Part of that support comes from the clubs
under the Programs umbrella that help students who feel different
because of their Race, Culture, So-cio-economic status, Reli-gion
and Sexual Orientation. These clubs create a space not only for
those students participating but students who are curious and want
to know and learn about those different from them. It is a great
tool to have, that helps our students navigate a con-sistently
changing society. The importance of having a Diversity and
In-clusion Program at a school like Jesuit, is because we are
creating Men and Wom-en for others. We want our students to be OPEN
TO GROWTH, INTELLECTU-ALLY COMPETENT,RE-
LIGIOUS, LOVING, and COMMITTED TO DOING JUSTICE. All of these
com-ponents are extremely im-portant. It is also important to
understand that Diversity and Inclusion are attached to each of
these things, but can easily be dismissed if there is no dialogue.
When we are able to discuss, for example creating Men and Women for
others, in conjunction with Diversity and Inclusion, it allows for
us to dig a lit-tle deeper in understanding what that really means.
For others also means others different from you. If you are not
comfortable around oth-ers different from you, being a Man and
Woman for oth-ers is no longer authentic nor valid. We need to
continue dialogue with each other that challenges us to
self-reflect
and acknowledge the Diver-sity and Inclusivity as part of the
student profile which creates more rounded, OPEN TO GROWTH,
INTELLEC-TUALLY COMPETENT, RE-LIGIOUS, LOVING, andCOMMITTED TO
DOING JUSTICE members of society. To better understand the reason
for our Jesuit Di-versity and Inclusion pro-gram, there are six
points of interests to understand:1. The program pro-vides a
positive self-regard in ones own culture as well as having a
positive attitude toward the culture of others, while exploring
similarities and differences.2. Fosters ability to function
inclusively and pro-ductively in a diverse society that is
increasingly growing.3. Provides exposure
to different perspectives and social awareness. 4. Enhances the
stu-dents school experience.5. Provides students and teachers
opportunities to work together with those dif-ferent from them and
build relationships creating trust and mutual respect for each
other.6. Helps students learn from each others experienc-es and
perspectives. I encourage ALL stu-dents to challenge yourselves!
Walk into the Diversity office say Hi to our new Diversity and
Inclusion Director, Mrs. Lowery and start a conver-sation with
another student you may not know. These important conversations
will help make you FULLY, well rounded Men and Women for
others.
Breaking down the diversity program BY MELISSA LOWERY
BY CARLI WOOD, 16
Micro-aggressions normalized into conversation
PAGE EDITOR: Natalie Landgraf
Sexist micro-aggressions include male superiority and occupation
stereotypes.
COURTESY OF CARLI WOOD, 17
What is the Diversity and Inclusion Program at Jesuit High? Who
is it for? Why do we need it?
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Taking Sunday offSunday marks the end of every week, a day to
put the finishing touches on what needs to be done or just an
opportunity to rest and re-cover. For Catholics, Sunday is a Holy
Day of obligation. A day meant to be spent mellowly, an opportunity
to honor and respect Jesus resurrection. In many peoples minds its
a day to re-balance your spiritual life, taking time to place extra
focus and time on your relationship with God. For the modern sports
fan and athlete Sunday can become quite a busy day. Between
practices and games scheduled all throughout the day and the sports
coverage that appears on TV from nearly sunrise to sunset, time
typically runs low for spiritual activi-ties. At Jesuit, a Catholic
school with a large emphasis on athletics, these two vastly
different Sunday plans come together. I try to get as much of my
stuff done by Sunday so I can just have options to choose from,
junior Danny Terrell said. Whether thats spending time in the
presence of the Lord at mass with my family or heading out early to
the golf course. Both are important, just different. While students
have the op-portunity to choose whether to partic-ipate or not in
sports outside of Jesuit on Sunday mornings, occasionally Je-suit
teams dont have that luxury. For Jesuit sports Sunday isnt a
playable day, but it is playable for the OSAA. These differences in
policy al-low Jesuit athletes to have nearly every Sunday off,
except when conflicts are created by OSAA scheduled events. At
Jesuit no team can prac-
tice before noon. We want Sunday morning to be a time where kids
can go to church, athletic director Mike Hughes said. We also
under-stand that while Sunday is sacred, we dont forbid kids from
doing activities on Sundays. We know kids are doing lots of
activities on Sunday. This approach honors the ho-liness of the
churchs holy day of obli-gation while still allowing students to
make their own choices on these morn-ings. Sunday being a free day
for Je-suit athletes could be seen as a wasted opportunity to some,
but head womens basketball coach Mr. Lowery feels oth-erwise. I
like our kids to have one day a week off, Lowery said. Nothing
ath-letically, nothing academically. Just a day to go to church and
be with family. While its completely up to the individual for what
they choose to do in the day off, thats really not the important
part. The 24 hours free of athletic responsibility, away from the
typical stresses for a high school ath-lete. Allowing them to
recharge their mental and physical batteries from the typical,
stressful grind of the average week. The feeling that athletes need
a day off once a week fits right into this predicament. As Sunday
seems to be the logical day to give off for Jesuit athletes. It
also bodes well for the fol-lowing week. Having Sunday off allows
the kids to come back fresh and ready to go Monday, Lowery said.
This balance that Jesuit has created for the past 25 years has
seem-ingly lead to success on the court and fields, as well as a
balanced spiritual life for those who choose it.
BY TOMMY MULFLUR, 16
Athletes throughout Jesuit look forward to three months of the
year in particular, filled with hardwork, competi-tion, and
dedication to their beloved sport. But, for the Jesuit varsity
cheerleadingteam, their season of blood, sweat and tears spans an
eleven-month period from May until March. Although cheer-ing on
football and basket-ball occupies most of their time, beyond the
sidelines, the cheer team works dili-gently on a routine they will
perform throughout their two month competition season. Everything
we do is to improve skills for competition season, junior Delaney
Hughes said. The team began building their skills in the summer
during their man-datory five-day-a-week practices as well as
daily
doubles consisting of con-ditioning, tumbling and stunting. In
September, the team began learning their competition routine. With
help from a choreographer, the coaches created a rou-tine that
would fit the team well. We usually build a competition routine
with skills that the team does not have yet so that they can work
up to the routine throughout the year, head cheerleading coach
Corey Jones said. With only two seniors, ten new varsity
cheerleaders, and a new head coach, the team of seventeen holds a
different dynamic to previous Jesuit Varsity cheerleading teams. We
had to sort of start from scratch as a team but we also had a lot
of talent so it was promising when my new teammates came in, Hughes
said. Even with a ma-
jority of underclassman, the determination of this team does not
fall short. A balance of hard work and fun at practices as well as
a strong family-like bond helps keep competition time stress-free.
The one thing that stands out to me is their confidence in each
other, coach Jones said. After months of preparation, the team
be-gan competing in January, placing third at the Laker Rumble
competition Jan. 9 at Lake Oswego High School. At the Memorial
Coliseum Feb. 13, the girls will fight for a state title in the 6A
large division. A lot of students only see us cheering on other
Jesuit sports teams. People dont realize the hard work we put in,
senior Caitlin Scott said. I want the state competition to be a
good representation of all that we have worked for.
BY BAILEY COOK, 17Cheers to the cheer teamLast years varsity
cheer squad poses for a photo at the State competition.
COURTESY OF COREY JONES
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The achievements didnt end with a state shampionship this fall
for senior Nicole Peterson, who was named MaxPreps National
Vol-leyball Player of the Year, and senior Jasmine Gross, Under
Armor First Team All-American. While leading their team through an
unde-feated season, Peterson and Gross were being evaluated at the
nation-al level. Both girls were on the volleyball watch list for
their individual talent and teams success. Before being
considered
by a MaxPreps committee, Peterson was first nomi-nated for their
award. As Jesuits first National Vol-leyball Player of the Year,
Petersons impact on the game and her team stood out to the
committee. Nicoles skill level, leadership ability, com-petitive
spirit, confidence, and work ethic all contrib-uted to her winning
this award, coach Teresa Zim-merlee said. Peterson credits winning
this award to her team-mates and the success that they had this
season. She also appreciates her coach-es for nominating her
and
helping to put her on the radar for this award. Winning the
Arizo-na Tournament helped a lot, Peterson said. Coach Zimmerlee
also put in a lot of work for applications and answering questions
for newspapers and Max-Preps volleyball. As for our First Team
All-American, Grosss determination to suc-ceed drew attention from
coaches at the national tournament. With only four years of
volleyball under her belt, this was the talented middle block-ers
first national award. Shes such a hard work-
er and super dedicated and into the game, junior Kathryn Decker,
Santa Clara Volleyball commit, said. She pushes herself so hard and
I think she re-ally deserves this. Gross attributes the start of
her volleyball career to her teammate and friend Nicole Peter-son,
as well as much of her success to coach Zimmer-lee and the strength
of the Jesuit team. Nicole is my best friend and also somebody whos
pushed me to be the best I can be, Gross said. Coach Zimmerlee has
been huge in helping me
get the award and believ-ing in me since freshman year. At the
All-American Tournament, Gross played alongside and compet-ed
against the top 24 best volleyball players in the nation. In
addition to be-ing surrounded by other impressive athletes on the
west-coast team, Gross re-ceived instruction from one of the best
high school coaches in the country. With Peterson headed to
University of San Fran-cisco and Gross to Pepper-dine, both
athletes are ex-cited to see what they can do at the Division I
level.
Gross and Peterson excel beyond state champs
BY JACLYN FLOOD, 17Left: Jasmine Gross and Nicole Peterson
working in the front row at a home game; Right: Gross and Peterson
looking tough for team photos.
COURTESY OF CLAUDE PELLETIER
Super Bowl Sunday: the day where sports fans turn on their T.V.
and take a seat on the couch to not only watch the exhilarating
football game, but also the enter-taining commercials. Over the
last 50 years, the Super Bowl has become the most viewed televised
event in U.S. history. Last year, the Super Bowl received 114.4
mil-lion views and the viewer-ship statistics show a con-stant rise
in views over the past three years (Statista). Companies pay at
minimum $5 million dol-lars for only a thirty sec-ond slot.
Considering the amount of people who watch the Super Bowl, pop-ular
companies take this power to their advantage and attempt to make
the most impactful commer-cial they can. Famous business-
es like Budweiser, Mc-Donalds, and Coca-Cola have been promoting
their companies in Super Bowl commercials since the first bowl in
1967. According to Business Insider, a 30 sec-ond slot was only
$42,000 and the bowls viewership was only 50 million. Initially,
commer-cials were focused on com-panies publicizing their products
and business. As years have gone on, cor-porations have gone to
ex-treme measures as a way to assure the viewers that they are
outdoing their compet-ing companies. Agencies choose to promote
their company by attempting to relate to their audience. Many
well-known singers, famous athletes, or popular actors make
appearances to per-suade the viewers that be-cause this remarkable
per-son uses their product, the viewer should too.
Last year, Kim Kar-dashian teamed up with T-Mobile to promote
their newest technology ad-vancement. Kim Kardashian, famous
person, pleads with viewers to pretty please, save your unused
data-in pitching T-Mobiles Data Stash offer, said critic James
Vincent from The Verge. As an attempt to gain female viewers
atten-tion, Justin Bieber starred in a 2011 Best Buy com-mercial.
Other companies have taken on a different approach by getting
across a powerful message to re-late to the viewers.Budweiser has
taken on this approach multiple times in the past. As a tribute to
the 10th year anniversary of 9/11, they created a com-mercial that
incorporat-ed their Clydesdale horse
trademark and the nation most unforgettable trage-dy. It was a
remarkably poignant and timely trib-ute, connecting the iconic and
beautiful Clydesdales with a memory of the na-tions tragedy, critic
for Leaderhelps said. Jeep wanted to demonstrate their support for
our nations troops by creating an ad in honor of those serving
overseas. The commercial was called Whole Again, portraying
families that arenever complete until the soldiers return home. In
2015, No More, an anti-domestic violence campaign took advantage of
their chance to get a powerful message across to millions. They
made an ad, inspired by a real call, of a woman dialing 911 to
order a pizza. In real-ity, the woman was in an emergency where she
was
being physically abused, but couldnt run from the attacker. This
hit home for many of the viewers as they became inspired to help
end such an overlooked sit-uation. We hope this No More PSA will
bring Amer-icans together -- on a day families and friends spend
together -- in the effort to end domestic violence and sexual
assault, said No More Director Virginia Witt. Because of the rap-id
increase of viewers each year, the Super Bowl gives companies the
opportunity to promote themselves and impact millions of people
around the nation. Wheth-er its to get across a pow-erful message
or to strict-ly publicize their newest product, agencies will
doanything to grasp the at-tention of the Super Bowl audience.
BY STELLA KALOMIRIS, 17
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BACK
Who has time for balance? Between every-thing that commands
at-tention in a typical daysports, homework, studying, faith,
friends, family, clubs and teamswho among us could have the
self-aware-ness to fulfill all that their schedule demands of them
and still go to sleep by 9:00? More importantly, how is balance
achievable for Jesuit students? Every aspect of high school exists
at constant full drive. Homework every night, practice every day,
friends to snapchat, papers to write, episodes to watch, tests to
study for, and Pin-terest pages to scroll. Oftentimes, person-al
health may not fall in the
list of priorities. But accord-ing University of Michigans
Health Services, balance means fitness. While term fitness often
draws immediate con-notations with the state of a persons physical
health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention admit that
physical indicators of health do not measure how peo-ple feel about
the quality of their relationships, their positive emotions,
resil-ience, satisfaction with life domains, or the realization of
their potential. Of course, physical health is not to be
under-mined. Providence Health credits physical fitness with
preventing ailments like di-abetes and heart disease, ex-tending a
persons expected lifetime and independence as well as their
anticipated number of healthy years. That said, a more
all-encompassing definition of fitness speaks to not only
physical but mental well-be-ing, an aspect of our health that may
be often over-looked in an environment of normalized chaos. Balance
comes from the prioritization of men-tal health as much as
phys-ical health. In fact, the two often seem to be mutually
interconnected. According to University of Michigans Health
services, taking care of bodily needs like drink-ing sufficient
water, eating nutritious food, regularly working out, and sleeping
plenty each night can im-prove mental cognizance and optimism.
However, besides physical means, Universi-ty of Michigan also
offers several ways to intention-ally improve mental health through
exercises in attitude and environment.
The foremost advice is to value personal time, making a
concerted effort to do activates that are person-ally enjoyable, an
activity in re-energizing and taking mental space away from the
constancy of things to do. Next, they recom-mend creating a support
network, seeking out time with the family and friends who are
positive forces. Peo-ple with stronger support networks generally
boast better mental health. Then, learn how to deal with stress.
Start trying out coping skills to deal with stress anywhere from
listen-ing to music to playing with a pet. Identify what works
best, and put it into practice in situations charged with excessive
stress. Also, they recom-mend setting realistic goals by breaking
down long-term goals into smaller steps. The
sense of accomplishment upon reaching a concrete and written
goal as small as finishing a homework as-signment can raise sense
of self-worth and efficiency. Finally, work to break up the
monotony. Routines are good, but a strict schedule can become
tedious with time. Try jog-ging a different route, eat-ing with
different friends at lunch, or working on home-work in the library
instead of at home. The health charity organization Young Minds
relates that in 2014, 1 in 10 young people suffered from a mental
illness of some kind, ranging from depres-sion to anxiety to
conduct disorders. And the numbers, they predicted, are trending
towards the wrong direc-tion. So as this new begins approaches,
prioritize men-tal health.
Editorial
Across3. often come in heart shaped boxes7. Hallmark is filled
with these8. generally the largest meal of the day10. pumplike
organ12. connection & commitment between people14. made with
gold, platinum, and jewels16. feeling of strong affection17. name
of rock band that wears dramatic white and black face makeup19.
sold at lunchtime in February to give to your friends20. fun to
give and receive
Valentines Day Crossword
Down1. popular genre of books2. shoots love arrows with his
bow4. person who wrote the very first valentine5. also given out on
Halloween6. happens very often on Valentines day, involves a ring9.
color of love11. sets the mood at the dinner table13. stamped with
short phrases, often reads Be Mine15. given on many occasions, has
thorns18. happens a lot at school after an Encounter COURTESY OF
KYLE PHELPS, 17
COURTESY OF ARIANA WILTJER, 16
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