November Issue

Volume 49, Issue 3 November 21, 2011 Bishop Noll Institute 1519 Hoffman Street Hammond, IN 46327

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Last year’s student section was voted one of the best stu-dent sections in the state by The Times. This was the first time the Bishop Noll student section, after decades of crazy costumes and spirited cheers, has been recognized. Last year, Wally Kasprzycki, Zec Gas-per, Eric Rodriguez, Alec Ro-driguez, Eric Rivera and Julio Casares (‘12) led the fan section. But with this spirited group now out of the building, who is left to pick up the reigns? Some say the junior class, a group whose superfan cos-tumes placed a close second to last year’s seniors’ costumes, should be the leaders of this year’s student section, but if ev-eryone looks to the senior class

to lead the school, will they be able to live up to the expecta-tions of being the “sixth man”? To prove many wrong, the senior class wants to step up their game this year to overcome the junior class. “We will be the loud-est, craziest, classiest, and most united class that the school has ever had,” said senior Chase McDermott. McDermott stood up for his class, who he believed were just as creative and spir-ited as anyone else that stood in last year’s student section. “Last year we definitely had the highest class percentage that attended last year’s basket-ball games, and almost every-one dressed,” McDermott said.

Stepping up to lead the super-fans as a senior, McDermott has new ideas for cheers and chants. “A chant that [juniors Jon Mitchell and Keny Ruesken ] suggested was to do the Joe Sa-triani “crowd chant”. If we get the whole student section to do this chant it would definitely be amazing,” McDermott said. But with a pink flamingo, a gorilla, Super Mario, and Je-sus in the audience, the junior class definitely did not go un-noticed. They don’t plan on letting the history of Bishop Noll superfans waste away. “The thing that we juniors do better than the senior su-perfans is that we are much louder and crazier,” said ju-nior Anthony Repay, who

will again be dressing as Je-sus for this year’s games. Last year’s superfan leaders have a few words of advice for those who intend to take over. “Have a good time and don’t miss any of the games be-cause it’s a once in a lifetime chance,” said Casares, a freshman at Indiana University Blooming-ton who left his stamp on the student section as the penguin who led the roller coaster cheer. Rivera, another IU freshman, known as his superfan alias “Bloo”, recommended to “try getting into the other team’s heads.” Casares also says

the superfans should plan theme nights for the nights of a big games, such as the Andrean game. But to any Noll fan, the

real competition isn’t be-tween the crazed faces dressed in costumes sit-

ting in the stands. “Superfanning isn’t about being better than one another,” McDermott said. “It’s about all the classes

coming together and going crazy for the team.”

Go cRAzy oR go gnoMe

Without last year’s superfan leaders, stu-dent section creates competition among upperclassmen to fill superfan shoes

ANTHONY RODRIGUEZSTAFF REPORTER

HOLY SPIRIT. Junior Anthony Repay as Jesus led his sopho-more class of superfans at last year’s basketball games.

Reversing the BrAiN DrAiN

Final exams condensed to

two dates at the end of the semester. See the schedule

for core subject exams on page 2.

Prescription drugs are now more lethal than heroin and cocaine

combined. See the effects of legalized drugs on teens on

page 5.

“To the wrongs that need resistance, To the right that

needs assistance, To the future in the distance, Give

yourselves.”-Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947) American Women’s Rights

Activist

After graduation, the possibili-ties seem infinite. Facing their new freedom, many high school gradu-ates feel eager to pack up, move out, and never look back. Subsequently, they are forced to face a slough of new responsibilities and obliga-tions. As the economy continues to shift, however, more and more high school students are choos-ing to stay in Northwest Indiana. Stephanie Rarick, a senior, will be attending Purdue Calumet in the fall.“I plan on staying home dur-ing my first year of college,” she says, “and then transferring to West Lafayette at some point.” Many students are taking similar routes. Last year, almost one-third of Noll’s seniors reported that they were living at home in order to work or attend a local university. For most students, college is be-coming increasingly difficult to

pay for. According to the New York Times, more than half of the students currently enrolled in university are required to take out loans in order to attend class. Some students question whether or not they will be able to afford college at all. Fortunately, high school graduates are beginning to realize that staying in the region

is a completely feasible option. And it doesn’t just ben-efit the students; it ben-efits the entire community. The current state of the econ-omy is putting a large strain on students and workers; in focusing on local schools and businesses, those who live in the region are able to boost the local economy

and provide support to each other. “I think it’s important for peo-ple to get educated or special-ized in their careers so they can give back to their communities,” senior Caroline Rosales says.

While many students shun the idea of staying at home after high school, the burgeoning growth of the re-gion offers many opportunities for students with Noll degrees to prosper and give back to their communities

ANALYSE MARKOVICCOPY EDITOR

ART BY VINCE MEDINA STAFF REPORTER

2 News November 21, 2011Newspaper staff to contribute to Ham-mondCommunity.net

Last month a representa-tive from the Northwest In-diana Times, Damian Rico, visited Miss Renwald’s Journalism class. The Times has set up com-munity pages for major cit-ies in the Northwest Indiana and Chicagoland area such as Hammond and Crown Point. These pages were set up to keep the people that live in these communities up to date with information strictly from their own com-munity. Rico also wants to promote high school writ-ers and give them a bigger audience, so the JourNoll staff and Journalism class will be contributing their stories to the website. You can view the stories at ham-mondcommunity.net

RACHEL HURTIG MANAGING EDITOR With the season of giving upon us, the National Honor Society has already begun to take action. The group visited the Children's Hunger Fund in Homewood, IL on October 19. Not only did the National Honor Society help to pack boxes that are sent out to families that have been hit by di-saster and other misfortune, but each member provided five dona-tion boxes that included hygiene products such as toothpaste and lotion. These boxes will be used to help to relieve the lives of families who have gone through disaster. Every little bit truly does count and our National Honor Society members are definitely on the right track by showing generosity to others. "It felt great to take an active role in serving community mem-bers and their families,” said Ana Markovic, NHS President. “That is part of what the National Honor Society is all about. It's definitely something that the NHS hopes to do again soon.” The first NHS blood drive was also last week. There were a over a hundred students who signed up to donate blood, but due to absences and deferrals, only 91 pints were donated. Although they didn’t meet their goal of 97 pints to beat last year’s record of 96 pints donated, the NHS is still proud of the success of the blood

National Honor Society now in full swing

drive. “Hopefully we’ll beat our goal at the next drive,” said Mrs. Abbasy, NHS sponsor. The next blood drive is sched-uled for January 17.

DONATION STATION. (Right) Senior Meghann Vicksinich, NHS Secretary, and junior Shannon Figeroa pack bags of rice during the Children’s Hunger Fund field trip on October 19; (left) Seniors Kevin Kearney and Kody Alyon as the Blood Drop walk through the cafeteria at lunch to encourage students to donate blood. Photos: Hannah Dominiak and Rachel Hurtig

BNI Publications will be selling yearbooks for the 2011-2012 school year. The cost for a 2011-2012 Mar-quette is $60. After the first of the year, the cost will be bumped up to $65. Name-plates are available for $5 and dust jackets are avail-able for $2. Cash or checks (made out to Bishop Noll) are acceptable forms of payments. If you are unable to pay by cash or check, visit jostensyearbooks.com to place your order with a credit card payment. Yearbooks from previous years are on sale in the Pub room, B319.

CHLOE JOHNSTON STAFF REPORTER

Marquette yearbooks now on sale

RACHEL HURTIG MANAGING EDITOR

This year, finals are going to be different. Exams for core subjects -- math, science, social studies, and English -- will take place at the same time for all stu-dents on December 20th and 21st. “Students will be grouped by subject into different rooms and areas of the building,” says counselor Mrs. Arnold. “They will know ahead of time where to report.” In order to get any last minute review, there will be PRT at 8 AM. Exams will begin at 8:40. The first test will end at 10:20. In between exams, students are encouragd to study or eat a snack in order to reacharge. At 10:40, the next set of finals will begin, and they will end at 12:25. Math and social studies ex-ams come first. They will take place Tuesday morning. Eng-lish and science finals will take place on Wednesday. There are a few students whose finals schedules are re-quired to vary due to double core classes. These students will be notified and directed to their proper exams. Teachers of subjects outside of the core are still scheduling exams, projects, or presenta-tions. These will take place during class time the previous week.

New schedule for finals this yearExams taken in four core subjects December 20 and 21

ANA MARKOVIC COPY EDITOR

NHS. Back row: Mrs. Abbasy, Caroline Rosales, Shannon Figeroa, Tommy Abbot, Danny Poberyko, Kody Alyon, Adam Collins, Eric Roldan, Rachel Hurtig, Ana Markovic, Ariana Diaz, Julie Devon, Krysten James, Jasmine Macklin, Antonia Roberts. Front Row: Meghann Vicksinich, Pilar Garcia, Doug Roach, Thad Castro, Kevin Kearney, John Ortiz, Eileen O’Neill, Elena Palomo, Yesenia Avila, Cristina Hernandez. Photo: Hannah Dominiak

The BNI Publications Staff would like to

wish the entire Bishop Noll

community all the best this

Thanksgiving season! We are truly thankful for all of your support

as we continue to better our

publications!

November 21, 2011 Opinion 3

Apple is most commonly known for its Mac computers, iPad and iPod devices. Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple, was the mind behind the iPhone and other devices that made Apple today one of the most powerful and wealthiest compa-nies. In August of 2011, Steve Jobs resigned from CEO, with Tim Cook as his replace-ment. Two months later, Steve Jobs passed away. With this new CEO, many wonder what will become of Apple now that Steve is no longer there. Many people believe that Apple will begin to fall because the creative quality is no longer there. But Apple can keep rising and keep making the amazing technology they do. What many do not realize about Apple is that they do not operate like most companies. The devices that are in high-demand now will be for the next couple of years. Apple most likely already knows or is work-ing on what products they want to unveil in the near future. Recently, in July, Apple’s revenues and profit have doubled. The iPhone makes up for a big share of that profit. Apple’s

In addition to recruiting students for the Choice Scholarship Program, there are other ways in which to in-crease the student body. To attract an increase in enrollment, Noll would have to lower tuition, offer more scholarships to reduce tuition, of-fer transportation abroad, improve facilities--both educational and rec-reational--and advertise everything about the school. In lowering tuition, the opportunity of receiving a genu-ine Catholic education becomes more affordable during our nation’s current economic crisis, and thus available to people with a lower income. In order to do this, we can have the school stop paying for and renting out books to students, and have the students pur-chase them on their own similar to a college environment and similar to what Bishop Noll had done previously. Through offering transportation to and from school we can make it easier on students and their parents and do such in different ways. For example, we can ask students to carpool to save money and go environmental, or bus students from wider areas to widen our student base. We can also create a monitored area with bike racks (students would assume risk of their own bikes, however) so that students from the local area could “go green” by riding a bike to school. Even allowing other methods like roller-blading and skateboarding could help produce this eco-friendly effect. Further insuring a heightened in-crease in students would be to ad-vertise. In order to advertise we could have students go out and spread in-formation by word of mouth, place

commercials on the television and radio, pass out and hang flyers, rent billboards, have more open houses and shadows, have internet adver-tising, send out more ambassadors to more middle schools, call hous-es, and send text messages and e-mails. Massive advertising like this across the entire region would give a more diverse range of students wanting to come to Bishop Noll. Last but not least, to aid in our desire for more students would be to cre-ate a larger, more modern facility to house them. To do so, we would need to utilize all ninety-six classrooms on the campus, but to do that we need to renovate them for the higher stan-

EDITORIAL: Physical improvements will boost enrollment

dard of education and larger amount of students. To renovate the facility, we would need to take a loan out from both a bank and the Diocese of Gary. I imagine that due to Bish-op Melczek’s desire to keep both Bishop Noll Institute and Andrean High School running at full capac-ity, he would approve of such a plan and thus a loan to support it. With that amount of money, we should bring all ninety-six classrooms up to code to house thirty students apiece. All these ways to provide a large sum of students coming into Bishop Noll, along with an improved educational system would, of course, work over time.

iPhone is said to hold 20% of the smart phone market. Branching out to new ways of advertising, busi-nesses see apps from the iPhone as

promotional tools and can open the doors to new technology and can bring better ways of connecting together. Apple can still expand and grow from these products already set in place for years to come. The best way that Apple can continue to

grow even bigger than it is now is by keeping the legacy of Jobs alive and remembering what he envi-sioned for Apple. Steve Jobs was always working on how to make amazing technology simple to use so that everyone can benefit from it. Making technology easy to use and also putting your own little spin on it is hard work, and needs great creativity to achieve. It takes time and there’s no way of telling if they will fall. Even if Steve Jobs was the only one with the ideas, he left a team that has learned from him and learned how to do it right. “..the ones who are crazy enough to think the can change the world, are the ones who do.” – Albert Einstein

What if I told you that there was a hidden gem in our sports system? This athlete is an all-star at his sport but is so modest that you wouldn’t know it. This athlete is Sal Cordova, sophomore cross country runner. Sal deserves recogni-tion because he is not only an amaz-ing runner, but also a leader to Bishop Noll’s cross country team—a team that has suddenly re-emerged with a com-petitive edge under the guidance of Mr. Karl Repay, head coach, and now Sal Cordova as a pillar to the team. As a sophomore, Sal has proven that he’s one of the better runners in his age group in the area. He continues to push him-self every race and his improving times can’t be ignored by rivaling runners. Consider this: a good sophomore run-ner usually runs in the 19 minute range. Sal’s best time is a 17:08. He just recent-ly placed in the top-ten in sectionals. As the unspoken leader of the team, he leads them in prac-tice and prayer before every meet. “I guess I would have to say that my role would be to lead the team by getting up their energy in the race and keeping our score low,” Sal said. Sal is always determined to run bet-ter than everyone he runs against. He doesn’t care if it’s a senior or freshman. He also never gives up. A prime exam-ple was at the North Newton Invitation-al, when the leaders of the race (includ-ing Sal) accidently went the wrong way on the course. Although he could have kept going, he made the decision to turn around and rerun the path he missed. He headed back to the pack and ran his heart out to place 5th in the meet. He still ran an impressive time of 18:41. With the return of a girls’ team this year and impressive times by the boys, Sal is also very op-timistic about the team’s future. “We are only going to get better,” Sal said. “The only way to run faster is by run-ning faster, and we are going to do that.” Possibly, one of the secret weapons to Sal’s success is his dad. Sal’s dad comes to every meet and cheers him, as well as the team, on every step of the way. And even as Sal crosses the finish line, he congratulates his opponents, his other teammates and proves that he is a prime example of the charac-ter, leadership and sportsmanship that it takes to be a Bishop Noll Warrior.

Sal Cordova: One of Noll’s best-kept secrets

Future of Jobs-less Apple is in good hands

For one more weekend, the drama students at Bishop Noll Institute will put on Wait Un-til Dark in the drama room. This suspense/mystery/thriller keeps you on the edge of your seats. The play will keep you thinking throughout the entire performance, wondering and wanting to help solve the mystery that has taken place. What starts as a normal day ironically changes drastically by dark for Susy (Julie Fornacari). Other characters in the play, such as Mike (Chase McDermott) and Roat (Maddi Smith /Jimmy Mullaney) help in the mystery. The mystery is interesting, comical and scary at points. The scenery and stage the crew set up is life-like and makes you feel like you are actually sitting in at the Hendrix apartment. A wonderful performance put on by the students and crew of the drama club, like usual, is a must see. You will not be disappointed. Check out Wait Until Dark on November 18 and 19.

Wait Until Dark is a must-see performance for one more weekend

SHANNON WHELANSTAFF REPORTER

SAM SAPYTASTAFF REPORTER

LECIL MARTINSTAFF REPORTER

Follow editorialist Lecil Martin’s three-part plan for school improvement with each edition of The JourNoll. To read his first piece on school recruit-ment, visit www.journollonline.com

PART II

LEADER OF THE PACK. Sophomore Sal Cordova leaps out ahead to lead the runners in a cross country meet.

JON CASTRO STAFF REPORTER

4 FeatureNovember 21, 2011

As Thanksgiving appraches, it is recognizable that hardly anyone is concerned with the historic significance of the holiday. Many may ask whether or not this is a good or bad thing. Some recognize the arrival of this holiday as a representation of the bloodshed, destruc-tion, racism, and the oblit-eration of Native American culture. Businesses recog-nizes it as a time for major advertisement, and a hope-fully profitable season. Oth-ers, although they know the real unfortunate history of the story of pilgrims and Native Americans, don’t believe that the holiday is a celebration of destruc-tion and massacre. To those people, Thanksgiving is the

When people think of Thanksgiving, the first thing that comes to mind is food and what time the football games start. For many years, women in the fami-ly have gathered in the kitchen to cook, gossip, and pass down family recipes to younger gen-erations while the men would spend all day watching TV eating snacks until they can’t move. It may not even be their fa-vorite team playing, but something about Thanks-giving screams football. The National Football As-sociation (NFL) has been broadcasting Thanksgiving football games since the NFL was started in 1920. Every year, there are three games. This year, the Green Bay Packers play the Detroit Lions at 12:30 , The Miami Dolphins will play the Dal-las Cowboys at 4:15, and the San Francisco 49ers play the Baltimore Ravens. However, before the football games check out the Thanksgiving Day Parade. It kicks off at

8:30, so if you aren’t a foot-ball person, stand in front of Macy’s and watch the parade Many families have even gotten into flag football games after dinner. Every-

one has a different way to spend Turkey Day,

but everything about the holiday screams family. Everyone

“helps” in their own way, but to-day it seems that everyone wants

to get involved in the cooking. Some people don’t even have turkey anymore. It’s all about their traditions. But traditions change. The traditional turkey Thanks-giving dinner doesn’t al-ways happen. Some people go out or crash Grandma’s Thanksgiving. What people eat isn’t relevant, it’s about being together. Some say that football brings people together. Cheering on their team to victory or arguing about the ref ’s call. What-ever you do on Thanksgiv-ing is up to you, but spend some time together. Even if it means watching Lady Gaga take over Thanksgiv-ing with her TV special.

Each year, families across the United States gather around the dinner table to share a meal of thanks. But, not every family sticks to the traditional day of turkey and football. Every student who is a part of Noll’s melting pot brings a unique chapter to the story of culture and custom that is America’s Thanksgiving. Junior Jonathon Frankov-ich and his family cel-ebrate Thanksgiving with a traditional dinner, but put a twist on their fes-tivities after they eat. “I go to the movies at midnight with my cousins to see a Christmas movie

A moveable feastFor some, Thanksgiving doesn’t mean a dinner of turkey and stuffing

with my cousins. Our par-ents spend the night shop-ping,” said Frankovich. Shopping has become a huge part of the Thanks-giving tra-dition. The sound of the Thanksgiv-ing Day pa-per hitting the front porch is almost as excit-ing for women as football is for men. It’s stuffed with the Black Friday sale papers that hold killer deals for Christmas gifts. “I spend time with the la-

dies in my family planning our our shopping spree for the next day,” said Mrs.

Abbasy, coun-selor and NHS sponsor. “We’ve had some pret-ty awesome Black Friday experiences!” It’s not just the festivities that some peo-ple have fun

with; some people change up their dinner menus. “I don’t like turkey that much,” said senior Ariana Diaz, “so we have chicken. We also make tamales and have a spicy fruit punch.”

“I don’t like turkey that much, so we have chicken. We

also make tamales and have a spicy

fruit punch.”-Ariana Diaz, senior

HANNAH DOMINIAK EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

official arrival of the holiday season and a time for family reflection. It is a time tradi-tionally when families come together, not looking to re-ceive anything in particular from each other, but to give thanks for the quality time and cherishing memories. The most historical aspect that Americans recognize today about Thanksgiving is that it is still a time for cel-ebration. We are taught in grade school that the first Thanksgiving was the cel-ebration between the pil-grims and Native Ameri-cans. Later, we learn the real history--including all of the bloodshed and massacre. Like Columbus Day, it is one of those holidays that sometimes gets a tarnished

For years, Black Friday has been the busiest retail shopping day of the year. Retailers and business owners see a huge profit on prod-ucts on the “unofficial first day of the holiday season”. Black Friday, which is the Friday after Thanksgiving, gives shoppers an early start on Christmas gifts at stores such as Macys, Toys ‘R Us, Kohl’s, Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Target and more that open in the wee hours of the morn-ing providing sales for the crazed shoppers. Hundreds upon thou-sands of Black Friday shoppers wait for the doors to open and the saving and shopping to start. But is it worth leaving the house only hours after a filling Thanks-giving meal to save a spot in line in the freezing cold? The prices on Black Friday are to die for, literally. Prices get slashed in half and big deals such as buy-one, get-three-free are the reason people come at five in the morning after a big turkey dinner. There have been cases where crazy shoppers have gotten injured getting the best deals such as plasma screens for half the price of the retail value. Some stores practically give their products away, but there’s no guarantee as to how many people get an item. “No rain checks” warn the fine print in Thursday morning’s newspaper ads. However, in-store sales are not the only available specials. Many Black Friday sales are available online, making it possible so that you never have to leave the comfort of your own bed to purchase your Christmas gifts. Some people still prefer all of the fun of waking up early to spend a day braving the crowds. “It’s worth the experience,” said sophomore Jade Acevedo. “My fam-ily and I go out around midnight and when we get home, everyone makes flautas.” And now, Friday is not the only day consumers and buyers can ex-pect to see great deals. The Monday after Thanksgiving, known as Cyber Monday, is another big bargain day. Websites have crashed due to the deals online. Shoppers can expect to see next day ship-ments, no shipping fees and money off just by buying offline. Waking up early on these two days to get the best deals are not only worth your buck, but worth your time. Enjoy your holiday shop-ping and may the best deal win.

Football v. Cooking: Who’s in the kitchen?

image. But are we really celebrating the destruction and slaughter? Genocide and political incorrectness? Most people today do know the real history of the holiday and they choose not to ignore it, but in-stead, celebrate a differ-ent meaning. To many teens, Thanksgiving repre-sents a time to give thanks. “Thanksgiving is a time to bond with the ones you love and be thankful for each other while the mo-ment is still alive,” said ju-nior Velvetena Springer. It may be a time to give up big bucks, or a time for remembrance of the lost of a culture. One thing is for certain, though, it is a time for, well...thanks.

Buddy and Bingo by MELISSA PARADISO

A controversial holidayWhile some decry the real history behind Thanksgiving, most view it as a time to give thanks

JORDAN WILSONSTAFF REPORTER

As tradition stands, the women make the food and do the dishes, while the men of the house watch the game. It doesn’t have to be that way.

RACHEL HURTIG MANAGING EDITOR

Black Friday or bustLong lines and crowds part of the experience, but Cyber Monday holds more appeal for some

SHANNON WHELAN STAFF REPORTER

5FeatureNovember 21, 2011

the mostdangerousdrug

Prescriptive drugs now more lethal than heroin and cocaine combined

JUSTIN LERMASTAFF REPORTER

Marilyn Monroe. Jimi Hendrix. Bruce Lee. Keith Moon. Heath Ledger. All of these celebri-ties died due to an overdose of legal, prescription or over-the-counter drugs. And the list doesn’t end there. Countless other famous faces and tens of thousands of people last year, alone, died of overdosing on prescription drugs. Painkillers are now considered the most lethal drugs around, outnumbering the deaths caused by illegal narcotics and even both heroin and cocaine combined. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Chief Thomas Frieden calls this an “epidemic”, yet most young people don’t re-alize how lethal legalized drugs really are. “I think either cocaine or heroine is the most lethal,” said Evelyn Da Silva, a 16 year-old jun-ior. Da Silva isn’t alone in her assumptions. In to-day’s world drugs are a huge issue with people of all age-groups. Access to illegal drugs isn’t exactly easy as one-two-three, but access to painkillers and other legal drugs is easily grant-ed by many pharmacies and through friends and family members. According to the Centers of Disease Control (CDC), drug overdoses killed at least 10,000 people in 1990. In 1999 20,000 people died from overdose on legal drugs, and in 2005, at least 33,000 people died. That is a 200% increase of deaths by overdose.

Legal drug overdoses are just behind vehicular accidents which had 40,000 deaths in 2005, and overdoses are just in front of accidental firearm deaths. In 2008 legal drug overdoses accounted for 20,044 of the 36, 450 deaths from drug over-does in the U.S., according to CDC researchers in the recent the journal entry for Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Unfortunately, for young people, sometimes it takes the death of a celebrity to recognize the effect of legalized drugs. Marilyn Monroe pos-sibly died of two barbiturates (depressants). Jimi Hendrix overdosed on sleeping pills. Bruce Lee died of an allergic reaction to painkillers that made his brain swell. Keith Moon doverdosed on a drug that was supposed to help him with his alcoholic withdrawal. Most recently, Heath Ledger overdosed on some of his prescription drugs, which lead to his death. Most of the drugs these famous people overdosed on on were simple painkillers, sleeping pills, or anti-depressants. People this amazing are dying from something you can pick up from any pharmacy at any given time with a prescription. Movie stars certainly aren’t invincible from addictions or the side effects of prescriptions and neither is anyone else. Legal drugs are just as addictive or dangerous as illegal narcotics.

In January of 2011, the entire state of Illinois banned the sale, purchase and possession of K2 incense, a synthetic marijuana product, also known as “Spice”. The state of Indiana soon fol-lowed suit in July, seeking out the remaining stores or dealers known for selling the synthetic drug and pushing on them the same penalty for possession, sale, and purchase of marijuana. Al-though K2 is still legal in 26 states, the remaining governments acted in response to the unusual and sometimes lethal side effects to the drug. Like other synthetic drugs, K2 is made with chemicals that replicate the illegal materials in the real drug. However, these chemicals were created for experimental use in animals and are linked to cancer-causing agents, according to WebMD.com. But the big issue is the side effects caused by K2. The same side effects as marijua-na-use are noted, including elevated heart rate, anxiety and agitation; but hyperventilation, sei-zures, and even death have also been reported. And now there's one more reason to scare peo-ple away from K2. Synthetic marijuana-use is linked to heart attacks in teenagers. This month, doctors at UT Southwestern Medi-cal Center researched the heart attacks of three 16 year-old boys. All of the boys were considered healthy and had no sign of cardiovascular dis-ease, but shortly after smoking K2, they all suf-fered from chest pain an their heart attacks were recorded. The scariest thing about drugs like these, the doctors noted, is that no one is completely sure what chemicals or substances go into making them. "Lack of information regarding the origin of these compounds as well as other chemicals pos-sibly contained in these products makes their use dangerous and unpredictable," they said in their research published in Pediatrics, an online jour-nal for the American Academy of Pediatrics. The long-term side effects of K2 are not known, since it is a relatively new synthetic drug.

‘Herbal incense’ causes heart attacks in teenagersNow illegal in Illinois and Indiana, syn-thetic marijuana found to be lethal

The most common synthetic drugs may be illegal in only several states, but their odd chemical ingredients make them just as lethal, if not more lethal, than their real counterparts. Read on to see the severe side effects (which in-clude death) of these chemical comglomerations that the FDA warns are “not intended for human consumption”.

NAME: herbal incenseREAL NAME: synethic cannabisMOST LIKE: marijuanaMARKETED BRANDS: K2, SpiceSIDE EFFECTS: death, heart attack, increased heart rate, insomnia, high blood pressure, nausea, nightmares, drug crav-ingsLEGAL: illegal in several states (including Illinois and Indiana) if substance contains JWH-018, JWH-073, JWH-200, CP 47, 497 or cannabicyclohexanol

NAME: Bath SaltsREAL NAMES: methedrone, methyloneMOST LIKE: LSD, ecstasy, co-caine, methMARKETED BRANDS: Blizzard, Ivory Snow, White LightningSIDE EFFECTS: death, increased blood pressure, increased heart rate, agitation, hallucinations, extreme paranoiaLEGAL: illegal in all 50 states if substance contains mephedrone, methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) or methylone

NAME: GHB or “Date-Rape Drug”REAL NAME: gamma-hydroxybu-tyric acidMOST LIKE: used as an alterna-tive to alcohol because there is no odor and effects are gone within six hoursALSO KNOWN AS: Georgia Home Boy, Liquid X, Liquid Ecstasy, Grievous Body Harm, Cherry MethSIDE EFFECTS: tolerance, de-pendence, withdrawal, and use of life support and a breathing machine until effects wear offLEGAL: legal to help treatment of narcolepsy, but has restricted distribution

NAME: Special KREAL NAME: ketamineMOST LIKE: ecstasyALSO KNOWN AS: Black Hole, Bump, Kit-Kat, Purple, JetSIDE EFFECTS: long-term depression, shrunken bladder and bleeding in bladder (also known as “K cramps”), shifts in perception of reality, loss of sensory function, slurred speech, loss of motor coordina-tion, cardiovascular effectsLEGAL: only legal in veterinary and human medial practices as an anasthetic

Prescribing a legal overdose

Source: WebMD.com

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6 SportsNovember 21, 2011

Athankfulheart Second chances aren’t al-ways given out like new ids. Sometimes second chances aren’t given at all, but when they are given, it’s like there is an angel watching over us. In this time of Thanksgiving, senior John Ortiz is thankful to be given a second chance at one of the things he loves most--wrestling. Ortiz has been a part of the wrestling team since his freshman year at Noll. The season during his sophomore year was very successful--Ortiz placed in the top ten at conference, sectionals, and county--and that made him all the more excited for the season last year. However, a roadblock came in Ortiz’s way of wrestling. “One side of my heart was working harder than the other,” said Ortiz. “One of the valves wouldn’t open and close correctly. I had to refrain from any sports that

would be excessive [strain on my heart].” Even after many proce-dures, doctors still told Or-tiz that he wouldn’t be able to wrestle again. Reluctantly, he took off his junior season. Although he was unable to wrestle, Ortiz was still a part of the team to give his friends and teammates sup-port. He attended all the tournaments and helped out as much as he could. “I would sometimes video tape the matches and help out the coaches with what-ever they needed,” he said. During this time, Ortiz was just as successful off the mat as he was on during the 2010 season. “I kept a 4.0 GPA during my year off,” he said. This year off gave Or-tiz all the more drive to get back on the mat for his se-

nior year. After more proce-dures and talks with doctors, Ortiz was given the go ahead to wrestle again this season over the summer. He remem-bers feeling like he proved all the doctors who said he would never wres-tle again

wrong. He said

that hearing he could come back

for another season was one of the best things he had heard in a long time. “Doctor’s aren’t always

right,” said Ortiz, “and I’m living proof that even doc-tors can be wrong.” The road this senior has

c o m e d o w n has been long and

treacher-ous, but

in the

l o n g r u n , suc-

cess-

ful. Ortiz attributes his suc-

cess to his family, friends, and coaches. “The people that pushed me the most were my coaches,” he said. “They had more faith in me than I did.” Ortiz has a truly thankful heart this Thanksgiving sea-son for his second chance at wrestling. “It’s truly a blessing to me because I never would’ve thought that [I’d be given a

second chance] in a million years. From this experi-

ence, I learned not to take anything for

granted.”

HANNAH DOMINIAK EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

IT was a great loss for Bishop Noll students

and fans alike. The epic game between the Bishop Noll Warriors and the Park Tu-dor Panthers was one of the greatest games played in the history of Bishop Noll boys’ basketball teams. The score was constantly tied through most of the game. The stu-dent sections of both schools were screaming and hoping for victory. In the end, how-ever, the Panthers gained the

On the reboundSERGIO VALDES STAFF REPORTER

Boys’ basketball hopes to top last year’s winning season

upper hand on the Warriors and won the game 43-42. The entire Bishop Noll section was completely silent for at least a couple of minutes. The basketball team was heartbroken from the loss, but their spirits, in spite of the defeat, were definitely not broken. In fact, the loss actually rejuvenated them and they vowed to return to Conseco Fieldhouse to claim

the title of state champions. With Bowman now in Bish-op Noll’s class, can they pull it off again? Drew Trost, head coach of the Warriors basketball team, has high hopes for the team this year. “I don’t want to focus on what we did last year,” said Trost. “I do not want to com-pare this upcoming season to the great season last year because we have new play-ers and new opponents to face, and those teams that we

faced last year will be more prepared to face us again this year.” With teams like Andrean, Bowman, North Judson, Val-po, and EC Central posing a great threat to this year’s success, Trost also stated that while the team has got-ten a bit smaller, it has new strengths. “We have many talented guards this year,” Trost ex-plained, “so the team will be able to run the ball more and make the games more up-tempo.” Senior John Dodson also commented on these new strengths. "[We have] a lot of young players with talent. We have Dean [Danos] who trans-ferred and [also] a lot of ex-perience coming back from last year's team." Ronnye Beamon, senior, also believes that the team can make it far this year. He believes that with the addi-tion of Dean, the team will be able to put in smaller line-ups that will be fast enough to put pressure on other teams, he said. “If we work harder than we

did last year, I feel that we definitely have the ability to make it all happen again, but it's definitely not going to be given to us. We are go-ing to have to work hard and smart,” said Beamon. “But we do have the weapons and the ability to go for another great run."

Girls’ basketball has high hopes with new coach

CHLOE JOHNSTON STAFF REPORTER

This month, the girls bas-ketball team is starting a new season. This year the la-dies hope for a winning sea-son. New head coach Vanita Gary is ready to get the girls motivated and prepped for the season. With each player putting in one hundred per-cent effort at practices, this problem will not be hard to achieve. The team has six graduat-ing seniors this year: Tate Hickey, Elena Palomo, Ash-ley Haltek, Eileen O’Neil, Lisette Herrera, and Milana Golich. The girls are ready for whatever they will have to conquer and has taken to-tal leadership roles off and on the court.

The 2011-2012 bowling season has begun and the team is pleased to announce that it has both boys and girls team this year. Due to a very low number of students try-ing out the, team was only able to offer a boys team last

year. This years boys team consists of all returning play-ers from last year while the girls team is a fresh batch of new bowlers.m “It’s good to be back,” said senior Sergio Gonzalez. While the team may be set

for this year, they are still en-couraging other students to come out and join the team.

Boys and girls will bowl this year TIYLER MANUEL STAFF REPORTER

Senior wrestler is thankful to be back on the mat again this season af-ter being unable to wrestle last year due to a medical condition

HEADLOCK. Ortiz gets a Whit-ing wrestler in a headlock during his freshman year.

Weight room now open

JUST DRIBBLE. Seniors Beamon and Dodson run the court during the game against River Forest.

Bishop Noll has a new weight room The new weightroom has many new and refined equipment, from treadmills to multi-purpose workout machines. Every-thing in he weightroom was donated by Coach Ron Mos-kovsky. The weightroom is open on full days of school from 4:15-closing and Sat-urdays if monitored by a coach. Coaches Trost and Juscik have already been

using the weightroom to be prepared for the upcoming seasons. Athletes should now have everything they need to be a successful BNI athlete.

CAMERON MCCULLOUGH-STEWART STAFF REPORTER

7 Entertainment November 21, 2011

New or old, viewers cut loose with ‘Footloose’ Back in 1984, the movie Footloose was created and now, in 2011, the movie was remade and is brought up-to-date. Ren McCormack is a teenage boy who moved from Boston to the small town of Bomont. Upon ar-riving, Ren gets a culture shock. Public dancing along with playing loud music were banned after an accident that killed five of Bomont’s teens. The story goes on to show Ren trying to make a change. He stands up in front of the councilmen, as well as the Reverend Shaw Moore, to abolish the law of not being able to play your music loud and not being able to dance. Along the ride, Ren falls in love the reverend’s daughter Ariel. The remake goes along the same lines as the original Foot-loose, except for a few minor details. In the 1984 movie, Ren moves to Bomont with his mother to live with his aunt and uncle. In the new Footloose, Ren moves to Bo-mont by himself to live with his aunt and uncle because his mother has recently passed away from leukemia. The message, however, is still the same in both the original and the remake. This new kid moves to town and brings back dancing to the county. Now, of course, there’s a difference in the music and danc-ing. Back in the 1984 movie, they played more music of that era, such as Sammy Hagar. In the 2011 remake of Foot-

Remake shows difference in music, generations ALLI KREGER STAFF REPORTER

CUT LOOSE. (Right) The original Footloose starred Kevin Bacon as Ren McCormack; (left) The 2011 remake of the classic starred Kenny Wormald as McCormack and Dancing with the Stars’ Julianne Hough as Ariel; (cen-ter) Wormald and Hough cut loose on the dance floor in the October remake. The 2011 version showed how there is an obvious difference in generation, music, and dancing as opposed to the original 1984 version. Photos: imdb.com

Throughout the years, Disney has been releasing their old films in theaters again and in 3D. These movies that they bring back are a part of the Disney Vault. The vault is a term used by Walt Disney Stu-dios Home Entertainment for it’s policy of putting home video releases of Walt Disney Animation Stu-dio’s animated features on moratorium. Each Disney film is available for purchase for a limited time, after which is put in the “vault” and not made available in stores for several years until it is once again released. The Lion King was released again on September 16 in 3D and made its debut on Blu-ray on October 4. This is one of the many Disney classics that has been in the vault. Some other movies in the vault are Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Peter Pan, 101 Dal-matians, Pinocchio and many more. Disney’s live-ac-tion films, Pixar films, and films released by Disney’s other film divisions (Touchstone Pictures, Miramax Films, Dimension Films) are not held to this rule. They are generally only being discontinued when a newer edition is released. The Walt Disney Company itself states that this process is done to both control their market and to allow old Disney classics to be fresh for new generations of children to come. So what childhood favorites can you expect to see in theatres again in the coming years? Disney plans on rereleasing four more films in 3D within the next two years: Beauty and the Beast, Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc., and The Little Mermaid are all ex-pected to be in cinemas and DVD-BluRay combo packs once again by 2013. “I’m excited for Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast because they are both french movies,” said junior Denisha Anderson. “I grew up watching them and I think girls should be treated as princesses like that.”

Childhood classics get a new lookDisney rereleases clas-sic animated films in 3D

Mark your calendars! These Disney classics will be rereleased in theatres again by 2013: Beauty and the Beast (Jan. 13, 2012); Finding Nemo ; (Sept. 14, 2012); Monsters, Inc. (Jan. 18, 2013); The Little Mermaid (Sept. 2013)Source: huffingtonpost.com

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loose, there was more of this era’s music in it. Songs were performed by today’s country artist Blake Shelton and Zac Brown Band; along with Hip Hop’s own David Banner. The dancing is different in both movies as well. In the remake, there’s more “grinding” and country line dancing. In the original, there’s more conservative type of dancing and what they would consider “dirty dancing”. There’s also a lot more foot work and hip hop dancing in the remake rather than in the original. Out of both the original and remake of Footloose, the best always seems to be the original. But in this case, the re-make seems to be better. Regardless, both of the movies are cheesy, but the remake tops the original and takes away the “cheesiness” of the movie. The director brings more life and spice to the movie and teenagers, as well as parents, will find being drawn into the movie because of the more up-to-date styles. The story now seems more realistic and less corny than the original did.

Everyone knows Miss. Ramirez as a Spanish teacher here at Noll. But what some people don’t know is that she is a really great artist. She’s always been a creative and artistic person, but she started working with acrylic paintings in 2004. “I like to paint whatever inspires my imagination the most,” said Ramirez. She displayed her work for the very first time here at Noll for the ‘Night of Latin Culture’ which took place on October 15. Ramirez says, “I’d like to say that I am grateful to Mrs. Lorenza Jara-Pastrick for strongly influencing me to put myself out there. She is a great supporter!” Although Ramirez has created many pieces, her all time favorite artwork piece is of her father’s guitar. The guitar piece is called “Canta y no llores” which translates into “Sing and Don’t Cry”. This piece has a very special place in her heart. “It commemorates his memory and all of the lullabies and ballads he used to sing to me when I was a little girl,” she said. She also loves the pieces she does for her friends. “Their energy and spirits inspire me to paint something special, just for them.” Ramirez also sells her artwork. They tend to sell between the prices of $30 and $80. “It all depends on the size of the canvas and how many hours it took to complete the piece,” she said. Ramirez isn’t too sure where she will display her artwork next but she’s open to putting herself out there. She sees herself writing and illustrating children’s books in the fu-ture. “I hope that this new artistic adventure leads me to what I really want to do for the rest of my life.”

For theloveofartSpanish teacher finds niche in the arts

Beauty and the Beast Jan. 13, 2012Finding Nemo Sept. 14, 2012Monsters, Inc. Jan. 18, 2012The Little Mermaid Sept. 2013

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AN ARTFUL TEACHER. Spanish teacher Connie Ramirez does not limit herself to teaching; she enjoys painting. Her inspirations come

from a variety of different things, including her friends.

8 Entertainment November 21, 2011

As many gamers know, Gears of War games are always satisfying, fun, and intense. Gears of War 3 continues this trend and brings even more to the table by being the most complete and up-to-date Gears of War experience. The campaign mode is what you’ve come to expect from a gears campaign, an action shooter with multiple things happening at once, an engag-ing story, and a satisfying ending. And for those people who love playing the story mode, there are 40 collectibles for you to search and find. The versus mode is also in the same light as the campaign mode; i.e. it is what you’ve come to expect from a Gears game. Although, this time around, there are many more weapons in Gears 3 than any other Gears game. All of the starting weapons are balanced, even if you find yourself screaming at a scary bulky man who just “one-shotted” you with the sawed-off. The leveling sys-tem is back, along with the new ribbons and med-als you can obtain by achieving specific criteria. Moving on, the horde mode has been up-dated with the all new money system for buy-

Gears of War 3: Worth the time, worth the moneyJUSTIN LERMA STAFF REPORTER

ing items that re-spawn on the map and for fortifications to keep enemies out of where you plan to set up camp. Along with this, there is also a leveling system for the upgrades you make to your fortifications which just adds to the fun of playing wave after wave of en-emies coming at you and four of your friends. I really love this game, to be completely hon-est, I’ve already spent twenty-plus hours playing this game, and I’m just morbidly addicted. Epic Games put a lot of love into this game, and built it to last. The graphics are pretty close to the ex-tent of the Xbox 360’s ability, the game-play me-chanics are still rock solid, and it’s still fun to just turn people into a pile of mush! There’s not much more I can say about this game, the only thing missing is a theater mode, which apparently Epic didn’t have enough time to put it into the game. Nonetheless, it’s still an amazing game and I look forward to going home every day to go and play it. BOTTOM LINE: 9.6/10 This game is awesome. Go buy it.

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