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The Loyola News

ALL THE NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW!

The Loyola Scouts’ three-gold season

The News interviews “Macbeth”

Loyola’s new librarian Ms. Diane Landry

Apparition in Mr. Santillo’s office?

New section: The Digital Pages

28 pages of the latest and biggest news!

Volume IV, Issue II

Loyola High School ’ s Off ic ia l Student Newspaper

April 17, 2007

Sean Messenger asks, “Graffiti: vandalism or art? Page 11 in the Arts section.

News of interest: Student Council: Matsui-Pedicelli vs. McRae-Turcotte, page 3.

Spring break trips to Europe reports, page 6.

Battle of the Bands report, page 10.

The new “Digital Age Pages,” page 14-15.

Macbeth interview with Loyola drama‘s Mathieu Mancini, page 2.

Above, left to right: Loyola Scouts Luca Ciampini, Nick Impellizzeri and Michael Mili lead Loyola to city

championship gold.

Loyola High School contin-ues to mourn the loss of its president and “body and soul,” Father Eric Maclean, s.j. Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names.

Father Eric Maclean, s.j. Loyola’s acting president: Father Rob Brennan, s.j.

An official announcement regarding the appointment of Loyola’s next full-time presi-dent should come in the near future.

Our Body and Soul

Like an angel, Fallen from the skies, Our school is blessed, Of the utmost importance. Our body and soul, Stolen from our grip. The stepping stone of Loyola Crumbles but is not forgotten.

The heart of Loyola Pumps harder and harder, But in truth it cries And mourns the loss of itself.

We as the community Will rise again, But our body and soul, Will never be the same.

By Alessandro Pedicelli 4D

Father Rob Brennan, S.J., has assumed the post of acting president of Loyola High School, effective im-mediately.

Father Brennan is no stranger to Loyola. He re-turned to Loyola last Sep-tember after working for four years at St. Paul’s Jes-uit school in Winnipeg as chaplain and teacher. Fa-ther Brennan has worked in the past at Loyola, also as chaplain and teacher and has been involved in mis-sionary work throughout the world.

You may read The Loyola News interview with Father Brennan from the Novem-ber, 2006 issue on-line at www.loyola.ca/news for more interesting facts about his life.

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Loyola Theatre Arts to stage Macbeth starring Mancini

Mancini of class 4B. Here is the interview.

Now that you’ve landed the lead in Macbeth, how are you preparing for your per-formances?

Memorizing is definitely important. I’m not very good at learning lines sitting at a desk, so I prefer rehearsals, where I can have a little fun and act. I also have to learn to become Macbeth on stage, which is my favorite part of the project. Macbeth can go from being noble to angry to depressed in a three-minute time frame, and I enjoy jumping from one emotion to another.

Have you acted in any dra-matic productions before?

Yes. I first partici-pated in Shakespeare’s Com-edy of Errors at Loyola in spring 2005, and in a light production that fall, Gorillas in our Midst. I also per-formed in the Merchant of Venice last year as Launcelot Gobbo.

What type of person fancies himself an actor? Are they a different breed?

Not exactly. Anyone can act; they just need to have enough confidence to stand on a stage and have a little fun in front of an audi-ence! During a performance, most actors can switch to autopilot, not minding the spectators; however, a pow-erful voice is key.

How is the supporting cast

The Loyola News recently caught up with the star of Loyola Drama’s spring pro-duction of Macbeth, Mathieu

for the play?

Our cast this year is excellent. Along with a few re-turning thespians, several new faces have joined our crew this time around to spice up this year’s production, and it’s sure to be a lot of fun.

What is the setting for the play? Is there a modern twist?

The play will take place in the 21st century, depict-ing typical street gangs and the “wars” they wage between each other. Of course the original Shakespearean verse will be maintained throughout the play, but this modern twist should make Loyola’s Macbeth much more interesting.

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Mathieu Mancini is to play Macbeth.

Loyola chaplain, teacher and acting president, Fa-ther Rob Brennan, S.J.

Father Eric Maclean, S.J.

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STUDENT COUNCIL SHOWDOWN: Matsui and Pedicelli vs. McRae and Turcotte

Above, left to right: Shintaro Matsui and Al Pedicelli

Could you provide a brief description of your team’s co-presidential candidates’ personali-ties and academic and extra-curricular back-grounds? I (Connor) have played football, hockey and rugby in every year since secon-dary one, have been cap-tain of five teams and have won two city champion-ships. I have been class president twice and vice president twice. I have won a public speaking contest and am currently on the Walk-a-thon Com-mittee. I have achieved second honours every term. Justin has played volleyball and hockey, is an accomplished artist and has had first honours in every term. He is currently a class president. We’re both natural leaders and experienced in academics and athletics.

What motivates your team in seeking student council leadership? We feel that we are the best two for the job and we have excellent ideas for

next year. We are used to leading on the field, the ice, as well as in the classroom and in the LSHA. We will use all our skills and experience if we are elected.

Without revealing de-tails about your plat-form, what is the theme of your campaign and what makes your plans better than the opposi-tions’? The two main goals of our presidency will be to con-tinue and improve upon the many successful un-dertakings of Loyola, and to increase Loyola’s al-ready stellar reputation as a school and family. By achieving these goals, we appeal to potential stu-dents who wish to come to our school. We ensure opportunities for current students to partake in all that the Loyola experi-ence has to offer. This will increase the stock of our graduating students as they seek higher edu-cation after Loyola. We will continue our school’s


Could you provide a brief description of your team’s co-residential candidates’ personalities and aca-demic and extra-curriclar backgrounds? We are very involved in all aspects of the school. We have been a part of numerous clubs including ski club and briscola. We are also very active on committees and this year we have been a part of three: Battle of the Bands, Dance and Walk-a-Thon. Athletically, we have been a part of 10 different teams ranging from fall to spring seasons. We have been a part of 5 championship-winning teams. As people, we are extremely dedicated, moti-vated and responsible. We believe that our personalities compli-ment each other and that we are good candidates for co-presidents of the school.

What motivates your team in seeking student council leadership? Our main motivation is to enrich the school that has given us so much. We feel

that the ideas on our plat-form will improve life for both students and teach-ers. We open up all of our ideas to all grades so that the Loyola Student Commu-nity can grow closer to-gether.

Without revealing details about your platform, what is the theme of your campaign and what makes your plans better than the oppositions’? As mentioned before, the main theme of our platform is to incorporate clubs and ideas that will benefit all members of the Loyola stu-dent body.

Do you believe in the de-mocratic process? Absolutely. We believe that to maintain the schools proper functioning, all members of this community must be involved and give their input. To avoid tribulations within the school we feel that every single student should be heard and able to voice his opinion.

What percentage of


Above, left to right: Connor mcRae and Justin Turcotte

“Art, what is it? ‘It is life with a twist An imagery of bliss It is where you are born Where we start We live for art’’ These are the words of Joey Piccirelli, an amazing painter, poet, and musician. Art does not simply mean drawing picture but, it has to do with emo-tions which come from the heart. Peo-ple do not draw what they think but rather, they draw what they feel. Our emotions make us who we are. Every day, minute and second, our emotions change and make us react the way we do. Even when we sleep, our emotions are present in our dreams. Every night, we dream because we have certain feelings which affected us during the day. Most of the time, our dreams do not make sense because we have mixed emotions. If you do not get it by now, EVE-RYTHING IS BASED ON OUR EMOTIONS.

In a way, we are all art-ists because we all have that spe-cial gift, emotion. The problem is, many people decide to waste that

given gift and choose not to express them-selves. Few people decide to use this mi-raculous gift; one of these people is Joey Piccirelli.

Art is not hard to achieve; it is rather a simple task. Everyone was as-tonished when they heard Mozart had written several melodies at the age of four. The truth is, many of us can do the same, and it is just the matter of being able to use our emotions for expressing ourselves.

I first met Joey in Secondary One, while sitting next to him on the train. I noticed he had this beautiful pic-ture which was very detailed.The draw-ing’s eyes looked real, and his body looked incredibly humanlike. Not only was I fascinated by the details in the picture, I was speechless when Joey told me it took him five minutes to draw it! As you can see, the age does not matter; the impor-tance is that you use your emotions to express yourself through music, poetry, or even drawing.

When Mr. Ketterling wanted someone to write an article on art, I im-mediately jumped on the task! Even after

many suggestions, I already knew that I would be inter-viewing Joey, because he is one of the few that truly understand art in all its shapes and forms. This young, talented man is con-stantly expressing his emo-tions by continuously doo-dling in all of his classes! I have been in Joey’s class for three years straight and every single teacher has yelled at him for drawing

during class. In a way, they are right because he should be paying attention but, on the other hand, a man with emo-tions is a man with ideas.

For all of those who resemble Joey, continue to live your dream and define your emotions. For all of you who have not yet found their inner emotions, I leave you with this quote. ‘‘You can dis-cover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.’ By Jack Kontopoulos


It seems as though our very own Canadian coffee company, Second Cup, has been infested with a new para-site from our dear neighbours to the south. Coming in from Seattle and weighing in with quarterly revenue of 835 million American dollars, with over 5,600 stores in 28 countries, I present to you the heavy weight of coffee shops, Starbucks. It seems as though Second Cup and Starbucks are a package, two siblings who follow each other every-where they go.

The Canadian coffee corpora-tion known as Second Cup opened its first outlet in 1975, as a measly kiosk in a mall; it has now spread across our vast country. However, Second Cup is a feather weight compared to Seattle’s beastly company. Although Second Cup has spread to foreign countries such as the U.A.E. and Saudi Arabia, the num-ber of the outlets is a somewhat petite number; 375. Many of us have already visited the great Second Cup that has opened right next to New Moon, where the former La Brise was. Many of us were also saddened by the leaving of our shady store, West Side. To no surprise, rumours have sprouted that the former West Side store will be bought by none other than Starbucks. Although there have been no official statements to back these suspicions up, it should come to no surprise if a Starbucks does paste its green and white logo where West Side’s humorous flags would once flap around.

Starbucks outlets have had a knack for opening right next to Second Cup stores, and I’m pretty sure that it’s not a coincidence. Seeing as their menus are very alike, Starbucks went right for the jugular, hoping to sweep away their largest competition. However, this seems just a little unfair. Imagine Mike Tyson having a boxing match with Steve Urkel and now you have a comparison of Second Cup and Starbucks. So next time your strolling downtown and you see a Starbucks, make the effort to support our economy and buy something from our very own Second Cup.

By Filippo La Verghetta

Second Cup and Starbucks are at it again

Student spotlight: painter, poet and musician Joey Piccirelli

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rather then on the internet. She also plans to get more welcoming shelving units, a new paint job, and to put up some of the students artwork to make them feel at home. Mrs. Landry wants to see the library glow with imagination.

“My job is to en-courage the stu-dents to read and to learn more about the world we live in, and have fun while doing it” She feels

that she should try to introduce music, books and cultures to our students and let there imagination run free. She would like the library to have a nice environ-ment for the students who need to study and she truly believes that the students will benefit from the changes she plans to make.

There is much room for improve-ment in the library, and Mrs. Landry is looking forward to perusing these im-

provements. She hopes the students and staff will fully appreciate her and the library. “This building is a beautiful place and I think the library should reflect the newly built atrium and auditorium.”

“I’m not going to let the students do what they want to do. One student once described the library as a food court in a shopping mall, which is not how a library should be.” Mrs. Landry feels that is a distraction for the students who are trying to study, and the teacher’s who are as well trying to get work done. She hopes that once the students get used to her, and she gets used to the students, the students will respect her. She under-stands that the students do not approve of her, and that there has been some fric-tion. “Because there has been such a change, it will be a bit harder to get the transition going. But I feel I must be stricter to try and enforce the rules prop-erly.”

Mrs. Landry has herd students speaking vulgar words about herself, such as the description of being a Nazi. “I can live with it” began Mrs. Landry, “ it doesn’t bother me so much, I think it is more important that I try to give the stu-dents books and magazines, and give them a place to come and work in com-fortable environment, and if that makes me a Nazi, then so be it” were the power-ful words of Mrs. Landry.

“I’m happy to be here, it’s been a great place, and I know I’ve been a pain in the butt, but I hope things will get easier. I am lucky to work with such neat, polite, interesting and funny students, and I’m looking forward to being here for many years.”

Many students disapprove of Mrs. Landry and want there old library back, but we will just have to wait and see what the library has in store! By Lucas Lawton

“Loyola has been warm and welcoming”! Mrs. Landry began her career 20 years ago, spending 14 years of it at Centennial Academy. “The library at Centennial was much smaller and cozier than Loyola’s large and spacious library” said Mrs. Landry. She particu-larly misses the stu-dents at Centennial and misses being able to know every-body’s name. Unlike Loyola, Centennial has a very small population of students.

Mrs. Landry has many plans for the school library, although she couldn’t mention them all, she did give me a few insiders. She plans to get more interesting books and try to entice the students to read more, rather then sitting in front of a com-puter screen. She would prefer to pro-vide more resources through books

Loyola’s new librarian: Ms. Diane Landry

Above: Ms. Diane Landry at her post in the library

“Loyola has been warm and

welcoming.”

Mr. Ketterling’s Rome to Athens group at the ancient city of Pompeii

LOYOLA SPRING BREAK TRIPS:

Below: the crew spot land whilst sailing from Italy to Greece on the wine dark Adriatic and Ionian Seas.

Roman Coliseum. Our stay in Rome, while memo-rable, was short. We saw most of what the city had to offer tourists, but, at least personally, never really got a sense of

Italian culture as we normally traveled from metaphorical point A to B by bus. The however, is completely understand-able considering the vast amount we had to see, in such modest time. After leaving the city, we had a guided tour of the an-cient ruins of Pompeii which was de-stroyed in 79 AD by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius resulting in the downpour of volcanic ash. Day 5 of our epic journey through the greatest ancient civilizations in the history of our world marked our arrival in Greece, more specifically, Patras on the Peloponnesus. After a tour of Olympia, the sight of the ancient Greek Olympics, a race was held in the actual stadium that had hosted races thousands of years prior to ours with the exact same purpose: to crown an Olympic hero. Benny Habib won by several yards, as Mr. Elie, after extensive video review, was judged to have beaten out David Meffe for second place by a matter of inches. We spent that night in Tolo Day 6 marked our arrival in Ath-ens, however earlier that morning, we had


Three days into Spring break, I was rudely awoken at three o’clock in the afternoon to begin packing my suit-case for a flight that was scheduled to leave later that evening. I threw to-gether the traveling essentials; my iPod, its charger, a few shirts, jeans and about twenty pairs of socks, because you can never have too many socks, even if you only plan to be gone for roughly two weeks. Once I reached the airport, 52 pound suitcase in hand, and found my friends in line at the British Airways ticket counter with Mr. Ketterling hand-ing out our boarding receipts, it finally struck me; I was going to Europe. After a relatively smooth six hour overnight flight, we touched down in Heathrow Airport, located on the western outskirts of London. Several hours later, we were in the heart of Rome tossing a few Euros into the Trevi Fountain in order to satisfy the super-stition that he who tosses a coin into the fountain will one day return to Rome. The ensuing day brought us to Vatican City, the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica where we had the opportunity to see the only statue the great Michel-angelo ever signed: The Pietá. Later that afternoon, we visited Hadrian’s arch and the remarkably well preserved

From Rome to Athens and everything in between


WONDERS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN

Mr. Bednarczyk and Mr. Ruscito leading their troops through Vatican City.

Below: Owen Paek check outs the beau-tiful Amalfi coastline in Italy.

Italy, the country of amazing cars, amazing style, amazing food and best of all, beautiful women! The group of 24 students that went was awesome. We were led by the one and only Father Boutilier, the tuff guy Mr. Ruscito and the art master Mr. Bednarczyk.

It all began March 4th, when we all arrived at the Trudeau Airport at 2 o’clock. We walked to the gates as moms’ were crying, but we still search to know if it was because they were al-ready missing us or thanking God that we were finally leaving. Everyone was bustling with excitement as we waited to go into the plane, and once we got into our beautiful Air Swiss Boeing, we were set to leave for a trip of a lifetime!

We landed in Zurich and we were able to the see the magnificent sight of the Swiss Alps from the Airport. But then better yet was the sight from the airplane heading towards Venice. As we exited the Venetian airport we were all so happy; after 5 months of waiting, we were finally in Italy. We then pro-ceeded to a boat that brought us to Ven-ice. Our first day there, we went around buying food at every single “Dep” we saw. But I have to explain to you guys that a “Dep” in Italy sells panninis, pizza, beer, wine… whatever the chef made that day. When we got to the hotel we were acquainted with the most “Baller” English guy I’ve ever met in my life…Alan. He was our tour guide for our trip. That night we went to a nice little restaurant in which we received a

great plate of pasta and then one of many plates of veal and potatoes which we had throughout the trip. I’m not knocking on veal and potatoes but after you’ve had it ten times in a two day period, you can get a bit bored. Anyways, back to Venice. We went to the Piazza San Marco, which had a population of probably a ten thousand pigeons…I’m not even joking. From there we we’re guided through the entire Pi-azza. At night, while the teachers relaxed in their rooms with their 7 euro bottles of wine, the students were out getting gelato and enjoying the city. But Venice is all about bridges and alley ways. If you take a few wrong turns or go over the wrong bridge, you can be lost for hours and hours. This what happened to me and Vince Brataglia, but worry not we still got back alive and in time for curfew. We then took a boat ride to see the islands, of Mu-rano; were they make glass figures and necklaces, Burano; where they make table cloths and sheets and Torcello; where we saw a thousand year old church (possibly even older).

Next stop, Verona! But how were we going to get there? You see, in Venice, there were no cars… that’s when we met “The Big Red!” She was a coach bus driven by the greatest driver ever “Giova!”. While we were in Verona we all

got to touch Juliet’s Breast (oh yeaaaaah) but she was made of bronze…it was still fun though. We were only there for half a day.

Now to Florence, the city of the most beautiful girls I’ve ever seen in my life (Don’t say anything my girlfriend please). I think I took more pictures of them then I did of the David. Florence is also renowned for its beautiful art. We went to the Galleria dell’Accademia, which is pretty much a museum for Mi-chael Angelo’s the David. It was such a breath taking sight. You always hear about it but once you’ve see it in real life, no words can explain it. We also went to the Uffizi, which is one of the most world renowned museums. Here we got to see the works of Leonardo Da Vinci, Michel-angelo, Botticelli and many more. We also saw Il Duomo cathedral, it was massive, and so beautiful. We later proceeded to the markets to put our bargaining skills to the test. It was crazy in the market. It was about a half a kilometer in radius and it was bustling with people trying to sell you t-shirts, fake purses, fake watches, fake sunglasses, ties, sweaters, whatever you can think of, they had it. We had to bargain with the insane venders who would always try and jip you, but I always


Italy trip: cars, style, food and natural beauty


Mathieu Mancini set to play Macbeth

us the show was always very well at-tended and that they would call us back with more details regarding the meetings and ticket sales. I once again hung up the phone incredibly excited. A week later, all the bands met with the representatives from “Concerts First” to receive information and tickets to sell. The tickets were 12$ and each band would have to sell a minimum of thirty tickets to play the show. The system was simple, depending on your ticket sales, you would be assigned a 20 minute time slot, i.e.: the more tickets you sold the more likely you were to play Saturday at 8:00 PM as opposed to Sunday at 1:00 AM. They also told us that on average 75 tickets would guarantee you a decent slot on Saturday night, as well we would get back 150$ if we sold above the 75 ticket mark. The prizes would be 30 hours of studio time and 20 hours of studio time for second place. There was to be a per-sonalized sound check for every band the morning of the show to optimize sound

A few months ago, I received a phone call from a group of people calling themselves “Concerts First”. They asked me whether my band would be interested in playing a show at “Club Soda”. I had no idea who these people were, how they had got-ten my phone number, or my name, but it had always been a dream of mine to play at Club Soda, so I imme-diately accepted. They told me to hang tight, and that they would get back to me before Christmas. I hung up the phone feeling very excited… I had no idea what I had gotten myself into. They did get back to me sev-eral months later, and told me I’d be participating in Montreal’s yearly “Exposure” show. The event was mas-sive, they called forty Montreal high school bands and the show would run from 11:00 in the morning to 1:00 the next morning, over two separate days, a Saturday and a Sunday. They told

quality, and every band would receive a recording of their set. Again, I left the meeting feeling very satisfied. I had no idea how many times these crooks had already lied to us. We ended up breaking our backs to sell 75 tickets, thinking it would ensure us a set time on Saturday after 6:00 as promised. Four days before the show, we were set to meet with them to give our 900$ of ticket sales. It was at this point that these criminals started to show their true col-ors. They had every single band line up at club soda at the exact same time while one person at a table surrounded by secu-rity counted the money of every individ-ual band one by one. However, the bands had brought their money in small change, and like refugees waiting for bread, bands waited hours upon hours to give “Concerts Plus” thousands of dollars. We waited 3 hours in line (only because we managed to cut), but others told me stories of waiting more than 6 hours.


David Meffe’s Montreal Indie Rock Report

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What is your opinion of Shakespeare and his work?

Shakespeare had a tremen-dous influence on our language, and the themes he examines in his plays are still relevant today. His verse isn’t all that easy to understand, but his plays are still fun to perform and to listen to. His work is meant to be heard on stage, and it’s great that Loyola offers this exposure to stu-dents.

What is your favorite play? Why?

I’d have to say Twelfth Night. Ever since I first saw the play, in which my older cousin performed, I’ve always enjoyed the light hearted

(Continued from page 2) story. It also serves to remind us that class and gender shouldn’t have an impact on how people are treated in the world.

The role of Lady Macbeth is quite cru-cial in the play. How is your co-star?

She is fantastic. Liana por-trays a Lady Macbeth who is smooth and in control, until Macbeth realizes he can’t reverse his actions and takes charge of the situation. She does an amazing job throughout the play. It’s definitely a privilege to have her on this year’s cast!

What do you think you will take from this experience on a personal level?

Macbeth is a really messed up individual, but I’m having a great time portraying him. I suppose I’ll grow

more confident and at ease with a crucial part on the stage, and ready to take on any challenge thrown at me for future perform-ances. It will be an experience which I’ll never forget!

Music Reviews: +44, Metallica, The Killers

the big ones, rap & rock, or the biggest of them all heavy metal & classical mu-sic. That has been the longest running musical feud. Classical music lovers call heavy metal senseless noise while metal fans often dub classical as boring or of-ten simply put “crap”. If that barrier could be broken, anything could be pos-sible, and that is exactly what metallica set out to accomplish in 1999. They de-


It was about two years ago, if I remem-ber correctly, when one of my favourite bands of the time broke up: Blink-182. There was a lot of rumors going around about this break-up. At first it was ti-tled an “indefinite hiatus” which gave hope to some of the Blink fans out there, but we knew there was a slime-to-none chance of a reunion.

Let’s fast forward to two years later. Tom Delonge (the guitarist and Co-Vocalist of Blink-182) started a new band named Angels and Airwaves, going around stating that their new album is “the best album in the past twenty years.” He advertised this album so much so that everyone was pumped

when it came out. I went out and bought the album, listened to it the whole way through and thought… “That’s it?”

So while Tom was going around telling everyone that his new bands album was the greatest music in the world, the other two members of Blink-182, drummer Travis Barker and bassist and vocalist Mark Hoppus, were hard at work with their new band called +44. No, they weren’t going around say-ing they were the best nor comparing their new band to the likes of The Police or Pink Floyd, but what they did end up doing was making an extremely enjoy-


me when you read this, telling me you’re different, I’m speaking in generality). As a result of these “barriers” there has been a lot of fighting and arguing over which style is better (if you don’t believe me, come to my lunch table there’s at least 4 or 5 of these pointless arguments a day). What if there was common ground? What if a group of people were able to break a barrier, and I’m not talking about funk & jazz or hip hop & rock who have many elements in common, I’m talking about

There are so many various forms of music, for every soul and every personality. No matter where you are from or what you have been through, there is music for you. Subsequently, due to the thousands of forms of music, many barriers have arisen. There is a barrier between jazz and emo for exam-ple, or hip-hop & country. People who are passionate about one type will have trouble listening to or respecting an-other (generally, don’t come yelling at

+44: When Your Heart Stops Beating

Breaking down musical barriers: The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Metallica


tinct sound. That is not to say that every-one will like it more than The Killers first album, because everyone has their own unique taste and this CD might not appeal to some people. With the first two singles, “When you were young” and “Bones” al-ready out, you can get a good idea of what the new album will sound like. This CD sticks very closely to the style of music of the first CD. This CD can get very interest-ing due to a sound that is entirely new


The Killers are back with their much-anticipated follow up al-bum to their 2004 debut “Hot Fuss”. Before I go on, if you didn’t like their first album or their alternative style of music, stop reading this article and move on to another fine article that the Loyola News has to offer. Now that’s out of the way, we can carry on. This CD, entitled Sam’s town, de-livers everything the first album did and a little more, with a new and dis-

Sam’s Town: The Killers’ new CD

It was a night of insane drum solos, shredding guitar skills and huge base lines. I’m talking about the 2nd annual Battle of the Bands 2007. It was held on Friday January 19th, 2007 to a bunch of rock-educed fans who were ready to jam out to some good ol’ Rock and Freggin Roll baby! The night started off with the “Drum and Crum Combo” which was Liam Killen and Andrew Amicarelli who both played on the drum at the same time and came up with a great fusion of drum beats. This was just to get the fans started, then the MC’s composed of Anthony Gattuso, Owen Paek, and Angelo Esposito came on to introduce the rules and the judges. The rules were simple each band would play two songs, then the judges would vote on the top three which then played one more song and the judges would vote again on the winning band who would play their final victory song. Up for grabs was some hard cash or some recording time with your band. The Judges were Loyola’s own Franky P

A.K.A. Godfather of Soul and the Big man Alvin Powell. Then the battle of the bands committee hooked up Joseph Donovan who was a producer for Sam Robert’s and Graeme Bishop who is a judge for the Junos.

The first band to start rockin’ the stage was Crazy Bread, with Jonny B on the Rhythms (Jon Batzios) and some of his insane Greek friends (Theophanos, Giancaspro, and Kara-manis). They started off the show really well and got the fans into it right off the start putting everything they had on the line and Jonny B laid down some solid solos on the rhythms.

Next up, was “Clown Fish” with Loyola’s one and only Locker Smash Bros. Andrew Novasad and Tim Robertson. Along with Pasquale Petti-nechio and Matt Jewer. They were considered somewhat of the underdogs at the Battle but yet they still came


Annual Battle of the Bands is another success


that many artist put much though and creativity into their work. Many well know graffiti artists have gone on to successful art related careers. Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring both emerged from the New York Graffiti scene to gain international fame for their art.

In the passing years the conflict between graffiti artists and government official has reached a climax. Cities like Minnesota have gone as far as making it illegal for minors to buy spray paint and creating “legal walls” where graffiti is allowed. As hard as official try graffiti is here to stay. So as long as its here you might as well embrace the writing cover-ing your city.

By Shaun Messenger

the great earthquake of 1906 his father’s busi-ness was destroyed and the family never recov-ered. The earthquake also gave Adams one of his most recognizable features: his broken nose. Adams had trou-ble in school and strug-gled to finish the eighth grade. From then on he abandoned his schooling in hopes of becoming a concert pianist. After 12 years of training Adams gave up piano, as he realized photography would provide an easier living for him.

He began photographing the landscapes of Yosemite National Park. Adam’s first achieved fame in the early 1930’s when

Born February 20, 1902, Ansel Adams revolutionized the world of photography. His black and white landscape pho-tographs are unmistak-able. They are regarded as some of the finest photo-graphs ever taken.

Adams was born and raised in the San Francisco valley area. In

he often visited New York and shared galler-ies with other emerging photographers. To make ends meet in New York Adams was forced to do commercial work which greatly limited his crea-tivity. After a stay of only a few years in New York Adams return to the West Coast, where he would spend the ma-jority of his time until his death in 1984.

Adams’ love for nature led him to be-come an environmental-ist whose goal was sim-ply to preserve the beauty of the wilder-ness. Not only did Ad-ams have a gift for pho-tography but he was also a technical master. He served as advisors to both Polaroid and Has-

Ansel Adams: pioneer of photography

selblad, two leaders in the photography indus-try. To his credit Ad-ams developed the fa-mous “zone-system” used to control expo-sure and wrote 10 vol-umes of technical manuals on photogra-phy, which are still studied today. Ansel Adams’ simplistic black

and white photogra-phy is a perfect ex-ample of the true beauty of the wilder-ness, an important lesson to remember in today’s society. By Shaun Messenger

Today, you can’t walk too far in Montreal without seeing graffiti. It cov-ers just about every flat surface from doors, to skyscrapers. As graffiti gains popularity the fundamental question behind it is asked more and more fre-quently: “Graffiti Vandalism or Art?”

Modern Graffiti originated in New York City along with the hip-hop movement in the 1970’s. Although graf-fiti has been around since the prehis-toric times of cave writing. It has popped up again and again through history including during Hitler’s reign

in Germany where it was used as propa-ganda against Jews.

Graffiti has spread quickly from its New York roots. It is now popular across North America and Europe and is gaining popularity in all regions of the world. Graffiti has been a serious problem for years. According the to the National Crime Prevention Center: “In 2003 alone, Los Angeles spent 55 million dollars on graffiti removal.”. Most cities view graffiti as form of vandalism in which property is defaced with writing. Montreal has be-come one of the biggest centers for graffiti in North American. We have done little to prevent graffiti compared to other large cities such as New York and Philadelphia who have both adopted harsh plans aimed at eliminating graffiti. Philadelphia for example guaranties that graffiti will be removed 24 hour after a report and hand out stiff 500-dollar fines.

Through all of this it is still hard to classify all graffiti under vandalism. Looking at some of the walls it is clear

Graffiti: vandalism or art?


Concert reviews: Billy Talent and Aerosmith

Attention classic rock enthusiasts! Aerosmith live! thunderous applause of the fans that were as eager as I, Patrick Yates and myself only spoke the word: Aerosmith, nothing more nothing less.

The lights finally shut off and a cheer erupted from the crowd so loud that it almost brought down the house. Motley Crue took the stage and the magic began.

The concert was the most amaz-ing and memorable experience of my en-tire life. However that being said the con-cert was not perfect. Motley Crue played to a degree that blew my mind unfortu-nately the sound was mixed rather poorly. What seemed to be the main focus of the Crue’s set was Tommy Lee’s drums and the vocals and guitar took a back seat to the beat.

Motley Crue played many of their timeless classics in the span of their hour set such as: Kickstart My Heart, Girls, Girls, Girls and Shout at the Devil. The rest of the set I was rather impartial

to.

Though the main focus of Mot-ley Crue’s set was not so much the mu-sic but what went on, on stage. There were strippers getting “friendly” with the band members, Tommy Lee passed around a bottle of Yagger Miester (an alchoholic beverage) in the crowd and on the 3 big screens behind the stage during some songs like Girls, Girls, Girls there was basically pornography on the screen. To say the least Motley Crue was intended for a mature audi-ence. Aerosmith on the other hand was more appropriate to bring the family to.

Aerosmith was by far the highlight of the night. The music was balanced perfectly and the sheer pres-ence of Steven Tyler and Joe Perry brought an electricity to the room as if everyone was saying: “I can’t believe


Where: the Bell Center, when: Tuesday December 5th 2006 7:30 p.m. what: the most memorable concert ever to be preformed, what: Aerosmith and Motley Crue. The only possible word that could describe this concert is: amazingly-mind-blowingly-awesome.

The stage was set at the Bell Center where two of rocks most legen-dary bands would be appearing in a matter of minutes. As I sit in my seat waiting for the lights to go out and the

ever since. Even as an opening band they owned the stage for the short period they played. With pulse quickening stage pres-ence, the band performed such hits as “Die for you government” and ‘This is the end (For you my friend)”. They used every ounce of energy they had on stage and the end result couldn’t be argued, they had the entire stadium singing along as the mosh pit below them roaring furiously. The sec-ond opening band had passes and the show was already shaping up to be much more than I expected. Next came the Hardcore Punk band from Chicago “Rise Against” famously known for their strong social and political ideals which are directly implemented into many of their songs. Their breathtaking per-formance set the pace for the rest of the show. The band played most of their clas-sic songs such as “Like the Angel”, “Injection” and many others as well as showing off the new music of their last album ‘The Sufferer and the Wit-ness” (2006). With ear splitting guitar solos and riffs by guitarist Chris Chase and deep insightful lyrics delivered in maximum volume by lead singer Tim

McIlrath, the band did nothing short of explode the bell center into a frenzy of adrenaline and pure energy. Simply put, it was beautiful. They did everything from jaw dropping stage presence to perfect song execution, and even put on Montreal Canadian’s hockey jerseys during their set, which set the crowd ablaze. They ex-ited the stage with one of their newest songs “Ready to Fall”, and left every mem-ber of the audience incredibly pumped and itching to see the main event.


On February 5t, everyone’s favorite Torontonian punk-rock band Billy Talent hit our very own bell center as part of their latest tour which began a few months after the release of their second album “Billy Talent II” (2006). Along with them they brought none other than “Monene”, “Anti-Flag” and “Rise Against”. Although I didn’t arrive early enough to see “Monene” in action, from what I gathered and heard from others around me, they more than lived up to their name. Although they are cur-rently very much underground, open-ing for Billy Talent at the Bell Center has no doubt improved their popular-ity in recent weeks. Next up was the popular anti-governmental punk band from Penn-sylvania “Anti-Flag”. They released their latest album “For Blood & Em-pire” in 2006 and have been on tour

Billy Talent


in the family) and Matthew Quadrini of Loyola (whose partner Roger Huang did not to show up) teamed up and won the tournament but could not be declared the official winners because a team made up of two different schools can’t win. They also received the second and third place speaker awards respectively. Alas, Loyola’s debating and public speaking teams were finally hon-ored at three different events in the span of two months. On Sunday October 22, 2006 at Marianapolis College, the team of Chris Costis and Marco Scanlan came in second place, winning 4 out of 5 rounds and losing to the Royal West team of David Rudin and Edward Bechard Torres in a dream debate. Then, on November 23, 2006 Loyola hosted the QSDA provincial public speaking competition, where Charles Hall, a former Loyola student who gradu-ated in 2006, had great success. Mathieu Mancini had big shoes to fill when he was selected to represent the school. He com-

peted in 3 events, the prepared speeches which are 6 to 9 minutes long, dramatic reading and an impromptu round. He won the competition (something Charles had failed to do) and was invited to Win-nipeg to represent Quebec in the Cana-dian public speaking tournament. Due to complications, however, he had to refuse the invitation. On November 29, 2006 the team of Matthew Quadrini and Jordan Gentile finished second at the West Island Col-lege junior invitational debating tourna-ment. They won 3 out of 3 rounds. They defeated teams from Stansted, John Ren-nie and Vincent Massy and won the fifth and third place speaker awards respec-tively. The Loyola debating and public speaking teams have made great accom-plishments over the past months and we hope that they will continue to improve. By Matthew Quadrini

During Loyola’s 110 year history there have been two debating clubs. The first was dismantled in 1980, but in 1996, the debating club was resurrected by Mr. D. Brault for the centennial celebrations of the school. Over its ten years of exis-tence, the club has had many mem-bers but none more successful than James Phelan (not the James Phelan in secondary 3.) He attended the national championships in secondary 1 and in secondary 3 and he was an alternate for team Canada for world debating championship. Ever since Phelan’s graduation, Loyola debat-ing has been unsuccessful at win-ning debating tournaments until very recently. There have been some ex-ceptions, like at the Stansted Junior Invitational tournament in October 2005, where the team of Arik Par-nass of St. Georges (whose partner did not show up because of a death

Loyola’s debating and public speaking clubs win big

tle scenes are depicted to near perfection.

The movie depicts the ancient Battle of Thermopylae as King Leonidas (Gerald Butler), the King of Sparta, leads 300 Spartans into what is surely an un-winnable battle. The 300 Spartans march into battle against a vast Persian army to protect their land and freedom.

It is clear what audience the film was aiming for with this movie, as it is filled from beginning to end with fight-ing. The plot is weak and undeveloped and tends to disappear throughout the movie only to poke its head out twenty minutes later. This creates a movie that is summed up quite well by the trailer alone.

Overall, whether or not you dish out ten dollars to see the movies comes down to whether or not you are willing or ready to witness 117 minutes of Spartan fighting. 300 is not a movie for children or the faint-hearted. Shaun Messenger

On March 9, 2007, after months of anticipation, 300 was re-leased. After the success of Sin City (2005), moviegoers everywhere were looking forward to another movie ver-sion of a Frank Miller graphic novel. 300, the film, was received by sellout audiences throughout North America and broke many box office records. In the States, the film broke the March box-office record, grossing close to 70 million dollars in the first weekend alone.

Filmed here in Montreal with state-of-the-art blue screen technology and the latest editing software, the film set a new bar in movie graphics. After one year of postproduction, the attention to detail in the film was obvious as it resembled the graphic novel to an im-maculate level. Nearly all of the movie’s 117 minutes are filled with blood and violence. The action scene gives the au-dience a feeling of being present at the battle, fighting alongside the 300 Spartans. With slow motion sequences and a variety of camera angles, the bat-

Film Review: 300

300: Criticized by some as a propa-ganda film for the U.S. war effort in Iraq and applauded by others as a dramatic retelling as one of the great-est battles in Western Civilization’s history.


Xbox 360 Price: $399 Core or $499 Premium Pros: Amazing high definition graphics. With Xbox live (5$ a month) play online any time com-pete in tournaments, meet new friends and enjoy online matchmak-ing to the fullest. Xbox live Market place – download games, patches, updates, music, video and much more.

Cons: Not very quiet and may over-heat.

Playstation 3 Price: $659 or look on ebay cause

they’re hard to find Pros: Uses Blu-ray discs instead of

DVDs which means high defi-nition graphics, backwards capability with every Play-station game, browse the Inter-net using the PS3 browser pro-gram.

Cons: May crash when updating and has quite a few bugs to fix. Online play is free but “laggy” and not as exciting as Xbox Live

Nintendo WII Price: $315 Pros: Play games like never before with the motion sensitive remote. It acts as a tennis racket, sword, steering wheel etc. and gives the player a feeling that he’s actually in the game. All games are motion sensitive. Large line up of family quality games.

Cons: Graphics aren’t next-gen and don’t look any better than Game Cube. Playing the games can get tiring after swinging the remote for an hour or two.

the specs below for the three consoles. Then, just respond to the following questionnaire which is designed to give you a pretty good idea regarding which console fits your needs.

1. I enjoy playing (a) Shooters, sports and driving (b) RPGs and Fantasy (c) Family friendly games of adventure

2. I enjoy playing (a) Online with friends (b) Alone (c) With friends at my house

3. My wallet can handle (a) Some expen-sive things (b) Anything (c) The cheap stuff, I’m a penny pincher

4. What about the controllers? How would you like to play your games? (a) If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Control-lers are fine the way they are. (b) The old controllers work well but let’s add something new to the equation (c) Scrap the old stuff! New is the way to go!

5. How’s your movie library? (a) Lots and lots of DVDs (b) Blu-ray all the way! (c) Movies? Uh… yeah…

6. Space? (a) I've got decent space, so size isn’t a factor in my living room. (b) I need stuff to fill it up! (c) I’m pretty cluttered, so something small and portable sounds good

7. When it comes to customizing my con-sole (a) Faceplates that I can make myself plus new menu skins I can download (b) Just keep it the way it is (c) Colors!

If you chose mostly (A) Get yourself an Xbox 360! You’ll be blown away with the capabilities of this machine. Experience online play like never before with xbox live! Mostly (B): Get yourself a PS3! You enjoy playing RPGs and fantasy games. They blu-ray technology is a great addition to the gaming experience. Mostly (C): Get yourself a Wii. Who needs graphics and online play when you can go Wiiiiii! You’ll enjoy countless hours of swinging and jumping around you living room. By Stephan Pleszkewycz

Has the thought of getting a next-gen console come to mind? Do you feel that all this new technology is too expensive and complicated? Well look no further fellow gamers, I’ll be glad to help! First, check out

The Console Wars: Xbox 360 vs. PS3 vs. Nintendo WII

The Digital Age Pages


On June 2007, a new wave of technology will sweep the modern world once more. It seems the ever ominous Apple Hardware company has thought of another unique milestone in technology. But wait, haven’t I’ve seen this before? Oh ya! Isn’t the iPhone just another in-carnation of the BlackBerry? In this arti-cle, I intend to make a distinguishable difference between the iPhone and the BlackBerrry; that is if there is! iPhone Pros: The iPhone is what hap-pens when you cross an iPod, a phone and an internet connection, slapped all to-gether in a sleek, touch screen box. What the iPhone brings to the table in a nut-shell is Entertainment and a select few business utilities. You can listen to your music just like you do an iPod, you can view photos, chat up a storm with a friend or negotiate business with a client, schedule appointments, surf the net and even snap a picture of your friends and family. What stands out the most in the iPhone is the sleek and awesome touch screen and its ability to change its display from landscape to portrait by how you hold it! BlackBerry Pros: The BlackBerry is one of the most advanced mobile office utili-ties there is other than the laptop. The BlackBerry can serf the net, collect email, synchronize dates, mobile data system, and network development. Basically the BlackBerry is a mean, lean, business ma-chine. You can send, receive, update, cre-ate and import data, all through a hand-held, wireless device. iPhone Cons: The iPhone may be fun, but is it practical? Everything is touch controlled, and, just like the iPod, this can make things very complicated. Also, although the iPhone comes with a calen-dar and internet access, it hardly com-pares to the Blackberries pinnacle busi-ness sense. BlackBerry Cons: The BlackBerry seems to be all work and NO play. Sure, you can play some games on it, but it can’t compare to the picturesque sleek-ness of the iPhone. The BlackBerry is strictly for suits. By Joseph Szymborski

Guitar Hero 2 Rated T

It has been a long time coming, and finally, the sequel to the cult-classic Guitar Hero has arrived. Unlike most games, the Guitar Hero games are played with a custom con-troller in the form of a guitar that comes packaged with the game itself. The controller has a button for strumming and five fret buttons of different colours; green, red, yellow, blue and orange. The ob-ject of the game is to press the corre-sponding fret button (in co-operation with the strum button) with the col-oured fret icons which appear on-screen, mimicking a real guitar. Guitar Hero takes a page from Dance Dance Revolution and marks you depending on how many notes you hit at the end of your song. No matter what your tastes are, there’s a song here for everyone, from YYZ by Rush to Beast and the Harlot by Avenged Sevenfold to Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Featuring more songs than the first game, Guitar Hero 2 also has a new and improved practice mode which allows you to slow down songs that you’re having trouble with. Another interesting aspect is the ability to play multiplayer co-op or versus modes with one person playing bass notes and the other playing lead guitar notes. Oddly enough, PS3 owners will be left out in the rain, as the Guitar Hero controller isn’t compatible with the new system. All in all, Guitar Hero 2 is addic-tive and fun. While it doesn’t compare to playing real guitar, it’s a great game for parties and get togethers, while being very competi-tive at the same time. Rating: 9/10

I-PHONE vs. Blackberry Computer game reviews

Game Review: The Legend of Zelda: Twi-light Princess Rated T Many people consider The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for N64 to be one of the greatest games of all time, so, naturally, there were very high expectations for the latest game in the series; Twilight Princess. Thankfully, the game completely delivers. Twilight Princess thrusts you into the magical world of Hyrule, once again casting you as the role of Link, a young boy from a humble farming village who gets caught up in an epic adventure which takes even the most seasoned adventure-game players over 60 hours to complete. The game controls perfectly; using the Numchuk controller to move Link, and the Wii Remote itself to swing your sword, fire your bow, and go fishing. Movement is intuitive and smooth, while using the Wii Remote to pull off different sword moves adds life to the game. In addition, at certain points in the story, Link will transform into a wolf, giving you a new set of actions like digging and using your claws to attack. How-ever, while it’s interesting to play as a wolf for the first few times, it tends to get very repetitive, and you will find yourself impatient to turn back into a human. The vast land of Hyrule is the largest one of any Zelda game to date. Spanning four provinces and exploring the variety of areas really give you a sense of how big it really is. And let’s not forget the amazing storyline which will leave in the hardest-core fantasy enthusiasts wanting more. Overall, Twilight Princess is an unforgettable first-party title that no Wii owner should be without. Rating: 9.8/10


that it can make slideshows from the pictures you upload. The YP-K5 comes in 1GB and 4GB sizes. One thing this thing can do that leaves my jaw gaping is this recent test. A couple of students from Asia decided to test the strength of the YP. They took a car and ran over. Afterwards, the YP was fully functional! It looks like Samsung tried a little too hard to add extra features and forgot completely about the essentials. The screen is a tiny 1.2 inches, It comes only in a gloomy black and although the ste-reo is nice, it lacks earphone capability. It could become noisy on a bus and not everybody wants to hear what you’re listening too. Give me the Gigabeat brother

No way, I can’t believe it! Even Toshiba is jumping on the bandwagon. The Gi-gabeat S from To-shiba has to be my favorite I-Pod killer. It weighs only 140 grams, has a massive 2.4 inch screen, an enormous storage space of 30 to 60 GB, and it plays video. This a revolutionary piece of entertain-ment machinery. It squishes the pros of the I-Pod Nano and that of the Video. But for it to be my favorite it has to do more than that! Yes, the Toshiba comes with a fully func-tional FM radio, a direct link with Win-dows Media Player so downloading you’re songs is a breeze. Toshiba didn’t forget about the look. Oh yes the Gi-gabeat comes in glossy ebony or piano white. The biggest problem I have with is it’s price tag. The 30GB Gigabeat is a whopping 369$ and the 60GB is an un-speakable 469$!!!!! Were competing prices with the Wii; now is that a wise choice? So we’ve seen all the new gadgets and gizmo that are [or going to be] on the MP3 market. I personally just bought a I-Pod video yesterday and am proud to say I’m not regretting it [at least so far..]. Happy shopping! By Joseph Szymborski

out with that young hip guy and the stuffy guy in the busi-ness suit. But, yes… Microsoft has launched a new MP3 player. The Zune has the massive size of the Video I-Pod [30 GB], a 3 inch screen, Video and photo capabili-ties. That is the minimum we need to call it a I-Pod killer. But Wait, There’s more! See, the Zune has one main focal point. That main target is sharing. The Zune teaches us all too share with its Wi-Fi capabilities which allow friends to send songs to each other. But for all those holier-than-thou none-pirates, this is not labeled as pi-racy since you can only listen to the song three times in three days. And the world sighs in unison. Included is a FM radio and the ability to sync with your computer. Also, Microsoft is coming out with their version of I-Tunes called ‘The Marketplace’ [Original, isn’t it?].

Samsung YP-K5

Alright, so I couldn’t find a catchy pun for this one, can you blame me? But yes, Samsung has had its swing at the MP3

market with the YP-K5. Don’t let it’s name or size fool you this baby packs a punch. Hidden behind it’s small contour is a stereo speaker witch doubles up. An amazing little feature if you like to rock out with friends except alone by your-self. No more sharing earphones [yes, don’t think we don’t see you in the atrium]. Another amazing feature is

The I-Pod, a pop icon which is 3.6 by 2.0 by 0.5 inches in dimension. A fashion statement, status quo, and per-sonal entertainment in your hand. Just the dingy white earphones have made themselves all-so famous.

But, what happens when other companies want in? I like to call it: “A Battle of the Tunes”. Oh yes, apple never saw it coming but here’s a couple of the next I-Pod Killers.

You’re in a moment of Zen

The Creative Zen V [ca.creative.com] is an I-Pod Nano and an I-Pod Video squished together with some added fea-

tures. The Zen V resembles an I-Pod Video seeing as it has a bright and large screen [1.5 inch] and it displays video and pic-tures. As for what the I-Pod Nano contrib-uted, it is about the size of a tic-tack box and it

can hold as many songs as it can [1GB, 2GB or 4 GB]. But, The Zen V brings more to the table than that. One thing that stops people from dumping their entire music collection on their I-Pod is the less than forgiving job of download-ing them onto your I-Pod. With the Zen V’s built in-line jacks, you can get pre-mium sound quality without a PC [or paying for your friend’s CD]. Did I men-tion this doohickey is so smart that it even can automatically tell when the song has changed? An added FM Player, storage for files and a Calendar make up for the rest of this amazing apex of musical machinery. The Zen V is a great little MP3 player, although it lacks in storage and in design. Although these do come in different colors [White/Orange, Black/Orange, White/Green, Black/Green, Black/Blue], they just don’t contend with the sleek design of the new colored I-Pod Nanos. Zune into Microsoft

Ahh, Microsoft, I can already feel the new Apple ads that are going to come

I-POD Killers: Zen, Zune, Samsung YP-K5 and the Gigabeat


April 14th, 1912: The Titanic hits an iceberg and begins to sink

April 15th, 1961: Yuri Gagarin is

awarded the order of Lenin for being the first man in space

April 16th, 1889: Charlie Chaplin is born

April 17th, 1975: The Cambodian gov-ernment is officially overtaken by the

Khmer Rouge

April 18th, 1775: Paul Revere rides through Massachusetts warning “the

April 1st, 1991: The Warsaw pact, the communist equivalent of Nato, o0ffi-cially dissolves

April 2nd, 1982: Argentinean armies invaded the British territories of the Falkland Islands

April 3rd, 1948: Harry Truman signs the Marshall Plan to restore post-war Europe

April 4th, 1968: Martin Luther King jr. is murdered in Memphis, Tennessee

April 5th, 1955: Winston Churchill re-signs from position of British Prime Minister

April 6th, 1896: The first modern Olym-pics begin in Athens

April 7th, 1939: Fascist Italy invades Albania

April 8th, 1946: The United Nations as-semble for the first time

April 9th, 1865: The American Civil War ends with the surrender of the Confed-erates, the south

April 10th, 1912: The Titanic departs Southampton for its first and last trip

April 11th, 1814: European emperor Na-poleon Bonaparte is exiled to Elba

April 12th, 1923: Maria Callas, the world’s most famous female opera singer, is born

April 13th, 1849: The republic of Hun-gary is created

British are coming!”

April 19th, 1995: The Oklahoma city bombing takes place

April 20th, 1945: Soviet troops enter the German Capital of Berlin

April 21st, 1972: Apollo 17, the last Apollo mission is launched

April 22nd, 1937: World renowned actor Jack Nicholson is born

April 23rd, 1564: William Shakespeare is born

April 24th, 1961: Charles De Gaulle orders a blockade on Algeria

April 25th, 1940: Movie star Al Pacino is born

April 26th, 1986: the Chernobyl nuclear accident takes place

April 27th, 1989: University students take over Tiananmen Square in China

April 28th, 1945: Italy celebrates as Benito Mussolini is caught and executed

April 29th, 1975: United States’ forces pull out of Vietnam

April 30th, 1975: The Vietnam war ends as the south surrenders to the communist north By Filippo La Verghetta

The Month of April in History


Santillo and Ms. Meagan Kearney will be leading the Bantam rugby program, Mr. Neil Houston will be coaching the Midgets, while Juvenile bosses Mr.

Ryan Lynam and Mr. Phil Lafave will try and make it two city championships in a row for the Juveniles. The track and field program is open to all students and is coached by Mr. Proietti Mr.

Meagher has the daunting task of or-ganizing and managing the Ultimate season which features some of the

With only a little more than two months remaining g in the school year, the Loyola sports program is not slowing down. The Loyola rugby teams have been training indoors for the past few weeks, the track and field team is getting ready to burst out of the starting blocks and the most popular and most controver-sial of all house league sports—ultimate—will soon hit the field turf of the Concordia Sta-dium. Faculty members Mr. Marco

Full name: Stephen D’Intino

Class: 5C

Years of wrestling: 4 years

Awards: Silver medal last year at the GMAA finals in the heavyweight divi-sion

Best performance ever: At the wres-tling provincials 07. I received a silver medal and I’m now ranked second in Quebec.

What do you think of the Loyola team’s wrestling performance this past season?

This year was a building block year for the years to come. The young wrestlers we received on the team this year will be able to become the best in the league someday if they decide to stick with wrestling.

Was this a good season for you? Were there any career moments? This was one of the best seasons I’ve had because I finished the season un-defeated. However, I did not do so well in the finals, when I lost twice and came in fourth place in the 189 lbs.

Spring has sprung! That means rugby, track and ultimate!

The Sports Pages

Spotlight Athlete: Loyola wrestler Stephen D’Intino


category.

How has wrestling help you physically and mentally?

Wrestling has helped me get into physical shape. But it has helped me more mentally than anything else. Wrestling helps me focus on what is important, not only on the mat but in anything that I do. My academic performance has steadily increased over the past few years thanks to wrestling.


most ferocious rivalries and inspired play in house league sports. So, with all this choice, choose a sport and get involved. Spring has sprung! Get out there, get in shape and support your teams!

February 28, 2007: The Loyola Scouts celebrate their thrilling overtime city championship victory versus arch rivals John Rennie.

February 28 - In what was a most thrill-ing climax to an excellent season, the 2006-2007 Loyola Scouts won the city championship versus the John Rennie Renegades by a score of 3-2 in overtime! "It was one of the most exciting games I've had the pleasure of coaching," claimed Loyola bench boss Jarrett Ket-terling. "We knew it would be a close match and that that it would take all of our skill and determination to be victori-ous." It was the fifth city crown for the Scouts in eight years and especially satisfying after losing the last two championship finals - including a defeat at the hands of John Rennie in 2005. From the opening face off, it was non-stop action and the crowd sensed the beginning of what would be a titanic struggle for league supremacy. Loyola's only two losses during the 2006-07 regular season campaign were both to arch rivals John Rennie in close hard-fought contests. Today, both teams arrived at the site of the final game at the same time and both were focused on only one thing - winning. The Scouts had to be prepared for forty-five minutes

of all out effort, leaving everything out on the ice when the final whistled sounded. The first period was an intense, defensive struggle with Loyola narrowly outshoot-ing John Rennie 6-5. The Scouts' disci-plined play was rewarded with three powerplay opportunities but the Tribe could not capitalize. "I was concerned that we let important opportunities slip by in the first," noted Ketterling, "And sure enough, Rennie scored late in the period." The Renegades' Andrew Finn, left uncontested in front of the crease, beat Loyola goaltender Jordan Piccolino with 2:49 remaining. Down 1-0, the Scouts continued to fight hard. However, Rennie took another shot at Loyola's confidence by scoring early when Chris Carriere beat Piccolino just over three minutes into the period. The play was more wide open with Rennie gaining a slim 10-9 shot advantage but the next goal would be the biggest. Fortu-nately, Loyola took advantage of their second power play of the game when Scouts captain Michael Mili scored less than two minutes after the second Rene-

gade goal to bring most of the sold out crowd to their feet and give the Tribe much needed momentum. "The goal was huge," added Ketterling, "and just as im-portant in the second period was our strong penalty kill that denied the opposi-tion four times." It was anyone's game going into the third with each army throwing their full arse-nal at the other as they were locked in ferocious hand-to-hand combat. Jordan Piccolino was flawless in net and gave the Scouts added hope as the time quickly ticked by. With less than two minutes remaining, and Loyola about to pull their goalie for an additional attacker, Nick Espo Impellizzeri's bodily sacrifice in front of the Rennie net paid off when he pounded in the equalizer. The clock read 1:21 remaining. The crowd was flabber-gasted. All but demoralized, Rennie con-tinued their attack until the buzzer sounded and Loyola fought to carry the game into sudden death. A ten-minute overtime period came next. Running time, 5 on 5, and the first goal wins. The crowd could not sit down and the tension and excitement was palpable. With renewed vigor, the Scouts laid on the pressure, outshooting their opponents 4-1 in only the first minute and forty sec-onds at which time Michael Mili would score his second of the game and the big-gest of his career. His shot from the right wing, deep in the Renegades' zone found the back of the net and Loyola became the new city champions! The Scouts also won the two tournaments they entered: their fifth-straight Loyola-Ed Meagher gold medal in January and their fifth gold in seven years at the L.C.C. Invitational Peewee Tournament. Congratulations players on an excellent season! Also, as depicted on the cover of the current issue of The Loyola News, Luca Ciampini, Nick Impellizzeri and veteran Michael Mili had career years with the club, racking up 130 goals and 115 assists. Luca Ciampini broke numer-ous individual scoring records by re-cording 67 goals and 49 assists to average over 5 points a game. Congratulations Scouts on an excellent season. You may visit loyola.ca/scouts for more team information.

Triple gold hockey season for the Loyola Scouts!


The Warriors came out of the Christmas break knowing that they needed to turn things around dramati-cally if they wanted to make a run for the playoffs. Their first game was against Riverdale, and Loyola held off their opponents and earned their second win of the season.

The next two games would make or break Loyola’s season, as they were playing their last two divisional games of the year, against LCC and Howard S. Billings, both of whom had beaten Loyola in their previous meeting. First up for the Warriors were LCC, who beat Loyola 52-50 in their first meeting, so the Warriors were hungry for revenge, and for a win. Loyola came out strong, and, as they always do, fought hard the whole way through. The lead went back and forth all game, and the score remained even after regula-tion, which meant the game was headed into overtime. LCC came out firing and took a quick lead in the five-minute period, one they would not relinquish, and the Warriors lost a heart breaker by three points.

With their playoff hopes on the line, the Warriors headed to Billings to play their most important game of the season. It was a must-win game for Loyola, and the Warriors played the whole game in desperation mode. They battled with Billings and kept the score close the whole way through. Early in the fourth quarter, Loyola forward

Daniel Fitzpatrick was elbowed in the face and had to exit the game with a bloody nose, but in true Warrior fashion, managed to stop the bleeding and re-turned to the game minutes later, a testa-ment to how hard Loyola was playing and how badly they wanted to win the game. Unfortunately for the Warriors, Billings managed to hold off Loyola, and Loyola’s record fell to 2-6, eliminating them from the playoffs.

Despite being eliminated from the playoffs, the Warriors did not stop fighting in their last three games of the regular season. After beating up on Mac-Donald High School, the Warriors dropped a close contest to John Rennie and put up a tough fight against unde-

feated Lindsay Place to close out their season.

Although they didn’t make the playoffs, Loyola’s season was filled with some success, as the Warriors won the bronze medal in their own Ed Meagher Sports Tournament. After dropping their opener against Westmount, the Warriors battled back and beat Kildonan to put them into the bronze medal game against Alexander Galt, who the Warriors de-stroyed thanks to an outstanding team effort and a well-earned victory. The team would like to thank Mr. Burke and Matt Legault as well as the other coaches for their hard work and determination this season. Good luck to the team next year. By Kevin Stern

A look back at the Juvenile basketball season


nated on both sides of the puck. There is not much to say about this one but shear dominance.

January 18, 2007: Loyola 5 - St Tho-mas 2: This was a game of a life time and the rivalry continues between St Thomas and Loyola. St Thomas always loves to beat Loyola and they brought fan buses filled with at least 300 people. Since The Warriors heard of the news earlier they brought their fans and the seats were filled. St Thomas began the game luckily with Loyola scoring an own goal. From that point on the Warri-ors showed much dedication but could not produce any goals in the first period. The second period began with Stefano Egiziano scoring form the blue line. Now that the Warriors had momentum Vin-cent Vincelli scored seconds after. The Warriors were not done this period and Vincent Vincelli scored another beauti-ful goal and according the Mr. Lafave, "That was the nicest goal I have seen in six years of coaching". The period ended

3-1. St Thomas was now becoming desper-ate and their fans yell-ing at every hit they made and eventually scored. The Warri-ors wanted a more demanding lead and thanks to Dave Riendeau they did. Now with 5 min-utes left St Thomas gave it their all and shooting left and right but could not get the puck passed Justin

Turcotte who robbed St Thomas. Not only did Mr. Lafave enjoy watching the greatest goal but the greatest save. Time was trickling by and Richard Humes scored to make it five. Loyola was very confident that they would win and had a great laugh when the crowned chanted "Start the bus!" The Warriors won the game and showed tremendous effort.

January 22, 2007: Loyola 2 – LCCHS 0: The Warriors managed to pull off a win, scoring on the empty net but to-morrow they’re going to play College Francais, the best team in the league. They HAVE to play well from the get go.


2-1. The Warriors played well and Justin Turcotte kept his team for quite a while. Loyola had more puck posses-sion time and more shots but was un-able to finish.

November 27, 2006: Loyola 4 - Col-lege Jean Brebeuf 4: The Warriors be-gan the game extremely slowly and con-sequentially took stupid penalties. This resulted in a quick goal for College Jean Brebeuf. During the first intermission the head coach made it clear that we better start working. From then on the Warriors knew they had to get going and dominated the game at even strength (5-5). With less then a minute left, Loyola pulled their goalie and went for the tie. This began with missing a break away and taking 5 shots before Roberto Mormina scored to tie. The game ended 4-4 and the Warriors now know the game is never over and that they should play every shift at full throttle and not just their last shifts.

December 1, 2006: Loyola 4 – LCC 1: Coach Lafave made it clear that Loyola has not lost to LCC in years and he did not want to break the streak. The third period came along and after two injuries Loyola woke up. Michael Pultrone took a late hit and suf-fered a concussion and then Patrick McVey-White was hit from behind and then taken off on a stretcher. After these two incidents, Connor McCrae, David Riendeau and Jonathan McQueen scored within the last four minutes of the game, insuring a Loyola victory.

January 9, 2007: Loyola 1- College Jean Elude 2: Loyola suffered their first lost of the season. Watching the game, many were able to tell that the Christ-mas break took a lot out of the Warriors and they were dead tired prior to game time.

January 15, 2007: Loyola 8 HSBHS 1: After their last lost, the Warri-ors wanted to redeem themselves. This time they came out flying and domi-

November 10, 2006: Loyola took part in a mini pre-season tournament at Centennial Regional High School. This tournament was meant to finalize the Warriors' roster. The Warriors played three games, tying Alexander Galt 1-1, defeating Heritage 3-1 and shutting out Centennial Regional 5-0. November 17, 2006: Loyola 6 - Col-lege Bourget 1: Despite beginning slowly and permitting the other team to score first, the Warriors came back hard and gave no mercy.

November 21, 2006: Loyola 5 - Laval Liberty High School 1: The Warriors were facing one of the best and unde-feated teams in the league. They had to be prepared. Before the game began the Warriors got notice that peo-ple in their school and in other schools thought Loyola had no chance in win-ning the GMAA. This stirred up some havoc and got the team in the right state of mind. The score finished at 5-1 with Loyola victorious and Laval frus-trated, absolutely warn out and torn apart and defeated.

November 23, 2006: Loyola 4 - Col-lege Regina Assumpta 1: The Warriors, still undefeated, immediately took con-trol of the game. Matthew Healey and Matthew Lawton each scored two goals.

November 24-25: Bishop's tourna-ment: The Warriors came into the tour-nament with four lines and the coach's decided to roll the bench. Loyola de-feated Howard S. Billings 10-3 and then lost in the semi-finals to Vincent Massey

What could have been! The Juvenile hockey report


Warriors, Mr. Ruscito is retiring as head coach. Mr. Campanelli will be assuming the post and has started his tenure differ-ently than his predecessor by starting try outs in May instead of next fall. Hopefully, next year’s team will have further success through out the year.

By Jesse Crete Saravo

Is wrestling your favorite sport?

Wrestling is by far my favorite sport.

Why would you suggest the sport to a student at Loyola?

Wrestling is one of the best sports for building self confidence. When a wres-

(Continued from page 18) tling match is going on, the concentration of the audience is completely on you and one other person. Therefore, wrestling makes you more comfortable in front of people. Also, it is a great sport to partici-pate in to get in shape. Wrestling helps you strengthen muscles that you didn’t even know you had.

Do you plan to carry on in the sport

end and showed great team effort in their quarter final game against Lindsey Place. Jared Humphrey dis-played outstanding determination as he scored consecutive three-point shots in the final few minutes of the game. Matthew Vokaty was also a key player, grabbing offensive and defensive re-bounds and exhibiting quick put backs. The game remained close until late in the second half when Lindsey Place managed to pull ahead. The Warriors attempted a come back but had too little time left. Alas, winning isn’t eve-rything. In the words of the Casey Stengel, “Most games are lost, not won.” After years of devoting his precious time and loyalty to his Midget

The end came upon the Midget Basketball team far too rapidly. Their dreams of winning a GMAA title crashed into flames when they lost against Lindsey Place High School in an extremely intense play off game. Throughout the season the Warriors had an outstanding record, loosing only to Lauren Hill High School. Not only did the Warriors perform incredibly well in the season, but they also managed to place as finalists in all four tournaments they entered.

The Warriors fought till the

Stephen D’Intino, continued

Midget basketball loses in the quarterfinals


after high school?

I definitely plan on continuing to wres-tle after leaving Loyola. Loyola has given me the skill to move on with my wrestling and also the confidence. I have been invited to wrestle for the Montreal Wrestling club many times and I am going to pursue wrestling through that club.

was kicked out of the game in the first, the result of a questionable hit from behind which resulted in a Kuper goal. Loyola responded with Domenico Michetti scoring. The game continued 1-1,and 2-2 when Matthew Healey went end to end to score. The game was tied up until the third when Roberto Mormina was also kicked out due to another questionable call. The Warriors were now at two defensemen and would

have to have help from the forwards. From that point on it was 3-3, then 4-4. The other goal scorers were Michael Pultrone and Connor McCrae. The Warriors were disap-pointed with the tie be-cause they dominated the game 5 on 5 and were only scored on when they were short-handed.

February 8, 2007: Loyola 7 – John Rennie 2: This came wasn’t only for standings but for revenge

of previous years. The Warriors came out hard, scoring 3 in the first. The sec-ond rolled around and another 2 goals were scored in 3 minutes. When the third began the Warriors came out hard once again and ended it 7-2.

February 13, 2007: Loyola 2 – Notre Dame 2: This was the last regular sea-son game for Loyola. They had already clinched a playoff spot and this game would determine if they were going to end in first, second or third place.1, 2, or 3. The Warriors did not play well what-soever and settled for a tie.

February 20, 2007 Quarterfinals: Loyola 3 - John Rennie 2: Just like past years, John Rennie stacked their team for the playoffs. This team was nothing

January 23, 2007: Loyola 3 – College Francais 0: The Warriors knew coming into this game that it wasn’t going to be easy. This was a must win for Loyola because to move up to first place they needed two points. Once the game started all were ready and came out hard. The Warriors got on the score-board quickly when Jonathan McQueen scored on the power play. The second period rolled around as quickly as the first and Dave Riendeau scored top shelf also on the power play. The opposition tried to generate offence in the late third period by pulling the goalie which led to Mike Seccareccia scoring the empty netter. Justin Turcotte had an-other shut out and it was the first time in six years that Loyola beat College Francais.

January 26-27, 2007: Loyola-Ed Meagher Tournament: Loyola 1 – Cen-tennial 1: The Warriors came out hard and scored one. They kept the pres-sure but were unable to add another goal. Janu-ary 26, 2007: Loyola 1 - Alexander Galt 2: Once again Loyola came out sluggish. There was less than a minute in the last period when Alexander pulled their goalie and scored, ending Loyola’s chances for gold. January 27, 2007: Loyola 7 - Bill-ings 1: The sec. 5s knew it was their last Ed Meagher tournament game and they had to win. This time they came out hard from the get go.

January 30, 2007: Loyola 6 - Selwyn 2: The season resumed and Loyola had to win to remain in first place. They once again came out hard and didn't permit the other team to score until the third. The most important game in the regular season will be against second place team Kuper on February 6. February 6, 2007: Loyola 4 – Kuper 4: This was the biggest game of Loyola’s season. The battle for first place began quickly and the Warriors came out hard. Even though they were only playing with four defensemen, they played well. All was well until a Loyola defenseman

(Continued from page 21) like when Loyola beat them 7-2. Not only were the Warriors going to play a differ-ent team but Loyola coach Mr. Lafave was not there and Mr. Cloutier took over. The game began hard with Loyola firing the puck from every angle. Bodies were flying and eventually in the second Roberto Mormina scored. Vincent Vincelli scoring next off an excellent pass from Anthony Gattuso. The second ended 2-0 but the battle was not yet won. John Rennie played hard, scoring two of their own and sent the game into overtime. Sadly, Vincelli missed his an early opportunity to score on a breakaway. The first period of overtime ended and then 3 on 3 was about to begin. The second overtime was similar to the first where Loyola was unable to score and Justin Turcotte stopping every-thing in site. The game was to be decided by a shoot-out. All John Rennie's attempts were denied by the Warriors’ holy goalie Justin Turcotte. Loyola was also having difficulty beating the John Rennie goalie until Roberto Mormina stepped up to the occasion once more and won it with a top corner bullet. February 22, 2007 Semi-finals: Kuper 3 – Loyola 2 Loyola was facing Kuper in their semi-final game after a sad ceremony com-memorating Father Maclean. Despite this event, the game went on and Loyola be-gan slowly and got scored on twice quickly. But the Warriors fought back to tie it up. The Warriors continued to apply pressure but were incapable of finishing the job; hitting everything but the back of the net. Sadly, Kuper scored near the end of the third and Loyola was incapable of tying it up. The Warriors had a good season de-spite loosing in the semis. Hopefully next year they will get a few more bounces. By Thomas Ricci

Juvenile hockey, continued


Mysterious apparition continues to frighten and bewilder Loyola students

formed behind the jar of batteries. The image that appears before your very eyes looks strikingly similar to our modern day impressions of our savior, Jesus Christ. Is this shadow another debatable sign from Christ himself, such as the shroud of Tu-rin or just a mindless coincidence blown way out of proportion? I went around the school in search of some answers. “It’s a miracle!” exclaimed Ms. Polverari without missing a beat. Student Council Co-President Roberto Mormina on the other hand was less generous: “I don’t know… it could be taken as a sign to some…then again it could just as easily be a freaky coincidence…it really depends on what you believe in”. Friendly and poetic Mr. Racine had this comment to offer: “There is no such thing as an accident, every-

thing in this world happens for a reason.” I knew this random questioning would-n’t get me any concrete answer. I would have to go directly to the source. After several days of frantic searching, I finally tracked him down, Mr. Marco Santillo himself. Often accused of having fabri-cated the mysterious shadow himself late one night (which he fully denies), he be-gan to get very nervous when asked for a statement regarding the subject. He stood very long, drowned in thought before he finally answered my question. “Jesus is present everywhere, just sometimes his presence is clearer than other times.” Whether it is truly an apparition from ou

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