A Student Publication of the Saint Louis Priory School Volume 3, Issue 19

Inside This IssueP1. Cover

• Hockey •Night of Depression

P2. Entertainment Weekly

• 24• Domino’s vs. Papa John’s• Top 10 Movies• Top 10 Kenny Chesney

P3. The Weekly Update

•Calendar of Events•Mr. White •Stannard House

P4. Priory Sports Weekly•Colin Barry •Basketball Final• NHL Trade Deadline•Top 25 NCCAB Teams

P5. The Forum

•Academy Awards•NoD (Cont)• Coke vs. Pepsi

P6. Puzzles Weekly

•Crossword Puzzle•Stucco Announcement•Sudoku (hard)•Cryptogram

~ Marlow Gazzoli, ’09

The Record Weekly

The Wickenheiser Cup Finals - the only thing that

stood in Priory’s way was the Seckman Jaguars. In

a highly anticipated series, the Rebels, fully

loaded (every single player was available for use)

for the first time

t h i s e n t i r e

p l a y o f f s , a s

things got started

last Thursday at

Queeny Park.

In the first

p e r i o d , t h e

Rebels came out

sluggish, just as

they had against

C l a y t o n . Y e t ,

C h r i s t i a n

Herbosa moved

the puck past the goalie, giving the Rebels a 1-0

lead.

In the second period, Priory again scored when

junior Sean Lamb put one in the net. Seckman

responded with two unanswered goals. On quite

possibly the weirdest bounce all season, Kevin

Yuan’s stick was not able to block the puck and

Seckman for the tie.

The Rebels were in desperate need of a hero in

the third. Their answer came from sophomore

stud, Niall Caparon. With the signature goal of the

series, Niall snapped the puck to the top left shelf

of the net, where even the goalie’s shoulder would

not be able to deflect it. Simply put, it was one of

the prettiest goals all season for the Rebels.

While the

Rebels would go

on to win, 3-2

t h e i r v i c t o r y

w o u l d b e

b i t t e r s w e e t .

Senior Captain,

Charlie Bernard

went in for a

v i c i o u s c h e c k

midway in the

third and instead

of leveling the

Jaguar forward,

he became acquainted with the Seckman bench,

flying right into it. Bernard got back on the ice but

suffered a concussion, which ended his semi finals

early in the third (after he was checked hard).

Saturday could’ve very well been the Rebels last

game of the season. In front of one of the largest

crowds this season, the Seckman Jaguars had

upset on their mind handily winning game two

4-1. But, the Rebels came back and won the mini

game 2-0 and now look to defeat MICDS on

Wednesday @ Scottrade!

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Night of Depression

“There are those who still think they are

holding the pass against a revolution that may be

coming up the road. But they are gazing in the

wrong direction. The revolution is behind them.

It went by in the Night of Depression, singing

songs of freedom.”

– Garet Garrett I am quite sure that most of you are totally unfamiliar with Mr. Garet Garrett. He was

a journalist and writer of the first half of the twentieth centuries; he wrote for the New York Times, the Saturday Evening Post, and the New York Tribune amongst others. Garrett was a staunch defender of liberty and capitalism, fighting with great vigor against the onslaught of Roosevelt’s New Deal. His reward was obscurity, oblivion like so many of the Old Right. His words long ago echo today as we find ourselves mired in economic collapse. Those Continued on Page 5

Hockey Going to Scottrade for the WickPriory v. MICDS ~ Jim Havel ’09

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The Best of the Best: 24 ~ Dan Igoe, ’09

There are many excellent episodes of the show 24. In fact there are many seasons that are excellent. In Day 5, 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Lynn McGill sacrifices himself so that others may live. Day 1, 11:00 pm to midnight, Nina Meyers is caught and Jack’s wife is murdered. However, the best episode of 24 comes from Day 2, 10:00 pm to 11:00 pm. This is THE episode, the greatest. Jack is flying a plane into the Mojave. There is an atomic bomb aboard. He is going to die. During this intense plane ride, Jack has a conversation with his daughter, Kim, whom Jack thinks he is never going to see again and doesn’t want to leave things unsaid. Tears are shed, and, I must admit, it was a bit touching. The episode takes place in the good ol’ days o’ President Palmer. You can’t beat that. His stalwart face and candor let you know he is in control. He does what is right, and that is no better evidenced than when he tells Jack that he is going to look after his family after his death and when he declares that he is traveling to LA, the original target of the atomic bomb, despite the inhibitions of his Cabinet. It also takes place in LA, not the fancy-pants D.C. episodes we’re seeing now.

Tony Almeida also has his hair and Michelle Dessler (later Tony’s wife) has a ‘tude on her that only Tony can handle. There is international conflict, and conflict inside CTU that does not have a textbook remedy. Taking that into account, CTU still exists. What happened to these days of internal strife mixed with overwhelming

accomplishment that punishments that otherwise would involve life imprisonment are rewarded with clemency and love? Those were the days. The FBI –the new CTU– does not command that kind of respect, nor do the people who make it up. The single thing that makes this the BEST EPISODE EVER, though, is when Jack is flying the plane with the atomic bomb, knowing full well that he is going to his death. Jack soon discovers that George Mason, former head of CTU and recipient of radiation sickness, has stowed away. They fight, but George Mason eventually takes Jack’s place

and lets Jack use the chute on the plane to escape. This single act of mercy that George Mason, not exactly a friend of Jack’s, showed Jack is undoubtedly bound to make you sad and love the show even more. That is why this episode is the best episode ever. My words, though, don’t and cannot ever do it justice.

Domino’s versus Papa John’s

When I hear the word worthless, I think of Domino’s. I can tell you that if you want a cheap, low quality, lame excuse for an Italian meal, you should order Domino’s. I can also tell you that if you for whatever reason want to make a pizza t h a t m e e t s D o m i n o ’ s standard for quality, just gather up some nasty crap that has a dough-like texture, pour way too much cheap sauce on it, sprinkle on any cheese you can find, and throw that baby in a dirty oven. Did I mention you can sell like 10 of them for five dollars apiece? That is a huge profit because each one is worth less than the box it comes in. In addition to creating a pizza that is hard to down fresh, Domino’s has concocted a recipe that tastes like cardboard with wax on it the following day. If you think it is fun to watch a peep explode in the microwave, try watching domino’s pizza

shrivel up in there. Let’s talk about some good pizza. My number one choice for delivery

pizza has got to be Papa John’s. The man is telling the truth when he says

“Better ingredients, better pizza”. Unlike the stale bread domino’s uses, Papa John’s crust is delicious. It is moist, thick, and the guys working

there know just how much to use. The amount of sauce doesn’t take away from

the flavor of the cheese, crust, and other toppings, and it is in itself good. And in the

reheat test, Papa John’s takes home the gold. I have eaten that stuff after it has

been in the refrigerator for a week and it was still better than Domino’s in its fresh state. So there you go.

Now you know what to order when you have a craving for garbage, and

when you want something that tastes as good as Taylor Swift looks in that one concert

where she goes under the waterfall at the end.

Kenny ChesneyTop 10 Songs

1. No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems

2. Young3. Big Star4. Keg in The Closet

5. Guitars and Tiki Bars

6. How Forever Feels

7. I Go Back8. She’s Got It All9. The Good Stuff10. When the Sun

Goes down

Contact the editors if you want to provide a Top 10 Playlist of your own for the band or artist of your choice and it could appear in The Record Weekly in the future...

Entertainment Weekly

1. Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail

2. Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience

3. Slumdog Millionaire

4. Taken5. He's Just Not That

Into You6. Paul Blart: Mall

Cop7. Coraline8. Street Fighter: The

Legend of Chun-Li9. Confessions of a

Shopaholic10. Fired Up

!0 top Movies as of March 1st

~ Nick Fosko ’10

WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY

The Weekly UpdateCalendar

The second edition of the Stannard House

literary magazine will be released later this

spring. If you are interested in submitting a

work such as poetry, a photograph, or a short

story to be published, please turn it into Ms.

Tumminia's box by Friday March, 6 and

e m a i l i t t o M s . T u m m i n i a a t

k t u m m i n i a @ p r i o r y . o r g o r m e a t

stannardhouse2009@gmail.com. I would

encourage anyone who previously submitted

something to resend it. Also, all award

winning poems are more than welcome. I

would really l ike to see some good

representation by the seniors from Mr.

Mohrmann's Creative Writing class as well.

~Billy Neukem ’09The Stannard House

Godspeed, Mr. White ~Jim Havel, ’09

Wednesday 3/04

Wednesday 3/11

Tuesday 3/10

Monday 3/09

Saturday 3/07

Friday 3/06

Thursday 3/05

• Hockey @ SCOTTRADE center 5:30 with introductions at 5:25

• Free dress day Red White and Blue theme

• No play practice

• Play practice 7-9 PM

• Junior School recreation night.• No play practice• One week until Spring Break!

•

• Play practice 7-9 PM

• Winter Sports Assembly• Mock Trial at Clayton

Courthouse 6:00 PM

• Two days left before Spring Break, hooray!

Mr. White, one of Priory’s “Tech Guys” Since 2007, Is heading off to serve a tour in Afghanistan. You may have noticed he has not been at school since the new year and we will not be seeing him for quite some time. Before he left, I caught up with him to find out a few details of his “new job”.

J: When did you first Join the Army? Mr.W: I joined in 1993, when I was 18 years old. (currently 33 years old) J: What was your initial position? Mr. W: I wanted to be a pilot, but I ended up becoming an Electronic Communications Officer. That means I was an infantry tech guy.

J: What does that entail? Mr.W: Pretty much it’s my job at Priory. I fix electronic systems, make sure everything works (finding parts etc.) Translate users needs to higher needs and set everything up so it meets the Army’s standards.

J: Have you served any previous tours? Mr. W: I was in Iraq in March, 2003, when the USA first invaded. That tour lasted 10 months.

J: How many years have you been a civilian since? Mr. W: Since 2005, I have been a civilian. Before finding work at Priory, I worked for the SSA, handling disability claims.

J: When were you notified of your new assignment? Mr.W: I was notified in September, 2008. Called up on President Bush’s orders. ( He’s not a member of the additional 17,000 President Obama has called on.)

J: Did you think you were going to get called up this time?

Mr. W: I was stunned. No clue whatsoever.

J: Is your duty/job the same as it was in Iraq? Mr. W: Similar. A lot of the architecture is already built in Afghanistan, so I will have a new job within the tech department.

J: How is your family handling the news? Mr. W: Austin, my son, is really sad about the whole thing. Chris, my girlfriend is thrilled ( HEAVY sarcasm). My dad is alright with it.

J: Will you be able to speak with them often? Mr. W: Hopefully. With additional troops entering, the resources won’t get bigger, therefore I will have less time, like all the rest of the soldiers.

J: When you tour is complete, will you return to Priory? Mr. W: Absolutely. This is a great job and I look forward to returning.

J: Is there any way the Priory community can communicate with you? Mr. W: Yes, my APO address has not been given to me, but Fr. Michael will have it soon. Don’t worry so much about me though. I will be getting a list of the soldiers under my command and giving it to Priory. Most of them do not have families nor much support, and it would be really nice if they could receive letters or care packages from you all. I know it would make a huge difference. You ought to see their faces when they get mail. It’s incredible. Please help them out.

Mr. White, a selfless soldier in the American Army, we wish you all the best and we look forward to your safe return. May God be with you, and know that not just Priory is behind you, the entire American people are still behind you.

Priory Sports Weekly

Basketball Ends Too Soon~Matt Rhodes ’10

The Priory Basketball season came to an end on a high note on Tuesday. The Rebels finished the season (9-15). The Rebs lost their first district game to St. Dominic. However, while St. Dominic had defeated them by 30 in their first meeting of the season, the Rebels were able to give the Crusaders a run for their money this time and only lost by 6. Though they only won two league games, the varsity squad was rarely blown out and always had a fighting chance under the guidance of coaches Rick Suarez and Tim Clark. The Rebels were led this year by Captains Joe Wagner and Drew Sexton along with James Kopfensteiner's silky smooth shot and Matt Jones athleticism. The next step for the Rebels is an off-season hopefully

filled with lots of shooting and a growth spurt for some of the members of the team. The Rebels will return some key parts in Kopfensteiner and Jones, along with the likes of Mike Puettmann, who impressed late in the season, in-coming sophomores David Taiclett, and Ragen Frost. Look for them to be back again next year eager to re-open the chase for a league title.

Barry Squashes Way to Victory: Now ranked 78

The NHL Trade Deadline is almost here, which means a lot of wheeling and dealing going on as teams try to jostle for position to make the playoffs. Many GM’s whose teams are on the border of making the playoffs have a big decision to make: whether to be buyers or sellers. Among these teams would include the Blues, Kings, Stars, Wild, Ducks, Oilers, and Blue Jackets in the West. In the East, the Maple Leafs, Sabres, Penguins, Rangers, and Panthers all hover around the playoffs. Some of the big names on the market that GM’s are looking at are Keith Tkachuk (Blues), Jason Spezza (Senators), Chris Pronger (Ducks), Ryan Smyth (Avalanche), Bill Guerin (Islanders), Tomas Kaberle (Maple Leafs), Jay Bouwmeester (Panthers) and Derrick Morris (Coyotes) just to name a few The Blues may not even end up trading Big Walt as the ‘Note are only 3 points out of the 8th spot in the West and playing well as of late. In their last five games they are 4-0-1 and only letting in five goals in total

during this stretch. There was a rumor that Tkachuk was to be traded to the Bruins, a team he grew up worshiping as a kid. He would add some leadership and grit going into the playoffs, although his point totals aren’t the best on the road to the Stanley Cup. Other teams that are interested in his services are the Sharks and Red Wings. Many sources of TSN (Canada’s ESPN) say that Bill Guerin will be traded to an Eastern Conference team, which is still unknown. Chris Pronger has been the subject of trade. One rumor that has been going around is that the Blues would welcome him back to St. Louis. The only downside to this would be the Blues giving up David Perron and possibly a draft choice. In my opinion, this would not be a good trade. The Blues need to look forward for the future. Hopefully we can see the Blues in the playoffs for the first time in three years. My pick to win the Lord Stanley’s Cup: the Boston Bruins.

NHL Trade Deadline ~Krishna Kumar ’12

~Jim Havel ’09

1.UConn2.UNC3.Memphis 4.Pittsburgh5.Oklahoma 6.Louisville 7.Duke 8.Michigan State9.Kansas 10. Wake Forest 11. LSU12. Missouri 13. Washington 14. Gonzaga15. Marquette 16. Villanova 17. UCLA18. Xavier 19. Clemson 20. Purdue 21. Arizona State 22. Butler 23. Illinois 24. Florida State25. Syracuse

Top 25 NCAA Teams

We have many great athletes here at Priory, but few are nationally ranked. At Priory we may know Colin Barry as a hockey player, but nationally relatively few people know that about him. What he is known for is his outstanding play at squash. For those of you who may not know what squash is, Squash is a racquet sport game played by two players (or four players for doubles) in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball. It has similar rules to tennis and the ball has to hit the front wall before the floor. I sat down with Colin to discuss his recent success.

J:Where do you play squash? C: I play at the racquet club on Kingshighway.

J: How long have you been playing? C: I have been playing since 6th grade, but I began competing seriously in 8th grade, traveling for tournaments etc.

J: When was your first tournament win? C: The U-17 (under 17 years old) tournament at the Vaylkerie Club in New Jersey.

J: When did you start traveling for competitions?

C: Since Freshman year.

J: Looking to playing in college? C: I am, I’d love to go to some of those eastern schools, Colby College, Franklin and Marshall, Cornell etc.

J: When was your last victory? C: This past weekend I won a huge U-19 tournament in Detroit. It was an awesome feeling.

J: Are you nationally ranked? C: I am. With my most recent victory I am now number 78 nationally.

J: What’s next for you? C: Nationals are in a few weeks and I am training for those. I don’t know how well I’ll do. This is my first year at the U-19 level.

Colin receives a sports exemption for his outstanding play in the Fall, and we at the Priory community congratulate him on his outstanding achievement. Good luck at Nationals Colin!

WEDNESDAY

The 81st Academy Awards took place last

Sunday night, and the best movies and

performances of the year were decided.

Slumdog Millionaire, the story of a

poor Indian boy in Mumbai who

goes to extraordinary lengths to

find his true love, won eights

Oscars, including Best Picture, Best

D i r e c t o r , a n d B e s t

C i n e m a t o g r a p h y . S l u m d o g

Millionaire became the night’s

biggest winner with the next

highest total for a movie being 3

Oscars for The Curious Case of

Benjamin Button, that won Best Makeup, Art

Direction, and Visual Effects. Heath Ledger

became only the second person to win a

posthumous Oscar for his performance as

The Joker in The Dark Knight, a win I am

sure most fans of the dark knight would agree

he deserves. His father, mother and

sister accepted the award on his behalf.

The only award I was displeased with

the awarding of was Sean Penn's win

for Milk over Mickey Rourke's

performance in The Wrestler. I would

have liked to see Rourke win this to

complete his comeback from obscurity.

Other winners included Best Actress

Kate Winslet in The Reader, Best

Supporting Actress Penelope Cruz in

Vicki Christina Barcelona , and Best

Animated Feature, Wall-e.

~ Marlow Gazzoli, ’09Night of Depression cont.who govern in the halls of Washington gathered together and forced upon the American people a “stimulus,” a flurry of spending which will restore us to prosperity. Haven’t we heard this before? Does it not seem slightly familiar, or have Americans become so dulled to the examples of history? As economists such as Paul Krugman chide the administration for spending too little, it is good to recall Roosevelt’s New Deal. It was a expansion of government unprecedented in America history, resulting in mountains of dollars spent. And what did it yield? The longest depression known to America. Yet this is the same sort of playbook Krugman and his ilk would have us follow. There was an attempt, to be sure, to weaken the stimulus, but the opposition hardly ever questioned the basic premise that governments should “stimulate” the economy. President Obama was quite correct to point out that spending is what a stimulus is. The fact of the matter is that the government “stimulus” will do nothing but prolong the crash and turn it into an even deeper depression. Where will this stimulus money come from? There are three sources: taxation, borrowing, and inflation. The first directly takes money from the private sector

and transfers it to the government who will dole it out to whomever has the right connections. The second also takes away money from the private sector, thus hampering its recovery as less money will be

available for private investment. The third is much more insidious. Inflation is the increase of the money supply, which the Federal Reserve accomplishes by creating money. It’s that simple; the Fed creates money from nothing. Those who first get the money, the politically connected, get to use it before prices rise in response to the inflation. As the new money gets passed down, each successive level has to deal with higher prices until the lowest echelon gets it; they are confronted with

higher prices and savings that are worth less. The stimulus will hurt us all, as it will prevent the creation of wealth; it is a net loss. All the dollars taken through the first two methods could have been used by entrepreneurs to respond to the needs and wants of consumers. Instead they will be spent on projects of questionable value, projects which are merely arbitrary allotments of funds. As anyone who has undergone dramatic surgery will tell you, recovery requires pain.

Reuters – In an apparent homage to the new President, PepsiCo has plastered the sides of buses and bus stops in the nation's capital with slogans like "Yes You Can," "Optimismmmm" and "Hope." In each poster, the letter O is inscribed with the redesigned Pepsi logo, a red, white and blue sphere that echoes the rising-sun image used by the Obama campaign.

S e v e r a l s e n i o r Administrat ion officials are committed cola drinkers, and without fail they spend their days sipping from a can of Diet Coke, a p ro d u c t o f P e p s i ' s c h i e f competitor, Coca-Cola. On Monday, as members of Congress and key lobbyists filed into a briefing room for the final event of a daylong fiscal summit, they were greeted with an ice chest full of complimentary Diet Coke, not Diet Pepsi

Late last year, Obama's nascent Administration worked out of transition offices in a downtown government building, which was serviced by only Pepsi-b r a n d v e n d i n g m a c h i n e s , according to three people who worked in the building. Two Administration officials have told me that a group of Obama aides, frustrated by having to run the security gauntlet to go to the c o r n e r s t o r e , s t o c k e d a refrigerator with Diet Coke in open rebel l ion aga inst the available options. The pattern has continued at the White House. In his West Wing office, as in his previous office at Harvard University.

Nationwide, Coke is more popular than Pepsi, but not by the same margin seen among White House staff. Beverage Digest, a trade publication, reported that Coke and Diet Coke had a 27.2% share of the carbonated-beverage market in 2007, compared with a 16.7% share for Pepsi and Diet Pepsi. The Obama’s are no different.

81st Academy Awards ~Jack Wegman, ’11Bizarre News

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Rebel Rock ‘09 St. Louis Priory Battle of the Bands Competition Saturday, April 4th in the Kevin Kline Theatre

Any band that has at least one Priory student in it is welcome. ALL types of music are welcome! Surprise us. Challenge us. Amaze us.

Up to a $300 cash prize for the top band as well as cash for other awards.

Talk to Charlie Friedman in the high school or Mitch Van Bree in the Junior School by Friday March 13th if you are interested.

Priory Talent Show!Tuesday, March 31st in the theatre

If you can sing, play an instrument, dance, eat a lot, juggle, have a film or music you would like to show, can do an extraordinary amount of pushups, or whatever random, entertaining act you wish to perform, then the Talent Show is the place for you to strut your stuff.

Talk to Joe Wagner or Charlie Friedman if you have an idea. All forms are encouraged to participate.