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KnightlifeMarch 9, 2016 • XLIX • ISSUE 5

Bishop Montgomery High School

Below: Mrs. Moreau and Mrs. Rudder serve up fries and smiles at the McTeacher Night.

Above: Senior Varsity Boy’s Basketball players Conor Starkey, A.J. Kirby, Abdul Sheriff, and Noah House pose in anitcipation for their final games as Knights.

SHREKTASTIC NEW YEARWritten by Erin Hall & Carolyn Egekeze

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This year, the Bishop community celebrated Catho-lic School’s Week with a totally ‘Shrektacular’ Shrek-themed Win-ter Spirit Week. Carefully planned by ASB, this fun week of activi-ties began on February 1st and came to an end on February 5th. On Tuesday, February 2nd, the school celebrated the Junior Ring Mass. Students, teachers, and parents joined in the main gym to celebrate mass with Father Ken. During this sacred celebration, ju-niors had their rings blessed by both Ms. Libbon and Father Ken, making this mass a success, and marking a special day in the juniors’ lives. Class color day also took place on Tuesday, where many students wore shirts with their class color to celebrate and show support. Wednesday was also a very

fun and eventful day. It was one of many Denim Days - students gen-erously donated money and wore jeans to help support a good cause. At lunch, the Improv team put on a great Shrek-themed Improv show that had all the students in TMH laughing. Wednesday night, the teachers hosted a McTeacher’s Night at McDonald’s. In support of the senior class, teachers served Big Macs and Chicken McNug-gets to their students, who got the chance to enjoy some of the fla-vorful food served at McDonald’s. The Winter Spirit Week fun didn’t stop on Thursday. Students collaborated with their friends to dress up as twins and an extra-long lunch allowed for plenty of time to have a Shrek-style lip sync battle. Brave students took a microphone and showed off their talent, lip sync-ing to some of everyone’s favorite songs from Shrek. Senior Nicole Tu-

azon said, “The lip sync battle was pretty entertaining! I enjoyed twin day a lot too because it was cool see-ing people dress exactly the same.” Friday marked the end of Winter Spirit Week. Bishop stu-dents and teachers showed their school spirit by wearing Bishop t-shirts and jeans on Black and Gold Day. After school ended, the stu-dents took on the teachers in the annual Students vs. Teachers Vol-leyball game. Before the game be-gan, food trucks came to the school, giving students the option to buy a great lunch before they watched the game. Both sides brought forth their best volleyball players for the game, resulting in an action-packed and intense match that showed the athletic ability of Bishop’s teachers and students. This year, the teach-ers reigned victorious, winning two games to zero. Though he wishes the students could have won, senior Luis Leon says that, “I really liked

Winter Spirit Week. It’s really nice to take time to come together as a real family and support each other.”

Bishop’s basketball team has certainly been gaining a lot of attention both inside the school and out. This year, the boys varsity bas-ketball team defended their CIF-SS Open Division Championship. The boys team was successful during the regular season, finishing with

an impressive record of 24-1. How-ever for the past couple weeks, ex-citement filled the halls as students and fans prepared to support their team in their pursuit of last year’s Championship victory. Most re-cently, the Knights have played in El Camino College and Simi Valley, where two extremely thrilling and action-packed games took place. The boys team embarked on their CIF journey as the #2 seed in the extremely competitive Open Division, taking on Orange Lu-theran on February 19th at home. The energy and excitement for the rest of the season skyrocketed when Bishop defeated their oppo-nent in this first-round match, win-ning by seventeen points, 68-51. On February 24th, the boys traveled to El Camino College and faced off against Damien High

School. This was one of the most exciting games of the season for both players and fans. Although Knights trailed by nine points after the first quarter, they came back strong in the second half, leading 43-31 early in the fourth quarter. However, Damien came back, send-ing the teams into an action-packed overtime. In the final 2.7 seconds of overtime, David Singleton ‘18 shot the winning three point basket for the Knights. Sophomore Singleton led the Knights with 27 points. Oth-er stars of this game were Jordan Schakel ‘17, who scored 15 points, and Ethan Thompson ‘17, who scored 9 points. With a 58-56 win in overtime against Damien, this intense, action-packed game be-came one no one will soon forget. Moving on to the CIF Semi-Finals, the team took on Sierra

Canyon on Friday, February 26. Al-though the game took place hours away at Simi Valley High School, an incredible turnout of students and other supporters, including forty stu-dents on a rooter bus, encouraged the team as they took on one of their toughest opponents. It was an intense match, and despite Sierra Canyon’s lead for most of the game, the Knights eventually tied the game at 16. However, as the game went on, Sierra Canyon began to hold an imposing lead once again. Unfortunately, the Knights could not recover, and were defeated 78-69. The team ended their season with this game, and a 26-2 record. The boys are not done with their season yet as they continue on to the CIF State playoffs. The knights take on Westchester High School on Friday, March 11 at home. Don’t miss out on supporting your knights!

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it’s knight timeWritten by Jackie Pistole & Erin Hall

Above: The entire varsity boy’s basketball team stands together in the Knights gym before beginning a great season.

Above: A group of students perform during the lip sync contest.

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Written by CDavid Macaraeg

Every year Key Club hosts a blood drive to gather blood donations. On February 24, two Bishop Montgom-ery clubs, the American Red Cross Club and Key Club, collaborated on the annual blood drive, and although there were some complications along the way, the event was a success. The success was not unwar-ranted, however, because it took a substantial amount of time to plan and execute the event. First, as usu-al, the clubs had to have the blood drive approved by school administra-tion. Then, they had to recruit partici-pants to donate blood. Finally, they had to get those who volunteered to follow through, which involved ensur-

ing that every volunteer (all of whom needed to be over eighteen years old) filled out the required paper-work. Senior Christian Dycoco said, “It was really great. I thought every-one there was friendly and all the nurses and people running it were very professional. I’m really glad I did donate because I want to help people and just this simple act can save people everyday. I’m definitely planning on donating in my future.” It may seem like a simple act to donate a pint of blood, but it is actually very impactful to the lives of those in need, as every two sec-onds someone in the U.S. needs blood. Approximately 36,000 units of red blood cells are needed every day.

The average red blood cell transfu-sion is approximately 3 pints, and the blood type most often requested by hospitals is type O. The blood used in an emergency is already on the shelves before the event occurs. Through donating blood, vol-unteers help those that have sickle cell disease, which affects 90,000 to 100,000 people in the U.S and about 1,000 babies. Sickle cell patients can require frequent blood transfusions throughout their lives. More than 1.68 million people are expected to be di-agnosed with cancer in 2016. Many of them will need blood, sometimes dai-ly, during their chemotherapy treat-ment. a single car accident victim can require as many as 100 pints of blood.When donating blood, Bishop stu-dents still had to be screened for their medical history, tempera-ture, blood pressure, pulse and hemoglobin to ensure that it was safe for the donor to give blood. The American Red Cross ad-vocates that donating blood is a safe process because a sterile needle is used only once for each donor and then discarded. The actual blood do-nation typically takes less than ten to twelve minutes. The entire process, from the time the donor arrives to the time they leave, takes about an hour and 15 min. The average stu-dent has about 10 pints of blood in his or her body, and roughly 1 pint is given during a donation. A healthy

donor may donate red blood cells ev-ery 56 days, or double red cells every 112 days. Although that sounds like a fun idea, it can be draining to do-nate blood, as evidenced by Daniel Robinson ‘16 who said, “It felt great to do something that was really easy and almost painless. I’m glad that I am helping to save someone’s life at the same ti…” until he passed out as he was being interviewed. Mateo Fabbri ‘16 seemed to concur with the past two donors and said, “They were all really organized and nice, and once we got started it went rather quickly. It was just really cool seeing how many people want-ed to donate on their own accord and it feels like we all actually made a difference together.” In hosting this blood drive, Key Club and the Ameri-can Red Cross Club continues to gar-ner goodwill from inside Bishop Mont-gomery High School by supporting the American Red Cross and show the generous community we have.

Photographed by Kassandra Madrigal.

CLUB CORNER

Above: Seniors Bianca Martin and David Nunez show off the free t-shirts that they received after donating blood for the American Red Cross & Key Club blood drive.

Red Cross & Key Club

Above: Soccer and Track Coach Brian Haynes proudly wears his “I Donated Blood” sticker.

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Video game trends in 2016Written by David CarrollPhotographed by Zandra Tsao

2015 has come and gone, and 2016 is very uncertain for video game console predictions, leaving people waiting until the next gen-eration arrives. Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony, PC, and mobile platforms have the most interesting changes in vid-eo games. Nintendo will, yet again, kick off the next generation with the Nintendo NX. Although major long reaching trends are hard to discern, here are some shorter term trends and future releases for this year. First off, Nintendo’s projected Wii U game releases are extremely sparse for 2016 because later this year they will unveil their next TV console, which is code named “NX.” Not much is known about this con-sole except that it will distance itself from the Wii brand and be something new and refreshing. According to Cinema Blend, a media website, Nin-tendo has patented a new controller which has the typical console hand grips, but with an oval touch screen and analog sticks on the screen itself. Nintendo’s 3DS game lineup, however, is full of good releases con-sisting of mostly role playing games (RPGs). Mario and Luigi Paper Jam is the newest installment in the turn-based Mario and Luigi series. Unlike most installments, this is a crossover game between the Mario and Luigi series and the Paper Mario series. According to the product description

on Amazon, you play as Mario, Luigi, and Paper Mario, who are all trying to reestablish order in the Mushroom Kingdom after the book containing the world of Paper Mario characters is found and the characters escape and run amuck. The player controls Mario and Luigi with the usual A and B buttons, but paper Mario is con-trolled with the Y button. The game was released on January 22, 2016. Sony’s PlayStation 4 (PS4) was dominant in 2015; however, Mi-crosoft’s Xbox One has been catch-ing up with price drops, enabling limited backwards compatibility with the Xbox 360, aggressive marketing, and consumer friendliness. Sony is slipping in their policies and is less consumer friendly. It doesn’t have backwards compatibility and has old games up for digital sale instead. In 2016, it will be likely that both com-panies will be on the same level, fighting over the same audience. One of Sony’s most an-ticipated releases is Square Enix’s Final Fantasy 7 Remake(FF7R) for the PS4. The Final Fantasy series is one of the foun-dations of the RPG genre andFF7 for the PlayStation was consid-ered to be one of the best final fantasy games ever made to date. With the announcement of the FF7R, Square Enix has revealed that they will re-build the entire game from the ground up with HD 3D models and environ-ments. According to FF7R director Tetsuya Nomura and producer Yo-shinori Kitase in an interview with the game news site, Gematsu, FF7R will

be fully-voiced. In addition, they pro-ceed with caution with regard to the original game’s crude content such as its raunchy Honey Bee Inn. Some of the game’s original mini-games will make a reappearance in this new ver-sion. It will be interesting to see how this remake will turn out. FF7R will be the Final Fantasy series first episodic game, meaning it will be partitioned like a television series. It is uncertain whether this will impact the immer-sion or quality of the game. FF7R will be released on December 30, 2016. Microsoft announced that in 2015 that they would tie Windows 10 to the Xbox One. According to Cnet, players can stream games from their Xbox One consoles to the PC and play multiplayer across platforms. In 2016, gamers will see far more games have cross multiplayer games, in addition to platforms supporting an off TV play function. In addition, gamers should also expect to see more game streaming as the tech-nology becomes widely available. An entirely new game is com-ing to Xbox One, Recore. According to the popular culture site, What Cul-ture, “Recore is set in a post-apoc-alyptic world ruled by robots. The story follows one of the last remain-ing humans and his/her robotic com-panions in attempt to save humanity from the evil robots.” Judging by the game trailer, it appears that switching between different robots may be a major mechanic in this game. Recore is set to be released late next year. In other news, it appears that the mobile games bubble, which was

created due to the large amounts of low quality games hitting mobile plat-forms, has burst. According to Game Planet, due to major businesses sell-ing major brands, and the fact that so many games come out on the app store every day, mobile game developers are receiving literally no income. This decline is causing in-dependent developers to go back to PC and console platforms since publishing games for both are far cheaper and easier than it used to be. 2015 is gone and 2016 is here. The industry is changing, the gamers are speculating, the com-panies are planning and every-one is waiting for what will come next. However, the console war… the console war never changes...

Above & Below: Sophomores Yikai Chu and Norman Zhang play video games with their friends during their spare time.

S i r P o r t ’ s

Dear Sir Port,I’ve been having some issues with procrastination lately. I always end up starting my homework late at night the day before it’s due! What can I do to stop?

-I find that it’s helpful to remember the 4 “D’s” when trying to fight pro-crastination - Distance, Determination, Discipline, and Do-it-now. The first D means to distance yourself from distractions. The second suggests setting goals and staying true to them. The third is about keeping your-self on-task. The biggest and most important one of them all, though, is to just “Do it now.” Similar to how every journey of a thousand miles be-gins with a single step, every essay of ten pages starts with a single word. Dear Sir Port,I just paid for my AP tests and am freaking out. I don’t think I’ll be ready by the time they come around! Then what? I’ll get a terrible score, my parents will be mad at me, colleges will look down on me, and all that money would have gone to waste!

-Slow down there, Mr./Mrs. Slippery Slope. There’s still a lot of time until AP tests come around. Until then, talk to your teachers and focus on your work. Think of it like a Rocky movie, with those training montages before the big fight. Instead of jogging and punching bags, however, you’ll be studying and filling in scantrons. In a few months (shortened down to a few min-utes with some motivational music), you’ll be ready to face A.P.ollo Creed!

If you’re interested in submitting a question to Sir Port, please email knightlifebmhs@gmail.com with the Subject “Sir Port’s Support”.

SUPPORTHigh school is a difficult time for any teenager because it is filled with drama, rigorous classes, sleep deprivation, and personal prob-lems. Luckily, our very own Sir Port, an anonymous student-writ-er, has taken it upon himself to make high school a little easier for Bishop Montgomery students by sharing his wisdom and advice.

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Valentine’s Day

As we impatiently wait beside our best friend’s locker or reply to their desperate texts sent at midnight on what exactly the homework assign-ment is, one cannot help but wonder, what is a friend? Sophomore Emily Morales claims that a friend is “some-one who you can be yourself with, without worrying about being judged. I think a big part of it, too, is that ability to support and confide in each other.” Her opinion sheds light on just how im-portant friends can be to one another. Have you ever asked yourself where you would be without your friends? To celebrate these wonder-ful people in our lives, ASB declared the week of Valentine’s Day to be

Friendship Week. Departing from the usual “lovey dovey” atmosphere sur-rounding the week of Valentine’s Day, ASB declared the focus of Febru-ary’s special week to be primarily on friendship. Friendship week was held February 8-12 and hosted numerous fun-filled events created especially for BMHS students. Friendship Week let Bishop students reflect on just how lucky they are to have their friends spend so much time with them. Ju-nior Jalen Washington enjoys playing online videogames with his friends, while freshman Natalie Galullo says that in spite of rare free time, “I still have fun with my friends by just talk-ing and making jokes with each other

and making everyone laugh. It’s very enjoyable.” These examples show how differently friends touch our lives in many ways, whether it be a small action like smiling at someone, or a big event, like comforting someone during a rough patch in their life. Recognizing this, ASB gave students the opportunity to send Valentine’s grams to one another, whether as an act of love, friend-ship, or maybe secret admirer. Ari-ana Verduzco ‘17 says that this was her favorite part of Friendship Week. “Just receiving Valentine’s grams from my friends and also seeing oth-ers receive them was really special.” Another highlight of the week was a Friendship Dance, held just outside Mr. Hankey’s room during lunch on Tuesday. Outgoing and excited students rushed over to join the fun when they saw their friends dancing to their favorite songs. Later in the week, other events were held in the lunch area, including Con-cordia’s friendship bracelet station, where club members handmade col-orful bracelets for students who were

interested. A photo stand was set up next to the bracelet station, decorated in the loving spirit of Valentine’s Day. After all of the events, ASB was still not done with the Valentine’s fun. On Wednesday, students came to school dressed in the same Val-entine color as their best friend, in other words, Twin Day. Red, pink, white, and purple poured into the hallways. Sophomore Keisha Bar-rera said that “it was wonderful to dress up as twins during Friendship Week. I felt that it gave us the ability to express ourselves and our friend-ship.” What really sticks out from this special week is that friendship deserves to be recognized. Truly, how have friends impacted your life?

Friendship WeekWritten by Jackie PistolePhotographed by Bronte Brewer & Alexis Cervantes

A chinese Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day has just passed, so what did you do? Did you have a good time with your special him or her, hang out with friends for fun, or just stay in home spend another day? Valentine’s Day is about love, about sweet-ness, and about red roses and chocolates. In China, Valentine’s Day is celebrated as well, including an entire festival to celebrate love. The Qixi Festival is the Chi-nese traditional Valentine’s Day, but it’s also known as the Qiqiao Festival, which celebrates the an-nual meeting of Niu Lang (the cowherder) and Zhi Nu (the weav-er girl) in Chinese mythology. Ac-cording to the story, Niu Lang met a beautiful girl, Zhi Nu, who is the seventh daughter of the Goddess-es. They admired each other and

soon fell in love and got married without the Goddesses’ permis-sion. This union caused problems because in Chinese mythology, humans cannot fall in love with a god. However, they still lived a simple, but happy life. Niu Lang was a good husband and he spent his time hunting in the forest or growing crops in the field. Zhi Nu proved herself a good wife, as she raised children and took care of the family. They both loved each other so much. But good times could not last long, so when the goddesses found out that Zhi Nu escaped to marry a human being, she was so angered and ordered ZhiNu to go back to heaven to do her job, which was to make color-ful clouds for the goddesses. Zhi Nu couldn’t reject the command, so she went back to heaven. On earth, NiuLang was so upset and so lonely. Suddenly, his ox be-gan to talk, telling him that if he killed it and put on its hide, he

would be able to go up to Heav-en to find his wife. Crying bitterly, he killed the ox, put on the skin, and carried his two beloved chil-dren off to heaven to find Zhinü. The godesses discovered this and were very angry. Taking out her hairpin, the goddess scratched a wide river in the sky to separate the two lovers forever, thus form-ing the Milky Way between Altair and Vega. Zhinü must sit forever on one side of the river, sadly weaving on her loom, while Ni-ulang watches her from afar while taking care of their two children. But once a year all the magpies in the world take pity on them and fly up into heaven to form a bridge. That’s the day NiuLang and ZhiNu meet, which is the seventh day of the seventh month. Because people wanted to commemorate them, the Qixi Festival was born. During the Qixi Festival, people go to the movies or go out for a dinner. Couples give each

other gifts and make a pledge. Gifts usually consist of flowers and chocolates and lover cloth. One boy took his girlfriend to a concert, where they enjoyed some soft drinks and he held her hand as they strolled down the street. He bought her a necklace, and helped her to put it on. Some young girls will even gather together and go to the temples to pray and worship the celestials. They make wishes to marry someone who would be a good and loving husband, or just to find a good boyfriend.This Chinese poem about love sums it up:

Meet or part, live or die,We’ve made an oath, you and I. Give me your hand that I’ll hold, And live with me till we’re old.

Above: Hailey Thornton ‘18 and Kaeli Jacobs ‘18 wear the same Nike windbreaker for twin day.

Above: Courtney and Sydney Hall ‘17 are twins on twin day and every other day of the year!

Above: Nate Wecker ‘17 and Bailey Brewer ‘17 express their friendship for one another

Written by Ricky Xu

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Question Corner: Valentine’s Day EditionWritten by Stephanie Trelease

What does love mean to you?Love is when you don’t give up. - Crystabel Flores ‘18Equality! - Tim Brown ‘16Love is giving your friend the last piece of your food. - Valeria Hernandez ‘17Love is the power to protect the people you care about. - Jansen Angel ‘17Love means seeing God in others. - Camila Risueno ‘16Love means being there for each other in times of need. - Christina Truong ‘18

In honor of Valentine’s Day, Knightlife took part in a quest to discover how Bishop Montgomery’s students felt about love and friendship. Knightlife proposed four questions to the students. Check out their answers! Then, use them to complete this Valentine’s Day themed crossword puzzle!

What does friendship mean to you?Friendship means buying a friend taco bell even after she continues to forget your shoes in drama lab. - Alex Tobias ‘17Friendship is loyalty and trust. - Crystabel Flores ‘18Friendship is when you share everything together. - David Lee ‘19Friendship means that the person will always be there for you. - Denise Willoughby ‘18Friendship means a family that loves you and always has your back. - Megan Martis ‘16

How can love change the world?Love can stop wars. - Lauryn Crudele ‘17If everyone loved everyone then there would be no hate. - Gillian Miles ‘16Love can change the world because God is the highest power to us all.- Jasmin Cortez ‘17Love can change the world because when someone feels loved, they feel compelled to do something good. - Christine Peterson ‘16Love can change the world through affection and acceptance for all. - Jonas Bretana ‘16

How do you show your friends and family that you love them?I show love to my family and friends by showing how much I care and appreciate them. - Natsuki Hishinuma ‘17I show my friends and family l love them by making them food. - Olivia Terrazas ‘16I tell them I love them. - Yocaisha Thomas ‘18I show my friends and family I love them by giving hugs. - Morea Sabido ‘17I show my friends love by allocating time for them. - Hayden Biernat ‘16

Across4. One feels compelled to do _____ when they feel loved according to this singing senior5. Friendship means to _____ to this freshman with a common last name6. Love has the power to ____ according to Key-Club involved junior9. Love means ____ to this stage makeup loving sophomore13. Greek god of love14. This Drama Lab involved junior shows friendship by ____ for a friend17. This junior with the same name as a Disney princess sees God as ____18. ...It’s me. I was wondering if after all these years you’d like to meet19. Romeo’s Babylonian counterpart20. Family has ____ according to this soccer playing senior21. Greek god of love if he spoke Latin

Down1. When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s…2. Popular Valentine’s Day gift, also an analogy for life3. Babylonian Romeo’s Juliet7. This junior (anagram-ed last name: abs do I) shows love by _____8. Love means the power to ____ according to this junior with a holy last name10. February holiday that is also known for its recurrence11. City known for lights and love, among engi-neering feats12. What this sophomore (anagram-ed first name: aha coy is) says to show love to family and friends 15. ...Is it me you’re looking for16. Friendship is ____ according to this sopho-more with the same last name as a BMHS dean

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NHS Induction

On the morning of February 16th, soaphomores and juniors gath-ered in the SAC for a special cer-emony - their induction as mem-bers of the National Honor Society. National Honor Society is the na-tion’s premier organization estab-lished to recognize outstanding high school students. The Bishop Montgomery NHS chapter is led by President Lourdes Lidzbarski, Vice Presidents Anna Leoncio and Carolyn Egekeze, Secretary Krys-

talents each one possessed. Af-terwards, NHS President Lourdes Lidzbarski ‘16 listed the require-ments and expectations each in-ductee is required to uphold as a member. Lourdes then lighted the candles of scholarship, lead-ership, service, and character as each NHS board member read a paragraph explaining the respec-tive qualities. After the expecta-tions of members were explained, each inductee was called forward to receive their NHS certificate and pin. Lidzbarski then pro-ceeded to lead the new members in the pledge that sealed their re-sponsibilities as an NHS member, completing the initiation process. After the ceremony, par-ents and grandparents took pic-tures of the new members and their friends, everyone enjoyed the beverages and snacks pro-vided by BMHS. Junior Kirsten Cazares reflects, “I really en-joyed the themes of leadership and character, and I thought the food was delicious! I also liked that we received pins at the end

tine Bernas, and Treasurer There-sa Sitter. More athan just an hon-or roll, NHS serves to honor those students who have demonstrated excellence not only in the areas of scholarship, but also in leadership, service, and character. These ele-ments have been tied to member-ship in the organization since its beginning in 1921. Today, it is es-timated that more than one million students participate in NHS ac-tivities. Chapter membership not only recognizes students for their accomplishments, but challenges them to develop further through active involvement in school ac-tivities and community service. Leading the ceremony were the NHS board members, Ms. Lib-bon, Ms. McDermott, Ms. Reano, Ms. Diaz, and Ms. Sabol. Our NHS vice presidents began the ceremony with reading a prayer that acknowledged the immense hard work and character of the in-ductees. Ms. Libbon then gave a welcome address in which she ex-pressed how proud she was of the new members and the amazing

No Gold Can stay

Written by Theresa SitterPhotographed by Caroline Kim

Written by Johnny BrunacPhotographed by Maya Mimura

Wednesday, February 17th, marked the opening day of BMHS Drama Lab’s first ever production of The Outsiders. Originally written by S.E. Hinton when she was 15, The Outsiders is a classic novel that most students read in middle school. The book was adapted into a movie in 1983, and then into a full length play in 1990 by Christian Sergel. Rehearsals for the show start-ed when school resumed after winter break, with the cast and crew work-ing tirelessly to provide the best show possible under the leadership of new teacher/drama lab director Ms. Ev-ans. Following regular rehearsals was a set building day, and then tech week. “The Outsiders was an amaz-ing production to be apart of. Ms Moreau and Ms. Evans did a superb job piecing together our play. They really knew how to get all of the cast, tech, and crew to work together seam-

lessly as a team,” explains Junior Ju-lia Urquizo, who played the Nurse. Drama Lab shows have al-ways been a big hit at Bishop, usu-ally selling out in the bookstore within the first week. The Outsiders, being a popular and well-known book, was so anticipated that tickets sold out in three days, with the Friday eve-ning show selling out before tick-ets even hit the bookstore. For the first time ever, Drama Lab had to add a sixth show onto the sched-ule, a Saturday matinee at 2:00 P.M. The Outsiders follows the story of a young boy named Pony-boy Curtis (James Serrano ‘16) and his brothers and friends that have become family (Drew Duhovic ‘16, Daniel Muncharian ‘16, Jacen Cas-tillo ‘18, Michael Smet ‘17, and Har-rison Cook ‘17) living in 1950’s Okla-homa. The town is divided up into a hierarchy based on social status

Above: James Serrano ‘16 as Ponyboy Curtis talks with Jacen Castillo ‘18 as Johnny Cade during the showing of the Outsiders.

Above: Harrison Cook ‘17 as Dallas Winston captures the attention of the lovely Cherry Valance played by Anna Leoncio ‘16 in Drama Lab’s production of The Outsiders.

Above: New NHS members attend the NHS induction on February 16.

Above: New NHS members recite the NHS pledge to conclude the induction ceremony and secure membership.

and wealth. It is split into two sides: “Greasers,” the low life, misfits in so-ciety, and the “Socs,” the wealthy, jet-set socialites that seem to have it all. In the beginning of the play, Pony and his friend Johnny get wrapped up in a murder and quick-ly flee town. The story follows their journey, struggles and self realization about the world around them. They realize that everyone, even the Socs have struggles. This show, in particu-lar, brought out many emotions in the audience. It made them laugh, cry, and overall gave audience members emotions they didn’t know they had. Two-Bit, played by junior Mi-chael Smet, made audience mem-bers crack smiles throughout the show and gave comic relief in even the most awkward times. “Two-Bit and I are very similar and I easily fell into the role,” Smet explained, “Acting as Two-Bit felt very natural.” Jacen Castillo’s character, Johnny, on the other hand, brought tears to everyone in the room. Sophomore Allison Klein remarked that “the act-ing was excellent, and it was very

easy to follow along with the sto-ryline. It was a very good play!” The entire cast and crew for the play was outstanding, each per-son casted perfectly for each role. Junior Alexa Marquez agrees, say-ing, “The actors for the play were pretty great and I enjoyed watch-ing them recreate the book.” The best part of the whole show though, was the end monologue. It cut deep and reached out to everyone who’s ever felt like an outsider in life.

because it made it feel very offi-cial.” Junior Angelo Pasco also says,”It’s an honor to be a part of something that feels official. I also thought the food was really good.”

Above: Bernadette Amofa ‘17 receives her membership certificate and pin.

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Campus Ministry

The road to Emmaus

Above Left”: The Senior Leader “Squam” poses in the early morning light.Avove Right: A group enjoys their last moments at St. Andrew’s as a squad with their leader, Anthony “Trupi” Trupiano ‘16.

Above: Bishop students climb the steps to the Buddhist temple during their field trip.

Above: Female students wear the traditional head covering at the Muslim mosque.

Religions of the worldWritten by Emily BlairPhotographed by Maya Mimura

Here at Bishop Montgom-ery, the retreat program is an integral part of Knights developing not only as faith-centered individuals, but also as a close-knit class. Emmaus, the overnight junior retreat held at St. An-drew’s Abbey, not only allows the stu-dents to become closer to God, but it also gives them the opportunity to get closer to their fellow classmates, a step up from the typical one-day retreats that the freshmen and sophomores experience in the Retreat Center. All juniors who go on Emmaus can agree that it is really cool and eye-opening to see how different back-grounds and stories have shaped the people at school into who they are now. Emmaus gives students the chance to open up and tell their life stories while

being supported by their group and se-nior leadership team which for the Feb-ruary retreat, was comprised of Sarah Sodeika, Erin Alexander, Anna Leon-cio, Rachel Weldin, John Seymour, An-thony Trupiano, Sean Geber, and Josh-ua Arevalo . Having seniors helped the retreatants learn from their life experi-ences while being guided by their lead-ership. According to Maya Dao ’17, the retreat had many other perks, includ-ing the food: “The rice was spectacular and the garlic bread was Emmaus-ing! I felt closer to God and closer to my classmates after opening up to them. It’s been the first time in years since I have cried in front of people. Emmaus really brings out a person’s emotions.” Breaking the juniors into groups with people did or didn’t know;

game them an opportunity to meet new people and make some new friends. After the retreat, the juniors took away many life lessons and a stronger bond with God, and new friendships. Thank you to everyone who made this re-treat season enlightening and em-powering. Sophomores, be sure to

take an Emmaus journey next year!

On the morning of Tuesday, February 23, Mrs. St. James’ Religions of the World classes looked forward to visiting a Buddhist temple and

Muslim mosque in Hacienda Heights. The field trip was an enlightening new experience for most of the seniors, as they focused on learning more to

support their school project relating to the religions. The seniors were split into groups where one person took notes, another took pictures, and the last person turned their information into a poster. The groups of seniors spent the entire school day, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m, exploring the reli-gious institutions and eating a lunch of noodles at the temple, studying the religions to help broaden their under-standing of the world. The seniors had the chance to explore a large, peaceful temple and the simplicity of a beautiful mosque. Dominic Aguirre ‘16, although liking the mosque too, expressed his love for the temple, saying, “I had a great sense of serenity and peace. I felt like I was one with myself when I was there. The scenery was so breath-taking. I also really liked learning about Buddhism, especially about the

Written by Bronte BrewerPhotographed by Jenny Choi & Michaelson Kuang

concept of peace. I intend to spread peace by always having a positive at-titude #onlypositivity.” At each location, the students had the opportunity to try an activ-ity that pertained to the people and culture that traditionally practices the religion, such as Chinese calligraphy at the Buddhist temple, and visiting a library and prayer room in the mosque. Patrick Smith ‘16 was also taken aback by the beautiful, yet simple, scenery of the Muslim mosque: “I re-ally liked the interior design. The walls were marble and there was this really nice carpet in the prayer room.” The trip to the mosque and temple are one of the many perks of taking St. James’ Religions of the World during the senior year. It offered the students a wonderful chance to be able to turn studying a religion out of a textbook all semester into a hands-on

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Current eventsThe (No SA)T!Written by Nicole BarraganPhotographed by Johnny Brunac

Written by Alec RuppPhotographed by Simon Tran

For many decades, the standardized test known as the SAT has been one of the most important tests for college admissions in the United States. The test is meant to assess students’ readiness for col-lege, but not aligned to high school curriculum. Originally, “SAT” stood for “Scholastic Aptitude Test,” but the name has changed multiple times over the years, and is now known simply as the SAT. The SAT was first adminis-tered experimentally in 1926 by the College Board, but it was not until 1944 that the SAT was administered to more than 300,000 students all over the country on the same day. Four years later, the Educational Testing Service was created, and the SAT became the basic college

admissions tool. The test was origi-nally created because IQ tests done during World War I on army recruits showed a decrease in American education. While the test has undergone tweaks and modifications, there have been no major changes to it in 30 years. In 1952, the questions on the SAT were changed to be in mul-tiple choice format with five possible answers. Two years later, a guessing penalty was introduced. Fast forward to 1974, and the number of read-ing comprehension questions were reduced, while the math portion was redesigned to add emphasis to “quantitative comparison” questions. The distribution of the test booklets had also been modified to reduce the possibility of students cheating

off of other students in the same year. The use of a calculator wasn’t permitted until the summer of 1991. In February of 2013, the College Board announced a major redesign of the test to better meet the needs of students, schools, and colleges, and these changes are about to make their debut in March of 2016. Some of the changes include reverting to the 1600-point scale, free online test prep, an optional essay, no penalty for wrong an-swers, no more obscure words that students will never use, more charts and graphs, more passages from important documents such as the Declaration of Independence and the Gettysburg Address, limits on calculator use, and the option for the test to be administered digitally. The new test prep is thanks to a recent partnership with Khan Academy, and will be a high-quality alternative for low-income families instead of programs that are difficult to afford and sign up for such as Princeton Review or Kaplan. The removal of a penalty for wrong answers will also encourage students to answer every question, even if it means having to guess. Because of the now optional essay, writing the essay makes the new SAT longer, but not writing it makes the test shorter than the original. The use of complicated and obscure vocabulary words will be removed and replaced with ques-tions about defining a word based on

context and showing familiar words with various meanings. Juniors in high school now have the option of taking the cur-rent SAT, the new SAT, or the ACT, a different standardized test created by Everett Franklin Lindquist as a rival to the SAT. Because of all of the recent changes, students may have to reevaluate what their plan will be when choosing the test to take. Junior Grace Culley says that she will choose to take the new SAT test because she “did better on the prac-tice for it.” Whatever students decide to take, the important part is to make sure to study and prepare as much as possible.

African Americans have been influencing America since its found-ing, but their influence on culture has not always been recognized. Before the 20th Century, the contributions that many African Americans made to American history were not acknowl-edged by society nor historical writings. This lack of inclusion all changed with a man named Carter G. Woodson. Woodson, an African American man who attended Harvard College, rec-ognized that American history ignored African Americans influence. Wood-son worked with many people, creating the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, and was able to cre-ate Negro History Week. Fifty years after the first celebration of this event (1926), Black History Month was pro-moted by president Gerald R. Ford and is still held in February of every year. To this day, Black History Month lives on and reminds people of the impor-tance of African American lives. Although some view this month just like any other, its creation is a long awaited victory for

many. Without the influence of Carter G. Woodson, information about significant historical figures could have been lost due to the lack of attention on African Ameri-cans’ effect on history. Many prominent figures could have gone unnoticed or been lost in the shadows of this neglect. Black History Month also serves as a reminder that all life matters. Al-though neglected at first, the history of African Americans in America and around the world can no longer be ig-nored. Jason Hilliard ‘19 said that to him, “Black History month is a re-minder of the historical effects which African Americans have had on soci-ety, and is a great opportunity to learn.” At Bishop Montgomery, there’s a wide variety of ethnicities who all have and maintain their own culture while respect-ing each other’s differences. Junior Muri-el Clapp says, “Black History Month gives everyone the chance to learn more about African Americans and their culture.” Al-though not all students openly celebrate Black History Month in any specific way, students show respect because of its im-portance to society. Black History month is a time to celebrate African Americans such as Martin Luther King Jr., Frederick Douglas, Ralph J. Bunche, and Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. Although each indi-vidual’s influence may not always be im-mediately evident, all have had a positive influence in the world and contributed to the awareness of African American con-tributions to society. Jason Asabere ‘17 says that “Black History Month reminds me that I can make a positive change in the world.” Although Black History Month is mostly focused on African Americans, it can serve as a great reminder that all people regardless of color, are impor-tant and their accomplishments should be equally recognized and celebrated.

Black History Month

Above: Junior Alexa Roberts looks to Martin Luther King Jr. for inspiration and hope.

Below & Right: The Class of 2017 displays mixed reactions to the new SAT format

Above: Kathryn Graz ‘17 is not pleased with the change.

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