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After a stirring production of Ste-phen Schwartz’s “Godspell” this fall, the Georgetown Prep Players are now preparing for their winter production, part of a One-Act Festival featuring performances from a number of local schools. While the official list has yet to be released, Gonzaga, Holy Cross, Visitation, Stone Ridge, and Holy Child are all possible participants.

Last winter, the Prep Players inde-pendently performed “Death Comes to Us All, Mary Agnes” and “The Bald Soprano,” two quirky and amusing one-act plays. In “The Bald Soprano,” the play ends just as it began, giving the cast the option to repeat the per-formance in an endless cycle. One-act plays are often shocking, whimsical, or even experimental, and these were no different.

This year, Prep has even bigger plans, hosting its first multi-school One-Act Festival. Under the direction of seniors Alex Williams and Josh Matteo, two veterans of the drama department, The Little Hoyas will perform “A Memory

of Two Mondays” by Arthur Miller. Director Josh Matteo described their choice as “comedic, but with a solidly written story and characters.”

Arthur Miller, one of America’s most successful playwrights, is better known for his Broadway hits such as “Death of a Salesman” and “The Crucible.” In “A Memory of Two Mondays,” Miller communicates the struggles of a group of workers in a New York mechanics shop during the Great Depression.

For directors Alex and Josh, decid-ing on a play posed few challenges. “I had one assurance going into this-that I was not going to do a British-comedy play… I can’t stand Brit comedy, person-ally,” commented Alex Williams. Alex also wanted to perform a play shorter than 45 minutes with a strong but not overwhelming plot. Josh became inter-ested in “Two Mondays” after flipping through a book of famous one-acts and listening to the suggestions of Dr. Watson, Prep’s usual director, who is playing an active role in organizing the One-Act Festival.

At the January 6th and 9th audi-tions, the directors enjoyed working with those who auditioned, helping

them understand characters by com-paring them to Prep teachers. After seeing auditions from an actor’s and a director’s perspective, Alex Williams has advice to offer, imparting, “Be cre-ative with your auditions. Directors don’t expect someone to step on stage with fully memorized lines for a play. Use accents, use movement, use the stage-do what you feel comes from the few lines you’re given.”

Rehearsals began Jan. 12, and the cast is set to perform in February.

While both students are new to directing plays, they bring with them unique experiences to aid in their task. Alex has performed one-man plays for Speech and Debate competitions and understands the importance of organi-zation in productions. Josh has been working with Dr. Watson and local theatre director Lynn Sharp Spears to develop his own strategies for direct-ing.

The production’s cast will include eleven Prep students, along with stu-dents from Walt Whitman, Stone Ridge, and Holy Cross. Of the Prep students, freshman Juan Daboub and

The last time we checked in with the varsity basketball team, the team was 0-1 coming off a McNamara loss. After that game, the Hoyas went on to win four straight, including victories over powerhouses such as St. John’s and Philadelphia’s Chestnut Hill.

The Little Hoyas then traveled to Florida to participate in the Kruel Classic, which is regarded as one of the nation’s finest high school basket-ball tournaments. The team won its first game against Hollywood, Florida’s South Broward by a score of 63-52. However, Prep lost its next two games in the Classic, first to Miramar then to St. Thomas Aquinas.

The following week, Prep hosted the first annual National Jesuit Christmas Classic played at the Hanley Center for Athletic Excellence. Jesuit schools from all around the country participated in this year’s inaugural event. The pro-ceeds from the tournament went to the Fr. Horace McKenna, S.J. Scholarship Fund, a scholarship fund created by Prep to enable graduates of the Wash-

ington Jesuit Academy (Washington D.C.) and Saint Ignatius (Baltimore, MD) to attend Georgetown Prep.

The Little Hoyas, thirsty for a vic-tory, started the tournament by easily defeating McQuaid Jesuit (Rochester, NY) and Belen Jesuit (Miami, FL) in their first two games. This left Prep in

the championship game, where they faced New Orleans Jesuit (New Or-leans, LA). The Little Hoyas seemed to be in control of the game as they went up 33-18 at halftime. However, the Blue Jays of New Orleans came out of the locker room fired up and cut

Little Hoyas Capture Inaugural Jesuit Christmas Classic

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Volume 29, Number 3 Monday, February 2, 2009 Georgetown Preparatory School

INSIDE

CampuS NEwS

Argentines Are HereFor the second year in a row, a group of students from Colegio del Salvador will be spending five weeks at Prep . Page 3

ENtErtaINmENt

Breakdown Q&ASenior Nick Serena and his band, The Breakdown, sit down with Entertainment editor Jimmy Fegan. Page 6

SportS

Hoyas Top BearsBoth the wrestling and hockey teams defeat rival Landon to put themselves atop the IAC. Page 7

CommENtary

Accepted?Alex Williams comments on the confusing college application process that high school seniors undertake. Page 2

The Little Hoya is the student newspaper of Georgetown Preparatory School.

Prep Players Prepare for One-Act FestivalBy Joe Giammattorio ’11

Staff Writer

See BASKETBALL on Page 8

See ONE-ACTS on Page 6

By Tim Dorn ’11Staff Writer

Photo by Mike BrahniukThe Little Hoya Basketball team poses with the St. Ignatius Championship Trophy.

INauguratIoN 2009

The Little Hoya has complete coverage of the historical inauguration of President Barack Obama. Page 4

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LittleHoyaStaFF

My journey through the college admissions process was the aver-age one: I applied to eight different schools, a few early action, a few com-mon application. Nothing could pre-

pare me for the hor-ror and hair-pul l-ing ordeal it would turn out to be. Here is an ex-cerpt from one of the chapters of this Steven K i n g - i n -spired ex-perience:

Chapter 13: Financial AidTo begin, my family is well off

financially. While we do not have a money tree growing in the back-yard, we do not have to worry too much about our financial future. The financial aid packages I re-ceive from each college may decide where I go, so on January 11 my parents and I set to submit all nec-essary forms. Here are the events of the fateful day: We began or-ganizing all the due dates for the eight colleges. We quickly realized that not all colleges used the same dates, and not all forms were due at the same time with their respective college. Nearly every college re-quired a unique financial aid appli-cation form, in addition to some/all of the following: the Free Ap-plication for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA); the College Scholarship Service Profile (a CSS and stu-dent personal profile, two separate forms); 2007 tax returns, business schedules, and W-2 tax forms; and a Business and Farm Supplement application.

The University of Richmond wanted the FAFSA submitted by February 15th, 2007 tax returns and W-2 forms mailed to the ad-missions office by February 15th , a Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant application submitted by July 31st, CSS submitted online by February 1st, and an additional U. of Rich-mond Financial Aid application submitted online. The University of Virginia asked for FAFSA to be submitted by March 1st, 2007 tax

returns and W-2 forms mailed to a special P.O. box (not the UVA ad-missions office) by March 1st, an in-state application form submit-ted at the time of the general ap-plication, and Business and Farm Supplement application submitted by February 15th. George Mason University needed FAFSA submit-ted by March 1st, an honors pro-gram financial aid package appli-cation submitted by May 1st, and in-state tuition form filed before November 1st (for early action), and a Scholarship Application unique to GMU mailed (not faxed or emailed) to the admissions of-fice by May 8th. Boston College required us to note their school PIN on our CSS forms when we

submitted them online (to be sub-mitted by November 15th), FAFSA to be completed by February 1st, 2007 tax returns and W-2 forms submitted by January 5th, and the Business and Farm Supplement to be received by January 1st directly to the BC admissions office.

I assure the reader that Vil-lanova, Georgetown, UPenn, and Holy Cross’ financial aid applica-tions were just as confusing.

And what did these forms en-tail? FAFSA required us to sub-mit a before and final supplement. We first created a PIN, and had

to wait three days for the PIN to be registered. Once it was, we could fil l out the form. The form asked questions determining my dependency status, my parent ’s individual regular income, their tax returns and mine for 2007, employment statuses, my driver ’s license number, my marital sta-tus, and many other questions. The Business and Farm Supple-ment asked us to fil l out, among things: the location of my par-ents’ business, our current assets (including our total land cover-age, the land coverage of my par-ents’ business, and others) and the percentage of our home al-located for use by that business. As we filled out this information, we had to cross-reference it with numbers from the 1040 and 1065 tax forms to insure they were the same.

I assure the reader that CSS and student personal profile forms, the 2007 tax returns, schedules, and W-2 forms, and each university ’s financial aid ap-plication were just as confusing.

Half of the quest ions were easy to answer—where did I l ive, how long have I l ived there, my Socia l Secur i t y number. Here are a few of the more astounding ones : Am I a holder of an Ar-r iva l-Depar ture Record (I-94) f rom Homeland Secur i t y with a speci f ic des ignat ion, appl icable only i f I am an e l ig ible non-cit izen? Do I have any depen-dents (other than my chi ldren and spouse) who l ive with me and receive at least hal f suppor t f rom me from now unti l June 30th, 2010? W hat amount of my parent ’s income came from interest expense, inc luding the actual number and percentage?

Keep in mind that incorrect answers may resul t in me not gett ing f inancia l a id, thus not receiv ing a col lege educat ion.

The number one reason a person does not at tend col lege i s f inancia l—they do not have enough money to pay for an educat ion. W ith such a r idicu-lous ly long and confusing pro-cess , can they be blamed? We need a better a system.

A . W.

Applying To College ...For Dummies

By Alex Williams ’09Special to the little hoya

The college admissions process, be it rewarding or demoralizing, is sure to make you feel down right confused.

“The number one reason a person does

not attend college is financial—they do not have enough money to pay for an

education. With such a ridiculously long and confusing process, can

they be blamed?”

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Campus News

Georgetown Prep’s Speech and Debate team is one of the oldest clubs in the school. Its faculty leader/coach is Mr. Hei-lman, a math teacher at Prep. They meet twice a week after school, usually on Tuesdays and Thursdays. “It’s one of the larg-est teams we’ve ever had” said senior Alex Williams, the cap-tain of the team. Most students know that they host debates open to all of the Prep com-munity. Subjects this year have included the debate over seniors “cutting” the lunch line, the pos-sibility of homework exemp-tions for varsity athletes, and the justness of taxing the wealthy to fund entitlement programs for the poor. In addition to host-ing these open forums, the Prep

debaters also go to tournaments, competing in the traditional one-on-one Lincoln-Douglas format against schools from the Washington-Arlington Catho-lic Forensics League . In this style of debate, each person ar-gues for both sides in separate matches. Debaters are scored individually, not as schools. So far, Prep has participated in four of these, but the team is traveling to Harvard over Presidents’ Day weekend for a fifth debate. These debates are generally held once a month on a Saturday. Accord-ing to sophomore Austin Bell, a regular at these, “It’s fun; it’s a good use… of your day.” Alex Williams has even qualified for a spot in the “championship” tour-nament already. As for the rest of the team, member sophomore Kevin Malinak says, “the team is on a general upward slope.”

By Chris Shuler ’12Staff Writer

February 1 was not only the start of a new month at Georgetown Prep, but also the first day of our Argen-tine exchange program. For the second year in a row, Prep students are hosting ten students from Colegio del Salvador in Buenos Aires, Argentina. These students’ names are Martín Fabián Nerone, Marcos Guevera, Gonzalo Abelardo Giménez, Lucas Diego Sojo, Carlos Legorburu, Diego Luis Mu-noz, Ignacio Bilbao, Ignacio Tomas Armesto, Gaston Ro-drigo Caceres, and Sebastián Campoamor.

Colegio del Salvador is a Jesuit school like Prep. It is the oldest Jesuit school in

Buenos Aires, but is different from Prep in that it has both a lower and upper school. The students will be here for five weeks and they will stay with Prep families. This summer a group of Prep students will go down to Argentina where they will learn about the cul-ture and enhance their learn-ing of the Spanish language. The Prep students will stay at the homes of the same guys who are coming to our school in a month. Two students, Alex Williams and Jimmy Fegan, who went to Argenti-na last summer, will host the students.

While visiting, the Ar-gentines will take classes at Prep four days a week with a special class on American idioms, culture, and history that will focus on the specific

places that they will visit here in the United States. If any exchange students are in your class make sure to introduce yourself, talk to them, and make them feel welcome. One

day a week, the students will visit museums and attractions in the D.C. area. During the weekends they will hang out with their host families or go-ing on special planned events

with the rest of the members of the program. One trip al-ready planned is a trip to New York City for President’s Day Weekend. Student hosts and Prep faculty members are ea-gerly planning a variety of af-ter school activities designed to encourage interactions be-tween the Argentine guests, Prep students and other local residents. For example, last year there were many parties with delicious food and visit-ing girls from nearby schools. Dr. Cecilia Bonangelino and Dr. Mark Watson, the found-ers of this exchange program, hope that the Argentines will be welcomed with the same warmth and enthusiasm that they received last year, lead-ing to a highly successful program that has become a tradition here at Prep.

Georgetown Prep’s Span-ish Club has had an eventful first semester. The goal of the Spanish Club is to al-low students with an inter-est in Spanish to experience additional Spanish cultural opportunities. The advertise-ments displayed throughout the school before each meet-ing tell the truth. The meet-ings are full of food, fun, and games!

The co-leaders of the club, Brian Hayzlett, Tyler Henrichs, and Doug Ba-dini, encourage any student to attend. Whether you are an avid Spanish speaker or a beginner at the language, you are welcomed. The co-leaders and faculty modera-tor, Ms. Aucoin (aka Profe), set the meetings up so that any student, regardless of his Spanish language skills, will have fun at the meetings.

At each Spanish Club meeting, the agenda involves games, exploration of cul-ture and traditions, and food. Games are usually basic, ev-eryday games that can eas-ily be played in Spanish and will also help each student with his language develop-ment. Recent games includ-ed Spanish versions of hang-man, bingo, and others. Like

any other club, there are al-ways business matters to dis-cuss. Spanish Club encour-ages all involved members to suggest their ideas. At every meeting there is a surplus of traditional Spanish food- specifically chips and salsa.

The Spanish Club mem-bers enjoyed many successful meetings throughout the first semester. This year the lead-ers of the Club decided to go to the Latin America Film

Fest held earlier this school year. The festival lasted a few weeks and showed different movies created and filmed in various Spanish speaking countries. The Spanish Club had a big turn-out and filled up an entire row at the fes-tival.

With only half the year completed, Prep’s Spanish Club has planned an ac-tion-packed second semester. Each club was given the task to complete a community service project. The Spanish Club has a top-secret plan that will not be released to the public until a later date. Stay tuned to hear their bril-liant idea. Other events will

include at least one Span-ish Club dinner. The dinner will take place at a Spanish restaurant with servers who speak Spanish. After arrival, participants will try to speak to the restaurant staff exclu-sively in Spanish. This prom-ises to be a very fun event that you do not want to miss!

As most of the upper-classmen recall, Prep played their role in an exchange program with students from

Argentina last February. We will once again be part of this with a new group of Argen-tines this month. The Span-ish Club will host numerous events with them this year as well. The club will have a welcoming party to meet the new students. They will also host Salsa dance lessons with the Argentines and girls from other schools.

The Spanish Club en-courages new members to come to these meetings and they welcome returning members. They await the good things that will happen in a new 2009 and look for-ward to having fun with the Argentines!

By Kevin Schwartzman ’11Staff Writer

Spanish Club Prepares Events for Second Semester

Resolved: Speech and Debate Reading for Harvard

Tournament

By Daniel Camp ’11Staff Writer

¡Bienvenidos Argentinos!

Photo by Tony IngelidoMr. Heilman and the Prep Debate Team will travel to the Harvard Debate

Tournament during Presidents’ Day weekend.

Photo by Joey Allaire

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Inauguration 2 0 0 9 By the Numbers

20Legnth in minutes of President

Obama’s Inaugural Address

2,396Words in President Obama’s

Inaugural Address

Number of Inauguration Balls attended by President Barack Obama and his

wife, Michelle

10

44Including President Obama, the

number of Presidents that have led the United States of America

303,824,640Number of American citizens counting

on President Barack Obama

38,000,000Number of people in the United

States who watched the January 20th Inauguration on television

Massive Crowds Storm Washington to Witness Hisorical Inauguration

On Tuesday, Jan. 20, more than 2 million people traveled to the National Mall to view the first ever black president, Barack Obama, take his presidential oath. It was truly a historic day, and even if one did not vote for Obama or support his policies, they could still appre-ciate the democratic system under which we live. For at the time of Obama’s birth, discrimination still ruled this country.

President Obama was born three years before the passing of the Civil Rights Act, which out-lawed segregation in public areas, schools, and places of employment. It is truly amazing that in just 44 years, America has changed from forcing blacks and whites to use different schools and bathrooms, to now having a black man hold the highest office in this land.

This is one of the reasons why so many people came from all over the world to see the inauguration of Barack Obama: he represents hope for this country. He repre-sents the hope that no matter who you are or where you came from, America is a place where you can reach your dreams.

Due to an estimated 2 million people coming to Washington D.C. for the inauguration, the city became quite crowded during the long four-day weekend. On Sun-day there was an inaugural concert at the Lincoln Memorial, which

I was fortunate enough to attend. After I biked down from upper Georgetown, I saw the crowds co-alesce around a huge security detail surrounding the memorial, where crowds were searched thoroughly and then ushered into the memo-rial. Though the Lincoln Memorial is massive in size, it could not con-tain the colossal crowds of about half a million people. After waiting in line for a few hours, I was told that no one else would be allowed in from that entrance, as the me-morial was near capacity. We were then told by security that people were being let into the memo-rial from the rear entrance, across from the Washington Monument. After racing down four blocks, we met thousands of people crowding the rear entrance, almost rioting to get inside. Security soon closed the entrance, which left the mas-sive crowd to wander the field sur-rounding the Washington Monu-ment. Here, there were various jumbo trons showing the concert to those who were not fortunate enough to get inside.

After waiting for 45 minutes in the sub-freezing weather, the concert started with Bruce Spring-steen performing “The Rising” with his own choir. At the time when the concert started, thou-sands more filled the field around the Washington Monument and filled an area going all the way back to the steps of the Monu-ment, a few miles away from the Lincoln Memorial. Though it was freezing cold, and I was packed in

like a sardine among thousands of people that I did not know, I began to understand why this inaugura-tion was so important. All around me I could see people of every eth-nicity-black, white, Indian, Asian, and middle-eastern-singing along to the patriotic songs being played, waving American flags, laughing, and cheering to the sound of a new president, a new America.

It is undeniable that at the end of President Bush’s term, this country was very fearful. We won-dered: What is going to happen to us? Will we come under attack again, like 9/ll? Our economy is in the worst recession since the Great Depression. Thousands have lost jobs and many more fear the same will happen to them. In 2008 two of the oldest auto-makers in the country failed. Conflict looms in the Middle East, not only in Iraq.

Being at the inaugural con-cert, the pre-game to the inau-guration itself, made me real-ize that people trust this man to tackle these problems and even solve them. Time Maga-zine pinned Barack Obama as a modern F.D.R. on a recent cover, saying that his presidency would be the “new” New Deal. Though Obama will have huge shoes to fill, he has the support of millions of Americans, as well as millions more worldwide. May God bless his presidency and may people realize that though he may not be of their political party, he is still the president of our United States. God Bless America!

Witchita Eagle/MCTMore than 2 million people traveled to Washington, D.C. to witness the inauguration of President

Barack Obama.

By John Foley ’10Staff Writer

11,000,000Number of page views on CNN.com on Inauguration Day; the highest of any

news site

58Number of security agencies involved

in the Inauguration

2,000,000Number of Metro maps printed for

Inauguration Day

40,000,000Estimated cost in dollars of the Inauguration as reported by the

Inaugural Committee

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A few friends, my sister, and I all slept at my father’s of-fice in downtown Washington on Monday night. We awoke Tuesday morning before dawn, packed multiple sandwiches for ourselves, and donned mul-tiple layers of clothing in order to brave the numerous hours in subfreezing temperatures. We first traveled to the New York Avenue Metro stop, yet were forced to turn around after find-

ing it packed (at 7:00 A.M.). We then traversed several blocks over to Louisiana Avenue, yet were once again forced off-course by an impassable crowd. We fi-nally pressed our way forward along D Street towards 1st, alas we could go no further. At that intersection we met a massive crowd, and by the time we con-sidered turning around we were already five or six people deep into it. What had inspired us, and apparently a million others, to attempt this ill-fated journey? What had led such celebrities as Shakira, Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon, and the Rev. Al Sharp-ton to wait in line with us? What could have caused such a sea of

human gridlock? Only the in-auguration of President Barack Obama could have, apparently.

Our endeavor finally ended with us sitting in a pub near the Capitol, chanting “Hey, hey, hey, goodbye!” with several other patrons as we saw then-current President Bush leave the White House. We cheered as Joe Biden and Barack Obama were sworn in, then rushed outside to see President Bush’s helicopter leave. The essence of the day was summed up with us wav-ing goodbye to former President Bush. We were not the only ones

celebrating.As we were sitting in the pub,

my sister rolled her eyes at how long the ceremony was taking. What she, and so many others, do not realize is how amazing and calm American executive transitions are. At no point dur-ing this entire election season were any guns fired or explo-sions heard. At no point was there any hint former President Bush might not relinquish his authority. As the 44th and 43rd presidents walked away from the Capitol, they were seen smiling and laughing; and the former president left after warmly shak-ing the new president’s hand. In the Pentagon entrance, of-

ficials replaced a photo of for-mer President Bush with one of President Obama. Within minutes of taking the oath of office, Obama’s people changed www.whitehouse.gov, the of-ficial White House website, to reflect the new administration. As much as we Americans may take these images for granted, they are something the rest of the world cannot say has always happened in their history.

I walked away from this inau-guration filled with hope—from meeting so many Americans from all parts of the country

with all different backgrounds and experiencing the inaugu-ration of America’s first black President less than 50 years after securing their right to vote. So often people question what hope means, what change will bring. What they do not realize is that this sea of people—representing every race, religion, language, orientation, and so many other qualities that we too often allow to divide us—all coming togeth-er for a common purpose and chanting “Yes We Can!” had al-ready brought hope and change. It is with this inspiring image that we begin the next four years under President Barack Hussein Obama.

Inauguration 2 0 0 9 Quotes from the Day

A Democratic Exchange of Power

For the fourty-third time, America experiences a peaceful transition of executive power.

By Alex Williams ’09Special to the Little Hoya

Raleigh News & Observer/ MCTPresident Barack Obama shares a joke with his predecesor, President George W. Bush, during the

Inauguration Ceremony.

“We are so grateful to live in this land, a land of unequaled possibility, where the

son of an African immigrant can rise to the highest level of our leadership. And we

know today that Dr. King and a great cloud of witnesses are shouting in heaven.”

- Rev. Rick WarrenInaugural Prayer

“On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose

over conflict and discord.” - President Barack Obama

Inaugural Address

“Lord, in the memory of all the saints who from their labors rest, and in the joy of

a new beginning, we ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be

asked to get back, when brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow, when

the red man can get ahead, man, and when white will embrace what is right.”

- Rev. Joseph LoweryInaugural Benediction

“In today’s sharp sparkle, this winter air, any thing can be made, any sentence

begun. On the brink, on the brim, on the cusp, praise song for walking forward in

that light.”- Elizabeth Alexander

Inaugural Poem

“Seeing him [President Obama] could be the one thing that’s gonna spark the mind of the young child — whether it be

black, Indian, Puerto Rican, Asian — that it’s possible for them to achieve that

greatness.”- Busta Rhymes

- Oprah Winfrey

“It feels like hope won. It feels like there’s a shift in consciousness. It feels like something really big and bold has

happened here, like nothing ever in our lifetimes did we expect this to happen.”

- Ludacris

“I am proud to be alive to witness this and I’m relishing in the moment, but we’ve

only just begun.”

- Spike Lee

“It’s a great day, it’s a beautiful morning, a new dawn, a new beginning - not just in

America but the world over.”

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EntertainmentMonday, February 2, 2009 The Little Hoya Page 6

seniors Jimmy Fegan, Bill Garate, Tyler Henrichs, and Joe Kenny will be making their on-stage debuts. Re-turning sophomore talents Matteo Moran, Joey Al-laire, and Peter Fanone, as well as actor-directors Alex Williams and Josh Matteo and senior Nick Jessen, will anchor the cast and provide experience.

To accompany the per-formances, the fledgling fes-tival will feature a panel of professional analysts, who will critique each one-act play. “We’re putting a lot of effort in to make this one work, with the hope that in future years it will grow into a bigger event,” said Alex Williams.

On Feb, 20 and 21, come see the beginnings of a Prep tradition as the Prep Players perform “A Memory of Two Mondays.”

From ONE-ACTS on Page 1

The Little Hoya sat down with Nick Serena, ’09, James Nugent, ’09, George Burton, ’09, JP Garland, (Churchill) ’11, and Nick Perfido, ’10 from The Breakdown TBD. We talked to the five of them and learned a little more about them and the band.

LH: Welcome, The Break-down TBD! For those of our readers who have the misfor-tune of not knowing your mu-sic, give them a nice introduc-tion!

JN/NS: In May of 2008 we sat down to record and just have a good time. So as we went along recording acoustic tracks of our songs and letting everyone hear them we got feedback, and we found one of the missing links, Nick Per-fido. Nick added that missing piece we were searching for. Nick joined in September of 2008. Then in November an-other essential cog was found, George Burton. George with his incredible skills on the sax gave us the sound we were looking for. Then last but not least was JP Garland. A week before the highly anticipated Oasis Show a long time friend of James’ had just left his old band, and we needed a bass-ist, so JP jumped in and wrote two bass lines and completed the pentagon with his smooth bass lines.

LH: Where did you come

up with the name The Break-down TBD? It sounds like there is a good story some-where in there.

NS: It’s actually not a good story at all. I was listening to a song called “The Breakdown” by Under The Stairs and im-mediately after “Breakdown” by Tom Petty came on, and I felt like it sounded cool.

LH: Tell me about your musical backgrounds. Did you all have any training?

NS: None what so ever.JN: I’ve been playing guitar

since 7, but have no real “train-ing.”

JG: Yeah, I had this dude named Sven Abow. He’s the coolest guy ever and he played guitar while I’d play bass, and we’d just jam. Surprisingly that made me a way better bassist then normal teachers cause I could improvise for myself.

GB: I took some piano lessons when I was little. I switched to tenor sax and since then I’ve played in school bands, taken lessons, and played in the Ravens band.

NP: I’ve been playing drums since I was in 5th grade. As far as “training” goes as a group: none. We just got together this fall and we’ve been jamming ever since. And yes, we do have some pretty cool “professional-ness” stored away somewhere, just waiting to be used.

LH: How would you de-scribe the type of music you create?

NS: I don’t really like to put a label or description on the music we play, I don’t think we fit into a specific genre. We just create things that are mean-ingful and have a message.

JG: I wouldn’t say there’s any particular type or style but

I tend to like making more ska-like bass lines because they are more complex plus they fit in almost every song and thicken it up

GB: It’s modern rock with a little saxophone mixed in.

LH: As musicians, who do you emulate?

JN: What does “emulate” mean?

NS: The most important thing is to be original so I try to do things differently but if I had to I would say Dispatch & The Red Hot Chili Peppers because they made music for music’s sake and stayed origi-nal.

JG: What’s emulate? I don’t do big words, I just play bass man.

GB: Clarence Clemens for sure—also some of the jazz greats like John Coltrane, Son-ny Rollins, and Stan Getz.

NP: O.A.R., Angels and Airwaves, Red Hot Chili Pep-pers, and a bunch of others.

LH: Who are your heroes?JN: Tom DeLonge, Nick

Serena, Pat Dolan, and my parents.

NS: The Joker, Capt. Jack Sparrow

GB: Fr. Galvin. Serena has a Fr. Galvin sticker on the back of his guitar, and I’d like to think he has a presence in our band.

LH: My next question is: Do you all get along?

JN: Yeah. It sometimes scares me, like freaks me out cause being in a band is like a weird family that is a bunch of dudes.

JG: We get along a little too well sometimes. Not that it’s a bad thing just, but its how rumors get started.

LH: Are you planning on putting an album together soon?

NS/JN: A Small EP with a couple of songs is in the works as we speak. But you can check out our acoustic demos online.

You can check out The Breakdown TBD’s music at www.newmusicprojectnow.com or www.reverbnation.com/thebreakdown. Join the mailing list to get frequent updates, shows, and exclu-sive material. The Breakdown TBD will be performing at Spring Oasis and at 9:30 Club on February 15, 2009. More Shows will be announced soon.

Meet The Breakdown TBD

Photo courtesy of The Breakdown TBD(From left to right) George Burton, JP Garland, Nick Serena and The Breakdown TBD performed at this year’s

fall Oasis Concert.

By Jimmy Fegan ’09Entertainment Editor

Overall the movies of 2008 were satisfactory. There were a hand-ful of outstanding films, plenty of average films, and some awful ones. Several top movies of ’08 were the crime fighter Dark Knight, the high action speed Iron Man, and the intellectual film Slumdog Millionaire.

Here is what Prep thought of the cinema experience this year:

2008Movies in

Review

Mrs. Walsh

1. Slumdog Millionare2. Four Christmases3. Marley & Me4. Horton Hears A Who5. Kung Fu Panda

Mr. Heilman

1. Dark Knight2. Slumdog Millionare3. Wall-E4. Role Models5. Tropic Thunder

Rico Webb ’12

1. Dark Knight2. Iron Man3. Wanted4. Pineapple Express5. Slumdog Millionare

Paul Llewellyn ’09

1. Dark Knight2. Quantum of Solace3. Seven Pounds4. Step Brothers5. Forgeting Sarah Marshall

Kelvin Fowler ’10

1. Dark Knight2. Stepbrothers3. Curious Case of Benjamin Button4. Hancock5. Incredible Hulk

Ms. Persinger

1. Dark Knight2. Iron Man3. Wall-E4. Walk Hard5. Horton Hears a Who

Ryan Finegan ’10

1. Dark Knight2. Pineapple Express3. Body of Lies4. Forgetting Sarah Marshall5. Wall-E

Compiled by Tyrise Shepard-Lewis ’11Staff Writer

Ricardo Dira ’12

1. Get Smart2. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 23. Iron Man4. Dark Knight5. Indiana Jones

Monday, February 2, 2009 The Little Hoya 7

SportsPage 7 The Little Hoya Monday, February 2, 2009

Following a successful 2007-2008 campaign, the Georgetown Prep wrestling squad hopes to repeat last year’s success once again through a great deal of hard work. Prep looks to fill the leadership void left by the graduating class by turning to new senior cap-tains Giancarlo Zerega, Phil Williams and Billy Gribbin. Returning varsity starters for this year’s team are Chris Fe-gan, Parke Overmiller, Eric Fessel, Junior Monzey, Jenkins Monzey and Bobby Gibbin while newcomers include Pat-rick Hutton, Thomas Wilson, Matt Laux, Alex Newbrough, Blair Meek and Justin Dean.

The year’s season began un-usually late with a trip to St. Benedict’s in New Jersey. The Little Hoyas finished 3rd out of thirteen teams. While ten wrestlers placed, only sopho-more Bobby Gribbin (152 lbs.) captured an individual title.

Next, Prep traveled to The Ray Oliver Invitational at Mc-Donogh, the most competi-tive tournament of the season thus far. The competition was very stiff and the Little Hoyas finished a disappointing 8th out of 20 teams. Only three wrestlers placed with Bobby Gribbin finishing second at 152 pounds, Junior Monzey finishing third at 189 pounds, and Jenkins Monzey finishing fourth at 130 pounds.

The following weekend, The Little Hoyas went to the Perry Hall Big 20 Invitational look-

ing to rebound after the poor performance at McDonough. Prep accomplished their goal with a strong fifth place show-ing. Jenkins Monzey won the prestigious award “Most Out-standing Lightweight” after finishing first in the 130 pound division. Jenkins’ cousin, Ju-nior Monzey, also finished first in his respective division (189 lbs.). Other top finishers included Billy Gribbin (160 lbs.) in second place, Giancar-lo Zerega (171 lbs.) in second place, Eric Fessel (135 lbs.) in fourth place, and Pat Hutton (103 lbs.) in sixth place.

The day after Christmas, Prep participated in the Da-mascus Holiday Tournament. After being near the lead for a while, Prep settled for a close fourth place finish only 11 points behind champion, Tus-

carora. Billy Gribbin (160 lbs.) and Junior Monzey (189 lbs.) both took home individual ti-tles, while the rest of the team equally contributed to Prep’s fourth place showing. After finishing the tournament por-tion of the schedule, the Little Hoyas looked to continue their success in dual meets (team matches).

Prep opened the dual sea-son with a home quad (four teams). Prep’s first oppo-nent was conference foe St. Stephen’s St. Agnes, whom Prep drubbed 63-12. Next, the Little Hoyas took on the WCAC’s Paul VI. This match ended with a 48-19 Prep vic-tory. The best match was defi-nitely saved for last, match-ing WCAC power O’Connell versus The Little Hoyas. Prep fought a valiant battle, but

lost 39-30 after the last match turned in O’Connell’s favor. However, due to a great team effort, Prep finished the week-end a successful 2-1.

On January 13, with a ca-pacity crowd, the Little Hoyas took a major step towards their fifth consecutive IAC title by thumping rival Landon by a score of 69-6. Landon, miss-ing three starters, was out-manned and overpowered by Prep. Senior captain Giancarlo Zerega (171 lbs.) started the rout with a pin. Then, Junior Monzey (189 lbs.) followed with a 5-1 victory of his own. Next, at 215 pounds, Christian Smith continued Prep’s run with another pin. Following, in the heavyweight division, Justin Dean put up a tough ef-fort, but was pinned late in the match. These turned out to be

the only points Landon would win in the match.

Freshman Pat Hutton quickly put Prep back on track with a pin in the 103 pound division. Matt Laux (112 lbs.) and Chris Fegan (119 lbs.) followed with wins by forfeit. Restarting the action, captain Phil Williams won with yet another Prep pin. Following Williams was Jenkins Monzey who won with a pin of his own. Then the match of the day occurred in the 135 pound division between Eric Fessel and Landon’s Justin Murphy. After trailing 3-0, Fessel com-pleted a “Peterson Roll” end-ing with Murphy on his back. Acting out in distress, Murphy performed an illegal move that awarded Fessel four points and a 7-3 edge. In the end, Fessel’s hand was raised after a 7-5 victory.

Maintaining the momen-tum was freshman Thomas Wilson (140 lbs.) who won with Prep’s sixth pin of the day. Next, Landon forfeited its third match of the day, leaving Alex Newbrough with the vic-tory. Bobby and Billy Gribbin finished up the match with two quick pins in the 152 and 160 divisions, respectively. In all, the match involved eight Prep victories by pins.

The Little Hoyas look to complete their season with a victory at the IAC Champi-onship on Jan. 31 and anoth-er successful showing at the Maryland State Champion-ship on Feb. 14. Come out and support your wrestlers. Go Prep!

After a long awaited Thanksgiving break, both the baseball and lacrosse teams began winter preseason work-outs. These are in prepara-tion for the seasons to come where both teams have the talent to do extremely well. Over the course of the winter both teams will become faster and stronger - a necessity to compete and succeed in each sport.

The baseball team, un-

der the instruction of new head coach Mr. Rodriguez, wasted no time starting up a running and lifting regi-ment. The drills consist of running and agility workouts on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; as well as lifting on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Over the weeks, the weight training has become increas-ingly more difficult thanks to physical trainer Blake Kaplan, who always has something novel and more demanding each week. Coach Rodriguez, with the help of new coach-

es, Wright and Benke, has introduced a new throwing program to make their arms ready to go by the first day of the season.

“We need to be able to catch, throw, and handle a baseball to win games. Those errors are costly in any level of baseball,” Rodriguez said.

As they progress through the months, the improve-ments will be clear and they are sure to be likely contend-ers in the IAC.

As in the past, Prep has the talent to be a regional

competitor on the lacrosse field. When asked about winter workouts, sophomore Cory Dobyns replied, “Before break, we had workouts which consisted of lifting three days a week, running twice a week, and doing stick work on Fri-days. Coach Kelly then up-ed the pace, giving us four days of running, three days of lift-ing, and stick work twice a week. The workouts are great, but they are very difficult on the body; however, it is clear we are all reaping the benefits of the workouts.” From what

players have said, it is clear to me that these workouts are grueling for everyone on the lacrosse team. The motto of the team should be: No Pain, No Gain.

As the giant poster in the weight room reads, “There is no substitute for strength and no excuse for lack of it,” both teams’ coaches are tak-ing this adage to heart. All that is left is to keep working hard as the spring season ap-proaches and hope to be one step faster or a curl stronger than the opponents.

By David Gillespie ’11Staff Writer

Baseball, Lacrosse Prepare for Ensuing Seasons

By Matt Laux ’11Staff Writer

Wrestling Routs Landon, Looks to Claim IAC Crown

Photo by Michael FeganChristian Smith was one of eight Prep wrestlers to record a pin in Prep’s 69-6 rout of Landon.

8 The Little Hoya Monday, February 2, 2009

National Jesuit Christmas

Classic Results

1st - Georgetown Prep

2nd - New Orleans Jesuit

3rd - Belen Jesuit (FL)

4th - Loyola Blakefield (MD)

5th - St. Xavier (OH)

6th - Seattle Prep

7th - Loyola (CA)

8th - McQuaid Jesuit (NY)

We have reached the midway point of the season and Prep has played plenty of grand hockey. The team has won many key games and is currently a force in the IAC, keeping itself atop the league rankings for the first half of the season. Speaking of rank-ings, the Washington Post cur-rently ranks Prep hockey as 7th in the DC Metro area. There are still many games left to play and if the team can manage to beat DeMatha or Landon (again) it will surely move up in the overall rankings and further legitimize our presence as a hockey power in the D.C. area. The first half of the season was marked by some controversy as a game against an IAC rival, Bullis, got out of hand. After the whistle was blown, a fight broke out in the corner of the ice. There was a good deal of pushing and shoving as the refer-ees intervened to stop the scuffle. In the end, Prep was left with three players in the penalty box and Bullis with two. Still, Prep went on to win the game 9-6 while shutting down the Bullis stars all game. However, after the game, the players involved in the scuffle were suspended for the next two games, which were against Bullis and St. Albans. Undaunted, Prep defeated both of these teams without the three suspended players. After the players served their suspensions, the team prepared for the Purple Puck Tournament. Going into the tournament as defending champions, Prep was looking to win for the second year in a row. Starting off with a game against a surprisingly well-rounded Walt Whitman team, Prep came away with a 5-4 victory. The second game was against a skilled Capi-tal Select team, which consisted of players from several different high schools around the area. After a hard-fought and physi-cal game in which the score re-mained tied for an extended pe-

riod of time, Prep won 6-4. With one game left before the tourna-ment playoffs, Prep had to face a Gonzaga B team. Prep breezed by Gonzaga B with a 10-2 vic-tory. Sophomore Justin Butler and senior C.J. Sweigart had the most goals up to this point with multiple three plus goal games. Surely, all-met awards could be coming their way. Next up were the tournament playoffs.

Prep was seeded second go-ing into the playoffs behind the Gonzaga A team. The first play-

off game was against another surprisingly good Queen Anne’s team, but Prep prevailed and beat them 6-2. The Gonzaga A team barely squeaked by the Capital Selects in their semi final game in a nine round shoot out to win. Prep went into the champion-ship with a 4-0 tournament re-cord but couldn’t prevail against Gonzaga’s five power play goals. It was a tough defeat, but playing five games over a three day span helped the team to grow and be-come stronger. Shortly after win-ter break ended Prep faced their strongest opponent yet: Landon. Each team went into the game undefeated in the IAC and both were looking for the big rival win.

The atmosphere was fierce as fans filled the rink sporting their school colors. The game was neck and neck as Prep was never winning by more than two goals. Prep jumped ahead early after scoring two power play goals by Pat Hall and Devin Drewyer. Soon thereafter, Landon scored two quick goals to tie the game up, but their efforts to take the lead proved futile as Geo Roux scored for Prep. The game was never short of action as there was a combined eleven goals scored,

three of which scored by Drew-yer. Both teams gave everything they had but in the end Prep was the team who had more to give. The final score resulted in a 6-5 Prep victory. It was a hard fought win that keeps the team unde-feated in the IAC and is sure to boost them in the area rankings.

Overall, it has been a very successful first half of the sea-son. Prep continues to be a challenge for the IAC and was a force in the Purple Puck Tournament. Playoffs are just around the corner, and the team is preparing for the chal-lenge. With many tough games ahead, the hockey team is sure to leave everything on the ice.

At a Glance...

BasketballCurrent Record

13-3

Upcoming Games2/02 vs. Landon

2/03 vs. St. Albans

2/10 at Bullis

2/13 at Landon

2/17 - 2/21 IAC Tournament

at SSSA

HockeyCurrent Record

12-4

Upcoming GamesPPD vs. DeMatha

2/04 vs. Landon

2/06 at SSSA

2/09 - 12/13IAC Tournament

2/17 - 12/19Private School Playoffs

WrestlingUpcoming Meets

2/06 - 2/07at St. Albans Invitational

2/13 - 2/14Maryland States

at McDonogh

2/20 - 2/21Nationals at Lehigh

SwimmingUpcoming Meets

2/05 WMPSSDL Diving

Championship at Holton Arms

2/07 WMPSSDL Swimming

Championshipat George Mason

2/10IAC Championship

2/15Metro Championship

All Records as of Thursday, January 29th

From BASKETBALL on Page 1

the lead to 42-35. Senior Rob Olson was the only Hoya to score in this quarter.

The fourth and final quar-ter was back and forth with numerous score changes. However, late in the quar-ter, junior Markel Starks hit a clutch three pointer to put the Little Hoyas ahead for good. Thus, with their 66-62 victory, the Georgetown Prep Little Hoyas were named champions of the first annual National Jesuit Christmas Classic.

Starks, Olson, and senior Kevin Mulquin were named to the all-tournament team, with Starks being named

tournament MVP. Overall, the tournament was a huge success in just its first year. Good teams from all over the country provided plenty of competitive basketball, and as the years go on, the tour-nament should only get bet-ter.

Following Christmas break, Prep played its last non-con-ference game home versus Gilman. The Little Hoyas played well, and won easily 60-31. Then, on Jan. 9, Prep began its IAC play. Even while playing away against a tough Episcopal team, in the Maroon’s tough gym, Prep was able to come home with the victory. Key defensive

stops by big men Mulquin and sophomore Taylor Abt secured a 60-53 win and the Little Hoya’s first IAC vic-tory of the season. Prep fol-lowed this tough win with dominant victories over St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes’ (72-56) and St. Albans (67-38).

With four IAC games remaining (including two against rival Landon), the Little Hoyas hope to keep up their strong play this season. After these four games, Prep will participate in the IAC Tournament with hopes of capturing the overall IAC Championship. Come out and support the team. Go Prep!

By Davey Chadwick ’11Staff Writer

Photo by Brian GnattSophomore Justin Butler has been a force at the attack this season for

the Little Hoyas.

Drewyer Leads Hockey Over Landon

The Little Hoyas have taken a wrecking-ball course to dual-meet competition this season. After attending a preseason Invitational at Virginia Tech in which they performed excel-lently, the Hoyas have yet to be defeated in dual-meet compe-tition. They have defeated the likes of O’Connell, DeMatha, Calvert Hall, and Collegiate, among others. The team is led by its two most experienced senior captains: University of Virginia bound Brady Fox and fellow four-year team-member Adam Spencer. Led by these skilled se-niors and a fantastic supporting cast, along with a few new com-ers, the team will be extremely tough to stop. The junior class has attained a few new faces, in-cluding Magruder transfer Matt Thomas, and Peter Stasiuk from the Cayman Islands. Also the experience of Tony Deshields, Matt Larson, and Sutton Tru-luck add to the powerhouse team. Jon Eckstrom and Will Lawler lead the sophomore class. On the spring board, senior Brain Hayzlett and sophomore Brian Hack have both scored valuable points for the team. The team has convincingly won in every dual-meet yet. With the leadership of its captains, the Hoyas defeated O’Connell 127-58, and always-strong DeMatha, 113-72. After overcoming Calvert Hall, Bish-op Ireton, and Bullis; the Hoyas faced the most difficult oppo-nent yet –Collegiate, who came all the way from Richmond, Va. The Hoyas pulled out an excit-ing 102-84 victory over their formidable opponents, showing the country that they are for real. With only a few dual meets re-maining until post-season tour-naments, The Little Hoyas look as if they are poised for another clean sweep of area titles and an-other place in the rich history of Prep swimming.

Swimming off to Dominating Start

By Seamus Kane ’10Staff Writer