Sept. 27, 2013Volume 94, Issue 1Cathedral High School 5225 East 56th Street Indianapolis, IndianaTwitter: @IrishMegaphoneMegaphone

Over the last three seasons, the football team has won the Indiana High School Athletic Association 4A State championship, building a dynasty seen in Indiana only six times in the last 40 years. Now this year, it is guaranteed that a fourth consecutive 4A State Title will not arrive up the hill on 56th Street this season

But a 5A title could.The IHSAA moved the football

team from Class 4A to Class 5A, and created a new super class 6A only for football. This means the team will face tougher competi-tion – or a least completion from larger schools, by the time the playoffs come around.

According to information posted on the IHSAA website, the Irish are now the smallest school in Class 5A with 1,253 students.

Instead of playing the likes of South Bend Washington, Colum-bus East and Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger in the tournament, the team could play the likes of new Sectional competition like Ander-son, Decatur Central, Richmond and Zionsville.

Coach maintains focusWhile the team faces a new

challenge to face in the playoffs, Head Coach Mr. Rick Streiff said he is keeping the team focused on its regular season schedule, which includes playing Ben Davis, War-ren Central and Arsenal Tech, all of which have a larger four-grade enrollment than Cathedral’s.

“I haven’t even thought about 5A,” Streiff said. “I had to look up on the Sunday before the (coach’s poll) voting what teams were in it,

that’s how clueless I am.”The football team has always

been focused on a tough regular season schedule to prepare the team for the playoffs, and moving up a division means no different for the Irish, according to the coach.

“It’s all business as usual,” Streiff said. “I’ve always been about the mantra ‘anytime, any-where, anybody.’ We’ll play who the IHSAA wants us to play, we’ll go where they want us to go and we’ll just play football.”

Points for winningMr. Bobby Cox, who provided

information via a phone interview last week, said the creation of the large-school 6A class and the suc-

cess factor were implemented be-cause of the issue of some smaller schools that have been dominat-ing classes below the highest clas-sification level.

Cox said, “Last year at the board of directors meeting, the board approved a tournament success factor. There is a point system, and if a school scores six points over a two-year period in a particular sport, and they reside in the enrollment class below the largest class, they will move up one classification.”

The point system is non-ac-cumulative system and includes earning one point for a Sectional championship, two points for a Re-gional championship, three points for a Semistate championship and

four points for a State champion-ship. Since Streiff ’s team won the State championship two seasons in a row, it earned eight points and was reclassified into 5A. If Cathe-dral gets six more points over the next two years, they’ll move up to 6A to play football.

The Irish are not the only foot-ball team affected by the success factor, according to the IHSAA website. Other teams that moved up a division this year were Bishop Chatard (from 3A to 4A), Bishop Luers (from 2A to 3A), Scecina and Lafayette Central Catholic (from Class A to 2A).

No public school teams this year were affected by the imple-mentation of the success factor for football.

The success factor does not only apply to football, though. For baseball, girl’s basketball, boy’s soccer, softball and volleyball oth-er schools, both private and public, were reclassified after winning two consecutive state championships. All of the information regarding the tournament success factor, and point totals for the last two year period is located on

Winning at the right timeRegarding the reclassification

to Class 5A and the squad’s status as the smallest school in the divi-sion, two team leaders expressed the same sentiment as their head coach. “I don’t back down from anybody,” senior wide receiver Terry McLaurin, who has commit-ted to Ohio State, said. “I’ll fight and I’ll battle every single play.”

McLaurin, who was voted as one of the four team captains this year, helps lead the offensive charge with senior and first-year starting quarterback Colin Barth-el. “We’ve been working together all summer,” Barthel said. “I defi-nitely think it will pay off as the season goes on.”

The past three seasons, the football team has lost the season opening game and gone on to win the State championship. In this season’s opening contest, the Irish lost 26-20 to Class 6A member Ben Davis at Lucas Oil Stadium.

“The schedule we play is a mur-derers’ row; it’s unbelievable,” new athletics director Doug Seagrave said. “Then by the end of the year, it’s typical Cathedral football.”

As a result of the move to Class 5A, history could repeat itself this year. But if it does, it just won’t be in 4A.

By Ross Weber

LINING UP AGAINST THE BIG BOYSFootball team, now the smallest school in 5A, adjusts to athletic association’s reclassification

At the football team’s opener at Lucas Oil Stadium, the Irish, the smallest school in Class 5A due to the IHSAA’s success factory, take on Class 6A Ben Davis,the second-largest school in Indiana. As a result of the team’s past successes, including winning the last three State titles, the varsity was moved up to 5A this year. | Photo by Meg Turchi

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After 18 years in the classroom, Dr. Brooks takes on role of vice principal of research, curriculumBy Kara Williams

Dr. Aarti Brooks taught biology for13 years in the classroom before making the switch from teacher to administrator.

She says the hardest part is not having as personal a relationship with the students.

“It’s hard to give that up after all these years. I make sure I still try to keep that connection as much as possible, but it’s a different en-vironment.”

Her connection with her stu-dents goes both ways.

Her students also miss seeing her every day in class and Luke Dennen, a sophomore who had Brooks as a teacher for honors bi-ology, remembers how much fun he had in her class, said Dennen. “Once, she asked me a question in class and she thought I answered toast. That wasn’t what I actually said but I just played along, and it was a joke in our class for the rest of the year.”

Her new position, vice princi-pal for research and curriculum, has a long-term focus.

The school is trying to ensure that they make data-driven de-cisions, which take research and planning.

Brooks has always had an interest in the rationale behind decisions, so she was enthusiastic about taking the new position.

However, she says, “when I talked to (President) Mr. (Ste-phen) Helmich about pursuing a doctoral degree back in 2005, I didn’t know what my plans were.” In 2005, Brooks decided to go back to school, and she received her doctorate from Walden Uni-versity in February of 2010, fo-cusing on teacher leadership and curriculum and instruction.

Brooks’ objective is to help the school make informed decisions, mainly concerning academics.

Deciding on curriculum changes is a main part of her job.

Her first goal in the new posi-tion is to compile data about what classes each department offers and their enrollment rates, and to make this data accessible to the teachers and staff it affects.

Eventually, this will allow teachers to decide if there is a need for the courses they offer and how they could combine similar courses.

Another major aspect of her work is looking at academic inno-vation.

“I want to help the school stay ahead of, if not current with, what we should be doing in terms of ac-ademics,” she said.

This focus on “next generation learning” ranges from the possibil-ity of online classes to how class-rooms are physically structured to ensure optimum levels of educa-tion.

Brooks says she wants people to look at the school and say, “Wow. This is Cathedral and it’s different.”

By Claire Moore On the first day of the semes-

ter, 1,262 students came to school equipped with at least one brand new belonging, their school secu-rity card.

During orientation, students were given a security card and an accompanying lanyard, both to be used to access the buildings on campus during the school year.

Principal Mr. Dave Worland said that the cards are a result of the school’s safety and security committee, and that the cards had been in the works for two years. He also said that he believes the security cards to be Phase 1 in an eventual three-phase plan to maxi-mize security and the well-being of those attending and working here.

As Phase 1 becomes regular protocol, the Safety and Security Committee will continue to work on the starting processes of phases two and three.

Worland said that Phase 2 is

about going beyond the doors for security.

By this, he means spots such as windows that could be potentially broken into and other locations on campus that are not as well pro-tected.

Another aspect of Phase 2 in-volves upgrading the current secu-rity cameras and possibly adding more.

Finally, Phase 3 is to explore the possibility of a system that would effectively hinder outsiders from getting into campus via the woods or even through the main entrance.

In Phase 3, Worland spoke of the possibility of having a gate system to enter the school in an attempt to ensure the validity of those entering the campus.

The main objective of Phase 3 is to make the perimeters of the school and the entrance even safer than they are now.

As Worland says, he wants to

work out the bugs in the system to ensure that everything is as safe as possible for the staff and students here.

The new school year has ush-ered in many changes, and the new security system is one that has cer-tainly not gone uncommented on.

Senior Amy Schrader said, “It’s good when we are in classes but it’s a pain during passing periods.”

Freshman Christina Bratton said, “I can never remember my key card, but I think it’s a good idea.”

As the school year progresses, the upsides and downsides to the new security system will become apparent.

For now, Worland said he is happy with the direction things are headed.

“I feel confident that with these changes we’ll be a safer school and over the years will continue to be as safe a learning environment as possible.”

Phase 1 of security upgrades has been executed and more additions are on the way

Seniors Lauren Hoaglin and Madison DaBreo tag team it to unlock the door to Cunningham Hall. Cunningham was the first building to require ID cards. | Photo by Elizabeth Wyman

Dr. Aarti Brooks poses for a picture eager to start the year off in her new position. | Photo by Elizabeth Wyman

New teachers answer the question: Why come to Cathedral?By Emerson Wolff and Kara Williams

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Mr. Brian Gross, Mr. Tyler Lemen, Mrs. Sue Downs, Mrs. Molly Riley, and Mrs. Katherine Klee dance to the popular Justin Timberlake song “Suit and Tie” at the welcome assembly. Each year, the new teachers dance in front of the school. The new faculty members, who range in experience from their first year of teaching to more than three decades, provided a variety of reasons for coming to Cathedral. | Photo by Johanna Cole

This year’s new teachers provid-ed their reasons for becoming a member of the Irish family and passed along their favorite quote.

Having previously taught at Carmel High School, Mr. Tony Willis was well aware of the aca-demic and athletic tradition here. “I wanted back into journalism, teaching and advising publica-tions, and this afforded me the op-portunity,” Willis said on why he chose to come here and teach. He said one of the reasons the school was attractive to him was because of its reputation. “If it’s worth do-ing, it’s worth doing right,” is the approach Willis will take while advising his journalism students this year.

The first time Mrs. Stacy Ashby heard about the school was when her son was in seventh grade and came for a visit. This past spring her youngest child graduated as part of the Class of 2013. Previ-ously she had worked at Hamilton Southeastern Schools, so when Ashby heard about a possible job opportunity, she decided to apply. A favorite quote of hers is by T.S. Elliot: “We had the experience but missed the meaning.”

Mrs. Mary Myers learned about the school through her son, Drake’s, experiences as a student who graduated this past spring. “I love Cathedral. After being here with Drake, and seeing how ev-eryone cares about one another, I thought it would be a great place for me to work,” Myers said. A say-ing that Myers finds inspiring fol-lows the popular “YOLO” motto. “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”

Ms. Madonna Wilson first heard about the school through its football program in 2009. Her friend’s son played football at West Lafayette, which captured the 3A State championship, the same day Cathedral won the 4A champion-ship. Originally from Evansville,

Wilson has also lived in Portland, Oregon and Seattle. She attended Mater Dei High School in Evans-ville and her Catholic background was one of the reasons she chose to accept the position of director of major gifts here. “I enjoyed my experience in high school, and I thought that I could give back and still do what I do best,” said Wil-son.

Ready for a change from her job at Red Gold Tomato Compa-ny, Mrs. Monica Pollom original-ly found the opening for director of events and corporate relations over social media on Linked In. “I was excited for the position and that this is a very prestigious school in the community.” Pollom, who prefers Bible verses to quotes, said that 1 Corinthians 10:31 is one of her favorites, “Do it all for the glory of God.”

Mr. Dom David first learned about the school while studying

engineering at the University of Michigan, where he double ma-jored in computer engineering and computer science engineering. His director sent him an email about the school, and he decided to re-search the position further. David said he chose to come here because the professors and friends he talk-ed to said that this would be a good place to teach. David is currently working to obtain his Masters in technology at IUPUI.

Mr. Doug Seagrave has been involved with the school for some time now. He has lived in the Indi-anapolis area for a long time and knew about the school from both direct experience and by reputa-tion. He was a varsity boys’ assis-tant basketball coach at the school about 20 years ago. He was drawn by the athletic and academic rep-utation of the school. “The oppor-tunity to work at one of the top schools in the Midwest piques my

interest,” said Seagrave. He is in-spired by the Ralph Waldo Emer-son quote: “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”

Ms. Molly Reilly, a new teacher in the science department, has a long family tradition of spending time at Cathedral. As an alumnae, she has returned to her alma mater to teach for the 2013-2014 school year. Her favorite aspect of Cathe-dral is the environment and she said, “Just to come back and be a part of that was really appealing to me.”

“When my sister told me I should apply to Cathedral, she said that everyone she knows that went there really loved it,” said Ms. Katie Klee, a new theology teacher. She also said that the school reminds her of her own high school, South Bend Saint Joseph’s. Klee loves quotes and every week she shares a new one with her students. Her personal favorite is this quote by

Fr. Pedro Arrupe, “Nothing is more practical than finding God, than falling in love in a quite ab-solute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imag-ination, will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning, what you do with your evenings, how you spend your weekends, what you read, whom you know, what breaks your heart, and what amaz-es you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love, stay in love, and it will de-cide everything.”

The Downs family belongs to Saint Simon Parish, so because of proximity, Mrs. Sue Downs has been exposed to the school for quite some time. In addition, she has had three sons already grad-uate from here and her daughter, Hannah, is currently a senior. She teaches jewelry, which she loves

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Watch out: There’s a new leprechaun in townBy Ben Baker

Senior Danny Steinmetz has as-sumed the role of the leprechaun, appearing at athletic contests and other school events. He summariz-es his experiences so far.

Q: What are some of the positives and negatives of being the lepre-chaun?

A: Aside from loving it, leprechau-ning has many awesome benefits. For example, I get into most stuff free, and I get to ride around in a bus with the cheerleaders, so that’s not too bad. It’s convenient not having to shave, but, believe it or not, the beard does have its draw-backs, as does being leprechaun.

The problem with the beard is that I still have to keep it trim, and that’s a hassle. The biggest negative to being leprechaun is the stress: having to decide the theme, know-ing when to cheer and when not to, and wanting to start cheers that can’t, or shouldn’t, be started. A lot of people also don’t realize that I do a lot of other stuff too. I’m in IB, I do We The People, I’m in a band,

and I play sports. So the time man-agement is a big challenge.

Q: What are some things you are doing to try and leave your mark on the leprechaun tradition?

A: I want the spirit to extend be-yond football and Homecoming, to be enthusiastic about every-thing we can. Imagine going to a hockey game with as many people as we get at football games. We don’t have to wait until college to enjoy this stuff. I also want a high-er sense of unity in the school, between grades, sports and friend groups. We’ve seen the classes come together, but it usually takes until senior retreat. I’m trying to get an early start on this stuff.

Q: What was your initial feeling when you were told you were going to be the new leprechaun? Were you worried at all, excited, nervous?

A: I was so excited. It took the longest time for it to hit me com-pletely, but I was still really excit-ed when I first found out. I was in US History with Sister when I

was told; I had left class for a water break and Jimmy pulled me aside to tell me. I couldn’t help but worry if Sister would be skeptical of why I was out of class for so long. It was also unbelievably difficult to con-ceal it. I’m an awful liar, and it was so hard when people asked me to not give it away.

Q: Have you received any feedback from former leprechauns, class presidents, or teachers?

A: I actually texted Morgan Kim-mell (about a week ago). I try to get as many views as I can, so that I can be the best leprechaun I can be for the whole school. I also ask my family. Having younger sisters and older brothers that understand the situation are a great resource for me. I’ve also met with Matt Renie and Jimmy Seuss multiple times, and they’ve shared a ton of advice with me. I actually spent the whole day with them when we went to go buy the material for the suit (which is made by a Chatard mom, who allegedly stitches “go Trojans” into every suit, somewhere where we would have to tear it up to find out, so we may never know).

What do you think about the extra five minutes between periods 2 and 3?

Senior Danny Steinmetz leads the student section in cheers at the first football game. | Photo submitted by Danny Steinmetz

“I have time to socialize and take a break.”Freshman Brenton Ander-son

“I don’t like it because it makes my day longer.”Junior Annie Gregory

“I really like it because it gives us time to chill and have a break in between classes.”Senior Kirstin Alexander

“It makes it easier to go from Cunningham to Loret-to. I have time to fill up my water bottle.”Sophomore Kate Flynn

“I like it because I have time to crutch to Loretto.”Junior Michael McDaniel

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Now in its third year, county system gets a makeover with goal of improving effectivenessBy Meg Turchi

Cavan, Donegal, Dublin, Gal-way, Kerry, Kildare, Limerick, Tipperary, Wexford, and Wicklow make up the 10 counties part of one family.

This year, the county system has been redesigned and im-proved, ready to take another shot.

The county system was intro-duced in 2011 and took action for the first year in 2012.

Being a part of a town within a county with a few students from

each grade was designed to build relationships.

For the past two years, the re-views on the county system have been mixed, according to Princi-pal Mr. David Worland, so chang-es were made this year to address those concerns.

Some said it was a waste of time while others liked the unity.

Worland explained how to some people, the county system wasn’t something to look forward to, which is the opposite of what

the school wanted.“I want to give the students a

meaningful experience,” Worland said while describing the compro-mise of uniforms and county shirts and sweatshirts on Wednesdays.

Worland complimented all the teachers and staff who helped get the new system up and running.

On Sept. 12, the school partici-pated in a day of service.

Each county and town partici-pated in different service activities such as helping at nursing homes,

going to food pantries, doing yard work and much more.

Junior Emma Vielle said, “I really enjoyed helping out the el-derly. They were so happy to see us and it felt great to make someone’s day.”

Once the counties and towns got back from their service activ-ities, students met in the courtyard to hear music and share cupcakes.

After this, the school partic-ipated a prayer service from the people that were helped.

Combined, the overall out-come of the county system and day of service has been successful, according to several of the partic-ipants.

The staff and leaders contin-ue to work to better the county system, always making improve-ments.

Whether the students we’re playing with little kids, or feeding the homeless, the day of service helped and greatly affected many people.

Continued from Page 3 because she gets to work with high school kids. “I just love the environment,” she said about her position. She has a life motto that’s short and sweet; she simply tries to do her best every day. Mrs. Lisa Blamey and her family belong to Saint Simon Parish, so she has known about the school, both by reputation and location, for as long she has lived in Indianapolis. Blamey has always wanted to apply to work here but was pushed to apply this year because her son, Payton, is a freshman. She is bringing new ideas here. For example, she is utilizing a program called Remind

101. This program sends students a text message reminding them about assignments and due dates that are coming up. She hopes this will cut down on the number of missing and late assignments of her students.

“I remember when this commons area was just a driveway,” laughed Ms. Dana Van Dueren as she said that the school looks very different today than it did when she first arrived in Indianapolis over 20 years ago. When Van Deuren relocated here from North Carolina, she began tutoring Cathedral students after school on campus. “When I moved here, I got connected to Cathedral

working with the students, I just thought it was awesome, the students, (who) I got to know, and the teachers I worked with, so that affirmed my decision to teach full time on staff,” Van Deuren said on why she chose to teach here. A Ralph Waldo Emerson quote she often likes to remind her students of when they are struggling is, “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

“I am basically coming back home,” history teacher, Mr. Dennis Thomas, said on his return to the school after leaving Indiana and living in Atlanta for the past five years. He first heard about the

school through track meets while he was teaching at Broad Ripple High School. In the end, Thomas said that his family’s decision to come back to the school was a “no brainer.” When asked his favorite quote, Thomas didn’t hesitate to answer with the Thomas Jefferson quote, “I find the harder I work, the luckier I am.”

This year the school is offering Chinese as an option for a foreign language. Teacher Ms. Lin George instructs first-year Chinese during third period. She did not reply to several requests to be interviewed for this story.

Mr. Brian Gross worked as a tutor while attending Butler

University before coming here to teach Latin. He learned about the school because he tutored many Cathedral students. “I’ve always wanted to be a Latin teacher. When I learned about this oppor-tunity I jumped it,” he said about why he chose to apply here. His said his goal is to help his students be less stressed out and he says this quote by Marcus Aurelius, a Roman philosopher and emperor, helps him portray that: “Whatever it is you’re worrying about right now, in a hundred years, it’s going to just be ash.” Gross lives by and often shares that quote with his students, “though it’s a little bit morbid.”

New teachers relate their stories on how and why they came to Cathedral

State-of-the-art facilities include new lockers, Colts football that was presented to Father Kelly

Flashy gold helmets hang from the new lockers inside the locker room, which is located in the basement of Loretto Hall, built for champions. | Photo by Elizabeth Wyman

The renovation of the football locker room in Loretto Hall has made using the locker room a more enjoyable experience.

Among the renovations are 85 new freshman football lockers, 10 new shower heads, new toilets and water fountains.

A training room provides an addition to the locker room and will be used to train and rehab.

In addition, varsity football Head Coach Mr. Rick Streiff has been given his own room, which

Not only will the Loretto facility look better, but it should smell markedly better as well. Five new exhaust fans now run non-stop to keep odor levels to a minimum, according to Mr. Jim McLinn, vice president of operations.

McLinn said he has heard positive feedback from several individuals after all these upgrades were completed during the past summer.

He said, “The coaches tell me that you can already tell a major difference.”

consists of a meeting area, dressing room and a bathroom.

One hundred twenty-one new lockers were installed for the varsity football team. There happened to be a spare locker sent, which has since been dedicated to Fr. Patrick Kelly, a renowned school figure.

Fr. Kelly’s biography, bust, rosary and an Indianapolis Colts football, given to him when he served as the professional team’s chaplain, will be predominately displayed in the Plexiglas encased display.

By Ben Sasin

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Students capture unique moments during their English summer reading assignments

Senior Matt Gregory and his sis-ter, Annie, a junior, were awarded “Best Use of Murder Weapons.” Annie posed on top of a bale of hay reading Little Bee by Chris Cleave, while Matt stood reading Crime and Punishment. | Photo by Annie Gregory

“Most Creative Spot” was captured by sophomore Savannah Louderback. Louderback and her horse, Pele, take a break from riding to read a chap-ter of The Road by Cormac McCarthy. “I’ve been riding year round since I was 8. I have shown Pele in trail classes for the last three years,” she said. | Photo by Savannah Louderback

Sophomore Cole Macadaeg is pictured holding summer reading book The Road by Cormac Mc-Carthy in one hand, while wake boarding with the other. This idea earned him the awards “Most Swag” and “Catching Air.” | Photo by Cole Macadaeg

Sophomore Julia White submit-ted her summer reading photo of her sitting in the rim of a tractor wheel, which earned her the award “My Tire is Bigger Than Your Tire.” She is pictured reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy. | Photo by Julia White

Many events litter the Septem-ber, October and November cal-endars for students. From playing sports, to hanging out with friends or having plans with family, stu-dents are constantly busy with one activity or another.

On the weekends, many fami-lies in the community and across the state take part as Indiana hosts numerous festivals and gatherings to celebrate the culmination of au-tumn.

These include smaller scale fes-tivities, like the St. Lawrence Fall Festival, to blowout hits through-out the state like Irish Fest and the Heartland Film Festival.

While there are many to choose from when it comes to how to spend the weekend at a fall-themed festival, some students have certain ones special to their heart.

Senior Emma Leising, a gradu-ate of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish

School, said she looks forward each year to The Historical Irving-ton Halloween Festival for more than one reason.

She recollected her memo-ries of this festival from years past. “There’s a window painting competition where people go all out and work on their outfits for months,” Leising said.

“Fall wouldn’t be the same without the festival because it makes the weather getting colder seem like a plus instead of some-thing to dread.”

The Historic Irvington festival takes place in the autumn and Leising said she has many stories and fun memories about her life-time of attending this iconic East Side festival.

After attending this festival for most of her life, Leising’s per-spective on this Eastside tradition changed slightly after being asked to compete in last year’s Miss Ir-

vington Pageant that takes place each year at the Halloween Festi-val. Skeptical yet excited, Leising said she gave the competition her best shot and came out victorious over all the other girls in the pag-eant.

She served her Miss Irvington duties throughout the year and this time Leising moves on to the larger competition for Miss Indi-ana Festivals. Leising said she has loved the opportunity that this title and competition have given to her in the past year.

Leising said she looks back upon the great times she had at the Irvington festival, and now is “in-credibly excited” to start this new way to experience the Historic Ir-vington Halloween Festival.

Leising’s next upcoming pag-eant event is the Miss Indiana State Festival Pageant and takes place in early November. She is competing for this title along with 15 other local Indiana festival winners.

Senior Emma Leising: Winning Miss Irvington today, striving to achieve Miss Indiana crown in the future By Emma Flynn

Senior Emma Leising wears her red pageant dress after being crowned Miss Irvington. Leising said she plans to compete for the Miss Indiana crown along with 15 other competitors in early November. | Photo by Emma Leising

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Behind the scenes of yearbook: What is production really like? By Meg Turchi

Two fall show auditions combineBy Brigid Murphy

Junior Katie Klein reviews photos she shot during the annual Cathedral-Chatard varsity football game. This is Klein’s first year on yearbook staff. Photographers shoot at many athletic and extracurricular events. | Photo by Meg Turchi

Ever since thespians and se-niors Brandon Fogel and Kasey Mulligan can remember, the chil-dren’s play and the fall show have had separate auditions and differ-ent casts.

Fogel said, “It used to be that there was a separate audition for both the children’s show and the fall show.” But this year, Catheatre took on a new way of auditioning by doing the casting for both the children’s play, “Alice in Wonder-land,” and the fall show, “The Spar-row,” at the same time.

“The reasoning is the fall show has a much smaller cast and doesn’t necessarily have the ability to have everyone in it. Since we wanted to keep the no-cut policy, we wanted to make sure everyone would have the opportunity,” Fogel said.

Although the motivation for switching the way auditions were conducted was due to lack of room in “The Sparrow,” Fogel and Mulligan, co-directors of “Alice In Wonderland,” say this method will most likely continue.

“I made the choice to combine the auditions for ‘Alice in Wonder-land’ and ‘The Sparrow’ to simplify the process for everyone,” theatre director Ms. Jennifer Alexander said. In prior years, rehearsals for the children’s show had to be disrupted in order to conduct the auditions for the fall play. Alexan-der said, “We want our actors, di-rectors and technicians to be able to balance their classwork with their extracurricular activities, and planning ahead gives them a better chance at success.”

Fogel and Mulligan also agree that Alexander prefers personal shows such as “The Sparrow.” “I think it’s her way as a director. It’s her style,”w said Mulligan. As co-directors of “Alice in Wonder-land,” Fogel and Mulligan said they are excited for their debut as directors.

Each year without fail, the students receive the yearbook, The Cathedran. Much work and planning goes into this 300+ page book. This year, there were not enough students to have an intro class but many members on the staff encourage students to join as it is a fun, different class and a new way to experience Cathedral.

This year, the yearbook staff is making a change. This change is called “Stitch.” Stitch is a website and app that increases communi-cation between the yearbook and the student body. Through this app one can download pictures and submit them to the yearbook. “Stitch is a way to feel more in-volved in the school” said Kim Minnich, the Herff Jones yearbook representative.

Stitch is a way to submit pic-tures and have them be a part of the yearbook. Each student has their own account and is able to access these pictures forever. Ev-eryone can view each others pic-tures.

The process of making the yearbook starts out with choosing a main theme, then designing and putting the pages in order. Each student on staff is assigned a cou-ple pages to cover for the school year such as a sports team, event such as prom, or a club. Senior, Johanna Cole, editor of the staff said, “It’s been a great three years on staff. It is a lot of fun and you get to learn and experience more about Cathedral.”

Much effort goes into the yearbook, with getting everyone’s names and all the details just right. Senior Shelby Wolf, said that she joined yearbook to be able to pub-lish all the good times and make her senior yearbook, and that be-ing a part of the staff and helping produce the yearbook will help her remember her experience more.

With favorite pages such as senior superlatives, the sports spreads, clubs, and a punny theme, it could be one for the books. Katherine Deighan, junior and yearbook staff member, said “The best part is seeing the final result.”

Production for this year’s edition of The Cathedran is already underway. Staff members work all year to capture the most memorable events on campus to publish in the yearbook. The staff attends sporting and extracurricular activities to photograph important moments. | Photo by Meg Turchi

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Refurbished leprechaun makes debut on new student activity field

The student activity field, used by the band and a number of school sports, has been renovated. The turf has been replaced after 10 years of use. After being vandalized in 2012 the turf has been refinished, leprechaun and all. | Photo by Elizabeth Wyman

For the new school year, several courses and facilities get makeoverBy Jingle Wang and Elizabeth Wyman

Along with the numerous other changes regarding athletics and security, the academic curriculum is rapidly changing as well. New courses are emerging to enhance students’ talents.

Students who have a passion for robotics or are a member of CTEC may be interested in the in-troduction to robotics class taught by Mr. Giles Davis.

“This is a one-semester lab-based course that uses a hands-on approach to introduce the basic concepts of robotics,” Davis said. The students complete a variety of group projects throughout the year leading up to an end-of-se-mester robotics contest.

In addition, a pre-engineering course has been added. Mr. David Dom, a graduate of University of Michigan, teaches the class which

focuses on the essential engineer-ing concepts such as design, inter-active process and modeling and constraint. “As we explore these engineering concepts you’ll be exposed to the many fields of engi-neering to increase your awareness to these post-secondary majors,” said Dom.

Due to an increased interest in Chinese, a Chinese I class is now being offered. As the years pass Chinese II and III will also follow. Mrs. Lin George teaches this class, which is on the smaller end now but is expected to increase over the next few years.

Like French and Spanish al-ready taught here, Chinese will fo-cus on culture along with listening, reading and writing.

While these are just the new editions to the curriculum this year, there are already many more in the works for the future.

The school’s wrestling facility has gotten a makeover, after members had to practice in what originally was the school’s bus barn even since the beginning of its program. The facility has new equipment, including new mats and a floor covering. Also, restrooms have been added so wrestlers will not have to walk to Fr. Kelly Hall to use the facilities. | Photo Emma Flynn

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With upcoming tourney action, varsity teams get into the swing of the seasonBy Ian Kea

Women’s golfThe 2012 Sectional champions

look for even more this year after an impressive showing. The team hopes to hit the sweet spot and is led by lone senior all-state golfer Karli LaGrotte.

LaGrotte said she looks for-ward to her last year. Her goals for the team are to “win Sectional and City,” she said. Beyond LaGrotte, the team is composed of a youth base that LaGrotte believes will be one to amaze.

When asked about Head Coach Mr. Pat Fagan and his leadership of the program she said simply “he’s pretty great.”

The Irish golfers recently placed first at the All-Catholic Invitational (the Lady Irish’s first ever All-Catholic title) and won the New Castle Invitational.

Men’s soccerSince the two-a-days of late July,

the men’s soccer team has recently kicked off. The men, who captured the crown of Regional champions last year, are looking for a similar result for this year’s season.

One of the nine seniors on the squad this year is Teddy Price, for-ward. Price says the team chem-istry is “definitely there. We are working well with each other. We even have a group message that we do. We really like each other.”

The men are at 4-1-2 in the standings, with some tough vic-tories over arch rivals including Warren Central and Bishop Cha-tard. They are set to compete in the city tournament this week.

Women’s soccerAs for the women, the Irish are

led by nine seniors, one of whom is Kristen Piwoworski. Some of these seniors have participated on the varsity squad since their freshman year. Piwoworski said she believes this team is special.

She said, “The seniors look to

set the base of leadership for our team but there is so much love and respect with this group of girls that the seniors don’t try to take advan-tage of our upperclassmen status.

“Honestly the most important thing a team can have is cama-raderie. By building that mutual relationship of trust and love, any player on the field would be willing to risk anything to help the girl be-side her. We don’t necessarily win just to add to our record; we win for each other which will lead to success.”

The Sectional champions look poised for a deeper run into the playoffs this season. The Irish are set to play in the city tournament this week.

Men’s tennis The netters are led by Head

Coach Mr. Mark Noe along with four seniors. The Irish stand at 9-4 with a second place finish in the John Shirley tournament.

Senior Luke Wojtalik said, “The seniors set the tone by giving 100 percent day in, day out. We lead by example.”

“The greatest asset a team can have is a complete sense of uni-ty. No one outshines anyone else and everyone is an equally valued member of the team,” he said.

The Irish are gaining momen-tum and are anticipating the play-offs. The Irish are set to play in the city tournament this week.

Women’s volleyballLed by Coach Jean Kesterson

along with seniors Olivia Kluger and Sarah McClure, the Irish are standing tall with a current 12-3 record, including 9 consecutive victories.

McClure said, “As seniors we push the girls in practice and keep them focused on and off the court so they do well in school.”

The team is pulling in a heavy youth base this year, but that is only helping the Irish, McClure said. The team, after a Regional title last year, looks hungry for

more. The Irish play in the city tournament next.

Women’s cross-countryThe women’s cross-country

team is back on the paths after a Sectional title last year. After con-suming two-thirds of the female student body, the women look toward this year and what is to lie ahead. Senior Lauren Roy outlined the goals for this year: “As a team, we hope to make it to Semistate, and individually, we hope that El-len Flood and Katherine Free will represent us in state.” The women have had setbacks though with injuries being a concern. The Irish look forward to the city tourna-ment this week.

Men’s cross-countryThe men’s cross-country team,

led by varsity seniors Adam George and Aidan DeSanto, is striving for a repeat of last season as it was the first time it made a run at State for the individual category.

George stated his goals for him-self and the team by saying, “Per-sonally, I hope to be all state, and as a team, to qualify for state for a second straight year.” The Irish are set to run in the city tournament this week.

Senior Karli LaGrotte has been looking forward to playing her senior season, and has set her sights on taking the City and Sectional titles. | Photo by Sam White

The men’s soccer team will compete in the city championship tournament this week, with players including Junior Brandon Eley (Number 10). | Photo by Johanna Cole

10 September 27, 2013 megaphone Opinion

STAFF EDITORIAL

megaphoneStaff

Co-editors in chief: Elizabeth Wyman,Benjamin SasinNews editor: Benjamin SasinAssistant news editor: Zane TuriOpinion editor:Claire MooreAssistant opinion editor:Jill Stinson Feature editor: Meg Turchi Assistant feature editor: Emma Flynn

In-Depth editor:Elizabeth WymanAssistant in-depth editor: Ashley KingSports editor: Ross WeberAssistant sports editor: Ian KeaA&E editors: Kara Williams, Emerson WolfPhotographers: Annie Browning, Jingle WangReporters: Ben Baker, Brigid Murphy,

Katie SwantonAdviser: Mr. Tony WillisPrincipal: Mr. David WorlandPresident: Mr. Stephen Helmich

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Letters Policy -- Letters to the Editors are welcomed from readers who wish to express their opinion on issues and topics that affect them. Letters should be delivered to the student publications lab (room 2212) or e-mailed to mega-phone@gocathedral.com at least two weeks before the paper is published. All letters must be signed and will be published with the writer’s name

affixed. Length is limited to 300 words. The Megaphone reserves the right to edit letters for grammar and for space requirements without changing intent. Letters that are libelous, unduly sar-castic or caustic will not be published.

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Mission Statement:The Megaphone is committed to delievering honest news and informing the student body with quality, informa-tive, and entertaining news.

While security measures are needed, maintaining a friendly campus is important, tooLong lines of students

huddled up before an en-trance, some hoping someone will open the door for them, others scrambling in their backpacks for their security card.

When the students see others in the building come to their rescue, they give a sigh of relief, and sprint to their next class with only a minute left.

Over the past month, stu-dents and faculty have adjust-ed to security upgrades, with some adjustments occurring more efficiently than others. Over the summer, personnel installed locks on the doors and surveillance cameras and even hired the school’s first security guard, Mr. John Garvey.

These improvements are aimed to prevent crime on campus and increase security, and these changes are to be commended.

Principal Mr. Dave Wor-land explained the most common crime the school has noticed, “In the past year, there have been six cars

broken into.” However, plans are in the

works to further heighten security on campus. Among the projects include a booth at the bottom of the hill. This booth won’t collect money from people as they enter campus, but rather will scan your card as you pass through.

Those without a security card would be moved out of line and questioned to deter-mine whether they may enter campus.

Although these are only considerations about whether there is a need for the booth, there are already concerns as to how it would affect our school’s atmosphere and rep-utation in the surrounding community.

The booth would use two lanes, one for student drivers and the other for visitors. Traffic is already backed up enough in the morning and this kiosk may only worsen the current conditions.

The school has always been known as open and welcoming, but a booth may

act as a divider of the school from the community.

First, this project would hinder evangelization, one of the fundamental aspects of Christianity.

Matthew 28:19 says, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”

In addition, the proposed booth could be perceived to violate the tenets of the Holy Cross charism to let God be known, loved and served: Zeal.

If an intruder wanted to inflict harm on students and faculty, he or she would be able to find ways to bypass all levels of security, unless there is opposition. It was made clear last week, at the Wash-ington Navy Yard, that even a secure military installation could be violated by someone wishing to do harm.

And while the changes this year are effective and worthy of being commended, a gate at the bottom of the hill may cause more harm than good.

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High school gives students countless opportunities to discover their passion T his summer, I found myself

flipping through school pic-tures from my grade school years and I came across my second grade picture. I was wearing a suit with an American flag pin.

Later that day, I asked my mom why I would wear such elegant clothes for a school picture. She ex-plained that I wore a suit, not only for the school picture day, but for numerous days that year. I found out that I wore a suit to school because I wanted to grow up to be like my New Palestine Elementary school principal, Mr. Mark Kern. I noticed how he did everything he could help make the school day a little better. He always made me feel welcome and safe, so my class-

mates and I would look forward to going to school. By looking at my passion today, I realized that I had discovered it years ago, which was and still is to help others.

Even though becoming a school principal is no longer the optimal career choice for me, it helped me realize that I could turn my passion into a career.

I challenge you to make finding your passion one of your goals, not only for this year, but throughout your high school career. In order to find your passion, I suggest you to list everything you love to do, whether it be the classes you look forward to, the clubs you enjoy being a part of, or even an out-of-school activity in which you

participate. Select a few of those activities and focus on them. Get better at the activities you love to do. However, if you focus on too many activities at once, it may overwhelm you and discourage you from becoming the best at what you do.

Next, think of interests that re-late to your activities, research jobs that match those interests and see

whether that job is perfect for you. And it’s natural to change your passion, it’s just a matter of search-ing for what you will enjoy doing for the rest of your life.

But if you have not yet found your passion, you have plenty of time and you’re not alone.

Pray and ask God for guidance. Proverbs 3:5-6 says, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understand-ing. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.”

Don’t feel rushed because there are many people who look for their passion well after high school.

The purpose of high school not only is to give you, the student, a

quality education, but also to ex-pose you to the real world, through curriculum and leadership roles, so you are able to discover your passion for yourself.

Not only does our school in-spire its students by the curricu-lum it offers, but also with its wide range of extracurricular activities.

Members of CTEC may become tomorrow’s leaders of technology. Model UN members may become our nation’s ambassadors. Possibly, a student will consider becoming a forester thanks to the Lumberjack Society monthly outings to IHOP.

Finding your passion takes time, and cannot be rushed. Re-gardless of your grade, see today as the beginning of your journey.

PERSONAL OPINION: BEN SASIN

“Finding your passion takes time, and cannot be rushed...see today as the beginning of your journey to finding it.”

Despite having to adjust to new school policies and procedures, change is good

Change is inevitable for us to grow as people. Whether we

like it or not, we are forced to alter our ways to keep up with society.

I’ve never been a big fan of change. You master something so well then have to suddenly learn something new just to get along. When I was in second grade and we moved houses a mile apart, I cried for days. Taking pictures I could keep forever of my favorite childhood memories, such as the big climbing rock down the street and the chalkboard on the wall in

the basement, didn’t make it any easier.

As a fairly reserved second grader, that was the biggest change I had endured. But as our family got bigger we needed more space and were forced into a larger house. Then there was changing from public school to private school freshmen year, a more so-phisticated form of change but change nonetheless.

We all experience change throughout our life. Some more than others. This time next year

my fellow seniors and I will be experiencing one of the biggest changes in life thus far: moving out of our parents’ homes and be-ginning our independence on this endeavor called college.

While it will definitely be a major change, it will be an excit-ing one all the while. But change is a beautiful thing. If it wasn’t for change, the world would be stuck in the past. I wouldn’t be typing this on my iPad right now while listening to Pandora. I would be carving it onto the cave walls while listening to birds chirp.

Some of the most famous and most often recited quotes are relat-ed to the concept of change. One of my personal favorite quotes is by Reinhold Niebuhr. “God grant me

PERSONAL OPINION: HEAVEN’S TO BETSY | ELIZABETH WYMAN

the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” As the school year progresses, everyone should remember that quote when adjusting to all the additions that have been made this year. Keeping an open mind and learning to adjust will serve you well in the future.

Change is a wonderful thing, and if one thing is guaranteed it will constantly occur, and we must embrace it.

Listen up, Class of 2017: Senior provides advice for achieving success as a freshmanPERSONAL OPINION: CLAIRE MOORE

“Work hard, but remember to take time to destress and to enjoy yourself as well. ”

If I were to tell or advise a fresh-man on anything, I would say,

however over said and cliche it may be, is to live each day like it is one that you want to remember. Don’t let the days or the weeks blend together.

Work hard, but remember to

take time to destress and to en-joy yourself as well.

Don’t spend your time wish-ing you could be a junior and drive, or wishing you could fi-nally graduate. Those times will come, faster

than you can imagine, but today is still here and you should do something with it.

Enjoy the friends you make and the friends you already have.

Take in every bit of Cathe-dral, things such as Homecom-

ing week or football games, and remember that while you may do the same things again next year, next year you’ll be one step closer to graduating, moving on, and then hopefully reminiscing on your freshman year.

“But change is a beautiful thing. If it wasn’t for change, the world would be stuck in the past.”

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FACE-OFF: LOLLAPOOZA VS. WARPED TOURChicago event showcases a wide range of audiences, music By Katie Swanton

Music defines our generation. The legendary Bob Marley once said, “One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”

There’s no better place to get hit by waves of vibrant music than at Lollapalooza (Lolla). Feeling no pain, Lolla is one of the greatest music festivals of all time. Did you know that Lollapalooza actually refers to something being impressive? Lolla has been around since 1991 and continues to be one of the most well-known music festivals of all time.

There are several live band performances by popular artists and numerous activities all while taking place outdoors in Grant Park in the legendary city of Chicago. This event is one of the biggest events in Chicago to ever take place annually.

Some of the most popular artists and bands that performed this past summer include Kendrick Lamar, Ellie Goulding, Imagine Dragons and Timeflies. Some of the genres of music include hip -hop, electronica, indie and rock. The idea is to get a diverse crowd so a large variety of people are lured into attending.

Lolla took over Grant Park in 2005 and has been expanding ever since. It stretches over 115 acres with a total of eight stages.

“I can’t think of another festival that has a more beautiful view. I loved the whole atmosphere a lot and I listen to that kind

of music so it was an amazing time,” said junior Caroline Symons. Almost everyone who has been to this event recall it as the best three days of their whole summer.

Lolla is ranked as one of the best attractions of all time. There were people crowd surfing everywhere you turned and the enthusiasm of the crowd is like none other. Dancing day in and day out to your favorite music all while overlooking the city of Chicago is the ideal weekend.

No matter what the weather is, rain or shine, the festival doesn’t stop. One of the main purposes of the festival is to get a diverse crowd, which results in a wide variety of music to listen to. Music, culture and community are all brought together in one event right in the middle of Chicago.

About 300,000 people attend this three-day festival. “There is more free stuff and a lot of tents to buy food and more people go to Lolla so it’s really fun,” said junior Chaye Heiwig.

Chicago benefits from this music festival because it gets a lot of profit and advertisement by hosting.

Lolla has come a long way and through peoples endless love for music it has been made successful. If you’re looking to have a crazy time and lose yourself in the spirit of the music then Lollapalooza is your event.

Next year’s dates are Aug. 1, Aug. 2 and Aug. 3, so get your tickets now before they sell out. It’s a hit that you don’t want to miss.

Warped Tour provides diverse entertainment at venue at KlipschBy Ashley King

My friends and I waltzed into Klipsch with smirks on our faces and the anticipation of a crazy day. And boy was it crazy. It was without a doubt the weirdest, loudest, most exciting day of the summer.

The stages at Warped Tour are organized by sponsorships, such as the Kia Forte stage or Monster Energy Drink stage. After looking at the schedule, we immediately went to the Monster Stage to watch Woe is Me. There, we witnessed our first “fight.” A slew of shirtless guys ran into the middle when the beat dropped and started half fighting, half dancing. It was awesome, and whenever we had a chance to join in, we did.

Laughing hysterically, we made our way over to the Kia Forte and Kia Soul stages. Along the way, there were plenty of chances to pick up free samples. We took up the offer of some sweet tea and wristbands. We also stopped by some retail tents, owned by free-spirited hippies and bearded hipsters with tattoos and gages. When we arrived at the Kia stages, we saw The Wonder Years and Nevershoutnever.

We knew every song that Nevershoutnever sang and we were swaying and fist pumping to the beat. The crowd was a see of hands, melodically moving to the music. They all went up in unison then crashed back down with each drop of the beat.We had some time to kill after that, so we treated ourselves to

salty french fries and heavily frosted cupcakes. We stopped and talked to lots of people from all over. They were more than eager to tell us what bands they had seen and how the performances were. From what we heard, they thoroughly enjoyed every band they saw.

At the Tilly’s stage, Forever the Sickest Kids was performing, which was our favorite band. On our way to Tilly’s, we stopped to watch Wallpaper for a little bit.

When we arrived, FTSK was just starting, and we watched in awe. The acoustics were impeccable and the energy of the crowd was contagious. We danced and crowd-surfed during the whole performance.

It was hard to beat a performance like that, but we went back to the Kia stages afterwards to watch Motion City Soundtrack and 3OH!3. We could nearly taste the sweat of Motion City we were so close, and the band was on fire. Afterwards, the whole crowd simply walked a few yards over to the other Kia stage and we waited a couple minutes for 3OH!3.

The crowd was huge and we got lost in the music as we jumped and sang.

As the day came to a close our toes were brown with dirt and our hair was a mess, but we had never been so happy.

We sported our Warped Tour wristbands the rest of summer and never revealed too much about our Warped experience. But to say it was awesome would be an understatement.

The legendary Bob Marley once said, “One good thing

about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”

“We sported our Warped Tour wristbands the rest of summer and never revealed too much about our Warped experience.”