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Volume XLVII Issue Seven . . . May, 2015 Alumni Edition The Laconian Damien High School Serving the Damien Community for 49 Years Days ‘Til Graduation Seniors: 24 Inside This Issue Senior College Attendance Page 2 Evolve Game Review Page 3 Faculty Alumni Corner Page 3 2022 World Cup Page 4 MLB Break-Out page 4 One Heart, One Spirit Continued on page 2 Continued on page 2 William Saito, Entrepreneur and Alumnus, to Speak at Damien Graduation Damien Alumnus , Larry Wilmore Hosts T h e Nightly Show (Give or take) “...he landed some punches and clearly had more than a little fun.” That’s what Rob- ert Lloyd of the Los Angeles Times had to say about Larry Wilmore’s new show, ‘The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore’. Wilmore, the former Senior Black Cor- respondent on ‘The Daily Show with Jon Stewart’ has started his show with a promising start despite the large, daunting shoes he has been expected to fill. With Stephen Colbert, the host of ‘The Colbert Report’, leaving his show after nearly ten years in order to take over as host of CBS’ ‘The Late Show’, Wilmore has been chosen to fill Colbert’s vacant time slot. ‘The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore’, like Jon Stewart’s former show, focusses on poking fun at recent events or subjects that have been in the news. However, unlike Stewart’s By Conal Dennison Staff Writer By Justin Lin Editor in Chief By Dominic Trento Guest Writer Damien Alumni , Larry Wilmore, graduated in 1979. ‘The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore’ has been met with rave reviews. Saito, a 1987 Damien graduate, has continually been an innovator with in the technological world and works closely with the japanese goverment one man show, Wilmore has incorporated a panel of guests. As they sit around a somewhat awkward square table, Wilmore and his guests discuss an event and debate on current issues or events. The show also features a segment known as, “Keep it 100” in which Wilmore asks his guests to keep it ‘100% real’ as they each answer one probing question. The show features an array of guests and its rapid pace keeps the audi- ence captivated. Wilmore’s quick, witty, and often sar- castic humor that made him so popular on the ‘Daily Show’ can still be enjoyed by viewers along with his jokes about race and racial differences. But perhaps what makes Wilmore’s success so incredible is the fact that he is a Damien alumni. Yes, that’s right, Wilmore, like countless other famous Damien alum- ni such as Mark McGwire and Rick Davis, was once a Damien Spartan. While at Damien, Wilmore was an officer of the Basketball Club and spent all four years as a Spartan before graduating in 1979. Wilm- ore’s senior quote, foreshad- owing his career in comedy, was “Mary go round, Mary go fast. Mary fell down and skinned her -- elbow.” Perhaps this very comedic outlook as well as Wilmore’s experience as a Spartan are what shaped him into the hardworking, committed comic that he is today. Damien High School has announced the keynote speaker at this year’s graduation, and it is none other than the esteemed en- trepreneur William H.Saito. Mr. Saito graduated from Damien High in 1987 and is thrilled to visit Damien for the first time in many years. Saito was named in the “100 Most Influential People for Japan” and “En- trepreneur of the Year in 1998 by Ernest &Young, NASDAQ, and USA Today. William Hiroyuki Saito was born on March 23rd, 1971 in Los Angeles, California. From a young age, Saito showed a natural aptitude for school, particu- larly in math. By the time he finished elementary school, Saito was able to complete college-level math equa- tions. In junior high, he began to code for Fortune 500 companies like Merrill Lynch. While at Damien, Saito and fellow Spartan Tas Dienes (‘88) created I/O Software, a company that made a name for itself as an innovator within the software industry. Excited about the opportunities that I/O Software provid- ed, Saito graduated from Damien a year early and en- rolled at University of Cali- fornia, Riverside, in 1988. Saito went to UC Riverside and graduated from UCLA with a degree in biomedical science MD in 1991. Later, Saito also attended Harvard Kennedy School. Saito was already making waves within the technological world before he even graduated. Saito and Dienes officially incor- porated I/O Software near the beginning of 1991, while both were still in college. Originally based in Rancho Cucamonga, the company moved its headquarters to Riverside and quickly made a name as one of the leaders in the newly minted field of cybersecurity. Saito’s company specialized in ad- vanced user authentication and encryption utilized in many public and private se- curity systems. Business really began to take off for Saito in 1992, when Datastorm Technologies, a technologi- cal conglomerate that flour- ished in the pre-worldwide- web era, asked I/O Software to program Procomm Plus, Datastorm’s main operating system, into Japanese com- puters. Because of Saito’s bilingual upbringing, Saito was able to program the system while also displaying Japanese symbols on IBM- compatible machines, a feat that had not been done be- fore. After his job with Datastorm, Saito was flooded with requests to translate American software into Japanese computers, one of which was the Mi- crosoft’s Windows Operat- ing System. Furthermore, when Toshiba, one of I/O Software’s biggest clients, created the modern video- camera, Saito and his team helped develop a device driver that was pivotal in the products function. While making the driver, Saito developed a videoconferenc- ing application that led to another big contract with Sony. During Saito’s partnership with Sony, Saito was helped develop a fingerprint recognition system that would not only pioneer mobile device se- curity, but also win Saito and his colleagues numer- ous awards and accolades within the technological industry, Using the finger- print recognition system as a springboard, Saito was To the class of 2015. It's almost here. For a lot of us the feeling is surreal. It's been the moment that for most of our lives we have been looking forward to. I know that we are all rushing to get out and go on to our future in college. But my advice for all of you, is to enjoy what we have left. Enjoy the last few days we have here. Enjoy Grad Night, the Senior BBQ, all the last classes you have with your best friends. Say thank you to all the teachers that have helped to get us to this point. Thank the faculty who has sacrificed their time for us and have helped to make this school the best possible learning environ- ment. Make sure you ap- preciate the gift of brother- hood that we have been able to experience for the past four years. While we may be excited to experience a co-ed campus life once again, the all-boys environment is truly a gift that is unlike anything else. Take everything Damien has taught us into not only your college years, but into the rest of your life. Never let the brotherhood that has been established here leave your sight. Make sure that no matter where

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Page 1: Damien High School The Laconian€¦ · company specialized in ad-vanced user authentication and encryption utilized in many public and private se-curity systems. Business really

Volume XLVII Issue Seven . . .May, 2015 Alumni Edition

The LaconianDamien High School

Serving the Damien Community for 49 Years

Days ‘TilGraduation

Seniors:

24

Inside This Issue

Senior College

Attendance Page 2

Evolve Game Review

Page 3

Faculty Alumni

Corner

Page 3

2022 WorldCup

Page 4

MLB Break-Out

page 4

One Hear t, One S p i r i t

Continued on page 2 Continued on page 2

William Saito, Entrepreneur and Alumnus, to Speak at Damien Graduation

Damien Alumnus, Larry Wilmore Hosts The Nightly Show

(Give or take)

“...he landed some punches and clearly had more than a little fun.”

That’s what Rob-ert Lloyd of the Los Angeles Times had to say about Larry Wilmore’s new show, ‘The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore’. Wilmore, the former Senior Black Cor-respondent on ‘The Daily Show with Jon Stewart’ has started his show with a promising start despite the large, daunting shoes he has been expected to fill. With Stephen Colbert, the host of ‘The Colbert Report’, leaving his show after nearly ten years in order to take over as host of CBS’ ‘The Late Show’, Wilmore has been chosen to fill Colbert’s vacant time slot.

‘The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore’, like Jon Stewart’s former show, focusses on poking fun at recent events or subjects that have been in the news. However, unlike Stewart’s

By Conal DennisonStaff Writer

By Justin LinEditor in Chief By Dominic Trento

Guest Writer

Damien Alumni , Larry Wilmore, graduated in 1979. ‘The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore’ has been met with rave reviews.

Saito, a 1987 Damien graduate, has continually been an innovator with in the technological world and works closely with the japanese goverment

one man show, Wilmore has incorporated a panel of guests. As they sit around a somewhat awkward square table, Wilmore and his guests discuss an event and debate on current issues or events. The show also features a segment known as, “Keep it 100” in which

Wilmore asks his guests to keep it ‘100% real’ as they each answer one probing question.

The show features an array of guests and its rapid pace keeps the audi-ence captivated. Wilmore’s quick, witty, and often sar-castic humor that made him

so popular on the ‘Daily Show’ can still be enjoyed by viewers along with his jokes about race and racial differences.

But perhaps what makes Wilmore’s success so incredible is the fact that he is a Damien alumni.

Yes, that’s right, Wilmore, like countless other famous Damien alum-ni such as Mark McGwire and Rick Davis, was once a Damien Spartan. While at Damien, Wilmore was an officer of the Basketball Club and spent all four years as a Spartan before graduating in 1979. Wilm-ore’s senior quote, foreshad-owing his career in comedy, was “Mary go round, Mary go fast. Mary fell down and skinned her -- elbow.”

Perhaps this very comedic outlook as well as Wilmore’s experience as a Spartan are what shaped him into the hardworking, committed comic that he is today.

Damien High School has announced the keynote speaker at this year’s graduation, and it is none other than the esteemed en-trepreneur William H.Saito. Mr. Saito graduated from Damien High in 1987 and is thrilled to visit Damien for the first time in many years. Saito was named in the “100 Most Influential People for Japan” and “En-trepreneur of the Year in 1998 by Ernest &Young, NASDAQ, and USA Today.

William Hiroyuki Saito was born on March 23rd, 1971 in Los Angeles, California. From a young age, Saito showed a natural aptitude for school, particu-larly in math. By the time he finished elementary school, Saito was able to complete college-level math equa-tions. In junior high, he began to code for Fortune 500 companies like Merrill

Lynch.While at Damien,

Saito and fellow Spartan Tas Dienes (‘88) created I/O Software, a company that made a name for itself as an innovator within the

software industry. Excited about the opportunities that I/O Software provid-ed, Saito graduated from Damien a year early and en-rolled at University of Cali-fornia, Riverside, in 1988.

Saito went to UC Riverside and graduated from UCLA with a degree in biomedical science MD in 1991. Later, Saito also attended Harvard Kennedy School.

Saito was already making waves within the technological world before he even graduated. Saito and Dienes officially incor-porated I/O Software near the beginning of 1991, while both were still in college. Originally based in Rancho Cucamonga, the company moved its headquarters to Riverside and quickly made a name as one of the leaders in the newly minted field of cybersecurity. Saito’s company specialized in ad-vanced user authentication and encryption utilized in many public and private se-curity systems.

Business really began to take off for Saito in 1992, when Datastorm Technologies, a technologi-

cal conglomerate that flour-ished in the pre-worldwide-web era, asked I/O Software to program Procomm Plus, Datastorm’s main operating system, into Japanese com-puters. Because of Saito’s bilingual upbringing, Saito was able to program the system while also displaying Japanese symbols on IBM-compatible machines, a feat that had not been done be-fore.

After his job with Datastorm, Saito was flooded with requests to translate American software into Japanese computers, one of which was the Mi-crosoft’s Windows Operat-ing System. Furthermore, when Toshiba, one of I/O Software’s biggest clients, created the modern video-camera, Saito and his team helped develop a device driver that was pivotal in the products function. While making the driver, Saito developed a videoconferenc-ing application that led to another big contract with Sony.

During Saito’s partnership with Sony, Saito was helped develop a fingerprint recognition system that would not only pioneer mobile device se-curity, but also win Saito and his colleagues numer-ous awards and accolades within the technological industry, Using the finger-print recognition system as a springboard, Saito was

To the class of 2015. It's almost here.

For a lot of us the feeling is surreal. It's been the moment that for most of our lives we have been looking forward to. I know that we are all rushing to get out and go on to our future in college. But my advice for all of you, is to enjoy what we have left. Enjoy the last few days we have here.

Enjoy Grad Night, the Senior BBQ, all the last classes you have with your best friends.

Say thank you to all the teachers that have helped to get us to this point. Thank the faculty who has sacrificed their time for us and have helped to make this school the best possible learning environ-ment.

Make sure you ap-preciate the gift of brother-hood that we have been able to experience for the past four years. While we may be excited to experience a co-ed campus life once again, the all-boys environment is truly a gift that is unlike anything else.

Take everything Damien has taught us into not only your college years, but into the rest of your life. Never let the brotherhood that has been established here leave your sight. Make sure that no matter where

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NewsThe

Laconian Staffbox

Editor-In-Chief

Justin Lin

News Editor

Allen Gallego

Sports Editor

Stephen Ontiveros

Photo Editor

Kevan Maloney

Staff Writers

Conal Dennison

Justin Moon

Max Marler

Moderator

Mr. Dylan Freude

The Damien Laconian

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High School

Its mailing address is:

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2280 Damien Ave.,

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(909) 596-1946, Ext. 264.

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to submit manuscripts

for consideration. All

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FeaturesDamien High School May, 2015Vol. XLVII • Issue 7 • Page 3Vol. XLVII • Issue 7• Page 2

On the Calendar Faculty Alumni Corner: Senior PhotosTuesday, april 28Th

JV & VarsiTy Golf Vs. los osos 3:00 pm

Thursday, april 30ThBlock B

academic awards ceremony

friday, may 1sTBlock a

saTurday, may 2nd Tri-school senior mass and picnic

sunday, may 3rdmoTher-son mass & BreakfasT

monday, may 4Th - friday, may 15Thap exams

friday, may 15ThsparTan olympics

Tuesday, may 19Th senior final exams:

4Th period and 7Th period

wednesday, may 20Thsenior final exams:

1sT period and 3rd period

Thursday, may 21sTspecial eVenTs

BaccalaureaTe mass 5:15 pm

friday, may 22nd no school

saTurday, may 23rd53rd GraduaTion ceremony

class of 2015

monday, may 25Thmemorial day: no school

Tuesday, may 26Th3rd period finalliTurGy schedule

wednesday, may 27Th4Th period and 5Th period finals

Thursday, may 28Th6Th period and 7Th period finals

friday, may 29Th1sT and 2nd period finals

lasT day of 2014-2015 school year

Seniors Class Shows Impressive College Admission Results

Famous Alumni: Baseball Super Star Mark McGwire

Evolve: A Multiplayer Worth Buying

Mr. Pro ‘87 Mr. Castillo ‘00

Mr. Freude ‘08 Mr. Thomas ‘06

Evolve is a multi-player shooter with a unique 4v1 twist. Developed by Turtle Rock Studios, the de-velopers behind Left 4 Dead and published by 2K Games Evolve is a $60 title available for the Playstation 4, Xbox One and PC. The game was in development for 5 years and was released February 10, 2015. Evolve is a com-petitive shooter with a 4v1 setting. Four players are put into a team to take the role of the “Hunters”, and an-other player plays the role of the “Monster”. To win, the Hunter team must find and kill the Monster as quickly as they can. The monster must avoid being captured by the hunter team, kill and eat enough wildlife to gain armor and evolve to stage 2 or 3, at this point unlock-ing and upgrading abilities of their choosing, and then take the fight to the hunter team as a powerful beast.Evolve is highly accessible and easy to pick up and play, thanks to a number of features built into the game. Every class and character in the game comes with its own video tutorials that are both informative and easy to understand. There are in-game hints that explain hazards and the properties of certain types of wildlife. Every Hunter team is divided into four classes: Assault, Support, Medic, and a new unique class to shooters, the Trapper. Pro-gressing through the game will unlock new characters with different weapons and abilities and contribute to their team. The Trappers role is to find the monster in the jungles and mazes of Evolve and when its found, trap it with an ability called

By Allen GallegoNews Editor

By Richard ContiGuest Writer

By Edwin RyuGuest Writer

the Mobile Arena a cage-like trap that prevents the monster from escaping then hold back the monster with tools like harpoons and sta-sis grenades, weapons that slow the monster, for team-mates to avoid and damage it. The other classes are self explanatory, Assault has the highest damage per second, Medic keeps the hunters in the fight with healing, and Support ei-ther helps defend hunters against the monster with a portable shield, or amplifies the damage per second of the Hunter team.There are three Monsters currently in the game, the Goliath, Kraken and Wraith. Each monster has four abilities, each upgrade-able to a level of three. All three monsters plays differ-ently from one another. The Goliath has a high health pool and armor pool, and has many hard hitting abili-ties: breathing fire, a power-ful rock throw, leap smash and charge. Every ability is powerful, but each has a sig-nificant cooldown, and Go-liath is not very mobile. The Kraken has a significantly smaller health and armor pool, but can fly and un-like Goliath, put out dam-age from a distance. Wraith is the weakest monster of them all, with low health and almost no armor pool, but is highly mobile: tele-portation invisibility, and high damage abilities. All of the monsters are powerful, it comes down to play style and preference. Evolve is a great unique game that I would recommend everyone play at least once. It looks great on all gaming platforms, and offers a unique experi-ence and gameplay that has never been seen before.

Evolve will prove to be an exciting and challenging game. the game of-feres an good balance of team work and reward. Allen’s rating: 8.0

Mark McGwire , “big mac”, transferred to Damien as a sophomore and lettered in baseball, golf, and basketball.

Damien High School has been known to be outstanding in a variety of ways. From academics to sports, countless Spartans have succeeded at an elite level. There have been many well-known scholars and athletes who have graduated from Damien High School, Mark McGwire was one such notable alumnus. Mark McGwire, who graduated as a part of the class of 1981, was nick-named “Big Mac,” due to his imposing stature and his monstrous home runs . He is a former professional Ma-jor League Baseball player who played for the Oakland Athletics and the St. Louis Cardinals. McGwire was born on October 1, 1963 in Po-mona, CA. He grew up in Claremont and eventually transferred to Damien as

a sophomore. While at Damien , McGwire lettered in baseball, golf, and b a s ke t b a l l . Even with all this on his plate, Mcg-wire played a prominent role in the community. A f -ter his career at Damien, he decided to attend the U n i v e r s i t y of Southern C a l i f o r n i a (USC). Ironically, McGwire wasn’t recruited as a posi-tion player but as a pitcher. However, he switched over to third base after the USC coach discovered his tremen-dous power. Because of his success at USC, McGwire was selected as a member of the 1984 United States

Olympic Baseball team. After leading the

team to a silver medal at the Olympics, McGwire was drafted 10th overall by the Oakland Athletics and soon became a superstar. McGwire earned the MLB Rookie of the Year award, two Silver Sluggers, and the Gold Glove Award. He even appeared in nine All-Star

games. McGwire’s best year with the Athletics came in

1996, where he had a bat-ting average of .312, hit 52 home runs, and batted in 113 RBIs After much specu-lation and drama, Mc-Gwire was traded from the Oakland Athletics to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1997 and con-

tinued his successful career. In 1998, he hit 70 home runs which, at the time, was a MLB record. Not one to be complacent, McGwire blasted 65 home runs the following year. While play-ing for the St. Louis Cardi-

Continued on Page 4

Saito Returns to DamienContinued From Page 1

One Heart One SpiritContinued From Page 1

It does not need to be said that Damien High School has a knack for de-veloping incredible and ex-traordinary students. Year in and year out, the Damien administration and faculty are able to successfully pro-duce a senior class that is ex-traordinary, as many seniors often find themselves being admitted into some of the top colleges in the country.But this year, something is a little different. The Damien Class of 2015 is special; according to college admissions offi-cers, at least. It is safe to say that the senior class’ college admissions game is, indeed, strong. It is logical to think that some of the most elite colleges in the country are also the most selective, meaning they are difficult to be accepted to. However, this year’s senior class is proving that its components are of the selective caliber. Students from the senior class have already been ad-

mitted to schools with some of the most selective accep-tance rates in the country, such as Stanford, Brown, Cornell, MIT, USC, Notre Dame, Wesleyan, Washing-ton University and Vander-bilt, all of which have accep-tance rates below 25%. Many seniors have also been admitted to other fantastic universities, such as the University of San Diego, Loyola Marymount, Boston College, Redlands, Arizona, Arizona State, and UC San Diego. Although college admissions counselors are making many seniors happy this year, it should be noted that many of these seniors are well known for having extremely impressive work ethic and focus. Garrett Souza, who was recently admitted to MIT, said, “I think it’s amazing to see the hard work of so many peo-ple in the senior class pay off. Watching my friends get into the college of their dreams is incredible, and it just goes to show the charac-ter and quality of the class as

a whole.” Christian Lan-sang, a recent Brown admit, said after his acceptance, “In all seriousness, I honest-ly never thought in my wild-est dreams I would make it to an Ivy League school.”It’s always a good thing when hard work is not in vain. Lansang had more to say about being accepted to a school he thought he would never get in to. “You always believe deep in your heart you can do it, and when you see it happen, you can’t really believe it.” One would think that the overflow of accom-plishing students would lead to a lot of internal competition between the seniors. However, David Washington, a recent Stan-ford admit, says otherwise. “I think we aren’t competi-tive, at least in the negative way, with each other.”From this point on, we wish for the very best for all our seniors, and that they end up at the college of their dreams.

able to create the BioAPI/BAPI, a biometric recogni-tion system that allowed biometric enrollment, au-thorization, and verification among multiple vendors. Basically, when you input your fingerprint as a security clearance at one store, your fingerprint gets transferred to a central server and gets shipped out to other stores. This invention innovation won him Entrepreneur of the Year from Ernst & Young, NASDAQ and USA Today. Although already well-regarded within the biotech community, these awards cemented Saito as one of the world’s leading authorities on encryption, biometric authentication and cyber security. In May 2000, Saito negotiated an agreement with Microsoft Corporation to integrate BAPI and other I/O Software’s technology into the Windows operat-ing system. The technology was eventually licensed to over 160 companies world-wide and was later added to the permanent collection of

the Smithsonian Technol-ogy Institute. In December of 2004, Saito sold I/O Software to Microsoft for an undisclosed sum. After selling I/O Software, Saito moved to Tokyo and became an ad-viser to many companies on the subjects of cyber- and biosecurity, business, and entrepreneurship. Although he has held many leadership positions since his move to Japan, Saito also spends time teaching courses as a visiting professor at Tokyo University and a fellow at the National Graduate In-stitute of Policy Studies. As stated on Saito’s per-sonal website, “he is a Foundation Board Member at the World Economic Fo-rum (WEF), and has been named by the WEF as both a Young Global Leader and Global Agenda Council member.” In recent years, Saito has worked closely with the Japanese govern-ment. In 2011, he served as the Chief Technical Officer (CTO) for the National Diet (Parliament) of Japan to in-vestigate the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster. In

2012, Saito became a Coun-cil Member on National Strategy and Policy at the National Policy Unit, which reported directly to the Jap-anese Prime Minister and helped plan and coordinate events across departments within the Japanese govern-ment. Today, Saito serves as the Special Advisor to the Cabinet Office and Prime Minister and is also a mem-ber of both Ministry of Edu-cation and the Education Reform Executive Commis-sioner in Japan as well as spearheading the task force to create a innovative tech-nological strategy for the 2020 Olympic Games in To-kyo. Saito has also found the time to write dur-ing his spare time, manag-ing to publish three books, two in Japanese and one on English. His bestselling books include An Unpro-grammed Life: Adventures of an Incurable Entrepre-neur, published in 2011, The Team: Solving the Big-gest Problem in Japan, pub-lished in 2012, and Is Your Thinking up to Global Stan-dards?, published in 2013.

you are in life, you come back with your shield or on it. Bleed green, live Gold. One heart, One spir-it.

Keep Up To Date On The Student Space-flight Experiment Proram Blog!

Go to Damien-hs.edu And Open The SSEP Tab Under Student Life.

Follow Us on Twitter:@DhsSSEP

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Sports Damien High School Vol. XLVII • Issue 7• Page 4

2014-2015 House Cup Standing

Damien Spartans Scores

Xavier-98Deporres-80Eustaquio-70

Kolbe-48Ignatius-43Francis-35Patrick-32Aquinas-23

nals, McGwire won several prestigious awards. In fact, his years spent at St. Louis have been considered the finest in McGwire’s career.After McGwire spent five successful seasons with St. Louis, he announced his re-tirement as a baseball player after the 2001 season. McG-

Continued from Page 3Famous Alumni

wire ended his career with 583 home runs, 1414 RBIs, and a career batting average of .263. Today, McGwire is the hitting coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Even in his advanced age, McGwire still has the same passion for baseball that he obtained in his youth.

After an eventful 2014 Major League Baseball season, the time for profes-sional baseball has finally arrived. Although the off-season does not involve any important games, fans wait patiently for their ball club's staff to make trade thats im-prove their organization. During this off-season, a number of teams jumped in front of others as a few remained unimproved due to trades. The teams to keep an eye on in the 2015 season are the San Diego Padres, the Chicago White Sox and the Boston Red Sox. Soon after the San Diego Padres signed A.J. Preller as their newest gen-eral manager, the Padres 2015 roster improvements skyrocketed. Notably, the most important trades are the acquisitions of James Shields, Will Myers, Matt Kemp, and Justin Upton. With the signing of James Shields to a four-year-deal, he will be one of the five starters who will lead this team into victory. James Shields and Andrew Cash-ner will provide the one-two punch necessary to win vital consecutive games in the playoffs. Even though the Padres traded their young backstop Yasmani Grandal along with two prospects to the Dodgers, in return, they received the veteran outfielder Matt Kemp who will provide a spark of talent both on the field and with the bat. With the reborn Padres, 2014 World Cham-pion Giants, and the pow-

MLB 2015 Break-Out Teams

FIFA Fouls Up The 2022 World Cup

erful Dodgers, the battle of the NL West will definitely be a division to watch. The Chicago White Sox had a disastrous 2014 season with a unre-spectable record of 73-89. Immediately after the season ended without any chance of playoff contention, gen-eral manager Rick Hahn went to do the job he was hired for: make the White Sox a playoff contender in the new season. The general manager acquired the lethal outfielder Melky Cabrera from the Blue Jays and the unhittable pitcher Jeff Sa-mardzija from the A's. They also signed Adam LaRoche, David Robertson, and Zach Duke. Along with the new members, the team still holds 2014 Rookie of the Year Jose Abreu and their lefty ace Chris Sale. Al-though Chris Sale recently suffered from an avulsion fracture in his right foot, his injury should only sideline him for a few weeks during Spring Training and not the regular season. The lat-est additions to the White Sox may create a team that could be very promising in the 2015 season. The 2013 World Champions left last sea-son with their heads down as they only won a total of 71 games last season. Soon after the Red Sox acquired Hanley Ramirez and former World Series champion Pab-lo Sandoval, the ball club was ready for a turnaround season with the power from their bats and gloves. To add to all the excitement, the or-ganization was in euphoria when they announced the re-signing of closer Koji Ue-hara. The Red Sox organiza-tion has winning in its back-bone and looks to bring their fans another World Champion trophy in 2015. With the season beginning on April 5th, ev-ery team is looking to return with vengeance back on the baseball field. Although the teams to have a breakout year are the Padres, White Sox, and the Red Sox, there are a total of 30 teams do-ing all that they possibly can to win each and every game. Each organization shares the same objective of win-ning a World Series Trophy and bringing it back to the loyal fans back home.

Justin MoonStaff Writer

Conal DennisonStaff Writer

Baseball

Damien vs. Corona 1-3 LossDamien vs. Chaminade 5-6 Loss

Damien @ Upland 5-9 LossDamien vs. Upland 7-5 WinDamien @ Upland 9-3 Win

Damien vs. Etiwanda 5-8 LossDamien @ Etiwanda 4-6 Loss

Swim

Damien vs. Etiwanda WinDamien vs. Los Osos Win

Damien vs. Chino Hills WinDamien vs. Upland Win

Damien vs. Rancho Cucamonga Win

Congratulations to the Damien Swimming team who were named league champions for the 19th consecutive season! This is the first year in nearly two decades without legendary coach Andrew Gates at the helm and their first season back in the Baseline League. The Spartans demolished the competition and clinched league by de-feating aquatics powerhouse Los Osos. Con-gratulations to new coaches Damon Pitre and Quinn Brewton and all swimmers who continue to make the Damien community proud!

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Although it is a whopping 7 years away, the 2022 World Cup in Qatar has been the source of much con-troversy in recent times. This controversy began in Decem-ber of 2010 when the Fédéra-tion Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) chose Qatar over South Korea, Japan, Aus-tralia, and the United States as the host country for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Football fans across the globe were furious with FIFA for choosing the small Middle Eastern country, de-spite its harsh climate and atro-cious human rights record, as the host for the 2022 World Cup. On an average summer day, temperatures in Qatar hover around 106 degrees and can even reach 117 °F by noon when the sun is shining its brightest. Not only is Qatar’s weather excruciating, but so too is its human rights record. In fact, Qatar’s kafala, an im-migration sponsorship system, makes it so that each of the country’s migrant workers must work under one boss. Because migrant workers are bonded to a single employer and cannot leave the country without permission from this employer, many have termed the kafala sponsorship system as “the modern slave trade.” Many employers treat these migrant workers horribly. Reports and investiga-tions have found that the low wages these migrant workers receive force many of them to live in poverty. Even for those who do not have to deal with tortuous employers, nearly all migrant workers are forced to work long, painful hours in the beating sun resulting in stag-gering mortality rates. Some reports have found that certain

migrant laborers even work for up to 11 hours. For example, mi-grant workers working on the al-Wakrah stadium, one of Qatar’s newest projects for the 2022 World Cup, make only about £4.90 ($5.24) for a whole day’s worth of labor. To put this in perspective, the minimum wage in the state of California is $9.00 per hour. Additionally, mi-grant construction workers working on the 2022 World Cup facilities in Qatar have been dying at a rate of one every two days in 2014 due to poor working conditions. And as the 2022 World Cup ap-proaches, these numbers will only rise. Both the dangerous weather and Qatar’s horrific working conditions beg the obvious question: Why would FIFA choose Qatar in the first place? The obvious answer is of course, corruption. Although nothing has been officially proven, many soccer fans suspect that various members of FIFA were bribed to vote for Qatar. Many of these allegations have fo-cused on Qatari billionaire Mo-hammed Bin Hammam. An ex FIFA board member, Bin Ham-mam was accused by many of having given other FIFA mem-bers various expensive gifts and cash. With such a cor-rupt federation in charge of the tournament, it is unlikely that anything will be done to improve the conditions of the 2022 World Cup. The horren-dous climate and human rights violations of this Middle East-ern country have been over-looked by soccer’s largest gov-erning body. For many soccer fans across the globe, the feel-ing is that enough is enough. Someone needs to give FIFA a red card.

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