Volume 50, Issue 3 December 19 , 2012 Bishop Noll Institute 1519 Hoffman Street Hammond, IN 46327

Investigation leads to changes in administration page 2

‘Home Alone’ Look-alike con-test winners page 5

The JourNollEstablished 1961

Sequel to ‘A Christmas Story’ lacks plot, humor page 8

Sandoval leads basketball team as only senior page 6

SERGIO VALDES EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

It’s that time of year again. It’s the season to be jolly. And it’s time to be happy. Of course, it’s Christmas. Practically everyone is ready for the huge holiday. Everyone is setting up Christmas lights and trees, cooking holiday treats and dinners, singing Christmas songs and carols, and buying gifts for their loved ones. People all around the world are be-ginning to create their Christmas lists, in hopes to receive what they

desire. Usu-ally what

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write out their lists and then give them personally to their family members so that they can get busy shopping. However, with such as-tronomical technology these days, it is much easier to create and send Christmas lists. With computers, people today can easily type out their lists. This does not do much, but it makes the over-all paper look a little more neat and clean. With the Internet, people can now send their typed lists via email,

Gmail, Facebook, etc. to all of their family members without much difficulty at all. There is a website called Your Christmas List that allows users to synthesize their Christmas lists from the ground up. Users can add items to their lists with minimum effort. Then, users

can add as many details as neces-sary so that receivers of this list will know exactly what they want. In fact, users can even attach links to any item so that viewers can see a picture or video of it. After the list is completed. users can then send a copy of the Christmas list to family, friends, relatives, etc. via email. But alas, many people prefer to use more traditional methods when it comes to Christmas lists. “I don’t do these things,” says Mr. Eric Schmiedl, science teacher. “However, doing things that way al-lows people to include a picture and to provide a place to buy the item.” “What I usually do is make a list so that my parents can give the items to family members. I also just ask family members when they call and

For years the Twinkie, Ding Dongs, Suzi-Qs, and Ho-hos have been rid-iculed by thousands for their lack of nutrition. But did anyone ever want to get rid of them entirely? Of course not. However, that’s what appears to have happened to the nation’s good old guilty-pleasure snacks. Hostess Brands announced Friday, Novem-ber 16, that it was officially going out of business, after weeks of rum-blings of bankruptcy. The company, which has been having trouble ca-tering to a more health-conscious market in recent years, filed for bankruptcy for the second time since 2004. Hostess has been facing major debt, coupled with rising costs of labor and ingredients. After talks with the various unions that make

up its work force, the company told its workers that any strikes would result in the liquidation of the com-pany and the loss of 18,500 jobs. However, when mediation between the company and its unions broke down, the workers went on strike, forcing the company to shut down. For weeks, negotiations between the two parties had been strained, each calling the other’s demands unreasonable. The company called for pension cuts for its workers in an attempt to pay off some of the debt it had acquired. But unions, pointing to the lack of pay cuts for the company’s executives, called foul play. But don’t think that we may be losing our Ding Dongs just yet. Ac-cording to an advisor of Hostess, at least fifty parties are interested

in buying some of the famous brands, including Twinkies and Ding Dongs. With a “flood” of inquiries about buy-ing and continuing the much-loved brands it seems unlikely that any of them will fade away. Still, the Chicagoland area is left to mourn an iconic company going out of business. Host-ess, which started off as the Ward Baking Com-pany in 1849, is gone after 163 years. Let’s have a moment of silence for our good friend, the Twinkie.

Dear Santa, check your texts...

The death of the Twinkie: iconic American business goes underALYSSA ANGLIN STAFF REPORTER

STAFF GRAPHIC

Christmas wish lists move beyond handwritten letters, include digital lists

ask,” said senior Jose Arteaga. However, Jose agrees that using Email is much more convenient and easier to use. “We live in a techno-logical world. In today’s society, people have their emails hooked up to the phone so I use email in a way because it is easier. It’s easier for a person to have 10 Christmas email lists then 10 handwritten lists.” Both traditional and technologi-cal methods have their benefits and faults. However, whichever method you prefer, make sure that your fam-ily and friends know exactly what you want! Regardless, just make sure that you have a grand Christ-mas, filled with happiness and joy. Who knows, maybe your dreams will come true.

ONLINE OPTIONS (from left to right) Amazon’s wishlist enables uses to add items on amazon.com to a card and email to friends and family. The Christmas List app available on iTunes ($0.99) allows shoppers to create a budget, lists for individuals and share gift ideas with other users. YourChristmaslist.com is a free service that allows users to create lists by adding links or images, much like Pinterest.

2 News December 19, 2012

Investigation by IHSAA brings changes to Noll administration, facultyKIRSTEN MARKUSIC COPY EDITOR

After an investigation begun by the Indiana High School Athletic Association early in the school year involving is-sues with the boys basketball program, as well as the posi-tion of head coach Drew Trost, who was assistant principal and director of admissions, the Bishop Noll administration thought it best to ask Trost to step down from his positions in administration, but remain head basketball coach. “With regard to the reputation of Bishop Noll, the integrity of the school and its leaders are always under close watch of the public eye, and we did not want any doubt cast upon us or the school,” said Colleen Mc-Coy-Cejka, principal. “Being in a position where the IHSAA has specifically found viola-tions and made a ruling that points to errors on our end, we agreed that his stepping down would be part of a good solu-tion to protect the integrity of

the school. I always support my team members and look to the best interest of the school, even when it’s hard on me per-sonally.” Part of the investigation re-volves around junior Lamous Brown transferring to Bishop Noll Institute from Harlan Community Academy High School in Chicago. Brown, a basketball standout at Harlan, transferred to Noll in August and, if academically eligible, was set to play basketball for Trost. However, according to Harlan officials, the official transfer paperwork was nei-ther signed by, nor sent by them. This allegation proved false. “There was an issue with pa-perwork we received from Harlan High School,” McCoy-Cejka said. “The whole paper-work process had to be re-done once we discovered the issues through an internal investiga-tion. Beginning to end, the en-

tire investigation and process-ing of correct paperwork took three months.” But despite the paperwork be-ing resubmitted, IHSAA ruled this a violation of 19-4, “trans-fer for primarily athletic rea-sons or the result of undue in-fluence”. Brown must wait 365 days from enrolling before he may be eligible to play. Brown’s family had seven days to make an appeal to the IHSAA in an effort to get playing time this season, but the appeal time is now over. While the loss of Trost as an administrator will be difficult for the others in Noll’s admin-istration to adjust to fill the jobs required with those two positions, plans have already been made to help with the adjustment. Faculty and staff are now moving around to fill the voids in the administra-tion. Ms. Elizabeth Marino, a current English teacher, will become interim admissions

director, while Mr. Kevin Bur-gun, a former English teacher at Brebeuf Jesuit in Indianapo-lis, will be taking over Marin’s classes for the second semester of the school year. “The admissions position is one of ‘sales’, positive energy, and knowing and communi-cating the best attributes of the school...he/she must also have the energy to communicate in person, on the phone, and through e-mail effectively ev-ery day, all day,” McCoy-Cejka said. “The role of admissions in the spring is taxing, but Ms. Marino has demonstrated all of the best qualities to be able to handle it.” And it seems that Marino is up for the challenge. “My plan is to continue all the good work that is already go-ing on in admissions. Mrs. Tis-careno, Mr. Trost, Mr. Chico, Ms. Jagielski, and Mrs. O’Neill have made amazing strides in enrollment, so I plan to con-

tinue the momentum they’ve started. My biggest goal is to create a smooth transition for the permanent admissions di-rector, whoever he or she may be.” Marino will be returning back to the classroom next year. Burgun, Marino’s replacement for the semester, originally gave up teaching to “focus on his writing and take time to re-fresh and renew.” However, he has exciting plans for his Eng-lish classes and looks forward to getting back into the class-room. “I get really excited about reading and writing and then talking about those things,” Burgun said. “I love writing. An essay a day keeps the doc-tor away! But an essay a day is pretty ridiculous, so not that.” McCoy-Cejka will begin searching for a new perma-nent director of admissions this summer.

Once considered by drivers to be a dangerous parking lot, the new parking lot on the corners of Hoffman and White Oak has recently been readjusted to include a new entrance and exit sys-tem. Originally, students and parents could enter/exit either White Oak street entrances and the entrance on Hoffman street. Morn-ing routes may only enter on White Oak and exit on Hoffman. Before this new enter and exit traffic system was implemented, there was a lineup of cars going through the fire lanes, causing a backup of cars trying to enter or leave from the same part of the parking lot.

While most students are excited to get out of school in the sum-mer, Bishop Noll students will be excited to go back to school--only this time, in France! On June 12-22, 2013, Noll’s French program will visit Paris, France. The students will be travelign to the country’s capital to study France’s rich history, culture, and also interact with French students. Female students will board in dorms at the school and the male students will board with a Paris family. All students, however, will study at the prestigious Lycee Ste. Jeanne Elisabeth, a Catho-lic school. The cost for each student is $2200, with early registration. To sign up, contact Mrs. Diane Wilson, French teacher at dwilson@bishopnoll.org.

At 6:30 A.M. on November 16, the bus took off carrying 35 French students to Notre Dame, IN to sit in on college-level French classes at University of Notre Dame and to celebration National French Week. “As of now, I am targeting Purdue University Lafayette (next year),” said Mrs. Diane Wilson, French teacher. This was the first time Notre Dame’s French program has had high school students visit their classes. After the classes, the stu-dents took a tour of the campus, ate lunch at the dining hall, and sat in an afternoon French geography class.

Trip to Paris offered to studentsOLIVIA GRIFFIN CORRESPONDENT

CHRISTION ROBINSON CORRESPONDENT

French students attend University of Notre Dame French classes on field trip

New parking lot system said to ease conges-tion, encourage safety

JUSTIN LERMA STAFF REPORTER

TALENT SHOW AUDITIONSJanuary 9-10 in the band room after school--BNI students ONLY

The talent show will be held at 2:00 on Monday, January 28 during Catholic Schools Week.

All students are required to attend the show.

For the first time ever, Noll students participated in Angel Tree, a program of Prison Fellowship, which “seeks to reconcile prisoners and their families to God, to each other, and to their communities through the transforming love and grace of Jesus Christ”. Noll students donated over 100 items (over $1,000), ranging from infant gifts to adult gifts. “Overall, I think it was great success,” said Ms. Natalie Prkic, sponsor. “The Salvation Army and Catholic Charities were very thankful. I hope that we can continue to grow.”

Noll donates over 100 gifts for Angel TreeJAMES MARTINEZ STAFF REPORTER

December 19, 2012 Opinion 3

I love I hate“...the warm rush after drinking a sip of delicious hot chocolate after making snowmen, having snowball fights, and sledding.”-Joey Real, junior

“...that Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez broke up! Now I don’t have to write death threats to her every week.”-Ryan Cloghessy, junior

“...going to downtown Chicago during the holidays and seeing all the lights and decorations. It gets me in the holiday spirit!”-Caitlan Pawlowski, sophomore

“...that there is no snow right now!”-Courtney Rosario, sophomore

“...all of the crowding in the mall during Christmas time.”-Marisa Delmun, sophomore

“...how the food runs out so quickly in Senior/Junior lunch.”-Matthew Sandoval, senior

“...when the trailers for upcoming movies show the best/funniest parts.” -Sergio Valdes, senior

“...when people cut in the lunch line.”-Lauren Richey, sophomore

“...the MLB doesn’t allow illegal substance use (steroid). Now no one will hit 60 home runs in one season ever agin!-Ryan Cloghessy, junior

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Munster has finally opened up their new strip of retail shops on Calumet Avenue. Recent openings include Five Guys Burgers and Fries, Chipotle, and Firehouse Subs. For locals, the new restaurants have given the area some bustle and intrigue. The most popular additions to the strip mall might likely be Five Guys, which is ranked #13 in the region for fast food and is also a national favorite, and Chi-potle, a fast-food southwest restaurant owned by McDon-ald’s. Locals have been waiting for both of these restaurants to hit northwest Indiana and are faithfully visiting them in droves. Chipotle in Munster, although new, seems to have a top-notch service team, and their customer service is proac-tive. They offer a kids’ menu at this location, and they have new low profile seating. Firehouse Subs on Calumet Av-enue has both positives and negatives. They have a cute fireman theme; however, their food quality doesn’t equal the amount of money you’ll pay for a sandwich, according to the comments left by the customers upon a visit to the restaurant. One customer stated while dining, “My sand-wich tastes like they just put it in the microwave and its not good quality. It took forever to make as well. “ Big ‘N Little Shoes, a children’s shoe store, moved from their Ridge Road location to new spot in the Calumet Av-enue strip mall, and Fro Yo, a former seasonal frozen yo-gurt moved just meters away to a year-round spot in the new mall. Munster spent $5.285 million in economic development to help finance the new project and other infrastructure improvements. Munster shop buildings are designed to house up to nine small businesses with 1440-2460 square feet. Although the chain businesses are welcome, small busi-nesses are unfortunately left to cope with the effects. Mun-ster Donut must now compete with Dunkin Donuts and the new bakery at Panera Bread. A sign in their window reminds locals to “shop local”. Arnie’s in Munster plans to rebuild to add to the new mall. And there is a rumor that Arby’s, unfortunately, may close down in preparation for a new business on the west side of the street. There has been talk that Culver’s, another chain, is eyeing the Munster location, but no other small businesses have piped up to pounce on one of the retail shop vacancies.

Everybody enjoys the occasional Twinkie, Ding Dong, or Ho Ho. I mean, it’s practically un-American to not indulge in these sweet bakery goods. And that’s exactly what Hostess’ mission was: to help people stuff their faces with a nice treat. But what they didn’t tell us is that they were also stuffing their executive’s bank accounts with more money as well. In April, Hostess was accused of raising executives salaries as much as 300%. In outrage, many union workers began going on strike, forcing a handful of plants across the country to shut down. At this time, Hostess had already filed for bankruptcy and was expecting a very rocky year in 2012. What many people don’t realize is that the 300% increase in salary isn’t true. Those numbers are actually around 75%-80% increases, which are still large amounts of money nonetheless. Furthermore, Hostess CEO Gregory Rayburn even announced that they would begin to cut workers wages and benefits. This only added more problems to an already hope-less situation creating conflicts between the unions and the company, which ultimately led to the downfall of one of the nation’s largest bakery producers. So are the unions really to blame here? Let’s look at history. Unions were established during post-Civil War era. As industrialization was rising in America, many people were moving here from overseas for a better life. Huge industries such as Carnegie Steel and Rockefeller Oil Co. were in need of labor and were offering jobs to virtually anybody. These jobs however were some of the worst imaginable. Workers were working 12 to 16 hours per day receiving as little in pay as possible in the worst conditions. Labor unions were formed as workers demand better wages, benefits, conditions, and hours. The unions assured the workers that they were receiving benefits and working reasonable hours. If a company or factory was treating workers poorly, the unions would go on strike, refus-ing to do any more work until a compromise was met. As the years went by, union jobs accounted for better products and services and helped America grow prosperous in the early and mid-20th century. Even today there are thousands of different unions that are organized for the same purposes as they when they first started. Often times, union workers go on strike and a company is set back until they can change what the workers are demanding in order to start up again. But in the case of Hostess, a compromise couldn’t be met in time and the company was forced to close down and sell itself. Nearly 18,000 people were put out of employment because of this. Here we can see the negatives of Labor Unions. In many jobs, not every single employee

or worker is part of a union. Because contracts prevent union workers from receiving pay cuts or being laid off, companies will target non-union workers first as to not start conflicts with the unions. Also high compensation can occur during times where the economy is flourishing. The unions can demand higher wages for their workers, which is reasonable due to the revenue increase. However if something changes in the economy, the unions will not likely agree to reducing these wages for the union workers and the company’s equilibrium within the market will be thrown off causing them to not be able to compete with other companies. Unions are even hurting themselves. In a time where our economy is struggling to say the least, unions are still placing very high wages on their workers. This can ultimately lead to loss of jobs to non-unionized companies or even force companies to move to foreign countries. Just like all things in this world, unions come with benefits and crutches. Where in some areas they ben-efit workers and companies, in other areas they hurt them or even run them down. The fact of the matter is, compromises must be met between companies and unions more readily so workers can still receive their wages and benefits, but not to where companies are being forced to shut down or worse, move out of America.

EDITORIAL: Labor unions don’t always benefit the workers

New additions to Munster retail shops on Calumet Ave are mixed bag

IJEOMA UDE STAFF REPORTER KENNETH RUESKEN STAFF REPORTER

RETAIL CENTER The latest additions to Munster’s retail center include Chi-potle and Five Guys Burgers & Fries.

4 Feature December 19, 2012

Nintendo Wii U Nintendo Wii creates another gaming system, except it is now smaller and easy to handle. This new console has a 6.2 touch screen, camera, sound system, and web navigator. You can play with the family or go online to play with others in the Miiverse. It has a slim, trendy design, 8GB storage, and high definition support. -Breauna Gillespie

Halo 4 This Christmas only one game comes to mind: Halo 4. After 5 long years of anticipation by many Halo fans, the next installment of the epic battle between the Master Chief and Covenant forces throughout the galaxy has fi-nally arrived. Halo fanatics will appreciate 343 Studios take over of the franchise as it still holds all the elements as the previous 3 Halo games and some added bonuses including all new enemies. This game can be purchased at almost any gaming store, Walmart and Target for $60. There is a 17+ age limit on the game as well. - Kenny Ruesken

SUPABOY The SNES just became portable. With this handheld device you can play all of your favorite SNES games on a portable game system. This device even has the ability to hook up two controllers to it and plug it into the tv. The SUPABOY costs $89 and is availible at UrbanOutfit-ters.com -Kyle Brantley

Assassin’s Creed III In Assassin’s Creed III, the next generation of As-sassins kicks off in colonial 1775. You can experience many historical events such as the Battle of Bunker Hill and the Great Fire of New York. This isn’t the Revolu-tionary War like you’ve read about before. Available now at Gamestop, Best Buy, Walmart, and Target for $59.99. -Chloe Burton

Red Ryder BB Gun As long as you know how to use it, you actually won’t shoot your eye out! With a 650 BB capacity and adjust-able iron sights, it’s no wonder Ralphie made such a big deal about wanting one in A Christmas Story. Of course, it is a youth-model air gun (a gun for younger or new shooters), so the 10 yard range is short which causes the low velocity and inaccuracy of the smoothbore barrel to make hitting the target difficult. Not for serious hunters, but great for teaching your kid how to shoot the possum that keeps digging through your trash! (Available for $28.99 at Walmart)-Maddy Smith

USB Nintendo Controller Playing nintendo emulators is a good way to play the classic video games you played as a kid for free. It’s the not exactly the same playing with the keyboard, but with this usb controller you can experience the classics like you once did as a child! Only $29.99! -Justin Lerma

Beats by Dr. Dre “Join The Movement.” Beats by Dr. Dre is a new and very popular brand of headphones, earphones, and speakers. The sound quality is outstanding and hold a powerful sound. You can even add your own style to the head-phones. Beats Solo HD headphones come in many dif-ferent colors such as pink, red, green, blue, purple and many more. The price for the Beats Solo HD is $199.95, pricey, yet worth it! -Loren Pacheco

Nose Shower Gel DispenserThis new ingenious creation is called the nose shower gel dispenser. It’s a great gift for bubbly fun. As you attach it to the shower wall, you just hit the right nostril and the shower soap comes out of it. You can purchase this from Amazon.com for $18.39. -Evan Peirce

stuff for your stockingsWe’ve got this year’s must-buy items. Have you already written out your list? If not, take a look at some of our favorites.

iPod Touch 5 Here comes Apple’s 5th generation of the iPod Touch. They’re back with a bril-liant new design full of more features such as Siri, a 5MP iSight camera, and 4-inch retina display. In the box is a pair of Apple EarPods, lightning to USB cable, and iPod touch loop. Available at Apple Store online for $299. (32GB) -Aaliyah Zermeno

Just Dance Just Dance has come out with yet a fourth game includ-ing songs from Flo Rida, P!nk, Rihanna, Maroon 5, and more! It can be played on PlayStation 3 (for PlayStation Move), Wii, and Xbox (for Kinect). New features on Just Dance 4 include a dance battle mode, expansions to the game’s Just Sweat mode, and unlockable bonus routines for songs. Available at Walmart, Gamestop, Target, and various online stores.-Hally Hunter

5FeatureDecember 19, 2012

Home Al neLook-alike Winners

Even though the movie is now over 20 years old, Home Alone is not only considered a classic Christmas movie, but also a Chicago-era legend. So what if we cast Bishop Noll students and staff members in the major roles of Home Alone? The votes are in! After surveying 164 random Bishop Noll students and staff members, here are the results of our Home Alone Character Look-Alike Contest. Read on--and keep the change, ya filthy animals!

Ryan Cloghessy, juniorKevin McCallister

Brian Casillas, freshmanBuzz McCallister

Meghan Gray, sophomoreKevin’s mom

Ed Medina, juniorHarry

Anthony Ziobro, seniorMarv

Ryan Gordish, senior & Mr. Fred Reynolds, technologyJohn Candy as Gus Polinski

What does your family do for Christmas? May-be you make hot chocolate and watch Christmas movies, or maybe you open presents with your family at the crack of midnight on Christmas Eve. Although Christmas is a time for family, it is also a time for cultures. Many cultures have their different traditions and customs, and practicing them has become a big part in many families to-day. For many, tamales are a delicious Christmas tra-dition. During the holidays, homemade tamales are coveted. You’ll find families ordering tama-les from Mexican restaurants or maybe from a friend or coworker who knows or makes tamales for the holidays.

“My family makes tamales every year during the long Thanksgiving weekend,” said Ms. Con-nie Ramirez, Spanish teacher. “It’s a long process and takes an entire day, but in the end, it’s worth it. We freeze them and can enjoy our homemade tamales well into the new year.” Ramirez likes to stray from the traditional pork and chicken tamales and, in recent years, has in-cluded acorn squash with red peppers and on-ions, Thai chicken, and jalapeno and queso. Another famous Christmas tradition is the Pol-ish Oplatki. This custom begins with a simple white or pink colored wafer. Either before or af-ter the Christmas Eve meal, each member of the family receives a white colored wafer. Each family

member, then, breaks off a piece of the wafer and passes it to another with a blessing. This bless-ing can simply consist of what you desire for your loved one or even just a simple, “Merry Christ-mas.” The pink colored wafers are put on a plate together; these represent the family members that have passed on. Similar to the white wafers, each person breaks off a piece of the pink wafer in remembrance of their deceased loved ones. Many families have different customs for the holidays, and some may even be seen as abnor-mal to others. But dissimilar traditions are what makes each family unique and brings them clos-er together during this beautiful holiday season.

Food keeps Christmas traditions aliveHALLY HUNTER STAFF REPORTER

December 19, 2012 Sports 6Girls basketball: Trinity of freshmen helps lead Lady Warriors to 9-1 record

BREAUNA GILLESPIE STAFF REPORTER

The Lady Warriors are on fire this year and do not plan to cool down anytime soon. The girls basketball team has broken through all of their conference rivals, includ-ing the Wheeler Bearcats with Friday’s win 54-51. The girls plan to go pretty far this season and it seems like nothing can stop them. A lot of the credit for their achievement must be given to Noll’s “holy trinity” of freshmen guards Naomi House and Brenda Pen-nington and forward Tori Keilman. Together, these three girls are racking up the points and the re-

bounds for Noll. All three girls have been play-ing basketball since elementary

school. With dreams of going to the WNBA, the girls know they must work hard and give it

110% every game and practice. According to them, the team works well together and they all push each other to the next lev-el. It might help that

these girls have bets placed on

their points

scored per game. Dur-ing practice, House and Pennington cre-

ated a friendly best friend rivalry to see who could score the most

points during a game. For them, it

keeps them on their toes and the balls keep falling in the buckets--and there are more and more

each game. Against St. Francis de Sales game, House had 18 points and Pennington had 20.

“Our biggest fans are our families.

They are extremely proud of us,” said Pennington.

With an already solid varsity team of juniors,

the freshness of these freshmen adds to the impressive skill of the group. So far, the girls’ only loss was to E. C. Central (49-58) last

month. They will play at Gavit tonight at 7:30.

House, Pennington and Keilman work as a dominant force on the team

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Despite losing numbers from last year, the boys swim team is ranked 10th in the region, and the girls team is working its way up the lo-cal rankings. The talent on the team lays mostly with the relay teams and the captains, seniors Anthony Repay, Brayden Banske and Robby Lorenz, who all have conference records individually and in relays. In the past three years, the Bishop Noll swim-ming has dominated at conference. “We’re looking for our fourth conference title,” said Lorenz. Both the boys and girls swim teams will com-pete tonight at Gavit at 6:00 and tomorrow at Morton at 5:30.

Swim team returns with eye on 4th titleJACQUE LELO STAFF REPORTER

“WOOF WOOF”, said senior Matt Sandoval, “it’s good to be the top dog”. This year, there is only one senior on the basketball court--San-doval--and there’s a lot expected of him. “I’m always expected to hustle, be on time, and be in school for prac-tice. I definitely have no off days this season,” said Sandoval. Sandoval also said that this season the schedule is more difficult than previous years’, but he still believes that with hard work and dedication through areas from the team that they are capable of going undefeat-ed.

Sandoval also mentioned that some of his goals for this season are to win conference and sectionals, and go on from there. He is hoping to make another trip down to In-dianapolis in his final year of high-school basketball. “This season I am going to work harder than ever,” he said. “It’s pretty cool having a senior night to myself, but I know I have to lead by example on and off the court. I have to influ-ence my fellow teammates to work harder than ever.”

TOP DOG As the only senior on the team, Matt Sandoval, guard, must show a lot of leadership this season. PHOTO: Hannah Dominiak, ‘12

CHAMPS Winners in both individual and relay events, the boys swim team which includes Chan-dler Cardenas , Robby Lorenz, Anthony Repay and Brayden Banske is looking for a 4th conference title. PHOTO MRS. BONNIE LORENZ

Sandoval leads as sole senior basketball playerKYLE BRANTLEY STAFF REPORTER

HOLY TRINITY (left to right) Naomi House celebrates after scoring, Brenda Pennington shoots a free throw, Tori

Keilman looks for an open teammate.

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7 Sports Opinion December 19, 2012

In the last 20 years the National Hockey League ( NHL) has had four lockouts: 1992, 94-95, 04-05, and 2012 which is still in progress. The play-ers, owners, fans and workers are already used to having a long lockout. During the 04- 05 lock-out, the NHL season was canceled because of the owners and players not being able to reach a rea-sonable deal in time. There are many issues the players and the owners are dealing with, such as the players’ share, salary cap, guaranteed contracts, escrow payment, and the revenue sharing. To sum it all out, it’s all about the money. Who do you blame for the lockout? The owners, who are greedy? The players who are all about money? Or the players and the owners who are trying to split millions of dollars of the fans’ money? As a sports fan but not being a big fan of the National Hockey League, you the fans, work-

ers and the sponsorships can blame the owners and the players for being all about the money and thinking about themselves. During the 2012 lockout, a report done by Moneris, a debit and credit card processor, the venues in Van-

couver, Calgary, and Toronto have decreased more than 11 per-cent since game day last year. Also taking big hits are restau-

rants with 11 percent decrease, and bars taking a 35 percent de-crease since game day last year. During the 2004 NHL lockout, in which the whole season was canceled, Ontario lost $25 mil-

lion in sports revenues. When you watch ESPN at night, think of the businesses that rely on NHL to have a sea-

son. Think about how greedy players and owners are putting thousands of people out of work just because both sides wants more money.

NHL lockout hurting a lot more than fans, playersANTHONY RODRIGUEZ SPORTS EDITOR

This 2012 season for the Fighting Irish marks the first time Notre Dame football has gone undefeated in a season since 1988. This is Brian Kelley’s third year as head coach for the Irish, and they are in the BCS National Championship against the Ala-bama Crimson Tide. Many people say that the Irish are not worthy to be in the nation-al championship because they’re not good enough on offense and they are led by a freshman quarterback, Everett Golson. In the preseason, Notre Dame had the hardest schedule in college football. Every-one thought the Irish would not succeed because the strength in the schedule, but that just made them hungrier to work hard-er. Notre Dame is led by senior Manti Te’o, a 6-2, 255-lb. linebacker from Laie, Hawaii. In September Manti suffered the losses of two close people--his grandmother and girlfriend died hours apart from each oth-er. Manti wanted to play for them, as did the rest of the Irish; and that was the week Notre Dame played and defeated the 10th ranked Michigan State Spartans. Notre Dame won, and from that game, they took their momentum to upcoming games. At the end of the regular season, Manti won seven college football awards, and came in second for the Heisman Memorial Award. Tyler Eifert tight end won the award for the best tight end, head coach Brian Kelly won the Coach of the Year award, and assistant coach Bob Diaco won Assistant Coach of the Year, as well. In Notre Dame’s history, the third year of coaches, Ara Parseghian and Lou Holtz both won national championships, and I do not believe that it is just coincidence that it is also Brian Kelly’s third year coach-ing. In the national championship, the Irish will still be the underdog, just like the start of the season. But they will take that as an advantage. Alabama knows what they are going to get from Notre Dame: a great de-fense and a balanced offense. Notre Dame doesn’t know what they are going to get with Alabama because the Crimson Tide re-ally only played three powerhouse teams in LSU, Texas A&M,and Georgia. They bare-ly beat LSU and Georgia and lost to Texas A&M. The game will be played on January 7th in Miami, Florida. The Irish have a lot of time time to prepare and I believe that no team will get in their way to win the national championship. Just re-member the Notre Dame Fighting Irish always has luck on their side.

Luck of the Irish: Notre Dame has the skill, not just the

luck, to claim their undefeated season and a BCS title

EVAN PEIRCE STAFF REPORTER

When you walk in the building to get something you may have forgot or to meet a teacher com-

ing in for a meeting, you see students waiting around after school, waiting until..what? Six

‘o’ clock? That is a very long time. That’s just three hours of sitting and waiting. Instead of waiting for a while, why don’t they join a club? It would give them something to do for fun, instead of being bored and waiting for three hours. How about a boys and girls’ dodge-ball team? Of course, there will have to be rules set out for it; but still, it’s something you could do for fun and you won’t be bored waiting after school. It’s something everyone could do. Dodgeball has been around over 90 years. A lot of people still love and play that sport or game (if you prefer to call it that). But if there was a dodgeball team at Bishop Noll, I would definitely join because its something fun, and you can be with your friends, or make new ones.

Most people want something fun to do after school. Well, dodgeball is a great way to have fun after school. With an intramural club at Noll, people who want to join, actually can. There are no tryouts, no stress, and no cost. Organized practices and games aren’t necessary, but they could be arranged during PRTs and after school. For those not even interested in playing, but are still anxious to do something during the long hours while waiting for a ride, attendance at these dodgeball events would be a great way to bide the time. Dodgeball can be a stress reliever for most peo-ple who have a lot of things going through their minds, or for those that are really stressed out. Whipping a ball, becoming a dodging target and having a good time with your peers can help get rid of the stress and let out the anger. But for an intramural dodgeball club to form, we would have to lay out some rules. For example, because of the varying sizes and strengths of our student body, it would be safe to avoid whipping the ball to induce any purposeful injuries. If the club could bring in a bystander to act as referee, the whole concept would flourish even more.

After-school intramural dodgeball team would en-tice students waiting for rides, help relieve stress

CYAN SEGURA STAFF REPORTER

STOCK PHOTOS

for Christmas, which gave the mov-ie a cute charm to it. The writers and directors were creative with the

idea, plus they made the film funny to the audi-ence with such mem-orable lines as “You’ll shoot your eye out.” Unfortunately, the se-quel was pretty much a cheap rip-off of the original, without even using a new creative

plot. The “You’ll shoot your eye out” ripped-off again; the silly Christmas outfit made by Aunt

8 Entertainment December 19, 2012

A Christmas Story 2: Same story, same jokes, redone with little humorMICHAEL CARMONA STAFF REPORTER

Shining a light on television and films’ greatest portrayals of vampires

MADDY SMITH STAFF REPORTER

RESPONSE TO SUN:

Bram Stoker’s Dracula: When exposed to sunlight, he burns and crumbles to the ground...a traditional portrayal of a vampire’s reaction to the sun’s rays.

Louis de Pointe du Lac (the Vampire Chronicles, by Anne Rice): Exposure is almost fatal. In one instance during the end of Merrick, Louis goes into the sun-light and must be saved by Lestat (his creator from the first book), David and Merrick.

The Count (Sesame Street): The Count teaches about numbers on a kid’s show. I highly doubt he’ll burst into flames in the sun anytime soon.

Edward Cullen (Twilight by Stephenie Meyer): He doesn’t exactly burst into flames. In the Twilight saga, the vampires sparkle when exposed to sun-light. If vampires are supposed to sparkle and glit-ter though, I de-clare Lady Gaga and Ke$ha offi-cial vampires.

APPEARANCE:

Bram Sroker’s Dracula: A pale and lifeless skin tone, fangs, black hair that is slicked back witha classy black coat.

Louis de Pointe du Lac (the Vampire Chronicles, by Anne Rice): Let’s put it this way... in the 1994 film version of In-terview with the Vampire, Louis is por-trayed by Brad Pitt. The vampires in this series are beautiful almost to a hypnotic level, and completely flawless with their

pale and marble-like complexion. However, as most vampires, their fangs are enough to make one back away slowly.

The Count (Sesame Street): Considering he’s an educational kid’s show character, he can’t look too scary. Lavender skin, a nice suit, a cape, and a monocle give him a classy vampire vibe while still not scaring the children viewers. However, he still has fangs. Even if they are made of felt.

Edward Cullen (Twilight by Stephenie Meyer): The vampires are described as “dazzling” and have given many teenage girls something to drool over. The complexions are again marble-like and almost white, with golden eyes that can change to a deep red. However, the fangs are almost nonexistent and are replaced with teeth that could easily belong to a human.

SLEEPING SPACE/RESIDENCY:

Bram Stoker’s Dracula: During the day, he sleeps inside your aver-age velvet coffin inside of a castle.

Louis de Pointe du Lac (the Vampire Chronicles, by Anne Rice): A plantation in Louisi-ana, with his creator/partner Lestat de Lioncourt

The Count (Sesame Street): He lives in an old and cobweb-filled castle: He doesn’t even bother trying to count all of the hanging bats.

Edward Cul-len (Twilight by Stephenie Meyer): The Cullen fam-ily lives in a rather large

condominium in the forest of Forks, Washing-ton. They don’t have to sleep, though, so the beds are just to ease any suspicion from human visitors.

From now until February 3rd, the Center for Visual and Performing Arts gallery in Munster will display the photography exhibit, “It’s Only Rock and Roll, But I Like It.” The ex-hibit is originally from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio. “It’s Only Rock and Roll, But I Like It,” features about a hundred pho-tos of music from over five decades, 1969 to 2006, from photographers

Janet Macoska and Anastasia Pan-tsios. Many well known artists such as Paul Mccartney, Freddie Mercu-ry, and Michael Jackson are in this exhibit. Both Macoska and Pantsios have been considered rock photog-raphy pioneers, with their work ex-hibited in many music publications, including Rolling Stone.

A Christmas Story is one of the best Christmas classics out there, but it’s hard to say the same for its sequel. A straight-to-DVD sequel, it can only be assumed that the quality of this plot is below par. In A Christmas Story 2, Peter Bill-ingsley, who starred as Ralphie in the first film is nowhere in this film. He is replaced by Braeden Lemas-ters, who is probably best known as “Eighth Grade Kid” in Easy A. Darren McGavin, who played the old man, was replaced with Daniel Stern. Needless to say, the stars of the film can’t live up to the original acting.

The film’s idea is just dumb to begin with. Ralphie is 16 now and wants a car, but (without spoiling the story), he has to get $85 by Christmas Eve or he’ll have to go to jail. Sounds just like every ABC Fam-ily made-for-TV Christmas movie. In the first film, Ralph wanted a BB gun

Clara is ripped-off again; and the leg lamp makes a reappearance. During most parts of the film, you don’t really even see Ralphie. The plot seems to center more on his parents and little brother. I mean, for a moment, I forgot about Ralph. This movie had like two or three parts that actually made me laugh a little. I can see why no one knew this movie even existed; I wouldn’t want to talk about this film either. I would rate it 4 out of 10 for its lack of creativity and the fact that it’s just trying to remake a classic with a stu-pid plot.

Rock photography exhibit on display at CVPA in MunsterCHLOE BURTON STAFF REPORTER

POP ROCK Photos by Janet Macoska (David Bowie) and Anastasia Pan-tsios (Joan Jett) will be on display in Munster until Feb. 3 PHOTOS: anastasiapantsios.com, janetmacoska.com

Now that the final installment of the Twilight series is out, there are still certain reservations most people have about what a “real” vampire actually is. Has Twilight spoiled the image of the fearful creature? Let’s compare Edward Cullen to some other famous vampires.

RESPONSE TO STEREOTYPICAL WEAPONS ON VAMPIRES:

Bram Stoker’s Dracula: The traditional stake through the heart or a cross is enough to fend off this vampire.

Louis de Pointe du Lac (the Vampire Chronicles,

by Anne Rice): There’s actually a portion in the beginning of Interview with the Vampire where Louis is dismissing some of the rumors and stereotypes of vampires. “Actually, I’m quite fond of crosses.”

The Count (Sesame Street): Who would want to destroy the Count?

Edward Cullen (Twi-light by Stephenie Meyer): These vam-pires can’t be killed with your tradition stake or cross. In the book, the vampires must be killed by the head being separated from the body, the actual body be-ing completed chopped up and the pieces burned.