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Loyola reacts to Boston bombings

By Andrew Wallender

For the first time, The Loyalist has issued a bilingual edition of the newspaper, featuring a special Spanish section entitled El Loyalista which contains stories that celebrate the Hispanic community within greater Los Angeles. The bilingual newspaper is the result of a month-long collaboration between Ms. Inga Klein’s AP Spanish Language 3 class and student journalists moderated by Mrs. Mary Arney.

The Spanish newspaper’s theme centers around the celebration of Cinco de Mayo, but the stories speak to larger issues of social justice and community outreach. Ms. Klein said that she hopes this project will further bridge Loyola’s relations with its surrounding community.

Ms. Klein stated, “Community outreach is really important. Around 49% of the population of Los Angeles is Hispanic or Spanish-speaking, yet the Hispanic voice on campus is a minority. Some students on campus, especially the native Spanish speakers, have expressed that they feel a certain sense of separation from the rest of the community. And so this project allows the students to take pride

in their heritage, breaking the barriers between this campus and the rest of the community.”

Junior Martin Perez, co-editor-in-chief of the Spanish section, shared a similar outlook. He said, “Being Hispanic, I know first-hand that there are a lot of misconceptions out there about us. There are certain negative things that I’ve experienced in my life that I don’t wish anyone to experience. What I’m hoping for the newspaper is that it shows the impact that Hispanics and minorities can have on the community. That is why a lot of the stuff in the newspaper is about community outreach.”

Before embarking on the creation of El Loyalista, Ms. Klein’s students had nearly no experience with journalism. According to Perez, one of the greatest challenges with creating the Spanish paper was learning from the journalism students the essential components of how to write for a newspaper and properly gather information.

The idea of a Spanish edition of The Loyalist was first conceived five years ago at the suggestion of Mr. Paul Jordan, assistant principal for student life. At the time Ms. Klein had been brainstorming a number

(See "Spanish Issue" page 4)

By Michael Karamardian

On the weekend of the Ides of March 2013 (March 15-16), 60 members of the Junior Classical League (JCL) Latin Club trekked to Sage Hill School in Newport Beach to compete in the annual California JCL Latin State Convention, where the Cubs came away with the First Place Overall Medium-Sized High School Award.

Students competed in various activities throughout the weekend-long convention, ranging from academic tests to jeopardy-style quizbowls (called Certamen) to athletic and artistic competitions. “I really liked the general assemblies because we got to show off our school spirit to all the other schools,” said junior Ramon Sison. The convention concluded with a banquet providing food, dancing and a casino on Saturday night at the Orange County Fairgrounds. At the banquet, Cubs were awarded about thirty awards in virtually every category, including two $2,0000 scholarships for seniors Fred Muth and Joey Barreto, ending the evening with the announcement of Loyola’s First Place Overall award.

One of the convention’s main events was the Certamen competition, where Loyola thoroughly dominated its competitors with juniors taking

second place and seniors capturing first. Cub Certamen extraordinaire Frederick Muth, a senior, expressed joy regarding his and his partner senior Joey Barreto’s fourth straight Certamen victory at the CJCL Latin State Convention: “Sicut dominus (Like a boss)!”

While Muth served as Southern Representative, resulting in Loyola’s hosting SCRAM this past October, fellow Cub junior Brandon Kim not only participated in the convention as a delegate but also worked as a

member of the Executive CJCL Board.

During the convention, Kim, as the CJCL Parliamentarian, ran the elections for next year’s CJCL Board Officers. He also sought to pass an amendment to the CJCL State Constitution that would necessitate that future CJCL officers take a classics course during their tenure in office, an amendment that ultimately failed to pass because of the majority of votes needed for such an ammendment.

(See "JCL" page 2)

JCL: first in California

Mrs. Teresa Kawamata, junior Alexander Erickson, senior Joey Barreto, senior Frederick Muth, and junior Brandon Kim pose at the JCL convention. Photo courtesy Mrs. KawaMata

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Down the stretch: Senior UC Berkely-bound Josh Lewis closes strong in the 4x400 meter relay to beat fel-low UC Berkely commit Khalfani Muhammad of Notre Dame on April 17. The Cubs won the meet against rival Notre Dame 70-57. See A9 for full story. Photo by Glyn Davies

Special Spanish Language Issue

By Rohan Floegel-Shetty and Cormac Heaney

The race clock struck 4:09:44. With the finish line in sight for many runners, two bombs exploded 10 seconds and 100 yards apart from each other at the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15.

This bombing, also known as the Patriot Day Bombing, was called an “act of terror” by the White House and was investigated as such by the FBI.

According to the Washington Post, the bombings led to deaths of three people, including an eight-year-old boy, and injured 264 people. The two people believed responsible for these bombings are the brothers Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was 26 years old and a boxer, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is 19 and was a student at the University of Massachusetts in Dartmouth.

The brothers are from Chechnya, a “hotbed” of Islamic militant activity, and identified themselves as Muslims. Tamerlan, who was interviewed by the FBI before the bombings at the request of the Russians, visited Chechnya for six months in 2012.

After the bombings there was a massive manhunt (costing $250 to $333 million per day, according to the Washington Post), which shut down the city of Boston for 24 hours. This manhunt ended with Tamerlan Tsarnaev being killed; Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was wounded, being found in a land-docked boat and arrested in Watertown; one MIT police officer being killed; a Metro Boston Transportation Authority (MBTA) Transit Police Officer being wounded. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is currently hospitalized in fair condition from the wounds he suffered.

(See "Boston" page 5)

Spanish issue honors Hispanic community

April 26, 2013NewsA2

Loyola’s wireless network will be improved to make it faster, according to Windows Systems Analyst Kevin Behnke.

The old connection could not support the number of electronic devices now that students are allowed to use their cell phones during the day. “Our previous network was not able to handle the increasing number of devices that consume our network resources,” said Mr. Behnke. “This impact has created serious problems for students, faculty and staff.”

Junior Curtis Wang said, “I think the Internet is pretty slow and not that reliable. There are times when it’s just not there.”

Streaming and signal strength should improve once the upgrade is completed. The new network will also help with high traffic, accommodating up to 250 or more devices on a single access point for the system.

The boosted network will help everyone on campus. Sophomore Michael Ashby said, “I noticed that the Internet was pretty slow, so a faster connection will be good.”

Mr. Behnke said, “I can easily say when we are done with the project, we will make most universities jeal-ous.”

By Spencer Reed

As of the beginning of the 2013-2014 school year, Loyola High School will institute two new classes and possibly a third. Two new courses slated for next year are Mandarin and World War II History; Urban Ecology will be offered if enough students request it.

Enrollment in Mandarin will be limited to incoming freshmen, cur-rent freshmen who wish to change their foreign language, and current juniors who will have com-pleted required three years in one second language.

A s s i s t a n t P r i n c i p a l A n d r e y Aristov said, “We are bring-ing on Mandarin next year, and we are in the process of hiring a teacher for that right now. And it looks as if it will just be Mandarin 1 next year, fol-lowed by Mandarin 2 the year after, and so on.”

Current freshman Charles McDugald said, “Even though I’m in Spanish now, I would definitely consider taking Mandarin next year. I mean, it’s the language of the busi-ness world and the up-and-coming international language. Soon, if you want a successful business career, you’re going to need to know Mandarin. That’s what people are going to be speaking.”

Another new class that will be added next year is World War II History. Currently a summer school class taught by Social Science teacher Mr. Levi Line, World War II History will be a senior Social Science elective. The class will focus on the war in Europe and in the Pacific, as well as the effect of the war on the American homefront.

Mr. Line said this course will build upon the passion for history he sees in students: “Because of all the vid-eogames that I see the students play, they already have a prior knowledge to World War II from movies, books,

and these video games. They have the basics of World War II. When students take me for World History or U.S. History, I do see that love and that passion come out.”

Junior Christopher Duval adds, “I’ve always had a passion for World War II. With the movies and TV shows in the media today, our gen-eration has gained a lot of knowledge and enthusiasm for the subject. I know a lot of juniors who really want to take this class, especially with Mr.

Line.” Urban Ecology will be offered

depending upon student interest and schedule availability. The course will be a senior Science elective taught by Mr. Craig Bouma. “It's [Urban Ecology] all about how energy flows and matter cycles in cities, places where humans dominate and have disrupted the native system. It's an investigation of the new system.

This is a frontier in science; little is known about urban ecology,” said Mr. Bouma. The idea for the class began with Eric Strauss, a renowned Loyola Marymount University Urban Ecology professor. Mr. Bouma had an opportunity to meet Mr. Strauss, who wanted to reach out to high schools with his Urban Ecology curriculum. Thus, the idea for the class was born.

Urban Ecology is focused on the ecosystems within cities and urban

areas. Scientists used to travel deep into nature to study undisturbed ecosystems. Now, scientists study the ecosystems that humans have inhabited and disturbed. With Urban Ecology being a fairly new scien-tific field, students enrolled in this one-semester class will contribute research to the field according to Mr. Bouma.

Urban Ecology is an inquiry and project-based class. Students will conduct experiments throughout

campus to learn more about the ecosystems and wildlife present in the city. For exam-ple, students may conduct a crow study, testing the intel-ligence of the birds through their eating habits. By provid-ing peanuts of various colors and forms, the students will test to see if the crows can see in color, measure mass, and

identify a preferred type of food. Another proposed experiment is

to test or change the migration pat-terns of birds and butterflies. By growing certain plants around cam-pus, students will determine wheth-er these plants attract specific kinds of birds and butterflies.

Junior Daniel Berg said, “I am pret-ty interested in this class. It’s interest-ing to see how humans have affect-

ed their sur-r o u n d i n g s . I’ve always been an out-doorsman, and I’d be fascinat-ed to see how we humans have changed nature and our environment.”

When an idea for a class is pro-posed, Loyola High School is sup-portive. Mr. Bouma said, “Mr. Kozakowski inspires the faculty to be creative and innovative in teaching and learning. Each year teachers have the opportunity to apply for summer professional development. Last year I was awarded travel to Boston's Urban Ecology Institute to be trained in the field Urban Ecology.”

New classes excite students, faculty

In Brief..."JCL" from page 1

Said Kim about his experi-ence as parliamentarian: “The best part about being parlia-mentarian was being able to meet the future board members, and, you could say, the fate of the CJCL was somewhat in my hands. It was a lot of work, but it was worth it, and it was fun just hanging out with the cur-rent board members.”

Mrs. Teresa Kawamata, moderator of the Loyola JCL Latin Club, enjoyed the week-end she spent at the convention, as well. “Getting lifted onto students' shoulders after our 1st place win was funny and memorable,” said Kawamata. “Our guys' winning the cata-pult contest by 100 feet was fun. Watching Joey and Fred beat the other certamen teams in a room packed with Loyola guys wasn't bad, either.”

Looking ahead to this sum-mer and next school year, JCL is preparing for the National JCL Convention and being led by new junior leaders. At the National Convention this summer, the level of competition will rise higher than that of the State Convention; how-ever, many of the Cubs who have attended in the past excelled and won awards, including Muth’s first place victories in the Decathlon, the Individual Academics category, and the Individual Combined category.

As for next year, Mrs. Kawamata looks forward to the new leadership under the current juniors. “Since so many more juniors played a big-ger part in preparing for convention this year, I feel that next year's club activities will be more dynamic,” comments Mrs. Kawamata. “They've really taken ownership of the club and its leadership. It has transformed

from my club to theirs. I think that their enthusiasm may be partly due to their experience hosting a very successful SCRAM and the good leadership by Frederick Muth and Joey Barreto. The seniors and juniors are great examples of leaders and collaborators for the current under-classmen. So next year should be surprising and fun.

JCL eyes summer National Convention

The JCL Club poses at the annual Latin State Convention at Sage Hill School. Photo Courtesy of Mrs. KawaMata

Ms. Shaena Engle named Loyola's director of communcations

Loyola ranked 19th nationally in poll

Faster network takes over Loyola

"I would definitely consider taking Mandarin . . . It's the language of the business world."

-- Freshman Charles McDugaldBy Michael Ashby

Ms. Shaena Engle has been named Loyola’s direc-tor of communications, replacing Mr. Ben Tomlin who resigned last fall to take another position. Ms. Engle will oversee all the branding, public relations and advertising associated with the school.

Having grown up in the Los Angeles area, Ms. Engle graduated from Hollywood High School and then matriculated to UCLA, where she majored in English Literature. After graduation, she stayed at the univer-sity to work there as a director of commu-nications. Ms. Engle said she has worked in public relations and marketing for seven-teen years and as a journalist for six years, writing for the Los Angeles Times. She has also written three books

Ms. Engle said she was attracted to Loyola because of the school’s “really big commitment to social justice and to commu-nity giving.”

In the future, Ms. Engle said she plans to “expand the awareness of all of the wonderful things that happen here at Loyola” to outside communities, and she also wants “people out-side of the Loyola community to realize what a treasure this high school is.”

"Mr. Kozakowski inspires the faculty to be creative and innovative in teaching and

learning." -- Mr. Craig Bouma

Loyola High School has been ranked the nineteenth most challenging high school in the country for the 2012 school year by The Washington Post.

The ranking, which was published a few weeks ago, rated schools by taking the total number of Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate, and Advanced International Certificate of Education tests given at a school each year and dividing that by the number of graduating seniors.

The ranking is based on the number of tests taken because some schools artificially inflate AP scores by allowing only students who they think will earn high scores to take the tests.

Loyola was ranked fifteenth last year. Other Los Angeles area schools, Pasadena Polytechnic and Harvard-Westlake, were ranked fourth and seventh, respectively in the most recent poll. In addition, the state of California boasts nine of the top twenty high schools in the nation, according to The Washington Post’s ranking.

Principal Mr. Frank Kozakowski said, " It is great to receive this national recognition for some of our accom-plishments. This recognition is well deserved."

Ms.Shaena Engle is the new director of communications. Photo froM Ms. engle

April 26, 2013 News A3

By Nick Froelich

Every other week, the Great Films Club gathers to discuss a different piece of cinema. Members select a few movies and then vote on which one to watch and discuss. Scrutinizing the details of the films typically overlooked by the average view-er, participants in the club all express passion for the art.

Co-President Junior Brian Baldocchi said, “I watch a lot more movies than the average person, so I notice things that maybe other people wouldn’t. Everyone in the club is pretty much the same way: We all watch a lot of movies. For exam-ple, we've spent whole sessions

academically arguing over the use of the closeup in the recent Le Mis movie."

The club members also use online resources, such as Facebook, to create polls about what to watch next.

Co-president Sophomore Brogan Feeley said, “Members watch the films on their own time over the course of about two weeks, and then we meet to discuss our opinions on the film, such as our views on the cinema-tography, writing, and acting. The main goal of the club is to unite those interested in the film medium to discuss their own ideas, their own film projects, and their views on that week's film.”

Hollywood Cubs

By Roman Liccini

The Short Film Club, moder-ated by Mr. Lance Oschner, is for students to discuss their interests in film production and to col-laborate in creating short films.

The club typically meets to discuss a certain subtopic of film. The members of the club hope to master the creation of short films so they can put it into practice when creating their works.

Sophomore Angel Lopez said, “The thing I like most about the club is the entire learning pro-cess. Spending one day with the club I’m able to learn so much. Sometimes we discuss lighting;

sometimes we discuss proper editing and more. All of our dis-cussions are so crucial for the development of short films.”’

The club works diligently to learn as members prepare their own short films. Lopez said, “We’ve done so much already. Since I joined last year, we’ve already completed one short film created by Jack Ritter, wrote a couple more and now are on our way to create another.”

The short film club meets on Thursdays at lunch in the media lab. Lopez said, “Like all forms of art, film requires you to cre-ate. So if you want to be an artist, learn about film.”

Jesuits react to Pope FrancisClub discusses, evaluates films

Students create own short films

By Andrew Schmitz

Soon after the Reverend Greg Goethals, S.J., announced the election of a new pope to the entire school on Wednesday, March 13, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina, could be seen on tele-vision as he stepped onto the balcony at the Vatican to reveal himself as the 266th pontiff of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics.

Loyola’s Jesuits reacted to the new pope, Pope Francis, as not only the first non-European pope but also the first Jesuit to be cho-sen by the papal conclave.

The Rev. Jerry Hudson, S.J., said he was “very surprised” upon the election of the Argentine Cardinal. The Rev. Steven Barber, S.J., said, “I was grateful that they had chosen someone who gives every indication of being filled with wisdom, compassion for the poor and a great love for the church. It was shocking in many ways. I don’t think any Jesuit could ever imagine that the cardinals would vote for a member of the society of Jesus.”

It is rare for a member of a religious order, especially one of the Society of Jesus, to be elected into a high position in the Church. According to the Rev. John Quinn, S.J., Jesuit priests “promise not to aspire to riches, honors and titles.” He explained, “If asked to be a bishop, a Jesuit is supposed to decline the offer. Only after saying ‘no’ more than once is the Jesuit supposed to ask permission of his religious superior before accepting the appointment. Once a Jesuit is

elevated to being a bishop, it becomes much easier to become a Cardinal if the Church deems it necessary. There are only a handful of Jesuit Cardinals, and none before Pope Francis has ever become the Bishop of Rome and the Successor of Peter.”

Fr. Barber said, “As a mem-ber of a religious order, he did not rise through the ranks of the regular, professional church but through the ranks of the Society of Jesus. It’s a bit like being in a fraternity inside the church, from which they have now chosen someone not typical or unusual.”

Pope Francis chose the name in respect to St. Francis of Assisi, who was known for having special concern for the poor. Pope Francis has also demon-strated acts of humility, for he has chosen not to reside in the official papal residence but in the Vatican guesthouse. He also did not wear the traditional red cloak, or mozzetta, as his prede-cessors did.

“He has already shown that

he plans to remain faithful to his chosen 'simple lifestyle' and strong desire for collegiality,” said Fr. Quinn. “By twice calling and once visiting the Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Fr. Adolpho Nicolas, S.J., Pope Francis has expressed his desire to forge an even closer bond between the Vatican and the Society of Jesus.”

One of the first moves Pope Francis made, on Holy Thursday, could be an indication of unique things he will do. He visited a nearby prison in Italy, where he washed the feet, a common ritual on Holy Thursday, of some pris-oners, including a Muslim man.

Fr. Barber said, “It was a sur-prising and shocking break of tradition. In my own previous work as chaplain at San Quentin Prison, I would wash the feet of prisoners every year. To me, it was very personally significant when he chose to include that during Holy Week, demonstrat-ing a direct outpouring of care for prisoners.”

Pope Francis has already made his mark on the papacy through his humble actions and simple lifestyle. Photo AssociAted Press

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By Alex Flores

Sweat dripping off eye-brows, lights shining down on eager competitors, anxi-ety emanating throughout the room, the participants inside of the Long Beach Arena were set to take part in a truly epic showdown.

Contrary to an ordinary, heated athletic rivalry on a court or field, this battle would take place at the FIRST Robotics Competition. Unlike the typical gladiator battle, which is a test of brawn versus brawn, this event show-cased intellect against intel-lect.

The six arduous weeks it took to build Murphy, the K i l l a - B y t e Club’s robot, was about to pay dividends.

“ L o y o l a has been competing in the FIRST Robotics competition for the past four years,” said Mrs. Karalyn Ramon, the Killa-Bytes coordinator, “but this year’s game, Ultimate Ascent, involved designing, building, and programming 120 pound robots that could shoot Frisbees and climb a pyramid.” The team’s hard work over the six weeks allotted to them proved

to be successful. At the end of the competition, the team was awarded 3rd place out of the 65 teams present. Although the Killa-Byte Cubs found suc-cess, their journey to achieve 3rd place had obstacles for them to overcome. “During the semi-finals, Loyola’s robot collided with another robot and one of the wheel assem-blies was knocked off,” Mrs. Ramon explained. However, the Loyola Cub “never back down” attitude was exempli-fied by the team as sophomore James Weiztel, the mechanical

leader, said,” I began to relax in the stands when I was called back down because one of the wheel’s gearboxes was falling off. It was missing one screw, and there was no time to think, so I resorted to using Zip ties to fasten the wheel down; how-ever, we were able to finish in the nick of time and go on to compete in the next match. “ The team showed their true

colors with this act of resil-iency and resourcefulness, and as Mrs. Ramon emphasized, “Loyola Cubs thrive off of this pressure.”

Although the Killa-Bytes are elated to have achieved such great success at the event, Mrs. Ramon said, “The suc-cess of the team should be measured by its influence on other teams.” The Loyola team mentored four FRC teams this year and supported a rookie FIRST Lego League team that is currently on its way to the Championships.

K e e p i n g the “Men for Others” spirit alive, the team prides itself on its accom-plishments as well as its rep-utation. Mrs. Ramon said, “The team has gained the reputation of

being one of the most spirited and supportive teams at the Los Angeles Regional.”

Sophomore James Weitzel said, “We are more than just a club; we are a team, and only time will tell what we will become as we head out to achieve even bigger and better things as the Killa-Bytes Cubs Robotics Team."

Killa-Byte Cubs perform wellat FIRST Robotics Competition

"Spanish Issue" from page 1

of ideas to get her students fur-ther immersed in the Spanish lan-guage, and the idea of introduc-ing a Spanish section to the school newspaper came to Mr. Jordan when he visited another school. Non-Spanish speaker Mrs. Arney said that when Mr. Jordan first shared the idea with her, she was somewhat reluctant, but sev-eral factors motivated her to take the proverbial plunge. “This year we have an excellent group of editors and writers, and we have had several excellent editions this year. The time just seemed right to be open to the growth of this venture, and I am so pleased and proud for this collaboration, and I am thankful to Mr. Jordan not only for the idea but also for all of his support.”

Commenting on the process the past two weeks in particular, Mrs. Arney said, “Because not all of The Loyalist’s editors speak Spanish, the process has required close collaboration to design and write headlines and captions for each of the pages in Spanish. I want to give a special shout-out to junior Chris Kymn, our lay-out editor, who was also pre-paring for debate’s Tournament

of Champions this weekend in Kentucky.”

The past few years Ms. Klein has had her students complete a similar class project in which they used poster paper to create their own Spanish newspapers based off of The Loyalist. According to Ms. Klein, having the native Spanish speakers create a news-paper forces them to use their writing skills, as well as their speaking and reading skills. Ms. Klein said that one of the biggest challenges her native Spanish-speaking students encounter is learning the grammar and vocab-ulary to accompany their under-standing of Spanish.

According to the other edi-tor-in-chief of El Loyalista, junior George Valverde, the AP Spanish Language class has done every-thing it set out to accomplish with the newspaper and more. He added, “My favorite part has just been being part of a team and working together to get this done. I have loved getting together with my friends, making sure that the newspaper happens, making sure that we’re actually doing work and not just sitting back. It’s been an amazing experience.”

AP Spanish 3 classcreates 'El Loyalista'

"The team has gained the reputation of being one of the most spirited and support-

ive teams at the Los Angeles Regional." -- Ms. Karalyn Ramon

See 'El Loyalista' in section C

News

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By Carter De Haven

As the year winds down, Mr. Brian Kwan, science teacher for nearly ten years, prepares to start a new chapter in his life by attending medical school to begin a career in medicine.

While Mr. Kwan said he has not yet decided where he will attend, he is certain of his decision to go into medicine. A volunteer EMT at the Pasadena Fire Department, Mr. Kwan already has experience in the medical field. “From almost the first call I ran, I was hooked and knew that I wanted to do something medical-related,” he said.

In fact, Mr. Kwan “was part of a team of EMTs that saved the life of a person who had gone into cardiac arrest” at a UCLA football game last October. Mr. Kwan said that, despite what people may see on television or in movies, “the overwhelming majority of cardiac arrests do not end in a successful resuscitation, let alone the patient surviving with no disabilities.” The patient Mr. Kwan and his crew saved, however, “went on to make a full recovery.” This unique experience confirmed to Mr. Kwan that he belonged in the medical field

Mr. Kwan said he is looking to fuse his love of teaching with his love of studying medicine. Accumulating invaluable advice and knowledge about teaching from both his students and his colleagues, he said he “hopes to be able to combine clinical duties with teaching medical students and residents.”

He says that “without a

doubt” he will miss most “the privilege of teaching the quality of students that come to Loyola and the privilege of teaching with and learning from such amazing educators.”

Mr. Kwan, “definitely” anxious about beginning this new chapter in his life, said he will always remember Loyola: “I don’t think a day will go by where my time at Loyola won’t influence me, and I think Loyola has given me a lot more than I have been able to give Loyola over the past nine years.”

Certainly grateful for his time at Loyola as he considers the future, Mr. Kwan said, “I count myself very fortunate if I am able to be a part of a community like the one here.”

Mr. Kwan said he still

remembers the first time he stepped onto campus: “I thought I had gotten lost and perhaps had inadvertently gone to LMU. The layout and buildings were more like what I had expected to see at a college or university.”

Another favorite memory is his first time being called “Mr. Kwan.” He said, “I distinctly remember looking over my shoulder to see if my father was behind me.”

Mr. Kwan helps sophomore Honors Chemistry student Simon Stauber. Photo courtesy el camino

Mr. Kwan to attend medical school

"Boston" from page 1

The terrorist attack in Boston begs the question both locally and nationally regarding security. Loyola High School’s Head of Security Abel Galarza said that Loyola security strives to provide a safe and secure learning for its students no matter if a threat is one block away or a thousand miles away.

This terrorist attack hit home to many people across the nation, including here at Loyola. Sophomore Joseph Scibelli has a number of family members and friends liv-ing in Boston, some of whom were affected by the blasts. He said he was initially sur-prised on hearing the news.

He said, “My first reaction was of shock and disbelief. My emotions then turned into making sure that my cousin, who was running in the marathon and is a doc-tor, was okay. Eventually, we found out that he had stopped running to help the wounded.”

Scibelli’s cousin is one of the many heroes who ran towards the bombings rather than away from them to help the wounded. All of Scibelli’s family and friends are unharmed.

The bombings also hit home with teach-er Mr. Tom Portman, whose son was half a mile away from the explosions. Mr. Portman said that when he first heard the news, “I was shocked, deeply saddened and worried about my son and the people of Boston.” Mr. Portman said his son then left Boston while the two brothers were at large.

Even though Mr. Portman’s son was unharmed, the bombing is still troubling. Mr. Portman said, “I feel grief and con-tinue to pray for all those who were killed, injured and impacted by this great tragedy. I am also praying for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.”

This bombing also affected the major sports teams in Boston. At both the Red Sox and Bruins' games last Saturday, a pre-game ceremony remembered the victims.

The ceremony at the Red Sox game was observed first-hand by senior Anthony Perasso. “The Red Sox game was the cool-est sporting event I've ever been to. It was more than just a game; it was a community gathering together after it had been rocked by terrorism. The majority of the crowd was decked out in red, white and blue, and there were a ton of ‘USA!’ chants.”

After a ceremonial first pitch thrown by a marathon survivor, the game began, and the Red Sox went on to come back for an inspirational and emotional 4-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals.

Perasso went on to talk about the cer-emony: “They had a thirty-minute cer-emony before the game where some of the heroes of the tragedy were honored. They also had a slideshow of pictures from the tragedy. Whenever a policeman's picture would come on the slideshow, the whole stadium would erupt in applause. The singing of the national anthem was also really special; the whole stadium sang along.”

As is tradition at a Red Sox game, Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” is sung dur-ing the eighth inning. Anthony Perasso said that this special performance by Neil Diamond was “definitely better than any-thing that people saw at Coachella.”

These bombings are one of the worst terrorist attacks on an international sport since the Munich Massacre of the 1972 Olympics. The attack has affected and changed the lives of many people in Boston and across this great nation. Boston’s toughness is described by their motto: “We are Boston. We are Strong. We are BostonStrong.”

By Griffin Cohen

The Loyola Mothers’ Guild will host its eighty-second annual Spring Luncheon tomorrow in Xavier Center. Tonight’s preview night allows students, faculty, staff and family to view the elaborate and decorative tables.

For the luncheon, groups of Loyola mothers choose a theme, design, and then decorate their tables. Some groups are organized because the moms live relatively close to one another, and other groups are organized around

Loyola activities that the mothers’ sons participate in, such as sports and Speech and Debate.

“What once started as a group of mothers bringing their own china and place settings from home to celebrate Loyola has now grown to an event that will attract over 700 women,” said Mrs. Anne Marie Scibelli, Mothers’ Guild president.

Aside from the aesthetics, the event is an important fundraiser for the school. According to Mrs. Scibelli, the event raised over $70,000 for the Loyola Scholarship Fund last year.

By Will Deseran

At the beginning of Easter Break on March 27, Loyola faculty and staff took part in a two-day retreat at Serra Retreat Center in Malibu.

“Loyola faculty and staff have a tradition of celebrating the beginning of the Triduum, the days right before Easter, with an overnight retreat,” said Dr. Ann Holmquist, assistant principal for ministry and planner of this retreat.

A required event for all Loyola faculty and staff, the retreat, according to Dr. Holmquist “is part of our formation. One of the important things that the ministry office does is to make sure that the faculty has experiences of the Ignatian exercises and that we are learning more about St. Ignatius, the Jesuits and the Ignatian way of doing things.”

This year’s retreat hosted guest speaker Chris Lowney, author of two books, Heroic Leadership and Heroic Living, which mem-bers of the community have read this year. Mr. Lowney was a Jesuit seminarian for seven years before becoming a managing director at J.P. Morgan & Co.

“Lowney did what he called a spiritual workshop,” said Dr. Holmquist. “He used PowerPoint to create presentations and discuss his ideas. He then asked the faculty and staff to do their own thinking and reflecting, put us into conversations with each other, had us step aside and think for a while, and then come back into groups and discuss our ideas.”

On the first day of the retreat, the retreatants enjoyed a three-hour lunch break to socialize and enjoy their time in Malibu. Some chose to walk to downtown Malibu for ice cream while others read, napped or visited with colleagues. Day one also included a late-afternoon Mass celebrated by the Rev. Greg Goethals, S.J.

When asked about her experience on the retreat, library media teacher Ms. Laurie Cooney said, “The Serra Retreat House in Malibu is a beautiful and historic place. It’s wonderful to be able to see the ocean and socialize with my fellow faculty members.”

The faculty retreat is expected to occur again next year during the beginning of Easter break.

Faculty take part in retreat over Easter

See next month's edition of The Loyalist for other

faculty departing after this school year.

Mothers' Guild luncheon set for Saturday in Xavier

Community reacts to Boston terrorist attacks

Last year's Long Beach table, themed "It's a Wonderful Life," featured this photo of Fr. Greg Goethals and students. Photo from allison ferraro

News

APril 26, 2013OpinionA6

The past two weeks the news has fea-tured one terrifying event after another: the bombings and shootout in Boston last Monday, a mass shooting Sunday night in Seattle, and an Al Qaeda-linked plot to derail trains in Canada, and so on.

Loyola typically hosts memorial services for such events either right after the inci-dent or annually, depending on the event’s severity. Just last year, Cubs organized the tenth annual memorial commemorat-ing the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001. The Monday after the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, we remembered the victims during morning prayer and in the following days.

Other than the first prayer following the Boston bombing, not a word in prayers or commemoration has been offered by the

entirety of the Loyola community. With so many tragic events happen-

ing in short succession, the energy an individual possesses for processing these events dwindles. As a result, organiz-ing commemorative events and/or prayers becomes only more taxing on individuals. Faculty, staff and students may, in fact, be becoming desensitized to the deadly occurrences, leading to apathy.

Although the reaction to ignore what hurts is perfectly reasonable as a human trait, the events causing pain must not become accepted as typical or okay. The world of George Orwell’s 1984, where government abductions and murders of citizens were never viewed as out of the ordinary or wrong, looms in the distance if we continue along the current path of

ignoring these tragic events.The Graduate at Graduation calls for

Cubs to be committed to justice: “The graduate is preparing to take his place in the community as an accomplished, con-cerned, compassionate, and responsible ‘man for others.’”

Balance between normal human reac-tions and goals as Loyola Cubs must be sought to keep the community from being desensitized. Even though it seems there are more victims to senseless violence each day, remembering that each human life lost is a tragedy within itself is key to trigger-ing compassion and concern. Yet we cannot let these events discourage and dissuade us from being positive, hopeful and driven “men for others.”

Speak no evil, see no evil, hear no evil:

By Nicolaus Jakowec

“Every dollar we invested to map the human genome returned $140 to our economy. Today, our scientists are map-ping the human brain to unlock the answers to Alzheimer’s.” These words spoken by President Barack Obama in the first State of the Union address of his second term (February 13) highlight the importance of highly ambitious science pro-grams that yield benefits to health in humans.

Similar to the Human Genome Project (HGP) launched in 1987, the newly instated $100 million Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) initiative will bring forward advanced technology, long-term benefits to health-care in our economy, and advanced intellectual knowl-edge and understanding of dis-ease.

First, just as the HGP has done, the BRAIN initiative will

advance technology for the analysis of disease. Since the completion of the HGP in 2003, rapid improvements have been made in the technology behind computing a human genome.

The HGP had a final cost of an estimated $3 billion. According to the National Human Genome Research Institute, the cost of computing a single human genome today is less than $10 thousand and is approaching $1 thousand.

Similarly, the BRAIN initia-tive is dedicated to improving the technology of mapping the human brain. The brain scanning methods that are used today, such as MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and PET (positron emission tomography) have low resolu-tion and can only image brain regions as a whole.

In order to understand how the brain is affected by and changes because of disease, we must image the brain circuits at single-cell resolution. With the BRAIN initiative, more fund-ing will be directed to imaging technology that will improve our understanding of the brain.

Second, the BRAIN ini-

tiative will be similar to the HGP in that the program will have long-term benefits to our nation’s health care.

The computed human genome has aided the devel-opment of therapeutic drugs, and it has established the

foundations of personalized medicine. Personalized medi-cine is the customization of healthcare based on the genetic information of a patient. In other words, the understand-ing of the genetics of a patient improves our knowledge of how a patient will respond to disease treatment, such as treat-

ment for cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s.

L i k e w i s e , unders tanding of the connec-tions that make up the circuits in the brain will improve drug d e v e l o p m e n t for certain brain diseases. In the

journal Neurology, it is estimat-ed that by the year 2050, it will cost over $1 trillion to take care of the 20 million patients diag-nosed with Alzheimer’s.

This statistic underscores the urgent need for better treat-ments and cures. For exam-

ple, knowing the regions of the brain affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder will help us develop new treatment options for patients and to determine how similar or different are the underlying causes and affected regions of the brain amongst a group of patients categorized with this disease.

Without question, the BRAIN initiative will have an impact that rivals that of the Human Genome Project. The HGP has proven that ambi-tious, collaborative science programs play a major role in solving the most difficult chal-lenges.

Undoubtedly, the BRAIN initiative will result in advance-ments that we cannot possibly fathom. As President Barack Obama said in the State of the Union Address, “Now is the time to reach a level of research and development not seen since the height of the Space Race.”

The newly instated $100 million BRAIN initiative

will bring forward advanced technology, long-term

benefits to healthcare in our economy, and advanced

intellectual knowledge and understanding of disease.

BRAIN initiative studies brain

the danger of closed minds, hearts

April 26, 2013 Opinion A7

A Reading from The Book of Anthony:

By Anthony Perasso

While many high school-ers were at Coachella or prom these past weekends, The Book of Anthony’s award-winning, one-man staff was busy with more important and less debaucherous matters: I interviewed Kim Jong-un, the Supreme Commander of the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea.

I was going to bring diplo-macy between nations; I’m basi-cally a white Dennis Rodman.

After a visa from the United Nations and a secu-rity check by the TSA that covered more of my person than a full-body massage in Koreatown, I was on my way to North Korea.

I sat down with Kim Jong-un from his mansion

in Pyongyang, where I started with some icebreaker ques-tions:

Q: Mr. Supreme Commander, . . .

A: Please, Anthony, call me Supreme.

From this point on, I knew Supreme and I were going to have a great interview together. I could feel the energy in the air. Or was that nuclear radiation? I wasn’t sure.

Q: Okay, Supreme, this is quite a fancy room. Where in your palace are we?

A: Right now we’re in my personal room. I believe you Americans would call it a “man cave.” It’s just a place where I can have some time with myself; some Jong-un time. You know, disregarding the United Nation’s sanctions all while threatening South Korea and the United States with nuclear war can really take the energy out of a guy. So I just come in here to recuperate and indulge in some guilty pleasures: maybe I drink an apple martini and eat some cheese, maybe I listen to some One Direction. Whatever I’m feeling, really.

Q: One Direction?A: Yeah, don’t judge. I’m a

pretty big fan. I used to like Taylor Swift, but then I real-ized that she’s hungrier for men than the majority of my country is for food.

Q: “Okay... moving on. I see you have a lot of objects on the walls in this room. What’s your favorite one?”

A: Well, if you look on the shelf on the left side of the room, you’ll see a golf ball. Supreme points with his T-Rex-like arms. That golf ball was used by my father, Supreme Leader Kim Jong-il. My father shot 38 under par his first time ever playing golf, and that is the ball he used. Dad was a great guy. If you’ve read his official biography, you’d know that dad never needed to go to the bathroom and that rain-bows graced the scene of his birth.

Q: Wow, your father sounds like a great man. Do you miss him?

A: Every single day. He was my hero. I feel like I cannot even come close to filling the platform shoes he wore. He was a only a size five, but, of course, I’m talking metaphori-cally.

Q: How’s life without dad around the house anymore?

A: My house feels empty without my dad around, about as empty as the stomachs of the majority of my population.

I get really sad without him around. I usually end up eating my feelings.

Q: Isn’t it a bit selfish to feast, considering the famine that plagues your people?

A: Let them eat cake.

Q: You know a French prin-cess said that first, right?

A: No idea what you’re talk-ing about. But I’m not naive enough to think they’re actu-ally eating cake. I hear some rumors of cannibalism.

Q: And hearing about can-nibalism doesn’t urge you to share some of that feast with your people?

A: Nope. My people will eat when the United States is aflame, and we can cook a traditional Korean meal with America as our barbeque.

Q: You know, Supreme, a lot of people don’t take your threats very seriously. They think you’re a joke. How does that make you feel?

A: I am not a joke! Let me tell you a joke: One day a Korean man went to the doc-tor ’s office because he was feel-ing sick. The doctor told the Korean man that everything up North in his head was all-right, but he had a nasty infection down South. The South had to be immediately exterminated with nuclear radiation! Supreme paused to laugh uncontrollably. I wasn’t as amused. Why aren’t you laughing, Anthony? Don’t you get it?

Q: I get it. It just wasn’t very funny, you know?

A: Suit yourself. But I am very serious about blowing up America. I just... Supreme paused to think. I could tell we were about to have a Kairos moment. I’m just afraid America will blow itself up before I ever have the chance!

Q: And why do you think America is going to blow itself up?

A: Isn’t it obvious? First the Boston Marathon bombing by those two punk Russian kids and then the fertilizer explo-sion in West Texas. America is blowing itself up left and right, both physically and finan-cially. Plus, I heard a rumor that there is a musical festival called “Coachella” where many Americans walk around with lighters in their pockets. I can only assume those lighters are for bombs.

Q: Sure, Supreme, those lighters are for bombs. But why do you want to blow up America in the first place?

A: It all started with The Hunger Games. I thought, “Oh, how wonderful! The dumb Americans have made a doc-umentary about the hungry people of North Korea!” I was very excited to see it. So I go to my local theater to see the movie, and it’s not about North Korea. Oh man, I was mad. From that point forward, I made it my life’s mission to destroy the liars of America.

Q: Do you like anything about America, Supreme?

A: Sure I do! It makes me feel good about myself that you’re the only country more dependent on China than we are.

Up close and personal with a Supreme

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APril 26, 2013SportsA8

TASC ARTICLE

By Brogan Feeley

The Varsity tennis team, led by coach Brian Held, continues its season while preparing for CIF matches this May. Currently, the team has a eight wins, seven losses record in normal competi-tion, but an impressive 5 and 3 record in league play.

First, the team credits its strong doubles performance for its success. Doubles-pairs such as sophomores Reid Shumway and Jackson Leipzig, have provided crucial wins for the team. The duo has only lost three games this season.

During the match against Crespi in late April, Leipzig said, “In the Crespi games, Reid Shumway and I won all three of our matches 6-0, 6-0, 6-0. I used a lot of kick serves out wide to set up the volley for Reid.”

The tennis team has crushed Crespi both times this year, both by a score of 17-1, nearly flawless victories.

Interestingly, the majority of this year’s team are sophomores, and the Leipzig/Shumway duo reflect the large sophomore presence on the team. Another strong performance from the pair occurred in a match against Santa Monica High School on March 19. In this match, Leipzig and Shumway were neck and neck throughout its entirety.

Shumway said, “Jackson made a pretty clutch return and that set the mood for that game and we finished them off, once again by effectively playing the net.”

The Loyola team beat Santa Monica 11-7, so Shumway and Leipzig’s sets proved vital to the team’s success.

In addition to Loyola’s doubles per-formance, player chemistry is a major strength of the team. Sophomore Kelan Watanabe commented, “The chemistry between is one of our best aspects. We're all very close and care a lot about each other and I think that that is what keeps

everyone is such high spirits and cheering each other on.”

Jackson Leipzig observed, “Over the course of a season, the tennis team becomes a sort of tightly-knit brother-hood.”

The Varsity tennis team’s “brother-hood” improves the team’s performance such as propelling the doubles victory over Santa Monica. Chemistry helped the Cubs defeat Chaminade, Loyola’s main rival, 10-8.

Team captain senior Travis Martin commented, “The Chaminade match was where we stepped up as a team and beat them the week before spring break. Chaminade is usually our biggest rival, and the team stayed positive, encouraging others to do their best, and that led to us winning that match.”

Despite the team’s success, the Cubs have lost several games non-League games. Watanabe expressed his opin-ion on the losses. He said, “We lost to rival Harvard-Westlake last time and lost against Chaminade the second time. All three matches were close and I think we can win against both teams if we restruc-ture the lineup and stack our doubles instead of focusing on an all around team.”

Harvard Westlake crushed the Cubs 16-2 and that moved the team to third place in league rankings. Last season, the team’s lower league rating put them at a disadvantage in CIF. The team played against Palos Verdes, one of the tougher teams in the competition, and lost to them in the first round of CIF.

Despite this, as the team moves into CIF competition this May, coach Brian Held is optimistic, noting, “Our team has really good chemistry: probably more so than any other teams we’ve encountered. Even when the teams have edged us out on the court, I see our guys enjoying the camaraderie and the support of one another, unlike the other team. Against

other teams in CIF, that factor, like the ‘sixth man’ in basketball terms, could help push us through.”

With CIF approaching and the sea-son almost over, the team will also have to deal with the loss of the seniors, includ-ing captains Cyrus Jabbari, Travis Martin, and Shea M c C o n n e l l . Kelan Watanabe c o m m e n t e d , “Seniors and captains really hold our team together with their leadership and high spir-ited attitude.”

Travis Martin said that all of the seniors are, “Trying to guide the younger guys, help them.”

Coach Held put it best when he said, “It’s always bitter-sweet with the seniors, because while I’m happy that they’re moving onto the next stage in their lives, it’s sad because I’ve really gotten to know them over the last four years.”

The team hopes that they

go forth with a strong performance in CIF. Mission League Prelims begin April 29 and the Finals are May 1, both at Los Angeles.

Varsity Tennis ready for the postseason

Junior Ryan Verbeist returns a serve. Photo courtesy of Gene Watanabe

April 26, 2013 Sports A9

By Taylor Martinez

As an off-campus sport, ten Cubs participate in out-of-school rowing for the Marina Aquatic Center (MAC) located in the Marina Del Rey harbor. The Cub Rowers who participate are seniors Jack Ruddell, Michael O’Callahan, John O’Day, and Patrick Estabrook; junior Christopher Duval; and sophomores Spencer Reed, Kevin McNamee, William Abe, and Joseph Brown. MAC’s unisex rowing team, comprised of approxi-mately 100 rowers, features four categories: novice men, novice women, varsity men and varsity women. First-year rowers are always novices at every club and race against each other. For those good enough, the next step is varsity. Competitions among varsity rowers take form in tournament-like settings called regattas, which may have up to 40 or more teams competing. “Regattas are a lot of fun. They are full weekend events. You get to see all the different people who do the same thing you do and work their butts off,” said Ruddell. With regattas taking place all over the country, many rowers have to travel great distances to compete. “My favorite experience rowing came last year when I

was a sophomore,” said Duval. “I went to Boston and got to row in the largest regatta in the world, called The Head of the Charles, which is a head race that is normally 5000 meters. This race is the most prestigious fall race.”

MAC, one of the most competitive crews in the nation, attracts high school students from all around Los Angeles. “All of us are from different schools and neighborhoods. We have many kids from Santa Monica, Pacific Palisades, Harvard-Westlake, Notre Dame, Mira Costa, etc,” said Ruddell. Craig Webster is the coach of varsity rowers at MAC. “He is the best coach I could ask for. He knows what he is doing and is good at what he does as well as being great with the kids,” said Duval. “He has been coaching for over 25 years at different schools around the country.”MAC’s novice team is coached by three men: Jake Kaye, Alex Kojima, and Julian Daly. “These guys are awesome. They are all young guys only a few years out of high school. For the most part, they have the same attitude and sense of humor as us the rowers, so we really get along well,” said Reed. With practices ranging from five to six days a week, rowing is a time commitment. “We train off the water on a machine called the erg, which tells the coach how much power you have by giving you a split [time] by how hard you pull. We also run and lift. The reason for this training is because rowing is a huge workout,” said Duval. Rowing is certainly a demanding sport, yet reward-ing in many ways. “I enjoy rowing because I get to hang out with some of my best friends, and it provides a healthy release from academics and the stresses of the day. When I practice, I don't think of homework, tests, projects, or anything that might stress me,” said Ruddell. “It's as if I live a completely different life for a few hours.”

Cubs take up rowing at MAC aquatics

Track and Field ready for Mission League FinalsFor the past five years, the Cubs have

been the number-one track team in CIF, and they continue their quest for a “six-peat” as they gear up for Mission League Preliminaries at Occidental College on Tuesday.

Starting the season with five wins and no losses, the Cubs took victories against St. Francis on March 7, Crespi on March 14, Alemany on March 21, Chaminade on April 11 and, most recently at press time, Notre Dame on April 17.

The meet at Notre Dame last Wednesday was one of the most difficult. Coach Michael Porterfield said, “We have tremendous respect for Notre Dame and all they have accomplished. I believe it is the premier dual meet in southern California. This match is the highlight of our dual-meet season, and it usually decides the league champion. The meet was very close coming to the final few events. We performed well on all levels.”

Runner and senior Morgan Simon said, “The Notre Dame meet is typically the most challenging meet for us as a team. We went in and competed as a team, more like a family. When the events were coming to an end, we came together as a team and supported each other in our events. The points may have been tight for a while, but the support from each other pulled us through it on all levels. In the end we did what we do best and com-

peted to the best of our ability. In doing so we came out with a win.”

A number of Loyola’s athletes were invited to compete in the Arcadia Invitational the first weekend in April. The Cubs entered ten races, ending five on the podium. The two third-place finishes were in the 100-meter dash and 800-meter sprint medley. Simon ran the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.7 seconds. The team of seniors Calvin Yi and Myles McDonald and juniors Aaron Gomez and Nico Evans ran the 800-meet sprint medly with a time of 1:33.96 seconds.

The two second-place finishes includ-ed the 4x100-meter dash and the 300-meter hurdles. Senior Myles McDonald ran the 300-meter hurdles in 39.342 sec-onds. The team of seniors Lee Duncan and Morgan Simon and juniors Mekai Sheffie and Evans ran the 4x100-meter dash in 41.7 seconds.

The only first-place finish at the meet was in the 4x800 meter run. With jun-iors Gabriel Morin and John McAndrews taking first and second parts, and sen-iors Connor Rafferty and Josh Lewis run-ning the last two legs, the team finished in 7:44.13, currently the fastest time for that event in America this year. Rafferty said, “Being on the team and representing Loyola as one of the fastest 4x8 teams in the nation is a great honor. It takes four of us, and I'm proud to be on such a team.”

If team mem-bers feel any pres-sure of a “six-peat” CIF championship, they are keeping it in check.. Pole vaulter Mike Reyes, a senior, said, "We have a good group of guys this year. We just have to continue to collec-tively work to the best of our abilities, and special things can happen." Reyes placed eleventh at Arcadia, vaulting 12’ 9”. His PR (per-sonal record) is 14 feet.

Another notable finish at Arcadia was the distance medley team taking fourth place with a time of 10:18.2. This team consists of seniors Josh Lewis and Rafferty and juniors John Davies and John McAndrews.

By Jack Dixon

Sophomores Robert Brandt and John McAndrews racing against Notre Dame Photo by Gleynn Davies

Nine Loyola students (Three pictured from left to right: Joe Brown '15, Michael O'Callahan '13, Spencer Reed '15) currently partici-pate in rowing in the Marina Aquatic Center. Photo by Patrick trujillo

No boat, No problem: MAC Cubs demonstrate their technique during a race. Photo by Patrick trujillo

April 26, 2013A10 Sports

By Bradley Hubsch The Loyola Varsity Golf team, with a

record of 12-0 in Mission League and 18-3 overall, has finished the regular season with a good deal of success. Next week, the Cubs will play in the Team League Finals and the Individual League Finals, and in two weeks the golfers will begin the competition for the CIF title.

The team played two matches against Harvard-Westlake on Tuesday and on Wednesday earlier this week. Before the match, senior Blake Meek said, “Harvard-Westlake is the best in league by far beside us.”

On Tuesday, April 23, the team defeat-ed Harvard-Westlake at Wilshire Country Club. Sophomore Bryant Falconello shot a score of 35 strokes, 2 over par. The team finished with a final score of 193-200. On Wednesday, April 24, the Cubs won a

second game against Harvard-Westlake at Encino Golf Course, finishing their regu-lar season with a victory.

On April 11, in their match against Alemany at Hansen Dam Golf Course, the Cubs broke a Loyola record—the team shot the lowest score relative to par in school history, finishing the match with a score of nine under. They won the match with a final score of 171-210.

Loyola golfers also competed against Saint Francis on Wednesday, April 17, winning 185-201. Blake Meek shot 32 strokes, a score 4 under par.

Throughout the season, the team has been improving. Head Coach Robert Gorr said, “Since the beginning of the season, we’ve seen the guys improve their games quite a bit. We have five returning start-ers, and at the beginning of the year [when] they came in, they were strong; but they’ve become stronger throughout

the year. We’ve seen many more scores of par or better.”

Coach Gorr added, “Most of all, they are coming together as a team; they have a deep understanding of what team golf is about, and their scores are showing it,”

Senior Clark Bonde affirmed Coach Gorr’s comments: “At the beginning of the season, we didn’t really play to our full potential. Coach Gorr kept telling us we could play better, and we've done so.”

As much as the team has developed, they see room to improve. Coach Gorr stated, “As a coach, you are always look-ing for your team to improve. I think these guys have the potential to play even better, and [their improvement] is going to come through positivity and encouraging each other and the process of working hard for themselves and their teammates.”

The team has high expectations for the remainder of the year. Meek, when

asked if he expected the team to remain undefeated, said, “Definitely. Hopefully, we can repeat [winning] CIF, too.”

Bonde said about his hopes of clinch-ing the league title, “I’m pretty sure we will win the league title. We are a strong team, in my opinion the best in the league.”

Coach Gorr said he has somewhat dif-ferent expectations: “We try not to focus too much on results,” he said. “We focus more on the process. We focus more on working hard and controlling things that we can control. Golf’s a different kind of sport, where your opponent is really a golf course; it’s not another golf team. We can’t really worry about what our opponents are doing because we have no control over that. We can only control what we do. So my expectations are that we continue to work hard, go through the process and enjoy the process, so we can compete as well as we can.”

Varsity Golf undefeated in Mission League

Full speed ahead: baseball streaks to postseason By Roland WIley

With an eight-game win-ning streak, the Loyola Varsity Baseball team has taken full

control of first place in Mission League and looks to build upon the season entering the last of league play.

This year’s Cub squad is

stacked with potential divi-sion one talent from top to bot-tom. Players such as seniors Brandon Caruso, Chad Powers, Jack Gilmore and juniors Quinn

Brodey and Nick Sablock make up the core of a 16-8 baseball team which has significant potential to be a CIF contender.

Powers, a senior third baseman, has had a tremen-dous year putting the bat on the baseball. His .324 average and 16 runs bat-ted in have propelled the Cub offense to the success that has been apparent this season.

Brodey, who doubles for the Cubs as a strong bat and an ace on the mound, has carried his sophomore sea-son’s success into his junior campaign. His 2.14 earned run average and .342 bat-ting average makes him a nightmare for opposing batters as well as opposing pitching staffs. Asserting themselves as leaders on the team, Quinn Brodey and Chad Powers realize that consistency is key for both personal and team-wide success.

Brodey commented, “I have to consistently throw strikes every start and keep guys off the bases. At the plate, I need to do my best to get on base [in order to] drive guys in.”

Powers added: “[For] me person-ally, as well as everyone on the team, [we] need to just stay con-sistent. I'd say we are an extreme-ly tough team to beat if we all play well on a given day.”

The Cubs have clearly hit their stride, winning their last nine games. The most recent being a 3-1 victory over the Mission Hills Alemany Warriors on April 23rd. The triumph extended their winning streak to nine games, and gives them an impressive 8-1 Mission League record. Recent wins over the Bruins of Long Beach Wilson High School, on April 20th, and league rival Sherman Oaks Notre Dame on the nineteenth, scores being 3-2 and 5-8 respectively, prove this baseball team’s awakening.

Brodey attributes the Cubs’ surge of late to their winning attitude: “Going into this season, we knew we were going to have a talented group. We were confi-dent that no matter who we were going up against, we were bet-ter team. That attitude has been there all year.” Confident that the success of late will carry on, Brody states: “This team has the talent to go all the way... We have to keep working hard in practice and play every game hard and hopefully that will lead to where we ultimately want to be, CIF champions.”

The clearest sign of domi-nance, moreover, came on Thursday, April 11, when the Cubs travelled to Encino to

face the Crespi Celts. The Cubs played their most complete game, demolishing the Celts by a score of 15-0.

Junior starting pitcher Kyle Beadles was awarded the win. His seven strikeouts and scatter-ing of three Celt hits propelled the Cubs to that convincing league win and placed them at the lone number-one spot in the Mission League.

Coach Brian Felten said that the Cubs were ready for the unor-thodox style of Crespi pitches: “I think we prepared well dur-ing the week for what we were expecting to see from Crespi. They throw a different style of pitcher at you, a submariner, if you will. We have a coach on the JV level that used to throw for us like that, and we had him throw for us during practice to prepare for that style.”

The Cubs are looking ahead to their last three league games and hope to continue their winning surge to capture the league title.Coach Felten said about his team, “They're focused and playing with a lot of energy, excitement, and confidence right now. At the beginning of the year it was win, one lose one; and now that we’re hitting a stride, we need to keep that up.” If the Cubs keep it up, the Mission League pennant will not only come back to Loyola, but the Cubs will also make some seri-ous noise in the postseason.

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they knew what they were doing on offense, but our defense played strong and was able to hold them down throughout the game.”

Impressive goals in the third and fourth quarters came from Peck, Alvarado, and a ripper from at least thirteen yards out by Brady. The Cubs were able to pull away and seal the deal with a victory.

Brady stated, “Palisades was a great game because it showed what kind of team we can be. Our defense is normally pretty solid, and our offense has really taken off in the last couple of weeks. However, I still believe that we have yet to play our best game.”

Alvarado said, “We made some great plays, from moving the ball quickly and just finding the open man. We normally struggle with our one-on-one situations

against the goalie, but this game we finished them all which was a big advantage.”

Another huge win for the Cubs came on April 17 against long-time rival Harvard-Westlake. Throughout the first half, the game was incredibly close with great defense on both ends and a key score by Loyola’s Altieri. Going into the half down by one, the Cubs opened with a solid offense strategy, allowing Brady to tie the game in the mid-third quarter.

Just after, one of Harvard-Westlake’s star players went down with a head injury, giving an advantage to the Cubs. To add insult to injury, Smith and Peck went back to back with goals, putting Loyola up 5-3. Brady went on to score again, along with Max Meyer, allow-ing the Cubs to win 8-4. Senior goalie Cooper Perkins also registered 14 saves, a 77.8% save rate.

Alvarado said, “Harvard-Westlake is one of our

toughest games every year, so a victory against them is always a great feeling. It's amazing watching our team because we've come so far from the team that started the season to the team we are now.”

With the season rolling right along, the Cubs are looking forward to surprising some people in the playoffs. Senior Jordan Burke said, " We've been very fortunate and lucky with the development of our sea-son. Our team has grown. CIF will be difficult. But we are prepared to face the best. We are confident in our abilities and are willing to do whatever it will take to be the best."

“I think we are going to do pretty well,” said Brady. “I'm not sure about our ranking, but I know that we are no joke. We are respected team with a respect-able resume. I think we are going to surprise a lot of people.”

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Junior Ace Quinn Brodey fires a pitch in the first inning of the Alemany game. Photo By Michael alvarez

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Varsity Cubs look to take seventh straight title By Stephen Reiley

Defending a sixth consecutive Mission League title, the Varsity Swim team, undefeated in league meets currently, is looking for-ward to league championships at the end of April and CIF finals in May. The journey began with a significant season-opening win against Crespi on Tuesday, March 19, the Aqua Cubs took the first step towards going undefeated in league play with a 5-0 record. Soon after, on March 21, the Cubs swam in one of their tough-est meets of the season in a tri-meet versus Capistrano Valley, Corona del Mar and Edison. After a difficult loss last year against the two top teams in the state, the Cubs were prepared for a demanding meet. They pre-vailed and earned first place in the tournament, a victory which invigorated them with a spirit of determination for the rest of the season according to senior cap-tain Peter Kropp. “We beat all the teams by a sig-nificant margin,” said Assistant coach Chris Gibson. “So it was a really big meet for us—our biggest so far—and our biggest victory.” This meet was notable for Head Coach Kevin Mann as well. “Winning the meet against Capo Valley, Corona del Mar, and Edison was definitely a highlight. As far as individual swims go, I think our captain Peter Kropp’s 100 breaststroke and junior Nick DeVito’s 500 freestyle were also highlights.” Facing challenging teams in league play, the Cubs were suc-cessful, beating both Harvard-Westlake April 9 and Notre Dame April 11 by substantial margins at home. “We swam against Harvard-Westlake, which is the tough-est team in our Mission League, and we won by a lot,” stated

Coach Gibson, about the final score of 121-49. Furthermore, the Cubs dominated Notre Dame by a score of 138-31. The Cubs remained excep-tional in league play, defeating Alemany on April 16 by a score of 121-49 and finishing strong with a victory over Chaminade last Thursday, 144-22. With Mission League Finals slated for Tuesday end of the month, the Cubs are confident they can make it seven-in-a-row, but they know it won’t be easy. “The next real challenging meet we are going to have is the Mission League championships, which is tougher just because we have some guys that need to make automatic cuts for CIF, and that is their last chance to make them,” said Coach Gibson. Swimmers need to hit certain times in their races in order to make the “automatic cuts,” or rather, the bar set by Mission League in order to compete. Failure to do so results in less swimmers being able to race. On another note, the Aqua Cubs have been training hard for the end of their season. Eight swimmers already have auto-matic CIF times, including senior captains Connor Johnson and Kropp. A total of sixteen could potentially qualify. One of the team’s goals is to get more swim-mers in contention for an auto-matic spot at CIF. “We have six or seven people right now who have consider-ation cuts, which means they could get to race at CIF, but the way it is done is a certain num-ber of people are added based on top times; and once that cutoff is made, nobody else goes. We have to try and get more guys in the automatic cuts or closer to them,” explained Coach Gibson. The swimmers also have high ambitions. “I would like to get another CIF ring, and I think we have

been doing a really good job of keeping each other accountable, and coming to prac-tice every day and just doing what we do,” said junior Kyle Otazu. Coach Mann agreed, highlighting the need for the team to stay healthy and keep focused on the CIF championships in May. “I think our biggest challenge is ourselves. We are hoping to win CIF, and to prepare we just have to stay healthy, stay rested, and be a good team, be focused,” said Coach Mann. The Cubs have had a number of strong meets to help prepare them for the upcom-ing championships. For senior and co-captain Peter Kropp, the Cubs were challenged most by Regis Jesuit High School in a tournament in Colorado. “We went up to Denver, and we swam against the team with, I think, 16 consecutive Colorado State cham-pionships. That was a really tough meet because they were excited because they hadn’t faced any team that is good or as good as us. We were swimming indoors and swimming at a high altitude. They ended up winning, but it was a good learning experience for us. We realized that there are teams out there that are just as good as we are.” As the team heads into its final weeks of training for CIF, the varsity swimmers are work-ing hard to hone their skills and remain focused on their priori-

ties. “The challenges and some of the things we are going to be working on going forward are consistency in terms of technique and some of the basic mechanics. Mental focus is another thing we are going to work on leading up to CIF,” said Coach Gibson. As they prepare for CIF Finals, the varsity swimmers have not forgotten to have fun. “I think the chemistry of this team has been really cool. It has

been something different each year, and it is really special this year,” said Otazu. Junior teammate Oliver Maarse agreed stating, “I have really enjoyed getting to train with everyone.” After five Mission League meets in March and April, the Aqua Cubs hope for a winning performance in CIF prelims on Thursday, May 9, and CIF finals on Saturday, May 11.

Senior Peter Kropp works on flip-turns during a recent practice. Photo by Alex AlvArAdo

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Cubs fall to Costa, look to CIF tourney

SportsBy Andrew Finnegan

Off to a tremendous 18-2 start, the varsity volleyball team fell to the Mira Costa Mustangs, 3-2, in a much anticipated, hard fought, five-set game at Loyola Marymount University two Fridays ago. Hundreds of fans gathered to watch the second-ranked team in CIF face the third-ranked Mustangs in their annual rivalry.

The Cubs came out roaring in the match, winning the first two sets by scores of 26-24 25-18, respectively.

Captain Jackson Bantle, a senior, said, “ We had a lot of energy and fire in the first two games which really gave us the edge.”

Head Coach Michael Boehle continued agreed: “ We came out with a lot of enthusiasm and energy in games one and two which gave us an edge over the Mustangs.”

Unfortunately for the Cubs, the next three games were a dif-ferent story. After losing games three and four by scores of 16-25 and 22-25, respectively, the Cubs were pushed to the fifth and final game which they lost 11-15.

Coach Boehle stated, “We spent all of our enthusiasm and

energy on games one and two; we became complacent in the last three games which led to a loss.”

Bantle concurred: “In the last three games we got complacent and couldn't finish. As a team I believe that we could have passed and hit better. We ended up hitting around .200 as a team which is very low for us.”

The consensus among the team is that of disappointment and regret for not having played to their full potential.

Junior Hayden Boehle said, “We could have definitely passed and blocked better.”

Although the outcome of the game was not the desired result, many high points were accom-plished in the game. Hayden Boehle said, “Our serving was definitely a high point in all of the five games. Our setters did a great job distributing the ball to different players, confusing the other side.”

He continued, “Our volleyball team can only go up from here. We’re only going to get better; and if the opportunity arises to face Costa again in the playoffs, I believe we will be ready.”

The Cubs will take this posi-tive outlook and use it to their advantage to win CIF and hope-fully win a state championship

as well. Loyola still remains an unde-

feated team in the Mission league as Costa is a non-league match-up.

After a disappointing loss to Mira Costa, the Cubs bounced back with a dominating 3 game shutout over St. Francis with a score of 25-12, 25-16, and 25-22, respectively.

The team has high ambitions, setting winning CIF and win-ning back-to-back state champi-onships as their primary goals.. On the topic of team goals for the year, Bantle said, “My main goal for the rest of the season is to come together as a team and win each game ahead of us as one unit.” This goal of Bantle’s also includes CIF and state cham-pionships.

Unity as a team and bond-ing is also a main goal to Coach Boehle, as he said one of his goals is to have the team play as a unit without making unforced errors. Hayden Boehle also stated, “Our main goal for the rest of the sea-son is to keep up the hard work in practice and keep improving on the little things.”

Coach Boehle said he is also counting on the seniors to help lead the Cubs to a successful second half of the season, a half

that includes a Mission League Championship as well as CIF and State Championships. He also stated that the seniors need to teach the juniors what it takes to accomplish their goals.

The Cubs return to non-league play today as they compete in the annual Redondo Classic where they hope to win just as they did last year.

Varsity Lacrosse has hot April; sights set on playoffsBy Brandon Dempster

With CIF playoffs beginning Tuesday and a match-up against Chaminade tomorrow, the Varsity Lacrosse team is looking to finish the season strong.

After a rocky March, the Cubs went on a tear, taking five straight wins against major competitors, including Palisades Charter High School. Unfortunately, the Cubs suffered two losses in a row, but say these are not indicative of what will

happen in playoffs. The Cubs now post a record of 9 wins and 6 losses.

On Monday, the Cubs took on Agoura High School in a highly competitive and close game. However, because of a the Chargers’ strong defense and the Cubs’ inability to follow through on key opportunities, the Cubs suffered defeat with a final score 4-3.

At the team’s first loss this month, on April 19, a defeat which also ended the Cubs’ impressive win streak, they host-

ed the Crespi Celts. Juniors Max Meyer and Johnny Brady came right out of the gate with a goal each, putting the Cubs up 2-0 only four minutes into the game. Despite this pivotal first quarter success for the Cubs, the second did not play out as they would have liked.

Brady, who plays attack, said, “For the Crespi game we were off to a great start with a two-goal lead, and then we let five goals go unanswered. Even though a three-goal lead in lacrosse is nothing, I think it just broke us and set us back. We got punched in the mouth and didn't get back up.”

Crespi rattled off two goals in ten sec-onds, gaining the lead at 4-2.The Cubs seemed to be on a slippery slope from there, ending the first half down 7-4, incapable of winning the ground ball game or playing solid defense. The sec-ond half went just like the second quar-ter: Celt domination. The Cubs fell to Crespi 15-7, erasing a shot at the Mission League title.

Senior Alex Alvarado commented, “They cracked our zone defense and were able to just pass around until they found an open guy right in front of the goal. Also, their defense came out and put a lot of pressure on us, which we’re not used to. We had trouble possessing the ball on offense.”

However, the Cubs are not dwelling on the Crespi game or making it indica-tive of their future games in the race for

CIF. Junior Alex Peck stated, “We had an opportunity to win that game because we beat them earlier this year, and I think we are much more talented and athletic, which is why I am hoping to get a rematch in the playoffs.”

With this confidence, the Cubs have shown that they are a force to be reck-oned with during their successful month of April, finishing with five wins and only two losses. The Cubs defeated, in order, Mira Costa, Chaminade, Palisades Charter, Brentwood, and Harvard-Westlake.

Perhaps the most noteworthy games were the ones against Palisades Charter and Harvard-Westlake.

On Thursday, April 11, the Cubs faced a tough Palisades rival and ulti-mately came out victors with a score of 9-6. Early in the first quarter, sopho-more Sean Smith scored with a great assist from Meyer, but Pali was quick to respond with a bullet from eight yards out. After a Pali midfielder was injured in the second quarter, the back and forth goals continued, Loyola’s coming from junior Tino Altieri, Meyer and Brady, assisted by junior Alex Peck. The first half ended close at 5-4, but junior Nate Mohler came fired up after halftime with a quick goal.

Alvarado said, “Our defense wasn't the best we've ever played, but it was still effective enough to get the job done. Pali was a good team, so they knew what Junior Tino Altieri looks to get past a defender. Photo courtesy of Mr. steinke

Outside hitter Hayden Boehle rises up and spikes a ball against Harvard- Westlake last Wednesday night. Photo By nick noneMan

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By Brian Mutetikka and Ricky Esquivel

In a carnival-themed Xavier Center, 290 couples danced their last dance of the year at prom on Saturday, April 13.

Student Council Moderator Chris Walter said the carnival theme was chosen by the Student Council with a goal of offering more fun activities, including carnival games for students to enjoy. Student body vice-president John Lee, a senior, said that the lively carnival theme contributed to the students having a fun time. Lee said the dance was “a fun, easy-going prom. It’s like a carnival theme but also kind of classy.”

Students enjoyed the featured games, some staying with one game throughout the evening. In past proms, students have been able to play blackjack and other card games, but this year’s carnival theme called for more variety. Games included darts, aim-and-throw games

and mini golf, as well as casino games such as roulette, blackjack and poker.

In addition to the games, raffles allowed students to win prizes. Senior Sam Park, who enjoyed poker, stated, “I octupled my winnings, but I didn’t win anything in the raffles.”

Senior Joseph Elder said he played roulette much of the night, gaining $100 chips and hoping to win an iPod.

Set up outside Xavier Center was a food court. Student Council member Justin Hopkins, a junior and member of the prom committee that set up the food menu, said there was breaded chicken, pasta with meat, salad, spaghetti and meatballs and a variety of breads.

Before dinner, appetizers such as shrimp were served. Park said, “I enjoyed the appetizers better than the actual dinner.”

Along with the carnival games, Prom included mod-ern music performed by a live band named Hind Site.

Aidan Danaher, member of the Student Council and dance committee, said he enjoyed this year’s prom better than last year’s because of the more modern music and dancing. The live band sang music ranging from retro 1990’s music to modern pop music by artists like Bruno Mars.

Marcia Fuller, a sophomore at Bishop Conaty-Our Lady of Loretto High School, said the band was “enjoy-able and cute.”

Senior Misael Cabrera said he felt a great vibe from the band and said, “I give them a solid ten.”

Students’ expectations for what prom would be were generally met. Senior Nick Mousseau said he had high expectations of prom and ultimately enjoyed the music and the people in attendance.

Junior Alexander Erickson also said he had a great time with the “variety of activities that appealed to every-body.” Erickson, along with Park and other students,

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'Guys and Dolls' set to open ThursdayBy Tyler Konkal

Hannon Theatre Company

will open its spring musical Guys and Dolls, set in the bustling city of New York in the 1950s, next Thursday.

As the show begins, two char-acters Nathan and Adelaide, played by junior Quentin Casa-lenuovo and Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy senior Addie Wolfe, have been engaged for 14 years. Adelaide, eager to marry, keeps her wedding veil in her dresser to prove it. In the mean-time, she regularly performs at the Hot-Box nightclub, while Na-than makes a living by gambling.

Sarah, played by senior Emma Woodman of Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, is out with her fellow mission members to con-vert all the “sinners of Broad-way”; meanwhile, she is unex-pectedly swept off her feet by the gambling heartthrob Sky Master-son, played by junior Henry Alex Reed. Sarah is hesitant to let her affection for Sky take over be-cause of her commitment to the Save-a-Soul mission.

Along with the main charac-ters, many crap-shooting gang-sters are introduced, including Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Rusty Charlie and Big Jule, played by junior Chris Arial, sopho-more Charlie Trepany and ju-nior Ramon Sison, respective-ly. Mission members include General Cartwright, played by Alejandra Galindo of Mayfield Senior School, and Arvide Aber-nathy, played by junior Andrew Wallender. All of the gangsters try to get Nathan focused on

the crap game, but they find he is caught between his gambling and Adelaide.

“I cannot wait until we open the show next week,” Notre Dame High School freshman Peyton Huliganga said.

Casalenuovo said, “I enjoy playing the role of Nathan De-troit and being able to make him my own interpretation of the character.”

HTC Director Walter Wolfe said, “Guys and Dolls is, I think, the number-one produced mu-sical in America. The only way I was going to perform it was if I could do something different with it.” To make this produc-tion different from any other, Mr. Wolfe has changed many charac-ters so that people who are famil-iar with the show will be in for a surprise. “We have taken the Sarah Brown character, which is often done as a young, naive girl, and we have made her a strong woman who is comedic. That is due to the actress that is playing her.”

Mr. Wolfe continued, “The show is going remarkably well. It is a very complicated show. I think that it is kind of unbeliev-able how well it is going. Right now, we are in the midst of fix-ing little things that will make the show much better in the long run.”

Some of these “little things” cast and crew are working on are the openings to musical numbers and making sure that they are stylistically correct for the show’s setting in the 1950s. Also, musi-cal director Mr. Stephen Speciale is rehearsing with the cast to per-

fect the challenging harmonies. Choreographically, Guys and

Dolls is a challenging show. Some of this rigorous choreography, de-signed by Mr. Daniel Robles, can be seen in the numbers “Bushel and a Peck,” “Luck be a Lady” and “Take Back Your Mink.” In “Crapshooters Dance” some challenging elements for the male ensemble include fast turns and extreme precision. Also, the Hot-Box girls, Adelaide’s dancing posse, have the numbers “Bushel and Peck” and “Take Back Your Mink” to perfect. These numbers require extreme flexibility and repetition to perfect the double turns and moves, requiring per-fect timing.

Addie Wolfe said, “There is so much more dancing in this show compared to other shows. The best part is that everyone knows the choreography so well. This allows for tech week to go smoothly.”

HTC shows are generally known for their hard-working ensembles. Mr. Wolfe picks shows in which he can incorpo-rate as many characters he can. “The ensemble is just as impor-tant as the main characters,” he said. “They have to create their own stories and characters while on stage.”

Marlborough senior Ariel Hayat, who plays the role of Mimi, commented on some of the challenges for the ensemble, “The dance work is a lot more intensive for all the members of the ensemble, especially the girls. The Hot Box numbers re-quire extreme precision.” She also said that ensemble members

must keep up their energy level or else they could contribute to a lowering of the general energy on stage.

For 13 seniors, Guys and Dolls will be their last show on and be-hind the Hannon stage. One se-nior, Emma Woodman, who has been acting for HTC since Little Shop of Horrors in the spring of 2010, said, “It is a great show to

end on. It requires strong leads, ensemble, and it really makes us family. This will be a great show to go out on.”

Many seniors said they want to make this last show of theirs brilliant. After closing night of each musical, the entire company participates in a Mass commem-orating the seniors who will be leaving HTC.

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David's Alumni Inquiry: Bill Simonian '55

By Ethan BlackUnder the direction of music teacher Mr. Steven Speciale, the

choir is preparing for two major performances, one the annual OHM Festival and the other in the Big Apple. The group has also garnered attention for its version of the “Harlem Shake.”

The choir will perform its Spring Concert at the OHM Festival at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 21, in the Berendo building.

Mr. Speciale said, “The students will perform a wide variety of pieces, ranging from English chanting to Muse.”

Junior Jack Nickels said he is looking forward to performing the songs: “I’m especially excited about singing sea shanties because I like the way they sound. They’re short and sometimes bawdy or funny.”

The recent craze for the “Harlem Shake” sparked an idea among the choir community, and the idea became a reality

when Mr. Speciale posted Loyola Choir’s version of the “Harlem Shake” on YouTube, getting over 12,000 views.

And as many as 22 Cubs will perform in mid-June at New York City’s Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center, home of the New York Philharmonic.

Choir students who choose to make the journey will become part of a larger choir. Along with performances during their stay from June 14 to June 18, Mr. Speciale said he has made sure that choir members will have time to see sights in New York City.

Senior Toby Mahier said he has enjoyed the impact choir has had on him: “I truly enjoy our practices because I can be myself by singing to my heart's content and at the same time hang out with my fellow Cubs. Choir has affected my Loyola career by helping me meet some of the ‘chillest’

people here at Loyola and by showing me that singing is one of my life passions that I wish to pursue in the future.”

The choir, in conjunction with students in Mr. Speciale’s Music Appreciation class, performed in the annual Lessons & Carols concert at St. John’s Cathedral on Thursday, Dec. 13. Dr. Edward Tipton, a world-class organist, conducted the orchestra.

Senior Kenneth An, a Music Appreciation student, said, “When I started singing, I never thought it would be so fun but so serious at the same time. This experience has made me more interested in music and kind of makes me want to join the choir.”

Choir member Alexander Erickson, a junior, stated, “I loved performing there because the Cathedral looks amazing, and the acoustics are to die for.”

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A Life Exploring Architecture

David Karamardian: What are some of your fondest memories from Loyola?

BS: Some of my fondest memo-ries are of the instructors I had, including Father Gaffney, who was the coach of the baseball team, and Father Sausotte, who was the principal of the school.

DK: What sports or extracurric-ular activities did you participate in at Loyola?

BS: I wasn’t really involved in sports, but I was in the pep club. I was helping and responsible for a lot of the set decorations when we had plays. We had great plays; at that time, there was a little the-ater, a little church that was on the property by 15th Street, where some locker rooms and chemistry labs are right now, and we used to use that little church as a theater.

DK: Do you still keep in touch with your friends from Loyola?

BS: Yeah, I do keep in touch. I’ve gone to all of the reunions we’ve had every five years; we just had our fifty-fifth reunion, as a mat-ter of fact. The fiftieth before that was pretty interesting because we had a great steak dinner where the priests used to dine, a place where we could never go before. After, we had Mass, and then they called each of us up and gave us another diploma. We had a class of about 190 students that graduated, and I think there were probably about 55 to 60 people that showed up, a pretty good turnout. Over the years, it’s interesting how some-times you’re not even close to kids that you were at school with; but then when you have the re-unions, there’s so much that you find that you have in common.

DK: Where did you go to col-lege after Loyola, and how did Loyola prepare you for college?

BS: When I went to college, there was no financial aid, so I went to LA City College for two years so I could afford to go to USC. I trans-ferred to USC after two years, and I was accepted into the architecture school. But when I was at Loyola, it was college prep as it is now; but there were no electives at all. I took all of the required courses, but I liked to draw and had talent. There was nothing really to encour-age me to do that, so I challenged myself by taking summer classes at the local public high school to learn drafting. So, in a way, the thing that Loyola prepared me for is just the notion of being a re-sponsible person with the motto “a man for others,” and I think it’s really true when I look back that it really helped me and gave me a good spiritual foundation, and that was probably the biggest con-tribution and preparation for me.

DK: What career did you pur-sue after graduating from college?

BS: When I graduated from USC, I was offered some gradu-ate assistantships back east, but I wasn’t able to do that because of personal reasons at home, so I be-gan to work at architectural offices. At one of the offices I worked at, the principal of the office was asked to start an architecture school at Cal Poly Pomona, and he knew of my interest in architectural history and administration, so he asked me to come along. What I ended up do-ing is teaching at Cal Poly Pomona at the architecture school. Six of us left there in 1972, and we started our own school called the South-

ern California Institute of Archi-tecture, and I worked there for 34 years until I retired six years ago.

DK: How did Loyola mold you into the man you are today?

BS: It was kind of a slow pro-cess, I think, and a lot of it had to do with the faculty, the teachers there that influenced me that I re-member. It also had to do with the friends I made and just the guid-ing Jesuit principle about being a man for others. I’m a practicing Catholic today because of my in-fluence from at home and Loyola.

DK: Have you visited Loyola since your graduation? If so, when and how often, and what changes to the school have struck you in particular?

BS: For many years, I went to Loyola on Career Day, and I spoke about architecture. I did that for probably about ten years, so I was going there every year on a regular basis, and I was amazed to see the changes that occurred. They now have the track field with parking underneath and the gymnasium; we didn’t have any of those things. I always mar-veled at the improvements, but I’m also always amazed at the number of students on campus.

DK: If you went back to Loyola today, where would be the first few places or people you would go back to visit?

BS: When I went to Loyola, I always made it a point to visit the chapel on a regular basis, so I think that would be the first place I’d go. I would see Mr. Goepel because my younger son John graduated from Loyola in 1995, and Mr. Goepel was a great influence on my son.

By David Karamardian

Alumnus Mr. Bill Simonian graduated from Loyola High School in 1955. After high school, he enrolled in the University of Southern California’s architecture school and later began working in architectural offices. Mr. Simonian’s teaching career began at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, where he taught architecture. In 1972, he and five others founded the Southern California Institute of Architecture, an individual architecture school where he worked for 34 years before retiring six years ago. Mr. Simonian is married and has three children, and one of his sons graduated from Loyola in 1995.

Bill Simonian, Class of 1955, co-founded the Southern California Institute of Architecture in 1972 in Santa Monica.

Photo courtesy of Bill simonian

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They are the verbal warriors of Loyola, young men with powerful wits and mastery of words matched by few in the country. Challenging controversies and questioning morals, these Cubs have spent hun-dreds of hours honing their rhetorical and argumentative skills, and a select few of these wordsmithsare chosen every year to compete in the grand debating contest, the Tournament of Champions.

When did it all begin?

What is the Tournament of Champions?

The Tournament of Champions is a high school debate championship tournament hosted annually by the University of Kentucky on the first weekend of May. It is "America’s foremost debate com-

petition," according to Lincoln-Douglas Team Captain Senior Ben Koh , and represents the most successful debaters from the the nation’s most prestigious invitational debate tournaments.

What is the overall purpose?According to the TOC’s Mission State-ment, the Tournament of Champions was established as “the premier cham-pionship for high school debaters who frequently compete nationally in Policy, Lincoln–Douglas, Public Forum, and Congressional debate.” Loyola’s debat-ers compete in Policy debate, a form of debate emphasized on government

policy-making, and Lincoln-Douglas Debate, a form of debate focused on ethics and morality. The TOC serves as “the forum of competition for the na-tion's very best” and “strives to offer the national high school debate community the highest quality judging, impartial tournament officials, and a friendly, congenial atmosphere.”

The first competition of the Tournament of Champions, founded in 1972 by Dr. J.W. Patterson, then Director of Debate at the University of Kentucky, was open only to debaters who participated in poli-

cy debate. In the 1986 annual champion-ship Fourteen years after the first cham-pionship, the TOC committee announced the addition of Lincoln Douglas Debate to the tournament.

qualifying for the Tournament of Champions:

- Debaters qualify to compete at the TOC by earning “bids” based on their performances during the regular competitive season at national and regional tournaments.

- The Tournament Committee decides which of the nation’s debate tournaments will serve as qualifying tournaments, “seeking to strike a balance between the geographic diversity provided by regional tourna-ments and large tournaments that host a truly national draw.”

- Between 68 and 72 teams qualify per event, serving over 400 of the nation’s best and brightest high school students each year.

Last year, Loyola had a record number of debaters attending the TOC. In policy debate, the team of seniors Justin Fang and Connor McCabe qualified for their first time, and in Lincoln- Douglas, Bob Overing qualified

for the second time. In that year, Overing established a school record by being the first Loyola debater to reach elimination roundsm at the TOC and by plac-ing second in the nation after getting to the final round.

Cubs attended the Tournmaent of Champions at the University of Kentucky for the fourth consecutive time last year. Pictured are senior Michael Harris, Bob Overing '12, senior Ben Koh, Adam Bistagna '12.

Photo from the LoyoLa website

For the past two years, Loyola’s debaters have been the national bid leaders, with Bob Overing earning 11 bids and Michael Harris earning 9 bids. For both years, the school has been ranked as the second in the nation by the National Sympo-

sium for Debate’s website, www.nsdupdate.com, the national “bid” list keeper.

By Christian Paz

GOOD LUCK TEAM!

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In two weeks, 600 Cubs will take 1,313 Advanced Placement (AP) exams, according to Mr. Andrey Aristov, assistant principal for cur-riculum and scheduling. However, the question comes up: Why are half the students toiling in rigorous courses to take three-hour exams at a fee of $89 per exam?

“We have a highly qualified student body that is capable of the AP curricu-lum,” Mr. Aristov said, “and I think there’s a huge interest in taking AP classes. So, as more and more kids are excited about doing better and better and getting higher grades and trying harder classes, the program is grow-ing.”

Current and past Cubs have expressed their enthusiasm for the pro-gram. Loyola Alumn and University of Southern California freshman Bob Overing, Class of 2012, believes that Loyola’s AP classes were helpful, and “definitely prepared me to think criti-cally and to study appropriately for big exams.” Sophomore Brennan Barker said he hopes to have the opportunity to take an AP class. He has enthusiasm for the program, but said that Loyola should be more open in its selection process and “consider making more periods/teachers available for those classes. Loyola should arrange it so just more than 60 plus kids can take these AP and honors courses.”

Junior Sean Davis cited “college benefits” and “seeking challenge in the subjects I excel at and enjoy most” as his reasons for taking AP classes, which in his case are AP World History, AP US History and AP English III.

Bob said that he took 11 AP classes while a Cub because he wanted to boost his grade point average and because “regular classes were unstim-ulating [and boring], for the most

part.”However, AP course work often

leads to stress for Loyola students. Counselor Kelly Farland said, “The increased intensity of AP classes affects the level of stress on campus. So many students take AP classes, and these classes require more attention.”

Davis said he feels the stress comes from “the quality of work expected to be produced,” which is much greater than what most classes desire. Mr. Zucker explains that this difficulty may come from the thinking process required in AP classes that “demand that students create relationships between issues in the subject matter. That requires students to take a leap in thinking that is more relevant to most students when they enter into college. But these students are being asked to do this much earlier in their develop-ment.”

Mr. James Zucker, who teaches two sections of AP World History and three sections of AP US history, explained, “Thinking habits of the AP classes are very difficult. They demand that students create relation-ships between issues in the subject matter.” Furthermore, AP students “have very high work loads, and they need to start preparing for the AP tests. Plus, most of these students are highly involved in after-school activi-ties, especially CIF sports that have a very tiring schedules.”

Mr. Farland, a counselor at Loyola, said “There is a point when students can get overwhelmed by the weight of their coursework. This is especially true for students taking AP classes. Taking too many AP classes can have a negative effect, because a student’s grades may drop if he can’t manage the volume of work required in these classes.” Lower grades hurt a stu-

Advanced Placement:Do the benefits outweigh the negatives?

By Sam Jankowski

The Benefits

Difficult classes such as Advanced Placement classes show colleges that a student is challeng-ing himself or herself, often a large factor during the admissions process. Taking APs helps with a student's chances of getting into a top college.

Advanced Placement classes give Loyola students a one-point increase in their GPAs, allowing GPAs to be achieved that are well over 4.0. The GPA boost helps increase class rankings and looks good for college applications.

Advanced Placement classes offer a more in-depth look at a subject, giving students the experience of college classes. Because the classes adhere to col-lege curricula, if a good score is achieved on the AP test in May, credit may be earned. This credit gives a student more flexibility in college to skip past introductory courses.

76% of AP exams taken by Loyola students received a passing grade.

The total number of AP tests taken around the world in May of 2012.

76% 3,698,407

Data sourced from The College Board and loyolahs.edu

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dent’s chance of getting into the best colleges.

On the subject of students leaving AP classes, Mr. Aristov claims that it is “pretty rare, [but] it does happen... after classes begin, school-wide it may be 1 to 2 dozen kids.” The students that do drop out come to Mr. Aristov because the classes were more difficult or overwhelming than they expected.

Many wonder whether universi-ties will continue to award college credit to students based upon their AP courses and AP test scores. The New York Times reported on Jan. 17, 2013, that Dartmouth College “will no longer give college credits for good A.P. scores, starting with the class of 2018.” Mr. Farland said, “Dartmouth’s decision to no longer grant AP credit will become a trend at a number of colleges.” Mr. Haley, another Loyola counselor, believes that “just because they [colleges] don’t give AP credit, they still want to see the challenging courses,” meaning that the lack of col-lege credit should not deter Loyola students. Mr. Farland said he recom-mends that “students take AP classes in areas in which they are interested.”

Mr. Aristov thinks that students should select APs that they enjoy and play to their strengths. He said that “math-science guys will find English exams more difficult, and English-history guys will find math-science exams more difficult. Depends on the student, depends on what his interests are.”

Overing said, “I'm not sure that col-leges care hugely about AP exams in the way that students think they do. I think taking courses that interest you and are challenging is more important than the final one-digit score.”

Mr. Farland said he tells students, “You should sign up for an AP class

because you want to challenge your-self, not simply to get college credit for passing the test. Don’t stress the ‘col-lege credit’ component of AP classes. You don’t know where you’ll be going to college or if they will accept your AP tests for credit. Focus on what you can control, and do everything you can to prepare for success at the next level. AP classes will help you do this.”

And there are ways to deal with the stress from AP classes. Mr. Zucker said, “Students need to participate actively in their classes. AP classes demand that students ask questions, make arguments, and get to know their teachers. Teachers can help to provide insight, encouragement and tips for preparing them for the test, but students need to make a pro-active connection to their teacher. And they need to be open to constructive ideas.”

Overing said, “Pay attention in class and take good notes. Our teachers are experts on preparing students for these exams. Listen to what they say!” The general tip is for students to par-ticipate more in class and not be afraid to ask for help.

Another way to alleviate stress from APs is by finding an extracurricular activity that is enjoyable. Mr. Farland said, “It’s best to have balance in your life. Yes, it’s a good idea to take a number of AP classes, as long as you can manage the workload and main-tain your grades. It’s also important to get involved in something outside of your classes. The most competi-tive colleges are looking for students who are passionate. They want to see that a student gets excited about something and that they have pursued these interests.”

Advanced Placement:Do the benefits outweigh the negatives?

By Sam Jankowski

The Negatives

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At $89 for each Advanced Placement examination, taking multiple APs can become costly. The Col-lege Board also regularly raises the prices on APs, making the decision to take multiple AP classes an expensive choice.

Not all schools grant AP credit and even in schools that do, not all scores earn credit. In January of 2013, Dartmouth College announced that it would no longer accept Advanced Placement credits from incoming freshmen. More and more educators are coming to the conclusion that an AP course does not suffice for a college class.

As college-level courses, Advanced Placement classes are much more demanding than non-AP high school classes. A great deal of time has to be sacrificed in order to prepare sufficiently for the AP exams in May. Taking AP classes means less flex-ibility for extra-curricular activites which can lead to students who are not well-rounded.

Roughly 5 out of every 11 Loyola students took an AP test last year.

April 26, 2013FeatureB6

The Robotics course recently received a $15,000 grant to expand and enrich Loyola’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Senior Service Project, which was first introduced to Loyola in 2012 by Chance Munger’s Senior Service Project. Munger is the first student to combine his knowl-edge from the robotics team with his senior ser-vice project by teaching fundamentals of robotics to grade-school students at St. Thomas the Apostle, Our Lady of Loretto, St. Vincent, St. Raphael and St. Alphonsus. Because of the success of Munger’s ser-vice project and Director of Community Service Tom Zeko’s support, the opportunity to teach robotics has been expanded to other members of the Robotics classes for the 2013-2014 school year. Mr. Zeko said, “The Community Service Department is always looking for new ways for seniors to become involved in the community. Munger’s decision to make his project revolve around something he loved allowed him to enjoy it more and take back more from it.” Before Loyola received the grant, seniors focused on teaching the technicalities of robotics to grade-school students, yet these students are not able to keep the robots after the project. With the donation, the technicalities of robotics will be taught along with practical methods in science and math, allowing students to expand on what they learn from Loyola tutors well after the Senior Service Project ends in January. Although grade-schoolers will still not be able to keep the robotics programming software or the robots and laptops used during the Senior Project, they will have science plans available for later in their school year, plans that expand on what the Loyola seniors taught them. This project will benefit future high school students

and allow Cubs the opportunity to experience teaching a curriculum different from that of the HSPT tutoring done at Loyola and the other non-robotics based tutoring that seniors conduct for their senior project. Mrs. Ramon proposed the Robotics class in 2011, and it became an approved course in 2012. The class uses

ROBOTC, NXT and LEGO TETRIX hard-ware to plan, construct and program robot-ic devices. Students learn how to utilize inquiries, guided research, problem-solving and teamwork as they investigate robots and their programming. When seniors in Robotics decide to tutor students in robot-ics, the seniors simply take what they learn from the class and simplify it so that it can be taught to grade-schoolers. Mrs. Ramon said, “There is a merging of science and engineering throughout the course. The semester will conclude with a student-driven project that involves the application of scientific techniques to real-world engineering problems.” The Robotics class was specifically designed for any senior on campus. Mrs. Ramon said, “The seniors are now able to combine their talents and passion for STEM with service, which is a great addition to the curriculum. I hope that this added compo-nent of service will draw more students to enroll and help encourage younger students to pursue scientific fields.” The grant will bring about change to the curriculum seniors teach students. Mrs. Ramon said, “We will expand our current model to include more than just Robotics. The goal is for students to bring hands-on

lessons in STEM to K-8 classrooms. The lessons will be tailored to both the students’ interests and skill set as well as to the content teachers are already covering and provide all of the necessary materials for the activity as well as leave-behinds, should the teachers wish to repeat the activity the following year.”

When people talk about service to the community at Loyola High School, one would naturally assume they are talking about good deeds performed outside the context of a class. Recently, however, two classes have incorporated service as a major com-ponent of the curriculum. This two-part Loyalist special series focuses on the impact these students are having on the Los Ange-les community and how the faculty and staff at Loyola make the Jesuit motto of "Men for and with others" central to all else.

Men of inquiry, men of servicePart 2 in a 2-Part Series

Robotics students programmed for compassionBy Richard Windisch

By Richard Windisch

Will Maners '12 gives two students some additional help programming their robot. The Robotics program recently received a large grant to support community outreach initiatives. Photo courtesy of Mr. Zeko

After a morning of reading to more than 40 classrooms full of students, Loyola's student volunteers pose for a photo with Magnolia Avenue's Assistant Principal Ana Vega. Photo courtesy of Mrs. Moran

Fourteen Loyola students joined more than 45 million others from around the country to highlight the importance of developing a love for reading at an early age on Read Across America Day on Friday, March 1. Volunteers traveled to elementary schools to read Dr. Seuss books to children, commemorating Dr. Seuss’ birthday and helping to instill a love of reading in the students.

The Loyola students in atten-dance were Kobe Moreno, Mark Villarica, Alfonso Gamboa, Brian Garcia, Gstavo Alza, Eric Carles, Alfonso Castanos, Nick Navarro, Charlie Trepany, Alessandro Perotti, Kevin Khamneipur, Michael Harris, Raymond Meico, and Nick Hanna.

Although Loyola has been involved with the event in the past, it has been several years since students have participated. Ms. Ana Vega, assis-tant principal at Magnolia Avenue Elementary School, contacted the Community Service Department to ask if Loyola students could partner with them for service.

Ms. Vega said, “We have had Loyola students at Magnolia as vol-unteers for their senior projects serv-ing as tutors and mentors. Our staff loves having Loyola students on campus because they are so much help with our students and serve as positive role models. Knowing this, I knew that having them come read to our students for Read Across

America would be perfect.”The selected students have either

worked at Magnolia during their Senior Service Project or participated in Loyola’s High School Placement Test (HSPT) program. The morning of Read Across America Day, stu-dents were driven to Magnolia where they selected books from the school’s library.

Wearing the red and white hats from The Cat in the Hat, Cubs began to read. Junior Eric Carles said he was glad that the kids were active-ly involved with his reading. “For example, when I read the Sneetches, which teaches that everyone is equal no matter the ‘star in your stomach,’ many of the kids didn't like that some of the Sneetches would act upright snobby. In both the classes that I read in, the kids wanted me to stay so that I could keep reading stories.”

Sophomore Nicholas Navarro said that it was an extremely rewarding experience that he will do again next year. “The kids make it worthwhile; they really look up to the readers and always have huge grins on their faces.”

The event was a success overall, especially for the seniors revisiting their service site. Ms. Vega said, “The response from both the teachers and students was wonderful. The stu-dents were so excited to have the boys read to them and, in many cases, recognized their reader because the

Cubs participate in ReadAcross America Day

reader was previously assigned to their class as a volunteer. There were over 40 classrooms that signed up to have a reader that day, and they all received one thanks to Loyola.”

As Dr. Seuss once said in his 1978 book I Can Read with My Eyes Shut, “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”

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By Brogan Feeley

Senior Alex Palabrica is an interna-tionally competitive saber fencer who is ranked 95th in the world for his division and has managed to balance a time-inten-sive athletic activity with academic suc-cess. Palabrica began fencing—the sport of competitive sword fighting—when he was seven years old at Gascon Fencing in West Los Angeles.

Palabrica started fencing when he at-tended Good Shepherd Catholic School in Beverly Hills, where he said he felt the support of his teachers: “Middle school was really easy for me because all the classes were so personal: Teachers un-derstood my specific case, so I had more leeway with assignments. All the teachers understood my travelling all the time. I would just say, ‘I’m going to Milwaukee for a few days,’ and it was not a big deal.”

During his last year at Good Shepherd, Palabrica said he faced his first major ob-stacle: a crippling leg injury. He said, “I was fencing at a tournament, and I hyper-extended my knee, and it gave out. The pediatrician said that it was only a bruise, but she was terribly wrong, and, as a result, I ended up tearing my meniscus and my ACL from trying to walk. Because of that, I had to get ACL surgery in December 2008, and I wasn’t fencing again till July of 2009.”

Palabrica’s leg atrophied, losing the muscle memory needed for the foot-work in fencing. In fencing, the foot-ing position is awkward and unnatural, so a lack of practice and exercise hurts a fencer’s recovery. Rather than wearing a brace, Palabrica said, “I worked really hard in physical therapy to build up my muscles, because the brace would delay my recovery and would not allow me to practice my footwork skills needed for my return to national competitions.”

Palabrica said he returned to routine fencing the summer before his freshman year. By August of freshman year, Pal-abrica was practicing two to three hours a day, six days a week, including intense handwork and footwork drills under the guidance of Coach Daniel Coston.

Palabrica’s hard work paid off when he began competing internationally near the end of his sophomore year. To compete internationally, a saber fencer must be ranked in the top twelve of his division.

Palabrica explained the ranking and in-ternational competition process: “The only way to improve one’s national ranking is to go to tournaments such as the North American Cup, so success at these tourna-ments is essential. Currently, I am ranked A12, which is the highest ranking distinc-tion. Last season, I finished sixth in the entire nation for my U seventeen division. Because of my ranking in the top twelve, I’m traveling to Europe for competition.”

To maintain his high ranking and to perform well internationally, Palabrica said he had a “very demanding” junior year. He said, “I had the three advanced classes with all the homework and study-ing required to do well in them, but I had fencing for three hours a day, guitar les-sons, and I ran track most days of the week. A daily schedule like that combined with weekend tournaments and traveling to Europe for international tournaments made junior year a difficult time for me.”

In Europe, Palabrica achieved great suc-cess, earning a gold medal at the European Cadet Circuit tournament in London in 2012. He is currently ranked twenty-ninth for Olympic contenders. In the United States, Palabrica has won two national youth championships and ten national medals.

Success in international fencing invites recruiting by some of the best American universities, and Palabrica is no excep-tion, having been recruited by Brown University to fence for its team in the fall.

He said, “Fencing is the golden sport for college, because other team sports don’t

rank individual players the way fencing does. In fencing, there’s a ranking list that is online that any coach or recruiter can access. I was number six, and all the people ahead of me were being recruited to the top universities, which means I knew I had le-gitimate offers to consider.”

For college admissions of-ficers, fencing was not every-thing: Grades and SAT’s were important. To go to Brown, Palabrica said he needed at least a 2100 and a strong GPA. To achieve his goal, Palabrica took a practice SAT every Sat-urday begin-ning in July of 2012, eventu-ally scoring a 2120 and earning his acceptance to Brown.

Part of Palabrica’s academic success came as a result of his fencing experiences. He said,

“Fencing is a really disciplined sport, and those in individual and team sports deal with pressure situations better than those who aren’t involved in activities. For example, when I was twelve, I was at the Summer National Tournament in a match with the score tied at 14-14 [15

points to win]. That’s a high-pressure situation, especially for a twelve-year-old with hundreds of spectators watch-ing in a big arena. [He won, by the way.] Dealing with those situations helped me with my academics because I was able to work more in less time than others.”

Palabrica demonstrates that hard work in the classroom and in the fencing arena lead to academic and athletic success.

En Garde! Fencing Master: Alex Palabrica

M a t h C h a l l e n g ea) For low powers of 11 (i.e. 11^n), the sum of the digits of the resulting number equals 2^n. For what n does this pattern first fail and why?

b) For low iterations of the pattern: 11 (n=1), 11 X 101 (n=2), 11 X 101 X 1001 (n=3), and so on, the result is an integer with symmetric digits. For which n does this pattern first fail?

Answersa) n=5, because digits are first carried b) n=7

Senior Alex Palabrica is currently ranked A12, which is the highest rank-ing distinction in the nation. He will be traveling to Europe for an inter-national competition. Photo courtesy of Alex PAlAbricA

In both photos, Palabrica (at left in each) engages in a fencing match at one of his competitions. Photos courtesy of Alex PAlAbricA

B8 Arts & Entertainment April 26, 2013

Cubchella

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Spencer Lestz

Tommy Algarin

Tyler Wootton

“I think Coachella was life-changing. Not in the dramatic, stupid life-chang-ing way, but it was seriously life-chang-ing. All the people were super nice and everyone’s just giving you high fives. You can’t express with words how great it was. It was so amazing to me.”

“This was my first year going and it was unbelievable. I really liked Vampire Week-end, Passion Pit and Modestep. They all put on great shows. I'd say it is definitely an experience everyone should go have at least once. It was a ton of fun.”

"It was the greatest weekend of my life by far. I liked Modestep and the Bingo Players. It was my first time going. It was pretty insane. There was a lot of people. It was kind of like the Loyola dance times 1,000. You're just jumping up and down, going crazy. There was also a ton of beautiful women there."

“I just thought it was an incredible experi-ence, a great time to spend with friends, and all of the artists were really great, especially 2 Chainz and Knife Party.”

“I had a great experience at Coachella. It was my first year go-ing and it was really cool to experi-ence the atmosphere and all of the music from all different genres. I’m definitely going to go back next year. It was one of the best times of my life.”

The Coachella Music Festival, over the course of the past few years, has quickly taken on a role as one of the must-attend events as a high school student. Spread across three days in each of two weekends and featuring dozens of bands, Coachella offers music lovers a chance to see their favorite musicians in one place. The Loyalist caught up with a few students who attended this year to see how they enjoyed the event.

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Las fiestas del Cinco de Mayo son celebradas en muy diferentes formas en México y en los Estados Unidos. Mientras México tiene celebraciones más tradiciona-les para festejar lo que realmente pasó en este día, en Los Estados Unidos se celebra algo sin saber por qué. Alrededor de México, todos celebran el día en donde la ciudad de Puebla ganó una batalla contra los Franceses en donde nadie creyó que pudieran ganar. En los Estados Unidos las celebraciones son más sobre el patrimonio y orgullo de ser mexicano, y muchas veces los americanos participan en estas fiestas para divertirse en estas celebra-ciones mexicanas.

El día 5 de Mayo en 1862, Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín dirigió a sus ejércitos a una victoria contra el ejér-cito francés. Esta hazaña es realmente lo que se celebra en todas las partes de México, desde el sur en Puebla hasta el norte en Chihuahua. He hablado con mi familia en México sobre las fiestas que tienen durante este día, y se me hace que sus celebraciones no son tan grandes como los de América. Dicen que no tienen muchas fies-tas grandes donde toda la comunidad se reúne para una gran celebración. En México, estas grandes celebraciones son en el 16 de Septiembre, día de la Independencia de México, y no tanto en el 5 de Mayo. Es reconocido como un día feriado, pero no hay tantos eventos grandes para una gran celebración. Aunque en México no hay tantos festejos en este día, en los Estados Unidos siempre hay grandes fiestas y oportunidades para que muchos se puedan divertir.

En los Estados Unidos siempre hay grandes fes-tejos en donde muchos celebran su patrimonio y grati-

tud de ser mexicano, pero también hay muchos que encuen-tran su parte mexi-cano dentro de ellos mismos. Siempre hay comerciales de bebi-das mexicanas duran-te los días alrededor del cinco de Mayo, y grandes eventos en la ciudad. Este año en Los Ángeles hay even-tos como “Las Fiestas de Cinco de Mayo en Santa Mónica” y “Fiesta Broadway” en Downtown, en donde muchas personas se juntan con música mexicana y celebran hasta la noche. La ciu-dad está llena de per-sonas que traen som-breros y consumen bebidas mexicanas. Muchas personas que no son latinos, usan este día para festejar como un “mexicano” y divertirse celebrando la cultura mexicana. La ironía de esto es que en los Estados Unidos hay más fiesta de este día que en México, donde se originó este día de celebración.

Los dos países, México y los Estados Unidos, celebran el día del Cinco de Mayo en diferentes maneras,

pero por lo menos este día enriquece el conocimiento de la cultura mexicana. Si seguimos celebrando el día del Cinco de Mayo en los Estados Unidos, muchos podrán ver que bonita es la cultura, y nuestro impacto como lati-nos en este país nunca morirá.

A festejar el Cinco de Mayo

Por Carlos Rowe

David Alfaro Siqueiros, Don Clemente Jacques, Leopoldo Méndez y Vladimir Cora, son nombres que tienen un sentido de influencia entre la comunidad y la sociedad de América Latina. El arte de estos hombres, y de otras personas, es una represent-ación de las vidas de millones de Mexicanos viviendo en México y los Estados Unidos y su heren-cia. Los temas explorados por estos artistas, en el arte dentro de MOLAA (Museum of Latin American Art), se trata de los aspectos políticos y sociales de los esfuerzos de la clase obrera y la cultura indígena en tiempos

pasados y presentes. En MOLAA, la representación de la historia de México, especialmente sobre Cinco de Mayo, se muestra a través de las diversas pinturas de soldados mexicanos durante su movimiento de resistencia contra el ejército francés. A través de la exposición, Lotería, MOLAA ha retratado las diferentes interpre-taciones de cada carta del juego mexicano de varios artistas, y a la vez incorpora las cuestio-nes cotidianas de la vida latina Otra exposición conocida como Intersections, ilumina la relación del arte abstracto del pasado y el presente. Esta galería, cuyo arte se centra en la reflexión de su entorno, contiene el arte

de grandes artistas, uno de los cuales es David Alfaro Siqueiros, quien era uno de los fundadores del movimiento muralista mexi-cano. El movimiento muralis-ta de Siqueiros se convirtió en un gran componente en la cel-ebración de la cultura mexicana y la celebración en Cinco de Mayo, como se ve por la innu-merable cantidad de murales en el este de Los Ángeles. El Cinco de Mayo simboliza un día de identidad nacional y celebración de la influencia mexicana en los Estados Unidos. Se puede par-ticipar en la celebración de Cinco de Mayo y de la cultura mexi-cana en MOLAA en su Festival a partir de las 11 hasta las 5 pm.

Una manera colorida de captar la esencia latinoamericana

Esta pintura se llama "Éxodo" por Arnold Belkin, que exploró el tema de la lucha por la libertad de la esclavitud y la opresión impuesta por conquistas euoropeas. Foto por Carlos roweMOLAA es la representación de la cultura y el patrimonio de América Latina en el pasado, así como en el presente.

Foto por Carlos rowe

Bailarines bailan por una fiesta del Cinco de Mayo. Foto Cortesía de wikimedia

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Por Martín Pérez

En Los Ángeles, California, el crimen ha sido un asunto bien importante con respeto a las minorías sociales porque en varias ocasiones, por desgracia, hay un nexo que ha existido entre los hispano-hablantes y otras minorías con el crimen. Según la información del sitio web nydai-lyews.com, las tasas de criminalidad han bajado por más de ocho por ciento en la última década. Este bajo en crímenes den-tro de Los Ángeles, es resultado de varios reformes dentro de la ciudad, pero uno de los componentes más responsables por estos cambios positivos, es por institucio-nes como Homeboy Industries que enfoca su tiempo y energía en la reformación y rehabilitación de hombres y mujeres que se han desviado del camino recto.

Homeboy Industries fue fundada por Padre Greg Boyle en 1992 con la intención de asistir a jóvenes de alto riesgo y a ex-pandilleros con una variedad de program-as gratis como aconsejamiento de salud mental, servicios legales, eliminación de tatuajes, educación y hasta entrenamiento para el empleo. Homeboy Industries pro-vee trabajos para los individuales que califican, para enseñarles la posibilidad de una vida buena que es consecuencia de trabajo duro y honrado. Además de tra-bajo, dentro de la institución, hay varias clases que se pueden tomar para sacar una educación formal, enfatizando la impor-tancia de la educación que es necesario para la reformación.

En Homeboy Industries, aunque un enfoque grande de Padre Greg Boyle y

de los encargados es proveer trabajos y segundas oportunidades a los pandil-leros, otra cosa importante que ense-ñan es la magnitud que se encuentra en cambiándose para mejorar nuestro carácter y tener una influencia positiva en la comunidad. Un trabajador llamado Anthony Fikes dice, “Padre Greg Boyle nos ha enseñado cómo cambiar nuestra actitud y vida primero para poder agra-decer más el trabajo que hacemos y para poder ser una influencia más positiva y poder enseñar a los demás con ejem-plos” . Padre Greg Boyle ha creado un lugar en donde el trabajo duro, la reha-bilitación de los demás, y las relaciones que estableces se convierten en cosas dignas de notar. Otro de los trabajadores en Homeboy Industries llamado Cesar comenta, “Padre Greg Boyle ha sido una figura paternal en mi vida y me ha guiado en el camino apropiado siendo ese padre constructivo y amoroso que nunca tuve.” El propósito de Homeboy Industries no es establecer una ignoran-cia sobre lo malo de lo que han hecho la gente desviada, sino enseñándole a la comunidad que segundas oportuni-dades sí se merecen y que la gente que quiere cambiar para ayudar a la comuni-dad puede con los recursos previstos por Homeboy Industries.

En los ojos de todos los que han tra-bajado o siguen trabajando con Homeboy Industries, Padre Greg Boyle ha hecho un impacto positivo en la vida de miles de pandilleros, dejando que la comunidad triunfe sobre la violencia y pandillas. El trabajo apasionado que Padre Boyle ha

hecho con Homeboy Industries se ha per-filado en un documental aclamado por la crítica llamado G-Dog. Este documentario salió el 25 de abril de 2013 y sigue en cine. El 27 de abril de 2013, Homeboy Industries cumplirá 25 años en su aniversario celeb-rado con un evento llamado Lo Máximo. Estos 25 años que ha existido refleja el éxito que ha tenido Homeboy Industries en la comunidad hispana y minorías de la sociedad como una organización sin fines de lucro. Por esta razón, Homeboy

Industries ha entrado en un concurso, MY LA2050, lleno de organizaciones que tra-bajan para el mejoramiento de Los Ángeles como una ciudad. El ganador del concurso ganará una subvención de 100,000 mil dólares. Con esta nominación, se hace más patente que Homeboy Industries es unos de los lugares en que se han rehabilitado a varias personas resultando en la creación de gente muy envuelta con la justicia social ultimadamente creando una ciudad más segura.

Homeboys inspira el cambio

Las mujeres pandilleras que se transforman a trabajadorasPor Kevin Verjan

Homegirl Café & Catering es una empresa de Homeboy Industries, donde los hombres y mujeres jóvenes se colocan en lo que puede ser su primer "trabajo de verdad", aprendiendo a trabajar codo con codo con sus antiguos enemigos y adquirir habilidades básicas de trabajo en un ambi-ente de apoyo. El café ayuda a las mujeres jóvenes de alto riesgo y previamente envuelto en pandil-las, y a algunos hombres jóvenes a convertirse en miembros con-tribuyentes de nuestra comunidad a través de la capacitación en ser-vicio de restaurante y de las artes culinarias. Homegirl Café cuenta con un programa de certificado de formación de 18 meses que fac-ulta a las mujeres para mantener sus familias mientras reciben los servicios necesarios en su labor para una vida mejor. Homegirl Café sirve desayuno, almuerzo y sábado brunch, con un menú

innovador fundando por Chef Pati Zarate que tiene comida latina contemporánea, productos fres-cos, y pan al horno de panadería Homeboy. También ofrecen ser-vicio completo de catering para cualquier evento especial. Cuando yo fui a Homegirl Café, la comida era sabrosa y comida casera pro-ducido caliente por cada minu-to. En este momento, pueden ver cómo estas mujeres y hombres contribuyen a nuestra comunidad después de salir de las pandillas. Estas personas reformadas no son una causa perdida pero pueden hacer algo nuevo con sus vidas para mejorar la comunidad. Fue una experiencia fascinante porque las mujeres e hombres de pandil-las rivales trabajan juntos como una gran familia. La comida y el servicio fueron geniales y es muy recomendado que vayan a comer allí para ver lo bueno estas perso-nas están haciendo.

La fotografía muestra un mural pintado en el sitio original de Homeboy Industries en Los Ángeles, que representa el logotipo de la institución. Foto por Kevin verjan

Mujeres y hombres reformados sirviendo la comunidad. Foto por Kevin verjan

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Ayude a todos sin fronterasPor Sebastián Castillo

Muchos ciudadanos de varios países latinoamericanos, hoy en día, están emigrando a los Estados Unidos. Muchos de estos inmi-grantes son mexicanos o centroamericanos que salen de sus países para vivir aquí. El U.S. Census Bureau dice que el porcentaje de inmigrantes latinos en los Estados Unidos era más de 50% en 2011 con la mayoría de ellos viviendo en los estados de California, Texas y Florida. Los números de estos inmigrantes latinoamericanos están creciendo con cada año que pasa en los Estados Unidos.

Los inmigrantes pueden ser una parte integral de nuestra comunidad y economía si los Estados Unidos los dejan entrar al país. Estos inmigrantes latinoamericanos trabajan mucho para proveer por sus hijos y también para vivir en un país de muchas posibilidades. Un porcentaje de ciudadanos estadounidenses a quienes no les gustan la inmigración dicen que los inmigrantes son perezosos y sacan dinero de nuestros impuestos. Pero en reali-dad, no es el caso porque en varias situacio-nes los inmigrantes quieren obtener una edu-cación, crear una vida buena para sus hijos, y/o contribuir al mejoramiento de la sociedad.

Los resultados han salido bien con la inmigración de varios latinoamericanos, especialmente mexicanos y centroamerica-nos. Con buenos efectos, la inmigración de varios grupos latinoamericanos ha resultado en la disminución del crimen, el crecimiento de muchas ciudades, y la reconstrucción de muchas comunidades pobres. Inmigrantes latinoamericanos ahora quieren reformas en las áreas del lo académico en la forma del “Dream Act.” El Dream Act es una propu-esta legislativa introducida por senadores Dick Durbin y Orrin Hatch el 1 de agosto, 2011 que provee residencia permanente a algunos

inmigrantes que se gradúen del colegio y también si vivan en los Estados Unidos cinco años antes de su promulgación. Si los Estados Unidos dejan a los hijos de los inmigrantes obtener una educación, podemos ver cambios más grandes como los que ya han hecho en sus comunidades.

Actualmente, en los meses de marzo y abril, ciudadanos y también políticos para la inmi-gración protestaron en Washington D.C. para ver si los senadores pudi-eran construir un proyecto de ley para ayudar a los inmigrantes. Este proyecto de ley que los senadores construyeron va a proveer un cami-no para los inmigrantes que resul-tará en su ciudadanía. La mayoría de este proyecto de ley no sólo se enfoca en la ciudadanía pero en la educación para los inmigrantes que pueden ver en el Dream Act. Si esta ley pasara en Washington D.C., los inmigrantes podrían tener la ciudadanía por la cual trabajan muy duro, y el congreso podrá qui-tar leyes discriminatorias como el Arizona SB 1070 que tiende a deten-er las libertades de los inmigrantes latinoamericanos. El Arizona SB 1070 es un acto legislativo en el estado de Arizona firmado el 23 de abril, 2010 por gobernador Jan Brewer que requiere a los que se sospechan como “inmigrantes ile-gales” que muestren sus papeles de ciudadanía a los oficiales de ley si se los pida un representate de la ley. Pero, con el evento que pasó con el bombardeo en el Boston Marathon el 15 de abril 2013, los senadores en Washington D.C. tendrán que

detener este diálogo hasta que se presente el tiempo apropiado para seguir adelante con la reforma de inmigración en los EEUU.

Es una mentira decir que los inmigran-tes latinoamericanos son perezosos porque la mayoría trabajan duro y se sacrifican para mejorar a sus comunidades. No sólo los inmi-

grantes están peleando para sus libertades pero otros ciudadanos estadounidenses están defendiendo sus derechos. Con buenos resul-tados en sus comunidades, los inmigrant-es podrán contribuir a nuestra economía y nuestras comunidades pobres para el mejora-miento de la sociedad estadounidense.

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Ethnic Background of Immigrants

Por Cesar Castro

En los Estados Unidos hay un prome-dio de 12 millones de inmigrantes indocu-mentados. Muchos de estos indocumen-tados vienen a los Estados Unidos en busca de una vida mejor.

“Juan Ignacio” es un indocumentado de Oaxaca, México que vino a los Estados Unidos hace diez años en busca de traba-jo. “Es difícil vivir en Oaxaca. Los traba-jos son limitados y hay que trabajar duro y ganar poco” comenta Juan Ignacio. En Oaxaca, él trabajaba de aserradero, lo cual desempeñaba de lunes a viernes, siete de la mañana hasta la seis de la tarde. Los fines de semanas trabajaba de jardinero. Sin embargo, todo lo que trabajaba no era suficiente para mantener a su familia y poder pagar el estudio de sus tres hijos. Entonces, fue cuando decidió ir al “norte”.

En el 2003, Juan Ignacio pagó un coyote y dejó a su esposa e hijos en Oaxaca con la meta de trabajar y envi-arles dinero para el estudio de sus hijos. “Cuando vine, venían setenta personas. Caminamos todo lo que es el desierto y se nos acabó el agua a las once y la gente se estaba muriendo. De esos setenta se murieron tres, dos mujeres y un hombre, porque? Porque no había agua. Fue hasta las tres que el coyote encontró una laguna y pudimos tomar agua.” recordó Juan Ignacio. Juan y los otros caminaron por

una semana en el desierto y de los setenta, solamente treinta cruzaron y los otros cuarenta se entregaron a la inmigración. Al llegar a Los Ángeles, dejaron a Juan en las calles Ocho e Irolo donde se quedó con un amigo la primera noche.

Después de llegar a Los Ángeles, Juan Ignacio consiguió un trabajo vendiendo paletas. Él trabaja para una persona que le provee el carito y las paletas a cambio de 60% de sus ganancias. Su trabajo no es fácil ya que trabaja de ocho de la mañana a siete de la noche y camina mucho en el calor. “Es muy difícil (el trabajo). A veces está el sol y no hay ganas de caminar pero hay que seguirle porque si no, no gana uno” comenta Juan Ignacio. Aparte de lo difícil que es vender paletas, también se corre el riesgo de ser asaltado. “A mí me han asaltado tres veces. Un chavo me puso una pistola en la cintura para llevarse treinta dólares. Otro en la calle San Marino me puso un piquete en la espalda para sacarme ciento cincuenta” cuenta Juan Ignacio. Aunque su trabajo no es fácil y pone su vida en riesgo, Juan ha podido ganar dinero para mantenerse y para enviarle dinero a sus hijos. “Me limito salir a la calle. Nomás me dedico a trabajar para mis hijos”

Con su gran empeño y dedicación, Juan ha podido sacar a sus dos hijas y a su hijo adelante. Una hija es doctora y los otros dos son criminólogos. A pesar de

que estos diez años no han sido fáciles, por estar lejos de su familia, Juan Ignacio se siente muy orgulloso y satisfecho de lo que ha logrado para sus hijos. Todo

esto ha sido posible gracias a Dios y a su infinito amor de padre.

Este gráfico circular representa los inmigrantes en los Estados Unidos en el año 2011. Pero cuando ven los dos años que pasaron, pueden decir que estos números se han crecido con la entrada de varios inmigrantes latinoamerica-nos. Foto de Wikimedia

El amor de un padre es infinito

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Este es un típico carrito que vendedores de paletas usan para ganar dinero para sus familias. Foto por enrique LoyoLa

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¿Qué representa el Cinco de Mayo enlos Estados Unidos?

Aquí en los Estados Unidos, muchos creen que este día de conmemoración es para celebrar la independencia de México del dominio español. También, estas personas y sus contem-poráneos han usado esta idea con convicción, festejándola como un pasatiempo. Desafortunadamente, esta idea se ha vuelto muy común en la comunidad norteamericana y asom-brosamente en la comunidad latina, y ha distorsionado el verdadero significado de esta conmemoración. De hecho, esta falacia ha generado una falta de respeto a la historia de México y sus héroes.

En 1862, durante la intervención francesa en México, el gen-eral Ignacio Zaragoza peleó con su ejército mexicano contra los franceses para detener el avance militar de Francia dirigido por Napoleón Bonaparte; este hecho es conocido como la famosa “Batalla de Puebla.” Es por esto que el día 5 de mayo es el día en que se reconoce la valentía y bravura de Ignacio Zaragoza y

sus soldados durante la batalla. Este día no solo se originó para reconocer a los personajes importantes que defendieron la lib-ertad de su país, sino también para mostrar la solidaridad entre los Estados Unidos de América y México debido al conflicto con los franceses en tierra mexicana.

En los tiempos posteriores, específicamente desde 1930 hasta 1960, la celebración se transformó en una manera para conmemorar la identidad mexicana y promover un sentido de unión comunitario entre los mexicanos nacidos en los Estados Unidos. Pero, debido a la idea de que el cinco de mayo es día de la independencia de México, se ha socavado el significado verdadero de este día. A partir de los 1980s, el “Cinco de mayo” ha entrado en una etapa de comercialización y su esencia sigue perdiéndose. Ahora, para mucha gente, el “Cinco de mayo” significa comida y bebidas alcohólicas mexicanas. El verdadero significado se sigue desapareciendo.

Por Enrique Loyola y Julian Gonzalez

El grito de batalla sonaba

Francia disfrutaba de una victoria,

en las mentes ya ganada.

Entraron por Veracruz ferozmente

8 mil soldados de destrucción

Los de piel morena en espera

4 mil soldados de protección

Se encontraron en Puebla

“¡Por Nuestra Madre Tierra, Protégen-la!”

El Orgullo y Valor Mexicano se mostró

El 5 de Mayo a Goliath David derrotó.

Los de Piel MorenaPor Mario Camacho

Inmigrantes cocinan en ruedas Por David Gonzalez

Los camiones o trocas de comida, “Food trucks”, es un fenómeno gastrónomico en Los Ángeles. Hay una gran variedad internacional bien rica, pero para la mayoría de la gente que disfruta de esta cocina auténtica y barata, los “Taco Trucks” son de las más populares. Roberto Guzmán es dueño de la troca “El Rancho” que está situada en la calle Alvarado cerca del 2 enfrente del supermercado Vons aquí en LA. Él se considera un verdadero “chilango”, osea, una persona que tiene orgullo de sus raíces mexicanas, nacido en las afueras del Distrito Federal (D.F.), o la Ciudad de México. Es primera generación inmigrante. Trabaja bien duro y con mucha fe para proveer una educación buena americana para su hija mayor, que está en su primer año de la universidad aquí en EEUU. Su esposa y dos hijos se quedaron en el D.F. Espera

que pase el Dream Act. Me dijo que sus hijos son inteligentes, que tienen buena ética de trabajo, son estudiantes de honores en la escuela, que la familia es buena gente y serían buenos ciudadanos contribuyentes dados la oportunidad. Quiere traer a los demás acá para reunir a la familia. Además, Roberto es socio del dueño de las trocas Alebrije’s Grill en Santa Ana. Este es de Guadalajara, MX y también tiene familia allá que quiere reunir aquí. Juntos están creando un negocio nuevo de trocas de comida que incluye un menú especializando en una fusión de platos de Guadalajara y del D.F. Probé el plato “Alambre” que consiste de carne asada, tocino, jamón, morrón, cebolla y aguacate junto con tortillas de maíz y una variedad de sal-sas. ¡Sabrosísimo!

Fotos Por sra. Klein

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El Presdiente de Loyola High School, Padre Goethals está con Enrique Loyola, los dos dándose la mano para mostrar que el Padre es un gran partidario de este proyecto especial. Foto Cortesía de la oFiCina del Presidente

¿Qué piensa Padre Goethals de este proyecto?

Por Germán Romero

Todos sabemos de diferentes clubs en nuestra bella escuela de Loyola. Existen clubs para distintos pasatiempos e intereses. Un club muy interesante es la Asociación de Estudiantes Latinos (Latino Student Association). A diferencia del Club de Español, la Asociación de Estudiantes Latinos se enfoca en guiar a los alumnos latinos y darles una sensación de pertenecimiento. La Asociación fue creada hace dos años por Raymond Méjico, alumno de Loyola que se graduará este año. Este club ofrece una oportunidad para comprender al alumno latino y para crear amis-tades que duran por vida.

Para ayudar a los estudiantes y fortalecer la amistad creada en la Asociación hay viajes como la cumbre de adolescentes cual ocurre en la preparato-

ria San Ignacio en San Francisco. La última cumbre trató de la historia compartida entre los mexicanos y aquellos de descendencia africana. Con temas como estos, no es difícil entender porque clubs como la Asociación de Estudiantes Latinos son de gran importancia en la educación de los chicos ahora.

No solo hay cumbres y viajes para crear grandes amistades, sino también hay bienvenidas y cenas para fortalecer dichas amistades. Cada año la Asociación de Estudiantes Latinos se une con la Sociedad de Graduados Latinos para hacer una bienvenida para estudiantes del noveno grado (freshman). De esta manera los nuevos alumnos tienen la oportunidad de conocer a los que serán sus nuevos compañeros. Para fortalecer las amistades formadas en eventos como la bienvenida y la cumbre habrá una cena de despedida para los alumnos de décimo segundo

¿Ha oído de la Asociación de Estudiantes Latinos?

Asociación de Estudiantes Latinos, Club de Español y Sociedad de Graduados Latinos. Foto Por alejandro zePeda

Por Enrique Loyola

Este año, Loyola High School, a través de su departamento de periodismo, ha aceptado la idea de incluir una edición especial en español para el periódico “El Loyalista.” Los encargados de este reto nuevo es la clase de AP español lenguaje 3

El tema de esta edición espe-cial se trata de la historia y con-memoración de “Cinco de mayo;” para llegar a la diversa comu-nidad hispana en Los Ángeles e incrementar aún más el imagen positivo que posee Loyola High School como una escuela que está abierto al crecimiento de la diver-sidad cultural y comprometidos a la justicia social.

Bajo este nuevo tema, deci-dimos entrevistar al presidente de Loyola High School, Padre Gregory M. Goethals SJ ’73, y dar sus opiniones de este nuevo proyecto.

Pregunta #1: ¿Qué piensa usted sobre la clase de español de lenguaje AP aceptando el reto de crear esta difícil edición especial?

Respuesta #1: Primeramente, yo creo que este proyecto es una buena idea porque nos mues-tra la gran calidad de que los estudiantes de español AP con-sisten, en su poder y habilidad de usar los dos idiomas (Español e Inglés) y transmitir importantes eventos que están sucediendo en este momento. La comunidad en que Loyola está situada es prin-cipalmente español orientada y nosotros queremos tomar parte

de esta mayor sociedad de Los Angeles.

Pregunta #2: ¿Usted ve la posibilidad de que este proyecto se pueda transformar como una tradición en Loyola High School?

Respuesta #2: En mi opin-ión, yo sí veo mucha potencia en que este proyecto creado por los estudiantes pueda ser un evento anual en Loyola High School. Yo no veo ninguna otra razón de porqué este proyecto no se con-vierta en una tradición.

Pregunta #3: ¿Si los artículos trajeran controversia, en su opin-ión, cuál sería la razón principal?

Respuesta #3: Mi concepción de controversia es que hace que la gente razone y piense del tema que les está afectando. A través de esto, también la controversia hace que las personas hablen de su opinión y yo creo que esto es un proceso educacional que cada uno de nosotros, como humanos, necesitamos en nuestras vidas cotidianas. También, no sólo que-remos causar enojo al público; nosotros estamos en una insti-tución educacional y transmitien-do las noticias importantes a la comunidad. Es una de nuestras funciones.

Pregunta #4: ¿Qué mensaje quiere mandarle a la comunidad?

Respuesta #4: Mi mensaje es que Loyola High School en una institución jesuita que está muy involucrada en el bienestar de muchas personas quienes están en situaciones difíciles. Nosotros como escuela queremos ser parte de la comunidad y fortalecer

nuestras relaciones. Pregunta #5: ¿Le gustaría ver

otras colaboraciones entre otros departamentos en Loyola High School?

Respuesta #5: Sí, me gustaría ver otras colaboraciones entre otros departamentos, especial-mente con los otros idiomas que Loyola High School está ofrecien-do a los estudiantes. Por ejemplo, los estudiantes que están estudi-ando el idioma de Latín, pueden crear su propio trabajo y distri-buirlo en la escuela.

Las palabras del Padre Goethals fortaleza las intenciones de esta nueva oportunidad de acercarnos más a la diversidad cultural de nuestra comunidad. La clase de español es un ejemplo de cómo los estudiantes biliteratos pueden usar el idioma para transmitir en un trabajo de periodismo temas que pueden ser controversiales en el mundo real, pero como dijo el Padre Goethals, es importante que tengamos el diálogo aunque sea algo incómodo. Esta comuni-dad consiste de muchos trasfon-dos étnicos de sur y centroaméri-ca. En realidad, estas diferentes partes étnicas han mantenido la vitalidad en nuestra sociedad, y más importante, han enriquecido a los jóvenes con valores cultura-les, preparándoles para una vida adulta. Si queremos completar el sueño de tener una comunidad próspera con igualdad, necesita-mos tener la educación y la dedi-cación para hacer este sueño real.

La iglesia Nuestra Señora Reina de Los Ángeles es un centro de protección para los inmigrantes. Esta iglesia es uno de los varios participantes de justicia social para los inmigrantes en que la iglesia se invo-lucra para proteger los derechos humanos para todas las personas. En años pasados, la iglesia también tomó parte en el mov-imiento llamado el “Santuario”, en donde se ofrecía refugio seguro para los refugiados centroamericanos, y sigue tomando parte en el movimiento, pero ahora involucra a todos los inmigrantes.

Aunque la iglesia de la Placita es un

centro político, es la figura histórica que se sigue usando por su propósito primario: dando misas para la congregación. Además, la iglesia es uno de los más antiguos edifi-cios en la calle Olvera porque fue fundado en los 1800s. La iglesia antigua se per-manece en condiciones buenas, aunque las misas se dan en el cuarto que está en el otro lado de la pared; aunque en la iglesia anti-gua, se usa para rosarios y para orar.

La iglesia Nuestra Señora Reina de Los Ángeles permanece una figura histórica y política después de tantos años.

La Placita de Olvera es un centro de vida comunitaria, en donde el entreten-imiento se puede ver cada día. Incluso, es una fuente de cultura e historia que emula el pasado. Muchas personas vienen para ver a los bailadores azteca o la música latinoamericana pero no son las únicas formas de entretenimiento. La placita también es un lugar donde se filma el sede del CBI en el programa The Mentalist. En ocasiones, también se filman comerciales.

La Placita fue un centro de comercio en donde se vendían frutas y vegetales. Sin embargo, ahora se venden recuerdos y comida en vez de solo frutas y veg-etales. Incluso, como recuerdo del pasado, la placita tiene dos estatuas de las personas quienes ayudaron construir el pueblo, y un monumento de las primeras familias quienes se habían establecido en el pueblo. Aunque se ha cambiado mucho de lo que era antes, la placita sigue siendo un centro de vida y un centro de entretenimiento.

El santuario que le sirve a la comunidad Una plaza histórica que entretienePor Eric Carles Por Eric Carles

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Por Eric Carles

La Calle Olvera es uno de los centros en donde per-manecen las costumbres latinas que poco a poco se están perdiendo. El propósito de la plaza de mercado es para poder preservar no sólo las costumbres pero también la vida de nuestros antepasados latinoamericanos. Por ejem-plo, ambos la Avila Adobe y La Casa Sepúlveda, aunque sean de diferente siglos, todavía emulan la vida cotidiana de los ciudadanos de esas épocas. Sin embargo, la plaza hace posible ver la variedad de productos que se encuen-tran de venta en la plaza, desde juguetes hasta ropa.

La plaza también incluye las delicias de la comida mexi-cana como el menudo y los churros. La comida nos es lo único interesante de la plaza, sino también las costumbres antiguas, como los mariachis. Además, en la plaza, tam-bién se venden productos interesantes como velas y cuero. El producto más abundante en la plaza es el cuero; hay billeteras, máscaras, gorros, sombreros, etc. Muchos de los productos que se encuentran en la plaza, son productos basados en la vida cotidiana de los mexicanos.

Esta calle no había sido posible sin la señora Christine Sterling. Gracias a ella, se pudo renovar completamente todo. Fue su sueño poder poner una plaza llena de vida latinoamericana. Según una persona anónima, la razón que todos los trabajadores de la plaza están allí, es por la visión de la señora Christine Sterling.

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Por German Romero

El arte abunda en nuestra bella ciudad de Los Ángeles. Un buen ejemplo es el mural de Siqueiros en la Placita Olvera. Este gran mural ubicado a medias de la calle Olvera fue pin-tado en el año 1932 pero apenas fue abierto al público hace algunos meses. No solo es un gran mural sino también es un mural grande midiendo 19.7 pies por 98.4 pies.

La América Tropical, el nombre del mural, es nada de lo que la gente se imagina cuando

piensa en el nombre. No es una choza en la playa con olas pegándole a la arena. No es una jungla con animales hermosos. Lo que es, es un nativo de América Latina en una doble cruz con un águila sobre la cruz y un mexicano y peruano con rifles apuntando al águila. No es un mural que relaja los nervios y los sentidos. Es un mural que crea controversia y duda.

La América Tropical es una declaración política. Nos está dejando saber cual es la reali-dad en México, Centroamérica y Sudamérica. Pintado con una mentalidad anárquica, no se

podría esperar nada menos del señor David Alfaro Siqueiros, aunque sí nos tomó por sorpresa. Lo que Siqueiros nos trató de dejar saber es que los Estados Unidos nos trataba de oprimir (el águila sobre la doble cruz). El águila está localizado sobre la doble cruz, en la cual está el mexicano nativo o indio, como se conoce. Siqueiros consiguió un impacto enorme en las personas que han presenciado a esta obra maestra.

El arte que vibra en Los ÁngelesCruz localizada en la Placita Olvera en memoria de Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles.

Esta foto ofrece evidencia de la influencia latinoamericana en el arte. Foto cortesía de GooGle imaGes

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Por Cesar Castro

El Cinco de Mayo es una cel-ebración en donde se conmemora la cultura y el patrimonio mexicano. Específicamente, se celebra la victoria sorprendiente que las tropas mexica-nas tuvieron contra las tropas fran-cesas en la Batalla de Puebla en 1862. La celebración del Cinco de Mayo consiste en fiestas organizadas por miembros de la comunidad, escuelas y municipios. En las fiestas personas llevan una variedad de platillos mexi-canos.

Un famoso platillo mexicano es el delicioso pozole. De hecho, el pozole se comía en el tiempo del emperador Moctezuma. Según Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, recordó, en la Historia General de las Cosas de la Nueva España, que durante las fiestas en honor del dios Xipe, el empera-

dor Moctezuma se sirvió un plato de pozole enorme, coronado con el muslo de un prisionero sacrificado. El canibalismo para los Aztecas era parte de su cultura mientras que para los europeos quienes vivían al otro lado del mundo, no lo era. Después de la conquista, los españoles rem-plazaron la carne de humanos con la carne de puerco.

El pozole es una sopa que consiste en carne de puerco, maíz y salsa roja. La salsa roja le da su distinto sabor y color. Además, personas típicamente le agregan cebolla, limón, chile, repol-lo, rábano o lechuga. Este platillo comúnmente se come con tostadas.

Las celebraciones del Cinco de Mayo se han hecho tan famosas por sus fiestas y comidas. El pozole es un ejemplo de un rico platillo comido y les recomiendo que lo prueben si no lo hayan hecho ya.

A comer el rico pozole

Por Martín Pérez

Muchos latinos que viven en los Estados Unidos sufren de un sentimiento nostálgico en donde extrañan la comida tan cultural que han experimentado en sus países natales. Afortunadamente, en la región de Los Ángeles, hay varias calles que proveen lugares auténti-cos para comer comida deliciosa con respeto a la comida latina.

Unas de estas calles que refleja la comida hispana de los países latinoamericanos es la calle detrás de Loyola High School, la calle nombrada Pico. Si uno toma el tiempo para pasear por esta calle tan larga, se hace evi-dente que no hay muchos rincones en donde no existan restaurantes latinas que ofrezcan comida que emule tan bien los alimentos que sólo se puede conseguir en el país en que originó.

Unos de los mejores ejemplos de un lugar auténtico con respecto a lo hispano en la calle Pico, es un restau-rante pequeño nombrado El Calmao. El Calmao es un restaurante cubano que ha existido por más de cuarenta años, sirviendo comida del caribe reflejando la cultura cubana. En este restaurante, basado en una tradición establecida por los dueños, cada platillo de comida se sirve con arroz blanco y frijoles negros, comida simple pero bien común en la vida de los cubanos. Según la información que dieron los meseros en el restaurante, el platillo más tradicional y deseado por el público es el bistec empanizado. Esta comida es exactamente lo que describe el nombre: un bistec envuelto en harina y pan molido que por supuesto está acompañado con arroz blanco y frijoles negros.

Para esos hispanos que no crecieron en el Caribe sino en la parte clasificada como Centroamérica, todavía existen varios lugares en donde pueden ir a comer para disfrutar de la comida que tanto extrañan. Un lugar justo que está localizado por Pico, es el restaurante nombrado El Nica. El Nica es un restaurante salvador-eño y bien pequeño que sirve una multitud de comida. Basado en lo que dijo la dueña de este restaurante, la comida más original, tradicional, y más buscada son las pupusas. Aunque sirven diferente comida para el desa-yuno, el almuerzo y hasta para la cena, lo más popular del restaurante son las pupusas de queso, frijoles y revueltas porque es el platillo que más refleja la cultura centroamericana, específicamente la de El Salvador.

Pero, ¿qué pasa con los hispanos que tienen raíces mexicanos y de los que quieren disfrutar de la comida mexicana en el área de Los Ángeles? Bueno, la respuesta se encuentra dentro de la calle que se ha mencionado varias veces, Pico. Por todo la calle, se encuentran lugar-es modernas e indígenas con respeco a la cultura mexi-cana. Ambos lugares reflejan la comida que se come en uno de los más grandes países en todo Latinoamérica. Por ejemplo, los lugares indígenas en donde se puede disfrutar de comida tradicional y moderna con respecto a los alimentos y postres son los varios restaurantes oax-aqueños que existen. En los restaurantes oaxaqueños se

hace evidente el nexo que existe entre la cultura mod-erna de México y la cultura indígena consecuentemente dándole la oportunidad a toda la gente para disfrutar de la comida.

En fin, aunque es evi-dente que la cultura ameri-cana es muy diferente de la cultura latinoamericana, no hay de qué preocuparse con respecto a los restaurantes latinos previstos en lugares como Los Ángeles. En calles como la de Pico, hay varios lugares en donde uno puede ir para disfrutar de la comi-da caribeña, centroameri-cana, y hasta mexicana como El Calmao, El Nica, y los lugares oaxaqueños, respectivamente. De esta manera, uno tiene la opor-tunidad y hasta los recursos para experimentar qué es ser un latino con respeto a la comida.

La tradición es inmejorableEste es el pozole que se distingue por su color rojo. Foto cortesía de Wikimedia

Este es el menú del restaurante El Calmao. Foto cortesía de Wikimedia

Este es comida auténtica hispánica. Foto de Yelp

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Por Cruz Peralta

Con toda la locura que ocurre alrededor del mundo, se puede calmar con un poquito de fútbol. Con equipos de todo el mundo batallando por un lugar en la competencia y deportistas de élite haci-endo nombres para si mismos, la copa mundial en Brasil será un éxito y muy divertida para todos los aficionados.

La copa mundial toma parte en 2014 en grande y hermoso Brasil. En los partidos de CONCACAF, las calificaciones de Norte América para la copa mun-dial, las primeras tres rondas ya han tomado parte. México y Estados Unidos son los favoritos de esta organización y Honduras, Jamaica, Costa Rica, y Panamá son los otros cuatro equipos que han tomado los seis lugares para competir para la copa mundial. Los equipos eliminados permanentemente son Cuba, Canadá, y El Salvador. México tiene un registro de tres empates detrás de Costa Rica, Estados Unidos, y Honduras que tienen una victoria, un empate, y una derrota. Panamá lidera la división con una victoria y dos empates con Jamaica que viene en último lugar

con dos empates y una derrota. El equipo que gane el cuarto lugar jugará contra Nueva Zelanda.

En los partidos de CONMEBOL, las calificaciones de Sudamérica para la copa mundial, Brasil ya ha qualificado para la copa mundial por ser anfitrio-nes. Argentina, Brasil, Uruguay y Paraguay son los favoritos para que tomen su división. Paraguay y Bolivia han tenido un comienzo difícil. Ahora mismo, Paraguay está en el último lugar con un registro de dos victorias, dos empates, y siete der-rotas. Bolivia está por del-ante de ellos con dos vic-torias, tres empates, y 6 derrotas.Perú, Uruguay, y Venezuela están luchando por el quinto lugar en la división. Venezuela está delante de Uruguay y Perú con un registro de cuatro victorias, tres empates, y cuatro derrotas. Uruguay sigue con tres victo-

rias, cuatro empates, y cuatro derro-tas. Argentina está en primer lugar con siete victorias, tres empates, y una derrota. Los siguientes equi-pos llegan detrás de Argentina y están en orden de su lugar y regis-tro: Ecuador con seis victorias, dos empates, y dos derrotas, Columbia con seis victorias, un empate, y tres derrotas, y Chile con cinco victorias, cero empates, y seis derrotas.

Ningún otro evento deportivo tiene el mismo impacto que la copa mundial. Países enteros se detienen a ver los partidos, no más que en Brasil, donde las horas de com-pras y la banca están completamente alteradas durante todo el mes del

torneo y trae el turismo a la ciudad. Jugadores y equi-pos de todo el mundo establecen una reputación por ellos mismos. La reputación se puede ganar o perder en el plazo de un mes en la copa mundial, y son pocos los que van a tener la oportunidad de intentarlo de nuevo. Ganar la copa mundial es más que un orgullo para los jugadores, es el campeonato del mundo que

equipos y la gente de su nación pueden presumir por cuatro años seguidos hasta la próxima copa mundial. Si México no califica para la Copa Mundial habrá efectos negativos para la economía, al igual que le puede pasar a cualquier otro equipo o nación. Las consecuencias serán duras y amargas en términos de la economía del país, porque muchos endosos de fútbol como Nike, Adidas, Joma, y empresas extran-jeras apoyan a muchos de los equipos que tratan de calificar para la Copa Mundial. Empresas deportivas utilizan equipos que compiten por un lugar en la copa mundial para anunciar y promover la popu-laridad de sus productos y mercancía.

Dado que las calificaciones son tan importantes, todo el mundo debería hacer campaña para sus equi-pos nacionales. Las siguientes fechas de los partidos son junio 4, 7, 11 y el 18. Apoye a su nación y vea la emoción crecer en el camino hacia la copa mundial.

El mundo prepara para la Copa Mundial Brasil 2014

Por Sra. Inga Klein

Felicidades a muchos de los estudiantes de Lenguas Extranjeras de Loyola High School que tomaron el Examen Nacional de Español (National Spanish Examination/NSE) en abril de 2013. Estos estudiantes reciben reconocimiento nacional por su hazaña. En total, 98 estudiantes tomaron el NSE en niveles 1, 2 y 3. Diecinueve (19) estudiantes ganaron medallas de oro, veintinueve (29) de plata, dieciocho (18) de bronce y veinte (20) menciones honoríficas. “El lograr de una medalla o mención honorífica en el NSE para cualquier estudi-ante es muy prestigioso,” dijo Kevin Cessna-Buscemi, Director Nacional de los exámenes, “porque estos exámenes son los más grandes de su tipo en los Estados Unidos. En 2013, más de 156.000 estudiantes participaron.” El NSE se administra en-línea y 2013 fue el segundo año que se administró el NSE en Loyola High School de este modo. Los estudiantes de LHS tienen una larga historia de logro en estos exámenes y fueron enseñados por Sr. Contreras, Sra. Mejia, Sr. Pedroarias, Sra. Klein y Sra. Eckert. Se da el Examen Nacional de Español a los niveles 6 a 12 cada año, y es patrocinado por la American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP).

Los estudiantes de LHS salen exitosos en el Examen Nacional de Español

CONCACAF eliminatorias copa del mundo posiciones.

CONMEBOL eliminatorias copa del mundo posicione.

El Examen Nacional de Espanñol es patrocinado por la AATSP. Foto de GooGle ImaGes