March 1, 2013Issue 4

70s & 80s featured in Music Night OutThe fourth annual Regis

Night Out for Music was held Saturday, January 26 at RHS. The fundraiser was sponsored by the Regis Music Booster Club and is the group’s biggest moneymaker of the year.

This year the theme of the event was the ‘70s and ‘80s. At-tendees were asked to dress up in time period costumes and the RHS Jazz Band and the student bands Stereo Frame and Rewind Society provided the music for the evening.

Volunteers successfully transformed the cafeteria into a lounge and the gymnasium into a disco. The night began in the lounge where choir members sang ‘70s and ‘80s songs. The bands then took over in the disco in front of a large dance floor.

President of the Music Booster Club, Mark Beckfield, said, “We had the best turnout so far this year for both parents and staff.” He also mentioned it was the most profitable to date, with profits between $8,000 and $10,000.

The RHS Gym was filled with entertainment when the fourth annual variety show took place February 9, at 7:30 p.m. There were 17 acts and all the money raised went to United Cerebral Palsey (UCP) Organization.

This variety show was seniors Sarah Clark and Laiken Peterson’s National Honor Society (NHS) Project. UCP was an organization both Clark and Peterson really wanted to give back to.

“My sister has received help with finding equipment and respite care providers from UCP, so my family and many others are really thankful for that and wanted to give back,” Peterson said.

Besides the amazing talents that made the show, lots of hard work was involved. “We started planning in mid-November consistently up until the show,” Clark stated. As far as NHS goes, Clark said, “We’re both involved in

Fourth annual variety show a success

Unlimited fwood and drink was included with the $50 cost of the ticket. Food was catered to the lounge, and desserts were served at the back of the dance floor.

RHS staff members were provided with free tickets to the Night Out courtesy of the Music Booster Club. Many took advantage of the free and fun filled evening. RHS/RMS

teacher Julie Schober said she especially enjoyed the student performances. “Students had amazing performances and I loved that parents saw them in a different light as performers. I don’t think we realize how talented they are,” she said.

When it came to organiz-ing the event, Beckfield cred-ited the volunteers. He said,

“Most surprising is the sup-port from the parents to put it together. The volunteers are incredible and the event al-most puts itself together now that we’ve done it four times.”

The Music Booster Club is already planning for next year’s ‘Mardi Gras’ themed event. It is projected to be the biggest Night Out yet.

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In StereoThe student band Stereo Frame, featuring Jake Larsen, Max Sires, Drew Eklund, and Jarien Bryan, was one of the highlights of the Night Out for Music’s disco.

By Sarah Clark

By Lindsey Overby

Going soloFreshman Taylor Peterson performs a vocal solo dur-ing the fourth annual variety show.

Featured familyChoir teacher Becky Santine was accompanied by her husband Tim on the guitar. The Santines were among the performers who helped raise $1400 for United Ce-rebral Palsey.

performing arts, and it was a way for students to show their talents and function as a fundraiser.”

All in all, the show had a large turnout with various acts, and Peterson said,” It was very successful; we raised over $1400.”

Senior Nick Jones who attended the show said, “It was very well done, the acts were impressive, and it was a Saturday night well spent.”

Peterson and Clark would like to thank all volunteers, performers, and attendees for making it such a big success.

March 1, 2013Editorial

Sandy Hook reignites gun control debate

Page 2 Opinion

“[Homework amounts] depend on classes, and I don’t think the home-work should have more impact on grades. I get too much homework, but it doesn’t re-ally count much in the grade. I get homework mostly from my math class and it would take

about an hour and half to do all of the homework each day.”

-Richie Misischia, Sophomore

“I don’t really care. It’s part of school and it helps us get prepared for tests.”

-Channa Steinmetz, Freshman

“I don’t think so. They always can get more.”-Eric Nelson, Faculty

Could zombies be the new vampire? The answer is a growling “yes,” if the quirky new zom-com Warm Bodies has anything to say about it. Directed by Jonathan Levine (50/50), Warm Bodies centers around a lovable zombie named R (Nicholas Hoult) who’s not like any corpse you’ve ever seen. For starters, he has made his home inside an airport, where he likes to collect records, snow globes, and whatever else catches his attention. Sure, he still eats humans, but as his inner monologue explains, he’s not proud of it.

R lives his zombified life wandering, eating, and growling at the bar with his best friend ‘M’ (Rob Corddry), who shares the same hobbies as the rest of the zombies. The film has many laughs, as well as scares because of the ‘super zombies’ known as the Bonys. The Bonys are basically evil skeletons.

Make no mistake, this is also a classic love story, complete with forbidden love, killing, and redemption. Through an unfortunate turn of events, R rescues a human girl named Julie (Teresa Palmer) from a zombie attack lead by R himself. He brings her back to his humble airliner abode. Both begin to enjoy each others company more and more with each day that passes. As they spend more time together, R’s heart starts to beat, and he realizes he is becoming human again. They become close friends, and R decides to help Julie get back to her father ( John Malkovich), who has a disdain for zombies and leads a human resistance against them.

This film digs deep into the mind of a zombie, and has some interesting ideas surrounding why

they do what they do. For instance, when a zombie attacks a human, two things are addressed. First, zombies eat the brain in order to prevent the victim from turning into a zombie as well. Second, eating the brain allows a zombie to see the thoughts and memories of the victim. Both of these explanations help the audience connect with these lifeless creatures by showing the compassion of the zombies, and by showing the background stories of characters who meet their unfortunate end.

Lately, Hollywood has become obsessed with romantic stories, containing a supernatural twist. The most popular of these being the Twilight saga. So, is Warm Bodies just another Twilight? Thankfully, the answer is no. This story has more than enough wit, charm and heart injected into it to be more closely associated with higher regarded movies such as Zombieland and Shawn of the Dead. With that said, if you enjoyed Twilight, you will more than likely adore this movie. It is a good date movie, due to its romantic comedy genre fused with shoot outs and killer zombie attacks.

All in all, Warm Bodies is a good movie. Is it great? Well, while it is clever and intriguing at the start, it becomes more and more predictable towards the end. There are things that make you think about the logic of zombies, some of which don’t make a whole lot of sense. For instance, a zombie that enjoys classic music? Maybe not so much. But these are nitpicks, and I can easily recommend Warm Bodies to any couple looking for a good date movie with a twist.

Although the United States is the only country that allows private ownership of firearms, it has the lowest amount of firearm related deaths. In 2011, the total number of firearm related deaths was 8,583, less than one percent of the deaths in the United States that year, according to breitbart.com. Interestingly enough, firearms aren’t even the most common murder weapon, as an American has a higher chance of being beaten to death with a baseball bat than being shot with a gun. Unfortunately, this is not reflected by recent shootings that have happened, including the Sandy Hook Elementary School, the child hostage in Alabama, and the shooting of former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield.

The people who have who have committed these crimes are unstable. Because of this, prevention of shootings is not a matter of controlling the type or number of weapons that are available; rather, it is a matter of addressing the stability of the shooters. The public has focused on the means, but what needs to be focused on is the motive. Why someone would want to do this is a mystery to most. A surprising fact about mass murderers is that most are actually very competent mentally. Their plan for the atrocity they commit has to have a certain amount of strategy to it, and to do that, they must have a relatively sound mind. That is not to say that they are not living outside reality. People who do these sorts of things and leave written messages often express an intense desire to show the world they exist. The Sandy Hook elementary school shooter, Adam Lanza, was reported to be a quiet, smart boy who kept to himself. It is speculated that he wanted to leave his mark upon the world, even if it was due to a terrible disaster.

Many people own assault rifles, and many of those people are law abiding citizens. However, there is a certain number of people who jeopardize the ability for everyone to own guns with their acts of madness. Even if all firearms are banned, people who want to use a firearm to commit a crime could obtain one rather easily. If gun-banning laws are enforced, criminals would still be able to get their hands on weapons by illegal means. Also, regular civilians would not be able to own firearms, leaving them to the mercy of the criminal, and without defense.

While banning assault rifles and other firearms would limit the amount that can be bought, there are thousands, if not millions, of assault rifles already owned by private citizens. These gun owners might not turn in their weapons, so many would still be in circulation. A new gun control law would not solve the problem; it would just make many law abiding citizens angry.

An interesting perspective is that we protect our president with guns, we protect our banks and money with guns, we protect our borders with guns, we protect the public with gun toting police officers, but we only protect our schools with a sign that says, “This is a gun free zone.” Then, when something bad happens, people with guns are called to take care of it. This speaks volumes, as children are the future. We should protect them with more than a sign. Perhaps an armed guard wouldn’t have solved the problem at Sandy Hook Elementary school, but it could have prevented some of the deaths, and definitely could prevent future acts of horror.

Homework is designed to help students under-stand and practice class materials outside of class and help them to be creative. However, a great amount of mundane homework can be stressful and annoying to students. As the school year has pro-gressed, more and more students are claiming they get too much homework.

In my opinion, we usually don’t get much home-work, although during certain time periods, I feel like homework and tests from various subjects all pile up around the end of each quarter and semester. But other than those periods, I think the amount of homework we get is pretty reasonable.

So, are students assigned too much homework?

“In some classes, homework is necessary for a better understanding of certain lessons. All math

classes have homework every night, and I think that is necessary. Certain classes seem to over-load on homework that doesn’t seem as necessary for students understand-

ing. However, the homework we get helps us as far as grades go because it can be beneficial to have more opportunities for points.”

-Emily Sailer, Senior

“I don’t think we get too much homework. All of my homework comes from English and religion, and it usually takes about half an hour to do my home-work. I guess I don’t mind that much, but when it’s only assigned

to one class, but not others, it really irritates me”.-Quinn Wagner, Junior

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RHS forensics places well in local tournamentsThe King’s Chronicle News

This year at RHS, a new club has been introduced re-garding the Regis Library. The “Library Student Crew” allows a lighter workload for librarian Dawn Benning.

“It’s an opportunity for students to have ownership of the library,” Benning stated. The students involved include sixth grader Taryn Alexander; seventh graders Josie Seelan, Emma Kowieski and Emily Haag; eighth graders Grace Frank and Alaina Darnell; and freshman Megan Pokrandt and Julia Szepieniec.

The students are work-ing on reorganizing magazine storage and creating more room in storage for more mag-azines, additional copies of DVDs and new books. Their

In the new semester, RHS has gained three new transfer students from other schools. Most of them decided to switch because of the great ac-ademics and the strong sports traditions here at RHS.

The new students are Luke Oliver, Gage Wubker, and Adam Anderson. Oliver and Wubker are in the freshman

The RHS forensics team placed fourth at its first tour-nament of the year, the Uni-versity of Wisconsin-Eau Claire forensics invitational held February 2. RHS fin-ished behind Memorial in third, Menomonie in second, with perennial powerhouse Durand claiming the champi-onship.

RHS accomplished this by winning many individual awards. Devan Finn placed sixth in Storytelling, with Lily Howder earning fifth place in Special Occasion. Fourth place trophies went to Aissa Kidess in Extemp, Rachel Ciresi in Farrago, Clare Bergmann in Oratory, and Mitchell Petit in Solo Acting. Three students were awarded second place. They were Jake Larson in ex-temp, Samantha Taleff in Far-rago, and Megan Pokrandt in Four Minute.RHS also won

two events. Zack Pickard won Oratory, and then teamed with Paul Amann and Isaac Wolfe to take the championship in Play Acting.

At the Eau Claire North tournament February 9, RHS team members received four awards. Madison Lovelein placed fifth in Oratory, while fourth place was awarded to Christina Benning in Special Occasion, Meghan Gobler in Farrago and Megan Pokrandt in Four Minute.

According to forensics head coach, Judine Brey, the main goal is to get as many students to state as possible. Based on improvements this year, Brey said that, “More kids made the three meeting times before Christmas require-ment, which is good; however, some kids were cut from some events. This happened because the state has a 25 event limit.”

The team began the quali-fying process well, with 33 stu-dents in 25 events advancing from the sub-district contest February 12. They needed two scores of 16 or higher (out of a possible 25) in order to com-pete at the district contest at Eau Claire Memorial March 11.

Team members received their highest award at the Menomine Tournament Feb-ruary 16. Seventeen members combined for a third place award. Individually, RHS had four event champions: Larsen in Extemp, Pokrandt in Four Minute, Pickard in Oratory, and Amann, Pickard and Wolfe in Play Acting.

RHS also placed fifth in two events: Taleff in Farrago and Brianna Brickner, Taylor Millington, Hannah Otte-vaere and Madison Roettger in Group Interp.

goal is to promote community activities, such as what is go-ing on at the public library, UWEC youth programs and new books.

A smaller version of the club was actually started three years ago in order to help with the book fair, and as Benning began working at Regis full time, she thought the club would be a great addition for the library.

As a group, the students stated, “The student crew is important because it gives us an opportunity to help our school library to become a better place for students to do homework, research or just read a book.” In March, the crew will introduce “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” a

class. Oliver originally came from Altoona but decided to switch because of academics and the students here at RHS. “The kids are better here,” Oliver stated. He plans to play football for the Ramblers.

Gage Wubker came from just across the street. He had attended Memorial High School before coming here.

The classes are what had drawn him to RHS. He also plans to play sports here, such as base-ball and football.

Adam Anderson is also from Altoona. RHS attracted him because of education. He looks forward to sports as well. He wants to play football here at RHS.

RHS welcomes new students

With the recent events of the Newtown, Connecticut shooting, news reporter Ann Curry decided to make a dif-ference and started a move-ment that has been sweeping the nation. Initially she tweet-ed about an idea of partaking in 26 acts of kindness for the children and teachers who lost their lives in the shooting to her 1.3 million followers. They committed to the task at hand and soon many of them tweet-ed back at her describing their acts that they took part in.

A page created on Face-book, that is designated to the cause of 26 acts of kindness now has over 100,000 “likes.” From there, people have cre-ated their own versions like 20

acts of kindness for (just the children whose lives were tak-en), as well as 27 acts of kind-ness for children, teachers, and the shooter’s mother who lost her life before the gunman left for the school.“Attending a Catholic school, we take any life lost, as a negative, even if one of them was the shooter’s.”

-Molly WirzHere at RHS, Key club

decided to make a difference and started their own 28 acts of kindness. It decided to in-clude all of the lives lost in the shooting. Senior Molly Wirz states that “Attending a

Catholic school, we take any life lost, as a negative, even if one of them was the shooter’s.” Headed by Wirz and Advi-sor Eric Nelson, the RHS Key club has put together the idea of having each one of the reli-gious communities (28 in all) participate in their own act of kindness. These acts can range from things like sending val-entines, donating Christmas trees, and raising money for different charities.

Key Club spearheads acts of kind-ness in honor of Newtown victims

Bravo!Forensics team members pose after placing third at the Menomonie tournament. Team members included (left to right): Front - Brianna Brickner, Madi Roettger, Taylor Millington, Hannah Ottevaere and Meghan Gobler; Back - Rachel Liming, Paul Amann, Grace Taft, Zack Pickard, Devan Finn, Isaac Wolfe, Christina Benning, Madison Lovelien, Samantha Taleff, Jake Larsen, Megan Pokrandt and Bridget McMenomy.

Luke Oliver Gage Wubker Adam Anderson

Student crew helps promote library

Reading is fundamental!Members of the library student crew are helping librarian Dawn Benning (far right) promote library activities.

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Texting while driving not worth itA new law restricting cell

phone use while driving went into effect, November 1, 2012. This law prohibits the use of cell phones in any way, for any-one with a permit or a proba-tionary license.

“I think it is a really good idea, but it’s one of those laws that is hard to prove,” says a lo-cal Eau Claire Police officer. It is very hard to prove someone was using their phone while driving. Officers are not al-lowed to search a phone’s his-

tory without the consent of the driver or a search warrant.

Officers cannot make rou-tine cell phone checks at acci-dents or traffic stops. An excep-tion to this would be in a case where the driver was arrested; then an officer can search the car, including a cell phone. An officer can download informa-tion off the phone, but is not allowed to access this informa-tion until they have a warrant. Even though it is hard to prove that a person was using their

phone, that person can still be charged for inattentive driving.

Twenty percent of injury crashes in 2009 involved re-ports of distracted driving, according to a study done by the National Highway Traf-fic Safety Administration. It’s difficult to tell how many acci-dents actually involved the use of cell phones. “A lot of people don’t even admit they were on the phone,” said an Eau Claire Officer. The number of acci-dents due to cell phone use is

Recently, two RHS faculty members have begun planning weddings. Spanish teacher Kayla Felton and English teacher Margaret Hart will be marrying in the course of next year.

“I LOVE MY RING!” Felton exclaimed of her engagement ring. Bryan, her now fiancé, dropped the question on December 12, 2011 at a Packer Game the couple had attended. “I wasn’t really surprised. I faked surprise…I knew a proposal was coming,” Felton said.

Even though she knew the proposal was coming, Felton could not have been more ecstatic about her ring or the engagement. The couple had been together for four years prior to the engagement. Felton and fiancé Bryan will be married June 22, 2013 at Saint Raymond’s near Eau Claire.

“I LOVE MY RING!”

-Kayla FeltonFelton has already picked

out her wedding dress, along with the dresses for her bridesmaids. They will be going with a champagne, gold and bright blue color scheme. She was proud to say

Two faculty members recently engaged

that Bryan has been involved in the wedding planning. Although she has had a few ideas since she was young, Felton has gotten plenty of ideas from Pinterest, an online craft and style site.

Hart, also recently engaged, has started a Pinterest wedding board of her own. Hart was engaged to Andrew McCawley on January 26. Andrew “popped” the question on top of the Navy Pier Ferris wheel in Chicago while the couple was on vacation that weekend. “I was so surprised I stopped breathing! I couldn’t hear what he said the first time, so he had to repeat it,” said Hart.

Hart has not been planning her wedding since she was young, but she has been inspired by successful marriages in her family. “I grew up knowing what kind of man I wanted to marry, based on the great examples of men in my life,” stated Hart.

Although she hasn’t chosen any dresses yet, Hart is already busy planning for her big day with Andrew, and as for the engagement ring, she loves it. The wedding is set for November 9, 2013 in her hometown, Waterloo Iowa.

RHS activities prepare for spring events

Band/Jazz BandThe band and jazz band

have been working on their se-lections for their annual pops concert, held March 11, with numbers like a Journey Med-ley, and others.

Campus Ministry/ Retreat Team

Campus Ministry’s Retreat Team led its first retreat of the school year February 15. The retreat was for the RMS 6th grade class and took place at St. Olaf. The theme of the retreat, Surrender to God, was highlighted through many skits, speeches, and a variety of other activities throughout the day.

Surrender to God was made the theme of this year’s retreats to further strengthen RCS student’s relationships with Christ. The theme is portrayed by saying each in-dividual should put up his/her white flag for Christ or in oth-er words, give up everything he/she has for God.

Chess TeamFebruary 20, the chess team

began its all-school annual chess tournament. With re-turning players and new mem-bers, the tournament roster is bigger than ever. The tour-nament is expected to go on for about two weeks, and the players who are successful will be crowned with the honor of getting ranked in the chess team’s leader board.

ChoirThe Pops Choir concert

will be on Monday, March 11 at 7 PM at RHS. The songs that will be included are Some Nights by Fun.; Sun and Moon from the Broadway musical Miss Saigon; Rumor Has It/Someone Like You by Adele, based on the Glee version; I am a man of Con-stant Sorrow by Carter Stan-ley, featured in the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou?; and One Day More from Les Misérables. Also, there will be featured soloists and groups

Key ClubThe Regis Key Club has

been quite busy, with the Crayon Drive and the 28 acts of kindness for Sandy Hook elementary school. The crayon drive started January 29 and ended February 8. Unwanted crayons were to be put into boxes and then sent to the Crayon Recycling Facility. The crayons would benefit those with disabilities. The 28 Acts of Kindness will be done by the religious communities and Key Club.

Mock TrialThe RHS Mock Trial team

competed at the regional tour-nament at the Eau Claire courthouse February 9. The team finished sixth out of nine teams. Junior Paul Amann re-ceived a personal award as an attorney for the team.

NHSJoe Konzen and Michael

Kozuch put together a pond hockey tournament for their National Honor Society proj-ect. Participants paid $5 for the contest, which took place February 9 in Chippewa Falls. The event supported military families struggling to allow their kids to play hockey.

Math TeamThis year at the UWEC

Math meet held February 16, RHS swept the small school competition for the second year in a row. RHS took five of the top six places in the indi-vidual awards.

Individual awards went to: sophomore Mitchell Petit, fith place; senior Teresa Kim, fourth place; junior Kristin Mathiowetz, third place; ju-nior Yicheng Zhou, second place; and senior Chen Min-gja, first place.

The second place team was: seniors Sean Branick, Garrett Nowak and Louie Gravrok; juniors Victor Bourget and Ryan Sokup and sophomore Petit. The first place winning team was: seniors Teresa Kim, Michael Kozuch, Clare Berg-mann, and Mingja; juniors Zhou, and Mathiowetz. The next math team event will be the Cloverbelt Math Meet. It is in Stanley at 4:30pm, on March 13.

Multicultural-Inter-national Club

MIC is a club that was cre-ated for people who want to experience new culture and meet new people. It’s cool for people who enjoy traveling because they can meet people who have traveled to other places and hear their stories and experiences. The club has many activities like potlucks and scavenger hunts. They have also celebrated a Chinese New Year and had an interna-tional fair. Interested students can talk to Advisor Jaci Ristau

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By Natalie Schaffer

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Distance learning increases options

The King’s Chronicle Feature

In RHS there are some new classes that have never been offered here before; these are called “distance learning classes.” A distance learning class is a class where the teacher is in a differ-ent place, usually a Wisconsin high school or university, and students here are in a room with a projector and can see their teacher via webcam.

Distance learning is a great opportunity for students, because in these classes they are taught by teachers who know the subject well, rather than a newly introduced one. The webcam allows the ability to hear and speak as well as see each other, just as a regular classroom.

Multiple generations prove im-portance of RHS family tradition

RHS students have often heard the phrase “Re-gis family.” Being part of the Regis family has a dual meaning for some students and staff members, who may have ties to biological family in the system for as many as three generations.

The children who have parents here are: Sarah Snyder, who is the daughter of John Snyder; Jenae and Cameron Pedersen, children of Paul Pedersen; Delaney and Noah Schober, step-children of Julie Schober; Vince and Margaret Killian, children of Ellen Killian; Zachary Pickard, son of Jan Pickard; and Meghan and Grace Gobler, daughters of Jim Gobler. Also, the late Carol Donahue is mother of Ellen Killian and the grandmother of Vince Killian, Margaret Killian, and Christina Benning.

It should be evident that there are positives and negatives associated with having a parent in the school system. “I like having my dad as a teacher at this school, but it can get annoying when he knows everything that I do at school. It can be nice though, because I get to see him more this way,” stated senior Sarah Snyder.

Social studies teacher John Snyder was nervous at first about having his daughter at the same school because he didn’t know how she would react to it. He stated, “I think it has worked out very well though. How can I teach at a school, that I don’t think is good enough for my daughter to attend?”

Jan Pickard, assistant in the special events office, has worked at RHS during the time her five children have been at this school. “I never minded working at a place where they were attending school and I don’t think they minded either,” says Pickard.

This is supported by her son Zack, who said, “I

don’t mind it.”Noah and Delaney Schober are the step-children

of RMS and RHS science teacher Julie Schober. Schober appreciated teaching at a school with her children. She stated, “I absolutely love it! I like know-ing who their friends are and seeing my kids in the hallways.”

“I think it’s great that I’m in the same building with my kids every day! And I’m sure they don’t feel the same way,” says RMS social studies teacher Paul Pedersen. Pedersen has had his children in class and he’s really enjoyed that.

When senior Jenae Pedersen was asked what she likes about having her dad at the same school, she said, “It comes in handy when I need a permission slip signed last minute.”

Jim Gobler is the special events coordinator at RHS. He has worked for RHS for several years, and also during the time of his four children’s careers at RHS. Gobler has two children currently at RHS, freshman Meghan Gobler and eighth grader Grace Gobler.

Meghan was asked if it’s strange seeing her dad at the same school that she goes to and said, “No, not really because my Dad has done a lot of extra services for Regis over the years, and now he has an office.”

“At first I was apprehensive, but as years went by I became happier with it. Now I just appreciate shar-ing my talents with my family,” said the late Carol Donahue, RMS and RHS librarian. She was very grateful for the opportunity to know her grandchil-dren and children in a different setting other than at home.

Donahue’s daughter, RHS religion teacher, Ellen Killian said, “It is a blessing that I am able to be with my family at school and work. Not just my children, Vince and Margaret Killian, but my mother and niece, Christina Benning.”

Benning appreciates her ability to see family at school. As she said, “I like having my grandmother, aunt, and cousins here at Regis. I probably wouldn’t see them as much if they didn’t work here or go to school here.”

“It is a great opportunity to learn something not offered at Regis.”

- Sam NelsonSenior Sam Nelson, a student in a distance

learning class said, “It is a great opportunity to learn something not offered at Regis.” It also gives students a new teacher and a chance to interact with different people. Technology is an important part of our everyday life and RHS is clearly moving forward in the technological world.

Some of the classes offered at RHS are Ac-counting, Business Marketing, Medical Termi-nology, and more. Students with any questions about distance learning classes should ask guid-ance counselor Kendra Pagel.

Since Christmas has just ended and Easter is on its way, many people have forgotten about the holidays between the two. Valentine’s Day is popular, but do that many people know about Groundhog’s Day or President’s Day? People do not realize the interesting history between these holidays and how they even got started.

Valentine’s Day is celebrated across the United States and other places in the world February 14. February is the month of romance, but the his-tory behind the name of “Valentine’s Day” is a little fuzzy. The most accepted story behind the history of Valentine’s Day started in the year 269 A.D., when St. Valentine was a priest in Rome. He would marry young lovers in secret because at that time,

Historical events created overlooked holidaysunder the rule of Claudius II, marriages were illegal. When St. Valentine was caught, he was sentenced to death and was ordered to wait in a prison until his execution. St. Valentine actually sent out the first “valentine” from his prison cell. Before his death, he allegedly signed the letter that he wrote to his lover “From your Valentine.”

Groundhog Day, which is celebrated February 2, is also a tradition in the United States. It is the day the groundhog comes out of his hole after a long winter’s slumber to look for his shadow. If he sees his shadow, he regards it as a bad omen of six more weeks of bad weather. If he does not see his shadow,

he takes it as a sign of spring and good weather. This year, he did not see his shadow, signifying an early spring. The groundhog even has a name, Punxsutaw-ney Phil.

Presidents’ Day is an American holiday on the third Monday in February. Originally, the date of Presidents’ Day was George Washington’s birthday, February 22.The date of this holiday was moved to its current location as part of 1971’s Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which was an act to create more three-day weekends for the nation’s workers. President’s Day is a day now viewed as a celebration of the U.S. presidents.

“It is a blessing that I am able to be with my family at school and work. Not just my children...but my mother and niece.”

- Ellen Killian

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RHS alums Bowe, Miller excel in D-1 basketballes always just say, ‘nothing is guaranteed,’ so these next few games mean a whole lot.”

The success of the Vander-bilt Commodores says a lot about Bowe’s skill. The team has made it to 12 straight NCAA tournament appear-ances, and she is receiving significant playing time as a freshman. In the last month, she has even earned a start-ing position on the team af-ter starting a few games over a Thanksgiving break trip to Puerto Rico.

Personally, Bowe finds she is improving every game. She says, “I really struggled in the beginning, but once I realized I was my own problem I knew I could fix it.” With the help of a sports psychologist, Bowe has gained confidence since a big win against ranked Okla-homa. “I finally got it back when we played Oklahoma. We beat them and I played a lot of minutes. I finally got my confidence up, and since then I feel like I have been improving almost every game.”

Bowe gives a lot of credit to the coaching and training staff at Vanderbilt. Trust on the court has been established between her, her teammates, and her coaches, and she says she loves representing Head

Coach Balcomb every day. She admits she has a long way to go, but everyone can agree that she has accomplished an incredible amount in a short period of time.

As a Commodore, Bowe is averaging 19.8 minutes per game, 6.5 points per game, and 4.5 rebounds per game. She has started five games and has played 26 out of the team’s 27 games.

Miller’s statistics are just as impressive as Bowe’s. He is a sophomore at Samford Uni-versity and has already taken on the leadership role of team captain. He has taken this role in stride and says, “Being a team captain and a starter is a large responsibility. It’s an honor to be a captain as a sophomore and to realize the team and coaching staff has trust in me.”

Regarding the school as a whole, Miller says, “I like Samford very much both aca-demically and athletically. It is a smaller school with a family type atmosphere.” Samford is a small private school in Bir-mingham, Alabama with an enrollment of about 4,600, in-cluding graduate students.

Samford plays in the

Southern Conference and is currently in second place. They also played a rigorous noncon-ference schedule that included matchups against four top 25 teams. Their current record is 10-17 overall and 8-6 in conference. Miller says, “Our team is very young this year, and each game we are becom-ing better and learning how to win.”

The team’s goal is to win the Southern Conference banner as well as the Southern Con-ference tournament. They con-tinue to practice hard in order to prepare for the second half of conference play. Each con-ference team is played twice, so they are changing some strategies for the second time around.

Personally, Miller is a key player on the team. He is play-ing almost 35 minutes a game as a starting guard. Over the 29 games he has played in this season, Miller is scoring 6.2 points per game and has an average of 3.3 rebounds per game. His three point shoot-ing percentage is .360.

The Samford Bulldogs are ranked twenty-fourth in the nation for three point shoot-ing, and Miller has played a

large role in that statistic. Sam-ford’s website describes Miller as, “[A] Deadly long range shooter with a tremendous confidence level. [Miller] has the rare ability to shoot off the catch and off the dribble. [He] is sneaky athletic with long arms and quick bounce [and] knows how to read screens and free himself for shots.”

Miller’s high school coach, Bill Uelmen, says that during his Rambler days, “Connor Miller’s greatest contribution to the team was that he made the other players on the team around him better. As a coach that is the best compliment I can give a player.” Uelmen praises his unselfishness, ma-turity, hard work, and mental toughness, and credits his col-lege success to these qualities.

Selection Sunday for the Division 1 NCAA men’s bas-ketball tournament will be March 17 and the first day of tournament play is March 19. For the women, selections will be made Monday March 18 and the first round begins March 24.

NCAA March Madness is just around the corner, and basketball fans will soon be placing bets on the success of their favorite college bas-ketball teams. After months of practice and hard work for every player, the tournament will crown just one school as the best basketball team in the nation. Recent RHS gradu-ates Heather Bowe (2012) and Connor Miller (2011) have gotten a taste of this highly competitive level of Division 1 basketball.

Bowe is a freshman at Vanderbilt this year, a private school in Nashville, Tennessee. She is on a full ride scholar-ship there and committed as a senior in high school. She says she loves Vanderbilt and is staying busy with basketball and schoolwork.

Vanderbilt is in the South-eastern Conference (SEC) and currently Bowe and her team are ranked sixth in the na-tion. The end of their season has been and will be packed with tough games, including four against ranked teams. Although March Madness is quickly approaching, the team is concentrating on the SEC tournament before looking toward the NCAA tourna-ment. Bowe said, “The coach-

Girls BasketballGirls start playoffs after taking first in conference

The RHS girls basketball team has had a successful season thus far. They won the Western Cloverbelt Confer-ence and will face Neillsville in the conference crossover game.

These accomplishments have greatly exceeded the ex-pectations of most people. “I am pleased with our season so far,” said senior Rachel Lim-ing, “We have definitely risen

above preseason expectations.” The team’s first playoff

game is still to be determined based on seed. Going into playoffs, the girls have high expectations. “We expect to make a good run in the post season. We are going to take playoffs one game at a time,” Liming added.

Boys BasketballRamblers end regular season with .500 record

This year the boys basket-ball team ended with a record of 12-12. The team worked well together this season and many junior, sophomore, and freshman players look forward to next year. Sophomore start-er Billy Wampler said, “This season was like a building sea-son. There were three under classmen as starters with two senior starters, Nick Stanke and Vince Killian, acting as leaders for the team.” Wampler also stated that the team really enjoyed practicing with each other.

Boys basketball head coach

Bill Uelmen said, “I like the leadership we got out of our two seniors, Nick Stanke and Vince Killian. Both are quiet leaders, but they are two of the hardest working players on the team and are both great team players. If you ask the players and coaches they would proba-bly tell you they are great team-mates and they enjoy playing with them because they are un-selfish. Nick Stanke led us in assists this year.”

The team improved with specific qualities, such as play-ing as a team and sharing the

ball. The biggest competition for this year’s team was Colfax, Fall Creek, and McDonnell, since they have always been big basketball rivals with Re-gis. Uelmen said, “I saw a lot of improvement as the season went on. We were a young team, so we were inconsistent at times. I really liked how those younger players devel-oped and how they meshed with the upper classmen, such as Billy Wampler, Logan Rohrscheib, Zac Brandrup, Josh Burns and Brady Martin.”

March 1, 2013

On the moveSenior Rachel Liming looks to send a pass to a teammate during a recent home game. The Lady Ramblers begin WIAA tournament play tonight.

Team pep talkCoach Bill Uelmen talks to the team during a home game.

By Sarah Clark

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Dance team ends successful season at stateThe King’s Chronicle Sports

“I was definitely ner-vous, but I really want-ed to get on the floor and show everyone how hard we have worked.”-Taylor Peterson

After successful career Driver is drivin’ out

All smilesSeniors Molly Wirz, Lindsey Overby, Laiken Peterson, Nicole Skwierczynski, Victoria Setla, Heesoo Lim, and Rachel Remes pose with their state trophy.

February 2, the RHS dance team found themselves in La-Crosse, Wisconsin competing at the 2013 WACPC (Wis-consin Association of Cheer and Pom Coaches) State Dance Championships. This competition took place exactly one week after the team had placed second in Division Two Hip Hop and third in Divi-sion Two Jazz at the Western Regional Competition in New Richmond.

The team entered the State Competition with high hopes of placing within the top five of both Division Two Jazz and Hip Hop, even with the ner-vous jitters that come along with performing.

As the team prepared for their performances, the amount of nerves grew even greater, but the confidence level was still present. “The nervous jitters got to be very intense as our performances loomed nearer, but as a senior, knowing that this would be my last performance, I wanted to give it my all,” senior Nicole Skwierczynski stated.

Freshman Taylor Peterson added, “I was definitely ner-vous, but I really wanted to get on the floor and show everyone how hard we have worked.”

All year every dancer on the RHS team has worked to meet the goals the team had set very

early in the season. The team never seemed to lose sight of it’s goals, especially since many motivational quotations were hanging right in front of their eyes at every practice in the Rambler Room. A countless number of hours were put in since June by the RHS team.

Luckily, all the hard work put in by every single one of the 17 members of the RHS dance team paid off. The girls received fourth place in Hip Hop and sixth place in Jazz.

“Our performances were some of the best we have had all year. We couldn’t have asked for it to go any better,” assis-

Wednesday, January 6, the Green Bay Packers lost one of their all-time greats. Wide receiver Donald Driver cel-ebrated his 14-year career with the Packers. He announced his retirement in the Atrium at Lambeau Field in front of family, friends, teammates, and 1500 fans. Even Gover-nor Scott Walker officially an-nounced that day to be called “Donald Driver Day.”

Driver graduated from Al-corn State in 1999 and was drafted in the seventh round by the Packers that same year. Since he was drafted in the seventh round, not much was expected from Driver, but he quickly exceeded those ex-pectations. 2002 was Driver’s breakout year, as he hauled in 70 receptions for 1,064 yards and nine touchdowns. Driver had over 1000 yards every

year between 2004-2009, with 1,295 yards coming in 2006. Driver set Packer records in receptions with 743, and yards with 10,137. He is the only player in Packer’s history to record seven career 1000-yard receiving seasons. He was a four time pro bowl selection in the years 2002, 2006, 2007, and 2011, according to espn.com. Despite all the records and statistics, Driver’s most prized possession is the Super Bowl ring from the 2010 sea-son.

Not only did Driver shine on the field, but he shined off the field as well. His off the field achievements include: winning season 14 of Dancing with the Stars; the Communi-ty Service Award by the Green Bay Chamber of Commerce; the Walter Payton Man of the Year award, which is awarded

to an NFL player honoring his volunteerism and charity; and the Red Smith Award, which is given to someone who con-tributes to sports on and off the field in the state of Wis-consin.

“Twelve years ago, I signed my first big contract for the Green Bay Packers and I promised you all that I would never wear another uniform. So today, we make that official. I keep my promise to you. The loyalty you all have instilled in me and my family, I have to keep my loyalty to you and not play for another team and to retire in the green and gold,” said Driver.

Driver can now be added to the list of Packer legends with the likes of Bart Starr and many others. He will be remembered as a fan favorite who started and ended his his-toric career in Green Bay.

tant coach Katherine Stuckert commented.

The girls were pleased with their performances and plac-ing, as were all coaches. Head Coach, Alea Norrish stated, “Yes, I was very happy with the performances. That is the best I have done as a coach.”

Along with team recogni-tion, senior Rachel Remes re-ceived individual recognition.

Remes was named to the Divi-sion Two All-State Team. This team is a group of dancers who show a large amount of talent and attend a school with an enrollment of 899 and under. Remes impressed a panel of judges while performing a solo at the State Competition to earn her place on the All-State Team. “I really wasn’t expect-ing it. It was a great honor to have my name called,” Remes

stated.In the future, the team

will have a very good season to look back on. “I was very happy with the way the season went this year. I was impressed with the way the seniors led the rest of the team. They will be missed,” Norrish said.

At the end of this season the RHS Dance Team will say goodbye to a total of seven seniors. They include Heesoo

Lim, Lindsey Overby, Laiken Peterson, Remes, Viki Setla, Skwierczynski, and Molly Wirz. Skwierczynski also commented on the season coming to a close, “The thing I feel I will miss the most is the many hours spent with my team. Throughout the season we created very close bonds, which make being a part of dance team truly rewarding.”

By Laiken Peterson

March 1, 2013

UWEC hockey team hopes to host playoff game

RMB Hockey closes season with sectional lossPage 8 Sports

The 2012-2013 men’s hockey season has proven to be one of the most successful the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (UWEC) has ever recorded. Their record of 18-3-2 puts them atop of the WIAC (Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) stand-ings and gives them a bright

outlook at their first NCAA Division III National Cham-pionship. Their incredible sea-son has been highlighted by two wins and a tie against the St. Norbert Knights, who are the defending national cham-pions.

Things have been clicking for the team this season with

the addition of several locally raised players such as David Donnellan (Eau Claire Me-morial), Isaiah Bennis (Eau Claire Memorial), and Ross Anderson (River Falls). These players give the team a home-town touch and allows aspir-ing youth hockey players in the area to hope for a colle-

After their game against Eau Claire Memorial High School February 22, the Regis McDonell Bloomer (RMB) Saints ended their successful season with the record of 22-3-1. The Saints lost to the Old

Abes by a score of 2 to 5.The two teams were head

to head during the entire game. Even though the Saints had allowed one goal in the first period, they got back into

Cross-town rivalsThe RMB Saints and the Eau Claire Memorial Old Abes shake hands after the Section-al Final. Large fan attendance caused the game to be moved from the Chippewa Falls ice rink to the Hobbs Center in Eau Claire.

“It was a great year; not many teams get the chance to have 22 wins in one season...”

-Sam Nelson

the game with Matt Pulver’s goal in the second period. However, after letting up four goals in a row during the rest of the second quarter and early third quarter, the Saints were not able to catch up.

Regarding their successful season, junior Braxton Collins added, “We did better than ev-erybody expected. I think we surprised lots of people, and we made a name for ourselves. [We are] looking to build off this year for next year. [We are] still going to be a strong team next year. Just going to work hard in the off season with Mr. Brenner.”

RMB hockey head coach Guy Brown stated, “It was a great season for RMB Hock-

ey, as the team accomplished many things for the first time in our team history. For 2013-14 [season] we will continue to look for improvement and taking another step forward with plans on playing higher rated teams more frequently and setting our sights on a re-turn trip to the sectional final and hopefully beyond.”

Senior goalie Sam Nelson stated, “It was a great year; not many teams get the chance to have 22 wins in one season.

And it really is a great experi-ence for everyone, and every-one had a lot of fun.”

The RMB saints were hon-orably mentioned by Wis-consin Prep Hockey and Sam Nelson was nominated as the goalie of the year. Appreci-ating his teammates for his nomination, Nelson added, “It’s a great tribute to how great our defense was this year. They helped a lot.”

Senior send-offSenior Garrett Nowak receives his award after the Sec-tional Final against EC Memorial on February 22. The Saints lost to the Old Abes by a score of 5-2.

Editorial Policy

King’s Chronicle is a public forum published by the Research and Journalism class at Eau Claire Regis High School.

Its purpose is to entertain, investigate, evaluate, and inform students of activities and issues which may be of concern to them. It also provides an open forum for the diverse views of its readers.

Editorials are the opinion of that individual writer, but not necessarily the views of the advisors, administrators, or the Regis Catholic Schools organization.

King’s Chronicle production staff:

Reporters:Teddy Annis Sean BranickSarah Clark Carmen FlunkerIsaac Jensen Soohan KimMichael Kuznar Adam LoftsgaardenGarrett Nowak Jade OlsonLindsey Overby Laiken PetersonMeggie Robertson Natalie SchafferMax Sires Sarah SnyderNick Stanke

Editorial Board:

Editor-in-Chief: Sarah ClarkNews Editor: Soohan KimFeature Editor: Lindsey OverbySports Editor: Laiken PetersonPhoto Editor: Sean BranickLay-out Editor: Nick StankeAdvisor: Judine Brey

By Soohan Kim

giate career. According to the UWEC’s athletic website, se-nior Jordan Singer from Lino Lakes, Minnesota sits atop the statistic leader board. This group is filled with a plethora of talented athletes who have great chemistry, which is what makes them click.

With only two games left in

the regular season, along with being WIAC champions, the UWEC men’s hockey team is looking forward to receiving a higher seed for playoffs. This special season is hoping to be completed with a victory in Lake Placid, New York March 16 at the NCAA Division III National Championships.

By Garrett Nowak

“It was a great season for RMB Hockey, as the team accomplished many things for the first time in our team history. For 2013-14 we will continue to look for improve-ment and taking an-other step forward. . .”

- Guy Brown