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Valedictorian, pg. 14
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Interview, pg. 37
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Moonlight Knights: a magical starry night in New York
By Rachel Esser
desserts that were very well made and many
guests enjoyed them thoroughly.
Though the other aspects of the
evening were well-executed, the main
attraction of the night was, of course, the
performances. The Concert and Symphonic
On April 10 the Dr. E.P Scarlett
music program put on its annual fundraiser
evening event, Moonlight Knights. The
theme, A Starry Night in New York, brought
a dazzling and classy atmosphere to the
halls of Scarlett on
the big evening before
the music students’
trip to New York. The
school was decorated
according to the theme
and offered a simplistic
yet
aestheticallypleasing look, which
included a variety of
stunning lights, posters,
and
trifolds.
The
gymnasium, where the
dinner and dance took
place, was decorated
in a very classy and
elegant way which
really set the stage for
Photo by Ayshea Shaikh
the performance. The
Scarlett’s Choir serenades the audience at Moonlight Knights
hallway leading to the
office was dedicated to the silent auction
and a bar where parents could purchase Bands, as well as the Grade 10 Band and
drinks. For the brief intermissions between the Dr. E.P. Scarlett choir, performed during
performances and events, guests could dress the meal, providing enjoyable dinner music,
up in pearls, feather boas, hats, fun glasses, while the various jazz bands and soloists
and a whole assortment of other costume performed during the dance. All of the music
pieces and pose for fun pictures with each was well-rehearsed and the guests all looked
other at a New-York style photo booth. The like they were enjoying themselves. Parents
photo booth also had a cardboard cut-out and other guests seemed to enjoy all of the
of the Statue of Liberty that students and music as well. The jazz bands were upbeat
parents could pose with in their New York and very professional, keeping the music
flowing while everyone danced and enjoyed
photographs.
The dinner was at 7 pm and themselves. The atmosphere provided for
consisted of a marinara chicken breast smiles and memorable times.
Students performing in the bands
topped with mozzarella cheese and served
during
the
meal were free to enjoy the rest of
with salads, potatoes with rosemary, and
the
evening,
dancing, mingling or even just
dinner rolls. There was also a vegetarian
listening
to
their
fellow musicians perform.
option, a vegetarian lasagna. The dinner
Grade
11
band
member,
Sam Thompson,
was simple and delicious and filling. Some
said
“The
night
was
amazing! The
aspects of the meal were better than others.
atmosphere
was
really
fun
and
the singers
The chicken in particular was great. There
and
jazz
were
fantastic!”
Thompson,
along
was also an assortment of desserts at a
with
other
students
attending
the
dance,
dessert buffet and mini cupcakes handed
out later on in the evening that were very enjoyed watching the many soloists perform
scrumptious. There was a large variety of with the jazz bands, singing favourite songs
like “Car Wash,” “Respect,” and “New as you usually don’t know all your music.
York, New York.” Janey Deacon-Rosamond, It seems they had it a lot worse last year
Grade 11, who performed a solo of Michael as the rehearsal process went surprisingly
Jackson’s “Human Nature,” believes that smooth for most of us,” says Logan Fillo,
Moonlight Knights is a unique and fantastic jazz student, Grade 10. “The actual show
opportunity for students and parents to was unlike anything I’ve ever been a part of
genuinely enjoy and appreciate the musical before. It was very exciting playing for the
talents of the many performers. “MLK is enthusiastic crowd and watching the dancers
super rad because it’s not the typical ‘school groove to your music, albeit being a bit
dance.’ There’s no grinding to LMFAO, no distracting. Overall, the night went great and
couple making out in the corner, everyone everyone seemed to have enjoyed it.”
is so focused on the amazing live jazz music
Many students and parents
and soloists. It’s the anti-school dance in the attending the event found the singer-jazz
best way possible,” she explains.
band pairing to be a highlight of the night.
Though many people love MLK Coan Roik, Grade 11, enjoyed the “night of
for the dancing and food, the music students dancing around and just letting loose” and
enjoy the evening for the opportunity to thought that “[t]he bands were fantastic
perform and have other
people enjoy their music.
“Moonlight Knights is a
fantastic performance
opportunity for the
whole music program,”
says Mira Riselli, Jazz
1 performer, Grade
11. “In jazz, we get a
chance to play a much
longer set than the
three-song
program
that we typically play,
which allows for a lot
more diversity within
the different songs that
we get to perform. The
Photo by Ayesha Shaikh
energy is just amazing,
Liane
Roberts,
Grade
12,
in
a
contemplative
mood
at the show
and
it’s
especially
inspiring to see not only
your friends, but complete strangers dancing and everyone who sang with the jazz bands
to and enjoying your music.”
totally killed it...My highlight of that night
The preparation put into the evening was singing a Tom Jones ‘60s classic ‘Help
every year is astounding. Many grade tens Yourself.’ Overall, I look forward to next year
that were new to Scarlett’s music program and it was definitely a night to remember.”
found MLK to be unlike anything they had
Moonlight Knights was definitely
ever been a part of. The intense rehearsals a showstopper, bringing a laid-back
and fast-moving timeline were new to many performance and creating a fun time of
of the students. “For the rehearsal process dancing and talent for everyone who
we had about a month to learn between attended. It was a formal event that was
8-18 songs depending on what band you entertaining for any age group, with children,
are in. The grade tens had heard from the adults, seniors, and teenagers all having a
elevens and twelves that the couple of weeks great time.
before moonlight nights are very stressful
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Shrinking airline seats may pose
potential hazards to passengers
By Rina Ng
The trend seen today is
that people are getting taller and
wider than they were in the past
because of modern technology and
advances in areas such as health
and nutrition. Although this is the
case with the population, there is
another trend: making airline seats
narrower. Since 1990, plane seats
have shrunk 47 cm in width and
more seats have been added into
rows. By 2013, 70% of planes had
10 seats per row, compared to the 9
seats per row in 2010.
The reason airlines want
to make their seats smaller is to allow more seats on the plane, therefore allowing them to make more
revenue from their cabins that
normally yield low profits. Rows
of seats are now being squeezed
together and the new design of
Boeing 777s allows 14 extra seats
to be on the plane. Since there are
an increased number of seats being
added onto planes, older manufacturing recommendations are being ignored. The maximum seats
allowed on planes have increased
from 180 to 195, in the same
amount of space. The reason why
these manufacturing recommendations were created in the past was
for the passengers’ comfort; however, in the name of profit, a large
portion of airline corporations are
ditching the old standards for their
own benefit.
Although this new seat
size may not be that problematic
to people who are smaller, for the
average person the seat is uncomfortable, and for people who are
larger than average, it is torturous. Besides the seats shrinking,
leg room has shrunk as well. This
means people with longer legs will
have to settle for awkward positions while on the plane. If one
would want a seat with more room,
then there would be a larger price
to pay. In a survey conducted for
The LA Times, 59% of the participants said that they would pay
up to $20 for a larger, more comfortable seat; however, fewer than
9% of the passengers would be
willing to pay more than $20 for
a wider seat. This shows that there
is a price on comfort according to
some people; however, some believe that it would be the humane
gesture to give people comfort, and
be of different age demographics
and health, as well as how people
would act in a real evacuation. Parents may put their children before
themselves, panic would be a major factor, and because of mobiles
devices
that
are allowed on
planes, many
people do not
read the evacuation manuals.
The narrower
paths would
slow evacuation, and an increased number of people
would increase
mass
hysteria. Although
evacuations
rarely happen,
it is a possible
hazard.
A n other issue that
is becoming
more common
as a result of
Photo by Rina Ng shrinking seats
Plane flights may become a less enjoyable experience for
plane passengers due to the limited space that is available is air rage.
There
have
not treat them like animals such as been many reoccurring incidents
in which passengers fought midcattle.
Beside discomfort, there air over things such as a reclined
is also the issue of smaller seats seat. The passenger behind kicks
posing hazards. One of the hazards the seat in front because they are
is evacuation from the plane. Since frustrated instead of talking things
there are more people, because of out. Then the passenger in front
the extra seats that are added on, it gets angry and they soon lash out
would be more crowded, and be- at each other. Sometimes other
sides the seats and leg room shrink- passengers join in the fight because
ing, the pathways have also shrunk they are also frustrated.
Since the space in planes
to 79 cm in width. For a plane to be allowed to fly, it has to be proven is becoming so limited, a reclining
by the manufacturer that all pas- seat would be even more irritating
sengers can all evacuate in less to passengers, and because of this,
than 90 seconds with half of the ex- some airlines advertise their seats
its blocked. The problem with the as pre-reclined, meaning that they
test, however, is that all the passen- do not recline at all.
Pre-reclined seats may
gers for the test are assumed to be physically fit. Children, teens, and help with fights over reclining
the elderly are not involved in the seats; however, knees banging
simulation, and the test subjects onto table trays, bumping elbows
know that there will be an evacu- on the armrest with ones’ neighation as well as how to properly bour and having to fight with even
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Study suggests HPV vaccine should be given to boys
By
Kyra Bird
The topic of vaccinations
has been a controversial one in recent years that has caused much
debate between those in the medical community and people who
question the effectiveness and side
effects of common vaccines. Now,
here in Canada, new questions are
arising regarding the human papillomavirus, or HPV, vaccine following the release of a new study
out of the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto. The study,
conducted by oncologist Dr. Lillian Siu, suggests that the vaccine,
which is typically given to girls in
school at the age of 11-or 12-yearsold and is covered under Canada’s
healthcare program, should also be
offered to boys as it could lessen
the growing threat of oral cancers
in men.
According to Canada’s
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention’s website, HPV is the
most common sexually-transmitted infection and is so easily transmitted that “nearly all sexually active men and women get it at some
point in their lives.” Though it is
true that most people will contract
HPV at some point or another, in
most cases, the virus goes away on
its own and does not prompt any
symptoms. In the cases in which
HPV does prompt health problems,
though, genital warts and numerous types of cancer are often the
result. Cervical cancer is the most
common HPV-positive cancer that
occurs in women, with about 1,450
Canadian women developing the
cancer every year and 380 of those
cases ending in death. The prominence of this cancer in women who
contracted HPV was what prompted the Canadian government to begin offering the vaccine to girls in
2006.
The HPV-positive cancers
that Siu focused on in her study
were oropharyngeal cancers which
affect the tonsil area and the base
of the tongue. These cancers have
been found to affect about three
times as many men as women and the ages of forty and seventy. arise about the results. When sethe results of the study predict that Regardless of when the savings nior vaccine researchers began to
the total numbers of oropharyngeal occur, though, it is important to question the statistical model used
cancer cases in men could over- take into consideration where the to conduct the study, Siu did admit
take the cases of cervical cancer savings come from. On the one that the calculations did not take
of women within a decade. This hand, the government can choose into account herd immunity and
is why Siu and many other propo- to save money by not offering the the interaction between external
nents of the idea believe that boys HPV vaccine to men which will factors and the development of oral
also need to be offered the HPV mean they will later have to spend cancers. This means that when revaccine in the same way that girls money on those patients’ cancer searchers were looking at the numare and not be forced to pay if they treatments. Alternatively, the gov- ber of cases of future oral cancers
want to be protected, as is required ernment can invest the money in in people who were HPV-positive
now. As of now, it is unclear to immunizing men and protecting they did not take into account how
medical experts why HPV-positive them from potentially deadly can- the decrease could be attributed to
oral cancers affect more men than cers which will lead to savings the amount of girls who had received immunization and
women, but with more
cases of these cancers
how this would therefore
have an effect on the
appearing in both North
number of men contractAmerica and Western
ing the virus. ResearchEurope, it seems clear
ers were also unable to
that boys need to be offactor out the possibility
fered protection.
Siu’s
study
that men who develop
looked at all 192,000
oropharyngeal cancers
Canadian boys who
might have contracted
were twelve years of
these cancers due to exage in 2012. Statistical
ternal factors such as a
modelling was used to
history of smoking or
project the number of
being exposed to other
them likely to get the
carcinogens.
Though
vaccine if it was offered
the shortcomings of this
and the decrease in fustudy should prompt disture oral cancers that
cussion, they are not detwould result from imrimental enough to make
munization. By estimatthe study completely
ing the decrease in these
useless. They simply
cancers, Siu was able
mean that more studies
to highlight the effecneed to be done to gain
tiveness of offering the
an even more compreshot as well as project
hensive knowledge of
the money that could be
such a large scale issue.
saved by the Canadian
Critics are calling for
health care system. The
the medical community
Photo by Helen Trang
savings, based on the reto totally disregard this
sults of the study, could Drew Miller, Grade 12, is in favor of the idea of boys receiv- study when, in reality,
potentially be between 8 ing the HPV vaccine in covered by health care in Canada they should be calling for
and 28 million dollars a
more medical minds to
year. The money saved would be when the expensive treatments for conduct new studies to determine
the result of the health care system these cancers no longer need to be the right course of action.
not having to treat as many oro- paid for. When considered in that A final argument that surpharyngeal cancers in the future light, many feel the question of faced with the release of this study
at only the small cost of having to whether or not the HPV vaccine was one that also came up prior to
produce the $400 HPV vaccine for should be offered to boys seems to the 2006 decision to allow girls to
have a pretty obvious answer.
get the HPV vaccine. Many critics
both boys and girls.
Many opponents criticize Naturally, when a study in conservative circles oppose givthat the health care savings would regarding such a controversial ing the HPV vaccine to such young
not be felt for many years as the topic is released, there is plenty of children as they feel immunizacancer usually develops between criticism and questioning that can tion against sexually transmitted
infections only promotes or condones more sexual activity among
teenagers and young adults. This
resistance, though, should be overcome in the same way that it was
dealt with in 2006 when the argument was centered on girls, which
is simply making the vaccine optional and not forcing parents to
get their kids vaccinated. If parents
have religious or moral objections
to allowing their children, boys or
girls, to be vaccinated against HPV
then all they will have to do is simply deny permission to their child’s
school. This way, parents who do
want their children protected can
make that decision while parents
who do not condone it can have
choice as well.
It is important to note
that the issues mentioned above
were not only brought up when
the debate revolved around public schools but also when it was
suggested that the vaccine be introduced into Catholic schools
as well. When it came to many
Catholic school boards around the
country, the argument against the
vaccine was centered on the beliefs
of the religion, specifically when
it came to premarital sex. Since
many believed the vaccine had
the potential to encourage young
people to engage in sexual activity,
many parents were worried their
children would go against their religion’s morals and have sex before
marriage. This made the process
of getting the vaccine into those
schools extremely difficult and
though most Catholic schools offer the vaccine at this point in time,
some have only begun offering it
as recently as 2013. This seems
to provide yet another reason that
as many young Canadians as possible, both boys and girls, should
be given the vaccine as there may
have already been a significant
portion of the population who is
not vaccinated due to not being offered the vaccine for moral reasons
or otherwise.
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Hillary Clinton has the potential to become the next US
President or to be passed up in the preliminaries
By Cassandra Betts
Hillary Clinton is the democrat’s
dream candidate. She has everything that is
needed to be a successful president of the
United States of America. She has the name,
she has the recognition, she has the experience. She supports a platform that defends
minorities and evokes images of family and
prosperity for all classes. She has the chance
to break tradition by becoming the first female president, which should stir feminists
and women across the country. In other
words, there is no reason why she should not
win the Democrat’s nomination, let alone the
entire presidency. She is the one sure leader
in a political world ruled by uncertainty and
upsets, so qualified for the job that she is
almost entitled to it. On November 8, 2016
Clinton should be celebrating her blowout
win and practicing the inauguration speech
that she will have had written a year beforehand.
Backup to 2008. The story was
the same. Clinton had the same platform,
the same qualifications, the same celebrity
status. At the beginning of the campaign,
no one ever thought it was possible that
she could lose the Democrat’s nomination.
Many even thought that she should have
been packing her bags for the White House.
Of course, as the last eight years have shown,
her campaign did not quite work out as anticipated. A newcomer stepped in and ruined
all her plans, and suddenly, Clinton’s experience and name were completely nullified by
Barack Obama’s passion, youth and promise
of change for the lower class.
Today, Clinton is in a very similar
position to where she was at the beginning of
the 2008 campaign. She has virtually no opposition for the democratic nomination. So
far, the New York Times cites Clinton as the
sole democrat candidate who is surely running. Circumstances, however, can change
in a few short weeks on the campaign trail,
as Obama effectively demonstrated. While
constructing her campaign, it seems safe to
assume that Clinton will be examining what
went wrong in 2008 and using it to create a
stronger platform the second time around.
One factor that should have helped
Clinton win in 2008 (and should still be
giving her an edge today) is her somewhat
celebrity status. Hillary Clinton is a household name and has been since 1993. Back
then, she was known only as Bill Clinton’s
wife, the first lady, the President’s right
hand woman, but even before she was campaigning to become the next President of the
United States she was already accomplished
in the political world. Before her marriage,
Clinton, known then by her maiden name of
Rodham, graduated from Yale Law School
and became a Congressional Legal Counsel.
After marrying Bill and moving to Arkansas
she continued to add to her list of impressive achievements, including cofounding
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Fami- downfall in 2016.
little boy preparing for his school’s play, a
lies, becoming the first female chair of the If she campaigns properly, how- lady just about to retire, and a man saying
Legal Services Corporation, and becoming ever, Clinton should be able to overcome that America is a “hard-working country.”
the first female partner at Rose Law firm. As the stereotypes that come with her age. Al- The clip then goes to Clinton, who is sitting
first lady of Arkansas, Clinton attempted to though she does not have smooth skin and at a table with a coffee in her hand, wearing
reform Arkansas’ education system, and as still wears traditional pantsuits, the rest of a blue jacket and white blouse and looking
first lady of the United States she tried to im- her campaign seems fairly modern. She is like any other American on a typical weekplement a universal healthcare system. Al- using social media to a greater degree than day morning. Clinton announces that she
though both motions were opposed, she was she did in 2008. In fact, her campaign was is “getting ready to do something too: [she
directly responsible for the implementation announced through the use of an online vid- is] running for president.” Although cute,
of the State Children’s Health Insurance Pro- eo. Many call Clinton too conservative for the video seems to be screaming: “I support
gram, the Adoption and Safe Families Act the Democrats, but this judgment seems to minorities and families and women and the
and the Foster Care Independence Act. Af- be based solely on her age and perhaps her working class,” and was lacking in subtlety.
terwards, she was elected as the first female old Iraq decision. Currently, she is running In the entire video, a total of one man was
US senator of New York, and was named her campaign on the promise of paid leave featured, and he was the man who was supSecretary of State by Obama. This massive for new mothers and is pushing the Supreme posed to represent the oppressed blue-collar
list of political accomplishments makes her Court to make marriage a universal right, re- portion of the population who deserve more
an ideal candidate for the democratic nomi- gardless of sexual orientation. These views, rights and higher pay. The number of people
nation. She already has experience in poli- while very liberal, are also very modern, and who belonged to a minority, whether it be
tics at both a state and national level. She
based on race, sexual
knows how to push initiatives forward
orientation or age, was
and how to recover after they fail. She
overwhelming. It is
has practice living in the public eye and
evident that Clinton
is able to comport herself with poise and
wants to be the “chamdignity in public situations.
pion” of “everyday
Americans.” She says
This experience, though largely
so at the end of her
beneficial, also comes with a few drawvideo, and the phrase
backs. Clinton has been involved in quite
is printed all over her
a few scandals during her time, most
website. She needs
notably the Lewinsky Scandal, which
to be careful that she
involved Bill Clinton’s infidelity, and
does not focus too
the Whitewater Scandal, which involved
much on reaching out
some questionable loans that the Clintons
to all the individual
may have made to invest in the Whitegroups that populate
water Development Corporation. Many
the country and lose
pacifists also critique her response to the
the vote of the “every9/11 terrorist attack, where she supported
day American.”
military action in Afghanistan and the
Still,
despite
Iraq Resolution. Although afterward she
the somewhat cheesy
objected to aspects of the Bush’s adminvideo, her points are
istration’s choices during the Iraq War
undeniably
strong.
and opposed most of Bush’s domestic
Photo by Cassandra Betts She believes in a more
policies, by that time she had already culgovernment,
tivated a pro-war persona that stays with Hillary Clinton’s logo is simple and direct, just like her campaign strategy active
just like the Obama
her to this day.
The other problem that comes show that Clinton, despite her age, or maybe administration. She wants to prioritize famiwith Clinton’s experience is of course age. in fact because of it, is ready to connect with lies, as her video highlights. Clinton points
While she alienated anti-war advocates by young voters and be the voice that unites the out that when “families are strong American
her choices during the Bush years, her age young and the old as a cohesive whole.
is strong,” and she is backing this claim by
Clinton’s announcement that she fighting for paid leave. Her support for gay
is an obstacle that, although very different from her actions, may prove even more diffi- was running for president, although tasteful- marriage in all fifty states and her groundcult to overcome. One of Obama’s main ap- ly combining social media, family values and breaking achievements in fields typically
peals in 2008 was his youth; he was able to diversity, seemed a little like she was trying dominated by men are liberal and refreshing.
inspire young voters across the country with too hard to demonstrate her acceptance and Comprehensively, she embodies everything
a promise of the future that Clinton simply approachability and may be the one element that the democratic party should stand for.
cannot make. At 67, when Clinton speaks of her campaign where she will have to exert She just needs to structure her campaign to
of the future of Americans it seems some- caution. The video entitled “Getting Started” highlight these core values. So far in her campaign, Clinton
what obsolete. Her future is coming to an opens with a young mother proclaiming that end rather than a beginning, and that makes she is getting ready for “a lot of things.” It seems to be trying to do just that. Her video,
it hard for her to connect with the younger then goes on to show an old lady planting to- although not without flaws, did promote her
voters. The oldest president to be sworn into matoes in her garden, the same mother mov- belief in family and equality for all people,
office was Ronald Reagan at 69. If Clinton ing so her daughter can start kindergarten in regardless of sex, sexual orientation or class.
Her campaign also seems to be
wins in 2016 she will be 68, making her a good school, two Spanish-speaking broth- the oldest president after Reagan. This age, ers opening their own restaurant, a stay-at- structured to demonstrate the importance of
and the fragility and traditionalism that one home mom going back to work, a young family and personal relations. Instead of flyoften associates with the elderly, was prob- black couple getting ready to have a baby, ing a private plane to Iowa as she has in the
ably one of the major factors that contributed an Asian girl fresh out of college looking for past,
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Clinton decided to drive, embodying the concept of a good
old-fashioned family road trip.
Although it is difficult to
make Clinton seem just like anyone else, (because of her fame and
political importance she needs to
be under protection at all times)
that is what her new campaign is
all about. So far her gatherings
have been small, under twenty
people in most cases, and she is
avoiding any grand rallies that
may seem like a coronation. Traveling by road instead of air and
stopping along the way at roadside dinners also helps to soften
up her image.
One of the main complaints about Clinton that resurfaces over the years is that she is
cold and unrelatable. Many even
go so far as to say that she is inhuman. This criticism probably
comes from the way she is presents herself. Clinton is very eloquent, and always cool, calm and
collected. In contrast to Obama,
who could rouse crowds and gather the support of media sensations
such as Opera Winfrey, she may
seem a bit mechanical, but this
lack of emotion is a testament to
her confidence and poise. Clinton
is rarely flustered. Based on her
accomplishments she can compete with the strongest of men,
and in order to do that she has set
aside the stereotypical “weak”
emotions that are usually associated with women and make them
unfit to fill leadership positions.
By traveling to Iowa in
a car and meeting with people
in small little groups, Clinton is
trying to break the emotionless,
mechanical persona she has been
dealt because of the high ranking
positions she has filled. In one of
the little chats she posted to her
Facebook page she is seen talking
about her granddaughter Charlotte
with a gush of grandmotherly love
and pride. It is moments like these
that are supposed to be softening
her image and making her more
accessible. If she succeeds in
this endeavor more power to her;
however, there is nothing wrong
with being seen as tough and unemotional in the face of equally
tough decisions that have to be
made based on reason instead of
feelings. Clinton has the ability to
make decisions based on her own
experiences and the consequences
that stemmed from those actions,
and to analyze her moves before
acting, all of which are invaluable
skills for a president.
In 2008 Clinton failed
--
to win for a number of reasons.
She was too old, she was seen as
pro-war, she did not have a specific group she was gearing her
campaign towards, she was seen
as an unemotional machine and
Americans, instead of embracing her numerous achievements,
chose to fear them because they
could not relate. In 2016 Clinton
is facing the same problems. She
is even older, but she is showing
that with ages comes experience
and an ability to learn about modernity and liberty. She cannot
erase her actions from when Bush
was president, but she is now able
to present other actions that tell
a different story, such as her reaction to the Arab Spring when
she was Secretary of State under Obama (which she describes
in her novel Hard Choices). Her
campaign is completely tailored
to reach certain groups of people,
which are specific yet at the same
time broad and important enough
to win her a vast number of votes.
The Hispanics, the blacks, the
families, the working class, these
are the people Clinton is targeting
and whose values hopefully align
with hers. Lastly, Clinton is softening her image, which, although
portrayed at times as completely
ridiculous, is absolutely necessary for her to meet American’s
standards of likability.
It should not matter whether the
public likes Clinton or not as long
as they agree with her policies, but
humans are emotional creatures
and make their decisions based
on their emotions. Although trying to become more likable is a
challenge for anyone, Clinton
has been analytically remedying this problem by presenting
herself in an intimate, familybased light. “As you look across
the country” Clinton observed at
Kirkwood Community College in
Iowa, “the deck is still stacked in
favour of those already at the top,
and there’s something wrong with
that.” These words are calculated,
and measured but they also, at
least for those who support Clinton, ring true. She is fighting for
the middle class, but she is also
fighting for the women, for the
gays, for the children, and for the
everyday American. She wants to
be a champion and, if the population gives her the chance to do so,
she has the potential to succeed.
Only the future will tell if Clinton will be named president on
November 8, 2016, but if Americans value equality, family and
community they should be doing
everything in their power to make
this potential future a reality.
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Harper’s tough-on-crime gun
laws deemed unconstitutional
Overall, it seems that the
Supreme Court’s decision was not
The federal government
the proper one in dealing with this
under Stephen Harper is one that
type of offence. Though it is true
has consistently pursued a toughthat the law specifically applies to
on-crime agenda in hopes that the
the possession of illegal firearms,
legal system will be more oriented
and not the use of these firearms,
towards protecting victims with
some may be tempted to believe
sentences that reflect the severity
that these crimes are not severe. It
of every crime committed. When
should be considered that the posput into action, this agenda has
session of these firearms can very
often led the Harper government
quickly lead to illegal use which
to impose mandatory minimum
puts the general public in danger.
sentences for many crimes, such
This fact seems to point strongly
as in 2008 when mandatory minito the conviction that the possesmum sentences were instituted
sion of these illegal guns should be
for the possession of
treated just as seriously as the
prohibited firearms
use of these guns is. When it
and ammunition. This
comes to other offences that
“This decision was a severe blow to carry mandatory sentences,
meant that anyone
found with prohibited the Harper goernment’s tough-on-crime such as possession of mariagenda. Despite the setback, it does juana plants, the Supreme
guns and ammunition
not seem as though Harper plans to Court may have been justiwould spend three
years in jail regardless back down. In response to the Supreme fied to say that mandatory
of the circumstances Court’s ruling, Justice Minister Peter minimum sentencing was too
surrounding the ownMacKay stated that the government harsh, but when it comes to
ership; for repeat of- will review the decision and then work the more severe crimes that
fenders, the sentence to determine the next steps the Harper carry these minimum jail
was a minimum five government will take in order to protect times such as sexual assault,
possession of child pornogyears. To many, this
Canadians from gun crimes.”
felt like an unnecesraphy and, in this case, the
sarily stiff penalty and
possession of illegal fireon Tuesday, April 14,
arms, it does not seem apafter a lengthy legal battle, the Su- pirical evidence suggests that man- propriate that lighter sentencing is
preme Court showed their own dis- datory minimum sentences do not, being chosen over the guaranteed
pleasure with the law by deeming in fact, deter crimes.” In response, safety of Canadians.
many supporters of Harper’s strict it unconstitutional.
This decision was a severe
The 6-3 ruling, which was laws on gun crimes noted that the blow to the Harper government’s
penned by Chief Justice Beverley harder the government and justice tough-on-crime agenda. Despite
McLachlin, reflected the court’s system are on smaller crimes, the the setback, it does not seem as
belief that the mandatory mini- less likely it is that those small though Harper plans to back down.
mum sentencing on this particular crimes will escalate into larger In response to the Supreme Court’s
law could trap people that may not ones. For example, by strictly ruling, Justice Minister Peter
be at any fault or of any danger to punishing those that possess il- MacKay stated that the governthe public. The ruling noted that legal firearms, the likelihood that ment will review the decision and
minimum sentencing does not al- shootings will occur will decline as then work to determine the next
low for people to justify their pos- well. These supporters stress that steps the Harper government will
session of firearms or defend them- they do not feel they need statisti- take in order to protect Canadians
selves in front of a judge, making cal data as the court is suggesting, from gun crimes. When planning
it unconstitutional and unjust as the but instead believe that firmer laws their next moves, the government
legal system cannot properly do its give a peace of mind that is infi- will have to be cautious of public
job. In the minds of many critics, nitely more important.
opinion on their stiff penalties as
especially members of the Cana- Supporters of Harper’s this is the seventh major defeat a
dian justice system, minimum sen- tough-on-crime agenda also argue Harper crime policy has suffered
tencing also acts to render judges that minimum sentencing has the when facing off against the Suuseless in their own courts as they potential to remove some of the preme Court. This prompts many
will only have the ability to hand mistakes that can come from the to wonder what possibly uncondown firm sentences created by the justice process. They feel that the stitutional lengths Harper will go
government.
Supreme Court’s assumption that to in order to achieve his percep
When making the deci- people who carry illegal firearms tion of safety for Canadians. Many
sion, the Court even went so far do not always intend to harm oth- seem to still trust that the governas to provide an example of a sce- ers is too forgiving and assumes ment is within its bounds in the
nario in which someone could be the best in people which may put laws it is proposing, but there are
unjustly punished by the severity the general public in danger. With critics who justifiably feel that the
of the law. The court noted that if a minimum sentence, all people are Harper government is beginning to
someone had inherited a firearm held accountable for their actions cross the line of being too tough on
that he or she never intended to use without exception, effectively de- crime.
and had not immediately licensed terring people from committing the it and for some reason had been crimes in question.
By Kyra Bird
found to possess the gun, the person would be given the mandatory
minimum sentence regardless of
the fact that they posed no threat to
the public.
In McLachlin’s explanation of the ruling she also took aim
at the government’s main justification for the tough sentencing which
was that tougher laws keep Canadians safer and therefore need to
exist. McLachlin argued that “the
government has not established
that mandatory minimum terms
of imprisonment act as a deterrent
against gun-related crimes. Em-
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Duffy Trial brings bad
omens for Conservatives
By
Sam McIntosh
will do anything to assure that they remain
in power. This could be the deciding facThe Mike Duffy scandal was a tor in what is shaping up to be a very close
shock to the Conservative party when it election with the Liberals chomping at the
was revealed in 2012 that Duffy was one bit to build a minority or majority governof four senators under investigation for ment. This gaffe will grow even more even
claiming residence outside of Ottawa in if Mike Duffy is found innocent of all of
order to gain living expenses for being in his crimes. If he is found innocent, people
Ottawa. This began an investigation which
may say that the Conservatives
may have interfered with the case
and helped one of their own out
of his mess. If he is found guilty,
then many Canadians will see it as
proof that the Conservatives have
grown too comfortable in power
and a new party should take control in the next election.
In many ways, this trial is
more about Stephen Harper then it
is about Mike Duffy, though he is
the one actually on trial. It paints
Mr. Harper as someone who is unable to completely control his staff
and prevent them from breaking
Photo by Sam McIntosh
the law. Blindly allowing this is not
Duffy’s crimes are a black eye on Canadian politics
a good indicator of Harper’s leadin turn led the RCMP to file charges against ership ability. Some may wonder if this reMr. Duffy two years later for bribery, ally the type of person we want to represent
fraud, and breach of trust amongst an ad- Canada on the world stage. So far it would
ditional eighteen charges. During this time, appear so as the Conservatives have been
evidence came forth which suggested the in power for nine years and gained a maprime minister’s office was involved and jority government during the last few elechad bribed Duffy. While the prime minister tions. The Conservatives have been able to
himself was not involved, his chief of staff, fend off many issues that other countries
Nigel Wright, was reported to be the one faced during the tough economic times that
who bribed Duffy based on a letter news started in 2008. That is one of the main reaorganizations obtained from another spe- sons why people still support them even
cial counsel, Benjamin Perrin. After Duffy after scandals like the Duffy trial. They
had been arrested, many wondered about have kept the Canadian economy relatively
the Conservatives which led to a decline in stable, though with the recent plunge in
their poll numbers and increased support the price of oil, that stability may come to
for opposition parties. The Conservatives a very quick end soon. This trial has only
thought they had ended the embarrassment, brought more doubts as to whether or not
but as Mike Duffy’s trial goes on, it is put- the Conservatives are the right party to lead
ting the spotlight on the Conservatives with Canada. Whatever the outcome of this trial,
the worst timing possible.
it is hard to imagine that the Conservatives
With an upcoming election and the will not take some collateral damage. Only
Liberals nipping at their heels in the polls, time will tell if the Conservatives are able
the Conservatives need to put their best to come back from this and win the elecfoot forward and show Canadians that they tion.
are still the best bet for Canada. The Duffy
trial is painting them as corrupt bullies who
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more passengers for overhead storage space,
are just more issues that bring on irritability
and frustration. All of the passengers, when
questioned by police and guards after landing, admitted that their rash actions would
not be something that they would usually do.
Since a checked bag fee was added in 2008,
carry-ons have increased, and the fact that
there are more people, does not help with
this fact. Air rage is definitely common as a
result of these new designs.
A vast majority of airlines have
converted their seats into smaller, narrower
seats, however, some airlines still stick to the
old designs because they value the comfort
of their passengers; however, due to competition they may have to. Since more seats
have been added to some airlines, the cost
of those seats has been lowered, meaning
many people would choose those seats over
pricier ones. If this trend of shrinking seats
is to continue, there will be consequences.
Such consequences may include fewer people traveling long distances because of the
unpleasant experiences that they had on the
plane. If this were to happen, the airlines’
decisions would backfire on them. Instead of
the airlines making more money, they would
lose revenue.
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Currently, Alberta and Prince Edward Island are the only two provinces who
offer the HPV vaccine to boys who wish to
be protected. Starting next school year Nova
Scotia will join the short list of provinces
who have made the decision to allow boys
to protect themselves with the HPV vaccine. In the minds of many, this is simply
not enough and Canada’s health care system
as a whole must step up and begin offering
the vaccine for free to boys, as they do with
girls, because the numerous benefits simply
outweigh the minimal disadvantages. Anyone who is sexually active has the chance of
contracting HPV and a vaccine will not only
limit the cases of cervical and oropharyngeal
cancers, but also has the benefit of protecting patients from genital warts, anal diseases, and rectal cancers. Vaccinating women
against this virus is beneficial and now it is
boys’ turn to be protected. Vaccinating boys
against HPV will contribute to herd immunity, not only protecting the boys who get
the vaccination but also protecting the girls
who they could possibly infect without the
vaccine. The homosexual community also
deserves some special consideration. If boys
are allowed to be freely vaccinated, they can
protect future male partners in a way that
they cannot currently do as only a very small
portion of the male population is getting immunized.
Overall, though the study that Siu
conducted is not perfect and will need to be
built on before a decision can be made based
on its findings, it still provides strong evidence for the government to consider. Raising awareness in the way this study has is the
first step towards change and this appears to
be a crucial step towards a more protected
population of sexually active Canadians.
By Aaron Schmidtke
about finding a book at a used book store
and opening it up, and sometimes finding the
previous owner’s writing inside the book at
parts that they found interesting. That sort of
stuff is very fascinating.
I do not know if I will ever get captured into the world of digital books but I
certainly do not want to or feel obligated that
I have to. It is almost a sure reality that at
some point classes will be taught with digital textbooks and digital notebooks, but I
hope that I will narrowly escape that period.
I think that some things like calculators and
GPS need to be digital, but not books.
In a 2014 study in Italy, 50 readers were given the same story; half of them
received it on a paperback and the other half
on a Kindle (e-reader). After, readers were
tested on aspects of the story: characters, settings, plot reconstruction measure, narrative
coherence, etc. Readers who read the book
on paperback received significantly better
scores than those who read it on the Kindle.
The researchers suggest: “The haptic and
tactile feedback of a Kindle does not provide
the same support for mental reconstruction
of a story as a print pocket book does.” A
similar test was given to 72 grade ten students in Norway where half read the book on
a computer screen and the other half in print.
Once again, students that read the book in
print scored significantly better than the students who read it on the computer. Further
proving that reading books in print is a far
more valuable way to take on information.
Ultimately, the study is just reassurance that others feel the same. The next
generation really does need books written in
print. The sound of the pages as they crisply
turn them, the smell of a fresh book or a used
book, the feel of the bright, white new pages
or the feel of the old, weathered stained ones.
Every kid growing up in the next generation
should have the pleasure of experiencing
these sensations and I encourage others to
support this as well.
Trading paperback for digital version not for everyone
When looking at the bookshelf,
I see literary classics: David Copperfield,
1984, and Watership Down and incredible
authors and visionaries in Ernest Hemingway, Aldous Huxley, and J.D Salinger. Others may have these authors and books lining their shelves, but there is one difference:
they may need to enter a four-digit passcode
to read them.
The world we live in today is a digital one and everywhere one looks, you will
find a digital device being relied upon. From
a camera to a game console, to the computer that writers use, it is all digital. Ninetypercent of people walking down the street
would have an electronic device on them. Do
not misinterpret what I am saying; I too always have
my iPhone “Readers who read
on me, but the book on papernow I think back received signifiit is time to cantly better scores
draw
the than those who read
line.
it on the Kindle.”
I
remember as a kid, almost every week my
Granny would take me to the library to pick
out as many books that fit my fancy. As a
young boy, I would start by selecting a few
Arthur the Aardvark books and maybe some
Litter Critter ones. As I got older, maybe Diary of a Wimpy Kid or Captain Underpants.
The point is, if my Granny knew that kids
would be growing up reading books off of
an iPad, iPhone, e-Book, or whatever, she
would be horrified. I would have to agree
with her on that front.
Everything about owning books is
charm ing. I love the feeling of adding
another book to my collection and perfectly
fitting it in-between other books just like a
puzzle. I think my favourite quality about
owning books is buying them used. I like
to own new books, but there is something
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The end for Canadian circus company Cirque du Soleil
By Sarah Miao
The sophisticated art of
circus has always been strongly appreciated by spectators, young and
old, across the globe. From the entrancing acrobatics to the tasteful
artistic costumes, from the moving
music to the captivating choreography, there is no doubt that these
are simply a few of the factors that
viewers appreciate about the world
of circus. One particular entertainment company seems to have perfected the ability to combine all
of these aspects and has delivered
countless enthralling shows. This
is the magic known as the Cirque
du Soleil, a theatrical production
company that is highly celebrated
across the world.
Funded in 1984 by two
street performers, Guy Laliberté
and Gilles Ste-Croix, Cirque du
Soleil established its headquarters
on Canadian soil in Montreal, Quebec. Despite the early start–up difficulties encountered, the company
has managed to overcome its financial challenges and has produced
more than thirty different shows,
of which eighteen of them are currently active. Each show consists
of a unique storyline and theme,
which are explored using different international circus styles. In
addition to the shows, Cirque du
Soleil has also made an effort to
participate in and perform at various events, including the 400th anniversary for Quebec City in 2008.
Today, all of the talented performers come from a wide variety of
distinct cultural backgrounds and
nations because Cirque du Soleil
scouts for talent across the globe in
countries such as US, France, Japan, and, of course, Canada. Due
to all of these reasons, there is no
doubt that Cirque du Soleil has
been a symbol of pride for Canadians, which is also why everyone
reacted with shock and contempt
after learning that this well–recognized theatrical company has sold
the majority of its stakes to foreign
investors.
While the rumours have
circulated for many weeks, it was
not until April 20, 2015 that the
public finally obtained confirmation that Cirque du Soleil is indeed
selling its stakes to various foreign
investors. The detailed financial
terms are not known openly, but
the deal is expected to close near
the end of summer and many have
estimated it to be between $1.5 to
$2 billion.
One of the new investors,
Texas Pacific Group (TPG), is a
US–owned private equity investment firm that invests in companies experiencing financial difficulties. TPG has many offices
around the world, including the
city of Toronto and it is reported
worth questioning the motives behind many of the recent sales of
Canadian−based companies. For
example, in the summer of 2014,
another well−recognized Canadian coffee company, Tim Hortons,
was also sold to
the
American
fast−food grant,
Burger King. In
the matter of a
year, two major
Canadian corporations are being purchased by
or are becoming
largely invested in
by foreigners. In
the global market,
where
Canada
started out with
little representation in the first
place, the recent sales have
Photo by Sarah Miao
proven that many
Kurios is a touring Cirque du Soleil production that was performed in Calgary on April 28
other
countries
are much more
that this firm has obtained the Many are citing that with this new successful at retaining their namajority of the Cirque du Soleil change, perhaps Canada is once tional− based companies. For exstakes. Other investing parties in- again losing another source of ample, Germany, US, and Japan
clude Quebec’s Caisse de dépôt et patriotic pride. A
placement du Québec (CDPQ), a professor at Unicrown cooperation responsible for versity of Montrepublic pensions in Quebec, as well al, Louis Hebert,
as Fosun International Limited, agrees stating that
a Shanghai−based conglomerate “I’m not sure it
company in Mainland China. The will ever be Canafounder, Laliberté, will still retain dian again.”
As the
some of Cirque du Soleil’s stakes, and will continue to offer creative last opinion represents the majority
input in the future.
Following the announce- of the sentiment
ments, Laliberté has also reassured found in Canadithe public that little changes would ans, one cannot
be made regarding the production help but reflect on
and operation of Cirque du Soleil. the causes behind
For example, the headquarters for this overwhelmthe company will remain in the ing
contempt.
city of Montreal. He also stated For many, a prethat “The Quebec flag will still be dominant reason
there, the Canadian flag will still be behind this sentithere, the Cirque flag will still be ment is the fact
there,” supporting the idea that the that the investors
company will still remain a symbol are from foreign
of pride for Canada.
countries.
As
Since the announcement, mentioned previa portion of the general public ously, Cirque du
seems to be supporting the invest- Soleil has made
ments made by the foreign compa- many Canadians
nies. Patrick Leroux, a professor proud due to its
at Concordia University, is one of numerous
acthe individuals in favour of this c o m p l i s h m e n t s
change, stating that the invest- and high praises.
ments made by the Fosun Inter- For this reason,
national Limited will help expand for Canadians to
the market of Cirque du Soleil on a lose this source of
larger scale. After all, Fosun is the pride is a difficult
largest conglomerate in China and idea to accept.
it possesses the potential to open A d d i up the Asian market to arriving cir- tionally, it is also
cus productions.
On the other hand, however, the majority of Canadians
seem to disagree with the decision
made by Cirque du Soleil to sell
off its stakes to foreign investors.
have dominated the automobile
market with brands such as BMW,
Ford, and Toyota. Many fast−food
companies are established in the
US, such as McDonald’s and Starbucks. After studying these facts,
individuals across Canada are
starting to question if Canada will
be able to overcome the steep pressure from foreign countries, who
have exhibited many times their
desire to gain control over some of
the Canadian−based companies, or
if Canada will be able to find a way
to prevent further foreign investments, with regulations from the
government.
No matter what the result
is, there is no doubt that Canada is
slowly losing many of its national
brands. In the case of Cirque du
Soleil, one can only wait for the
changes and adjustments that will
most likely arrive as the sales for
the company close. Before this
happens, Canadians will have a
chance to witness an original production on home soil, created specifically for the 2015 Pan American Games, on July 10, in the city
of Toronto.
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The 2015 Choir and Band trip to New York is a success
Park for lunch and the first view of The Times Square has many screens and adver- to outstanding individual performances.
By
Aysha Partington
Statue of Liberty. Students then headed off tising everywhere. On New Years Eve, the There were only twelve Maestro Awards for
and Grace Stone
to Times Square, the main shopping area.
New York City is truly the city that After supper everyone went to see the munever sleeps. It was an amazing experience sical Wicked at the Gershwin Theater, starfor Scarlett Band students, as they were able ring Caroline Bowman as Elphaba and Kara
to perform and sightsee around the city. On Lindsay as Glinda. The show was spectacuTuesday, April 14, 2015, the phenomenal lar. Wicked is a prequel to The Wizard of
trip started off at the Calgary Airport at 6 Oz, mainly focusing on the witches Elphaba
am. The Scarlett crew arrived at LaGuardia and Glinda, and the backstory of the characairport at 2 pm Calgary time. A few students ters in The Wizard of Oz including how the
were very scared to fly, but most students cowardly lion, the tin man and the scarecrow
were more excited about the destination came to be.
than worried about the flight. The plane ride On Thursday, Jazz One attended
east to LaGuardia was fairly good, and the a workshop at the Jazz Lincoln Center and
landing was interesting since there were so performed spectacularly. After lunch, evmany buildings and sights to see; the view eryone went to The American Museum of
from the plane was stunning. Students could Natural History featuring palaeontology and
see everything, including all the huge build- other sciences, different artifacts from mulings and the beautiful water. Soon after, tiple cultures, a planetarium, and more. After
they loaded up the buses and headed out for the museum, everyone took a walk through
a nice dinner at an international buffet, and breathtaking Central Park. Many people
then headed to their hotel, the Hilton, in New were out admiring the scenery. The choir
Jersey.
performed on the sunny stage, playing, “Bam
The next day started bright and fields John Vanden,” “Il est belle et bon,” and
early when the Scarlett Music Tour crew “Ubi Caritas.” After dinner, everyone went
headed to the 9/11 Memorial Museum. The back to the Jazz Lincoln Center to watch the
memorial was
Celebrating
touching and
Joe Temperly
incredibly
performance.
sad. Visitors
Temperly
can
actuis a famous
ally see some
Scottish saxoparts of the
phonist.
Friday
buildings and
was the permany objects
forming day
that were acfor Symphontually there
during this diic Band, Wind
Ensemble,
saster includand the Jazz
ing fire trucks,
Band,
who
clothing, and
played “Sumany other
perstition.”
items.
The
After lunch,
museum had
Photo by Aysha Partington the
students
notes written
The flashy sign for the Radio City Music Hall in the
got to see the
to
families
Rockefeller Center captures students’ attention
incredible
on September 11, 2001, and phone call records, which Empire State Building, where they stopped
were moving and made students think. The at the 86th floor observatory to see the unformuseum also had a section for the previous gettable view of the entire city. Then, everybombings at the Twin Towers, an incident one headed to the Rockefeller Center which
in 1993 in which other terrorists bombed is where Radio City Music Hall is located
the World Trade Center. There was also a and where The Tonight Show with Jimmy
directory of people who died during the fatal Fallon is recorded. Students enjoyed some
nice shopping afterward at Times Square,
time.
Next, students headed to Battery one of the best known places in New York.
ball drops in Times Square, a tradition that
has been happening since 1907. Later on
that night, everyone attended the Boston
Symphony Orchestra performance. It was an
all the schools at the festival, which shows
that overall Scarlett performed well and
worked extremely hard. This made the long
trip for Scarlett worth it. Of all the schools,
Photo by Aysha Partington
A wonderful arial view of New York and the buildings that stand tall in the city
amazing showcase of talent from the classi- Scarlett travelled the farthest to the compecal music genre.
tition. The only other Canadian competition
On Saturday it was the choirs’ turn was a school from Toronto, Canada.
to perform at the Heritage Music Festival, The trip was a huge success and a
playing “Bam Fields John Vanden,” and “Il blast for everyone. Following the awards,
est belle et bon.” After lunch everyone got to everyone headed down to go on a wondersee the splendid Phantom of the Opera star- ful dinner cruise for all the schools involved
ring James Barbour as the Phantom of the in the festival, which had an astonishing
Opera and Julia Udine as Christine Daaé. close-up view of the Statue of Liberty and
Phantom of the Opera is a Broadway show the beautiful New York skyline. There was
about the Phantom who falls in love with the also plenty of dancing which was very fun.
“The band trip was incredible. [My
Opera chorus singer Christine, and tutors her friends and I] had a blast hanging out and
while terrorising the Opera house.
After, it was time for the much- seeing New York,” said Katja Ratz-Ross,
anticipated awards ceremony. Evidently, Dr. Grade 11. “I loved the musicals we went
E.P. Scarlett High School performed well, to see; they were outstanding [and] the muas they received many awards: the Wind sic was amazing. I also enjoyed competing
Ensemble received a Gold 1st Place Award; against the other schools and winning gold
Symphonic, Gold 2nd Place; Jazz One re- in multiple awards.”
Much dedication and hard work
ceived Gold 1st Place as well as Top Over- all Jazz Performance scoring 95, 98, and 99. went into the performing and preparing of
The Choir also received a Gold award. Mi- the pieces performed. Band and choir inchael Callander, Grade 12, Paul Callander, structors Paul Brown and Jonathan Bell orGrade 10, and Josh Crawford, Grade 12 also ganized such an amazing trip. Both directors
received a Maestro Award. This award was put in so much work and many hours preselected by adjudicators (judges) and pre- paring and helping the students. Everyone
sented to musicians who displayed outstand- learned something from the trip. Next year’s
ing contribution to the Ensemble in addition trip will hopefully be just as successful.
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Hubble telescope celebrates its
25th anniversary orbiting Earth
posed to fix the problem in space,
and this became the Hubble’s first
servicing mission. Spacewalking
astronauts flew the Endeavour in
1993 and put in a corrective lens
called the COSTAR (Corrective
Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement) in front of the flawed
mirror. The lens designed by Aero
Ball would help the telescope in
a similar way as to how optical
the space shuttle was re-entering
the earth’s atmosphere, the space
shuttle, Columbia, disintegrated,
One of NASA’s grandest
killing all seven members who
achievements is the Hubble teleworked on the upgrades on the
scope. Named after astronomer
telescope.
Edward Hubble, this telescope has
After the incident, a depeered into the far recesses of the
cision was made by NASA that
universe and provided humbling
all space shuttles had to be able
glimpses of stars at the moments
to reach the International Space
of their births and deaths. The
Station if an emergency in flight
were to occur;
however, since
the International
Space
Station
is in a different
orbital altitude
compared
to
the Hubble telescope, the space
shuttle would be
unable to visit
both places in
one
mission.
For this reason,
future
service
missions
may
be unlikely to
happen, making
John Grunsfeld
the last person
to touch the telescope in 2009.
A s tronomers have
learned to use
Hubble “in such
Photo and art by Rina Ng exquisite ways”
The Hubble telescope has provided people with many astounding photographs of the universe thanks to a quarter-century of opimages that the Hubble has pro- glasses work for people with poor erations, according to Grunsfeld,
duced have dazzled and inspired vision. Not only was the Hubble’s now NASA’s associate adminthe world, scientists, astronomers, eyesight restored but as well as istrator for science missions. He
and ordinary folks alike. Through- NASA’s integrity.
expects the observatory to keep
out its time in orbit, the Hubble Over the course of 25 wowing the world with its science
has collected more than 1.2 mil- years, there have been five servic- for at least another five years.
At some point, the Hublion observations of more than ing missions, and this is one of the 38,000 celestial objects and has major reasons for the Hubble’s ble telescope will require repairs
made 137,000 trips around the longevity. It was expected that or replacements parts because
earth, orbiting the earth once ev- the telescope would last about 15 over time, parts of the telescope
ery 96 minutes.
years; however, it has surpassed will wear down. When the finan
On April 24, 1990, Space that number because of its ability cial costs for service missions to
Shuttle Discovery launched the to be upgradeable.
repair the Hubble outweigh the
telescope. The launch seemed suc- Not all the service missions were Hubble’s scientific value, the telecessful, but it was later found that one hundred percent successful scope will retire. The telescope
the telescope’s main mirror, which unfortunately. Service mission would eventually fall lower from
was a crucial part of it, was off by four occurred with some casual- its orbit until it finally re-enters
2.2 micrometres. Although the ties. Its purpose was to install a the earth’s atmosphere, and falls
error might seem miniscule, this Cosmic Origins Spectrograph for to the earth as an unrecognizable
would cause the telescope to take ultraviolet spectrography and the crisp. Although that is unfortublurry, out-of-focus photographs. Wide Field Camera 3 for taking nate, the Hubble has contributed
The cause of the error was due to images from the visible spectrum. many huge advances in science
how the mirror was shaped when The installation was successful over the 25 years it has been in orit was polished by a machine.
and the result of the installations bit, and more data is likely to be
Since there would be a huge cost was the high resolution images transmitted in the future so it will
to bring back the Hubble tele- that we see today. This occurred not be forgotten for centuries to
scope to Earth, an idea was pro- in February 2003; however, when come.
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Scarlett celebrates
annual Earth Week
Most Creative. The winners were
By Faith Shoemaker
Tyler Gamvrelis, Grade 12; Peter
Scarlett’s annual Earth Park, Grade 12; and Anela Bahic,
Week from April 16 to 22 was a Grade 11.
Other activities includgreat success. Students participated in various activities such as an eat- ed Meatless Monday. Students
ing contest, and a vegetarian lunch brought in a vegetarian lunch and
challenge. Other events included a were entered into the Earth Week
raffle, gift card giveaways, a bake raffle. Another competition on
Tuesday was between students to
sale, and an Instagram challenge.
Earth Week is a move- see how could eat the most tofu.
ment that was created in 1970 by Karim Rachman, Grade 11, won
a group of university students who and received a prize of a $20
called themselves The Earth Week iTunes gift card. Other participants
Committee of Philadelphia. They included Edie Ovis, Grade 11;
established themselves by gather- John Kuang, Grade 11, and teaching university students and envi- ers Marc Wyton and Paul Brown.
ronmental enthusiasts and came Wednesday was Green Shirt Day
up with a committee of thirty-three and the Waste-free Lunch Day.
people who had the same idea: to Students wore their green shirts
advocate awareness for the earth, or environmental-positive attire to
including suggestions about how support the green movement and
to help the environment and reduce brought lunches that required no
human activities that are harmful garbage and were entered into the
to the planet. The group was suc- raffle. Finally, Thursday was the
cessful and they established Earth raffle draw. The winner was teachWeek that year, saying that Earth er Darren Colquhoun who won
Week will be held annually from Rocky Mountain soap..
Scarlett’s annual Earth
April 16 to 22. That week will be dedicated to bettering the Earth Week was a huge success. It
and making green, healthy choices. brought awareness to help the enScarlett is in favour
of this tradition
and held Earth
Week within the
school. The Environmental Club
is in charge of the
organization and
activities.
The
teacher sponsor
of the Environmental Club is
biology teacher,
Natalie McLeod.
The bake sale
raised $171 and
the money was
used for Earth
Week
prizes
along with environmental donations.
With social media having
Photo by Faith Shoemaker
such an impact The tofu eating contest was one of the environmentallyon youth, there friendly events that was hosted for Scarlett‘s earth week
was an Instagram
challenge in which students could vironment and continues to enpost a photo of themselves doing courage students to make environan activity (like eating healthy mentally, or green, choices in life.
foods, picking up trash, or walking It was also advertised in an incredto school) and tagging it with the ibly fun way with all the games and
hashtag #1000actsofgreen. The In- the raffle which helped Scarlett in
stagram challenge was divided into the journey to getting the environthree different categories: Nature ment that much healthier and hapPhotography, Greenest Act, and pier.
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Chibook, Nigeria kidnapBusiness Management
creates new entrepreneurs ping one-year anniversary
By Aiden Wong
Business Management is an option Lancers can all take during grade 10,
11, and 12 at Dr. E.P. Scarlett. Although
this class is not mandatory, it provides for
a useful learning experience. Modules such
as marketing, advertising, and sales are all
offered in Business Management.
Tim Kitchen is running the Business Management class and has involved
his students in a large project to create a
product they can put forth for others to pur-
how hard this line of work is and if we want
to continue in the career path of business,
we can apply what we’ve learned.
FEVER: Why did you choose to take Business Management?
Smith: I am interested in pursuing business
in the future. I thought it would be a good
way to get into business and see if it was
something I was actually interested in.
FEVER: Do you find the content you learn
in class to be useful to you?
Smith: Yes, I think each of the groups
are learning useful concepts and are going
Photo by Aiden Wong
One of the first versions of the customizeable phone case soon up for sale at Scarlett
chase. As a collective, they chose to pro- through the experiences of what each of the
duce a phone case that students can design roles hold.
themselves. It works like a chalkboard; FEVER: What are some advantages and
however, the drawings do not readily come disadvantages of the class?
off. This gives one a custom case unique Smith: The good thing is that I’ve gotten to
know a lot of people because we all need to
from others.
The process of making the phone work together to promote our product and
case required the effort of the whole class. I’ve learned a lot in regards to what goes on
To find more about the project and the class in creating a product. A negative aspect is
in general, the FEVER met with Maya that I’ve noticed a lot of the time isn’t beSmith, President for the class and a stu- ing used very well and there are other ways
dent currently in Business Management. we could’ve pursued our product; however,
For their project, students
it’s all about learning.
needed to elect a president “Students can de- Many students may not
to establish roles and create sign a phone case consider Business Managethemselves.”
ment when choosing their
structure for a more efficient
courses; however, many
way of work.
FEVER: Could you explain the whole pro- group projects and practical assignments
like building a product take place in the
cess of electing a president?
Smith: We asked people to step forward class and talking to current students about
and give a speech about why they wanted to these projects makes the class stand out
be president and then there was a vote. We when compared to others. Students are able
elected two presidents and they then got to to learn and grasp onto relevant topics that
select candidates to be interviewed for po- are present in everyday life in an enjoyable
manner.
sitions of vice president in each category.
Their product will be available for
FEVER: Did you find the project of a prac- sale to everyone here at Scarlett in mid May
tical scenario to be helpful? If so, why?
Smith: It’s a really good look into how to which is something we can all look forward
be an entrepreneur. We get to see exactly to.
them. There have been protests globally in
By Hania Elshayeb
the streets, outside embassies, and the Ni
It has been 1 year of agony since gerian ambassador’s house. Citizens worldthe 14 of April 2014, when 276 female stu- wide have been pressuring and demanding
dents in the age between 16-18 were abduct- greater actions from the governments to help
ed by an Islamist terrorist organization from, the people of Chibok find the girls. Nigethe town of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria. rian president Muhammadu Buhari pledged
The kidnappings were claimed by the terror- to make every effort in his power to free
ist organization called Boko Haram based in the schoolgirls, although he admitted their
northeast Nigeria. On the night of the kidnap- whereabouts still remain unclear and as he
ping a group of militants attacked the Gov- said, “As much as I wish to, I cannot promernment Girls Secondary School in Chibok. ise that we can find them”. The main curThey broke into the school, pretending to be rent nation taking action is the US; they’ve
guards, telling the girls to get out and come agreed to send experts to Nigeria to assist in
with them. As a large number of students the search for the students. The American
were taken away in their trucks, possibly to team is made of military and law enforcewhere Boko Haram might have their forti- ment officers, specializing in intelligence,
fied camps. During the incident houses in investigations, hostage negotiation, informaChibok were also burned down. Most re- tion sharing and victim assistance. On the 12
ports believe 329 girls were taken during the of May the US officially joined the rescue
attack, of whom 53 escaped the kidnapers in operation.
two groups, on the 2 May and approximately While Nigerian citizens cry out
276 were still
“bring back our
missing.
girls”, they begin
T h e
to lose hope of
Islamist group
ever seeing their
Boko
Haram
beloved children
hopes to accomever again. Cereplish an institute
monies have been
of an Islamic
held in France,
government in
Lagos, and in the
Nigeria led by a
UK
honouring
caliph (a politithe girls and the
cal and religious
suffering of their
successor who
families.
The
leads a Muslim
cause has spread
community).
worldwide, and
They are particis an ongoing diPhoto by Hania Elshaye lemma that still is
ularly opposed
to the western Bernice Corte, Grade 10, is still supporting the cause wih yet to be resolved.
style of educa- great concern, even though an entire year has passed
tion, which they
believe will repel people form following the
Islamic teaching as a way of life. Since 2010
Boko Haram has aimed for schools, killing
hundreds of students. A representative from
the group said these attacks would continue
as long as the Nigerian government would
continue to interfere with the Islamic education. Around 10,000 students haven’t been
able to attend school because of the activities
of Boko Haram, they also believe females
should not be educated as their main purpose in live is to cook, clean, and even work
as slaves. Their leader, Abubakar Shekau,
said they’ve converted the girls to Islam
and been married of to the fighters of Boko
Haram. The risk of losing more girls has increased; disease has spread such as malaria
and dysentery, more than 3 girls have died
in the past months, as we’ve been informed
from the negotiators from the terrorist group.
Their attacks have immensely increased in
2014; as a result they were responsible for
4,000 deaths only that year.
The mass abduction has provoked
international outrage in nations, including the US and China vowing to help find
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An alternative to
Earthquake hits Nepal affecting
Bermuda Shorts Day millions of people in that location
market with free coffee and donuts,
By Grace
Stone
and activities such as geocaching,
The University of Calgary zumba, and yoga. The Green Fools
students uphold an annual campus Theatre performed and students
tradition that has been around for participated in a drumming circle.
fifty-five years, known as Bermuda There were other performances
Shorts Day. It is an event to cel- from music groups such as DJ Asebrate the end of classes for the tronaut Cult, Kytami, Michael Beryear, consisting of dancing, drink- nard, Jett Thunders, and Fitzgerald
ing, and festivities. This year for and Smalltown DJs with Master of
Bermuda Shorts Day (BSD) on Ceremonies. There was an openApril 15 however, students com- microphone session, along with a
memorated the end of classes som- quiet space for reflection. Counselbrely in respect to the Brentwood lors and other mental wellness supstabbings that took place on the porters were posted along campus.
celebration in 2014.
Not only was the public
Known as “Calgary’s invited to light memorial candles in
worst mass murder,” the stabbings the Jack Simpson Gym, there were
took the lives of five young adults: also multiple opportunities to recZackariah Rathewell, Lawrence ognize those that were lost a year
Hong, Kaitlin Perras, Jordan Se- ago on April 15. A large art mosaic
gura, and Joshua Hunter in a house will be placed permanently on disparty in northwest Calgary, close to play in the University and students
campus. Three of the students were have signed a flag of condolence.
found DOA, and the other two were It has been hard on the community
in life-threatening condition but were not
able to be saved. It was
a Tuesday, April 15
around 1:20 am when
the incident occurred.
The perpetrator of the
Brentwood stabbings,
Matthew de Grood,
was charged with five
counts of first-degree
murder and his trial
date still has not been
set. The massacre
was unexpected as de
Grood had no previous
history with the police,
nor was there influence
of alcohol, and there
Photo by Grace Stone
was nothing that the
The Brentwood house where the murder occurred
victims had done in
particular that upset de Grood that and this year’s BSD had been in reearly morning. The families of the spect to the victims. “The families
victims still mourn today and were really want this event to focus on
reminded once more on BSD 2015. what these people achieved, rather
The end-of-class celebra- than the losses incurred,” said Sution continued this year; however, san Barker, vice-provost on camthe students who did not wish to pus.
It was a tough decision
take part in the traditional party were given a separate opportunity for the University of Calgary to
to remember the former students host the celebration this year, as
and still participate in festivities. the mass murder is now linked to
In respect for the deceased, BSD its name; however, students attendthis year showcased an alternative ing were pleased that the tradition
way to celebrate the end of class- continued. As a custom that started
es. Over the past several months, in 1960, it will continue for years
the student union had met with to come. The victims will be held
the families of the victims, and in the hearts of many, and the mass
planned for a day that would allow murder on April of 2014 will forpeople time to grieve and reach ever be looked upon as one of the
out for support, while providing most devastating events of Calfood, drink, and relaxing activi- gary and kept in mind for the next
ties. The event featured an artisan BSDs.
By Rina Ng
More than 6.6 million
people were affected by an earthquake that hit Nepal on April 25.
With a magnitude estimated to be
7.9, this earthquake was the worst
earthquake to hit Nepal since the
Bihar earthquake in 1934, which
killed more than 10,000 people.
Many civilians are left homeless. There have been reports of
power cuts, and food and water
are running low throughout the
country. More than 70% of buildings and ancient cities, such as the
16th Century city Vatsala Durga,
have been completely destroyed.
To make matters worse, Nepal
was just beginning to recover its
economy from a long-running
civil war. It is currently one of the
poorest nations on earth and the
earthquake is damaging to their
infrastructure and demoralizing to
their morale.
Many foreigners were
visiting Nepal for its famous
natural feature, Mount Everest,
the day that the earthquake hit.
Among them were people such as
Dan Fredinburg, age 33, a Google
Executive who had worked in the
semi-secret futuristic lab, Google
X. Fredinburg was climbing the
highest mountain in the world
with three other Google members
when an avalanche hit as a result
of the earthquake. Emergency
authorities reacted as quickly as
possible and sent helicopters that
rescued more than 200 climbers.
Unfortunately, Fredinburg passed
away due to a head injury that
occurred during the avalanche;
however, the other three Google
members, as well as several other
people, were reported to be safe.
As much as one would
like to say that this earthquake was
a surprise, the earthquake was anticipated; however, the high magnitude of the earthquake was not.
The reason why Mount Everest
exists in the first place is because
the entire subcontinent of India is
slowly being driven underneath
Nepal and Tibet at the speed of
1.8 inches per year. Since the 1934
Bihar earthquake 80 years ago, 12
feet of India’s land mass has been
pushed into Nepal due to how the
speed that the tectonic plates are
moving. An earthquake can occur among other reasons when
the tectonic plates unexpectedly
break along a fault line, which
is a crack along the crust of the
earth. The fault line that caused
the earthquake in Nepal and areas
around it is approximately 1,000
to 2,000 square miles over an area
that spreads through the cities of
Kathmandu and Pokhara. Since
the recent earthquake, part of India is said to have slid about one
to ten feet northwards underneath
Nepal in a matter of seconds.
According to the National Emergency Centre, 6,500
people have been injured as a result of the earthquake and 3,617
while some use thermal cameras
that pick up body heat. Carbon
dioxide detectors are used as well
to pick up greater concentrations
of carbon dioxide that are emitted by people who are breathing.
Specialist sound equipment is also
used in an effort to find survivors. Aside from that, medical
team doctors have also been providing vaccinations for diseases
such as diarrhoea and measles.
Due to the heavy rain that Nepal
has been experiencing, however,
there has been a shortage of sup-
Photo By Rina Ng
The Armit Sagar Foundation is just one of many small organizations that
started non-profit fundraisers to help the victims of the Nepal earthquake
are known to have died. People
from neighbouring countries such
as India and China have also been
reported to have been killed by
the earthquake. Many people have
set up tent cities and are still there
currently, afraid to return to their
homes where aftershocks keep
reoccurring. A 6.9 magnitude
earthquake hit after the first initial
earthquake.
To help those affected by
the earthquake, 14 international
medical teams, and 15 international search and rescue teams were
sent abroad to Nepal. The search
and rescue teams’ mission is to
find people who are trapped under
the rubble and rescue them. The
methods used to find survivors
are all varied; however, they are
valuable. Some teams use search
dogs to pick up human scents
plies.
People who would like to
help can do so by donating to organizations such as the Red Cross
who will help fund these missions
or the MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières) who provide medical assistance. One can also donate to the
“Dan Fredinburg Foundation” on
a crowdrise webpage, created in
memory of Dan Fredinburg. This
fundraiser is to help the children
affected in the disaster. Around
communities individuals and
groups such as the Armit Sagar
Foundation are also fundraising
for Nepal. Unicef is also raising
money for the children and families of Nepal and one can mail in
a donation or donate by phone by
calling 1.800.FOR.KIDS (.800.36
.5437).
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Scarlett students steal spotlight
in annual design competition
the designs displayed had a pool students had in design helped the
By Grace Stone
within the design.
project run smoother and more
and Rina Ng
Students in all grades of
Design this semester had a wonderful opportunity to have their
design work recognized by high
profile audiences through a design
competition hosted by the Canadian Home Builders Association,
a house-building company.
Throughout the city, in
three divisions, grade 10 (level I)
grade 11 (level II) and grade 12
(level III) high school students
submitted designs that they created into the competition that
takes place in Calgary every year,
in the hopes of having the winning design. Level I had to com-
Students in Design class
spent a time span of thirty-two
days researching, designing, and
creating house designs for the
competition, which accounts for
approximately 40% of their class
time in the semester.
The exact rubric for how
the judges grade the houses for
the contest is confidential, and the
competition is judged by Calgary
Region of the Canadian Home
Builders Association and industrial house-building companies.
For the criteria, the house needs to
have two guest bedrooms, a shared
guest bath, a master bedroom, a
master bathroom, a kitchen, a pool
easily. Students had the practice
of design from previous years to
help them with this project.
Designs that were entered in the competition by Scarlett students were displayed in
the library during the last week of
April, and the first week of May.
Those that saw the display were
amazed by how professional the
designs were.
In level one, Isabel Loewen won
first place, and Adam Cojocar
won second place. There were
no honourable mentions. In level
two, Ryan Song came first place,
Kaitlyn Willerth won second, and
Nur-Alhuda Ali came in third.
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Orange Wave ushers
in new age in Alberta
By Sam McIntosh
In a shocking turn of
events that no one saw coming, the
NDP has won a majority government in what was considered the
she won. This lead to strong polls
for the NDP which many Albertans discounted as there had been
strong polls for the Wildrose Party
in the last election and the Conservatives still came out of top with a
Photo by Sam McIntosh
Albertans headed to the polls to excercise their right to vote on May 5
Photo by Collin Loewen
From left to right: Mr. McMillan and Mrs.Branson pose with winners Isabelle Loewen (grade 10), Adam Cojocar
(grade 10), Nur Alhuda (grade 11), Connor Johnson (grade 12), Kaitlyn Willerth (grade 11), Ryan Song (grade 11)
plete a floor plan, a one elevation
(side view) of the house and a
site design. Level II had to complete what level I did and furnish
the floor plan and include at least
one interior or exterior perspective of the house. Level III had to
meet all the grade 11 requirements
and show all four elevations (side
views) of their home.
The main objective of
this competition was to create a
house design that used space efficiently, had purpose and function, and combine it with an aesthetically-pleasing interior and
exterior. This year’s design had
to incorporate a guest/pool house
theme in the design, which is why
change room, entertainment/living room, mechanical room, outdoor pool area, hot tub (indoor or
outdoors) and a laundry area. The
house had to be a maximum of
3,000ft2 and include two to three
additional rooms. Despite the set
rules for the design portion, those
that entered enjoyed it for creativity as well. “It was fun seeing my
imagination come to life,” said
Jennifer Funk, Grade 12. Students used the program Revit architecture (a program similar to
Autocad) to make the designs.
Peter AuCoin, Grade 12,
said “It was a good competition
that let kids do a lot with what
they had.” The past experiences
Honourable mentions included
Jeffy Tam, Marielle Macalma, Jamie Alexander, Matthew Stangle,
Sarah Chmilar, Cleo Williams,
Maanvi Paul, Graham Brunning,
Zach Smith, Nick Kathrens, and
Greg Douglas. In level three,
Dustin Heaton came in third place
with Connor Johnson in fourth.
Honourable mentions were given
to Clara Matchim, Scott WycliffeJones, William Shepherd, Jennifer
Funk and Ani Qose.
Congratulations to the
participants of the competition,
and good luck to the submissions
for the Design contest next year.
conservative heartland of Canada.
This brings an end to a 44 year
Conservative dynasty which had
won 12 straight elections in Alberta with majorities. This election
saw them lose 60 seats to both the
NDP and the Wildrose Party and
fall to third place with just 10 seats
in the legislature. The Wildrose
Party now becomes the official opposition with 21 seats which is a
surprising comeback for the party
as 9 members, including their leader Danielle Smith switched parties
late last year to join the Conservatives which devastated the party.
This had supposedly weakened the
party, and their leader Brian Jean
only became leader of the party on
March 28, a few weeks before this
election was called.
While an NDP victory
was not predicated at the beginning
of the campaign, anger against the
Conservatives and Jim Prentice for
poor comments and a disappointing budget rose over the course
of the campaign. Rachel Notley,
leader of the Alberta NDP, further
solidified herself as a viable candidate with a strong debate performance against Mr. Prentice which
many who watched the debate say
majority.
This coincides with the
change in support from PC to
the NDP seen in the Social Studies 30-1 and 30-2 vote at Scarlett
in which the NDP got 44% of the
popular vote with the Conservatives in second with 22% and the
Alberta party in third with 17% of
the vote. This represents a shift towards the left for many new voters
and is an indicator of why the NDP
won. Michael Connelly, a Scarlett
graduate from four years ago, was
elected in the riding of CalgaryHawkwood.
With oil prices still low
and many businesses afraid of what
the NDP may do to the economy
and corporations, there is some
worry about how an inexperienced
party will be able to run the province, but the NDP has four years to
prove to voters that they made the
right choice and that their change
is what Alberta needs right now. It
will also give the Conservatives a
chance to reflect on what they did
wrong this election and attempt a
comeback, which may not happen
anytime soon as the ruling political
parties that have been ousted have
never been a large political force in
Alberta afterwards.
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Scarlett’s valedictorian for the graduating class of 2015
Following the announcement of the
recipient for the valedictorian title, the FEVER had the chance to sit down with Kemna, and he was kind enough to answer some
questions, giving Lancers a glimpse of why
he was chosen to represent Scarlett’s graduating class of 2015.
FEVER: How does it feel to be valedictorian?
Kemna: It’s honestly a little bit overwhelming. I don’t think it has fully sunk
in yet.
FEVER: In your mind, what does it mean
to be a valedictorian?
Kemna: I think part of why it seems surreal to me is I don’t really fully get what it
means! Everybody, like my family members and friends, keep telling me, “Wow!
You’re valedictorian!” and how it will
look great on resumes, but I don’t know
if I’ve fully realized the implications yet.
FEVER: What were your first thoughts
when you heard that the theme for the
speech is “startpack?”
Kemna: What is that? I had no idea what
it was, and thought, “How on earth do you
write a speech on that?”
FEVER: Did you have any difficulties
relating the theme given to your speech?
Kemna: Once I thought about it, I took an
angle that I thought would work. So once
I was able to process it, it wasn’t as bad as
Photo by Sarah Miao I thought it would be.
Blaise Kemna, Grade 12, valedictorian, imitates a FEVER: Without giving any of your
piece of artwork found in the Scarlett stairwell
speech away, could you briefly talk about
bid farewell to the graduating class. Today, the inspiration behind your speech?
the student being named as valedictorian is Kemna: I talked about a road trip that my
someone who has had great achievements brother and I went on and used that as an
in all areas throughout the three years of his analogy to represent moving on from high
or her high school career. The previous con- school.
ditions apply perfectly to grade 12 student, FEVER: Since the theme is “startpack,” do
Blaise Kemna.
you personally see graduation as the begin
Throughout all three years of his ning of our future, or the end of a journey?
high school, Kemna has exemplified that in Kemna: Right now, the end because I am
addition to being a strong student academi- happy to be done! But at the same time, it is
cally, he is also a wonderful person to be super exciting; there are endless possibilities
around. Peers have all stated that Kemna open to us all of a sudden. So I think it is a
has the ability to project a positive energy balance.
and never fails to help others in need. Some FEVER: What has been your favourite high
of his extra–curricular experiences include school memory?
being a member of the cross–country team Kemna: It’s tough to condense into one
since grade ten. In his grade 12 year, Kemna memory. I guess, obviously you can go genalso had the chance to lead the club Lancer erally with friends, and also the relationships
Blast, exemplifying his leadership and inter- I have built. I’ve really enjoyed the grad
personal skills.
fashion show! The guys are great; we had a
By Sarah Miao
The word “valedictorian” finds its
origin in the Latin language, through the term
vale dicere, signifying “to say farewell.” In
the western world, this is a highly–regarded position among the graduating class, as
this is the student responsible for presenting a speech at the graduation ceremony, to
hoot. I’m also really looking forward to the worthwhile, they end up feeling a lot less engym camping trip, and I think that will be a joyable because I’m too busy.
highlight.
FEVER: What will you miss the most after
FEVER: Was high school what you expect- graduation?
ed it to be when you entered in grade 10?
Kemna: I would say friends, for sure! EvKemna: I guess [in grade 10], you’re intimi- erybody goes their own way, and to an exdated to come to high school, for good rea- tent, you will attempt to stay in contact with
sons or not. So I don’t think it was as much lots of people. But you realize that this won’t
as I thought it would be. I think, again going necessarily happen. So I think I’ll miss beback to friends, it make it huge; it makes it ing able to come to school and build relafun to come to school. It’s not so much fo- tionships with people for an extended period
cused on the work anymore, as it is just be- of time.
ing around people.
FEVER: What are your plans for post−secFEVER: Looking back at your journey, is ondary?
there anything you would have liked to done Kemna: I’ve applied for Mount Royal, and
differently or changed?
I got accepted there for arts, so I’ll probably
Kemna: I think I would’ve savoured it a end up switching into business after the first
little bit more. Now that I’m in grade 12, year; but I don’t really know what I want to
I’ve realized that grade 11 was a great year do. Mind you, right now, with school getting
because in grade 10, you’re still getting use really busy, I’m thinking that I might just
to it, and in grade 12 you’re a little bit more take the year off, travel a little bit and clear
stressed out,
my head.
whereas [in]
FEVER: Do you have any
grade
11,
advice for Lancers who are
you’re that
hopeful to become valeperfect baldictorians themselves one
ance between
day?
school
not
Kemna: I would say,
being at super
don’t think about it too
high stakes
much; don’t worry about
but you know
it! To be honest, it took
your
way
me by surprise. So I think
around and
work hard, try to get along
you
know
with people and do what
people. So I
is right. I think when you
think I would
start thinking about it too
have
chermuch, then it becomes not
ished
that
as fun; and you’ve just got
a little bit
to enjoy it and have a good
more.
time. Photo by Sarah Miao News of Kemna achieving
FEVER:
What
has Blaise Kemna is modest about his achievements the valedictorian position
been the most
travelled swiftly within
challenging part from the past three years?
the Scarlett halls, and the members of the
Kemna: I would say the most changeling graduating class all agree that he is a much
part is probably balancing everything; bal- deserving recipient for this title. Despite
ancing school and things I do outside of this honour, however, Kemna has remained
school, sports and friends as well. I’d say humble about his achievements, exemplifyI have a tendency to want to do everything ing yet again, why he is the perfect choice to
at once and that has been tough to balance represent the graduating class. There is no
sometimes. Sometimes I’ve maybe been doubt that he will represent the true spirit of
over – committed, so I find that all the things Lancers and provide grade 12s with wisdom
that I’m doing are worthwhile, but I’m not and inspiration as everyone heads into the
able to put the kind of effort I would have unknown future, each beginning his or her
like into it. So even though they’re very own journey.
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Dr. E. P. Scarlett High School
150 years after the assassination of US President Lincoln
Railroad, and gained connections
By Grace Stone
April 15 marks the with multiple business clients to
150th anniversary of the death further his career.
of the sixteenth president of the The
Kansas-Nebraska
United States, a civil rights ac- Act, which was passed by Contivist, lawyer, and representative gress in 1854, was what sparked
of the country. Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln to reappear in
is regarded as one of America’s politics. The act allowed states to
most fundamental heroes. He decide whether they opposed or
emancipated the slaves, reunited accepted slavery, and gave rise to
the country after civil war, and the Republican Party, which Linbrought the Union back together. coln joined in 1856. Although his
It was devastating when he was personal opinions differed from
assassinated 150 years ago.
the values of the US South on the
Born February 12,
1809, “Honest Abe” grew up
in Hodgenville, Kentucky.
He was a son to his two
parents Thomas and Nancy
Hanks, and had two siblings:
an older sister named Sarah
and younger brother named
Thomas, who unfortunately
died in infancy. They moved
Photo by Grace Stone
to Indiana in 1817 over land Lincoln’s legacy lives on in the U.S. penny
disputes, and made a living
off of the small plot of land there. equality of races, Lincoln fought
Lincoln learned many skills such for a seat to gain equal rights for
as reading, wielding tools, com- all as stated by the founders of
munication, and eventually left America.
During his campaign, he
the home to work in the small community of New Salem, Illi- said, “Keep your friends close,
nois. Due to his hard work and de- and your enemies closer,” which
termination, Lincoln was elected is now a widely-quoted notion.
Captain in the Black Hawk War, After the multiple challenges he
a feud between the United States faced with his competition, Linand its First Nations people. The coln succeeded in gaining a role
war broke out in 1832, which en- into national politics in 1861:
abled him to make several politi- presidency. This was the time
America remembers him best; his
cal connections.
Soon after the war, Lin- quick responses to any crisis the
coln was elected to the Illinois country had, and his determinastate legislature for the Whig tion and strong priorities set him
party. His support of the party al- apart from other presidents. On
lowed for the development of his January 1, 1863, the Emancipathoughts and beliefs on how slav- tion Proclamation was issued by
ery obstructed society in terms of Lincoln and passed by the Coneconomic progression and how all federacy. It stated “that all persons
should have equal rights. These held as slaves” within the states,
beliefs were what led Lincoln to “are, and henceforward shall be
become a lawyer. In 1844 he part- free.”
It is due to these achievenered with William Herndon in the John T. Stuart law firm, but ments that the sixteenth president
this career was not enough to sup- is one of the most recognizable
ones today. His legacy still carries
port him.
Due to his interest in on in multiple Hollywood adaptaleadership, Lincoln decided to tions, such as Abraham Lincoln:
enter politics and served a single Vampire Hunter, or Lincoln.
Unfortunately his seat as
term in the U.S. House of Repre- sentatives. He voiced his opposi- president only lasted until Good
tion to the Mexican-American Friday, 1865, when he was asWar, which was an unpopular sassinated at Ford’s Theatre in
opinion in Illinois. This affected Washington. It was only five days
his decision on not returning for after the end of the Civil War, and
a second term. He returned to his Lincoln and first Lady Mary Todd
legal studies back home, became wished to attend the play Our
a lobbyist for the Illinois Central American Cousin. He was mur-
dered by John Wilkes Booth, who
had opposing views and believed
in the values from the Southern
US. Booth fled the theatre, but
was eventually found and shot by
a soldier the day after.
To honour Lincoln’s
memory today, there have been
multiple commemorations of him.
Ford’s Theatre in Washington DC
hosts many events in relation to
Abraham Lincoln, such as the play
One Destiny, the exhibit Silent
Witnesses, and the tribute Now He
Belongs to the Ages. In the National Portrait Gallery in London
and the Smithsonian American
Art Museum In Washington DC,
there are collections of presidential portraits, including Lincoln’s.
On Constitution Avenue in Washington DC, the National Museum
of American History displays artifacts from Lincoln’s time, and in
honour of the 150th anniversary
of his death, Newseum in Washington DC is creating the exhibition President Lincoln is Dead.
Essex County in Ontario hosted
a ceremony on April 15, featuring
government officials, civil leaders, and local historians. Twenty
documents were showcased in
The State House for the anniversary day only, such as the telegram
informing the commonwealth of
his death and a handwritten letter between the First Lady and her
connections.
Regardless of how celebrated Lincoln now is, the sympathizers for Booth still exist today,
and they exist in the group The
League of the South. Described
as a Southern nationalist organization, this group wished to celebrate the death of the president,
and commemorate the service
Booth provided to them. The
League of the South celebrated
Lincoln’s death on April 11.
There may be a difference of opinion regarding
Lincoln’s
death, but he is still
looked upon as one
of the most influential presidents the US
has ever known. During his time, Lincoln
had achieved many
great things, through
the emancipation of
the slaves and his role
in multiple wars. His
legacy still carries on
to this day.
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Scarlett’s Class Historians for the year
By Sarah Miao and Hania Elshayeb
Each year, the graduation
banquet is one of the most important events for both the students
as well as their families. It gives
everyone a chance to reminisce
about his or her unique high school
experience, be it the pressure of
having to do well on exams or the
extracurricular achievements that
students attain through sports, drama or clubs. Although each high
school experience is incredibly
unique, the sentiments that they
evoke are universal. Lancers will
have the opportunity to hear from
class historians, Abbey Leach and
Rhiannon Leslie, about some of
the most memorable moments and
feelings.
Both Leach and Leslie are
involved Lancers in a wide variety
of school activities, but they have
especially thrived in Scarlett’s
drama program. As talented
actresses who have participated in
countless drama productions, such
as the winter production Around
the World in 80 Days, they are
well-known within the four walls
of Scarlett and undoubtedly have
an in-depth perception of what it
really means to be a Lancer.
The FEVER had the
chance to interview both students
on how they feel about being class
historians as well as their own memorable moments from high school.
FEVER: What was the process of
trying out to be class historian like?
Leslie: [Abbey and I] had to write
a speech and then present it in front
of the graduation committee. Turns
out, only the two of us showed up,
so we got the position!
FEVER: What was your main inspiration behind your class historian speech?
Leach: All the puns… There are
too many puns!
FEVER: What were your
first
thoughts
when
you
heard that you got the title?
Leslie: When I first heard that we
got class historian, I was ecstatic! I
was really excited to help our graduating class remember what great
things happened in our three years
at Scarlett.
FEVER: Are you nervous about
presenting a speech in front of everyone?
Continued on page 17
Photo by Sarah Miao
Rhiannon Leslie, Grade 12, made a memorable impression on audiences
after her role in the winter production of Around the World in 80 Days
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Competitor for traditional
taxi service gains attention
55 countries and 6 continents. Though
this service seems quite positive and inno
Uber is the new and upcoming vative, critics beg to differ. Uber has been
transportation service that is the next big highly affected by controversy and legal iscompetitor for taxis all over North America. sues ever since its release. In December of
The service became popular among city res- 2014, a Philadelphia cab service filed a lawidents who are commuting to and from work suit against Uber, claiming that Uber was ilevery day, but has become a service for just legally operating in the city. A very similar
about anyone with a mobile phone now; By lawsuit was filed in Atlanta in September of
using the Uber app, anyone can request to be the same year. Other similar lawsuits have
picked up by an Uber company driver who been filed along with alleged disrespectful
is in the area of the person requesting a ride. behaviour from the Uber drivers to disabled
The payment options for Uber are passengers, although these issues were rewhat make it different from Taxi services. solved. Many cab and taxi services in difUber
does
ferent
not
accept
councash or tips.
tries,
They cost aph a v e
proximately
protest40%
less
ed Uber.
than a typical
For excab service
ample in
Europe
and only acin 2014,
cept payment
through Payw h e n
Pal, personal
t a x i s
credit cards
blocked
roads
or the pasw i t h
senger’s work
company.
their vehicles
The customa n d
ers can open
claimed
profiles
to
t h a t
see who their
U b e r
driver is and
was
a
what type of
car they have.
threat
Driver inforto their
j o b s ,
mation
ina l s o
cludes name,
a d d car
type,
ing that
driver’s photo
U b e r
identification
had an
and how other
unfair
Uber customadvaners have rated
t a g e
that driver.
All Uber drivPhoto by Faith Shoemaker with the
ers have been Uber app is available for Apple, Samsung and Blackberry devices s o c i a l
screened,
media
passed a driving, and the condition/history platform. Uber has made a few apologies
of their vehicles have been inspected. All in regards to the issues regarding protests
of these steps make Uber reliable. If pas- and the alleged discrimination, although
sengers have any problems with their driver, taxi drivers continue to be against the Uber
the driver’s information is on their phone to movement.
In the future, Uber has set goals to
report to the company if need be.
Uber was created by Travis Ka- create a vast number of jobs for people all
lanick, an American entrepreneur from Cali- over the world. They hope to have 1 milfornia who thought that his service would be lion women in particular employed by the
beneficial to the world of modern transpor- year 2020, as they are large supporters of
tation. He started working on the idea with women’s rights especially in developing
Garrett Camp, also an entrepreneur, and to- countries. Uber also believes in having a
gether they founded Uber in San Francisco large global impact saying, “Every role matin March of 2009. The duo received positive ters because anything and everything our
feedback when Uber first started, and earned employees work on affects the daily lives of
$49 million from venture funds by 2011. people around the world.” Uber also strives
Uber has since become very popular world- to create passionate employees with bold
wide, and it’s now available in 290+ cities, ideas.
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Dr. E. P. Scarlett High School
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May 2015
Busy PLC emergency
departments unfinished
vided while waiting for the unfinished fuBy
Emily Gobeil
ture emergency department to be complet
Dr. Neil Collins and Dr. Steve ed. It is expected that 186 beds will open in
Patterson are calling public attention to an Calgary facilities by the end of this summer
election promise that has gone untouched and 125 beds will open at Edmonton facilifor a good eight years - the completion of ties by the end of this year.
a newly-built emergency department at the
Health minister spokesman Steve Buick
half-built wing on the east side of the Peter explains that the health minister’s donaLougheed Centre
(PLC). This muchneeded wing was
supposed to be
completed by the
end of 2007; it
was meant to increase emergency
treatment space
and to help reduce
wait times. Unfortunately, only the
exterior was built,
but the space inside was left untouched.
“That
space that you see
there on this side
is empty, there’s
Photo by Rina Ng
nothing. That’s an An artistic rendering of the existing Emergency department at the PLC
exterior with nothing on the interior,” says Patterson, while tion of $50 million is more easily said than
pointing at the unfinished wing on the east done. “It’s important to be clear, the money
side of the hospital.
isn’t simply being split four ways equally,
The Alberta health minister, Stephen and the PLC is the largest project” he exMandel, announced on March 11, 2015 that plains.
more than $50 million will be placed into
The head doctors (Patterson and Collins)
Edmonton and Calgary hospitals (which believe that it will take more than the full
include Gray Nuns, The Misericordia and $50 million, certainly more than one quarRoyal Alexandra hospitals in Edmonton, ter of it, to be able to get the empty space
the Peter Lougheed Centre and the South ready for patients. They fear the needs of
Health Centre in Calgary) to renovate the hospitals will continue to go unfulfilled
emergency rooms in an effort to increase without greater commitment and perseverspace for a great number of patients and to ance from the Alberta health minister.
decrease wait times.
NDP leader Rachel Notley sheds some
The unfinished project has not only be- light on this project. “I’m afraid all that [the
come a burden for doctors and medical staff lack of funding is] going to do is restore
but also adds another obstacle for rushed people back out onto the curb where they
paramedics, since the unfinished renova- continue to wait for the long-term care beds
tions sit between the current emergency that this government has made a considered
department and the hospital’s ambulance decision to stop building over the last sevbay. Collins explains that this obstacle is eral years,” says Notley. It is evident that
problematic not only for doctors but also the politicians responsible for this promise
paramedics: “Our paramedics [have] to are still taking into consideration how and
provide their emergency care rolling down when they will finally make the big move to
a hallway for 150 meters before they could finish the PLC Emergency Centre, but for
get to where the doctors and the resuscita- now the doctors and medical staff cannot
tion rooms are.”
do anything but wait for the politicians reFor years, doctors have asked for help sponsible to takeaction.
The hospital is expected to be
from the province to provide more space at PLC since it has the fewest emergency completed by the end of 2015 to mid 2016,
spaces of all health departments in Calgary. besides PLC will be in a renovation state
There are an estimated 250 patients that go until the province or an unexpected donato the PLC Emergency Centre each day, tion will be given to the hospital to comwhich has a minimal number of 34 beds for plete the Emergency Centre. One quarter of
the patients waiting to be admitted to the the $50 million will be contributed to the
hospital. Dr. Collins says that the only way completion of PLC.
to cope with the fewer beds for patients
waiting is an additional 46 more beds pro-
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Dr. E. P. Scarlett High School
Comeault: Class President 2015
By Isabel
Fernandez
The speeches made at
grad help students move on from
high school and into the next
phase of their lives by giving them
guidance and advice for years to
this career because I believe that
it is so important that students are
given the opportunity to learn how
to think and not just what to think.
FEVER: What is the best advice
you have every received or given?
COMEAULT: This is a tough
to enjoy these last few weeks of
high school. It goes so fast!
FEVER: How do you feel about
being chosen to be class president?
COMEAULT: I feel incredibly
honoured to be presented with this
opportunity and I hope I can do
Photo by Isabel Fernandez
Carissa Comeault, staff, was chosen as Honourary Class President by the graduating class of 2015 for a variety of
reasons including her relaxed style and ability to inspire a love of literatrure in her stuents in a fun way
come. With nine years as a teacher,
six of them at Dr. E.P. Scarlett, and
no experience as class president,
Carissa Comeault is very excited
for this opportunity.
The way a teacher acquires
the position of class president is by
vote. Every year grade 12 students
vote on who they want to make
speeches at their graduation. There
are three positions to be held: the
Valedictorian, the Class Historian,
and the Class President. Although
only the grad committee votes for
the first two, the entire graduating
class votes for class president.
This year, when grade 12 students
voted, Carissa Comeault received
the honour of making that speech.
When asked about her position in
the coming grad ceremonies, this is
what Comeault had to say:
FEVER: What made you decide to
get into teaching?
COMEAULT: I haven’t always
known that I wanted to be a teacher.
In fact, I only started university
when I was 22 years old. I think
that my passion for literature
coupled with my love of working
with people propelled me in the
right direction. I have also chosen
question. I think I have to cheat a
bit and share two pieces of advice
I’ve been given. The first is that we
should only worry about ourselves
because we can only control
ourselves. The second piece, while
a bit cliché, is equally important.
In all that we do, have a positive
attitude, try your best, and be kind.
FEVER: Without giving away
too much, can you tell us about
the speech you are to give at
graduation?
COMEAULT: This, too, is a good
question! I think I will humbly
try to offer some advice to the
graduating class, while also telling
a story or two. I would like to say
that I will be funny, but those that
know me know that humour isn’t
my strong suit!
FEVER: Is there anything you
would like to say to the readers of
the FEVER about moving on from
high school or graduating?
COMEAULT: I think that
planning for the future is incredibly
important. But at the same time,
don’t become too caught up in
your plans. Leave some room for
fun, for flexibility, and for growth.
Also, I would encourage graduates
justice to the graduating class of
2015.
When one hears the praise
that Comeault’s students have for
her, it is easy to see why she was
elected for this important role.
When asked, Michaela Foley, grade
12, commented on Comeault’s
teaching. “She’s extremely kind,
and really does realize that this
is our class and sometimes we
need to direct ourselves. She’s
just awesome,” she said, adding
that “she really understands [her]
students.”
This year’s graduation
seems like its shaping up to be a
very interesting and
inspirational night,
especially with the
speech from the
class
president.
With
Comeault
getting ready for
such a great speech,
and all the other
events that will
be happening that
night,
graduates
should prepare for
a night of laughter
and fun.
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made to school, like drama, the
[aspects] I’ve done to help out, and
that I’m a fun person to be around.
Leach: I’m not really sure because FEVER: What are your postI’ve never actually done a speech secondary plans for the next fall?
before, so we’ll see how it goes. Leslie: I will be attending Mount
FEVER: What do you hope Royal University to become a
to achieve with this title? nurse!
Leslie: I hope that everyone Leach: I’m going to Unigets a good laugh and remem- versity
of
Calgary
and
bers the memories they made I’m
studying
psychology.
during their time at Scarlett. FEVER: What has been the most
FEVER: What has been challenging part about high school?
your
favourite
part
in Leslie: High school has been a
your high school journey? rollercoaster of ups and downs,
Leslie: I have loved meeting and so it’s always challenging to keep
working with the fantastic people everything manageable, from
here at Scarlett. I will especially tests to extracurricular commitmiss the fine arts programs here ments. It’s been like juggling a
and getting to put on some great thousand things at once! I know
shows!
[in the end] I will look back and
Leach: I like that socially, it’s a really appreciate what I have exlot more slack than middle school, perienced, for a lifetime.
which is nice. And I feel like ev- Leach: The homework load, I
eryone is a lot more focused on would say. Just trying to get evwork, more eager to [work] even erything done into the standards
though it’s harder.
you want it to get done at.
FEVER: What will you miss the FEVER: What do you think
most after graduation?
you’ll take away the most from
Leslie: I will especially miss the high school?
fine arts programs here and get- Leach: Hopefully the work ethic,
ting to put on some
because get“Don’t stress too much ting work
great shows!
Leach: I guess in grade 10 and grade done is imI’ll just miss see- 11, just do your best and portant.
ing my friends [participate in activities] F E V E R :
every day beWhat would
you want to do.”
cause we’re all gobe a piece
ing to different universities. of advice you would like to pass
FEVER: Is there anything you down to the Lancers?
wish you could change or would
Leach: Don’t stress too much
have done differently if you in grade 10 and grade 11, just
could start high school again? do your best and [participate in
Leslie: If I could go back, I would activities] you want to do. Don’t
just really enjoy my high school pursue something because someexperience. These three years just one told you to do it, do it because
flew by so quickly!
you want to and find it interesting.
FEVER: Since the title you By being such involved
have earned includes the word students in the Scarlett commu“historian,” what do you hope nity, the 2015 graduating class
people will remember you as? agree that both Leslie and Leach
Leslie: I hope people will remem- are deserving Lancers of the class
ber me for my drama shows and historian title. Everyone will
my general outlook on life, be- be anxiously anticipating their
cause I truly believe that if you speech at the graduation banquet,
set your mind to something, you and it is certain that the speech
can accomplish anything!
will be one of the highlights for
Leach: I hope people will remem- the night.
ber me for the contributions I’ve
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Magnets are useful objects in
everyday life. They can hold paper, lists,
and artwork on magnetic surfaces without
making holes in the papers, or having to be
sticky. There are also many cool tricks that
can be done with them. Since magnets are
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magnet, will not show through the paper as
much and take away from the image.
After completing the circular cut
outs, it is ready to be glued onto the marble.
Locate the flat side, as that is the side to adhere to the magnet. The best type of glue for
this task is
clear, liquid glue.
After the
glue is applied onto
the marble
and
the
image is
placed on
the marble, excess
glue can be
pressed out
from the
sides. Glue
guns are
also a good
choice
for
this
project.
If using a
glue gun,
the
best
technique
is to put
Photo by Rina Ng
glue
Samples of some decorative marble magnets made by using printed-out images the
around the
usually pretty plain, here is a DIY project to rim of the flat side of the marble, then to
glam up an everyday, ordinary magnet into carefully place the image on the marble
something eye-catching.
and press down. If you choose this method,
For this project small magnets, stronger paper will have better results for
and flat, glass marbles are required. The this method. A clear glue stick will also
size of the glass marbles should be about work.
the same size as the magnets, or slightly After the image is glued onto the
larger. Paper-like material with an appeal- marble, wait for it to dry. Once the glue has
ing design is also required. The decorative dried, the magnet can now be attached. Atpiece of paper can be a magazine clipping, tach the magnet by gluing it onto the back
photograph, printout, duct tape, or even of the image that is now on the marble. Any
things such as a colourful candy wrapper ─ type of liquid glue will work, and glue guns
will also work well at this point. Glue sticks
the possibilities are endless.
The steps for creating this project should be the last resort since it may be
are extremely simple. The first thing to do harder for the magnet to stay on when using
is to take the flat marble and place it onto glue from a glue stick.
This project took less than five
the part of the piece of paper to show up on the magnet. Then, trace around the flat minutes and the decorative magnet is not
marble to get a circular piece of paper, ap- something difficult to make. The materiproximately the size of the marble. Once als for this project are fairly inexpensive,
this is done, there is an option to cut another but the results are pretty stunning. This is a
firmer piece of white paper the same size great gift for a person who loves small trinas the decorative circular piece of paper. kets, and the image can be customized to
This can be done so that when the decora- the recipient’s tastes.
Happy crafting!
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Change is in the air; new fashion trends have been popping up left, right
and centre. The descent into summer usually means more genial crop tops and shortshorts, but this year the fashion world is taking some unexpected turns. Wearing a giant
plastic pop art wig, like those seen on the Junya Wantanabe runways may be a bit much,
but there are some avant-garde trends that
are easy to rock regardless of one’s location.
Suede is becoming a fashion staple.
From 1970’s revival skirts to giant tote bags
and so on, this leather was featured on dozens
of runways. Esteemed French fashion house
Chloé dazzled viewers with suede two-piece
sets and knee-high gladiators while Michael
Kors impressed with suede anoraks and platforms. The best aspect of this suede trend
is that there are a thousand ways to wear it.
Take a cue from actress Chloe Sevigny and
wear a suede mini dress or opt for a more
boho style like model Alessandro Ambrosia
who sported a fringed suede crop top. What-
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stay away from a suede bag along with it.
Suede may be the “it” fabric of the season,
but having too much of a good thing is a sure
fire way to ruin an outfit. Try pairing a suede
jacket with a flowing dress or skirt to add an
irresistible touch to a feminine outfit.
If women are not ready to delve
into the suede trend, then experimenting
with ladylike blush tones and tulle may suit
their fancies. Being a ballerina has been
pinned as a dream job since it is debut, and
new fashions have made it easy for the average girl to dress like she is centre stage: no
dancing skills required. The trend took flight
on the S/S 15 runways, and has been seen
in Valentino, Miu Miu and Yves Saint Laurent shows. Romantic tulle and delicate lace
shone in dresses, skirts and intricate blouses.
The ballerina trend often has an ethereal
finish, resulting in all around angelic outfits. When creating a prima ballerina outfit
the most important thing to consider is colour. Sheer and loose pieces or tighter more
Photo by Cleo Williams
Chella Noble, Grade 11, supports the ballerina trend in a sport-inspired light pink top
ever the occasion, suede will fit the bill.
opaque ones can all be worked into the trend
Since suede can be used to enhance when purchased within the spectra of white
any outfit the trick is finding pieces of good to pink. Of course, in real dance perforquality and flattering fit. A well-constructed mances the ballerinas can be dressed in any
suede garment cannot usually be found for colour, but without an authentic dance cosa low price tag and, as a result, it is better tume, pink gets the point across. Attempt the
to splurge on this trend than to regret it lat- trend by wearing a light pink maxi skirt and
er. However, there are some retailers, such a simple white top.
The trend forecast for the summer
as Topshop and Zara, which sell authentic faux suede pieces for noticeably cheaper. As season is packed full of fun and quirky ideas.
for suede bags, they can be found at a large With a number of them being too over-thenumber of retail stores and the style one top to sport in an everyday outfit students
chooses is based off of personal style more can find refuge by wearing suede pieces and
than anything. If one is planning to wear a ballerina-inspired ensembles. This season
suede article of clothing then it is better to will be anything but boring.
May 2015
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Zubin Sandhu pines for “prom” date with Kylie Jenner
By Cassandra Betts
Of course, Sandhu’s quest
is different, partly because he is one
of the few Canadians to transfer
this practice from the United States
and partly because of his choice
of potential dates. Jenner became
famous on the television show
Keeping up with the Kardashians.
Although she is not as big a public
figure as her three older sisters, she
is still very active on social media,
which is how Sandhu first discovered her. Jenner is currently known
for her enhanced lips and associated with her sisters’ exploits on reality television. She is a character
that the public loves to hate, someone who represents the fakeness in
society, the hyper-sexualization of
young girls, and the materialism
and corruption that comes with an
excess of wealth. For Sandhu, Jenner embodies none of those ideas;
she is merely a young, cool, pretty
girl who is trying to have fun. Jenner is not completely unproductive. She has co-written a science
fiction novel with her sister Kendall and has also started a clothing
line with that same sister, which
are accomplishments that many
seventeen-year-olds cannot claim
to have reached. The debate remains as to whether these accomplishments are worthy of praise, or
if they are just another way that a
rich, over-privileged teen is being
to find out what the Kylie Jenner
quest was really about.
FEVER: How did this whole video come about?
Sandhu: It started out as a joke.
I’m not going to lie. I didn’t think
it was going to get this big. I always talk about Kylie Jenner and
how she’s hot and stuff, but then
these guys were like “why don’t
you just make a video?” I saw a
video of this guy who made it for
Selena Gomez and I was just like
“sure, why not. I’ve got nothing
to lose.” So I made it and I did not
expect it to become this big. It was
pretty fun.
FEVER: Why Kylie Jenner?
Sandhu: Mainly because she’s my
age. She is seventeen as well. I’m
eighteen now but when I found out
[about her] I was seventeen and I
thought that was pretty cool. You
know, she’s famous, she’s my age.
It’s not really out of the ballpark.
Well, it kind of is (laughs).
FEVER: You say in your video
that Kylie Jenner has “impacted
your life in a huge way?” What has
that impact been?
Sandhu: Honestly, I made everything up in the video on the spot.
I just wanted to get her attention.
I don’t really watch too much of
the TV show Keeping Up with the
Kardashians, but she’s pretty big
on social media and stuff so she
With the short phrase
“Hey there, Kylie right?” Zubin
Sandhu, Grade 12, began a video
that rapidly became an Internet
sensation. Released on April 5 under the title “Kylie Jenner, Grad/
Prom?” the video was quickly
shared all over Facebook by Sandhu’s friends, featured in the Calgary Herald, and even caught the
attention of a few celebrities such
as Brett Wilson and Gene Simmons. The video opens as Sandhu,
dressed in a navy suit and a sandwich board with the caption “Grad
With Me (Prom)?” wanders around
the streets of Calgary. The scene
then fades to a crackling fireplace,
and Simon and Garfunkel’s melancholy voices whisper the iconic
words, “Hello darkness my old
friend,” that begin “The Sound of
Silence.” Sandhu, who is sitting in
front of the fireplace with a guitar,
stands up and begins a passionate
speech where he tells seventeenyear old reality TV star Kylie Jenner that they “haven’t met yet, but
[that they] soon will.”
According to the video,
Jenner has “impacted [Sandhu’s]
life in a huge way” and he wanted “to do something special and
something fun.” Instead of settling
for writing her a letter or trying
to send her an email, he
opted to go for something
big and bold: inviting her
to Scarlett’s 2015 Grad
Banquet. The rest of the
video details Sandhu’s
appreciation of Jenner, as
he tries to convince her to
attend Grad (or “Prom”
as it is more commonly
referred to in Jenner’s
home country, the United
States) with him.
Sandhu is not
the first to try and convince a celebrity to go to
Prom. Fans of Victoria
Justice, Justin Beiber,
Gracie Gold, Miley
Cyrus, and Joe Jonas
Photo by Sarah Miao
have all made videos askZubin Sandhu, Grade 12, hopes to take reality TV star Kylie Jenner to his grad
ing their idols to Prom.
impacts everyone’s life in a way.
Although none of these celebrities catered to by a confused society.
Sandhu certainly believes FEVER: How long did it take you
were able to attend, they all made it up to their fans by inviting them the former, and is impressed with to film and edit the video?
to concerts, organizing personal Jenner’s accomplishments as well Sandhu: About a day. We filmed in
meet-and-greets, or even showing as her capacity to enjoy life. The a day and a night, and then I edited
up to surprise them at their school. FEVER had the opportunity to things the next day. It was super
The trend of asking celebrities to chat with the charismatic young simple.
Prom has become so popular that man who charmed the Internet FEVER: Was it worth it?
there was even a TV special on it, with rhymes such as “Kylie, Kylie, Sandhu: Definitely worth it. I did
entitled Once Upon a Prom where Kylie, sometimes your words just not expect it to get this big. It was
both Taylor Swift and Rhianna at- hypnotize me” and “if this video pretty fun.
gets just one view I hope it’s you” FEVER: Earlier you said that you
tend Prom with one of their fans.
made things up in the video, but at
one point you state that you don’t
care what people think of you.
Have you always been this way or
was it specifically a result of Kylie
Jenner?
Sandhu: No, I’ve always been this
way. I don’t really care what people think. I do what I want when I
want it, and this is one way of expressing that.
FEVER: Along those lines, you
say your family and friends find
your Kylie Jenner obsession “crazy.” What were their specific reactions to your video?
Sandhu: They thought it was all a
joke but I was kind of hoping for
her to say “yes.” I’m not going
to lie. Their reactions were they
didn’t think I had the guts to make
the video, they thought I was just
all talk. When I made the video
they were all surprised that I actually did something about it, so that
was pretty impressive…
FEVER: Did you get any strange
looks walking around Calgary with
your Kylie Jenner sign?
Sandhu: Yeah, I was on the street
on a corner. In the video where I
was on the crosswalk people had
their cell phones out and were taking pictures and honking along the
way and yelling. It was pretty cool.
It was awesome to get that kind
of attention. Lots of people were
asking who Kylie Jenner was and
thought that she went to Scarlett.
It was pretty sweet that they didn’t
know who she was and that they
just thought I was being super cool.
FEVER: How was your experience being interviewed for the
Herald?
Sandhu: That was pretty cool. I
was in Calculus and I took a washroom break and I did the interview
over the phone. I left, did the interview over the phone [for] fifteen,
twenty minutes then came back...
I’m not going to lie, it was actually awesome. I felt pretty cool. I
emailed them first [asking them] if
they could share my video and then
they emailed me back saying they
loved the video and wanted to do
an interview, and I was like “sure.”
FEVER: Besides contacting the
Herald, what else have you done
to get your video out there?
Sandhu: I asked all my friends to
share it. Honestly, I just wanted
to see how far it could go [on its
own]… I just put it up and it went
like a domino effect, you know
one person to another, to another.
A couple of famous people shared
it so that was pretty sweet. Brett
Wilson from Dragon’s Den shared
it, and Gene Simmons from Kiss,
his daughter shared it and Gene
Simmons liked the video and I just
went nuts. I was at work when I
saw it and I was like holy.
FEVER: What to you want to say
to folks who criticize Kylie Jenner?
Sandhu: I think she’s just trying
to be who she is, you know, which
is why we shouldn’t really care.
She’s pretty cool, she’s pretty, so I
think they’re just jealous.
FEVER: Have you read Kylie Jenner’s sci-fi novel Rebels: City of
Indra?
Sandhu: I have not read it. I don’t
read very often, but I’d probably
read it. I’m not going to lie. It looks
pretty cool.
FEVER: You said you made it up
on the spot, but were there any specific reasons for stylistic choices in
the video such as music?
Sandhu: Yeah, it got taken off
YouTube, that’s why my whole
video’s on Vimeo. Did you notice
that?
FEVER: I was kind of wondering
about that.
Sandhu: Yeah, YouTube removed
it because of copyright issues. It’s
the second time it’s happened to
me, but I really liked the music I
put in there and I thought it fit perfectly, so I wanted to leave that
music in even though it restricted
[some of the viewers]. It would
have gotten bigger I think [on YouTube].
FEVER: Why did you choose
Vimeo?”
Sandhu: It’s the music, it’s all because of the music and being able
to play it on the phone. YouTube
denied that because of the copyrighted music and I just wanted to
have some fun. I didn’t really expect anything big to happen.
So far, although Sandhu
has received a wild response from
celebrities and Scarlett students
alike, the object of his affections,
Jenner herself, has not responded
to his request. Last May, Karim
Karaki, a high school student
from California also asked Jenner to prom in a video similar to
Sandhu’s. When Sandhu heard
that Karaki did not receive a response from their shared idol, he
lamented, “well things don’t look
too good for me then do they?”
Sandhu, however, is mostly enjoying the buzz his video has created.
Although a response from Jenner
would make Sandhu “the happiest
guy on earth,” it seems the entire
experience has just been a whole
lot of fun.
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1. “Bohemian Rhapsody” – Queen
Too late, my time has come,
Sent shivers down my spine,
Body’s aching all the time.
Goodbye, everybody, I’ve got to go,
Gotta leave you all behind and _______
A. recapture my youth
B. get to a phone booth
C. become a sleuth
D. face the truth
2. “Sweet Child O’ Mine” – Guns N’
Roses
She’s got a smile that it seems to me
Reminds me of childhood memories
Where everything
Was as fresh as the _______
A. light green grass
B. bright blue sky
C. bright bright sun
D. summers day
3. “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” –
Marvin Gaye
My love is alive
Way down in my heart
Although we are miles apart
If you ever need a helping hand,
I’ll be there ______________
A. on the double
B. in an hour
C. probably soon
D. maybe
4. “You Give Love a Bad Name” – Bon
Jovi
Paint your smile on your lips
Blood red nails on your fingertips
A school boy’s dream, you act so shy
Your very first kiss was your first ____
A. mistake
B. bull’s eye
C. kiss goodbye
D. battle cry
5. “Holding Out For a Hero” – Bonnie
Tyler
Through the wind and the chill and the
rain
And the storm and the flood
I can feel his _______
Like the fire in my blood
A. approach
B. presence
C. smile
D. broach
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6. “American Pie” – Don McLean
I was a lonely teenage broncin’ buck
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
But I knew I was out of luck
The day the music ______
A. cried
B. died
C. slept
D. dried
7. “Take On Me” – A-HA
So ________ to say
Of odds and ends
But I’ll be stumbling away
Slowly learning that life is OK.
A. needless
B. needed
C. heedless
D. useless
8. “Wanna Be” – Spice Girls
What do you think about that now you
know how I feel,
Say you can handle my love are you for
real,
I won’t be hasty, I’ll give you a try
If you really bug me then I’ll say _____
A. goodbye
B. bye bye
C. hello
D. whats up
9. “Don’t You Want Me” – The Human
League
You were working as a waitress in a
cocktail bar
When I met you
I picked you out, I shook you up
And turned you around
Turned you into ______ new
A. someone
B. somebody
C. something
D. someone brand
10. “Don’t You Forget About Me” –
Simple Minds
Don’t you try to pretend
It’s my feeling we’ll win in the end
I won’t harm you or touch your defenses
Vanity and _________
A. selfishness
B. security
C. pride
D. safety
Answer Key
1. D, 2. B, 3. A, 4. C, 5. A, 6. B,
7. A, 8. A, 9. A, 10. B
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Dear A&G:
“One of my relatives recently
passed away and it has really hit me hard.
I wish I was closer to them, or that I got to
know them better. I didn’t talk to them too
much and now that I don’t have a chance to,
I feel so bad. My family is devastated and
now they have to worry about my relative’s
will and paying off funeral and memorial
costs. I feel helpless in the situation and I
don’t know what to do.”
Dear Anonymous:
Aysha says… I know how hard
these things can be. There is really nothing that anybody can say to make it seem
better. Losing somebody is one of the hardest things to overcome. Handle your grief
properly. To do this, there are four different
tools to help you that I follow. The first is
to know your triggers, which is what in life
makes you hurt the most, and could be having contact with people, places or getting
into situations that remind you the most
about losing your family member, and set
boundaries around these things. Second is
to find an outlet that lets you get out your
emotions; for example, writing, drawing,
exercise, joining a group, or talking to
friends. Third is to set a goal, something
that keeps your focus on the future. Lastly,
which is optional, spirituality or faith can
help. Focus on things bigger than yourself.
Grace says… … I completely
understand because one of my relatives
passed away three years ago, and it was a
similar situation. It was my uncle who died
in a motorcycle accident. My dad’s side of
the family was mortified, and my uncle had
four children to take care of. My dad took
on the role of dealing with finances from
my uncle’s will, and paid funeral/memorial
costs. What our family did to pull through
was to just go through the motions, and ignore the fact that he was dead. It may not
have been the best way to deal with the
situation, but it does get you through, and
as the saying goes, “ignorance is bliss.”
There is not much you can do to
help with the expenses, because interfering
in finances might make your family worry
more. Rather than worrying about the finances, know that you can talk to your family about how you feel because they are in
the same position as you. When I lost my
uncle, I stayed quiet in the situation, where
I should have spoken to somebody that I
knew would understand. If you do not feel
comfortable talking to your family, and you
feel you can rely on your friends, speak to
them. They should understand and help
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you get through. If your friends seem disinterested, or change the subject when you
talk to them, it could be because they feel
uncomfortable in how they should react to
your loss. The concept of death frightens
people. Rather than bring up the topic multiple times, find one time to talk to them in
a comfortable situation.
Grief takes a long time to let go
of, and it always sticks around, but eventually it will get better. People do not always
believe that it does get better, but nothing
stays forever, and only time can heal.
Dear A&G:
“I lied to my parents about not going to the party I wanted to go to. I feel really guilty about it and I want to tell them
the truth, but I don’t know what I should
say to them. Can you help me?”
- Anonymous
Dear Anonymous:
Aysha says… The truth will set you
free. Telling the truth is always the best
thing to do. I would recommend not lying
anymore. I would say exactly what happened and why you lied. One time I lied to
my parents about where I was going at a
certain time and my dad caught me because
someone texted me about the event and my
dad saw the front of my phone. My dads
reaction was more anger/disappointment.
Disappointment because I lied, and my father had just expected more from me. Anger
because I didn’t tell the truth and continued
to lie. I felt really sad that my dad was so
angry/disappointmented. Thankfully with
time and effort the relationship has recovered I think your parents would understand why you lied if you told them because
they were kids too once. Your parents will
overall most likely not be happy that you
lied but if you end up telling the truth hopefully they will not be as angry.
Grace says… Your parents probably will not be in a happy mood when
you tell them, so try to do nice things for
them around the house; for example, extra
chores or doing what they ask beforehand.
As well, know that when you tell them the
truth, the first instinct is to be defensive, but
this could make the situation worse. Understanding that you should not have gone to
the party in the first place can help you during the conversation.
When you tell them, add an apology in your
statement. Try to get to the point at a reasonable quick pace, because dwelling on
the subject would not help the situation.
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The top five most colourful
places on planet Earth
1997. The first annual survey took place in
By
Isabel Fernandez
2004 and will continue every year. Many
There are many wonderful places flowers, mostly orchids, layer the grounds of
to visit in the world with surreal eye-catch- India’s national park. Other flowers that ocing colours. Lancers may want to take note cupy the space include poppies, marigolds,
of this very exciting and colourful travel daisies, and primulas. The park is about 87.5
destinations list for future visits. These five km2.
places made the list of most colourful places Pink Lake, Australia: This odd
on Earth because they all stand out to visi- lake is located in Western Australia. The salt
tors and locals in ways that no other place water lake is not always pink, but the colour
can match.
of the water often changes to this colour
Albertan Rocky Mountains: Al- due to algae and high concentration of brine
berta is on this list because of all the beau- prawn. When temperatures and water levtiful scenery southern Alberta has to offer. els permit it, the algae starts secreting a red
The picturesque mountains and lovely for- pigment, making the water of the lake pink.
ests can take anyone’s breath away with This mysteriously bubble-gum pink lake is
just a glance,
and many tourists flock to
the area every year, year
round; in the
winter, visitors
can ski and
snowboard,
and in the summer some of
the most popular activities
are hiking and
swimming.
There are also
many indoor
places
that
visitors
can
see throughPhoto by Isabel Fernandez
out
Alberta,
One of the many beautiful scenes that Alberta offers during the summer
such as the
Royal Tyrell Museum, the Calgary Tower, home to many different types of birds and
and West Edmonton Mall (complete with has been declared an important bird area by
the world’s largest indoor waterpark and a the BirdLife International Association. This
theme park). Alberta is Canada’s most-vis- lake was investigated in 1980 for its unusual
ited province. Although British Columbia is colour, and they found that table salt is promore mountainous, a survey taken by Aba- duced in solar ponds near the eastern side of
cus Insider found that people wanted to visit the lake.
Jiuzhaigou, China: Jiuzhaigou,
Alberta more than British Columbia.
Lavender
Fields,
Southern also known as the five flower lake, is in ChiFrance: The lavender fields in France are na, part of the Min Mountains, and is known
one of the iconic sites that draw tourists to for its multi-level waterfalls, colourful lakes,
the beautiful destination. The fields are en- and snow-covered peaks. Jiuzhaigou transjoyed by many in car, on bike, or on foot. lates directly to “Nine Village Valley.” The
The lavender blooms around the beginning area was made a national park in 1982 after
of June and lasts until the end of August so much logging took place that the govwhen it is harvested. In August, visitors can ernment had to ban the activity. Since the
also see a mixture of sunflowers and laven- park officially opened, tourist activity has
der while both are in full bloom. The fields increased every year. The number of tourare in the region of Sault, which is in South- ists climbed from 5,000 people in 1984 to
ern France and is Sault’s most famous tourist 170,000 in 1991 to 200,000 in 1997. The
destination. This location is on this list be- water in the lakes is noted as some of the
cause of all of the beautiful purple that cov- clearest water on Earth, making it easy to
ers the land during the summer months.
see all of the flora and fauna that live under
India’s national park, the Val- water, as though the lake were an outdoor
ley of Flowers: This park is located in the aquarium.
west Himalayas and is known for its vari- These destinations are all places
ety of flora. This park is also home to many that Lancers should check out. Almost every
endangered animals, including the Asiatic Lancer would enjoy the rich colours and culblack and brown bears, and snow leopards. tures that come with visiting these beautiful
The flora was inventoried in 1987, 1992, and spots around the world.
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spend less time focusing on more superficial things.
Telling your parents the truth is a great Dear A&G:
idea, as it would gain more respect from “I’m not doing so well in school…
your parents to hear from you rather than I try, but I can’t get my grades up. I want to
if they heard the information from another be really smart and make my parents proud
person.
but I don’t test well and I can’t remember
Dear A&G:
what I study. I don’t want to fail my par “Do you have any advice for ents, I don’t know how to be smarter, and
somebody who is concerned about their ap- I’m desperate for help.”
pearance? I wish I looked better, and my -Anonymous
self-esteem is really low. Whenever I look Dear Anonymous,
in the mirror I hate what it reflects. I don’t Aysha says… I do homework
know if I’m asking for tips on how to be every night. Concentrating on one task at
more confident or what I can do to change, a time can help your workload seem more
but can you help me?”
manageable. If I feel that I am up-to-date
- Anonymous
with my work, I will always review or find
Dear Anonymous,
something to do. Do not let yourself get
Aysha says… Many people are overwhelmed.
never happy with their own appearance. When you study alone, it can be tempting
There will always be something that will to let your focus wander. By studying with
bother you about your appearance. The a responsible friend, you will be less likely
sooner you accept that you are beautiful to shift your focus to something like social
the easier it will be. Sometimes just say- media. You cannot aim for the highest mark
ing in the mirror everyday “I am beautiful” right away. Setting goals that are too high
until you actually believe it can help. Try will only cause you to become discouraged
to focus first on changing your perception if you do not reach them quickly. If you
rather than your appearance. You could make some improvements that is all that
lose twenty pounds and you still might not matters, so set yourself incremental goals.
Grace says… You don’t need to
be happy. It is not too late to start thinking about yourself in a good way. It will make ace every test to be smart. There are differyou happier if you let it go and stop wor- ent subjects you can excel in to make your
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a dangerous point though, please contact specific niche right now, that does not mean
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It does not come from changing yourself, only looking for a higher grade, look at
because changing yourself does not make what questions you have gotten wrong and
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self in the mirror
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your
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like about your
as they could
reflection,
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possibly help
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you with your
can change these
work.
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things to make
went through
yourself feel betschool as well
ter. Do the things
and know how
that you know
you feel.
o
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Étudiants ayant assistés à Français pour l’avenir 2015
High River, Finch fréquentait l’Université de Puis, Richard Bartrem a présenté le discours Illico, Bartrem a décidé qu’il voulait vivre à
Par Cassandra Betts
Calgary il y a quelques années. Avant l’Uni- d›ouverture. Bartrem est maintenant le Calgary avec sa famille, et il a poursuit une
Le 29 avril, plusieurs étudiants versité, Finch était étudiante en immersion vice-président de culture et communications carrière avec WestJet. Encore une fois, son
d’immersion française ont participé au fo- française, mais elle a décidé d’abandonner à WestJet, et il a décrit sa voie vers sa car- bilinguisme lui a servi, et Bartrem a eu un
rum
de
rière actuelle. Un anglophone poste en culture et communications, parce
Français
qui a grandi au Québec, Bartrem que WestJet avait besoin de quelqu’un avec
pour l’avea pratiqué son français en allant une connaisse de la langue et de la culture
nir à l’unià un camp d’été, premièrement française.
versité de
comme campeur et puis comme Quand les discours se sont terC a l g a r y.
moniteur. Il a raconté une his- minés, les ateliers ont commencé. Les étuUne confétoire de comment les autres mo- diants pouvaient choisir deux ateliers parmi
rence
anniteurs lui ont demandé s’il était les six qui ont été offerts, soit le droit, génies
nuelle, dont
en accord avec une décision, et il en herbe, une fenêtre sur le théâtre, viens
le but du
a répondu qu’il était « agréable. faire la danse, le bilinguisme : un passeport
programme
» Même si Bartrem avait honte pour la vie, et votre voix francophone pour
est de céléde son erreur à ce moment-là, il l’avenir. Pour le premier atelier, plusieurs
brer les étua raconté l’histoire pour démon- étudiants de Scarlett ont choisi la session
diants qui
trer que tout le monde commet de droit. Dans cet atelier, les étudiants ont
ont appris
des erreurs quand ils parlent leur participé dans un procès simulé devant le
le français
deuxième ou troisième langue, et tribunal. L’atelier était amusant, informatif
pendant
que les autres vont comprendre. et surtout impressionnant, car cinq avocats
leurs années
Bartrem a aussi parlé de com- certifiés et un juge de la « Court of Queen’s
à l’école et
ment le français l’a aidé dans Bench » étaient présents pour rendre l’exde leur faire
sa carrière. Son premier emploi périence vraisemblable pour les étudiants.
reconnaître
était avec Unilever, la troisième L’honorable juge Anne Brown a présidé le
l’imporplus grande compagnie des biens procès simulé et les étudiants jouaient le
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tance de la Rebecca Dean, Carley Winhold et Kari Pearce, 12e année à Français pour l’avenir en Avril de consommation au monde. rôle greffier et assistants au juge. D’autres
langue penPuis il est allé travailler pour Il- élèves jouaient aussi les rôles d’avocat de la
le français dans ses études post secondaires. lico, une branche de la compagnie HBO au défense et avocat de la couronne, de témoins
dant le reste de leur vie.
Le matin a débuté avec un petit-dé- Pourtant, à l’Université, elle a découvert que Québec. Bartrem a juré que sans son bilin- et de l’accusé. Les étudiants qui n’avaient le
jeuner gratuit pour les étudiants et les profs. le français lui manquait, et elle s’est ins- guisme il n’aurait jamais réussi à occuper ces rôle d’un personnage faisaient partie du juré.
Différents fruits, des pâtisseries, le café et le crite dans des cours FLIP. Les cours FLIP postes avec ces compagnies prestigieuses et Continué à la page 24
thé étaient tous disponibles, et après s’être sont dans cours que l’Université de Calgary compétitives. Après quelques années avec
rassasiés ils sont retournés à leur table pour offre en français, dans des matières comme
le début de l’événement. Le premier dis- l’archéologie, la biologie, l’économie, la
cours a été prononcé par une figure publique géographie et la musique. Après avoir pris
bien connue à Calgary et le reste du pays : le plusieurs cours FLIP, Finch a décidé de
maire Nenshi. Bien que le maire Nenshi n’a changer sa carrière et de devenir enseignante
pas pu venir à l’université de Calgary parce en immersion. Pour Finch, le français était
que c’était la journée de « Mayor for a Day une partie essentielle de son identité qu’elle
» il a tout de même pris le temps de faire une ne pouvait pas abandonner. Le thème de la
vidéo pour montrer à la conférence. Même conférence était les voix/voies vers l’avenir.
si plusieurs Calgariens ne le savent pas, le En redécouvrant sa voix française, Finch a
maire Nenshi parle le français, et il a parlé découvert sa voie pour la vie. Le discours
de comment la connaissance de la langue lui de Finch était motivant, surtout pour les
a servi pendant sa vie et ses années comme étudiants de douzième année qui quittent le
maire. Il a aussi dit que même si les étudiants programme d’immersion française l’année
qui ont appris le français comme deuxième prochaine. Le message de Finch était rassuou troisième langue ne la maîtrise pas né- rant, parce que cela a laissé les étudiants sacessairement, les francophones apprécient voir que peu importe où ils iront ou ce qu’ils
toujours l’effort que les étudiants font pour feront ils vont toujours trouver des façons
parler leur langue.
d’utiliser le français.
Après la présentation vidéo du Après le discours de Finch, Valère
maire Nenshi, Christa Finch est venue pro- Gagnon de l’Université de Calgary a parlé
noncer un discours sur comment elle a dé- du programme FLIP, et Sasha Wowkodaw
couvert sa voix française. Maintenant en- a parlé d’autres opportunités pour les étuPhoto par Cassandra Betts
Kate Read, Natasha Pye, et Sarah Miao, 12 annèe avant de manger le petit-déjeuner graduit
seignante à l›école secondaire Highwood à diants d’utiliser le français à l’Université.
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La région de la Lorraine se situe
dans le coin nord-ouest de la France, et
est subdivisée en quatre départements
distincts : la Meurthe–et–Moselle, la
Meuse, la Moselle et les Vosges. Parmi le
pays au complet, elle est le seul territoire
à partager ses frontières avec trois pays
étrangers : la Belgique, l’Allemagne et le
Luxembourg. À part que l’ouest et le sud
de la Lorraine, qui étaient industrialisés
pendant la révolution industrielle, la région
est plutôt rurale aujourd’hui avec des
collines escarpées, des forets mythiques
et des lacs cristallin. Plusieurs voyageurs
ont dit après leur visite que le paysage se
semble à la Suisse, calmant et reposant.
Comme la région d’Alsace, la
Lorraine, elle aussi, contient plusieurs
aspects
culturels
de
l’Allemagne,
notamment à la Moselle où les gens ont parlé
l’allemand historiquement. Aujourd’hui,
la langue française domine la région mais
il y a des efforts gérés pour renaitre les
anciennes langues. Par exemple, les enfants
sont encouragés à apprendre le lorrain, un
dialecte roman qui est très peu utilisé à
présent, et le francique lorrain, un dialecte
du moyen allemand qui a une vitalité
relativement élevée. De plus, plusieurs
panneaux dans les rues sont maintenant
bilingues, au lieu d’inclure uniquement le
français.
Historiquement, on peut trouver
un symbole patriotique venu de la Lorraine
qui porte le nom la croix de Lorraine.
Cette croix d’héraldique comporte une
ligne verticale avec deux autres lignes
horizontales qui croisent la première.
Une modification du symbole est lorsque
les deux lignes horizontales varient en
longueur, où celle trouvée en haut est plus
courte. La raison pour laquelle cette croix
est connue comme un symbole patriotique
pour la France est parce que les Français
ont utilisé la croix de Lorraine pendant
l’occupation des Nazis dans la Première
Guerre Mondiale. Des drapeaux avec la
croix ont été montés sur des bateaux et des
avions comme un symbole pour libérer
la France. De plus, on peut trouver cette
croix sur l’ordre de la libération qui est une
reconnaissance pour des Français qui ont
essayé de libérer la République.
Il y a aussi plusieurs plats
traditionnels qui sont connus en France,
produits initialement dans la Lorraine. Par
exemple, la potée Lorraine est célébrée
dans l’état et elle est relativement facile à
cuire. C’est un type de soupe, où on peut
inclure de la viande, comme le porc, avec
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fréquemment utilisées dans la Lorraine.
Un autre plat connu est la quiche lorraine,
qui est un plat français très populaire dans
les autres pays européens. Servie chaude
comme hors-d’œuvre ou comme entrée,
elle est une tarte cuite avec du fromage, de
la viande, des fruits de mer et des légumes.
Si on désire, on peut mettre du lardon
dedans aussi.
Plusieurs styles célébrés du
fromage viennent de la Lorraine comme le
Carré de l’Est, le Brouère et le Munster. Le
premier est facile à deviner à cause de son
nom, parce que le fromage est justement
un carré qui vient de l’est de la France. Il
est produit à partir du lait de vache et est
âgé pendant cinq semaines avant qu’on le
serve. Le Brouère vient du département
des Vosges et c’est un type du fromage
très unique. Sa forme est produite avec du
bois, et puis les sculpteurs artisans vont
mettre des motifs distincts sur le fromage
qui donne au Brouère une touche spéciale.
Le dernier, le Munster, est probablement le
fromage le plus célébré dans la Lorraine. En
fait, c’est assez reconnu que le fromage est
protégé depuis 1996 dans les pays qui font
partie de l’Union Européenne. Il porte le
nom de la ville dans laquelle il est produit,
et le Munster, lui aussi, est produit à partir
du lait de vache. Ce fromage a une odeur
très forte mais un gout doux à manger.
La période de temps qui est idéale pour la
consommation est entre mai et octobre.
En plus de la cuisine délicieuse
que la Lorraine nous offre, il y a plusieurs
sites touristiques et villes à visiter aussi.
Par exemple, la ville de Verdun n’est pas
manquée par les touristes qui passent par le
département de la Meuse. Elle est la plus
grande ville dans son département et elle
était un des plus grands champs de bataille
pendant la Première Guerre Mondiale,
entre la France et l’Empire allemand. Aujourd’hui, on peut y trouver plusieurs cimetières et un des plus grands est l’Ossuaire de
Douaumont où plus de 13 000 croix ornent
l’ancien champ de bataille. Ce cimetière est
une nécropole nationale, c’est-à-dire, un cimetière militaire appartenant à l’état français.
Même si la Lorraine n’est pas un
site touristique aussi populaire comparativement à la région d’Alsace, on peut voir
qu’elle est quand même unique à visiter.
Avec une grande sélection de cuisine célébrée qu’on peut explorer et des monuments
militaires de la Première Guerre Mondiale,
où on peut retourner au passé, c’est clair
que la Lorraine est une région avec une histoire riche qu’on peut visiter.
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Pendant l’atelier, les élèves faisaient partie d’un procès dans lequel une
fille a volé un lecteur de MP3 d’un magasin. La cour devait déterminer si la fille
avait l›intention de voler, ou si c›était un
accident. Les vrais avocats sont sortis avec
les étudiants qui jouaient les avocats, et ils
leur ont donné des conseils sur comment
gagner le dossier. Les avocats parlaient tous
français, même si ce n’était pas leur langue
maternelle, et après que le procès soit terminé, ils ont pris le temps de parler avec les
étudiants à propos de leur carrière en droit.
D’autres élèves de Scarlett ont participé dans les ateliers « génies en herbe »
et « viens faire la danse. » Pendant « génies
en herbe » les étudiants ont joué à un jeu
de quizz sur les connaissances générales en
français. Le groupe de Scarlett a excellé, surtout dans le domaine des maths. La session
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allait, elle a toujours pu communiquer avec
des gens, soit en utilisant l’anglais ou le français. De plus, elle a dit que quand on voyage
à l’étranger, les gens de la région apprécient
beaucoup quand les touristes font un effort
pour parler leur langue, même si c’est seulement quelques mots.
L’autre atelier auquel des étudiants
de Scarlett ont participé était « une fenêtre
sur le théâtre. » Inouk Touzin, acteur et directeur artistique du Théâtre à Pic de Calgary a parlé aux étudiants à propos de ses
expériences avec le théâtre francophone en
Alberta. Puis, les étudiants ont essayé de
faire leurs propres productions avec un peu
d’improvisation.
Pour finir la journée, Français pour
l’avenir avait plusieurs prix à distribuer. Les
gagnants des prix étaient déterminés par un
tirage au sort de tous les noms des gens qui
ont participé à la conférence. Des bouteilles
d’eau, des sacs, des cartes cadeau et d’autres
Photo par Sarah Miao
Taylor Sisson, Cecily Letendre, Carley Winhold, Rebecca Dean, et Kari Pearce, 12e année après
l’atelier « génies en herbe » où elles ont joué à un jeu de quizz sur les connaissances générales
danses traditionnelles des régions françaises.
Les étudiants ont appris le quadrille, et une
danse de la Grèce qu’ils ont présentée pour
le reste des participants à la fin de la journée.
Quand le premier atelier s’est terminé, on
leur a servi un dîner délicieux composé de
pâtes, de poulet, de salade, de pain à l’ail, et
des cannolos à la framboise. Après le repas,
tout le monde est reparti vers leur deuxième
atelier. La majorité des étudiants de Scarlett
faisaient partie de l’atelier « le bilinguisme
: un passeport pour la vie. » Cet atelier était
centré sur le tourisme pour les francophones
en Alberta. Julie Fafard, la directrice du
développement touristique en Alberta, a
parlé de ses expériences comme guide touristique international, et puis comment elle
s’est finalement établit en Alberta. Pendant
sa jeunesse, elle a été guide touristique dans
plusieurs pays dont la Turquie et la Grèce, et
elle a raconté comment, peu importe où elle
prix ont tous été tirés. Plusieurs prix sont
allés aux étudiants de Lord Beaverbrook et
d’autres écoles, mais personne de Scarlett
n’a été pigé. Les étudiants étaient un peu découragés, et quand ils ont tiré le dernier nom
pour le premier prix, un iPad mini, personne
de Scarlett ne s’attendait à gagner. Chose
étonnante, le nom Christina Ginn, 12e année, a été tiré, et tout le monde de Scarlett a
applaudi avec beaucoup d’enthousiasme.
Dans l’ensemble, l’événement a
été un grand succès. Les étudiants avaient
l’occasion de rencontrer des personnages
intéressants et brillants comme l’honorable
Anne Brown, et d’apprendre comment utiliser leur français après avoir gradué du secondaire. C’était une journée amusante et les
élevés se souviendront définitivement d’une
excellent conclusion à leurs années d’école
secondaire en immersion française.
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La vida de Celia Cruz: La Reina de la Salsa Cubana
el salario que un maestro gana en un mes.
By
Isabel Fernandez
Celia Cruz fue la definición del
icono en el mundo de la música latina. Fue
apodada la reina de la salsa desde el principio de su carrera, Celia Cruz fue una de las
cantantes latinas más recordadas y queridas
de la historia musical . Cruz tuvo una carrera
muy exitosa hasta el momento en que ella
falleció a la edad de 77 años. En el transcurso de su carrera, Celia Cruz ganó 6 premios Grammy y grabó más de 25 álbumes.
Celia llegó desde La Habana, Cuba,
con el nombre de Ursula Hilaria Celia de la
Cruz de Alfonso. A medida que creció, y
avanzó más en la música y la danza, Cruz fue
conocida solo por su nombre artístico Celia
Cruz. Otros apodos que Cruz tenía eran, “La
Reina de la Salsa” y “La Guarachera de Cuba”.
Nacida el 21 de octubre de 1925, de
una familia con un hermano mayor y
dos menores Cruz se metió en la música desde muy temprano en su vida.
El clima musical diverso de La
Habana influenció la metamorfosis musical de Celia en una mezcla de muchos estilos diferentes, ya que muchos músicos
diferentes influenciaron su carrera. Algunos de los más influyentes de estos músicos
fueron Fernando Colaso, Ablerado Barroso, Pablo Quevedo, y Arsenio Rodríguez.
Cuando Fidel Castro tomó el control de Cuba en 1959, Cruz y su esposo, Pedro Knight se negaron a regresar a su país
de origen y decidieron quedarse en Estados
Unidos. Poco después de su decisión de quedarse, Cruz consiguió contratos discográficos
que eventualmente conducen a ocho álbumes
semi-exitosos con Tico Records. Después
de que los discos no tuvieron tanto éxito
como la compañía quería, Celia y su manager se unieron VayaRecords, que conducen
a su canto en Carnegie Hall, acompañado
por el pianista consumado, Larry Harlow.
En 1947, Cruz completó un álbum con
Johnny Pacheco, titulado, Celia y Johnny
que tuvo tanto éxito que Celia pronto se
encontró formando parte del grupo ilustre llamado la Fania All-Stars. Con este
grupo, Celia tuvo la oportunidad de recorrer Inglaterra, Francia, y lo que entonces era conocido como Zaire, ahora conocida como la República Democrática del
Congo, y para volver a América Latina
para otra gira. Su actuación en el Zaire
fue grabado para la película Soul Power.
En 1990, Cruz ganó su primer
premio Grammy por Mejor Interpretación
Tropical América que interpretó Ray Barretto con la canción Ritmo En El Corazón. Más tarde ese mismo año grabó su álbum
quimioterapia, pero al final la lucha era demasiado dura y falleció en su casa a la edad
de 77 años con su familia a su lado. Antes de
tar la Reina de la Salsa en su lugar de descanso final. Cuatro años más tarde, el esposo
de Celia se reunió con ella en el mausoleo.
Su último álbum,
Regalo de la Alma,
ganó un premio en
Premio Lo Nuestro
la Mejor Salsa del
Año en 2004, y la
comunidad en gran
medida
Cubana
de Unión Perk en
Nueva Jersey encabezó su anual desfile del día de Cuba
al nombrar a su
parque local de la
Cruz Parque Celia,
también
conocida
como la Celia Cruz
Plaza, que cuenta
con una acera dedicada a ella. En 2005
Foto por Isabel Fernandez
se anunció que habWenonah North Peigan, Grado 11, bailando suave a la musica de Celia
ría una película essu entierro, su cuerpo fue llevado a Miami tilo
documental
titulado
Azucar!
Torre de la Libertad, donde más de 200.000 Celia Cruz, hasta el día de hoy sigue siendo
aficionados pagaron su respeto definitivo a la cantante latina más querida de su generla estrella latina. El esposo de Celia la enter- ación. La Reina de la Salsa vivirá en los próxró en un mausoleo en el Bronx, Nueva York, imos años en el corazón de sus aficionados y
donde la pareja vivía. El mausoleo tiene ven- su alma va a sobrevivir a través de su música.
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Un estudiante eschuchando a Yo Virire, un cancion de Celia que es muy popular en su telefono
Su carrera musical comenzó en su
adolescencia, cuando su tía se la llevaba a
ella y a su prima a cantar en los cabarets. Cruz comenzó a aparecer en el show más
popular de la radio de la Habana, la “Hora
del Té” en el canal Radio García-Serra. Su
primera grabación fue en 1948 en Venezuela.
No todo el mundo en su vida apoyaba sus
aspiraciones de convertirse en una cantante, su padre la animaba a asistir a la escuela con el fin de convertirse en maestra.
Lo que realmente animó a Cruz fue el
hecho de que uno de sus profesores le dijo
que como cantante en un día podía hacer
de aniversario con La Sonora Matancera.
Su éxito continuó subiendo cuando ella
lanzó una película con Antonio Banderas
llamada Los reyes del mambo en 1992, y
en 1994, cuando el presidente Bill Clinton
le otorgó la Medalla Nacional de las Artes.
En ese mismo año, Cruz fue incluida en
el Salón de la Fama del Latin Billboards.
Celia Cruz falleció en 2003 de
cáncer de cerebro. Después de una carrera
muy exitosa y una vida privada muy humilde
y feliz, la Reina de la Salsa perdió a los tratamientos contra el cáncer. El apoyo siempre
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The music never stopped: The Grateful Dead reunite for
five summer shows for the first time in twenty years
last show Garcia ever played. Garcia passed and three on the very site that they played putting the Chicago shows together and they
By Aaron Schmidtke
away from a heart attack at age 53 in a Cali- their last show, Soldier Field in Chicago, in are thinking about opening up the stadium
It was a warm California day in fornia drug rehabilitation facility a month to early July. The three gigs played in Chicago 360 degrees, meaning that they will open up
1965. The sun was shining and the smell of the day of his last show, August 9. Garcia on July 3, 4, and 5 will be available on Pay seats behind the stage and offer general adpizza filled the air. Wait, what? This new up- died as a musician first, and a guitar player Per View (PPV) or if people are not able to mission on the field to stimulate the groovy
and-coming band of twenty-something year- second despite being ranked 46th in Rolling catch the event on PPV, it will also be ac- atmosphere.
old California natives just picked up
The Fare Thee Well tour will featheir first gig at Magoo’s Pizza Parlor
ture many of the bands’ original memin Menlo Park, California. This band
bers including Weir, Lesh, Kreutzmann,
was under the name The Warlocks.
and Hart and also include Bruce HornCoincidentally, another up-and-comsby and Jeff Chimenti who both played
er on the East Coast was under that
with the band throughout the years.
name as well, an iconic band we now
Many may observe that there is a noknow as The Velvet Underground.
ticeable opening remaining: Garcia’s
At Magoo’s, the band played their
breath-taking guitar and signature vofirst three shows as a group and concals. This spot will be played by Phish’s
tinued playing small venues throughfrontman, Trey Anastasio. Let’s not be
out the year of ’65. A few months
mistaken; Anastasio certainly realizes
later, the band decided to change their
he cannot replace Garcia but he will
name to The Grateful Dead. There
simply play in respect of the legend.
are numerous stories to how the band
These tours have offered a great
landed on naming themselves The
deal of confusion with the possible inGrateful Dead (the Dead). The stories
clusion of additional shows, multiple
range from smoking the psychedelic
reports questioning if bandmates will
be in attendance, and the rumours of the
drug DMT and coming up with the
Dead going on a full-length tour with
renowned title by simply opening
John Mayer instead of Anastasio in Ocup a Folklore dictionary and landing
on the words “grateful” and “dead.”
tober. Whether these rumours are true
Whatever the case may be, the legor not, this further proves the exact idea
the Dead represents: the need to wanendary name stuck with the band and
der.
stuck with the fans or “Deadheads”
The Dead are not only dubbed as
through the highs and lows of the hipthe “pioneering Godfathers of the jam
pie movement.
Fast-forward to July of
band world” but they have left a little
1995. It was back-to-back concerts at
piece of themselves in every generation.
Soldier Field in Chicago in front of
Whether one grew up in the ‘60s, ‘70s,
61,500 fans and “The Vibe” was at
‘80s, ‘90s, or present day, the Dead conPhoto by Aaron Schmidtke
an all-time high. “The Vibe” is a term Jane Geller, Grade 11, absolutely kills it on the saxophone just like the Grateful Dead do every performance nected fans with their unique charm and
used to describe the Dead’s intangible
influential sound. Each song speaks to
element that elevates their performances into Stone’s 100 Greatest Guitarists.
cessible on Video On Demand (VOD). The a generation differently and each generation
Now, let us jump ahead another platform that PPV and VOD will be viewed has formed associations with these songs.
a symphonic sensation. They opened with “Touch of Grey” and closed with “Box of twenty years to present day. This summer, on is unannounced at this time. The concert This generation should feel truly blessed that
Rain.” This ’95 runaway show featured Bob the Dead will conquer the stage once again will not only be featured on these formats. In they are alive to witness such a historic and
Weir on the guitar and vocals, Phil Lesh on to celebrate the fifty-year anniversary of the between shows will be taped interviews, live groovy event. The world will have a chance
bass and vocals, Bill Kreutzmann on drums, band and twenty-year anniversary of Gar- interviews with fans, a short documentary to bid one final fare thee well and on behalf
Mickey Hart also on drums, and the legend- cia’s death in a tour called “Fare Thee Well” film about the Dead and more.
of Deadheads everywhere, may I say what a
Dead 50 is on track to be the big- long, strange trip it has been.
ary Jerry Garcia on guitar and vocals. At or otherwise known as Dead 50. The tour the time, Deadheads did not know this, but will consist of five shows. There will be two gest single act concert event of the year.
the latter of the back-to-backs would be the shows in Santa Clara, California in late June Madison House Presents is the group that is
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Otafest: Calgary’s Annual Japanese Festival at U of C
League where attendees can bring their Nin
tendo DS and battle it out with other attend
One of the most popular annual ees and designated gym leaders to collect
events hosted at the University of Calgary badges. The Pokémon League also features
is Otafest, a festival/convention based on other related events such as Poke-lympics,
Japanese culture, anime, manga, and video open battles, and an egg swap event. Anygames. This year will be the sixteenth anni- one interested should prepare a team within
versary for this club-started festival, and it Pokémon and head to Otafest to claim their
will take place from May 15-17 during the badges. May long weekend hosted at U
of C. Admission
is $50 at the door,
and will allow attendees to enter
the vendor hall
and artist alley,
along with attending various panels, events, and
being able to see
celebrity guests.
This year’s theme
is space.
There
are many activities to partake in
at Otafest, such as
Photo by Helen Trang
attending community-run panels, A special lanyard souvenier from the 2013 edition of Otafest, held at U of C
visiting the open
gaming room, or even having a snack at the As Otafest is a non-profit organization that
maid café. Otafest is a volunteer-run event donates their profits to a charity of their
and all of the panels are run by attendees and choice, there are many different ways they
volunteers. Panels can be based on a vari- raise funds to donate. One is the maid café
ety of subjects, and can feature many differ- where attendees can make a reservation and
ent activities such as improvisation games, purchase snacks and drinks that are served
trivia-based games on a TV show, anime, by volunteers dressed as maids, and there is
manga, or video game, or some are purely usually some sort of dance performance as
informational and educate attendees on cer- well. Another way Otafest raises money is
by selling VIP passes, but these usually sell
tain aspects of Japanese culture. A major highlight for Otafest is the Pokémon out very early in the year.
By Helen Trang
Black Widow vs.
Captain America
The beginning of May signals the
end of a long wait for many of Marvel’s
fans. Fans of the comics and movies alike
have waited anxiously for the release of the
second Avengers movie, Avengers: Age of
Ultron, which was at last released to theatres
in North America on May 1.
Since the announcement of the
movie, it has generated much buzz, raising
expectations dramatically, all the while
promising to fulfill them. In honour of the
release of what is quite possibly Marvel’s
biggest film, the superheroes this month are
Black Widow and Captain America. Both
members of the Avengers, they are both
powered by super-soldier serum, in addition
By Loula Agelopoulos
to their training and skills. Two very similar,
yet very different characters, only one of
them can be the winner.
Origin
Natalia “Natasha” Romanova (The
Black Widow) was born in 1928 in Stalingrad,
Russia. She was orphaned at a young age,
when Nazis set fire to the building she and
her parents were living in. Her mother saved
Natasha by throwing her out the window
to a Russian soldier, Ivan Petrovitch.
Petrovitch took care of Romanova, raising
her until she was forced to join the “Red
Room” facility in order to save Petrovitch’s
life. As part of the operation, Romanova
was biotechnologically and psycho-
For
all of those
gamers that
wish to play
with
other
people in a
community
setting, Otafest offers an
open gaming
room where
many different consoles
and games are
Photo by Helen Trang
set up for any
Otafest
is
a
festival/convention
based
on
Japanese
culture,
anime,
manga, and
attendees to
video games that typically has a particular theme associated with it each year
play with. In
the past there
tendees through this weekend are to firstly
has been PCs set up to play League of Leg- plan how to get to the university. Whether it
ends and Starcraft, along with PlayStation is via transit, taxi, or car, plan out the route
consoles and Xboxes. and how long it will take to ensure that it
There are also a variety of musical does not cause any conflicts with any events.
events over the course of the weekend such Prepare a budget and set very firm and strict
as concerts and dances. This year the head- restrictions on what money is to be used
lining band is a visual kei Japanese rock band for what, and withdraw cash beforehand as
named UCHUSENTAI: NOIZ. The dance many vendors and artists only accept cash.
will be DJ’d by Lightning Knights who have Shop smart in the vendor hall and artist alley
been responsible for most of the dances in by taking a look around before committing
Otafest’s past. UCHUSENTAI: NOIZ will to buy anything; there might be a vendor ofnot be the only celebrity guest, however, as fering the same item for a lower price, and
Otafest has quite the impressive lineup this often many vendors will allow attendees to
year. There are a variety of cosplay guests barter with them for lower prices. Lastly,
including Meg Turney, Yumi Akai, and Jes- and probably the most important tip of all
sica Merizan. A large industry guest that will remember to bring a water bottle and keep
be present this year is FUNIMATION which hydrated. is a leading anime company in North Amer- Otafest has never disappointed
ica. Toby Proctor and Linda Ballantyne will before, and this year is sure to thrill all atalso be making an appearance, and they are tendees just like every other year. Make sure
both commonly known for their roles as the to buy tickets early, and start to plan what
voice actors of Sailor Moon and Tuxedo panels and events are interesting and worthMask respectively. while to attend. Head over to otafest.com for
A few helpful tips to help get all at- more information and to buy tickets.
technologically enhanced, increasing her application. None of his attempts succeeded
lifespan and granting her prolonged youth. in gaining him acceptance into the army;
She was also brainwashed into following however, they did bring him to the attention
the Soviets’ instructions, as well as being of Dr. Abraham Erskine. Erskine was
given false memories of being a ballerina to looking for suitable applicants for Operation
ensure her loyalty. Romanova spent years as Rebirth, an attempt to create an army of
a KGB spy, even stealing from Tony Stark super-soldiers. Roger’s dedication and good
for them at one point. She eventually met intentions made him an ideal candidate
Hawkeye, though, and felt an attraction to and the program gave him increased
him. She used their feelings to use him to speed, flexibility, strength, endurance, and
help her in her missions, but her feelings for agility. His newfound abilities, along with
him eventually became one of the reasons his unwavering dedication and optimistic
she finally rid herself of the KGB. In her attitude, earned him the title of Captain
attempts to defect from the Soviet Union, America. From then on, he went on to fight
she was brainwashed into compliance, and the Nazis, before his plane being plunged
was pit against the Avengers. When she was into the sea near the North Pole. He was
able to break free of the KGB’s control, she revived, though, years later, and joined the
turned against them, joining the Avengers Avengers, continuing his crime-fighting
and eventually SHIELD.
career.
In comparison to Black Widow, Roger’s origin is a tale of dedication
Captain America’s origins are quite clean- and persistence. His good intentions were
cut. The outbreak of the Second World War rewarded, and his positive attitude helped
inspired Steve Rogers to join the US army. him succeed, while Black Widow’s origins
He wanted to serve his country and help are riddled with times of criminal activity,
defeat the Nazis, but he was repeatedly during which she was exactly the kind of
rejected. His skinny build and problematic person most superheroes would hunt down.
health made him a failing candidate for the
army, forcing him to even try forging his
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TVs, which have been around for
almost a century, were originally created
with a convex screen. The original TV was
called a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) TV. For
a long time, televisions were like this until the flat screen TV was created. The flat
screen was a large step from a technologi-
more expensive than regular flat screens.
With an increase in price, one would expect
a step up in viewing experiences; however,
it is not much better than an ordinary flat
screen TV.
Aside from the downfalls, there
are some theoretical advantages. A more
engaging experience is what the TV is
supposed to deliver; however, to see this
Photo by Aiden Wong
Curved TVs are now readily available to excited consumers at electronics stores like Best Buy
cal standpoint because it provides for better quality, larger screens, and saves much
more space without the large box on the
back. For a long time, the flat screen was
the future for televisions, until 2013.
2013 was big for technology with
introductions to smart watches and virtual
reality. During that year, the first versions
of curved TVs (this time concave) were introduced by Samsung and LG at the CES
(Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas; however, they did not make it into ordinary homes until 2015. CES is an annual
tradeshow that showcases all the new and
upcoming technology for users to test out
hands-on. This is always a major event that
many tech consumers attend.
Curved TVs were marketed in a
way to provide for a more immersive experience, also allowing for a wider field
of view. This creation, however, has some
major downsides. The most severe issue is
the precise viewing angle the TV requires.
Much like a movie theatre, there are optimal seats and imperfect seats, and with the
curved TV, if one is offset from the centre,
the images may seem distorted. This may
not be a big problem when watching alone,
but watching with a number of people could
pose a complication.
Curved TVs are also expensive for
manufacturers to produce and even more
costly for consumers to purchase. Prices
of curved TVs can be thousands of dollars
difference, one would need a much larger
screen than normal. Along with this, viewers would need to be up close to the TV to
receive the benefits. In an ordinary home,
families would not necessarily want to buy
such a large TV and have to be so close to it
to watch shows and movies.
As of now, manufacturers have
not given consumers facts to convince them
to buy curved TVs; however, it still is an
impressive idea companies have created.
The release of curved TVs is similar to 3D
TVs, as they too have not been a major success. The lack of popularity of 3D TVs has
several reasons. 3D is bad for viewers eyes.
One in four people watching 3D TV have
complaints of eye strain, headaches, or a
desire to vomit. Aside from this, there has
been no real desire from consumers to have
this product. 3D TVs have been around for
a longer time than coloured film, yet companies still have not found a way to make
this technology a success.
Curved and 3D TVs have not been
quite a success, but they both hold potential to open up new doors to different forms
of technology. Technology in the form of
wrist watches and phones like the Gear S
and Samsung Galaxy Edge. With the disadvantages curved TVs hold and the image
consumers already have of them, it is unlikely that they will become as successful
as flat screens.
May 2015
Top 5 most underrated
movies of summer 2015
3. Pixels
Adam Sandler has had a rough
time trying to make a decent movie in the
past few years, but that could all change
with his newest film Pixels. The storyline
begins in 1982 when NASA launches a
capsule into space in order to make peace
with extraterrestrial life containing images
and footage of Earth’s life and culture. The
aliens, however, mistake the capsule as a
declaration of war and launch an attack on
Earth using giant versions of classic video
game characters such as Pac-Man and
Donkey Kong. Now Sam Brenner (Sandler)
must call together retro gamers Frank “The
Crank” Evans (Peter Dinklage) and Neil
Jackson (Josh Gad, the voice of Olaf from
Frozen) to fight the aliens. With an all-star
cast and plenty of video game references,
Pixels is sure to be a sleeper hit when it lands
in theatres July 24.
2. Straight Outta Compton
This biopic chronicles the lives of
rappers Ice Cube, Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, MC Ren,
and DJ Yella, and the rise and fall of their rap
group N.W.A. Taking place in the late ‘80s
and ‘90s, in a time when the Los Angeles
district of Compton was the most dangerous
place to live, Straight Outta Compton
shows how five young adults took a stand
against
racial
antagonism and
revolutionized
music and pop
culture by telling
the truth about
life in the hood.
The film will hit
theatres August
14.
1. Southpaw
A film
that is sure to
get
Academy
Award attention,
Southpaw
follows boxer
Billy Hope (Jake
Gyllenhaal) at
height of
Photo by James Ewart the
his fame who
Jamal Ladipo. Grade 12, enjoys watching blockbsuters such as
Avengers: Age of Ultron as well as undarrated films such as Maggie retires so he can
spend more time
Grenier) and his friends E (Kevin Connolly), with his wife Maureen (Rachel McAdams)
Turtle (Jerry Ferrara), and Drama (Kevin and daughter Leila (Oona Laurence), but
Dillon). Vince wants to make a movie with when Maureen is accidently shot and killed
studio executive Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven) at a party, and Billy loses Leila to Child
but they must overcome conflicting events Protection Services due to his destructive
such as the arrival of E’s baby, loan sharks, behaviour, he seeks help from trainer Titus
a budget that goes $15 million over, and “Tick” Wills (Forest Whitaker) to return to
his friends’ mischievous antics. The film is the world of boxing so he can reunite with
sure to entertain with its comedic story and Leila. Although the film looks fantastic,
list of cameos including (but not limited to) it would probably be better suited for a
Liam Neeson, Mark Wahlberg, Jessica Alba, fall release. Nevertheless, Gyllenhaal is
Armie Hammer, Emily Ratajowski, Pharrell becoming one of the most credible actors in
Williams, and Ronda Rousey. The film is set Hollywood and should provide this film with
a strong release on July 24.
to release June 3.
By James Ewart
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In a year filled with superheroes,
dinosaurs, and space battles, moviegoers
will probably overlook some of the films on
this list. However, those who will want to
catch a break from explosion-filled action
sequences can check out the following films.
5. Maggie
With the success of the popular
show The Walking Dead and movies such as
World War Z and Shaun of the Dead, there
is no denying that zombies are a popular
trend. Although there are many titles in
the genre, most of them are simply there
to provide scares and cool zombie killings
with little reference to how the humans are
affected by the events. In contrast, Maggie
is a drama that focuses on a man and how
he is affected by the events surrounding him,
rather than simply providing cheap thrills
for the audience. The film follows Wade
(Arnold Schwarzenegger) as he protects
his daughter Maggie (Abigail Breslin) until
she transforms into a zombie. Maggie was
released in theatres on May 8.
4. Entourage
Based on the HBO series of the
same name, Entourage chronicles the
career of movie star Vincent Chase (Adrian
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April Gaming in Review:
If Bloodborne did not cause
enough excitement for From
Software’s transition to next-gen,
then the April 7 release of Dark
Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin
certainly did. The game follows an
unnamed protagonist who travels
through a dangerous land filled
with magic and mythical beasts
in order to lift a curse. Although it
is, at its core, an updated version
of the game for PS4 and Xbox
One, it also includes downloadable
content and expanded multiplayer
capacity. April 14 was another big day in
2015 gaming as Grand Theft Auto
V was released for PC and Mortal
Kombat X arrived on PS3, PS4,
Xbox 360 and Xbox One. The
latest Mortal Kombat has received
many positive reviews from
critics, and NetherRealm Studios
has proven itself once again as
the king of fighting games. While
the above-mentioned games are
receiving plenty of press, there are
some games in the past that did not
get much attention but are notable.
Gamer Guide’s Top 5 Underrated
Games:
5. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground
Zeroes
While many are looking forward
to playing the official fifth
installment, Phantom Pain, in
September, it was last year’s
Ground Zeroes that set up fans for
the main event. In this game, black
ops agent Snake must infiltrate
a highly classified site in Cuba
called Camp Omega and rescue
several important assets. The game
combines the necessity for stealth
seen in previous installments with
the cover and weaponry systems
used in the Splinter Cell series.
Although it received mediocre
reviews, the game is incredibly
fun to play and serves as a perfect
prologue to Phantom Pain.
4.Watch Dogs
Although it was recognized by
gamers as one of 2014’s biggest
disappointments, this game about
a hacker exacting revenge is one
of the most intriguing games that
Ubisoft has released. It brings
players to a world in which just
about everything is recording them
and their activities, and nothing is
private anymore. The gameplay is
a bit reminiscent of Grand Theft
Auto, but the features that players
can use in the game are almost
unlimited. What makes this game
truly stand out is that it shows a
reality that is not so fictional.
3. Assassin’s Creed: Rogue
With
the
seventh
generation of consoles coming to
By Dominic Caston
first attempt at a live action Daredevil (Ben Affleck), this live action
Netflix series captures the essence
of Matt Murdock in the most trueto-form realistic and iconic way to
date. Cox is both captivating and
intriguing, as audiences slowly see
how he has been shaped into the
man he is today through a series of
flashbacks. However, Cox’s performance is not the only masterful
interpretation of old familiar characters.
It has long been known
that the arch rival of Daredevil,
the man without fear, is none other than the brutal monster known
as Wilson Fisk a.k.a. the Kingpin
(Vincent D’Onofrio). Although
this series is titled after the Charlie
Cox character, it is really an origin
story for both Matt Murdock and
Wilson Fisk. A major theme of this
show is the juxtaposition of the two
characters that are both extremely
similar in how they perceive Hell’s
Kitchen yet the way they go about
their work is entirely different
from one another. While Murdock
tries to clean up the city through
his vigilantism, Fisk tries to reinvent the city through extreme force
and controlled crime. What makes
these characters so compelling is
that fact that viewers can understand them when they look at the
world from the others’ points of
view. While Murdock character’s
is more naïve and brash, Wilson is
a cross between a child and monster making him a terrifying and
worthy foe for the protagonist.
Other supporting characters such
as Foggy Nelson and Karen Page
are fantastic in filling in their roles,
even on occasion out-shining the
leads.
As the story progresses viewers
find that Matt, Foggy, and Karen
are thrown into a desperate and
hopeless battle against Fisk and
his near-unlimited amount of resources. With all of Hell’s Kitchen
at stake and time dwindling on
the clock, the heroes are forced to
work to their full capacity all to
stop Fisk and his criminal empire.
In the final climatic battle between
Murdock and Fisk, Murdock finally dons his superhero persona
as the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen, becoming a symbol to be feared and a
force to be reckoned with.
So far the only complaint for the
series is that thirteen episodes are
not enough. While the finale was
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an end and more interest arising
in the next generation, it was easy
for gamers to forget about what
could be the last Assassin’s Creed
game for the PS3 and Xbox 360.
This rare gem, however, plays a
bigger role in the series than one
might assume. For starters, the
playable character is a Templar,
the antagonist of the secret
Assassin-Templar war that wages
on throughout the series. The naval
combat system has improved, and
it is easier to interact with land
and sea than in Assassin’s Creed
IV: Black Flag. It also ties in with
Assassin’s Creed: Unity. Ubisoft
may not have had the best year, but
if Rogue has proven anything, it is
that the Templar side of the saga is
one worth telling.
2. Plants vs. Zombies: Garden
Warfare
This hit mobile game
makes the transition to consoles as
a third-person shooter with classes,
stats, bases, and open maps. Angry
Birds did the same a couple of years
ago and it was exactly the same as
their mobile version, but here the
game offers new playing styles and
modes. Plants do not have to stick
to one spot, and there is even the
option to play on the zombie side.
The game is fun but is not meant to
be taken as one of the more serious
hard-core multiplayer games such
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as Call of Duty or Battlefield.
1. Alien: Isolation
Aliens:
Colonial
Marines was one of the worst
games of 2013, so when Alien:
Isolation was announced it was
easy for many to turn away and
avoid disappointment. Isolation,
however, is a fantastic survival
horror title that pays homage to
the original film and provides a
fantastic story to play through. The
game takes place on a space station
orbiting a distant planet, and a
Xenomorph alien is roaming the
place. Protagonist Amanda Ripley
must summon all her courage if
she is to survive.
Gamer Guide’s Monthly Poll:
Which of the following video game
characters would you want by your
side in a fight?
-Edward Kenway (Assassin’s
Creed IV: Black Flag)
-Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)
-Kratos (God of War)
-John Marston (Red Dead
Redemption)
-Other
Post your answers to http://www.
facebook.com/scarlettsgamerguide
and results will be posted in the
next issue of the FEVER. That’s it
for this month, have fun and keep
on playing Scarlett!
Netflix’s Daredevil is a gruesome dance with the Devil
The Marvel Cinematic
Universe (MCU) is a place where
the dark tone of danger is overshadowed by the pure, raw fun
this comic book world likes to
share with its viewers. Marvel’s
Daredevil turns the universe on its
head however; the world of Hell’s
Kitchen (New York) is a dark, brutal, violent and gritty place. It is
full of unexpected and gratuitous
violence, but that is what makes
Daredevil work. Its dark atmosphere comes to life in this world
on fire.
Daredevil picks up after the events
of the first Avengers film, when
New York is left in a state of chaos
as the criminal underworld sees an
opportunity to profit from the destruction left behind by the Chitauri invasion. This setting is where
the rise of the protagonist begins
to pick up. With New York City
in an economic slump and street
crimes on the rise, a blind lawyer
named Matt Murdock (Charlie
Cox) decides to take matters into
his own hands after hearing a man
abuse his daughter; he then begins
a crusade to clean up his city and
protect his family. Unlike Marvel’s
satisfying and intense, it was saddening to know that viewers will
not see the Devils return until next
spring. Viewers should look forward to the Devil’s return and hope
that he cameos in one of the other
Netflix series Marvel is launching
like A.K.A Jessica Jones or Ironfist
until season two begins. When the
Devil rises again, it is only to one’s
benefit to be there to witness the
full glory of the brutal, brooding,
violent world of Hell’s Kitchen and
its guardian Devil.
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Like Black Widow, Captain
America’s dose of super-soldier serum left
him with increased capabilities. He is at peak
physical condition, with the serum increasing
it to the peak of human potential. Though
not considered supernatural, his abilities far
exceed those of any other human and he has
displayed feats of strength and endurance
far beyond the reach of any normal human.
His strength is greatly increased, making
it a key feature in his fighting. His speed
and reflexes have also been augmented,
aiding his combat skills. While the everreplenishing serum in Captain America’s
body is a great asset to him, it is not the only
trick he has up his sleeve. He is also a master
in a number of martial arts, and is trained in
the use of numerous weapons, making him
quite capable even on his own. He also has
proficient use of his shield, allowing him to
take down most enemies with great ease.
Although physically enhanced,
both Black Widow and Captain America
have expert skills, which would help them
fight crime regardless of any serum. Black
widow, though, is also a very talented
spy, and her stealthy abilities gives her the
advantage over Captain America, whose
skills are straight-forward. For that reason,
Black Widow takes this round.
Equipment
Despite her skin-tight suit, Black
Widow carries something of an arsenal with
her. Aside from her arms and legs, which she
can use as weapons at any time, her suit is
made of a synthetic fabric that is resistance
to most extreme weather and even small
arms. It is also equipped with tiny suction
cups that can allow her to cling to walls and
sometimes even ceilings.
She can also travel across rooftops
or from building to building using her
grappling hook called the “Widow’s Line.”
One of her best weapons is called the
“Widow’s Bite,” an electrical charge of up
to 30,000 volts delivered from cartridges
she wears on her wrists. She also wears a
belt that carries small metallic disks, some
of which carry plastic explosives and others
which can carry an array of other substances.
She has also used tear gas pellets, knives, and
modified guns that replicate her Widow’s
Bite.
When it comes to Captain America,
his arsenal is made up almost exclusively
of his shield. Made up of an experimental
alloy of steel and vibranium, his shield is
nearly indestructible. He uses it is to protect
himself from nearly any attack, although his
suit offers a great deal of protection, being
made of a water- and fire-retardant material
in combination with Kevlar and titanium. It
provides protection from electrical shocks
as well as most impacts, which allows him
to jump from great heights with little to no
harm to himself.
If necessary, Captain America can
fight with guns or his fists, but his weapon of
choice is his shield, which he can fight with
in hand-to-hand combat but can also throw
to incapacitate enemies. He has had several
variations of his traditional shield including
one that uses energy to attack targets.
Ultimately, his favourite is his original steelvibranium one, though.
In terms of equipment, Black
Widow employs a great and commendable
arsenal of gadgets and weapons. Her ability
to use them all proficiently is a great asset;
however, Captain America’s choice of
simply a shield as his weapon of choice is
a testament to his abilities. By using almost
exclusively his shield, Captain America
proves that although he has the ability to
use nearly any weapon, he does not need to.
Therefore, he wins this round.
Overall, Captain America is one
of the most iconic superheroes to date. His
strength on the field is matched only by
his strength of character, and his optimistic
tendencies provide much inspiration. Black
Widow, however, is a force in her own
right. Preferring to work in the shadows
and maintain a low profile when possible,
her lack of fame allows her abilities to truly
shine and speak for themselves.
Her strength of character allowed
her to break free of the KGB’s control and her
expert abilities allow her to adapt to nearly
any situation. Though Captain America
deserves a great amount of respect, Black
Widow is the winner of this showdown.
Owen in the previous movie, Deckard tries
to act against Dom and his gang.
Every time the Fast & Furious
Fast & Furious 7 is filled with
action, romance, and speed, while still filmmakers get behind the wheel, they add
showing the magic of what cars can do. In a few new players, and Fast & Furious 7
this film, the idea is that a driver either rides was not any different. Beyond the obvious
or dies; the drivers feel that they would rather additions of Statham in the villainous role
be dead than not behind the wheel. The Fast of Ian Shaw and Director James Wan behind
and Furious
series was
established
with
the
2001 film
titled Fast
& Furious;
it was then
followed by
six sequels,
two short
films that
tie into the
series, and a
video game
series.
Having
earned over
$3.1 billion
Photo by Bijal Belle
at
the
worldwide Denzel Matheson, Grade 11, says that Fast and Furious is his one and only love
box office
as of April 2015, it has become Universal’s the lens, when Furious franchise actor Paul
Walker died in a car crash in Los Angeles
biggest franchise of all time.
The plot follows Deckard Shaw on November. 30, 2013, the Fast & Furious
(Jason Statham), the brother of Owen Shaw 7 team lost a crucial member of its family.
(Luke Evans), who becomes the villain in Walker, obviously, was a cornerstone of
the film Fast & Furious 7. Furious that Dom the franchise, and had been an integral part
(Vin Diesel) and his crew killed his brother of every sequel since the series started in
2001.Apparently; producers considered
scrapping the sequel entirely. They also
discussed starting over, but they wanted to
give Walker’s character, Brian O’Conner, a
proper send- off, so they decided to rewrite
the film to allow O’Conner to retire from the
story.
After Walker’s tragic death, Fast
& Furious 7 hit theatres as a fantastic
screenplay. From the acting to the music
effects, Fast 7 was phenomenal. With
the all the action and stunts in the film, it
still maintained a plot that entertained the
audience. Over ten shows were sold out at
Scotia Bank Theatre Chinook before the
release of the film.
In the most intense scene in the
movie, Dom and the hacker Ramsey (Nathalie
Emmanuel) decided to bust their wheels and
jump off a cliff that appeared to be fifteen
feet high. While the action scenes, as well
as the music and acting, were amazing, the
graphics and the intensity of the twisted film
was a treat to see because any other action
film would have a simple plot. The plot of
Fast and Furious 7, on the other hand, was
engaging and a bit more sophisticated. The
variety of cars they introduced in the movie
was extraordinary to see because some
of these vehicles are worth more than five
million dollars, and the characters play with
them as if they were chew toys.
Fast 7 was more than just a film;
it was also a nod to Walker. Not only was
it fantastic because it brought the Fast and
Furious crew to be a family, but is also a
symbol that the Fast and Furious series will
always live on even after Walker has passed
away.
From Mustangs to Maserati’s,
Fast & Furious 7 has the world’s best cars
introduced within seven movies.
Continued from page 27
Her origins, however, show how the strength
of one’s character can truly lead the hero to
overcome any obstacle standing in the way.
Her ability to overcome the control of the
KGB makes her the winner of this round.
Skills
While at the Red Room, Black
Widow was trained by the Winter Soldier,
Bucky Barnes, in hand-to-hand combat, as
well as armed combat. Since then, closequarter combat has become her expertise,
as she shows immense skill in it. At the
Red Room, she was also given a type of
super-soldier serum, similar to that given to
Captain America, although the effects were
not quite as strong as his. The serum did
drive her physiology to her peak, though.
It also increased her abilities to the highest
level possible without her being classified as
superhuman.
She is also adept with most weapons,
being able to adapt to nearly any situation
as it presents itself. Aside from her skills
in combat, she is also one of the best spies
in the Marvel Universe. Few could attempt
to rival her ability to collect information
and her deceptive capabilities can be very
useful even in operations conducted with the
Avengers. Black Widow is able to tackle any
mission either through force and combat or
by using stealthier methods, making her very
flexible in her techniques.
Fast and Furious 7 continues a fourteen year legacy
By Bijal Belle
May 2015
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Dr. E. P. Scarlett High School
The 100 will survive on TV
By Dominic Caston
and Emily Gobeil
ty, and the transition from a teen to an adult.
Throughout the first season of The 100, the
juveniles face many setbacks on the planet,
The 100 is an exciting and intri- and a newly-discovered human civilization
cate new sci-fi show which debuted March living on the Earth known as Grounders.
19, 2014 on the CW network. A hundred While life on Earth is difficult, life on the
young misfits from a space station called Ark becomes increasingly more so, with
the Ark are sent to Earth because of their life support failing and a coup to take over
criminal actions. The Ark contains the de- the last remaining lifeboat. The first season
scendants of the original four hundred sur- can be chaotic at times, especially when the
vivors of the Ark civilisation. The ancestors director and creator (Jason Rothenberg) is
escaped the nuclear apocalypse ninety-sev- trying to set up plot points for later use, but
en years before the show’s events start. The overall the series has a great first story arc
first episode starts off with Clark (daughter that culminates in a climactic battle on the
of Abigail, the chief of medical officer in ground as well as in the sky.
the Ark) being sent into the Ark’s juvenile In the first season of The 100, the
lockup cell due to treason of the Ark’s laws. young misfits work hard and persevere for
As she is in the cell, Clark draws images their survival. Where the show really shines
of how she imagines the mountains, and is in the second season. After a cliff-hanger
daydreams about what it would be like to at the end of the the first season, viewers
be back on Earth, feeling and breathing the will find each character in a unique and diffresh air, and having the sun shine on her ferent situation. While the first season carskin.
ries a lighter tone, the second season really
The first scene of the first season dives deeper into just how much people can
of the show was somewhat boring and re- turn from innocent to corrupt when their
petitive and similar to other sci-fi shows in own survival is at stake.
The story in the second arc is
which humans languish in space after an apocalypse on Earth. Fortunately, it gets much more cohesive than the first season,
better as the story progresses. Clark’s ap- with new adventures and new circumstancparent “treason” is commenced because es that are both unpredictable and surprising. The
second
season
is much
like
a
snowb a l l
rolling
down a
mountain: it is
intense,
picks up
speed
and does
not stop
until it
reaches
its destination.
Photo by Emily Gobeil Viewers
A Scarlett student honouring The 100 by “hunting” for food in a ram painting
will be
on the
she overheard her parents talking about the edge of their seats the whole time.
The 100 may seem like an average
death of the Ark; the resources are running out which means water, food and (above all) teenage drama, but it exceeds far beyond
oxygen are in low supply. Her repetition of those standards. It takes the normal posther knowledge of the low resources reaches apocalyptic show and flips it on its head,
the chief-in-command who exiles her to mixing in elements of true emotion with the
Earth. Clark and the ninety-nine other juve- will to survive. Season Three is slated for
niles are sent to Earth not only because of release in the fall of 2015. With more epic
their crimes committed on the Ark but also plot twists and adventures on the horizon,
as guinea pigs to see if Earth is survivable. viewers have much to look forward to. The
This also turns out to be the first attempt in 100, season three starts this fall.
Viewers will ask themselves what
centuries to go back to Earth. The juveniles are equipped with technological bracelets Clark and her friends would do to survive
and what they would be willing to risk for
made to monitor their survival. the safety of their own lives. You can watch
The main themes that make up the the full first two seasons on Netflix and The
first season are those of survival, communi- 100 can be watched on the CW channel.
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19 Kids and Counting
Baby Israel was born. Josiah met Marjorie
through a Spanish class. Josiah followed
Josh, Jill, and Jessa’s footsteps by entering
Since 2008, the Duggar family has courtship. Courtship is very different from
been a worldwide phenomenon. This fam- dating. Courting is much more serious than
ily is famous for their incredibly large fam- dating and includes chaperoned dates and
ily, consisting of 19 children and two par- discourages holding hands, kissing, and any
ents; all of the children were birthed by the other physical distractions that could prevent
same mother, Michelle Duggar. This reality couples from getting to know each other
TV show family had its debut on TLC (The emotionally prior to marriage. CongratulaLearning Channel) in 2008, originally titled tions to Marjorie and Josiah! With such a
14 Kids and Counting. Following that year large family it is probably not too long beit was called 18 Kids and Counting, and is fore another Duggar engagement. Fans have
now entitled 19 Kids and Counting for obvi- no idea who the next courtship will be beous reasons. The show has recently garnered tween. Many people predict it will be one
plenty of attention regarding the children of member of the Bates family and Jana. There
the Duggar family, especially the older sib- is no news on that at this current time.
lings.
Recently the Duggar family has
The family lives in Arkansas, on also celebrated new marriages, new family
a large acreage, in their 7,000 square foot members, new courtships, and experienced
home. The family has strong religious beliefs some emotional health complications in the
as they are practicing members of the Inde- family. On April 26, Jessa Seewald (Jim
pendent Baptist denomination. The parents Bob and Michelle’s 22-year-old daughter)
believe that the girls must be fully clothed, announced that she and her husband, Ben
meaning no tanktops, no
shorts, only long skirts, and
their hair is not allowed to
be cut short. The boys and
men must be clean-shaven
with short hair. Entertainment for the Duggars includes books, board games,
and toys for the younger
children, and other siblings, and the home has
one TV projector which is
only for special occasions.
The younger siblings are
assigned an older sibling
Photo by Bijal Belle
when they are young to
Lancers can watch 19 kids and Counting on Tuesdays on TLC
correspond in a buddy system which the parents find extremely effec- Seewald are expecting their first child on
tive in child learning and development. All their exact wedding anniversary of Novemthe children are homeschooled and the par- ber 1. Jessa’s pregnancy caused some talk in
ents use the (Accelerated Christian Educa- relation to a video of the Seewalds discusstion) ACE program and secondary school is ing the gender of their baby. Jessa predicts
that their baby will be a girl, although Ben
taught through the CollegePlus! program.
The family consists of parents Jim mentioned twice that he predicts they will be
Bob, and Michelle, and the following chil- having twins. The Duggar parents have two
dren: Josh (27), Jana (25), John David (25), sets of twins, twins do run in the family.
As for Jill (Jim Bob and Michelle’s
Jill (23), Jessa (22), Jinger (21), Joseph (20), Josiah (18), Joy Anna (17), Jedidiah (16), 23-year-old daughter), she had given birth to
Jeremiah (16), Jason (15), James (13), Jus- her very first child, Israel David Dillard on
tin (12), Jackson (10), Johanna (9), Jennifer April 6, 2015. Jill struggled in her pregnan(7), Jordyn (6), and Josie (5). The youngest cy as she was in painful labour for 70 hours
Duggar, Josie (5) was born 25 weeks prema- which resulted in having an emergency Cture on December 10, 2009. She weighed section. Adorable pictures of the new family
1 pound 6 ounces and was in stable condi- member were shared on her Instagram after
tion at the neonatal intensive care unit at the Jill was rested and better. Jill was planning
University of Arkansas for Medical Science. to have a home delivery but due to compliAnytime Josie gets a fever it is most likely cations, she had to go to the hospital. Jill is
she will have several seizures. On the latest a midwife and helped deliver many babies.
episode Josie experienced a scary seizure. Jill said, “it was really weird having my own
Jana came to the rescue, and Josie is still re- baby now and someone helping me with my
covering. Josie will most likely have health own baby.”
problems all her life because she was born so With all the talk of this huge family
early.
in past years, people can expect much more
Josiah Duggar (Jim Bob and Mi- to come from the Duggar family. Lancchelle’s 18-year-old son) has recently been ers can watch new episodes of 19 kids and
courting Marjorie Jackson (17). They started Counting on TLC Tuesdays at 6 pm.
courting on April 6, which was also when
By
Aysha Partington
and Faith Shoemaker
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Dr. E. P. Scarlett High School
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May 2015
Outstanding performance of Truth and Reconciliation
By
Hania Elshayeb
Doherty, Joseph Mcmanus, and David Yates
acted the intense scenes.
On the evening of April 29 and
believe he is the father; however, the rape
victim still lives in her traumatized past, re-
minding the soldiers. She knows them, even
though they admit they have never seen this
woman before. She expresses the agony and
the 30 the extravagant play Truth and
torment she has gone through the past nine
Reconciliation was performed by talented
months, and none of them still take responLancer students. The play consists of five
sibility. Denis Shevchenko, Alun Bain, Kate
storylines taking place in Zimbabwe and
Bennet, and Rhianon Perry are the gifted
Rwanda, and from South Africa to Bosstudents who performed this act.
nia, as well as Northern Ireland. There is
The fourth story takes place in
one common aspect between each story:
Zimbabwe
in 2007. A man faces fatal consereconciliation is hard to hear and the truth
quences after his wife’s political uprise. The
of genocide is reluctant to be told. During
Zimbabwean wife confesses to her husband
the play we are whisked through a variety
about her outspokenness to the public, she
of suffering such as murder, rape, cruelty
mentions there were only a few people in
and injustice. The play mostly shows the
sight, although that may be enough for her
aftermath of genocide in the years from
to be “ dealt with” by the government. Later
1976 to 2007. It realistically portrays the
on in the play the wife is taken away, her
suffering of women, as well as them bewhereabouts remaining unclear. Logan Filing the victims of violence and the tirelo, Sydney Hunt, and Hannah Rayner porless effort they pursue to find the truth.
trayed these characters, who were realistic
The first story takes place in
indeed.
South Africa in1998. A black family ir
In the fifth story the setting is in
ritably awaits a witness at a formal hearNorthern Ireland in 1999. Two mothers aring. The South African mother decisively
gue about where the responsibility lies conrefuses to sit down on the hard chairs uncerning the death of their sons. They are
til the she gets heard and finds the honPhoto by Sarah Miao
est truth about the death of her daughter. David Yates, Grade 11, and Omega Mukaktai, Grade 12, in the middle of a deep and powerful scene both outraged by their losses; they let out
all their anger on one another. Although the
She refuses to sit after waiting 22 years
end result of arguing will
in ignorance of where her daughter’s body
third
The
not bring back their lost
was dumped by the officer and his forces.
story
was
set
in
loved ones, they continue
She will not to sit until the policeman who
to blame each other. Abby
murdered her daughter shows up and puts Bosnia in 1996. In
Leach, Kalen Hood, Yasher questioning to rest. However, it is not Bosnia, two Serbian
ex-soldiers
mine Ben Lamin, and Coan
only the mother who is haunted about the
come
face-to-face
Roik, all talented students,
loss of her beloved firstborn, the white ofwere outstanding portrayficer responsible for her death is haunted by with a pregnant
ing these characters.
the ghost of that child, reminding him of the rape victim. Both
Jack James gathered
soldiers
deny
that
pain and suffering he inflicted. The ghost of
these
talented Lancers and
they
are
the
father
the child haunts the officer and tells her famenabled them to present
ily the truth, the truth about how he killed of the child. Each
their skills by showcasing
her. Rhiannon Leslie, Abdl El- Aoami, An- soldier lives in tremendous
fear
that
them in these short pieces.
gel Lo, Genesis Vega, Eylem Sesen, and
the
unborn
child
He also brought attention
Brandon Page are the incredibly-talented
to these poignant issues,
students who starred in these well-acted is there’s. One of
the ex-soldiers has
though happening in past
scenes.
years, should never be forcontinued
on
with
The second plot takes place in
gotten. Each student who
his
life,
married
Rwanda in 2005. In Rwanda a widow angriperformed in Truth and
ly confronts her husband’s killer to ascertain with kids, and has
Reconciliation in the play
the precise circumstances of his death. In a job. The other
soldier
has
not
acpowerfully
gave the audiparticular she wants to establish what troucomplished
much
ence
much
to think about
Photo
by
Sarah
Miao
sers he was wearing, and what he said before
his last breath. In painful and persuasive de- in his life. For Abby Leech, Grade 12, Kalen Hood, Yasmine Ben Lamin , and Coan Roik, all Garde 11 argue long after the performance
tail, Omega Mukaktai, Adam Allard, Kevin this reason they about the loss of their children during the ceasefire in the conflict in Northen Ireland in 1999 was over.
May 2015
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Dr. E. P. Scarlett High School
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SPORTS
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The Junior Boys Rugby season arrives along with a
plethora of new faces and their season looks promising
By Aaron Schmidtke
whopping twenty-nine new play-
programs in Calgary and they
proved it on April
27 when they came
to Scarlett and beat
the Lancers 24-5 on
home field. The victory for Wisewood
improves their record to three wins
and zero losses,
making Scarlett’s
record two wins and
one loss. This loss
also drops the Lancers in the standings
from second place
to sixth place. This
drop sounds much
worse than it is; if
the Lancers can pull
out a win in their
next game, they can
easily climb up a
few rankings. With
the season being so
Photo by Aaron Schmidtke new,
finally been given the privilege to
compete for their own school in the
league and with that comes plenty
of pressure. “I hope we do well
this season. We kind of have to do
well so we can prove that Scarlett
deserves a rugby team,” continues
Nieman.
Though the team is new
and the players’ ages vary, these
players have team chemistry. This
energetic bunch is so eager to make
the best of the season every time
they step on the grassy plain. “The
biggest strength our team has right
now is probably our excitement to
play. On the sidelines at the game,
every player that was off the field
was itching to play, and when they
came off they were all pumped and
wanted to play more,” says Nieman.
With each game becoming more important than the last,
the Junior Boys look onwards to
the next few weeks which will determine playoff placement. The Junior Boy’s next game is May 14 at
4:45-5:45 at Bishop O’Byrne field.
“Everyone is really excited to play
and is hungry for more,” Nieman
states. Scarlett’s games are attracting more fans every time but
still need more. Students, parents,
and teachers are all encouraged to
come out and support the Scarlett
Juniors Boys rugby squad as their
journey to the playoffs continue.
Remaining Rugby games in May:
Thursday, May 14:
Scarlett vs. Bishop O’Byrne
@ Bishop O’Byrne field
4:45-5:45
Thursday, May 21
Scarlett vs. Ernest Manning
@ Scarlett field
4:45-5:45
The Scarlett Junior Boys Rugby team huddles together before the game begins chanting their
battle cry as they prepare to move in for battle against Henry Wisewood high school’s team
When spring begins to ers this year, proving that Scarlett’s
show promise of summer, Scarlett interest in rugby is rapidly increasRugby is hitting the fields with po- ing.
The Junior Boys started
tential of another successful sea- son of hard hits and exciting trys. off the season with a bang. The first
The Senior Boys Rugby team is game on April 20 was a commandconnected with Wisewood High ing 36-0 win for the Junior Boys
School featuring players from both over Bishop Grandin High School.
schools. The Junior Boys Rugby “The first game was so amazteam, however,
ing. Everyone
is now solely a “...the only returning play- stepped up and
Scarlett sports ers from last year’s group did really well
are grade elevens Josh
team. The Jufor their first
nior Boys have French, Lars Lang, and Matt game of rugby
a
promising
ever. It was
Nieman.”
team this year
awesome that
with a squad full of new faces. In we did so well with so little expefact, the only returning players rience as a team,” says Nieman.
from last year’s group are grade The second game of the season did
elevens Josh French, Lars Lang, not come so easily. Wisewood has
and Matt Nieman. That leaves a one of the best high school rugby
standings can be
misleading.
The
real grind for points
will come at the end
of the season.
The game
against Wisewood
was not so much a
lopsided affair as
the score may lead
one to think. In
fact, at the beginning of the game,
the boys kept pace
with
Wisewood,
showing that they
can compete with
the big dogs. This
is a huge season
for the Lancers
because they have
Photo by Aaron Schmidtke
Scarlett and Wisewood are both involved in this scrum to determine who will get the ball
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FIFA Women’s
World Cup kicks off
By James Ewart
Group A, meaning they will face
off against China on June 6, New
Although soccer fans Zealand on June 11 and the Netheverywhere will have to wait until erlands on June 15.
2018 to see the next FIFA World Canada and Zimbabwe
Cup in Russia, they will be turn- were the only countries that ening to Canada starting June 6 to tered the bid to host in December
watch what is sure to be one of 2010, but Zimbabwe withdrew
the highlights of the summer. The their bid on March 1, 2011 due to
FIFA Women’s World Cup will their rank of 103rd in soccer by
consist of twenty-four teams from FIFA at the time, a longshot when
around the globe that have been compared to Canada’s which was
split into five groups. Games will ranked 5th. Canada has the hosted
take place in Edmonton, Ottawa, Women’s World Cups a couple
Montreal, Moncton, and Vancou- of times prior, in 2014 and 2007,
ver. There
but they
will be four
h a v e
rounds in
not yet
the tournahosted
ment, startt h e
ing with
FIFA
the Round
World
of Sixteen
C u p
in which
that oce i g h t
curs evteams will
ery four
emerge in
years.
order
to
Tickets
move into
are curPhoto by James Ewart
the quarrently
ter-finals. With the World Cup being in June, many on sale
are sure be playing soccer this summer
The winexcluners will
sively at
move into the semi-finals and the FIFA.com/Canada2015; however
remaining two teams will go into it is a first-come first-served bathe final. sis so anyone who is interested in
The roster for Canada’s seeing the games must hurry and
own squad was revealed on April purchase their tickets before they
27 with Christine Sinclair as cap- are sold out.
Unfortunately Canada
tain as well as several members from her Bronze Medal-winning has not had much luck in previteam from the 2012 Olympics. ous tournaments as the only time
Joining her for the World Cup are they came in the top four was in
goalkeeper Erin McLeod, mid- 2003 when they lost to the United
fielders Diana Matheson, Desiree States 3-1 in the game for third
Scott and Sophie Schmidt, and place. Based on previous games,
forward Melissa Tancredi. Some it seems that either the States
players from previous FIFA tour- or Germany could win as both
naments are returning, such as countries have won twice, more
defender Kadeisha Buchanan and than any of the other countries.
midfielder Ashley Lawrence, who Canada is currently ranked 8th in
were part of Canada’s Women’s the Women’s FIFA World RankU-20 team last summer in the ing, below Brazil, United States,
FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup France, Germany, Sweden and
which was also hosted in Canada. England.
On how the event will
Midfielder Jessie Fleming will be making her third FIFA appear- affect girls’ soccer, Manitoba
ance in two years; she took part Soccer Association executive
in both the U-20 Women’s World president Hector Vergara states
Cup, and the U-17 Women’s “It has a fantastic impact. It’s imWorld Cup in 2014 which was portant that more people play the
game, especially young people.”
hosted in Costa Rica.
The team is set to start Whatever the result is, team Cantwo weeks of training on May 7 in ada is sure to make soccer fans
California before their final tune- proud and provide an entertaining
up match against England in Ham- sports event in June.
ilton on May 29. Canada is part of
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Track team prepares for their
major competition of the season
By Sam McIntosh
some returning from last year and
others who have not participated in any type of track and field
event. That first competition helps
calm the jitters and fears of many
first-time participants, while also
shaking off the rust of the returning team members. The hard work
and many
practices
help
get
them ready,
but there is
nothing like
actually
competing
in events to
help them
prepare for
the Red Divisional and
City Championships.
There are
high expectations for
the Scarlett
Track and
Field team
to do well
at the City
ChampionPhoto by Josh Lo ship based
The team is ready to take on the challenges ahead as they prepare for the test of City Championships off of their
results last
Athletic Park. These meets are a
Ewan Mackenzie and Bryan Hill, year, and by all indications they
great continuation for the team
after competing at a meet in Kam- Grade 12, placed first and second in look to meet or even beat them. The
loops on April 25, which prepared the 200 Metre Dash
them for the increased challenge and Tyler Kiyoof the Divisional and City Cham- naga, Grade 11, and
pionships. Paul Sze, one of the Jake Holder, Grade
head coaches of the team says. “I 12, placed second
was very impressed; they were an and fifth respecawesome group of athletes and tively in the 1500
students. They worked out some Metre Run. Derek
performance anxieties and tech- Uzoh, Grade 12,
nical issues and are ready for the also finished first in
season.” After having finished first Men’s Long Jump,
in the male division and third in while Mark Moore,
the female division for total points Grade 12, came in
in the Red Divisional last year third in the Men’s
and having had athletes compete Javelin Throw. On
exceptionally in the individual the woman’s side,
Downey,
events, the track team this year has Lianne
a tough act to follow. Thankfully Grade 10, came in
are more than willing to put in the third in the 80 MePhoto by Josh Lo
effort to attempt to finish even bet- tre Hurdle completing a fantastic outLogan Kinghorn, Grade 11, runs at the track meet
ter than last year.
Based on their recent ing for the girls.
performance, all indicators point The team events also worked out team has a bright future with the
to the team doing very well at the well for the Scarlett Men’s 4 by 400 smooth transition of new students
Red Divisional. They had great in- Relay Race as they also placed first and hopefully many more years of
dividual performances all around in their competition. The Lancer’s Scarlett dominance. For Scarlett
and secured second place finish for great showing at Kamloops should students who want to go cheer on
the team in the combined score at get every Scarlett student excited the team, the City Championships
take place on May 23 and will be at
the Kamloops competition, only for the upcoming events.
behind Crescent Heights High Scarlett has a large number of stu- the Foothills Athletic Park.
School. This is a great momentum dents taking part in track and field,
The track team has been
busy getting ready for the first of
two major competitions. The Lancers compete at the Red Divisional
on May 14 at the Foothills Athletic
Park and then the City Championships on May 23, also at Foothills
builder for the team as it shows
other schools that the Scarlett
Track and Field team is still a force
to be reckoned with. These performances also help build the team’s
confidence as they head down the
home stretch of the season and prepare for their final competition.
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Scarlett says “bye bye birdie” to the badminton season
By Aiden Wong
This year has been a great
one for Scarlett Badminton. With
a team of skilled players, Lancers
made it much further than imagined. Divisionals took place on
April 14, 15, and 16 at Western
Canada High School, Crescent
Heights High School, Lester B.
Pearson High School, William Aberhart High School, John G. Diefenbaker High School, and Sir Winston Churchill High School for the
three different categories of play:
singles, doubles, and mixed doubles. After hours of intense play,
four members of the Scarlett team
made it through to the City Championships, placing in the top four
of their divisions. Joyce and Sunny
Guo, Grade 11, won Intermediate Girls Doubles, Lisa Pei, Grade
10, won Junior Girls Singles, and
Aiden Wong, Grade 10 won Junior
Boys Singles.
These four players competed at Cities for the chance to
compete at Provincials, representing Calgary at Lloyminster on May
1 and 2. Although A level and B
level players were combined this
year, it did not discourage Scarlett’s athletes from putting forth all
that they learned this season. The
competition was tough; however,
Lancers were still able to send two
players to Provincials: Joyce and
Sunny Guo. The Guo duo’s appearance as identical twins intimidates many when matched against
them. A final practice was held on
Tuesday, April 28, to get the pair
ready for Provincials. The coaches
drilled the duo as pressure built because the important date was nearing. Thursday, April 30, came the
day before the start of the Provin-
cial Championships and students the next round. After several hard- they still exceeded expectations set
of various Calgary schools board- played games, they finished fourth at the beginning of the season. The
experience they gained was unique
ed the coach bus available to them. overall.
Scarlett was very proud as they got to meet new people
According to many, the trip there and back was what made it unfor- to be able to send representatives and see the different competition
Alberta students have
gettable. As they
to offer. Badminton, a
arrived, they were
game based on ethics,
greeted with a
free stay at a hotel
teaches students traits
with accommodaof honesty and integtions available to
rity while still having
them.
a fun time. Over the
Te a m s
duration of the seawere divided up
son, Scarlett was able
into
different
to participate in many
pools on Friday
tournaments,
placwhen the touring fourth as a school
nament
comin the end over three
menced.
Each
divisions. Congratupool
consisted
lations to all Scarlett
Photo by Ayesha Shaikh
of eight teams.
Badminton
athletes
The badminton team represented Scarlett at Provincials this year
Joyce and Sunny
on a great season, job
Guo finished off second in their to Provincials. Although they did well done!
pool, which advanced them onto not return with a first place medal,
coach Stephanie Maxwell, the
girls started the second half full
of energy, despite the draining
heat. Immediately they gained
possession of the ball, hitting it
down the field with their sticks.
Madeleine Yeomans, Grade 11,
managed to steal the ball from a
Grandin player at the centre of the
field and whack it down towards
Junior team last year respectively,
so there is a good mix of chemistry
and experience. By practicing
every day the team is already
developing a strong bond and good
awareness of each other on the
field.
Coach Maxwell was very
proud of her team’s efforts during
the Grandin game. “They played
well together,” she observed
immediately after the game.
“[There was] smarter passing. The
team cohesiveness has improved
by leaps and bounds considering
it’s only our second game. Now all
we need to do is score.” Scoring
does seem to be the Senior Girl’s
weakness. In their first two games,
they did not score a single goal.
The game against Queen Elizabeth,
was not be a good judge of the
girl’s talents, as Queen Elizabeth
is currently tied for first place in
the league with Bishop Caroll.
Scarlett scored for the first time
in their third game, beating John
F. Diefenbaker 5-0. Currently,
Scarlett is tied for fifth place
with Diefenbaker who they have
already proven they can beat, but
Senior Girls Field Hockey sticks it to their competition
By Cassandra Betts
Veenstra, Grade 12, aggressively
chased down the ball and hit it
After four games, the
towards Grandin’s end before it
Senior Girls Field Hockey team
even neared the goal. As the game
is already showing signs of rapid
progressed, however, and the heat
improvement. After a tough loss
started to take effect, Grandin got
to Queen Elizabeth High School,
the ball into Scarlett’s shooting
where the team had four goals
circle. The defenders rushed back
scored against them, they quickly
to help Simpson, and managed
rebounded by tying Bishop Grandin
to stop a goal from being scored,
on
Tuesday,
but Grandin was awarded a
April 28. The
penalty corner. During the
game, although
penalty corner, the Scarlett
rewarding, was
girls crowded into the net with
a grueling one,
Simpson, and then rushed out
as athletes had
to stop any shot as soon as
to play outside
Grandin put the ball into play.
in 28 degree°
With aggressive defending,
C weather. The
they managed to steal the
girls ran up
ball before Grandin even had
and down the
a chance to take a shot on
full-sized field
Simpson.
v i g o r o u s l y,
After another penalty
putting
all
corner that Scarlett defended
their
efforts
beautifully, the game ended
into
keeping
with a score of 0-0. Even
the ball away
though no one scored, the
from
Bishop
team was very proud of their
Grandin.
efforts, especially considering
Photo by Cassandra Betts
T h e Alli Farrer, Grade 12, prepares to hit the field
hockey ball to- their previous loss to Queen
game
started wards Bishop Grandin’s net, attempting to score on their goalie Elizabeth. The girls’ parents
out slowly, with
were also very supportive.
minimal movement by both teams. Grandin’s goalie, almost scoring Many parents do not know
The ball was mainly kept in the Scarlett’s first goal of the season. the rules, but there were still
centre of the field. The Lancers Although the play did not result rousing cheers whenever the
did a good job of keeping the ball in a goal, it was a spectacular girls hit the ball in the right
out of their own end and away demonstration of athleticism, skill direction or took it away from
from goalie, Jessica Simpson, and perseverance.
a Grandin player.
As the game was drawing The
team
is
Grade 12. They did, however, also have difficulty pushing it towards to a close, Grandin managed to get comprised of twelve Grade
Grandin’s goalie, and the game the ball down into Scarlett’s end 12s and six Grade 11s. There
was at an impasse for the majority more often. The first few times are students who played on
of the half.
defenders Sarah Kulle, Grade 11, the Senior team last year and
After a pep talk from Alli Farrer, Grade 12, and Gabe students who played on the
those rankings will quickly change
as the season progresses.
Although Scarlett has
yet to score a goal, they can take
solace in the fact that they are
outperforming St. Mary’s High
School. In their game against
Bishop Carroll, Mary’s lost 13-0.
Scarlett showed their true talent
when they played the daunting
Carroll team on Wednesday, May
6 at the University of Calgary
and fared much better than the
St. Mary’s team. Although they
lost 3-1, they proved that Bishop
Carroll is in no way invincible, and
that, if they keep working hard and
improving at a consistent rate, they
can work their way to the top of the
division.
All signs point to success
for Scarlett. Carroll, although able
to wrack up the points against St.
Mary’s, lost to Queen Elizabeth
by one goal, and the majority of
the teams in the division seem to
be fairly evenly matched. Last
year, Scarlett Senior Girls went to
Division 2 City Championships, a
feat that they can hopefully repeat
this year.
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This year’s National Hockey
League Entry Draft, which is being held
June 26-27 in Sunrise, Florida, is being referred to by many as the “Connor McDavid
Sweepstakes” in which the bottom-dwelling
teams of the league have been vying for the
chance to have the best odds to win the firstoverall pick and select McDavid who has
proven himself to be a generational talent
that will surely change the identity of any
team he is selected to play for. The process
which determines what team will be lucky
enough to select McDavid is the NHL Draft
Lottery which was held on Saturday, April
18. The results of this year’s lottery were
revealed in a live television broadcast that
night on CBC and TVA (a French language
network) here in Canada and on NBC in the
US prior to the start of a New York Rangers
and Pittsburgh Penguins Stanley Cup Playoff game. The Edmonton Oilers emerged as
the winners of the lottery and though fans
of the Oilers were excited with the result,
it caused a stir among the rest of the hockey community who were less than pleased
with the way the lottery had turned out.
Before the controversy surrounding the lottery can be understood, it is important to have some background on how
the actual lottery process itself works. The
fourteen NHL teams who did not make it
into the Stanley Cup Playoffs following
the regular season have a chance to win
the first overall pick in the draft but this
chance, represented as a percentage, varies
from team to team depending on where in
the standings the team finished. The bottom
four teams in the standings have the highest
chances of winning the top pick, as it is determined that these are the teams that would
benefit most from the chance to pick the most
talented young player in the draft. The team
who finished the regular season 30th overall, the Buffalo Sabres this year, had a 20%
chance of winning the lottery, the highest of
any of the teams; the 29th-seeded team, the
Arizona Coyotes, entered the lottery with
a 13.5% chance; the team in the 28th spot,
this year’s Edmonton Oilers, had an 11.5%
chance; and finally the 27th-placed team, the
Toronto Maple Leafs this season, entered the
lottery with their odds set at 9.5%. The percentages for the rest of the ten teams who did
not make it into the post-season range from
1% (awarded to the Boston Bruins who just
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will pick in which position until the winner
of the lottery is revealed when a gold card
with the team’s logo is drawn. This can happen at any time during the announcement
and once that card is revealed the winning
team moves up to the top of the list and
every other team that has yet to have their
results announced shifts down one spot accordingly. The draft lottery only determines
the draft order for the first round picks and
the picking order of the rest of the rounds is
strictly determined by regular season results
as well as Stanley Cup Playoff results.
This lottery system was originally
implemented with the intent of replacing
the old system where the bottom team in the
league automatically had the opportunity to
draft first overall. Many NHL executives
criticized that this system could possibly
barely missed the playoffs this year) to 8.5% combinations, and so on. Finally, one four- encourage teams to attempt to do badly so
(given to the Carolina Hurricanes who fin- number combination (combination 11, 12, that they could pick first, especially in years
13, 14) is designated as a re-draw sequence; when there was a particularly talented player
ished just above the bottom four teams).
To determine the winner of the lot- this is done so that the other 1,000 combina- available. The lottery does not necessarily
tery using these odds, a lottery machine is tions can be divided proportionately among accurately address this problem, though, as
filled with fourteen balls, with each ball con- the fourteen clubs.
the bottom four teams in the league still have
taining a number from one to fourteen. On For those curious, it is not the NHL a better chance than any other organization
lottery day, one set of four balls is randomly who allocates the four-number combinations to pick first overall, still possibly encouraging teams to purposely tank during the
regular season. A better solution to preventing teams from tanking would have been to
give the best lottery odds to the team who
finished just outside of contending for the
Stanley Cup Playoffs and then decreasing
the lower down the rankings a team sits,
that way teams who need help will still have
a chance to possibly pick first but are still
encouraged to keep their team competitive
in order to earn that first overall pick.
This alternative draft lottery idea
could also work to eliminate the trend of rewarding teams who are consistently in the
bottom of the standings and do not appear
to get better during any given season. The
Edmonton Oilers are the perfect example
of this. This year’s first overall selection
for the Oilers will be the fourth one they
have had in the last six years. Beginning
with their selection of Taylor Hall in 2010,
the Oilers have also picked Ryan NugentHopkins first in 2011, and selected Nail
Yakupov with the first pick in 2012. In 2013
and 2014 when the Oilers did not manage
to snag the first overall pick, they still chose
fairly high, picking Darnell Nurse seventh
overall in 2013 and Leon Draisaitl third
Photo by Kyra Bird overall in 2014. Despite having all of these
Rexall Place, home of the Edmonton Oilers, will most likely become the new home of this year’s
first round picks over the last few years,
expected first overall draft pick, young star Connor McDavid, after the Oilers won the draft lottery which amounts to plenty of NHL talent,
the Oilers are still bottom-dwellers every
drawn from the machine, with each ball be- to teams, as it may be a conflict of interest season due to poor management and a lack
ing selected at ten second intervals to ensure if that were the process. Instead, the NHL of talent at almost every other position aside
that the balls can be sufficiently shuffled be- works with Bortz & Company who does from center. Essentially, the Oilers are between picks. It has been calculated that by all of the work generating and assigning ing rewarded for having an all-star line-up
using this process there are exactly 1,001 the number combinations to ensure fairness and underachieving every single season, a
four-number combinations that could be and integrity in the lottery process. Bortz & fact that especially angers fans now that the
chosen. Each one of the fourteen NHL teams Company, according to their website, is “a reward is superstar Connor McDavid. The
involved is then assigned a random set of leader in providing planning and advisory sheer amount of luck the Oilers have had in
these number combinations with the number services and implementation support to cli- regards to the lottery has also been shocking
of combinations they receive correspond- ents in the fields of media, sport, and enter- to many as the Oilers managed to win this
ing to their odds of winning the lottery. To tainment.”
year’s lottery after having gone in with only
make this a little more clear, the team with When it comes to the announce- an 11.5% chance of getting the first overall
the 20% chance to win the lottery is given ment of the draft order it is done in reverse pick, the third-highest percentage.
200 of the 1,001 four-number combinations, order, from the team picking 14th overall up. Continued on page 40
the team with a 13.5% chance is given 135 Envelopes are opened revealing which team
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The last season the Calgary Flames completed the relentless mission of making the NHL
playoffs, their Assistant General
Manager, Craig Conroy, was playing for the team down the middle
and bringing his veteran presence
to the dressing room. Now, as Conroy approaches the end of his first
season with the title of Assistant
General Manager, rather than Special Assistant to the General Manager, he certainly is not a veteran
anymore. Though Conroy brings
an exceptional hockey mind, undeniable experience around the sport,
and numerous ties to the Flames
organization including playing 507
career games with the “C” of red
on his crest, he never quite had a
job of building a team before. This
made his new role this season an
opportunity he simply could not
pass up. Brad Treliving believes
Conroy is a hidden gem or a “star
in the making,” as he called him in
the Flames press conference promoting Conroy.
When the Flames cleaned
their management group in June
of 2014, they brought in some impressive names. First, the Flames
brought in former Assistant General Manager for the Arizona
Coyotes, Treliving, as the General
Manager and they gave him the
responsibility of picking his two
assistants that will help him build
a dynasty in Calgary. Treliving patiently waited until the time was
right and he had done his research
to pick his two assistants. First, the
Flames hired Hockey Canada veteran, Brad Pascall.
The second move of the
day for the Flames Hockey Operations was the promotion of Conroy
to Assistant General Manager after
three years of being Special Assistant to the General Manager. Conroy had been responsible for a variety of jobs as the Special Assistant
to the General Manager including
overseeing the development of the
players competing in the Flames
American Hockey League Affiliate
at the time, the Abbotsford Heat,
to scouting current and perhaps future prospects at the World Junior
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Conroy was kind enough to sit
down with the FEVER in April to
answer a few questions about himself, the season for the Flames, and
everything in-between.
FEVER: What made you want to
pursue a career in management and
did you realize what you wanted to
do straight from retirement?
Conroy: You know, I think to start
out, I wanted to stay in hockey. My
career ended really abruptly. It was
right after the All-Star break and
they [the Flames] wanted the contract back but either I was going to
get sent to the minors [Abbotsford
Heat] or retire. I took a few days
and I decided I’m thirty-nine-yearsold; I don’t want to take a young
guy’s job in the minors. Then right
away I talked to Ken King, Murray Edwards, and Jay Feaster, and
they said: “We’d like to bring you
in, what would you like to do?”
and I said “I don’t know.” So they
had me go around meeting every
different department and working
with the coaching staff, scouting,
and doing all of that. I think the
one thing I like is the building of
the team and being a part of that.
As much as the coaching would be
fun, my kids were a little younger
at the time and were at the house,
and with coaching you have to
move so much. So, I thought as
much as it would be fun to coach,
and I would enjoy it, (being around
the guys and being on the ice) but I
thought for me, management might
be the way to go and I’ve really, really, enjoyed it.
FEVER: What do you miss most
about your playing days?
Conroy: I think it’s right when
you come out of that tunnel and
the building is packed. It’s the excitement and the adrenaline you
have, and just to play at the highest level in a sport. To know that
you’re never going to be doing that
again and I was lucky enough to
do it for a long time, playing over
1,000 games [in the NHL]. It’s that
adrenaline rush, it’s that feel, it’s
the building being alive and for
you to come out on the ice, faceoffs, listening to the National An-
Dr. E. P. Scarlett High School
them, that’s the stuff that you can
never get back.
FEVER: The 2004-2005 Stanley
Cup run must have been an unbelievable atmosphere.
Conroy: The cup run was amazing, and now that we [the Flames]
are at this point… I realize that was
probably the best time in my career. Any time you play in the playoffs, and I got fortunate enough to
play in a lot of playoff games, to be
that close to winning a Stanley Cup
was amazing.
FEVER: If you could pick one
player on the current Flames roster
that is most reminiscent of yourself
as a player, who would that player
be?
Conroy: …that’s a good question; I don’t know if there is one
guy. I would have to think about
it. I think I want to be Sean Monahan or Johnny Gaudreau but I sure
wasn’t them!
FEVER: How much of the team’s
confidence this season is due to
the stability that goaltenders Jonas
Hiller and Karri Ramo have provided?
Conroy: I think it all starts with
goaltending. If you go out there
and look at any team, I mean look
at the Montreal Canadians this year
and what Carey Price does and
what Pekka Rinne has done [for the
Nashville Predators], these guys
[Hiller and Ramo] really give you
that confidence. Even when Joni
Ortio was here [from the minors]
all the goaltending has given us a
chance to win and that’s all you can
ask for. Guys believe we’re going
to win every game and our goaltender is going to make that big save
when he needs to. We’re going to
get scored on but they [the Flames]
really have confidence in all three
of our guys [Hiller, Ramo, Ortio],
especially Hiller and Ramo.
FEVER: To what extent was a guy
like Josh Jooris on the team’s radar this season after he was only
scheduled to play one preseason
game and ended up playing his
way onto the NHL roster?
Conroy: The funny thing with
Josh [Jooris] is, the year before
I thought he had one of the best
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training camps out of anybody
[at the Flames training camp]. He
played the great game in Edmonton, I don’t know if anyone really
remembers, but we [the Flames]
were down and we came back. He
[Jooris] scored a huge goal, set up
Sven [Baertschi] on another goal.
He [Jooris] had a good game. During the year, I think it was tough.
He was coming from college to
the American Hockey League. The
travel is really hard in Abbotsford
and he has an up-and-down year.
One thing he always did was work
hard. For me personally, I knew
he was going to come in; he was
in great shape coming into training camp. Did I think he was going to play as well as he did? No.
But guys like Brad Treliving and
Brad Pascall, they didn’t even
know him at all. They were like,
“What’s going on with this Josh
Jooris guy?” and I’m like, “This is
how he played in the year before at
training camp!” I thought he was a
real stand-out the year before, and
he did it again. It was tough sending him down because he probably
deserved to stay on the team, but at
the time, we had to make a roster
move, so we sent him down. He
was only down there for maybe
five days, and right back up. So I
think the thing is, [he gives] all-out
effort, and he plays as hard as he
can. It’s great for us when we’re recruiting college [players]. We can
say “Look, if you come and you
play as well as Josh Jooris and you
earn a spot, you’re going to play in
the NHL.” That’s a big recruiting
tool for us moving forward.
FEVER: That probably helped
you guys [the Flames] sign highlysought-after college free-agent,
Kenney Morrison?
Conroy: Yeah, Kenney [Morrison]
has been unbelievable down in the
minors, and [it seems] whatever
game I’m at, Kenney Morrison
scores. I saw him twice in Denver
this year. [Morrison] scored in both
games. First game in the minors
[Adirondack Flames] he had three
points; he’s joking around with me
saying “Maybe you should come to
all of my games.”
FEVER: Could you give a few
thoughts on the play of Lance
Bouma this season? Did you guys
[the Flames] see him becoming the
player that he is now?
Conroy: […] Lance [Bouma] is a
physical guy. He comes, plays with
heart, blocks shots; he does everything that you want players to do.
He’s the ultimate pro. [In terms of]
the scoring, I think the most goals
Lance had in Junior or the AHL has
never been more than fourteen. So
to say I thought he was going to
score at the clip he has and put up
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the points, probably not, but I never put anything past Lance. […] He
wants to get better every day and he
wants a bigger role on the team. If
it’s the end of the game and we’re
looking for a goal, he might not
be on the ice, but if we’re trying
to keep a goal out of our net, he is
definitely the one out there to block
the shots; he is fearless out there.
We knew that part [when drafting
him] but the offense is a bonus.
Even if he didn’t do that [provide
offense] we would still love him. I
think moving forward, you would
love to see his [offensive] production every year, but say he didn’t
score as many goals next year or
put up as many points, you’re still
going to like him just as much.
FEVER: Can you give a few
thoughts on the Flames off-season
acquisitions and a few things that
they have provided for the team?
Conroy: I think we talked about
Ramo being here and we had Ortio who we really like, but we
said we need to find a goaltender.
Even when Jay [Feaster] and Brian
[Burke] were the General Managers [respectively] we talked about
maybe needing to find one more
goaltender. A veteran, established
guy and Hiller, we felt was the top
[goaltender] out there [in the freeagent market] at the time. When
Brad [Treliving] came in, he was
right onboard. He was all over the
Hiller signing too, so he was a big
pusher for that. He wanted to get
a little tougher on defense. Deryk
Engelland was a guy, talking to his
coaches in Pittsburgh; he was a little bit of the odd-man-out there on
the defensive side, but Todd Reirden [the Penguins Assistant Coach
at the time] who I played with in
St. Louis couldn’t say enough great
things. As far as the type of person
he is, he [Reirden] said you would
be lucky to have him [Engelland].
Brad did a great job getting him
signed and I know people questioned “Oh he’s a lot of money”
this and that, but it’s hard to find a
defensemen. We were a little light
[on defense] and we weren’t going to exactly intimidate teams, we
needed a bigger, heavy body and he
[Engelland] has come in and been a
great fit. Losing Cammalleri, looking for a guy to come and replace
goals, Mason Raymond was that
guy. We said we’re going to need
someone on the left side that can
score some goals, so that was our
thought there. With [Brandon] Bollig, we wanted to get tougher and
we wanted a guy that can play. I
think the thing with Brandon is that
he’s won [the Stanley Cup]. He’s
been in a great organization with
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played with T.J. We sat next to each other
in the locker room his first year and to see
where he’s come in four or five years. It’s all
[due to his] hard work and I give him a ton
of credit. He’s done it all himself.
FEVER: Can you give a few thoughts on
the play of Johnny Gaudreau and Sean Monahan this season?
Conroy: […] Monahan had a great first
year and he’s young, but he’s just such a
pro. Everyone was saying, “Maybe he will
have a sophomore slump” but this guy just
has a way he goes about his business. He
might be the youngest guy on the team, but
he definitely acts older than he is. He has a
great shot: the way he releases [the puck]
and the way he hides pucks. He came in and
he wanted to be better on face-offs, and he’s
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of the FEVER said that Gaudreau, Hartley,
and Giordano should all stand good chances
at being nominated for awards. It was Gaudreau for Calder, Hartley for Jack Adams, and
Giordano for Norris. Giordano has less of a
chance than Gaudreau and Hartley because
of his injury, but do you think all of those
players could compete for their respective
awards?
Conroy: Yeah totally. If you look where
the experts [analysts] said we were going to
be [in the standings] and I’m not disagreeing with them, but we [the management and
coaching staff] were sitting in our meeting
room while there were still maybe sixty
guys at training camp and I remember Bob
[Hartley] saying, “We’re going to prove a
lot of people wrong. We’re going to shock
Chicago and to come in and bring some
leadership [was important]. [Bollig] doesn’t
play every night, but he works hard every
day in practice, and when he does play he
sticks up for every teammate. Anything you
want Brandon to do… he does it. He is a better player than people give him credit for.
He’s got some skill, and he can play. I think
that’s the thing sometimes; people say “Oh
he’s just your tough guy.” No, he’s the newage guy. He can fight, but he can also play
and help contribute.
FEVER: Undoubtedly a huge part of the
Flames success this season has been the
emergence of the second pairing of defensemen in Kris Russell and Dennis Wideman.
What are your thoughts on their play so far
this season?
Conroy: […] With the defense, we loved
the T.J. Brodie and Mark Giordano pair,
but I think it was trying to figure out who
was going to be the next pair. I think Wides
[Wideman] would be the first to tell you,
he was a big part of that. He came in, he
got sat out [healthy scratched] the second
game [of the season], so I had a talk with
him and Bob [Hartley]. He said to give him
a chance with Russell. He thought they
could be a good pair, and Bob did it. Bob
gave him a lot of confidence and he’s been
unbelievable. With Russell, for me he’s the
most underrated defensemen in the NHL. I
know he’s small, but he’s fearless. I would
say with our top four [on defense], talking
with other teams around the league, they
feel we have one of, if not the best top four
[in the league]. I think people talk about the
Nashville [Predators] top four and maybe
Nashville’s top six [on defense] is stronger and deeper, but for me, all our guys
have stepped up. All six guys have stepped
up whether it’s [Raphael] Diaz stepping
Photo by Aaron Schmidtke
in, with [Ladislav] Smid getting hurt, or Scarlett journalist Aaron Schmidtke poses for a picture with Calgary Flames Assistant Manager
Engelland who we feel very comfortable
and former player Craig Conroy in the Flames owners box at the Scotiabank Saddledome
with. For Wideman, I know he hasn’t been
been much better on face-offs this year. I the hockey world and I know nobody thinks
talked about very much, but if people said think we see him as a playmaker but people we’re going to do it, but we got to believe it
Wideman for Norris [James Norris trophy see him more as a goal-scorer, which is fine. here. It’s going to take every single player,
for best defensemen of the year] will may- If he gets the playmaking side to his game, and we’re going to shock everybody.” So,
be get some votes; I have no problem with it’s going to be exciting. Watching Johnny to think back to that now, it’s amazing the
that. He [Wideman] is having a career year all these years, you knew the vision, you job that Bob has done with the team for the
and without him, we’re not here. It’s a team knew the skill, and size was going to be an second year of our rebuild, officially. For
effort but everyone [on defense] has really issue. It took him a little while, five or six Bob to win it [Jack Adams], I wouldn’t even
risen and those two guys [Russell and Wide- games to get going, but once he figured out question it. [Peter] Laviolette is going to be
man] have been for me, as good as every- what he can do, and how he’s going to get by in contention, and there’s definitely worthy
body in the league.
in the NHL [he played great]. He is so quick. people and it’s going to be a battle. The same
FEVER: Do you think we are seeing the He can turn and he’s good with the puck. I is to be said for Johnny [Gaudreau]. I would
emergence of a star in T.J. Brodie?
really can’t say enough. This guy is going to have no problem with Johnny winning the
Conroy: I think so. I think since Gio has be a star. He probably is already a star in my Calder. You got [Filip] Forsberg, this guy
been hurt, we’ve asked him [Brodie] to do mind, but as we get going, he’s only going to out of nowhere Mark Stone has played undifferent things. He hasn’t got as much pow- get better and more comfortable. Obviously believably, and [Aaron] Ekblad in Florida,
erplay time, and it’s been a different role I want Johnny to win the Calder [Calder Me- who for a defensemen to play as much as he
for him. I loved Brodie even when he was morial trophy for best first-year NHL player did when he was just drafted last year, it’s a
in the minors. He skates so well and he just – rookie of the year] and I think he deserves pretty special year for him too. Any of those
keeps getting better every year. I think at it, if he wins or not, that’s beside the point. guys could do it. Personally, if Gio stayed
some point, people are going to be talking […] But for us to have a guy like that […] healthy, I thought he might get some Hart
about Brodie for Norris, I really do, and I I know people talk about Patrick Kane and trophy talk, but it’s always hard when you
think he is going to be in that conversation. you never want to put that pressure, but I only play sixty games. Would I still think he
Like I said, he skates so well and his defen- think now that we’ve gone through a whole is going to get some votes? For sure. Do I
sive game has come so far; I think back four season and you’ve seen what he has done, think he’s going to win it? Probably not. But
years ago, I remember him, he can do it all. it’s not that far off. He could be that type of would he have won it if he stayed healthy? I
Offense, defense, and he’s just so comfort- player.
absolutely thought he was going to win it. I
able and relaxed with the puck. I actually FEVER: An article from a previous issue think it’s right on with all those guys [Gaud-
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reau, Hartley, and Giordano]. Anybody
could win them [awards] but I really like our
guys. It would be special for the Flames organization to have those guys win them.
FEVER: Who are a few players on the
Flames roster that you think flew under the
radar this season that deserve some more attention?
Conroy: I think in the whole NHL, not just
our team, I think Russell. For me, Russell is
the guy who has really risen. I think Wideman would be another and Lance Bouma
is always a guy who rolls [under the radar]. Mikael Backlund with the injuries he
had early, he plays against the hardest lines
a lot of the time, and I think a lot of times
he’s overshadowed by the scoring of other
guys. Joe Colborne is another guy who had
a good year. There are so many guys. Even
like a [Dave] Schlemko coming in and really stepping up, and then there’s Josh
Jooris for sure. I would feel bad if I didn’t
say him because people had him pegged as
a minor league guy even in our own organization, and for him to come in, help us win
and contribute, he’s definitely an underrated
guy. Also Deryk Engelland and the presence
he has brought. I think when your team is
winning and you’re playing as a team, there
are so many guys [flying under the radar]. I
think that is the thing about this team; they
don’t care who scores. They’re all about
each other and winning. That is what I think
has made us successful this year.
FEVER: Are you surprised by how the team
rallied after Giordano’s injury?
Conroy: I really am. Gio, like any good captain, said “I’m still going to be here. I can’t
play but we can do it. I believe in you and
we got to believe.” Brad Treliving and Bob
Hartley both talked and agreed they were
still in a great position here. Did we lose our
captain and arguably our best player? Yes,
but it’s time for other guys to rise. Deryk
Engelland really proved he could play a
lot more than he has been. Whether it’s
been him [Engelland], Russell, Wideman,
and Brodie stepping up and taking a bit of
a different role, it’s amazing how the guys
have done it. I think Jiri Hudler had the best
month of any player, point wise, in the NHL
this year [during March] so for us to put an
“A” on Jiri and have him just embrace it, and
take over, it’s been fun.
FEVER: Can you give a few names of some
players coming up through the American
Hockey League (AHL) that fans should get
excited about?
Conroy: I think the one guy that has been
the biggest surprise this year is Garnet Hathaway. We signed him out of college last
year. I watched him play lots, and I didn’t
think he was ready for an NHL contract. We
talked to his advisor; he thought he might
have some NHL deals, and nothing really
came up. I said I love him and I would love
to sign him to an AHL deal and Brian Burke
[acting General Manager at the time] was all
over it. He came in this year and I see him as
a Lance Bouma. He blocks shots, he’s a warrior, drives the net, and does all those kind of
things. He’s shocked me and he’s got nine-
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Continued from page 38 the opportunity numerous times
and, to know what it’s like, I want
teen goals right now, one of our them to have that feeling. So overleading scorers in the AHL. But the all, it would still be a success, but a
biggest thing is he just plays hard. huge disappointment.
He [Hathaway] was the second FEVER: I don’t think any team
best player in camp other than Gio would want to play the Flames in
in terms of being in shape: out of the playoffs.
all the guys. What he did is come Conroy: Yeah it’s funny; I’ve talkin and say, “I know you didn’t give ed to teams and it’s weird because
me a contract, but I’m going to I remember when we went to the
earn one” and he really has. He’s finals in ‘04, we heard teams saya guy other than the Michael Fer- ing they hope they don’t play us in
land and Marcus Granlund we’ve the playoffs and I’m thinking, reseen here; he’s a big name. [Emile] ally? People thought we were hard
Poirier has been really good down to play against and that’s the same
there. His game from coming off thing I’m hearing in the press-box.
shoulder surgery and missing train- I don’t think anyone wants to play
ing camp, missing the first part of the Flames and we’ve played very
the year, [we could tell] he’s going well in the Western Conference, so
to be a special player. David Wolf hopefully we can really make some
has played excellently down there noise.
as well. He can finish, plays physi- FEVER: What can you say about
cal, plays hard, and we think he The Flames Foundation for Life?
could be a guy that we’re maybe Conroy: I think our ownership
watching here [in Calgary] next group and Ken King, besides the
season. On the back end, [Ryan] hockey, really pride themselves on
Culkin got cut with a skate, but be- the Flames Foundation. Whether
fore that he was really playing well it’s the work with the Children’s
for us. [Tyler] Wotherspoon has Hospital, Grassroots hockey, I
had a good year also, but I thought mean I could go on and on. There’s
Culkin, out of the first-year-pro de- such a long list of everything the
fensemen, really elevated his game. Flames Foundation does and
He’s a great skater, and turned out what’s great about it is that the
to have a bit more offensive upside players get involved. Everything
than I thought; he played great. I that we do here, the money we
think another guy who came off raise, or anything that we do, mostinjury who has played really well ly for kids, but not all for kids is
is Billy Arnold. Max Reinhart has great. The thing that I think you get
played well too. Then there’s our the most pride out of is when you
MVP down there, Joni Ortio. He go to the hospital visits, and you go
was hands down for me the best to all the different things and you
player on the team. Unfortunately, know the Flames are giving back.
when he got hurt, the team was in The players are giving their time,
the playoffs and now they’re not the owners financially, and everyand us [the Flames] calling ev- thing that they do. We are fortunate, we get to play
eryone up from
“I think no one does hockey for a living
the minors, really decimated
a better job than the and make great
the roster down Flames. I know every money and that’s
there. The guys
team does it, but the great, but to give
down
there Flames go above and back to the community whether its
work hard; the
beyond.”
kids that wouldn’t
effort is there
every night, but we haven’t won as be able to play sports and now
many games as we’d like. All these they have equipment, that’s a great
guys have played great at different thing. I think no one does a better
times, and they just haven’t had a job than the Flames. I know every
chance to come up [to the Flames] team does it, but the Flames go
and show what they can do at the above and beyond.
The FEVER would like
NHL level.
FEVER: Had the Flames hap- to thank the entire Flames orgapened to NOT make the playoffs nization for their hospitality and
this season, would the season still generosity for setting up this interview. The FEVER would also like
have been a success?
Conroy: It would’ve been a suc- to thank Craig Conroy for taking
cess, but to be as close as we would the time out of his busy schedule
have been and not make it would to do this interview with extreme
have been devastating. The team friendliness and would like to wish
has worked so hard and done so the Flames the best of luck in the
well. They’ve battled, competed, 2015 NHL Playoffs and the seaand to get the opportunity to play sons to follow.
in the Stanley Cup Playoffs and
compete [has been] amazing. I got
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Junior Girls Field Hockey season off to an exciting beginning
By Grace Stone
The well-anticipated first
game of the Lancers Junior Division Field Hockey started on April
21. The game lasted from 4:15 to
5:15 pm at Queen Elizabeth High
School, against their school team,
the Bumblebees. The game allowed the team to improve, and
use the skills they had learned in
practices for the first time.
This hardworking group
of girls practice before or after every school day from 7:00 to 8:20
am, or from 3:45 to 5:15 pm. The
team looks sharp in their new uniforms, an all-red attire with a skirt
and black knee socks. The game
began with the team putting their
hands together to chant, “Lancers!” getting pumped for their first
time on the field. Ten players and
the goalie were on at the start of
the game.
In the first half, players
were mostly focused on the puck
and learning the best ways around
the field. It was a bit of a rough
start, but by the end of the first
game the team and the coach were
happy with what they had accomplished for the beginning of the
season. Noted by Jennifer Kowalewski, the Junior team’s coach,
the players showed great skills in
defense of the puck. They were
open in the field and demonstrated
good teamwork.
During the game, a few
players off on the sidelines of the
“I know what I’m not excited for.
I’m not excited to wear skirts for
sports.”
At the end of the game,
Queen Elizabeth won 2-0. Lancers
may not have scored this game,
but the team learned from the experience. For further practices, the
Photo by Grace Stone
The Junior Girls team huddles together to discuss the first half of the game
coach wished for the team to use
more set plays to help them for the
rest of the games in the season.
The team played again
on Thursday, April 23 in the field
of the Calgary Soccer Centre,
against Notre Dame from 4:15
to 5:15 pm. Unfortunately, it was
another loss for the Lancers, as
Notre Dame won 2-0 as well.
They played the following week
Photo by Grace Stone
Lancers and Bumblebees congratulate each other after a great first game
field were asked what made them
excited for the rest of the season.
Anna Maclean, Grade 10, said
“I’m excited to improve.” Drue
Nooyen, Grade 10, said “I’m excited [for us] to grow as a team.”
Riva Kessel, Grade 10, took a
more humourous tone and said
ings with fourteen goals scored,
and none against them. They have
won both games they have played.
Notre Dame has scored six goals
with no goals against them; Queen
Elizabeth has scored three goals,
and Bishop Carroll has scored
two. Notre Dame has won twice
on Monday April 27 in the field of
the University of Calgary against
Sir Winston Churchill. The Lancers scored a goal, and the game
concluded as a draw. It was played
from 4:15 to 5:15 pm as well.
This season, William Aberhart
school is the highest in the stand-
and tied once out of the three
games they have played. Queen
Elizabeth and Bishop Carroll have
won once and tied once. Sir Winston Churchill has tied both games
they have played. Robert Thirsk
has lost the only game they have
played. St. Francis is in the same
position, with six goals scored
against them. John G. Diefenbaker
has lost the two games they have
played with twelve goals scored
against them.
Lancers have had five
goals scored against us out of the
three games that have been played
so far this season. We have one
point for the tie, and are sixth in
the standings out of nine schools.
For the season in May,
Lancers played against John G.
Diefenbaker in the field of Shouldice Athletic Park, on Monday
May 4, from 4:15 to 5:15 pm. On
Wednesday, May 6, from 4 pm to
5 pm, there was a game against
Bishop Carroll in the University
of Calgary’s field.
The following week on
Tuesday May 19, there will be a
game against St. Francis in the
field of the Calgary Soccer Centre
from 4:15 pm to 5:15 pm.
With enough determination and spirit, the Junior Division
Lancers can work to get in the
playoffs by the end of May. Go
Lancers!
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Understandably, the team with the
highest chance of winning the first overall
pick, the Buffalo Sabres, were less than excited to hear that they had not won the lottery
even though they had a 20% chance to do
so. This was the second year in a row that
the Buffalo Sabres had the worst record in
the NHL and yet did not receive the first
overall pick because of the lottery system.
Last year the Florida Panthers chose Aaron
Ekblad with the first overall pick while the
Sabres were left to choose Sam Reinhart
second overall. If the old system of rewarding the first selection to the worst team in the
league was still in place, the Sabres would
have been allowed to choose first both years,
setting them up to be a significantly better
team for years to come. This is a fact that
particularly angers Sabres’ general manager Tim Murray who was already opposed
to the draft lottery system when it was first
proposed. In fact, Murray was the only GM
who voted against the format when it was
voted on last season. At the time he argued
that the last team should always automatically receive the first pick, and considering
his team’s predicament over the last two seasons, it can be assumed that his stance has
not changed. When he was asked on lottery
day about how he felt about losing out on
the first pick once again, Murray said “It almost feels like you’re a World Junior player
getting that call at six in the morning from
Team Canada saying that you haven’t made
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ing their best to look at the bright side of
it this year.”
So now the
McDavid heading to Edmonton, but even
NHL is left with a
they admit there is very little to be excited
draft lottery system
about. The only potential upside comes for
that is believed by
Canadian fans who feel strongly about the
many fans and team
amount of bottom-dwelling teams in the
executives to be exNHL who are also American teams with
tremely flawed. Folsmall hockey markets that struggle to suslowing the results of
tain themselves in the league because of
this year’s lottery, it
their lack of fans. For those who already
seems that even the
believe these markets should be moved or
most important NHL
should not have been in these areas to begin
executives are disapwith and criticize the NHL for their lackpointed with the way
lustre expansion strategies, at least there is
the lottery has sigcomfort in knowing McDavid will not land
nificantly
favoured
in any of those destinations. Instead, Mcone team. When it
David will be welcomed with open arms to
was announced that
a Canadian team where he will get the recthe Oilers would once
ognition he deserves for being a truly amazagain select first overing hockey player.
all, NHL Commis
Other than that small silver lining,
there really does not seem to be much to
sioner Gary Bettman
be excited about, as one of the greatest juand Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly apnior players of this generation will land on
peared shocked when
a team that will put the weight of the world
they were shown on
on his shoulders. McDavid will be expected
TV. Considering how
to drag the Oilers out of the NHL’s basemany people believe
ment and finally be the first overall pick
that the NHL signifithat makes them winners instead of perencantly messed up in
nial losers. The fate of this year’s draft lotPhoto by Kyra Bird
allowing the Oilers to Much like regular lotteries, the NHL Draft lottery always has unexpected tery already seems to be one that will once
somehow win the lotagain change the process of how the first
results, with the winner not always being the team with the best odds
tery again, it can be
overall pick is decided, and hopefully this
or not to once again change the process of
assumed that this issue will be discussed in determining who is allowed to pick first.
time the NHL can get it right.
upcoming GM meetings and other important Some fans in the NHL are do- meetings in the summer to decide whether
Girls rugby wins two games to start off a great season
girls have participated in rugby.
turnout on that Friday afternoon.
The Scarlett / Wisewood team has The weather during the game on
been doing well so far in the season, despite Friday was horrible. There was a high of 10
only having played two games. They have degrees that day, but during the hour of the
won both, the first being against Lord Bea- game, it was -2 degrees. The players pushed
verbrook High School with a win of through the unsavory weather conditions
66-0 points, the second being the game and played very well throughout the game.
against Bishop Carroll Catholic High In rugby, one try, or score, is worth 5 points,
School with a win of 24-5. Although and players can get other points by kicking
none of the team’s
or passing past
coaches are from
the end line.
Scarlett, all five
“Although none of the team’s The Scarlett /
coaches are look- coaches are from Scarlett, all five Wisewood team
ing forward to the coaches are looking forward to only let the Carupcoming games in the upcoming games in hope of roll team score
hope of continuing continuing their winning streak one try, while
their winning streak
themselves
that the girls have worked hard to they
that the girls have
accumulated
get.”
worked hard to get.
24 points dur So early in the
ing the hour
season, it is hard to
that the game
tell who would be the teams biggest took place. Although our team is in the seccompetition, yet Robert Thirsk and ond division, we have a very good winning
Central Memorial are the two teams streak going into the division championship.
with the most points scored for all to- Further game times have not been revealed
gether.
as they are in May and will be shown at the
On Friday, April 24, the combined beginning of the month.
team of the Scarlett Lancers, and the The Girls Rugby team is looking
Wisewood Warriors, went up against forward to the rest of the season that is to
the Bishop Carroll Cardinals in a Girls come, and along with the season will hopeRugby game at the Henry Wisewood fully come more wins and no losses. Scarfield. Despite the undesirable weather lett Lancers and Wisewood Warriors alike
should cheer for the team and attend the exPhoto by Isabel Fernandez conditions at the game, which may have
A close up action shot of the exciting girls’ rugby game that took place on Friday April 24 against the made many viewers want to go home, citing games.
Bishop Carroll Cardinals, where the Scarlett-Wisewood team managed to win with a score of 24-5 both sides had a very significant fan
By Isabel Fernandez
This year, Dr E.P. Scarlett has decided to join up with Henry Wisewood High
School in a mashup rugby team. Neither
school had enough interest in a team alone,
yet together the girls seem to be working
very well as a group and are taking over
the second division of Calgary’s high school
rugby. This year is the first year that Scarlett