March 2010

Volume 5—Issue 6 March 2010

Ursuline Community Working Hard! Spring Break Around the Corner

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Mr. Dailey is more than ready for this Spring Break! Tori Davis and visitor Catie Deck enjoyed history class.

Caitlyn Carroll and Alexis Valentine studied the map in the

best way possible. Junior Hillary Wolz and Mrs. Jensen worked fervently on

their upcoming project.

Study Hall worked hard as always! Period F Microbiology worked hard performing a lab.

P H O T O S P R E A D

B E A R F A C T S V O L U M E 5 — I S S U E 6

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V O L U M E 5 — I S S U E 6 B E A R F A C T S

No one could ever guess how much the

cute little boy staring at the fish in the

pond at Shriners Hospital has gone

through. “He has adjusted incredibly

well, considering how far he is from

home, in a country that doesn’t speak his

language,” said Tammy Robbins, the

public relations manager at Shriners.

The little boy is Jean Patrick-

son, an eleven-year-old Haitian earth-

quake survivor, and he is here in St.

Louis in order to repair his badly broken

leg. Dr. Edward Fink met Jean in the

Port-au-Prince hospital in Haiti, where

he was supposed to have his leg ampu-

tated. Fink recognized that his leg could

be saved, and through the Healing the

Children Missouri, Jean and his cousin

Romel (age twenty) were brought to

Shriners.

The surgery Jean underwent on

February 19 is complicated. Seven

inches of bone had to be removed from

his tibia (the long bone connecting the

knee to the ankle). In order to repair and

replace the tibia, a piece of bone was

taken from the fibula (the smaller of the

two bones in the bottom of the leg).

For the majority of his time

here in St. Louis, Jean will be wearing a

Ring External Fixator, which will slowly

move the fibula bone over to the end of

the tibula (see image). The bones will

then merge together and become thicker

and stronger over time.

Jean has a whole plethora of

people to take care of him, including a

recreational therapist to help him adjust

more easily to America, and an inpatient

nurse to help him with everyday tasks.

So how much does all of this

cost for Jean and his family? Thousands

or hundreds of thousands of dollars? It

costs absolutely nothing. Shriners pa-

tients receive all care free of charge.

Bear Facts had the opportunity

to find out more about the hospital

through an interview with the public

relations manager at Shriners, Tammy

Robinson. Kathy Corbett, a Healing the

Children Missouri representative, sup-

plied information about Jean, and Jean

himself even answered a few questions

for the paper.

Interview with Tammy Robbins, P.R.

Bear Facts: How does Shriners run fi-

nancially if all of the patients are able to

come for free?

T.R.: “We don’t like to say free be-

cause it gives the impression that the

patients are getting charity care or less

than quality care. We get our money

from an endowment fund, which is basi-

cally a big pool of money that has been

continually collected even before Shrin-

ers opened. There’s money being taken out of a pool of about 6 or 7 bil-lion dollars… A portion of that money goes to our hospitals to perform operations, but it’s all donated money.” Bear Facts: Do you have fundraisers?

T.R.: “Yes, but mostly it’s other people

who put on fundraisers for us. The way

most people are able to donate is by ei-

ther making a direct donations to a spe-

cific hospital or they can also donate to

the larger endowment fund. People can

make specific donation to different de-

partments, you know, say Radiology...

so if someone wants to help in a specific

department, he is able to do that. But the

endowment fund donations usually come

from people who have left entire wills

and estates to the hospital.

Bear Facts: Is there an age limit on who

can receive care from Shriners?

T.R.: “Well, when someone is first ad-

mitted to the hospital, he has to be

younger than 18. In some special cases

we’ll continue a child’s care through

their 21st birthday if they have a condi-

tion we feel we need to keep an eye on

or if they entered the system late. Typi-

cally the age limit is 18.”

In order to find out more about

the Heal the Children program, Kathy

Corbett, a representative from Heal the

Children and the woman who helped to

get Jean to St. Louis, answered some

questions about the program.

Bear Facts was able to get a few ques-

tions answered by Jean, as well. His

cousin, Romel, interpreted his answers

for him because Jean only speaks

French.

BF: How are you liking your trip to

America so far?

JP: “It has been good.”

BF: What is the most interesting thing

you have experienced so far?

JP: “The zoo.”

BF: Is it strange being in a place that is

so cold?

JP: “No because I was told what to ex-

pect.”

BF: What has been the hardest thing to

get used to being in a new country?

JP: “Waking up from surgery and seeing

my leg with an external fixator frame on

it.”

Jean Patrickson’s trip to Shrin-

ers will enable to him to live a normal

life. If he had gone through an amputa-

tion and gotten a prosthetic leg, his op-

tions would have been extremely limited

in Haiti. Shriners has been able to give

Jean opportunities to be more successful

in life, and it did not cost Jean a penny.

Walking down the halls of Shriners,

doctors, nurses and parents see miracle

stories like Jean’s every day.

Amy Coyle BearFacts Staff Writer

Haiti Boy Receives Medical Care at St. Louis Shriner’s Hospital

This is a picture of Jean’s Ring External Fixa-tor. The screws on the sides are what will pull John’s bone over to replace the missing tibia bone. Photo provided by Tammy Rob-bins, P.R.

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Amanda’s Knox:

Sentenced to

26 Years The captivating story of the pretty, American exchange student to Italy, Amanda Knox, has captured the atten-tion of many people worldwide. Knox was arrested on November 6, 2007 for the murder of her roommate, 21-year-old Meredith Kercher. Also arrested was Knox’s then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito of Italy. During questioning – which lasted for four excruciating hours with no lawyer present, Knox claims the police forced her to make a state-ment by beating her and hitting her upside the head. First, Knox claimed to have been at her boyfriend’s house dur-ing the murder, then later on after questioning, Knox changed her testi-mony. She said that she had had a vision of being in the house when Kercher was murdered and might have even heard her scream. Knox identified the killer as Patrick Lumumba, her boss at a local bar, who later turned out to have an air-tight alibi, according to cnn.com. Police soon set their sights on Rudy Guede, an alleged drug dealer whose DNA was found in Kercher’s body and in her bedroom. Guede was found guilty of murder and sexual as-sault on October 28, 2008 and was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Later he appealed and his sentence was re-duced to 16 years. The trial began on January 16, 2009. In June, Knox took the stand and told the court that she was shocked by Kercher’s death, offered an alibi for the night she was killed, and said that police beat her into making a false statement, according to oprah.com. Finally on De-cember 4, 2009, an eight-member jury deliberated for eleven hours on Knox’s fate. She and Sollecito were found guilty of murder, sexual assault, staging a break-in and carrying a knife. Knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison. Sol-

lecito, 25 received years.

Molly Sweeny

Bear Facts Staffwriter and Editor

Art by Andrea Hock

V O L U M E 5 — I S S U E 6

The Olympics: Challenging the Best When the flaming torch was lit in the 2010 Olympic Games, many ath-letes all around the world gathered in one place to compete this year in Vancouver, Canada. Whether some-one watched the latest recording of the Olympics or the latest gold medal-ist interview, people can say that eve-ryone remembers highlights in this year’s Olympic Games. The United States set a new record of 37 medals, and 10 were gold. The 10 gold medals automatically made American viewers jump out of their seats, feeling as if they were competing as well. The Olympic Games come around once eery two years by alternating between the sum-mer and winter sports. As the viewers watch the Olympics, the audience sits there and wonders what makes them excited for these two weeks. Viewers can always be inspired by these amazing athletes and always follow their spirit and commitment. Well, the excited audience has found the answer; maybe it is having the best athletes in the world gather in one place. It is the atmos-phere, and the presence of the athletes. Everyone gets to see all of the gear these athletes are wearing, before we buy it. In addition, everyone gets to see the gold medal competition of his or her favorite athlete. The Olympic Games host many different events. Some events young athletes could relate to because they play those sports, but other athletes could realize they never heard of such a game. During the summer games of 2012, the next Olym-pics

will take place in London, England. Common summer sports in the Olym-pics are swimming, rowing, volleyball, boxing, fencing, track, gymnastics, hand-ball, basketball, baseball, tennis, table tennis, cycling and field hockey. Some uncommon Olympic sports include sail-ing, archery, shooting, judo, taekwondo, weightlifting, triathlons and pentathlons. These are all uncommon sports, but they still appeal to the audience. During the winter Olympics, the audi-ence watches the winter games. They compete in events such as figure skating, the biathlon, luge, bobsleigh, skiing, ice hockey and curling. The next winter Olympics will be in Sochi, Russia, in 2014. Since there are such a variety of sports, it truly encourages kids and teens to look beyond borders as to what you want to play. Not only do the winter and summer Olympics catch the viewer’s eye, the Special Olympics and the Junior Olym-pics do as well. The Junior Olympics contain sports just like the regular Olympics, but young teens and young athletes compete them. The Special Olympics have young athletes partici-pate who have disabilities or health is-sues. It is a great way to include them in the Olympics, because they are ath-

letes too. The Special Olympics may

take place in a hometown were you

live. The Olympics is not only a sport but an opportunity for a team bond as well, the teammates connect with cultures/nations from other teams as well. The Olympic Athletes also show true sportsmanship by congratulating the other opposing teams. Athletes are role models, and they truly sym-bolize that in their performances. The audiences all around the world look

forward to seeing them in 2012 and 2014!

Brooke Messmer Bear Facts Staffwriter

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Robert Pattinson in Remember Me Many moviegoers fell in love with Robert Pattinson when he played the hot vampire Edward Cullen in Twilight and New Moon. Pattinson may be a hopeless romantic himself, considering he is attracted to romantic movie roles. He plays another romantic char-acter in the new movie, Re-member Me. Robert plays Tyler, a young rebellious man who comes from a torn apart family. Different from the tight family bond which the Cullens share in Twilight, Ty-ler has a very strained and almost hateful relationship with his father who is played by Pierce Brosnan. We’re used to seeing Pattinson in a magical fiction story. Fans

watched him run at the speed of light as a vampire in Twilight and practice wizardry in Harry Potter as Cedric Diggory. In Remember Me, you’ll see Pattinson in a non-fantasy set-ting, playing an actual human with a realistic story to which the audience can relate. But, will Pattinson’s fans accept him taking a role aside from the vampire whom they love? Freshman Maddie Stadler said, “I think it’s going to be a good movie, but I’m still always going to see him as a vampire.” Would Robert Pattinson mind that people

can’t see him as anyone else but Ed-ward? Junior Andrea Rechtiene said, “I’m excited to see a different side of his acting; it’s going to be interesting.”

Some people may not even be able to accept him in a different story. Remember Me got as many good reviews as it did bad. While some fans claimed it was boring, others claimed that it was intense, exciting, and the storyline was amazing. One thing which a lot of viewers agreed was that the relationship between Tyler and his kid sister, played by Ruby Jerins, was more powerful than the relationship between Tyler and his love interest, played by Emilie deRavin. Based on this review, maybe Kristen Stewart is the only person Pattinson can have on-screen chemistry with after all? But, many viewers did claim that Pattinson could successfully play a non-vampire character.

Kimie Leach

Bear Facts Staff Writer

Since people found out that Tim Burton was making the Alice in Wonderland film, his fans and hundreds of other people have been as “mad as a hatter” waiting for the release date. Now it has finally reached theaters, and people are crazy like “March hares” for it. Numerous UA students are extremely excited for the release of the movie. Absolutely Alice Products Products have come out with lines which are inspired by the movie. Hot Topic has had adorable shirts for men and women since November. One of the shirts for men is black and has the Mad Hatter on it. A top for women is lavender and has the movie title on it. But it’s not just shirts from Hot Topic; O.P.I. is releasing four nail polish colors inspired by Alice. A review on the colors is on alllacqueredup.com. There’s “Absolutely Alice” which is a sky blue color with royal blue glitter, the color of her dress, and spots of gold which is the color of her golden hair; “Mad as a Hatter” which is a multi-glitter polish with a dominate color of lavender; “Off with Her Red” which is a blood-like

wocky, a dragon- like creature, and save Underland from the evil rule of the Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter), thus

returning the crown the rightful owner, the White Queen (Ann Hathaway). Personally, I be-lieved the movie was “wonderful”. Since it is a Tim Burton film, it is obvi-ously a darker story. It was a beautiful movie, and al-though it was based on a book was still able to form a fresh story of its own. The beloved characters everyone knows are still there. The Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp)

has a bigger part in the plot but it is still a great movie. It is visually amazing and has several laughs. There are a few strange and random parts but that’s to be expected from Tim Burton. The message of the story is still the same: be true to yourself. If you love the normal story of Alice, you’ll like the movie; if you never liked Alice, you’ll still enjoy this film. Mark your calendar to go see this movie, and don’t be late for this important date!

Margie Plurad Bear Facts Staff Writer

color; and “Thanks So Muchness” which is a de-lightful red berry color. There is also a CD which is not a sound track but a series of songs inspirited by the movie, called “Almost Alice” and can be found on iTunes and music stores. Movie Review One thing that people need to know is that the movie is somewhat based off of the book Through the Look-ing Glass and What Alice Found There, written by Lewis Carroll, is a sequel to the famous book, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, also written by Carroll. The plot of the movie takes place thir-teen years after Alice’s adventure down the rabbit hole. Alice (Mia Wasikowska) is now 19 years old and finds herself returning to Wonderland, which is called “Underland” by its inhabitants. Everyone there is not sure if she is the “right” Alice, and she has convinced herself this is only a dream. She finds that she is the one to slay the Jabber-

Anxious for the premiere!

Remember Me movie poster from fan-pop.com

M O V I E S

Alice in Wonderland Hype

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Student Spotlight:

Elizabeth Dryer Elizabeth Dreyer is UA’s own competi-tive gymnast. Though many have dipped into the waters of gymnastics, Dreyer has been competing in this sport for roughly eleven years. Starting when she was only four years old, Elizabeth was immediately engulfed in the life of gym-nastics.

Within months of her beginning gymnas-tics she was selected from a handful of girls to become a member of the competitive team at St. Louis Gymnastics Centre in Webster Groves. It was this selec-tion that began her life in gymnastics. Now not only does she have the aver-age schooling of a teenager but also daily, 4-hour practices on average, year round, to fill up her schedule.

Why so much training? This is because her team not only focuses on the fun of gymnastics but also on the competition. Dreyer has competed in over 80 gymnastics meets through her years. Most recently her competitions have taken her to Indiana and New York. At these meets, gymnasts compete individually against others in their age group and skill level. These levels begin with level 5 and go up to the level 10.

Some of Dreyer’s biggest ac-complishments, so far, are in her qualifi-cations for regionals and westerns. Though it is too early in this meet sea-son to tell if she will go this year, there is a good chance considering she has been to nationals once and regionals twice already. Both meets require a series of qualifications. It starts during the regular meet season. If one obtains a high enough score, then she is quali-fied to compete in the State meet with gymnasts from all over Missouri. Then, at State, if you score in the top eight, you move on to the Regional meet. This is a competition against other girls within the Mid-West. Once this meet is complete, then, if she does well, the

gymnast moves onto the Western Na-tionals competition. This is a large com-petition against girls from Missouri all the way west to California who have also met these requirements.

To qualify for these meets, Elizabeth Dreyer was able not only to qualify but to walk away with two 1st

places at State, a 10th and 4th

place at Regionals, then a 17th at Western Nationals, all of this within the course of two years as a level 9.

Though she is no longer a level 9, the system stays the same.

This year is her second year level 10, but only her first being able to compete due to a shoulder injury dur-ing last year’s meet season.

Though this is her first year of competition as a 10, she has started the season off great. In her last meet in Indiana, she brought home 2nd place out of roughly fifty girls, coming second only to a fellow teammate. Dreyer has already gotten the scores to move her on to State and will be competing there later this March.

Not only is Elizabeth preparing for State, she is also preparing for college. Since Elizabeth competes at such a high level at such a young age, she is already being scouted by

colleges. Though St. Louis Gymnastics Centre only goes to level 10, most col-leges offer the next step which would be elite training. This is the same “level” at which the Olympic gymnasts train.

Though the regular gymnastics season is over, Elizabeth has potential college teams to look at and State to keep her busy. On top of that she has everyday practices and school to help fill up her plate. She’s a busy girl, but, like most gymnasts, the balancing act in their lives is as common a factor as their bal-ancing on a beam.

Cinnamon Mullins Bear Facts Staff Writer

Next year one-to-one laptops will be used regularly in classes. Every student will receive a laptop under lease by the school. As of March 24, “Ursuline is leaning towards an ASUS, 1005 PE but is waiting for competitive bids from HP and Lenovo,” said Mr. Baker, the net-work administrator. Why get laptops? There were many factors which went in to making this decision. First off, the contract for the laptops in the laptop carts around the school is up. Also, sev-eral other St. Louis area high schools have switched to using one-to-one lap-tops. Advantages: Laptops provide portability. They can be taken from class to class, and the teacher doesn’t have to waste time while the students go to another classroom to get a laptop. Also, it provides organization. Any informa-tion put on a laptop will stay on the laptop. Laptops encourage students to step away from the usual way and to use a more active model of finding in-formation. UA is a college preparatory school, and many college students do most of their work on a laptop. Many students, are excited about this change, hoping that laptops will become more hands-on during classes. Disadvantages: While many students can’t wait to get laptops, sev-eral students are not eager to be getting them. Laptops can turn into a distrac-tion, from playing games on them to e-mailing. Even though websites such as Facebook will be blocked, a game of soli-taire is right on your home screen. Other students say that they don’t want a laptop because they just got a new one either over the summer or for Christmas. Why have two when you only need one? Caroline Baker, a fresh-man, said, “I don’t want laptops because it’s just going to be one more thing to carry around all day, and I just got a new one.”

Maggie Eggleston

Bear Facts Staff Writer


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New Laptops: Pros & Cons

Top 10 things You Didn’t Know About Vern

School. 7. Her hobbies are playing golf, bike riding, dancing and going out to dinner with friends.

8. She likes activity. 9. Favorite movie? Anything with San-dra Bullock, who recently won an Oscar.

10. When asked how she feels about always reminding students to put their feet down, she responded, "Consistency is what people need in their lifetimes."

Kelli Riddle Bear Facts Staff Writer

1. Her real name is Jeannine Harlin. 2. She got the nickname "Vern" in 1987 after a student told her she looked like Laverne from the TV show, Laverne and Shirley.

3. Ursuline hired her on Halloween in the early 1980s.

4. She's been married for 45 years. She met her husband, Larry, over the phone and liked the way his voice sounded.

5. When asked if she was sassy or feisty, she responded, "probably both."

6. She went to Notre Dame High

THE MYSTERY OF ANTOINETTE CLAYTON 1. Outside of school, Mrs. Clayton goes by Ann, which is short for Antoinette.

2. Mrs. Clayton actually set up her hus-band, Charles, on a blind date for a friend. Later, she knew they were perfect for each other and got mar-ried. True love always conquers.

3. She is not from St. Louis at all, but from Maryland!

4. Mr. Clayton’s job took the Claytons too many places like Chile! Mrs. Clay-ton can still speak a little Spanish.

5. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton have two daughters and nine grandchildren. Their grandchildren range from the second grade through college.

6. Mrs. Clayton claims to be a “night owl.” She stays up to 11:00 most nights.

7. Antoinette Clayton really enjoys the new study hall paint. She thought it was time to spruce the place up.

8. Mrs. Clayton majored in Education. 9. Mrs. Clayton started at Ursuline as a

mother volunteer until one day she was offered the job of study hall mod-erator.

10. She finds it very rewarding to work with Ursuline girls, especially STUCO. She has been involved in STUCO for more than 10 years and loves to make UA a better place.

Claire Fadel Bear Facts Staff Writer

Picture taken by Kelli Riddle

Pictures taken by Claire Fadel

“I hang out with Mr. Smith. He’s my buddy.”

The Mystery of Jeannine Harlin revealed

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Penny Marshal in the TV show Laverne and Shirley looks similar to Vern .

Picture supplied by www.starpulse.com

NHS TRIVIA NIGHT On Feb. 21, NHS hosted its first ever student trivia. The theme was Around the World and for the most part got great feedback from the 80 people who attended. Over $400 was donated to TASK, which is an organization which benefits children with special needs. All participants had a great time and UA is considering making it an annual event. Great job, girls!

SPEECH MEET On February 28, 2010, Ursuline hosted the second to last speech meet. Stu-dents from around the area attended the speech meet. Girls from Ursuline’s NHS, Ambassadors, the Broadcast team and many other girls assisted in volun-teering in at the meet. Carolyn Plurad, Colleen McCormack, Claire Carenza, Shannon Strawhun, Leah Renaud and Alican Moser are moving on to the final meet at Cor Jesu Academy on March 14, 2010. Congratulations to all who participated and good luck at the final.

Nicole Farmer Bear Facts Staff Reporter

J umping into a cold pool early in the morning may not seem like the most appealing way to start the day, but for the members of the UA swim

team those early mornings are reward-ing. “I was glad to see that all the dedi-cation and hard work we had put into the season had paid off!” said senior athlete and four year UA swimmer, Emily Edwards of her experience going to the State Competition. Representing UA at the State competition this year were swimmers Maria Schweiss, Jose-phine Vitale, Molly Berra, and Emily Ed-wards. “Going to state this year was an amazing feeling. Since it was my last year swimming for Ursuline, I couldn’t have been happier,” said Edwards who swam a personal best of 26.53 in the prelimi-naries of the competition in the 50 free-style. With the swim season wrapped up, Colleen Dunn, also a four-year swimmer and decorated veteran of the 100 yard butterfly, recalled many good memories from her time on the UA swim team. “This season has been won-derful; we have accomplished a lot of yards and succeeded in many of our races.” The racquetball team also made an appearance at State competi-tion. Seven athletes from the UA rac-quetball team participated in the JV3 State Tournament. Of these seven ath-letes, six of them won their first match while junior Marissa Aubuchon advanced to the quarter fi-nals. At State, sophomore Andrea Schneider took second place for JV2/seat 3 with her fellow sophomore Sammi Niehaus taking third place for JV2/seat 2. In the regular season, the varsity racquetball team ended with a record of 0-10, and the JV2 (1) team faired a little better with a record of 4-6. Individually, the 18 members of the racquetball team have some impressive records. Senior athlete Kim Mueckl was among the four racquetball athletes this season to have a record of 500 or bet-ter. The UA varsity basketball team ended their season in the second round of the district playoffs this year. How-

ever, the Bears’ 54-28 loss to Nernix Hall in districts doesn’t accurately sum up the incredible season the Bears have had this year. The team won two tournaments this year at Fox and Parkway Central. “We improved our record to 17- 9 by win-ning 5 more game (12-15),” said Coach Hannig of the regular season. “We moved from last place to 5th in the MWAA conference by beating Viz. We are in the best conference in Missouri.” Hailey Massa, also a four-year athlete, described this season as “Awesome. It was my favorite season by far.” As her last year on the team came to a close, one game in particular stands out for Massa. “Our senior night game against Notre Dame we were losing the entire game, until our stud freshman Hannah Weisbrod scored the buzzer beater lay-up, and we won our senior night game!” Massa remembered. She also remem-bered the Bears’ victorious game against Viz. Massa attributed the win to the Bears’ “unstoppable press.” She looked back at the game fondly, “We were down nearly the entire game; at times Viz had a 10 to 15 lead, but we never let down. We had a comeback in the 3rd period and ended winning the game by 10.” Morgan Kovachevich, now a senior, has been on varsity for four years. “The Viz game was a great win for us. We really worked hard as a team to overcome the deficit and pulled out a great win. It was exciting for every-one!” said Kovachevich. She will be play-ing basketball this coming fall at Mac-Murray College in Jacksonville, Illinois. The dance team finished up an eventful season. The dance team per-formed in two competitions this year, one at Lindbergh High and one in St. Charles. The team also participated in a showcase at Fox High School. Senior Emma Hotard has been on the dance team since she was a freshman, “I have so many great memories.” Mrs. Albers, the dance team coach, announced that next year the Team will be competing in at least two competitions. For some senior winter ath-

letes, their UA athletic career continues this year as they try out for the spring sports teams. For others, this marks the end of their turn as a UA athlete. For them, this season was unforgettable for many reasons, and for the underclass-men on their teams the best is still ahead of them next year “I know it sounds cheesy, but we became like a family,” said varsity basketball senior Michelle Burton of her fellow Lady Bears. “We ate together and played together. We were with each other every single day.”

Caitlin Zera Bear Facts Co-Editor-In-Chief

UA Winter Sports Wrap Up: Seniors Celebrate Last Season

UA Happenings Event Recap

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Spring Break To-Do List! S

pring break is near and many people travel, but some people stay home. For people who are

staying home, here are some sugges-tions to have an entertaining and enjoy-able spring break. Forest Park has many different, fascinating and enjoyable places to go. The History Mu-seum and the Art Museum have many remarkable exhibits. The History Museum has many of their old exhibits, but a special one is on at the Mis-souri Botanical Garden: Green for 150 Years. Also in Forest Park, the Boat House has paddle-boating and a restaurant for lunch. Visit the Muny to pre-order tick-ets for some shows, such as Footloose, Sound of Music, Beauty and the Beast, Cats, Titanic and Show Boat. Pre-order

sales will be ready for purchase on March 27. The City Museum is known as a place for enjoyment. There are slides and climbing. Then have a slumber party; tell scary or funny stories, and play some board games. Having a slum-

ber party can be a time to relax and have fun with friends. Over spring break, there is always something new to try

such as baking, eating new foods, learning how to sew or play an instru-ment. Cleaning a room that hasn’t been cleaned

or needs cleaning can also be fun. Also, try to do some

service hours. Doing service is a good thing to do and keeps you busy. Helping others is a great way to spend time doing good deeds. Check the bulletin board next to campus min-

istry to find some places for service hours. According to the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), teens voted Breaking Dawn, Identical and Wake as some of their favorite books. Check them out! There are many new movies premiering throughout March. Some movies are Alice in Wonderland, Remember Me, The Last Song and She’s Out of My League. Some movies which could be rented are Up, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince or Paranormal activ-ity. Also, catching up on TV shows missed during this season can be some-thing to do. Use your imagination to have a fun spring break. There are many differ-ent activities to do to make spring break memorable. Have a safe spring break!

Sarah Haenchen Bear Facts Staff Writer

Auto parts manufacturer president, New St. Louis Ram’s Owner

O ver the last few years the St. Louis Rams have had their ups and downs concerning many

factors such as, players, coaches and, more recently, owners. In 2008, Geor-gia Frontiere passed away. After her death, her son, Chip Rosenbloom, and daughter, Lucia Rodriguez, became ma-jority owners. There were also other partners involved. In the months just after Frontiere’s death, Rosenbloom and Rodriguez decided it would be best for them to sell the majority of the team. Neither of them have personal ties to St. Louis, so they thought it would be best this way. Also, Stan Kroenke, a billionaire from Columbia, Mo., owns the remaining 40 percent of the fran-chise as well as the NBA’s Denver Nug-gets, the NHL’s Colorado Avalanche and Major League Soccer’s Colorado Rapids plus a large stake in the Arsenal soccer club.

deed true. Rosenbloom and Rodriguez were, in fact, selling 60 percent of the Rams to a man named Shahid Khan, in Urbana, IL. Shahid Khan is within driving distance of St. Louis. He has no desire

to move the Rams from St. Louis, where they have been since the 1995 season after com-ing from Los Angeles.

Shahid Khan is the 55-year-old president of an

auto parts manufacturer, Flex-N-Gate, in Urbana, IL. If Kroenke

wants to be bought out, Khan is likely to do so, and that would make him sole

owner, according to Stltoday.com.

Amber Grisham Bear Facts Staff Writer

Last October conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh said he was teaming up with St. Louis Blues owner Dave Checketts in a bid to buy the Rams, the NFL’s team with the longest losing streak at 14 games and a record of 5-31 since 2007. After some time this didn’t come to pass. With a new owner, there are always questions about whether or not the Rams would stay in St. Louis. In fact, St. Louis lost their NFL team, then the St. Louis Cardinals (football) franchise after the 1987 season when Bill Bidwill moved the franchise to Ari-zona; they are now the Arizona Cardi-nals. Because of this, St. Louis was with-out an NFL team from 1988-94. On February 11 , 2010, ESPN.com reported that the rumors about the selling of the Rams were in-

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St. Louis is a sports town and proud of it. Most of St. Louis watched as the Blues won at away games and lost at home games. Ursuline girls sat glued to their televisions, waiting with baited breath to see which team would arise as the victor. The Blues are currently 17th in the NHL, 10th in the Western Confer-ence and 4th in the Central Division. Out of 72 games, the St. Louis Blues have won 34 games, lost 29 and lost in overtime 9 games. In total, the team has a goals for: against ratio of 196:199. Their away record of 22 and 11 is bet-ter than their home record of 12, 18 and 5 in away games. With only a few weeks until the play-offs, fans hope the

Blues continue to do well. With a star-studded team with players such as Andy McDonald, T. J. Oshie, Brad Boyes and David Backes, it looks like the Blues have a good chance of making it to the playoffs. However, only 8 teams in each conference will go on to the play-offs. The Blues need to pick it up and score more goals if they want to con-tinue playing. The last regular season game is April 10. The Blues have until then to qualify for the playoffs. Let’s hope the Blues make it to the playoffs, and put on some blue and gold!

Ann Slesinski Bear Facts Staff Writer

T he St. Louis Cardinals have been hard at work, preparing for spring training at the Roger Dean stadium in Flor-

ida. They have 30 preseason games this year, and 28 of these contests will be held in Florida. With spring training opening day on March 4, having ninety one wins last year, and the coach who has won the most games in the past sixty years, expectations are already high. In an interview, manager Tony La Russa stated, “The first day we showed up, we felt like we were one of the clubs, of the thirty clubs, that has a le-gitimate chance of playing in Octo-ber.” (www.stlcardinals.com) With a forty-man roster, only two spots are still open, to be determined during spring training. The men already on the roster include Mitchell Boggs, Chris Carpenter, Ryan Franklin, Jaime Garcia, Blake Hawksworth, Ben Jukich, Josh Kinney, Kyle Lohse, Kyle McClellan, Trever Miller, Jason Motte, Tyler Norrick, Adam Ottavino, Brad Penny, Dennys Reyes, Francisco Samuel, Adam Wain-wright, P.J. Walters, Bryan Anderson, Jason LaRue, Yadier Molina, Matt Pag-nozzi, David Freese, Tyler Greene, Mark Hamilton, Julio Lugo, Albert Pu-jols, Brendan Ryan, Skip Schumaker, Allen Craig, Matt Holliday, Jon Jay, Daryl

St. Louis Blues Review

Key players to watch in the field during the 2010 season

Yadier Molina-Catcher Albert Pujols-First base

Skip Schumaker– Second base Ryan Ludwick-Right field Matt Holliday-Left field Brendan Ryan-Short stop David Freese-Third base Colby Rasmus-Center field

Cardinals Spring Training: Hopeful for Another Successful Year

Jones, Ryan Ludwick, Joe Mather, Colby Rasmus, Shane Robinson and Nick Stavi-noha. The non-roster invitees include Rich Hill, Lance Lynn, Evan MacLane, Pete Parise, Oneli Perez, Fernando Salas, Eduardo Sanchez, Charlie Zink, Tony Cruz, Charlie Cutler, Steven Hill, Robert Stock, Daniel Descalso, Ruben Gotay, Pete Kozma, Donovan Solano and Tyler Henley. With high expectations and many great veteran players as well as new faces, the Cardinals look forward to a great season in 2010. They believe they have what it takes to have a suc-cessful post season. Good luck to the St. Louis Cardinals!

Kailey Beckett Bear Facts Staff Writer

“With players such as Andy McDonald, T.J. Oshie, Brad Boyes and David Backes,

it looks like the Blues have a good chance of making it to the playoffs.”

Photo by: Sarah Haenchen

Pitchers for 2010 Chris Carpenter Kyle Lohse

Adam Wainwright Mitchell Boggs Ryan Franklin

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St. Patrick’s Day Around the World here are many interesting celebrations of St. Patrick’s Day around the world. For instance, in Florence, Italy, the city hosts “Festa Irlandese” which is ten days of live music, Irish food and drink. This event takes place in a huge tent, and thousands of people around the world attend. According to Irish Cultures and Customs Web site, in Tokoyo, Japan, about 2,000 participants march down fashionable Omotesando Avenue, deco-rated for the occasion with Irish and Japanese flags. The parade is cheered on by as many as 7,000 spectators. The Japanese are very fond of all things Irish so this is a huge celebration. In Australia, March is festival season down-under; the entire month’s

calendar is full of many special events. These events are balls, race days, golf days and concerts which are Irish-themed. The traditional Saint Patrick’s Day Mass is held at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney. In Rome, the Irish Club will host the 11th Annual Celtic Ball. This event benefits Alone in Dublin, a charity working with elderly people, and the Multiple Sclerosis Centre of Young Adults in Rome. Also explained by the website, Canada holds one of the largest St. Pat-rick’s Day Parades in North America. It began in 1988 in Toronto, and the pa-rade has grown to include 100 organiza-tions, 32 Irish country associations,

2,000 marchers, 30 floats and 14 bands. Here in the United States, we also have many special events around the nation. San Francisco celebrated its 150th annual tribute to St. Patrick. New Orleans had many special parades which attracted many people. Influenced by Mardi Gras, these parades are really something to see. St. Louis held its 41st Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade and 32nd Annual St. Patrick’s Day Run located in downtown St. Louis and St. Louis Union Station. St. Louis also had the St. Pat-rick’s Day Ancient Order of Hibernians’ Dogtown Parade.

Emily Price Bear Facts Reporter

Where in Ursuline can these items be found?

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Answer Key:

1.) 2nd Floor Merici, outside

the counseling office.

2.) In Dr. Gilligan’s room

3.) In Mr. Reid’s room

4.) In the old gym

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Dear ABC Family,

Congratulations! You are having the bestest bestest bestest bestest

month evermonth evermonth evermonth ever. Not only do we love your ‘wholesome’

shows (like Full House), but thank goodness Secret Life and Make It or Break It are finally ending soon.

Thank you for giving us back our M0nday nights,

and don’t think your painfully long commercial

breaks have gone unnoticed. Also, please quit scar-

ing us with Ricky’s spur-of-the-moment runaways.

He’s probably the only reason we endure the show.

While you’re at it, get your characters some new

haircuts, and invest in a different makeup artist.

Love,

Claire and Kelli

P.S. Expectations are high for next season.

Dear Baby Daddies on Teen Mom and 16 &Pregnant,

You are officially having the worstest worstest worstest worstest

month evermonth evermonth evermonth ever! Strike that– the worstest rest of your

child’s life. Not only are you selfish, but your baby

mommas don’t mind broadcasting your stupidity to

the whole world. We know it’s not what you signed

up for in the beginning, but please get your act to-

gether. Your girlfriends, most of them, have grown

up, and now it’s your turn. Please take note that

being a dad is more than just dressing your babies

in Ed Hardy attire. Please reconsider next time you

think about leaving your babies with their mothers

while you go out with your buddies.

Love,

Claire and Kelli

By: Claire Fadel and Kelli Riddle


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Claire loves Ke$ha

Whose side are YOU on?

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Kelli loves Gaga

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Sleepyhead Passion Pit

Breakeven The Script

Ke$ha ft. 3OH!3

Telephone

Winter Sky Vampire Weekend

Break Your Heart Taio Cruz ft. Ludacris

Lady GaGa ft. Beyoncé

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