Volume V Issue VII - May 2012

Raiders Digest

FEATURES SPORTS STUDENT LIFEHigh School BullyingIssue a hot topic across nation

Capstone SeasonSenior Capstone projects fill the halls of Regis Jesuit

Against All OddsNew tennis pair dominates the courts

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THE SENIOR ISSUEOur final issue of the year says farewell to the Class of 2012

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Regis Jesuit crowned League Champions, a first-ever for RaidersRAIDERS LACROSSE THE THUNDER ROLLS

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Sitting in the Boy’s Division library, with high tensions, ner-vous participants, and excited energy all around, it’s easy to see that the Poetry SLAM is popular among many students.

The audience cheers and claps for every performance, musical or poetry, and cast their votes for their favorite Silent SLAM poems. The intensity rises as the competition steepens. Ms. Donahue, one of the coor-dinators of the SLAM, says,“The Poetry SLAM is a co-divisional, competitive, poetry-perfor-mance event held each spring that highlights our student’s creativity.”

The 4th Annual SLAM took place on April 11th.

The SLAM included a Live Poetry SLAM (students perform their original work before an audience), a Silent SLAM, (students post their original poetry anonymously on the Silent SLAM wall)

Katherine Woodford ‘15

and a Graffiti Wall (tag yourself creatively).

The event showcases the release of the RJHS Impressions magazine, the school’s creative art’s publica-tion.

The coordinators for the event were Mr. Dawkins along with Mrs. Donahue, and others involved in the event were both the GD and BD librarians, and members of the Impressions Writing Clubs.

“We also feature an Art Gallery, featuring the student art and photography that is included in the magazine. Student musi-cians perform between the Live SLAM poetry rounds and coffee, cookies, chips and salsa from Panera and Chipotle were avail-able. The Live SLAM is judged by a panel of faculty and staff members from the GD and BD Divisions as well as Central Ad-ministration,” Ms. Donahue said.

This year’s panel included: Ms.

4th Annual Poetry Slam Celebrates Creative ArtsPoets, musicians, artists gather and express themselves

Syd Timme, Mr. Matt Klassen, Ms. Jennifer Gray, Ms. Charisse Broderick-King, Ms. Ann Dawkins, Mr. Brian Davenport, Mr. Cameron Turner, Mr. Michael Meagher, and Sr. Benita Volk, C.pp.S.

Live SLAM winners

Laurel Teal, (1st)

Asia Brown (2nd)

Danya Granado (3rd)

Ashlyn Runyan (Honorable Mention)

Silent SLAM winners

Gianina Lovett (1st)

Haley Jordan (2nd)

Jack Strobel (3rd)

Purchase your Impressions Magazine at either division library

What Is Being “The More”?TedX Comes to Regis Jesuit

Ricky Le “`14

On the evening of April 17, members of the Regis Jesuit student body and faculty at-tended the first ever TedX Youth conference held at Regis Jesuit.

This event provided an opper-tunity for students of the Regis Jesuit community to share their ideas following this year’s theme of ‘What is your Magis?’ A total of eleven presenters spoke, each demonstrating their ideas of Magis.

Magis is a latin word used frequently by the Jesuits meaning, ‘the more’. It follows the philosophy of the Jesuits serving as a reminder to be men and women with and for others.

At the Regis Jesuit TedX conference, students, teach-ers and parents alike gathered to listen to what their ‘magis’ could be. The community

discussed what inspired one an-other to live as men and women for others.

The entire forum was made possible by students across the school coming together to help. The technology team enabled the show to be broadcasted live. The hospitality team generously served food and drinks during the event, This event was made possible by students and was for students.

The show itself was hosted by junior Laurel Teal and sopho-more Tito Limas-Dominguez.

There was also entertainment by Senior Connor Mestas-Duey in-between several of the talks. Mestas-Duey played several pieces on his guitar. Senior Asia Brown also read originally com-posed poetry selections.

Students demonstrated self-ex-pression through painting, build-ing robots, and even presented on cowboy ethics.

through literature. Sean Morton, current president of the Regis Jesuit Impressions club showed us how writing could help us give voice to our thought and feeling.

Perhaps the most touching story was one of freshman Riley O’Connell. She told the tragic story of her brother’s pass-ing, and her vow to carry on his legacy through her writing. There were many, many others who were willing to share their magis to the listeners.

TedX Youth benefitted all these people. Everyone who came left with something more. It was a success to both the student team who helped put together this, and the school for allowing students an opportunity to voice what they felt was most important to them.

“I felt a certain eagerness towards it, and I hope we do this a lot more often,” said Limas-Dominguez.

TedX was truly beneficial in many ways. Although many improve-ments can be made, it was a huge success for the first ever TedX Youth Conference Event held at Regis Jesuit.

Each person had their own story to share, each presenting a dif-ferent viewpoint of Magis. The road that these young men and women had taken to reach this Magis was inspiring, whether it be something as trivial as stum-bling upon it in your everyday life to something as challenging as struggling with a learning disability or even as tragic as the loss of a loved one. These events did, however, have one thing in common. They both led these young people to discover something about themselves. They discovered something that made them unique, something that made them more.

The sharing of personal experi-ences was present in all the pre-sentations. Each student had his or her own story to share. Some even tried to convey their experi-ences to change people. Soo Choi, through his artwork showed the dangers of smoking speaking of how it had taken his grandfather’s life and cautioning others against it. The most recurring idea of Magis is the expression of oneself through a medium. Each person had a dif-ferent story to share through what they created, most commonly

NEWS Page 3RAIDERS DIGEST May 2012

Sugar and Spice...

Ingredients: Ice Cubes, Cranberry Juice, Wild Berry flavor Gatorade Fierce, and Diet 7-Up

Instructions: 1. Fill a clear glass with ice cubes. Pour the drink with the most sugar (check the nutrition label) into the glass. For our red, white, and blue recipe, start with the cranberry juice.

2. Very slowly add a beverage that contains less sugar -- in this case, Wild Berry flavor Gatorade Fierce. Be careful to pour it onto an ice cube -- not directly into the other drink -- to keep them from mixing.

3. Use the same technique to add a layer of Diet 7-Up.

Recipe courtesy of FamilyFun.go.com

Kendel Lloyd ‘12

Patriotic Drink

Photo courtesy of Marg (Cayman Designs)

Rachel Zinno ‘15 and Kyle Yeager ‘15

Voting for your STUCO PresidentsElections for the 2012-2013 school year

Anna Finch and McK-enzie Crowley:“We might be small but we will take Regis Jesuit to infinity and beyond.”

Julia Neppel and Ol-ivia Nucci:“Pimp out my schoool.”

(Nina Kelley and Noa Crowley model their sunglasses.)

Drew Miller and Bri Labrie: “We’ve been through the training, we’ve put in the blood, sweat, and tears and are ready to be you student council presi-dents.”

Photos to the right are campaign posters for elections. Photos by Rachel Zinno abd Kyle Yeager. President photos by canidates.

Election time has come! Voting for next year’s presidents was on Thurs-day, May 3rd. Below are canidates slogans and pictures. Get ready, get set, vote!

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Rachel Zinno ‘15

Running to the topTrack team a family of competitors

aging words.

Freshmen Tobi Ogunmodede supports this saying “Coming into the team as a freshman was intimidating especially since I am playing soccer as well, but some-one is always willing to help me.”

When asked what their favorite part of the team was, fresh-men Ellie Dorchuck and junior Jen Steyaert gleefully replied “The support we have for one another.”

Following the RJ motto of being one together, the track team truly embraces one another and supports everyone no matter what grade you are in. Walking around the track at their practice you can see teammates helping out one another and helping their coaches as well.

Like Ogunmodede, some of the track runners compete in mul-tiple sports. Unless on a varsity sport you are eligible to do track and another spring sport.

“At first I was worried about how it was going to work out

Jen Steyart:Event: 800Record: 4:12One word to describe the team: Family

Tobi OgunmodedeEvent: 100Record: 13.4One word to describe the team: Supporting

The shot goes off and they leave the starting line, Regis Jesuit’s track team races towards the fin-ish line. With a good chance of winning leagues the track team has a strong base and an over-whelming sense of support. The team consists of many different events. These include pole vault-ing, high jump, long distance, mid- distance, throwing, sprint-ers, relays, and hurdles. Each event has separate coaches but compete at one meet.

The track team as a whole has 10 coaches and over a hundred runners and participants, con-sisting of both boys and girls. Within the track team there is a junior varsity and a varsity team, the main difference between these two teams is the time that they compete. The two times are the junior varsity on Thursday’s after school and varsity all day Saturday.

For many of the girls the track team is a family, supporting each other. Most often if teammates are not participating they can be found around the track cheering their teammates on with encour-

with school work and another sport, but so far so good”, Tobi expresses her feeling on doing multiple sports.

In the end the track team is a team who thrives based on their amazing skills, their coaches hard work, the teams hard work and above all their never ending support for one another.

Getting to know the coaches:

Event: pole vaultand high jump Coach: Coach Cook

Event: hurdles and mid distance Coach: Coach Colombo

Event: Sprinting Coach: Coach Heather and Coach Durkin

Event: Girls DistanceCoach: Coach Bruno

Event: Throwing Coach: Coach Cathy and Coach D

Ellie DorchuckEvent: 100 hurdlesrecord: no mentionableobe word to describe the team: Energetic

Melanie Goodrich ‘12

Girls SoccerAthletics, Academics, & Sisterhood

The spring sports season Regis Jesuit High School is in full swing, including Girls Varsity Soccer. The team practices after school until about 5:30. Senior Sarah Barringer commented on what a typical day of practice looks like.

“We warm up, stretch, run of-fense and defense drills (running may or may not be involved) and at the end we play a fun drill or scrimmage.”

In addition to long practices, the team is working to bond together and form a close con-nection with one another.

“We gather together a lot for team bonding and team lunch-es. This really helps because we talk about how we can improve and we all contribute our own ideas,” Barringer said.

These team outings have cre-ated a sisterhood on the team which has made the season memorable. Senior Grace Ma-guire said,

“Sisterhood plays a big role on the team. In order for us to play well we all have to be able to get along and want to play as a team.”

Practicing and bonding are very important in creating a strong team, but the RJ girl’s must also focus on grades. The girls bal-ance what it means to be a good soccer player and teammate and what it means to be a good student.

“My grades are really important to me. Grades come before soc-cer without a doubt,” Maguire said.

In order to play on an athletic team at Regis Jesuit, students must maintain a high grade point average. Girls on the soc-cer team work hard every day to be the best student athletes they can be.

“As a student I have to keep good grades to be eligible to play. As an athlete I have to stay in shape to keep up with the speed of play during practice

and during games,” Barringer said.

Senior Elizabeth Jackson com-mented on her own personal struggle in being a student athlete.

“It is challenging being a student and an athlete because both can be very time consuming. It’s not always easy to find time for both.”

All this hard work is all in prepa-ration for the state competi-tion. Captain Taylor Chott said “Our goal this season is to make playoffs.” When commenting on their chances in making the playoffs Jackson optimistically said,

“I think the team will do better than it has in the past because we have a lot of talented under-classwomen.”

The team is prepared to do well in their regular season games as well. “I am excited to play games because we are good and it is so fun to get along and play the game we all love,” said Barringer.

Barringer and Jackson at Dicks Sporting Goods Park

From practices, grades, regular season games, and hopes for state playoffs, the Regis Jesuit Girls’ Soccer team is working hard to make this season unfor-

gettable.

Assistant Coach: Ryan GearhartSeason record: 4-7-2Playoff schedule: TBA

Head Coach: Mr. Will Cropper

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Winning Against All OddsRJ Girls tennis team dominates

RJ Girls Lacrosse is 12-1By Emmy Earsom ‘13With a record of 12-1, it’s hard not to get excited about the Regis Jesuit’s girls’ varsity lacrosse team. The team is league champions and are cur-rently ranked 4th in Colorado

Composed of 23 all-star players (10 being seniors), this dynamic squad has turned countless competitors upside down with their practiced skill, upbeat spirit, and consistent all-around teamwork. So who’s the shining star in this unbeatable lineup?

“The entire team works really as one cohesive unit,” says senior captain Taylor Walker, “We all function as one.”

As to why this season seems to be so successful Walker adds that it is, “probably because this is our last year and we have a lot more drive.”

But will the team keep their amazing record after the seniors leave? Senior captain Rachel Deits believes so, saying she’s “hopeful” for an equally

flawless season next year.

Athleticism of this caliber is certainly unmatched, but with 13 underclass-women prepped and in shape for next year, the Raiders could easily see a repeat

in their very near future. As for the

rest of the season?

“We just really hope to get to the Final Four and eventually

state,” says senior Meaghan Mc-Gann.

With the way that things are going, it’s no doubt that these girls are

heading in the right direction.

Editor’s note: Story was pub-lished on May 1st. Girls Lacrosse ranking and record may have changed since publication.

As the end of the school year quickly approaches, so does the most important weekend in the girl’s tennis season, State Cham-pionships. While Regis Jesuit is a veteran of the tournament, this year’s team looks vastly different than last year as Varsity graduat-ed seven of their eleven players But even after losing most of the team, RJ tennis has been strong.

“The seasons been good. We have a lot of new players this year. But the thing I’ve been most impressed with is the sheer will and determination to win these matches when last year we had a lot of talent that got us through. But this year its sheer guts,” says Coach Kollman Gearhart. After being assistant varsity coach last year, Gearhart is the new Varsity head coach.

In tennis, girls often play on their own. It can be hard to bring a team together and build relationships. This is not the case with RJ tennis.

“We all get along really well which is nice because there are those teams that aren’t able to work together. But we are one family here and we are sisters,” says senior Nicole Nemechek.

The RJ girls tennis team has done great this year, but they haven’t been immune from injuries. This year has been one of the worst for the Raiders.

“We’ve had a tremendous amount of illnesses and injuries this year,” says Gearhart.

Like any Regis Jesuit team, tennis also has their biggest rivalries. According to senior Lilly Iacino, the big schools to watch out for are Cheyenne Mountain High School, Cherry Creek High School, Fossil Ridge High School, and Fairview High School. But by far, their biggest challenge is Cheyenne Mountain High School.

“They always win the 4A state championship and we always struggle in our matches against them but then again we always have good matches and they always seem to be very close. So this year we are going to come at them strong and hopefully we will do well,” says senior Kerbi Brisch

A New Dynamic Duo

One of those seniors that graduated last year was

Megan Harrison who was current senior Kerbi Brisch’s

doubles partner.

This partner-ship seemed

to be unstoppable,

winning 2 Dou-bles in 2010 and 1 Doubles in 2011. With Harrison

gone, Brisch has teamed up with senior Lilly

Iacino.

“Lilly has been my best friend on the tennis team for four years. We got on Varsity together freshman year so to be able to play with each other our last year, senior year, is so much fun,” Brisch said.

Iacino feels the same way.

“It has been such a blast, I have never had so much fun before. We work really

Brisch dur-

ing a practice. Photo by Gaby Ake ‘12

By Gaby Ake ‘12

well together and support each other in every match,” Iacino said of her new pairing with Brisch.

Even though Brisch does love playing with Iacino, there are times she does miss Harrison.

“What I miss most about Megan is that she was almost mymentor. She was a year older than me and she kind of got me to the level I am today playing tennis. I also miss our inside jokes and our laughs. But Lilly is such a great player as well so its been so much fun having her out there. We always seem to have a great time out there and I wouldn’t change it for anything,” she says.

But with Brisch’s past success, Iacino and Brisch both have a lot of work to do before heading into the state tournament.

“I don’t want to go in with too high of expectations. I don’t want to jinx myself or Lilly, but I feel like we’re going to do well. I wasn’t so sure about it in the beginning of the year but now that we’ve been playing together we’re undefeated so far in the season so hopefully we can take our wins and keep going,” says Brisch on how she expects they’ll perform this year.

So as the State tournament quickly approaches Brisch, Iacino, and the entire Varsity Tennis team are preparing to dominate in the tournament. Girl’s Tennis State will be played Thursday May 10th though Saturday May 12th in Pueblo. And if you see any of these Varsity girls congratulate them on their success from past years and this year as well.

Iacino (left) and Brisch (right) celebrating during a practice. Photo by Gaby Ake

Meaghan McGann during a game. Photo courtesy Allie Petko ‘13

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here at Regis is as close as our golf family.”

Junior Morgan Pedrie, new to the team this year, is also enjoy-ing the team as is sophomore Grady Foster who remarked, “Golf is going great this year. We have become more of a big team and have bonded well.”

For 2011, the Regis Jesuit GD Golf Team took third in the State Finals (Cherry Creek and Rock Canyon took first and second respectively) and hope to get first this year at State. Vigil is one of Regis Jesuits best golfers and is being looked at as a possible recruit for a golf scholarship to college. Accord-ing to the NCAA, “thousands of scholarships are available each year for female golfers through the National Collegiate Athletic Association.”

Apparently, since there are fewer girls playing the game, college recruiters have a smaller field to pull from, thus giving girls more of a chance for schol-arship. This is a great oppor-tunity for girls to go to college in these tough economic times with a public four-year universi-ty averaging $15,000 a year and private universities averaging up to $40,000 a year.

The Regis Jesuit High School Girls Golf Team, a class 5A sport, is off to a great start this season. The team finished 2nd at the Pinery League Tournament and third at the Monarch Invita-tional.

Junior Sofia Vigil took third as an individual in the Monarch In-

vitational and freshman Sydney Gillespie has finished in the top 15 at two league tournaments.In addition to doing well, the Girls Division Gold Team is learning a lot and having fun!

According to Regis golfer junior Kayli Galuzzi, “Golf may be an individual sport but no team

Key dates to watch for this year’s finals are May 11th for the Regional competition and May 21st and 22nd for the State Tournament. Come out and sup-port the team.

Photos courtesy of Lauren Richardson

Eating lunch after a long day of golf.

Sofia Vigil winding up for a swing.

The golf girls and their coach.

Regis Jesuit Girls GolfWill We Get a Hole in One All the Way To State? Sarah Coyne ‘13

Senior Standout Athletes

Meaghan McGann- Lacrosse

Taylor Chott- Soccer

Kathleen Kershisnik (KK)- Golf

Marquelle Dent- Basketball

Kerbi Brisch- Tennis

Katie Heckman - Basketball

Rachel Williams- Field Hockey

Lauren Troksa- Cheer

Taylor Caldwell- Softball

Sarah Schmid-Volleyball

Janae Hall- Volleyball

Elizabeth Svisco- Volleyball

Tatum Pomeroy- Poms

Emily Smith (Emi)- Lacrosse

Emily Mauser- Cross Country

Alexa Steckelberg‘13

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Molly O’Neil ‘12

Senior CapstonesNew requirements challenge yet reward senior presentors

Senior year. Claimed to be a breeze yet burdened with the stress of college life, fighting senioritis, and of course, Cap-stones.

Capstones are a reflection of the years spent at Regis Jesuit and how seniors have and will live out the grad at grad.

Required for graduation, this project must show diligence and must include at least one grad at grad. This year was different when it came to the require-ments.

It was the first year that the grad at grad Open to Growth was not allowed to be alone in a presen-tation.

Another new guideline was the dress code.

All presenters had to be in dress code or they would not pass. In previous years, students were

required to dress up in mass attire.

Mrs. Tina Janelle, a math teacher who is assessing Capstones for the first time this year said, “I don’t think it’s been a distrac-tion that students have been in dress code, but I was kind of surprised by that because usu-ally when you do a presentation I expected that students would be in more professional dress.”

Of course there are often issues on days where mass attire is required.

The rules aren’t meant to restrict or minimize creativity; instead

they serve as a boundary. Service director Mrs. Kraus thought long and hard about what she would do if she had to make her own Capstone.

“I would probably choose to reflect on the Hallmarks of Lov-ing and Committed to Doing Justice... I have been humbled by the love of my colleagues that has been directed to me and that I have observed in their interactions with all of our students and I truly appreciate seeing the love our students have for one another as they embrace the sisterhood of Regis Jesuit.” Kraus said.

Some of the stress that present-ing Capstone causes comes from deadlines and restrictions and obligatory boundaries, but

most of it is self imposed. While talking to Courtney Co-chran, a senior who passed her Capstone, she says, “It wasn’t as bad as I thought because I thought I wouldn’t have any-thing to talk about, but I did because it was my life.” Senior Emily Mika said, “I thought my presentation was good, but I was still nervous afterwards.”

On the other hand senior Bridget Brown seemed to really enjoy making her Capstone. She says, “I really liked working on my Capstone because I started writing my song on the piano freshmen year.“

Everybody has their own way of expressing themselves and that is exactly what Capstone tries to capture.

Regardless of rules and regu-lations, and the fact that this project determines whether a student graduates, Capstones are fun and reflect the adven-ture of being a part of the Regis Jesuit sisterhood.

Raiders Digest StaffEditors-In-Chief : Gaby Ake ‘12, Gina Nordini ‘12

Cover Design: Allie Petko ‘13

Editors:

Allie Petko ‘13Kyle Yeager ‘15

Rachel Zinno ‘15Katherine Woodford ‘15

Molly O’Neil ‘12Yohana Tuquabo ‘12Melanie Goodrich ‘12Alexa Steckelberg ‘13

Sarah Coyne ‘13Mary Sarah Ivers ‘12

Kendel Lloyd ‘12Kaitlyn Vottiero ‘12Ciana Wilkening ‘12

Freelancers: Emmy Earsom ‘13, Grace Shipp ‘14, Lexie Hamilton ‘14

Adviser: Mr. Adam Dawkins ‘98

The Raiders Digestwelcomes letters to the

editor, coments,questions, and concerns.

Contact:voice@regisjesuit.comor drop a letter in the

box outside 207

RJHS supports afree student press

CONGRATS TO THE ENTIRE SPEECH AND

DEBATE TEAM!

This was the best season for the Regis Jesuit Speech and

Debate Team yet.

The team won 167 awards, the most since the program started in 2005!

At National Qualifiers, 12 of 18 returned for Saturday finals.

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-ty. Duke University. Fort Lewis College. Gonzaga University. Loyola University Chicago. Loyola University New Orleans. Marquette University. Metropolitan State. North Dakota State University. Northwestern University. Pennsylvania State

University. Regis University. Rockhurst University. State University of New Jersey. Saint Louis University. Santa Clara University. Seattle University. Southern Methodist University. St. Catherine University. Stetson University.

Richmond. University of Wyoming. Wellesley College. Whitworth University. Xavier University. Colorado State Uni-versity Pueble. Denison University. Franciscan University. John Carroll University. Miami University. Mount Holyoke

College. Sacred Heart University. Art Institute of Colorado. Ohio State University. University of Montana. Univer-sity of Florida. University of Notre Dame. University of Richmond. University of Tennessee. Villanova University.

To the beautiful women of Regis Jesuit,

We owe you guys a ginormous thank you for this year. Without all of your enthusiasm and support; Snoball and Mission Week would not have been the amazing successes that they were. We feel so lucky and humbled to have been in the Co-President pos-tions that we held this year. Not a day will go by next year that we won’t miss seeing all your faces, giving you the announcements that we know you all listened to so intently, and planning all the fun activities.

To be a part of Regis Jesuit is to be a part of something so special, no one could ever understand it unless they are a Regis Girl… as we all know. Continue to be proud of who you are and where you go. This is a special, special place. Although the class of 2012 will soon be leaving and going off on our own adventures, each one of us will always remain Regis Girls. We laugh together, dance together, cry together, and stick together. You are an incredible group of ladies, and you made us proud to be the presidents of the Girls Division.

H.A.G.S REGIS GIRLS!!! WOOHOOO!!!!

With Love and lots of hugs, Christine La and Jenny Evans

(HAGS stands for have a great summer in case you forgot)

Dearest Seniors,

It is an honor to write this letter to you, just as it is an honor to have taught you and jour-neyed with you these past four years. I taught many of you as freshmen when I, too, was new to Regis Jesuit. Together, we navigated the ins and outs of our new school. I must have liked what I saw in those Spanish 1 class-es, because, though it was not intentional, many of my Regis Jesuit “firsts” coincided with yours: Freshman Retreat, Sophomore Retreat, Kairos and Belize. I’ve watched you laugh, cry, struggle and succeed through classes, dances, and relationships. Most importantly, you have developed a deeper understanding of who you are and of the world around you; that has been a beautiful thing to witness.

Teaching constantly brings me great joy. Countless times over the last four years, I sat at my desk shaking my head in bewilderment and laughing at some of your strange antics. Amidst the laughter and the daily cacophony of life at Regis Jesuit, I have also observed moments of quiet joy – when I saw you caring for each other and allowing others to care for you. I am immensely proud of you and I feel confident that the Regis Jesuit community shares this sentiment. We are all proud of you.

Part of our job as teachers is to encourage the discovery of your gifts and talents. My hope is that, through your interactions and experienc-es both in and out of the classroom, you feel that you have soaked up everything that Regis Jesuit has to offer. I pray that by this point you begin to feel that your abilities are growing beyond the limits of Regis Jesuit and that you are prepared to use these gifts and talents in your next great adventure…because it will be an adventure! And, if the last four years are any indication, it will be a great one!

Las quiero mucho. Go get ‘em, chicas!

Love,Ms. Blowers

Dear Class of 2012,Although my experiences with Regis are varied from years as a student and coach, I am proud to say that my associations with being a teacher, both at Regis and elsewhere, begin with you. In 2008, just as you began your high school years as wide-eyed freshmen, I began my career as a wide-eyed first year teacher with five sections of freshmen English. Many of you have mentioned over the years that you were terrified of me in those early days, but I must admit that I was even more scared of you. Fortunately, my initial nerves were quickly quelled because of your remarkable intelligence and compassion. I have so many wonderful memories from the year starting off with “Where I’m From” poems to performances of The Taming of the Shrew (those were interesting…) to finishing with Salinger. There were also so many non-academic laughs (I still maintain that platypuses are way more awkward creatures than turtles). But what is truly memorable are all of the amaz-ing individuals of your class. I came back to Regis with this notion that I could teach the girls what this whole Regis thing is all about. What I experienced, however, is that you already had a far better understanding of what it means than I did.

Simply stated, I just want to thank you for helping me to grow into the teacher that I am today as well as daily teaching and showing me what it means to be a Regis student and soon to be graduate. Come graduation day, it will be a strange mixture of joy, pride, and sadness to watch you all walk across that stage because I know that a piece of me will be graduating too. But ultimately I am happy because I feel blessed just to have known you.

Sincerely, Mr. Davenport

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To the beautiful women of Regis Jesuit,

We owe you guys a ginormous thank you for this year. Without all of your enthusiasm and support; Snoball and Mission Week would not have been the amazing successes that they were. We feel so lucky and humbled to have been in the Co-President pos-tions that we held this year. Not a day will go by next year that we won’t miss seeing all your faces, giving you the announcements that we know you all listened to so intently, and planning all the fun activities.

To be a part of Regis Jesuit is to be a part of something so special, no one could ever understand it unless they are a Regis Girl… as we all know. Continue to be proud of who you are and where you go. This is a special, special place. Although the class of 2012 will soon be leaving and going off on our own adventures, each one of us will always remain Regis Girls. We laugh together, dance together, cry together, and stick together. You are an incredible group of ladies, and you made us proud to be the presidents of the Girls Division.

H.A.G.S REGIS GIRLS!!! WOOHOOO!!!!

With Love and lots of hugs, Christine La and Jenny Evans

(HAGS stands for have a great summer in case you forgot)

C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s Class of 2012!

At Prom my junior year, I was driving to the after prom and I got pulled over. The cop has thought my car was stolen and Kathleen Kershisnik reached to get my wallet in the backseat and he pulled a gun on us! Alena Payne

My freshman year, I walked into the wrong class and stayed in there for twenty minutes because I thought it would be more embarrassing if I just walked out.- Danya Granado

This year, I asked a freshman to prom as a joke. He said no.- Jess Zielinski

Once upon a time I was in AP Euro and had to use the bath-room. Now the toilet was broken and making a lot of noise and you could hear it in the class-room and Mr. Jensen asked me to fix it. So naturally I went into the bathroom and gave the toi-let a good kick and it exploded all over me! There was an an-nouncement at the end of the day saying the bathroom was out of order. – Emma Bunsness

I called Mr. Lagan Dad…uhh.- Logan McGeeney

I have this terrible habit of locking my keys in my car. So one day, I walk into school…realize I don’t have my keys on me and automatically assume that I locked them inside my car. After a day of crying, I am sent to Mr.Canino’s office where he grabs a crowbar to break into my car while trying to comfort me. When we get to my car, my keys are there but my doors were unlocked. Awkward…-Alex Harding

So…one time I waxed my floors..-Fannie Abbott

Danya and I were showing a freshmen around on open house, when a freshman asked about English teachers. Looking down at my phone I said, “Yeah you’ll probably get Davenport. He’s super awkward.” And Danya said, “No,no,no he’s really…nice.” And I looked up and he was right there. He said, “Thanks.” And I said, “Okay” and it was awk-ward.- Emma Scagnelli

Junior year, half of my friends thought my real name was Lindsay Lohan. – Rachel Gesner

On 11-11-11 at 11:11 am in AP Euro, Courtney Cochran jumped up to kiss the clock and it crashed down!- Gaby Ake

Sophomore year, when Mr. Wiedel was the chemis-try teacher, I was in one of his classes. Gracie Mancia thought it would be funny to write, “I love Mr. Wiedel” all over page 125 in my chemistry book (yes, I still remember the page number). One day, I had a question and went up to Mr. Wiedel’s desk. Completely forgetting about what Gracie had written the week before, he said, “Ya, let me just turn to page 125 in your book.” Let’s just say awk.- Bridget Brown

This One Time in High School...

Sophomore year, I was out on McNicholas green at lunch in a circle of friends and a freshman boy threw a pear at us. He was aiming for the kid next to me but he missed. Mid-sen-tence a rotten pear comes flying through the air and hits me square in the stomach. I was wearing a dark shirt so I had a pear-shaped stain on me all day and a pear-shaped bruise on my stomach for a week. -Taylor Caldwell

When I was a sophomore in Chorale I was the smallest kid in class so I was elected to hide under Mr. Sauer’s desk when he left the room. When he returned he sat down at his chair and I grabbed his ankle. He literally had a semi-heart attack. I felt really bad...-Sarah Anderson

Katie and I got on the wrong bus home the first day of school freshman year. We ended up going the opposite way of our house and it was not a fun time...-Ginny Christian

One time I was trying to do a yoga pose in the cafeteria but I slipped and smacked my head on the vending machine giving myself a minor concus-sion. -Kathleen Kershisnik

Freshman year, we were having prayer in Ms. Dally’s (now Mrs. Brigman) English class at the end of the day and Lucia Elgin chucked a water bottle at Emma Bunsness who was lying on the floor and Ms. Dally said, “Oh, you’re going to hell.”- Whitney Fitzgibbons

I got stuck on top of a bathroom stall...awk. -Grace Maguire

Seniors share their funniest moments

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From a Colorado Senate Bill passed May 2, 2001:

“The general as-sembly hereby finds, determines, and de-clares that bullying disrupts a school’s ability to educate stu-dents and threatens public safety by creat-ing an atmosphere in which such behavior can escalate into vio-lence.”

Kyle Yeager ‘15

feelings rather than their body.”

Freshman Amanda Edmunds says, “Girls’ bullying is worse because there is a lot more drama.”

Girls can be dramatic and some-times hurtful, but gossiping and spreading rumors are activities that are not tolerated at Regis Jesuit.

Ms. Kruse, a counselor at the Girls’ Division, says, “It [bullying] is not acceptable and it will be dealt with it if it is recorded and you are asked to report it.”

Taunts, rumors, and rude comments or gestures can be extremely harmful. In fact, bully victims report low self-esteem and symptoms of depression, such as sadness and loss of interest in activities. (Slee, 1995 (Craig, 1997) If bullying goes far enough, victims sometimes commit suicide. Suicide caused by bullying is known as “bul-lycide.”

Bullying can be stopped. Fresh-

man Olivia Osland says that the best thing you can do is to go tell someone. “I made the mistake not to and that was terrible,” she says, “so even if it makes you uncomfortable you have to go tell someone.”

Ms. Kruse says, “You should deal with bullying head-on and con-front the bully. You should come in and talk about it.”

But teenagers are sometimes afraid to ask for help, thinking that they can handle the prob-lem on their own or that they’ll be bullied more if they tell. The teachers and counselors at Regis Jesuit are here to help. If you don’t feel comfortable talk-ing to a trusted adult alone, you can always ask a friend to come with you.

Bullying is not just a part of life. It can be stopped, and hopefully it will be. If you feel threatened or hurt by a Facebook com-ment or text, print off the page or save the text and show it to your counselor. And if you catch yourself being angry at that

A new review of studies from 13 countries found

signs of an apparent connection be-tween bullying, being bullied, and suicide.

(Yale School of Medicine, 2010)

1 in 10 teenagers tell their parents that they were cyberbully victims

10 t0 20% of teenagers report that they are cyberbullied regularly

Bully victims are

2 to 9 times more likely to com-

mit suicide than non-victims. (Yale University, 2009)

Regis Jesuit girls tackle this worldwide issue

15% of teens report that they have been the target of mean or cruel behavior on social network sites.

(Pew Internet and American Life Proj-ect, 2011)

Bully. Noun. A person who de-liberately intimidates or perse-cutes those who are weaker.

We all know what bullying is. The chances are high that we’ve all been bullied or perhaps have been a bully in our lifetime. Examples of bullying are every-where: Nellie Olson from Little House on the Prairie, Binky from the popular children’s television show Arthur, and Tybalt from Romeo and Juliet. Some children see these characters as less than realistic with their violent atti-tudes and bad behavior, but the truth is that bullies, more often than not, appear regularly not only on television but in schools around the country, including Regis Jesuit.

At Regis Jesuit High School we strive to create a community full of love, compassion, and kind-ness. But we are not perfect. This atmosphere can create feelings of tension, nervousness, and animosity as well.

Bullying is on the rise in schools across the country, especially

in the form of cyberbullying. Cyberbullying, sending rude or hateful comments over text, Facebook, or any other social networking site, is a danger-ous form of bullying. Freshman Sierra Clark explains what makes cyberbullying so harmful.

“I think cyberbullying is bad because it follows you home,” she says. “With physical bully-ing, the person is there and you can leave and be by yourself for a while, while cyberbullying can follow you home. It can be ac-cessed at home. And home used to be a sanctuary and now it’s not safe.”

Girls’ methods of bullying are different from boys’. Boys are more apt to get into physical fights with others, while girls attack others indirectly, often through gossiping, text, or in-sensitive Facebook comments.

Freshman Mary Walsh explains, “I think with boys, bullying is more of a physical thing, but girls really try to target each other with words and try to hurt

girl who sits across from you in math class for stealing your boyfriend, think twice before you post that unkind Facebook message. Let’s all try to make RJ a better community that is full of love, forgiveness, and compassion.

All Photos: Kyle Yeager ‘15. Cyberbullying statistics: Hartford County Examiner and Cyberbullying Research Center, 2009

Bullying

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The majority of the population has one or more issues with their body. Some people hate their nose, some their cheek-bones, but many have issues with their body weight, espe-cially in adolescence.

Two out of every one hundred girls will develop an eating disorder. Regis Jesuit school nurse Mrs. Dwyre says that she reports at least one to two con-cerns a month.

Eating disorders are scary and serious. A study by the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders re-ported that anywhere between 5 –10% of anorexics die within 10 years after contracting the disease; 20 years later 18-20% of anorexics will die from mental or physical complications. Only 30 –40% ever fully recover.

There are many ways to tell if you are at a healthy weight. At your physical your doctor mea-sures your BMI.

BMI stands for body mass index. The BMI chart estimates the amount of body fat that you have by height and weight. The National Association of An-orexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders has estimated that 50% of the population knows someone that has struggled with an eating disorder.

This means you probably know

Alexa Steckelberg ‘13

someone struggling with an eat-ing disorder. It is extremely im-portant that you help a friend, even if it is just a suspicion.

The symptoms and signs may sometimes seem insignificant, like something that that person has always done, but it is ex-tremely important that you talk to an adult. These simple habits could be something far more dangerous.

Bulimics may eat a normal meal but they want to be alone right after they eat, usually to purge. They seem to be ashamed of what they eat, as well as the amount.

For some this may seem to be a natural and common reaction after eating, however it could be a sign of bulimia.

For people that are anorexic there are a plethora of symp-toms and signs. The most widely known is not eating, but that is not the only one.

After a person that is anorexic eats what they consider to be a full meal, they will feel sick. They may also become light-headed, complain of stomach-aches and are often tired.

Your body is not meant to be starved or purged. In fact, there are a lot of complications that can occur in any eating disorder, all of which can prove to be fatal if the disease progresses.

Eating Disorders: Breaking the Silence Speaking up can save a life

Anorexia nervosa can cause many different problems when it comes to the body. Critical bone mass will often be af-fected. Menstrual cycles will be lost; this could later affect the ability to have children. The person’s hair can become fragile and begin to thin. Kidney stones can be accompanied with kidney failure. The heart may begin to flutter, and the person may have low blood pressure. Heart failure may even occur in extreme cases.

Bulimia has a different set of complications. Cheeks can become swollen from stomach acid. Irregular or absent men-strual cycle may occur, which is a sign that there is no longer enough fat on the body; the skin is extremely dry (the fingers and knuckles are the most notice-able areas). A victim may suffer from an irregular heartbeat, low pulse and even heart failure.

There are a number of people that you can ask for help from in the case of an eating disorder or a friend’s suspected eating disorder.

If you suspect that you have an eating disorder these avenues are open to you too.

You can tell a teacher, Mrs. Dwyre, or one of the counselors: Ms. Kruse, Ms. Kozler, Ms. Stur-geon or Ms. Brown. You can also tell a trusted adult, Safe-2-Tell, or your parents.

All of these adults are here to help students, but they can not help you or your friend if you do not inform them that this may be going on.

Ms. Kruse says any adult at Regis Jesuit is required to go through the proper channels to get this person the help that they need and deserve. This small action may save a life.

If you are a friend you can remain anonymous. As soon as you have told an adult, you have done all you can do. All that is left is to be there for your friend.

No one knows why people revert to eating disorders. Some do it to feel in control, others for their self image, and some for both. Even if they believe that they are in control, they are not.

After the disease progresses to a certain point, the person no longer has control over their actions.

It may be scary to report a friend’s problem, because you do not want to be a tattle tale, but an eating disorder can permanently affect your friend’s body.

In fact, after just a few weeks your body has obtained per-manent damage, and the longer the disease is allowed to progress the more damage it does to their body and the more

Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of

any mental illness (SC Department of Mental Health)

It is estimated

that 8 million Americans have an eating disorder (SC Department of Mental Health)

Anorexia is the

3rd most common chronic illness among

adolescents (SC Department of Mental Health)

20% of people suffering from anorexia will prematurely die from complications related to their eating disorder, including suicide and heart problems (SC Department of Mental Health)

64% of Bulimics are near a normal weight range (bulimiahelp.org)

An average binge is said to happen around 11 times a week. (bulimiahelp.org)

More than

one in three “normal dieters” progress to severe dieting. Frequent

dieters are 18 times more likely to develop an eating disorder.

(SC Department of Mental Health)

The average

fashion model weighs 110-118 pounds. The average American woman weighs 142 pounds.(SC Department of Mental Health)

treatment needed. The sooner they get help the better it is for them.

Losing a friendship is also a terrifying idea, but the fact is, “Would you rather lose a friendship or a friend?” Mrs. Dwyre asks.

If you suspect that you may have an eating disorder, reach out for help. People are here for you and care deeply for you.

If you suspect a friend is strug-gling with an eating disorder, all you can do as a friend is seek help for them, and then be there for them.

It will be difficult, but just know that you are important in their life, and even if they are mad at you, you could have easily saved their life.

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By Yohana Tuquabo‘12

How to be the First One Served At Lunch The Frustrations of The Forever Long Lunch Line ioo

A timid but courageous freshmen states “Are the upperclasswomen not just encouraging this behavior? Underclasswomen need to stand up to their rights and speak up to this injustice.” Ms. Lotitto clearly states that no special “rewards” are given to seniors other than off-campus privileges.

Ceire Brett states, “You do not cut someone when you are at Starbucks, so why would you think it is okay to cut someone at school?” How can someone ask for responsibility when they cannot even mature in simple lunch lines?

Underclasswomen that feel effected by this situation: speak up against your position and realize that these girls will simply feel embarrassed for cutting in the first place. So when the next Chick-Fil-A Wednesday comes, you can happily get your meal and leave in a timely manner.

Its Wednesday, after 3rd period, and the aroma of Chick-fil-a envelops the school. You run to the cafeteria and finally get a great spot. Suddenly a group of girls find it appro-priate to cut to the beginning of the line. This sudden herd of girls eats all of the sandwiches which makes you default on a different meal. We have all been there, hijacked of our perfect spot in line to a group of friends that decide to walk to the front of the line. Excuses can always be made that seniors or students with meetings should claim priority but should these students be held accountable. Senior Brittney Carpenter says, “We have learned from three years of being cut by seniors and it is now our time to walk to the front.” This attitude repeats the cycle and has caused tension between different grade levels. Should we not be a supporting sisterhood and respect one another beyond the hierarchies?

MarySarah Ivers ‘12Fashion Feature

Braid Craze at Regis Jesuit

FishtailTrifish

Waterfall

Katniss Five Strand

Step one: Select two strands of hairStep two: Take a piece of hair from one side, and bring it over one strand as an addition to the other. Repeat the pro-cess by taking the next piece of hair from the alternate side.Step three: Continue adding pieces of hair while alternating sides, until the end of the braid.

Step one: Begin on the side of the head with a normal French braid, but shaped to continue around the head. Step two: Proceed as if a normal French braid but only adding hair from the top section of the head. Instead of adding pieces of hair to the original braid, let the pieces lie between the braid while fall-ing back into normal place.Step three: Continue braid around head let-ting each additional piece simply fall between the braid.

Step one: Separate the hair into three sections and braid in three separate fish-tails.Step two: Utilizing the three fishtails you have cre-ated, continue with a simple three strand braid. Step three: Remove the hair ties as you near the end of the braid and replace with a single hair tie.

Step one: Begin on one side of the part and create an inside out French braid (you can do so by adding pieces from underneath as opposed to on top of the original braid). Continue until the back of the head is reached. Hold braid with a hair tie.Step two: Repeat the same braid on the other side of the part.Step three: Remove the hair ties and piece the two braids together.Step four: Begin fishtailing the hair until finished.

Step one: Separate hair into five strands Step two: Begin with either outside pieces, and bring the strand under the piece nearest to it, and over the next.Step three: Alternate to the other outer piece and repeat the process bringing it under the piece nearest it and over the next.Step four: Repeat the process switch-ing back to the other side and continue until the end of braid.

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Kaitlyn Vottiero ‘12

New York, New YorkRegis Jesuit students spend Prom in the Big Apple

How did YOU get asked to Prom?

“I was at LoDo’s watch-

ing the KU game and he

showed up with all of his

friends. They had on shirts

that spelled out “PROM” and

“MEL?” Everyone in the bar

was so excited.”

- Melanie Goodrich ‘12“He spelled out “PROM” in the outfield with baseballs and glowsticks. It was cute.”-Brooke Duggan ‘13

The dress. The date. The hair. The nails. The unending gossip in the hallways. The obsessive Facebook stalking on Sunday morning. There can only be one explanation for this spring fever at Regis Jesuit High School.

Prom.

On a rainy Satur-day, April 14, Regis Jesuit upperclass-men gathered at Sherman Street Event Center for a late night in the Big Apple.

Despite the bad weather, students decked out in gowns and tuxedos with a “prom state of mind”. Later in the evening, stu-dents spent a few fun hours bowling at Celebrity Lanes.

The incredible amount of effort put into prom was mostly well-received.

“A lot of my friends were on prom committee, so I know how much hard work they put into everything and I think they did a great job,” junior Brooke Duggan said.

Many stu-dents noted that although the lights on the dance floor were a little obnoxious and the teach-ers watching were slightly intimidat-ing, the overall ex-perience of the dance was very fun.

Senior Erin Burke enjoyed the dance.

“I thought it was really fun. Even though the lights were on, and the teachers were watching. The music was really good and there

were a lot of people there.”

Jamie Campbell had a slightly different reaction.

“It was fun, but since I was so super excited I kind of built it up in my head and expected too much.”

The DJ had a wide variety of music, ranging from upbeat dance songs to some slower classic ones, with “Call Me Maybe” among the most popular.

The greater part of the prom popu-lation was seen danc-ing through-out the night.

“I felt bad for the people in the middle just bouncing around. The people on the outside looked like they were really having a great time!” said Mr. Lagan, who watched part of the event from the balcony above.

The venue of prom this year was a hit as well. With arched ceilings and gold-trimmed walls, the grand ballroom gave an antique feel, almost straight out of a movie.

“They picked a really good venue. It was really pretty,” said Burke.

Regis Jesuit used to have a boys’ prom and a girls’ prom. It was combined three years ago.

Junior Abby Cutler explains her opinion on one prom versus two.

“One prom is a lot smarter from an economical and logistical standpoint.”

In comparison to last year, feel-ings were mixed among the student body. Brooke Duggan states her opinion.

“I liked prom last year because it was at Coors Field and there were no wristbands, but I had more fun this year with all my friends.”

Prom gives everyone an excuse to dress up and enjoy a night with their fellow classmates that isn’t exactly typical. This special event usually ranks pretty high in high school memories.

“I love dancing anytime I can. Prom was a good opportunity for this but my abilities were hindered as I was wearing a strapless dress that fell down a lot,” Campbell said.

Many girls rocked long gowns. Beading and the one-shoulder style were popular choices. With their dates in matching tuxedos, every couple looked very elegant on prom night. Mr. Lagan commented on the impres-sive looks of the students.

“A few years ago, a lot of the dresses were way too tight and way too short. This year the styles were so versatile, unique, and classy. And the colors were amazing.”

As seniors head off to college next year, it is agreed among most of the class that formal dances such as prom will be greatly missed.

As for the juniors, they have another fun and exciting year to look forward to, full of dresses and dates.

Abby Cutler is already thinking about prom next year. “I’m look-ing forward to just going and having fun with my class, and making the most out of my last high school dance!”

Another year, another prom. Though it was a very late night for most, the experience of a high school prom is once (or twice) in a lifetime. Most students will agree that Prom 2012 was indeed a success, and definitely worth attending.

“He put Hershey’s Kisses all

over the floor of my house

with a poster that said:

“Now that I’ve kissed the

ground you walk on, will you

go to prom with me?”

-Karleen Walters ‘12

“He just gave me chocolates and asked me.”-Alyssa Gutrich ‘13

Erin Burke and her date Hayden Hawkey pose for pictures. | Courtesy Erin Burke ‘12

A group of seniors take pictures at Cherry Hills Country Club | Courtesy Jamie Campbell ‘12

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Kendel Lloyd ‘12 and MarySarah Ivers ‘12

Goodbye Tebow, Hello ManningRegis Jesuit takes on Tebow leaving and Manning entering

“Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. This is a very historic meeting today. Peyton is one of the best ever to play this game. I feel very fortunate to have him here. Our goal has always been to win Super Bowls; Peyton gives us a chance to win another world championship. I’m thrilled that he has decided to become a Denver Bronco. This is a great day for me, personally, and for our organization, our city and our fans,” said owner and CEO Pat Bowlen as an introduction to Peyton Manning’s first press conference as a Denver Bronco, In which it was apparent that Denver shares the excitement for his coming and wants to hear extensively from the all star quarterback.

Manning told reporters, “I’m very excited to begin the next chapter of my playing career with the Denver Broncos. Start-ing with Mr. Bowlen, I can tell this organization is committed to winning. The Broncos, they do have incredible fans that love this team, and this truly is a spe-cial football environment.”

A podium sits in the end zone at the Jets’ field house in Fordham Park as Tim Tebow prepares to face the media frenzy during his first press conference as a New York Jet. With over 80 chairs for media personnel, hundreds of TV tripods, and over a dozen TV network trucks waiting outside, it is apparent that all eyes are waiting to hear what the NFL quarterback has to say about his unexpected trade.

The Denver Broncos traded the quarterback to the Jets for

a fourth and a sixth round draft pick. The Jets received Tebow,

and a seventh round pick.

“I’m so honored and hum-bled to be a Jet,” Tebow said.“I’m so thankful they wanted me.”

Some Jets fans see Tebow as a threat to the current start-

never won over by quarterback. “I was never a Tebow fan. I am a huge Jets fan and I am sad he is now on my team. I think he is a good person but a very weak football player. He is a player that relies on luck and I don’t know if it will work in New York.”

Senior Matt Alley also said, “I will always be a Tebow fan and I hope he does really well with the Jets (except for when he plays the Broncos).”

Senior Shane Broderick also told Raiders Digest he will continue to support Tebow, “I am still a Tebow fan because he seems like a great guy and brought a lot to the organization. It is hard to fault someone or stop liking them because of something they did not do. Although I wish Tebow was still a Bronco, I am still a Tebow fan. “

Senior Jamie Monk is a more devout fan than most, telling Raiders Digest that, “Tim Tebow is my husband. Now I have to move to New York City, but that’s the price you have to pay for love.”

Many Bronco fans question the long term abilities of the 36 year old quarterback and his medical history, especially since at the present moment he is work-ing intensely to overcome an injury. Manning stated, “There’s no question that I have work to do. I’ve been very open with the Broncos and really all the teams about my medical history and where I was, about how I feel.”

Many speculated that part of Manning’s decision to become a Denver Bronco was reflective of his relationship with Execu-tive Vice President John Elway. Manning stated, “Certainly I have had a relationship with John and it goes back a long way, but I’ve seen John now in a different role. I’ve always seen him as a quarterback, never had to play against him, but that’s always the role I saw him as. Now I’ve seen him as a leader of a franchise and I really like what he had to say.”

Manning also attributed his respects to former Denver quarterback Tim Tebow, stat-ing, “I know what kind of player

VS.

ing quarterback Mark Sanchez, speculating that the coaching staff will experiment with Tebow in the starting position, although he is the number two quarter-back according to the Jets. Both Tebow and Sanchez deny any sort of doubt about their roles.

Sanchez told reporters, “We’re adding another player and we’re not replacing anybody.” He went on to say, “I mean, he’s here to help us and I’m confident in my abilities. I know the team feels the same way about me. They have belief in me...I’m not wor-ried about losing my spot.”

In regards to Sanchez, Tebow stated, “I think we’ll have a great relationship and, hopefully, we’ll thrive together.”

Tebow also told reporters he holds no hard feelings toward his former team and respects the decision of the Broncos.

There were mixed feelings among RJHS students about Tebow leaving the Denver Bron-cos.

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Tim Tebow is and what kind of person he is. I’ve gotten to meet him in person one time and what an awesome year he had this year… I’m going to wish him the best. He’s going to be a great player wherever he is.”

Collectively RJHS students are excited for what the quarter-back will bring to the team.

Senior Eli Svisco says, “By get-ting Manning, the Broncos get a 4 time NFL MVP Hall of Fame quarterback. He has the leader-ship to take the team to the Super Bowl.”

Senior Meaghan McGann believes, “The Broncos gain a strong, athletic, determined player. His experience in the NFL will be the most important aspect of the team.”

Senior Shane Broderick says, “The Broncos gain a very expe-rienced quarterback...the hope is that with Manning the Bron-cos will be able to get back to a Super Bowl and win a champi-onship for the city of Denver.”

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Summer VacationMolly O’Neil ‘12

What are you planning on doing for summer vacation?

Summer is only a couple days away now. Is this going to be a summer of exploration and new experiences?

Some girls may choose to stay home this summer. Remember that there are many things to do in Colorado, such as going to concerts at Red Rocks or head-ing up to the mountains for a weekend getaway.

Are you heading out to college next year? If so, be sure to make this summer count and spend time with your friends.

Or are you coming back to Regis Jesuit? Even if you won’t be leaving home at the end of this summer, you can still make it an amazing summer to remember.

Whatever it is you’re doing, enjoy yourself!

What are you doing?

MediterraneanNew YorkHawaii FloridaNew OrleansAspenIrelandRed RocksUtahArizonaMexicoMassachusettsEuropeEnglandFrance

Photos courtesy Wikimedia Commons

These are a few places RJ girls are headed this summer:

Mr. Sauer is Best in StateSauer wins Colorado Honor Band’s Highest AwardOn May 20th, RJ Girls Division music teacher Bernie Sauer ’97 will be honored as Colorado Honor Band Association’s Band Teacher of the Year. Sauer, who has been teaching in the girls division for nine years, conducts all the girls’ choirs, band, and orchestra. Freshman Pamela Potzer, who nominated Sauer for the award, said of her teacher,

“He inspires me and my fellow classmates by making music fun and exciting.”

Sauer has been very humbled by the award. He says that his students are really the ones who have done all the work. He says,

“Overall, I am just glad that my passion for music shines through and the students recognize this. If I didn’t love music as much as I do, the students wouldn’t feel compelled to sound better. We have so much fun in Concert Band! If there’s a reward for that, then I am honored,”

When you see Mr. Sauer as he walks our halls, congratulate him on this amazing achievement!

By Gaby Ake ‘12

With the most highly anticipated film of the year already released, what’s a film lover to do? The post-apocalyptic kid versus kid death match genre has been used up for the year, so what could possibly compel someone to re-turn to the movies? A lot, it turns out. 2012 is going to be a great year for film, and here’s a preview of the best that’s coming soon.

Jack Kerouac’s brilliant novel On The Road comes to the big screen with talents such as Country Strong’s Garrett Hedlund and Kristen Stewart. A portrait of the Beat Generation and a genuine peek into the miracle of being alive and being crazy enough to live, On The Road is sure to be a critic’s favorite, though any film based off a brilliant novel has a lot to live up to.

Release date: May 23

If you’re into horror movies, Chernobyl Diaries (from the same people who brought you Paranormal Ac-tivity) is going to be a can’t-miss. The film is the story of a group of “extreme tourists” who visit the site of the 1986 Ukraine nuclear disaster. Night falls and they find their van’s wires have been mysteriously cut. Terror ensues.

Release date: May 25

Superhero fan? Or just one for special effects? Go on a visual roller coaster ride with The Avengers featuring Captain America, the Hulk, and several others. With earth in peril, it’s up to the superhumans to save humanity in stylish costumes.

Release date: May 4

President? Vampire hunter? Hey, who’s to say? Abraham Lincoln’s image gets revamped in the gutsy new action thriller and history-twisting Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Brought to life with stunning visual effects and pulse-pounding action, this movie is sure to be an audience thriller.

Release date: June 22

Summer Movie PreviewWhat will you be watching?

Emma Carroll ‘13

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Kahle Collins ‘13Teens “In Love” Does it last?Just because one may have feelings for someone, does not mean anything really. If you think about it, most movies start with a friendship, but by the end, the characters have strived to know what’s best for the other, they make commitments, and etc. The attraction only comes around once the characters realize that they both have those traits.

It doesn’t always happen like that, but a lot of movies do that and it has happened to people in real life. It’s like those stories when people say, “I married my best friend” then we have the answer to why teen relationships end so quickly. There is only one part of the relation-ship in play; looks!

Lets get real people! Fairy tale endings aren’t impossible, how about you just actually try to find something other than some nice looks and then teenage girls won’t gain 10 pounds from eating junk food after a romantic movie! If you can’t find anything but attraction, well people, you’re beating a dead horse because there is nothing there.

And since when is the phrase “I love you” been an every minute saying? It’s almost as if “thank you” has been replaced with “I love you.” Like where did that come from? You ask an acquaintance if they could help you with a math problem and instead of a “thank you”, we now get “love you”.

Do we actually know what it implies when we say that? If so, we wouldn’t say the word love as much as we do. If you just told all the people you tell that you love them, and you actually mean it, we would all be miserable, grumpy and tired people.

Loving someone takes a lot of effort and it’s exhausting if you do it 24/7. So, then we leave with another question: Can we love to love’s fullest ability? Is it even pos-

sible? mind blowing! Ah ha moment!

Dr. Big Love Recites a Poem

Spring time is in the air, feelings will never be bare.

Everbody’s finding women for which they care, they will never again have ordinary hair.

His head used to look like a cone,now it looks so fly it might have even flown. Prom is coming so he must get in the zone,

For he does not wish to be left alone.The sun is out ever so bright,

To the green to mingle is his next flight.

Rockies baseball starting up in Arizona,Must see more games and meet this years quota.

Opening day and Cubs aren’t going to cut it,For he will be there for every Helton hit.

Waitng around for that big white bunny,He’ll make some time to impress his honey.

With lots of peeps and chocolate eggs,attention from her is all he begs.

It may be his favorite time of year,but losing her love is all he fears.

The Boys Division “Love Doctor” woos the Girls School

Spring Feelings

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