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HALL OF FAME pg. 8The Hall of Fame at Jesuit is based solely around athletics. Is this title de-ceiving? FEAR OF MISSING OUT pg. 9With the fast pace of everyday life, teenagers are struggling with the ev-er-present fear of missing out.

KEEPING SUNDAY HOLY pg. 10This article discusses the imminent issue athletes are facing: Sunday practices when trying to maintain the holy day.CONCUSSIONS pg. 11Athletes feel a growing concern with the large amount of concussions occurring today.

LEGADO LATINO pg. 2Legado Latino is a club seeking to do ser-vice to bring everyone together in the Jesuit community.NEW STUDENT SIBLINGS pg. 2Jesuit welcomes the Mueller siblings for second semester, a junior boy and fresh-man girl coming from Florida.

FEBRUARY 2016, EDITION LIX

PAGE EDITORS: Katie Kelley & Emily Preble

Maintaining A+cademic integrityBY CONOR CHAPMAN, 16

Madison Sarratt, former dean of Vanderbilt Uni-versity once said, To-day I am giving you two exam-inations, one in trigonometry and one in honesty. I hope you will pass them both, but if you must fail one, let it be trigonometry. Many students know that quote as one that hangs on walls classrooms throughout the school. Students may even know it as the quote they see when theyre looking around the room during an exam on material they think they havent learned. The quote serves as an ideal for the school and its mission: to educate a body

of students where their self-truth-f u l n e s s and integ-

rity is paramount. But as students sit in that class, looking around the room and spotting the quote, the ide-al is probably not what comes to mind. Instead, students

probably think of the devastating grade loss they face, their parents disappointment, and their own embarrassment if they fail a test. That point is where stu-dents at Jesuit often face a prob-lem. In a high-pressure world of athletics, co-curricular activities, and most of all academics, some-times it seems the only way to complete a task is the easiest way: cheating. We are an education-al institution with a priority to learn, Academic Vice Princi-pal Mr. Smart said. Learning is a process, learning is a theory,

learning is practice. Learning is the pursuit of truth. Truthful-

ness must characterize that pursuit. The only way we can fulfill that is through integrity.

As the administrator who directly deals with all ac-ademic integrity violations, Smart recognizes the chal-lenges Jesuit students face. He realizes that with a large

amount of stress, sometimes stu-dents become so overwhelmed they take a short cut. Shortcuts though, as Je-suit tries to instill in its students, are a dangerous path to take. In-tegrity violations extend far be-

yond the walls of Jesuit Portland, and consequences seem to get more severe the further one goes. In 2013, the Defense Minister of Germany was forced to resign due to a plagiarism ac-cusation. In 2015, the very Min-ister that took his place was also accused of plagiarizing her disser-tation. Even more recently, VW sales dropped 15% worldwide fol-lowing their integrity scandal, ac-cording to the Wall Street Journal. But while many students are told not to cheat, some feel they arent told exactly how not to do it. When teachers tell the class if they cant do something honest-ly they should take the zero and move on, most dont find that a satisfactory answer. For Smart, the best way to address the prob-lem is through direct dialogue be-tween students and teachers. [An integrity violation], how does [a student] avoid that? By being open, and honest, and transparent, and asking a teach-er to make a reasonable accom-modation so you can do it hon-estly, Smart said. Every year at the beginning of the school year and throughout the year, primar-ily through the mechanism of the Academic Council, I remind department chairs and teachers that [they] need to get to know [their] kids, they need to get to know their students context and experience. A teacher has to know what their lived experience is, what their challenges and op-portunities are. If you know that, then youre going to be open to dialogue. Smart says that the key to integrity in the context of academics falls on communica-tion between all parties involved: teachers, students and parents. Through all of this, Je-suit tries to instill in its students that while in high school, integ-rity is the priority. Unlike many things that end at graduation though, integrity carries with an individual their whole lives. Each relationship, no matter with a teacher, family member or friend is built on trust, and therefore integrity. All of this means that though currently what matters are the grades, the trophies and the college apps, in the context of integrity these dont really matter. Integrity has no end game, no higher achieve-ment. Instead, integrity is merely knowledge and trust, in yourself and in your actions, that when no one is watching you make a decision that impacts the person who matters most: your-self.

Learning is a pro-cess, learning is a theory, learning is

practice. Learning is the pursuit of truth.

-Mr. Smart

COURTESY OF EMILY PREBLE, 16

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Jesuit is full of diverse clubs and groups. One of these clubs is Legado Latino, where a group of students gives back to the community while sharing their love of the Span-ish speaking culture. Legado Latino is a club for those of Latino heritage and those who just love the cultures of the Spanish speak-ing world. Spanish teacher, Se-nora Circosta, created it back in 2008. The goal of creating it was to form a bond between Latinos and lovers of the Span-ish language. I saw a need for a community for Spanish speak-ing students and for those whole love the culture, Seno-ra Circosta said. It seemed that there wasnt a place that was available for them to feel like they didnt have to explain themselves. The club has numerous

social events. During the sum-mer there is a barbecue where incoming Latino freshmen can get to know some other Jesu-it students. There are also ice cream socials and dance ses-sions with Spanish music. Students are encour-aged to share their Latino roots with others. They see it as a comfortable place to ex-press themselves with those who are similar to them. Le-gado Latino members not only get together to create a bond, but to share their experi-ences. Legado Latino has been fortunate enough to take several different trips. A few years ago Mr. Blue took several students to San Francisco for the Latino Summit at St. Igna-tius College Preparatory. This provided Jesuit students with the opportunity to meet with a large group of other Latinos from around the country, and share their experiences.

Each year the club evolves, as different leaders have various activities that they want to achieve. Over the years it has evolved from a club where they do a bunch of social gatherings into a club where the focus is all about giving back to the community. When talking with students at the Latino Sum-mit, members of Legado Lati-no came up with the idea to do a school fundraiser. When they returned from the trip, the students initiated a soccer tournament called 3v3 Cru-sader Cup. The tournament took place during lunch, and all of the proceeds went to charity. The first year [the proceeds] went towards a field in Nicaragua, senior Michelle Escobar said. The second year we helped Causa, an Oregon immigrant rights organiza-tion. Along with fundrais-

ing, Legado Latino helps with First Friday Feasts. On the first Friday of every month, a group of students and teachers take coffee, sandwiches, and their conversations to the homeless people at the Beaverton Transit Center. Service has become a very big part of Legado Latino. Senior leaders Michelle Esco-bar and Tomas Ramirez are service oriented and want to share their passion with others. One of my favorite parts would definitely have to be giving back to the commu-nity, Escobar said. But also the field trips because you just see a bunch of Hispanic people. I think its pretty neat. At public schools there must be a whole population, but here it is pretty minimized. Any students that want to partake in Legado Latino or First Friday Feast should watch out for an announcement about the next meeting.

Legado Latino celebrates cultureBY REBECCA PFLUGER,17

Legado Latino club gathers in the Hayes plaza. These students hope to inspire the Jesuit community to engage in service.

COURTESY OF KATE HEBERT, 17

High school sports are a competitive activity, especially at Jesuit where our teams are consistently compet-ing for state titles year af-ter year. With every sport comes the possibility of in-jury, but injuries dont just take form in broken bones. Injuries are also possi-ble internally, where casts wont fix the problem. A concussion is a brain bruise caused by a sudden hit or jolt to the head. This injury caus-es the nerves in the brain to not function properly. Among others, symptoms may include headache, lack of coordination or memory loss. To diagnose a con-cussion, I ask questions about what happened and what the person is experi-encing now, Jesuits Ath-letic Trainer Jen Adams said. Usually there was something that happened and their head hit some-thing, the ground or anoth-

er player. Repeated concus-sions can cause detrimen-tal long-term damage. In 2002, Nigerian born Dr. Bennet Omalu discovered the brain disease Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive de-generative disease found in people who have suffered repetitive brain trauma. The discovery of this dis-ease brought more aware-ness to concussions and its facts, generating a change in the way teams handle concussions. This awareness has changed a majority of pro-tocols teams use to decide when someone is fit to re-turn to play after a concus-sion. One example of these practices is ImPACT test-ing. Jesuit requires their students to take it twice throughout their high school career to keep their records up to date. ImPACT tests some of the more subtle and harder to detect issues that someone might be experi-encing after a concussion

- things like reaction time, pattern reaction, etc., Ad-ams said. We can use the test as one part of the as-sessment to see if the stu-dent has completely recov-ered. The ongoing aware-ness in sports also raises the question on whether youth athletes should be held to different rules, in-cluding playing with strict-er rules and less equipment. By using less equipment, athletes wouldnt be able to use their equipment as ex-tra force when hitting other athletes. The belief behind this theory is that athletes would be forced to learn proper techniques and not use cheap shots you see now. However, taking these into consideration may jeopardize the core of the sport. We have to make sure we make it as safe as possible, but you are nev-er going to make anything 100% injury free, varsity football coach Ken Potter said. Every sport is look-ing at what can we do to

make our sport as safe as possible, while still main-taining the integrity of the sport. To make the sport safe, you need to make sure athletes are healthy. Athletes have a tendency to not report their concus-sion symptoms for fear of missing a game. As concus-sion awareness increases, coaches encourage athletes to fully recover from their concussion before reenter-ing their sport. State laws have even been changed to support this awareness. It is now state law that any athlete who [suf-fers] a blow to the head and is demonstrating any symp-toms must stop what they are doing to be evaluated, Adams said. But another nega-tive aspect of concussions come in the classroom, where athletes suffering a concussion may have hard times focusing due to the way their brain is recover-ing. Senior Lauren Rivers suffered a concussion just before break during a bas-

ketball game after diving for a ball at the same time as an opponent, resulting in a head collision. I missed the whole week before break, River said. Now coming back after break and before fi-nals, I have had to make up a lot of extra tests where I should be studying for fi-nals, leaving me behind in studying for finals. With the research that continues to advance every day, a greater aware-ness of concussions and its effects are hitting the mainstream. The film Con-cussion came out this past Christmas, detailing Dr. Omalus fight with the NFL over CTE. This movie will bring more awareness to the seriousness of concus-sions. I think with great-er awareness, athletes are more likely to be forthright about symptoms because they understand it is a se-rious matter, Adams said. They only get one brain, so it is important to take care of it.

BY RAMSEY SULLIVAN, 16Concussions: raising awareness of impacts

PAGE EDITORS: Conor Chapman & Katie Kelley

Transfer StudentsAt the start of second se-mester, you may have recognized two new faces in the halls of Jesuit. These two new students are Ana and Sam Mueller. Ana and Sam moved to Portland from Crys-tal River, Florida. Q: How was your old school different than Jesuit?Sam: Kids at my old school didnt take school as serious-ly as the students [at Jesuit] do. The teachers at Jesuit are also more interesting to listen to and care about the subjects they teach.Ana: My old school was very small. There were about 35 peo-ple in my entire freshman class.Q: What activities can we hope to see you involved in around the Jesuit community?Sam: I play football, baseball, and will run track if my ankle heals in time.Ana: Mostly sports, but I also play the guitar.Q: What are you most excited about in Oregon?Sam: I am excited about the challenges [Jesuit] has to offer academically as well as athleti-cally.Ana: I am excited to develop new friendships like the ones I had in Florida and meet new people, go new places, and ex-perience new things.

BY KATHLEEN KELLEY, 16

LIFESTYLEFEBRUARY 2016, EDITION LIX LIVE NEWS UPDATES @ www.jesuitcrusader.org

Over the past few years, Jesuit has pushed itself to be-come more eco-friendly in all aspects of the school. The most recent installment in the movement to be green was the introduction of hand dryers, instead of paper tow-els, in all of the bathrooms. However, many stu-dents hold conflicting opin-ions about the hand dryers. While some enjoy the new installment, others find that they take too long and miss the paper towels. I love the hand dry-ers, junior William Tooley said. Theyre so much more eco-friendly than using a ton of paper towels everyday. On the other hand, some students find the hand dryers to be a waste of time, so many use alternative methods of drying. Now I just wipe my hands on my pants after Im done washing them, senior Mylan Garnett said. Another issue with timing for some students is getting to class on time. Ju-nior Diana Harris has per-sonally experienced this is-sue.

I was drying my hands after washing them with the hand dryers, Har-ris said. The problem is that it takes at least 12 seconds, sometimes more, to get them dry. Unfortunately the bell rang while I was trying to get them completely dry and I was late to class. Some students have also found that paper towels have some uses that hand dryers just cant fix. A com-mon issue is the problem of what to do with a spilled water bottle. In the past stu-dents could simply go to the bathroom to get paper tow-els and clean the spill up. That is no longer an option, leaving many students and teachers confused on what to do. Sanitation wise, the dryer someones hands are, the fewer germs there are. This means that there is a less likely chance of spread-ing or catching an illness. According to ASAP Science YouTube Channel, on average, it takes less than 10 seconds to evaporate 96% of water on ones hands from using paper towels. For hand dryers, it takes at least 12 seconds, although many

students reported it taking much longer, to evaporate 97% of water, meaning that regarding sanitation, theyre about the same. However, one the-ory brought up also points out that the contaminat-ed air from the bathroom is being pushed onto ones hands, meaning that more germs could be pushed onto students hands. (ASAP Sci-ence) Also, the friction from paper towels can also help to remove germs from ones hands onto the paper towel. (ASAP Science) But, the hand dryers were installed for the sake of environmental reasons. This is a job that they are fully achieving. Every year in the U.S. alone, 13 billion pounds of paper towels are used and thrown away. Hand dry-ers on the other hand help to prevent deforestation by eliminating towel consump-tion. (ASAP Science) Also, with all factors of processing taken into ac-count, hand dryers produce a far lower carbon emission than how paper towels are made. (ASAP Science)

12 seconds too long?BY ASHLEY MEPHAM, 17

COURTESY OF BAILEY COOK, 17

Upon finishing the first semester, freshmen, sophomores and ju-niors are required to forecast classes for the upcoming school year from Feb.11 through Feb. 26. Students can expect a visit from faculty members during their English class for an informative meeting regard-ing forecasting on Feb. 8 or 9. Throughout forecasting, stu-dents will learn about required classes and electives which can be selected from a variety of courses. Whether you are a freshman or a junior, I think you should take classes that you are interested in, yet challenge you, senior Daniel Dea-Mattson said. Base your decision off of

what you want to take, not what your friends are taking. A few electives, such as photography and international studies, require students to apply before being enrolled. Once ac-cepted, a signature, like the rest of the courses on a students fore-casting sheet, must be obtained. Time to locate teachers and ac-quire signatures is given in place of an assembly, but students are strongly encouraged to get their sheets signed ahead of time. Similar to getting the signatures before the due date, sophomores and juniors who are forecasting for Christian Service and Peace and Justice should get the service papers signed and turned in early, senior Julia Marieb said. Those forecasting for

the 65-hour Christian service project must choose when to complete the service. Once stu-dents decide upon their pre-ferred time-frame option, they must have a tentative list of po-tential service opportunities. Based on when the ser-vice project is complete, students are enrolled into the Peace and Justice class for one semester. The remaining semester consists of a theology class which can be chosen from a list of theology courses. All forecasting paper-work involved must be filled out and signed by the due dates. Individuals who need a break in their schedule due to copious amounts of homework or tests, have the option of taking a prep period or being a coun-seling, office, or teachers aid. If

a student feels the need to take advantage of these opportunities to compensate for an overload of honors and advanced place-ment courses, or great amounts of stress, they can do so in place of an elective. I signed up for a prep for my senior year, senior Brod-ey Sajal said. It has helped me by studying for tests and also working on college applications. Prep gives me time to slow down after a busy schedule. Juniors as well as ambi-tious sophomores and freshmen who are looking at colleges to ap-ply to senior year are encouraged to research each university for a list of required classes for their application process. As a col-lege preparatory school, Jesuits curriculum fulfills most college

application requirements. To further discuss the needs of their schedule, students can schedule appointments with college coun-seling advisors in Ignatius Hall. Some colleges prefer students take more than two years of a language or four years of math and science, Marieb said. Students can find infor-mation regarding the academic curriculum in the handbook. Along with pages nine and ten of the handbook, there are several resources available for students. Students who are forecasting can ask faculty mem-bers, counselors, and upperclass-men for any assistance or guid-ance needed. Additional course information can be found on forecasting sheets or online at jesuitportland.org.

BY SAM LOUIE, 16Forecasting tips help students succeed

PAGE EDITOR: Bailey Cook

F.O.M.O. anxietyBY MIRA PETRILLO, 16

Students utilize newly implemented hand dryers that take up to 12 seconds.

As social media continues to surround most Jesuit students, a feeling that something better is happening elsewhere creeps into the minds of social media users. This con-stant social media exposure is leading to an increasing number of teens with Fear of Missing Out Anxiety or FOMO. FOMO refers to the anx-iety and inadequacy that appears when one scrolls through social media sites such as Snapchat and Instagram and is increasingly becoming an epidemic among a generation of teenagers obsessed with their smartphones. Sometimes, if I just want to be at home on a Friday night and just have a chill night, its really hard to get on Snapchat and see videos of people at a par-ty or everyone at a girls house who Im not really friends with, senior Heidi Olyaei said. When I see that, I feel the need to be hanging out with someone. Activities that seem suf-ficient quickly become less fun the moment one sees that some-one else is doing something that appears to be more exciting. The problem is, many teens think that social media is a natural extension of ones so-cial lives, but instead social me-dia profiles are only a look at the best aspects of ones life to then make the person appear to be an exciting, interesting person,.Therefore, the images and vid-eos contributing to FOMO arent real representations of peoples lives. Junior Aiden Dummi-gan used an iPhone the first two years of his high school career, however, recently switched back to having a flip phone. Without

a smartphone he no longer has constant access to what all of his friends are doing which he notes has made him happier in the long run and more present in his life. More than anything, not having an iPhone ruined so-cial media for me in the best way possible, Dummigan said. I dont feel any pressure to check in on what people are doing any-more. My focus is more inward rather than focusing on the lives of others. The focus on others rather than oneself occurs in FOMO and creates a cycle of dis-contentment in ones life. Even if youre not con-stantly on it, if your iPhone is such a huge part of your life, the feeling is always there, Dum-migan said. Say youre having a conversation of your friend, I notice that people still are think-ing about whats happening else-where, wondering if what they are doing at that moment is the most fulfilling thing possible at that moment. The feeling of FOMO isnt completely new, but the number of people who are af-fected by it has increased tre-mendously as information about everyone elses life flows into our hands every moment. Because of the addictive qualities of smartphones and social media, escaping FOMO takes awareness of self and awareness of screen time. Delet-ing social media is one action to rid oneself of FOMO, but simply working on being present in the moment and remembering that the images on the screen arent real similarly works in combat-ing a feeling of missing out.

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LIFESTYLE 4

Survival tips for getting through Valentines DayBY EMERY HANEL, 17

I n Louisiana, the day before the start of Lent warrants a massive cel-ebration known as Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday. Mardi Gras takes its origins all the way back to medieval Italy and France, and became a staple of Lou-isiana life when the French explorers settled near New Orleans and established customs like street parades and masked balls. Mardi Gras wove into Catholic tradition as the last big par-ty before 40 days of fasting, abstinence, and other re-ligious obligations of the penitential season. Now, the holiday has become so fundamental to Louisiana culture that schools in New Orleans even have Mardi Gras breaks so that they can join the parties with-out the burden of school the next day. Possibly the most well-known of Mardi Gras traditions are the street parades. Parades began as impromptu street celebra-tions in the 1800s, with people decorating wagons, and were almost banned because of the chaos they caused. Today, the floats begin making their way

through the streets a couple weeks before Fat Tuesday. Throws include cups, toys, and the purple, gold, and green beads commonly associated with Mardi Gras that float riders toss into to spectators. My favorite part about Mardi Gras was defi-nitely going to the parades, junior Grace Manthey, former resident of New Or-leans, said. Everyone lines up on the sides of the street several roads deep. People also stand on the balconies that are very common in New Orleans houses and watch from there. These traditional colors have their own sig-nificance and history as well. One of the first and most prominent Mardi Gras organizations, Rex, traditionally adorned the colors purple for justice, gold for power, and green for faith. This group be-came so central to Mardi Gras celebrations that their color scheme, inspired by Catholic tradition, became tied to the holiday. Another well-liked tradition of Mardi Gras is the baking of King Cakes, which begins with the Epiphany on January 6th.

King Cakes are a sweet, flakey pastry in the shape of a wreath, often contain-ing a small plastic baby, representing Jesus, hidden in the cakes. New Orle-ans legend brings luck and prosperity to the recipient, who is also responsible for making the next King Cake. Essential to the production of Mardi Gras celebrations are Krewes. A krewe is an organization, separate from any county or municipality, that has its own traditions and themes and puts on a parade and ball each year. Most of the balls they put on are pri-vate, krewe-member only events. However, sever-al Louisiana krewes allow tourists and other mem-bers of the general public to join the parties and ex-perience the festivities of Mardis Gras.Whether pri-vate or public, Mardi Gras balls are almost always formal and costumes, or at least masks, are traditional attire. Mardi Gras tra-ditions vary in differ-ent countries around the world. In the United States, Louisiana is the place to go if youre looking for the

full experience. Mardi Gras in Portland is very different from New Orleans, Man-they said. People seem to know that its Mardi Gras, but there is no anticipation for it like in New Orleans. Though its roots lie in Catholicism, many Jesuit students, like most people not from the south-eastern United States, are only vaguely familiar with the rich history and cele-brations of this holiday. I think thats all people really know about it...that its just a big party, junior Jacob Small said. T h a n k - fully, the Portland

area is

home to the Mysti Krewe of Nimbus, our first and only krewe, who, for the past five years, has been putting on balls and parades on Mississippi Av-enue. The Mysti Krewe was started by Jane and Steve Kerin, who moved to Portland from Louisiana in 2005,

and found themselves missing the celebration that brought together fam-ily and friends. We had a small krewe of 30 or 40 strong that invited a bunch of other friends and bought tickets, Captain Jane Ker-in, founder of the Mys-ti Krewe, said. We had a concert and Louisiana style food and people wore cos-tumes in the Mardi Gras spirit. This year, the ball is carnival themed and over 500 tickets have been sold to the general public. This is a 21 and older event and includes Louisiana style music and food. Though Fat Tues-

day parties are limited in Portland, many of

Portlands restaurants like Tapalaya or

The Parish that serve

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c o m m e m o r a t e Mardi Gras on Feb. 9th

with festive foods, drinks, and the high spirits of fel-low party-goers.

BY JACLYN FLOOD, 17

History behind celebrating Mardi Gras

PAGE EDITOR: Rebecca Pfluger and Kyle Phelps

Brace yourselves. Feb. 14 is coming, and you all know what that means. Growing up, it meant a cornucopia of various Valentines Day themed candies that, if ra-tioned strategically, would last until Halloween. But now? Behold the plague of sappy romance film releas-es. Prepare for the predict-able surge in the purchase of overpriced commodities such as roses, chocolate, and useless stuffed toys that are anything but an appropriate gift for anyone over the age of thirteen. The capitalist Hall-mark Holiday, designed to sell obnoxious singing cards and a plethora of lifeless animals with corny phrases stitched onto their stomachs, has developed into a national phenom-

enon where everyone de-cides to treat their signifi-cant other how they should treat them every other day of the year. Ready yourself for the inevitability of 1) planning the perfect date, which, news flash, is going to be just as exactly like any date youve ever gone on, or 2) being single and knowing you wont be par-ticipating in this mediocre but overly-hyped event. However, the cel-ebratory day has its perks. It doubles as Singles Awareness Day, or S.A.D., uniting a community of lonely Netflix-watchers and reminding them, you are not alone. The three Cs of S.A.D.cry, com-miserate, and copeserve as the loose guidelines for all the solo riders out there who wish they had a signif-icant other to pretend they

actually enjoy Valentines Day with. N e v e r t h e l e s s , t h e day miraculously continues to exist on our calendars, so to make the holiday more survivable, heres some Valentines Day Donts: 1. Dont break up with your significant oth-er. If youre dating some-one, whether it be serious or casual, Valentines Day is most definitely not the day to end things. Sever-ing your relationship with them on this sweetheart Sunday is easily one of the most shady things to do, ever. To avoid being forev-er known as That Ex, put the break up on hold for another day, or, better yet, opt for splitting before they surprise you with all of those material goods your retweets encouraged them to buy.

2. Dont contact your ex via text message, phone call, email, carrier pigeon, or smoke signal. Anyone elseyour friends, your family, your physi-cal therapist, that one kid you met at summer camp in 2010would be a viable option to reach out to. Lit-erally, anyone else but your ex. Just. Dont. Do. It. Save that I miss you for your pizza deliverer and that string of choice words for when you stub your toe. 3. Dont third-wheel. Unless youre into an awkward public mani-festation of your bachelor or bachelorette status, wal-lowing in fake laughter and self-pity as you sit next to two lovebirds is probably going to be a pretty misera-ble way to spend your loner Valentines Day. Ignore the false hope that you will not

be ignored if you go out with your friend and their significant other, who are both madly infatuated with one another. Politely de-cline their invitation and instead rally the troops of other singles to spend the day with instead. 4. Dont go any-where where couples flock. Singletons, please dont subject yourself to the pain of seeing idyllic couples who think theyre in love performing public dis-plays of affection. Dont force yourself into making cruel comparisons, like the fact that youre hold-ing onto crushed roman-tic dreams and others are holding hands. Go some-where where you can hap-pily treat yo self (Parks and Recreation, Season 4 Episode 4), like the spa or the gym.

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Will Cuddy, Je-suit graduate in 2010, began acting at a young age. As an early member of the Young Peoples The-atre Camp hosted at Je-suit, Cuddy developed relationships with men-tors such as Jeff Hall and Elaine Kloser, and began taking advantage of aris-ing opportunities. He was always really willing just to try anything thrown his di-rection, Mr. Hall said. He was always willing to dive in and participate to the fullest. Cuddys drive served him well in the act-ing world. As a freelancer, there are no limitations as to what he can do, which compliments his enthu-siastic and hard-working personality. I love what I do. Everyday is exciting and challenging, Cuddy said. The harder I work, the bigger things that come along . . It takes a lot of self-motivation, but its all well worth it. Although his en-thusiasm is now clearly evident, it took an initial push to get him involved. He came on his very first day of third grade and he stayed in the hallway and didnt want to come in, Ms. Kloser said.

He was asking his mom if they could turn around and go home. . . but he re-luctantly came in and two days after he had a lead for the childrens chorus! Cuddy, when he finally entered Jesuit, quickly involved himself in the drama department, track, football, choir, and was a Coffee House reg-ular with his band. As he began to realize his fondness for the drama department and acting in general, Cuddy started his career as an on-camera actor and auditioned for many roles at Jesuit and elsewhere. During his time at Jesuit, Cuddy was selected as a director for the 2010 Playwriting Festival and for Chamber Choir. In ad-dition, Cuddy was select-ed for the Discovery Kid networks Endurance: Fiji. He found that kind of opportunity for himself everywhere he could, Mr. Hall said. He is not afraid to strike up a conversation and to jump in and show that he is in-terested. Today, so many people seem to think its not cool to show that youre really interested. Its almost cool to not be concerned or enthusias-tic, but he was always very enthusiastic and I think thats paying off for him. After graduat-

ing from Jesuit in 2010, Cuddy attended the Uni-versity of Oregon. As before, Cuddy involved himself in many oppor-tunities. Cuddy acted in multiple web series for UOs DuckTV, joined the acapella group -On The Rocks- and direct-ed two award-winning short films for the 72-Hour Adrenaline Film Festival. In addition, he was contacted to work as the Multimedia Producer for UOs newspaper, The Daily Emerald. Cuddys talents in directing, man-aging, and producing be-came evident early on and he was quickly promoted to Multimedia Editor. Although most of Cuddys prominent suc-cesses have been from on-camera acting such as in NBCs Grimm and in Wild with Acade-my award-winning Reese Witherspoon, Cuddys passion for the other as-pects of film became clear to him. During my time at UO, I found that my real passion lies behind the camera as a shooter, editor, and more impor-tantly, a director, Cuddy said. Cuddy is current-ly a freelance film direc-tor and actor, meaning he doesnt work for a partic-ular company. He works

on video jobs by shooting, editing, and sometimes writing content. Mr. Hall, Ms. Kloser, and Cuddy all stress the importance of relationships in the performing arts world. Whether its with the en-semble or with people in the professional film in-dustry, Cuddy has always been good at developing relationships. Hes tried to net-work and meet as many people as possible in the business and collaborate, Ms. Kloser said. Hes re-ally good at that collabo-ration and thinking out-side of himself. Cuddys passion and determination for what he loves is a huge factor in the success that he has today. Everyone that has worked with him can attest to his hard work and how it has paid off for him. Figure out what you love the most that can be applied to a ca-reer and pursue it with everything you have, Cuddy said. Adults are constantly telling you the only thing you have control over is how hard you work, and that is the truest statements there is . . . Utilize your youth and start working toward something that brings you true joy now.

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Portland contemporary art display.

Coming to Jesuit High School this spring is the iconic and humorous story of Elle Woods. Legally Blonde the Musical (based on the movie of the same name) is about the journey of Elle Woods, a bright and girly college graduate who follows her ex-boyfriend to Harvard Law School, trying win back his love. There, with the help of many along the way, she learns the value of staying true to herself and believ-ing in what she can achieve. Every year, the two directors of the drama pro-gram, Elaine Kloser and Jeff Hall, decide on a theme and pick scripts that center on that theme, which var-ies from year to year. The theme for this

year is Holding on.In Elles case for LB, it con-nects with holding on to her dream. Day in and day out, the cast puts in several hours for rehearsal, per-fecting every small detail throughout the musical. When the drama program announced that the spring musical of 2016 was going to be Legally Blonde the Musical, there was an immediate excite-ment. In December, over 100 students auditioned for the musical. Legally Blonde the Musical is great for high schools because it provides a large ensemble and several big song-and-dance numbers. In addition to the cast there will be two spe-cial guests. Everyone seems

to remember Bruiser, the chihuahua in the story, but folks rarely remember the bulldog that belongs to the hair dresser, Elaine Kloser said. Both roles will be played by pets from our Je-suit community and will be making their stage debut.This year, junior Brooke Gato will be starring as the lead role, Elle Woods. One thing that is really cool about this show, in addition to the fact that it is a well known story, is that it has a really strong female lead, which unfor-tunately is not something that you always see, se-nior Jack Levis said. In the past weve seen many strong male leads such as in In The Heights, Shrek, Curtains, and Singing in the Rain. So now we get to see Brooke take the first female lead that Jesuit has

seen in several years. Levis will be star-ring as Emmett. He stresses his excitement for the mu-sical as well as the Jesuit twist on the plot. This musical is different from those Je-suit has done in the past because of the message it sends to everyone who sees it, Gato said. Elle teaches those around her to always be true to who they are. I think this is an important and relevant thing to share with a high school audi-ence. The production runs Feb 25 through Mar 6Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7:30 and Sundays at 2 pm. There will also be a presentation of excerpts from the show for local middle school stu-dents, and regular tickets will be sold online.

Contemporary Art is con-stantly challenging us to remember that art is not made to look beautiful, but rather to cause emotional reac-tions. Through the works of Kenny Scharf, Jeff Koons, and Daien Hirst, we learn that the purpose of contemporary Art lies within what we already know. It is not meant to be ques-tioned, but rather to become the second party in a conversation. Contemporary Art, by definition, is art produced by artists living today. These art-ists works are often culturally diverse, technologically ad-vancing, and comment on mod-ern-day society. Living in a gen-eration constantly changing by technology has affected the art being created today. We now have so many resources, artists can really do their own thing, junior Emily Steele said. Modern Artist have moved away from the realistic view of human figures and our environment and moved to-wards abstraction. A lot of art we see today is inspired by per-formance art, pop art, minimal-ism, conceptual art, and videos. If art has a meaning, it is worthy of being shared, senior Cici Pham said. Art is a place where artist can show what they are thinking. Its not just about trying to create something that looks nice. Not only does society have an impact on art, but art has a monumental impact on society. The movements that are occurring during a time pe-riod influence everything from fashion to consumer goods. Honestly where your generation is taking art, it looks shallow to me, Ms. Fleenor said. I would hope your generation would see past the commercial-ization of art and talk about real issues, because you all are go-ing to have real issues in your lifetime. Artists can help raise awareness and spark people to make changes and to think.

Everybodyislookingforaquickfixthesedayswhenitcomestostayingenergizedandactivethroughouttheday,buttheeasiestrouteisnotalwaysthebest. Inrecentyears,productslike5-hourEnergyandRedBullhavetakenthecaffeinateddrinkmarketbystorm,claimingtheyreproductsarethebestsolutionsforheavyhoursofworkandgettingthroughthe2:30pmfeeling. ConsideringIworkalmosttwelvehoursaday,itsdefinitelyaquickfix,juniorEthan Passadoresaid.Iunderstandsomeofthehealthrisks,butwhenImworkingsolongitdoesbecomebeneficialinsomeways.Idontthinkitsthatbigofaproblemcurrently.Ijustusethemtogetthroughmyoutsideactivities.WhenIgethome,andImtootiredfortheday,Ineedagoodrefreshertogetmethroughthelast5hoursofthedayorevenjuststartthedayoff. Anotherkeyfactorinthisrecentriseinthepopulari-tyoftheseenergydrinksisrootedintheiradvertisingmeth-ods.Theyaresoldjustlikeanyothersodaorcaffeinateddrinkwouldbe,effectivelyropinginayoungerdemographic. Theadvertisementsaredefinitelygearedtowardsteenagersandadolescents,Mr.Butchersaid.Theyretakingadvantageoftheideathattheyknowkidswanttofeelenergizedandtheywanttofeelawakesotheyretargetingthem. Thiscreatesaslewofissuesthatcouldleadyoungadultsintoanenergydrinkaddictionandposssiblyotherillegalsubstances. Imeanthatstheintendedpopulation.Teenagersaretheonesthatabuseenergydrinksthemost,Mrs.Kaempfsaid.Researchfoundthattheyeventendtomixitwithalcohol.Energydrinkshaveahugenegativeimpacton

kids.Theyhavefoundthatkidsthatdrinkenergydrinksmorecommonlyenduphavingdepressionanddrugabuse. Peopleareusuallynegligentwhenconsideringtheriskofthemultiplesideeffectsevenoneenergydrinkcancause. Thebiggestsideeffectswouldbenervousness,jit-ters,notbeingabletosleepwhenyouwantto,Mr.Butchersaid.Anotherproblemisthatkidswillstayuplaterbecausetheyredrinkingtheseenergydrinksandthecaffeinewonttakeeffectuntilaftertheyredonestudyingandthentheycantsleep.Iknowthatsomeofthebiggestmistakesinhistorywerecausedbylackofsleep.Chernobyl,Exxonallofthosewerecausedbylackofsleep,soyoucouldimaginewhatthatwoulddoforyouonaMathtestorEnglishquiz. Amajorityofteenagersmayhavealreadyover-lookedoneofthesimplestmethodsofgettingaconsiderableamountofenergy:water. Justdrinkwater,Mrs.Kaempfsaid.Reallyalotoftimeswefeeltiredisbecausewerereallydehydrated.Makingsureyougetyourwaterinisgoingtoletyoufeellikeyouhavemoreenergythroughouttheday. WhilewecannotbecertainwhetherJesuitstudentssufferfromthisgrowingtrendofenergydrinks,itisclearthattheycanstillsubstantiallydamageourmentalandphys-icalhealth. Takeadvantageoftheweekendswhenyouhavemoretimetostudy,Mr.Butchersaid.Mapoutyourdayifyouknowyouregoingtobebusy.Plantimeforbreaks,plantimeforstudyingandplantimeforsleep.Thatsthebestalternativetousingsomesortofdrugofanytypelegalorillegal.Itsalwaysbettertousegoodtimemanagement.

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Inthehastetogetreadyandgettoschoolbeforethefirstbell, many students either dont have time to eat breakfast, intention-ally skip it, or fail to eat something adequate. Weve all heard that breakfast is the most important meal, but do we know why? According to nutritionist Allie Schroeder, eating a healthy breakfast is important because it gets our metabolisms started and gives our bodies and brains the energy it needs to function and be productive all day long.

I actually eat breakfast seven days week. Im always energized at

school and eating breakfastkeepsmesatisfieduntillunchtime,junior William Tooley said.

Studies have shown that there is a direct correlation between eating breakfast and

our ability to concentrate and perform well in the classroom throughout the day.

If your car doesnt have gas in its tank, you wouldnt be able to go or drive very far at all. But if you have gas in

your tank, your car can function and go. The same goes for breakfast. Start off your day with fuel for your body to function, move,think,beproductive,andconcentrate,Schroedersaid.

Students often notice this difference on days when they dont

eat breakfast. I cant focus as well at school and am just more distracted overall,juniorKim Sanders said. On days I have a [track or cross country] meet, I have to eat breakfast because I wont be able to performaswellifIdont. How else does not eating a healthy breakfast affect our bod-ies? Often when people dont eat breakfast, it slows down their metabolismandlowerstheirenergylevel,Schroedersaid. Having a slower metabolism means that your body takes a

longer time to break down food and therefore delays your body from receiving the fuel you need from the food you eat. Hav-ing a slower metabolism in turn has many negative effects including weight gain/not being able lose weight, chronic fatigue, high cholesterol and high blood pressure.

Studies show that only 36 percent of high school students take part in this essential part of the day (Foodnavigator-usa.com). And of the 36 percent that do eat breakfast in the mornings, many fail toeatsomethingthatkeepsboththeirstomachandbrainsatisfieduntil lunch time. For example, grabbing a granola bar on your way out the door does not count as an adequate breakfast. Ahealthybreakfastconsistsofproteinandfiber.Examplesof this could be oatmeal with nuts and fruit, or peanut butter on whole wheat toast, or Greek yogurt and berries, or scrambled eggs with veggiesandwholewheattoast,Schroedersaid. So the next time youre thinking about skipping breakfast for lastminutecrammingbeforeatest,thinkagain!Eatingahealthybreakfast may actually help you do better!

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of Americans say breakfast is the most important meal of the day but onlyeat it every day

Those who dont eat breakfast consume:40% more sweets

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As a prominent Catho-lic high school, Jesuit proudly founds itself on certain intrinsic religious values. Throughout the past 60 years, upholding these specific values has propelled us to great accom-plishment and stature within the realm of academics. Yet as the only Catholic school in the Met-ro League, our non-secular foun-dation begs the question: How exactly do we fit in? Today, as more progres-sive trends regarding issues like abortion and same-sex marriage emerge and evolve, it seems more and more that the stance of the church on such topics conflicts with current societal sentiments. And as a school poised to prepare students for life beyond Jesuit, this raises potential problems. How, if at all, does Jesu-it uphold Catholic values whilst openly discussing the state of modern society? In an effort to extrapolate on the specific role of the church in our school, I sat down with Mr. Schreck, for-mer priest and current teacher of Catholic Contemporary Culture. Q: Legalistically, Cathol-icism tends to have specific views on issues like same-sex marriage and abortion that often differ with the way it seems society is starting to trend. As a Catholic high school, where do you think this leaves us?

A: I think it leaves us in a challenging place, because we have to consider the teachings of the church. We are a Catholic institution, and in terms of our theology department, we teach theology from the Catholic van-tage point, so we always need to make sure that were faithful to what the church teaches. At the same time, as an academic institution, we also need to take into account whats happening in the world around us, what that means, and how that might be different from or run in conjunction with Catholic thought, and then ask the ques-tion of Where does that take us? What does that call us to do? With some issues, it may mean that we need to bring new ideas into the discussion about Catholic teaching, or we may need to really examine the depth and the reach of Catholic teaching. Sometimes what we hear, especially in the media, is a very narrow or very limited view of what Catholic teaching really is. The other thing is to recognize that sometimes Cath-olic teaching means looking at contemporary ideas from con-temporary theologians and lis-tening to the voices of people who are sincerely trying to live out their lives as Catholic Chris-tians, but maybe finding them-

selves in conflict with the church. It means we need to look at all of those different voices and experi-ences and bring all of that into the discussion which may include opportunities for changewill we be able to think differently as we move into the future? Q: Not everybody at Je-suit is Catholic; obviously, as a school, we try to promote Catholic ideals, but do you think that our promotion of these foundations ever excludes others? If we consis-tently put forth Catholic values, do you see us ever supporting a pro-gram that discusses topics that are sensitive within the church, like a club supporting gay-marriage? A: I think we should always be open to discussion, partly because we have people representing different religious faiths and denominations, but also because there are a lot of Catholics who are considering ideas that may challenge or be somewhat different from official church teaching. Well always be a school that supports the official teaching of the church, but I think we should also be a place where ideas and discussions are welcome and that we respond to those not simply by quoting doc-trine or canon law but by hon-oring other peoples ideas and responding with the depth and the breadth of Catholic thought

rather than just a simple denun-ciation of somebodys contrary idea. Q: You teach a class that directly addresses these exact issues. How do you manage to openly discuss religiously sensitive topics with a class looking to chal-lenge the churchs role in todays society? A: Its not always an easy thing to do, because some people feel like its difficult to talk about an idea that might be somehow close to the official teaching of the church, and they sometimes choose simply to re-main quiet because of that. I do try to encourage people to share their ideas. At the end of the day, I will always try to let people know as faithfully as I can what the teaching of the church is. But at its best, another hallmark of Catholicism is to be open to ideas and people even when the ideas or the practice of their faiths might be different than ours, and in the end we may have to agree to disagree but the conversations help everybody to better understand what different people think. Q: How do you think our Catholicity sets us apart from oth-er schools in the Metro League? A: One of the things that does make us different is our Catholicity and our religious background because were able to

talk about that openly and make that very clearly and directly the basis for our values. We do have opportunities to talk about reli-gion and spirituality more open-ly than some of those schools might. Im not sure exactly how it works, but because of the separa-tion of church and state in public schools, theres little, if any, prayer. Retreat opportunities dont exist. Service learning happens, but I dont think with the same kind of emphasis that we have. I think our Catholici-ty helps us to bring some things into the whole educational ex-perience and the community at large that some of the public schools might not have access to. Q: Yet at a public school, there probably isnt a taboo around discussing stances that differ with that of the church. Do you think that this will ever hold us back, or leave us behind? A: I dont know that we would be left behind, but I can see situations where people might not feel that they can talk about things as freely as might be possi-ble in a public school. But at our best, the values of Catholicism can give some shape or guidance to the discussion that might be helpful as well. It can bring some ideas and perspectives into play that you might not get in a purely secular atmosphere, so it proba-bly goes both ways.

Catholics balance religion with modern valuesBY EMILY PREBLE, 16

Have you ever heard of Blake Nelson or Travis Knight? Blake Nelson has writ-ten over a dozen books and even received a special award at the Cannes Film Festival for an adap-tation of his novel, Paranoid Park. Travis Knight isnt just Phil Knights son. He attended Jesuit in the early 1990s and now runs Laika Entertainment. Its an animation studio best known for stop-motion feature films like Coraline, ParaNorman and The Boxtrolls. While these remarkable individ-uals have enjoyed big success-es, their stories are not widely known on campus. Like many other non-athletes, they have not been heralded or inducted into the Je-suit Hall of Fame. Defined as an outstanding individual, the men and women inducted into the Jesuit Hall of Fame deserve the award for their superior careers. All but two of these inductees are for sport related achievements. It makes one wonder: should that wall next to the Knight Gym be

renamed the Jesuit Athletic Hall of Fame? Even from the school website, the Hall of Fame is characterized as recognition of the athletic programs. It reads: Jesuit High Schools Hall of Fame is a way of maintaining the rich heritage and tradition of suc-cessful athletic programs at Jesuit High School. Traditionally, Halls of Fame are sports-centered, Mr. Hogan said. Athletics are about competition. They create statis-tics measuring relative achieve-ment, and offer a forum in which virtues like courage and loyalty emerge in a very public way. Je-suit students have achieved an unparalleled level of athletic suc-cessour program is unique, even at the national level. Cele-brating that kind of excellence is one reason we have all the tro-phies and bannersand the Hall of Fame. Mr. Gladstone mentions the fact that other alumni do make significant contributions to other fields like the ministry, dra-ma, and academics. Awards rec-ognizing amazing people outside

of sports are handed out yearly at commencement. Awards given each year at graduation, including the Peter Canisius, SJ Award (Jesuits high-est), the Pedro Arrupe, SJ Award, the Age Quod Agis Award, and the Alumnus/a of the Year Awards, are very special awards. We have chosen to present these in front of our soon-to-be-gradu-ates because these award winners have done something very signif-icant in their livesaccomplish-ments that reflect the mission of our school, Mr. Gladstone said. But these winners do not enjoy a special school-wide assembly (held every three years) to celebrate their accomplish-ments. Their names and faces are not in the Hall of Fame. It has always been hoped that our students wit-nessing the presentation of these awards will inspire them to reach heights above the ordinary in their lives, Mr. Gladstone said. Perhaps we need to find a way to display the names of these award winners in more prominent ways around our school. There are cer-tainly additional ways to honor

these recipients and other nota-ble people who have served our school and our community well. Different awards are publicized. For example, Jesuit High School was recently award-ed the overall 2015 Oregon Sus-tainable School Award. Jesuit was also awarded the first-ever Ore-gon More Sustainable Award, which recognizes the schools continuous improvement efforts in sustainability over the last four years. And there are awards that acknowledge athletics and academics together. The Orego-nian named Jesuit High School the Oregonian Cup recipient for the 6A activities division twelve times for outstanding achieve-ments in academics, co-curricu-lar activities, athletics and sports-manship. Principal Paul Hogan says the school is considering ways to honor other notable alumni outside of Commence-ment and refine the Hall of Fame to stipulate that it is to honor people of outstanding character and athletic achieve-ment. Mr. Hogan also points

out that identifying winners in other fields can be harder than in athletics, where achievement is easily measured. Of course, athletics lends itself more easily to mea-surable achievements than some other mission-central areas. We need to do a better job of public-ly celebrating alumni who have lived out the Profile in non-ath-letic arenas like business, educa-tion, medicine, public service, and the arts, Mr. Hogan said. If we want to level the playing field and inspire cur-rent students transcend when it comes to their passions, its vital to recognize more than our fa-mous athletes. Award winning performers, honored scientists creating medical breakthroughs, public servants representing Or-egonians in elected office, and published authors could all be considered worthy of a Jesuit Hall of Fame. It might be harder to identify the other amazing grad-uates of Jesuit High School, but a diversity of occupations should be given just as much praise as our outstanding athletes.

BY GENNIE KLEIN, 17

Should non-athletes receive more recognition?

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Imagine you are an Asian student talking to a group of friends about a test you failed. Yourealready feeling terrible about yourself when one of your friends cracks a joke about how Asians are sup-posed to be smart. This racist joke only makes your day worse. This is an example of a micro-aggression: a subtly offensive comment or ac-tion directed at a minority group. Oftentimes, these comments subconsciously reinforce stereotypes. To-day, micro-aggressions are prevalent in the form of ho-mophobic, sexist, or racist undertones in jokes. On a typical day walking down freshman hall, the comment thats gay can be heard multiple times. Open up social media and you can see jokes about women that say something along the lines of go make me a sandwich or jokes about African Americans and their love of friedchicken. Turn on political debates and you will hear various forms of racial ste-reotypes, specifically re-garding Muslims being ter-rorists. Micro-aggress ions surround us and affect peo-ple every day. While many of the jokes may be thought to be funny, theyre often only funny to the people who are not a part of the targeted group.

If people hear those jokes, they dont feel com-fortable with themselves, said Unity Club Leader,junior Sophia Penaflor. Even though they know who they are, it makes them question if its right or if its good. They dont feel as safe speaking their mind. It makes people uncomfort-able, and its unfair. These jokes have be-come so normalized in our society that people laugh at them and repeat them without a second thought. Micro-aggressionsm can be passed down through friends, family members, and even teachers. But what are the root causes of these everyday jokes? We are a chang-ing society and people ar-ent very happy that they have to adjust how they talk, how they are, or how they live their life, senior Geoffrey Henderson said. They make jokes as a way to strike back and release some tension. Its good to release some tension, but thats probably not the best way to do it. As Henderson de-s cr ib es ,micro-aggress ive jokes are often made out of a position of ignorance.Most people do not intend to hurt others with their jokes and do not realize the impact it has. I definitely think not understanding is a part of it, Penaflor said. But so is believing that some part

of you is better than an-other groups identifica-tions. Although many people do not realize it, the underlying purpose of these jokes is to put down minori-ty groups. They give a per-son of the more common race, gender, or sexual ori-entation power over some-one of a minority group. By making these jokes the message of hate continues.

Its a put down that says were superior and youre not, Counselor Ken Potter said. You dontrecognize them as equal with who you are. However, not all jokes are micro-aggres-sive, and not everyone who makes a micro-aggressive joke is a bad person. Like most other justice issues, the roots of these jokes stem from ignorance and mis-

understandingsomething that can be solved with a little effort on everyonespart. We just need to be aware, Potter said. Any-body would be hurt if its about them or if its about someone they care about. If they would step back and look at it from another per-spective many times they wouldnt say it and they wouldnt condone it.

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These are just some of the questions that have been asked over the years about the Diversi-ty and Inclusion Program. The program was started to help students of color feel included and feel part of a community that is predom-inately White. The program is also a resource for ALL students and faculty to learn, ask questions, and create di-alogue about subjects that may be difficult to talk about. The Diversity and Inclusion Program at Jesuit: Seeks to cultivate and embrace a diverse com-munity. Programs abound to provide support so all students feel part of the community, yet maintain their individuality. The DIP supports many students who are and

feel underrepresented. Part of that support comes from the clubs under the Programs umbrella that help students who feel different because of their Race, Culture, So-cio-economic status, Reli-gion and Sexual Orientation. These clubs create a space not only for those students participating but students who are curious and want to know and learn about those different from them. It is a great tool to have, that helps our students navigate a con-sistently changing society. The importance of having a Diversity and In-clusion Program at a school like Jesuit, is because we are creating Men and Wom-en for others. We want our students to be OPEN TO GROWTH, INTELLECTU-ALLY COMPETENT,RE-

LIGIOUS, LOVING, and COMMITTED TO DOING JUSTICE. All of these com-ponents are extremely im-portant. It is also important to understand that Diversity and Inclusion are attached to each of these things, but can easily be dismissed if there is no dialogue. When we are able to discuss, for example creating Men and Women for others, in conjunction with Diversity and Inclusion, it allows for us to dig a lit-tle deeper in understanding what that really means. For others also means others different from you. If you are not comfortable around oth-ers different from you, being a Man and Woman for oth-ers is no longer authentic nor valid. We need to continue dialogue with each other that challenges us to self-reflect

and acknowledge the Diver-sity and Inclusivity as part of the student profile which creates more rounded, OPEN TO GROWTH, INTELLEC-TUALLY COMPETENT, RE-LIGIOUS, LOVING, andCOMMITTED TO DOING JUSTICE members of society. To better understand the reason for our Jesuit Di-versity and Inclusion pro-gram, there are six points of interests to understand:1. The program pro-vides a positive self-regard in ones own culture as well as having a positive attitude toward the culture of others, while exploring similarities and differences.2. Fosters ability to function inclusively and pro-ductively in a diverse society that is increasingly growing.3. Provides exposure

to different perspectives and social awareness. 4. Enhances the stu-dents school experience.5. Provides students and teachers opportunities to work together with those dif-ferent from them and build relationships creating trust and mutual respect for each other.6. Helps students learn from each others experienc-es and perspectives. I encourage ALL stu-dents to challenge yourselves! Walk into the Diversity office say Hi to our new Diversity and Inclusion Director, Mrs. Lowery and start a conver-sation with another student you may not know. These important conversations will help make you FULLY, well rounded Men and Women for others.

Breaking down the diversity program BY MELISSA LOWERY

BY CARLI WOOD, 16

Micro-aggressions normalized into conversation

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Sexist micro-aggressions include male superiority and occupation stereotypes.

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What is the Diversity and Inclusion Program at Jesuit High? Who is it for? Why do we need it?

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Taking Sunday offSunday marks the end of every week, a day to put the finishing touches on what needs to be done or just an opportunity to rest and re-cover. For Catholics, Sunday is a Holy Day of obligation. A day meant to be spent mellowly, an opportunity to honor and respect Jesus resurrection. In many peoples minds its a day to re-balance your spiritual life, taking time to place extra focus and time on your relationship with God. For the modern sports fan and athlete Sunday can become quite a busy day. Between practices and games scheduled all throughout the day and the sports coverage that appears on TV from nearly sunrise to sunset, time typically runs low for spiritual activi-ties. At Jesuit, a Catholic school with a large emphasis on athletics, these two vastly different Sunday plans come together. I try to get as much of my stuff done by Sunday so I can just have options to choose from, junior Danny Terrell said. Whether thats spending time in the presence of the Lord at mass with my family or heading out early to the golf course. Both are important, just different. While students have the op-portunity to choose whether to partic-ipate or not in sports outside of Jesuit on Sunday mornings, occasionally Je-suit teams dont have that luxury. For Jesuit sports Sunday isnt a playable day, but it is playable for the OSAA. These differences in policy al-low Jesuit athletes to have nearly every Sunday off, except when conflicts are created by OSAA scheduled events. At Jesuit no team can prac-

tice before noon. We want Sunday morning to be a time where kids can go to church, athletic director Mike Hughes said. We also under-stand that while Sunday is sacred, we dont forbid kids from doing activities on Sundays. We know kids are doing lots of activities on Sunday. This approach honors the ho-liness of the churchs holy day of obli-gation while still allowing students to make their own choices on these morn-ings. Sunday being a free day for Je-suit athletes could be seen as a wasted opportunity to some, but head womens basketball coach Mr. Lowery feels oth-erwise. I like our kids to have one day a week off, Lowery said. Nothing ath-letically, nothing academically. Just a day to go to church and be with family. While its completely up to the individual for what they choose to do in the day off, thats really not the important part. The 24 hours free of athletic responsibility, away from the typical stresses for a high school ath-lete. Allowing them to recharge their mental and physical batteries from the typical, stressful grind of the average week. The feeling that athletes need a day off once a week fits right into this predicament. As Sunday seems to be the logical day to give off for Jesuit athletes. It also bodes well for the fol-lowing week. Having Sunday off allows the kids to come back fresh and ready to go Monday, Lowery said. This balance that Jesuit has created for the past 25 years has seem-ingly lead to success on the court and fields, as well as a balanced spiritual life for those who choose it.

BY TOMMY MULFLUR, 16

Athletes throughout Jesuit look forward to three months of the year in particular, filled with hardwork, competi-tion, and dedication to their beloved sport. But, for the Jesuit varsity cheerleadingteam, their season of blood, sweat and tears spans an eleven-month period from May until March. Although cheer-ing on football and basket-ball occupies most of their time, beyond the sidelines, the cheer team works dili-gently on a routine they will perform throughout their two month competition season. Everything we do is to improve skills for competition season, junior Delaney Hughes said. The team began building their skills in the summer during their man-datory five-day-a-week practices as well as daily

doubles consisting of con-ditioning, tumbling and stunting. In September, the team began learning their competition routine. With help from a choreographer, the coaches created a rou-tine that would fit the team well. We usually build a competition routine with skills that the team does not have yet so that they can work up to the routine throughout the year, head cheerleading coach Corey Jones said. With only two seniors, ten new varsity cheerleaders, and a new head coach, the team of seventeen holds a different dynamic to previous Jesuit Varsity cheerleading teams. We had to sort of start from scratch as a team but we also had a lot of talent so it was promising when my new teammates came in, Hughes said. Even with a ma-

jority of underclassman, the determination of this team does not fall short. A balance of hard work and fun at practices as well as a strong family-like bond helps keep competition time stress-free. The one thing that stands out to me is their confidence in each other, coach Jones said. After months of preparation, the team be-gan competing in January, placing third at the Laker Rumble competition Jan. 9 at Lake Oswego High School. At the Memorial Coliseum Feb. 13, the girls will fight for a state title in the 6A large division. A lot of students only see us cheering on other Jesuit sports teams. People dont realize the hard work we put in, senior Caitlin Scott said. I want the state competition to be a good representation of all that we have worked for.

BY BAILEY COOK, 17Cheers to the cheer teamLast years varsity cheer squad poses for a photo at the State competition.

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The achievements didnt end with a state shampionship this fall for senior Nicole Peterson, who was named MaxPreps National Vol-leyball Player of the Year, and senior Jasmine Gross, Under Armor First Team All-American. While leading their team through an unde-feated season, Peterson and Gross were being evaluated at the nation-al level. Both girls were on the volleyball watch list for their individual talent and teams success. Before being considered

by a MaxPreps committee, Peterson was first nomi-nated for their award. As Jesuits first National Vol-leyball Player of the Year, Petersons impact on the game and her team stood out to the committee. Nicoles skill level, leadership ability, com-petitive spirit, confidence, and work ethic all contrib-uted to her winning this award, coach Teresa Zim-merlee said. Peterson credits winning this award to her team-mates and the success that they had this season. She also appreciates her coach-es for nominating her and

helping to put her on the radar for this award. Winning the Arizo-na Tournament helped a lot, Peterson said. Coach Zimmerlee also put in a lot of work for applications and answering questions for newspapers and Max-Preps volleyball. As for our First Team All-American, Grosss determination to suc-ceed drew attention from coaches at the national tournament. With only four years of volleyball under her belt, this was the talented middle block-ers first national award. Shes such a hard work-

er and super dedicated and into the game, junior Kathryn Decker, Santa Clara Volleyball commit, said. She pushes herself so hard and I think she re-ally deserves this. Gross attributes the start of her volleyball career to her teammate and friend Nicole Peter-son, as well as much of her success to coach Zimmer-lee and the strength of the Jesuit team. Nicole is my best friend and also somebody whos pushed me to be the best I can be, Gross said. Coach Zimmerlee has been huge in helping me

get the award and believ-ing in me since freshman year. At the All-American Tournament, Gross played alongside and compet-ed against the top 24 best volleyball players in the nation. In addition to be-ing surrounded by other impressive athletes on the west-coast team, Gross re-ceived instruction from one of the best high school coaches in the country. With Peterson headed to University of San Fran-cisco and Gross to Pepper-dine, both athletes are ex-cited to see what they can do at the Division I level.

Gross and Peterson excel beyond state champs

BY JACLYN FLOOD, 17Left: Jasmine Gross and Nicole Peterson working in the front row at a home game; Right: Gross and Peterson looking tough for team photos.

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Super Bowl Sunday: the day where sports fans turn on their T.V. and take a seat on the couch to not only watch the exhilarating football game, but also the enter-taining commercials. Over the last 50 years, the Super Bowl has become the most viewed televised event in U.S. history. Last year, the Super Bowl received 114.4 mil-lion views and the viewer-ship statistics show a con-stant rise in views over the past three years (Statista). Companies pay at minimum $5 million dol-lars for only a thirty sec-ond slot. Considering the amount of people who watch the Super Bowl, pop-ular companies take this power to their advantage and attempt to make the most impactful commer-cial they can. Famous business-

es like Budweiser, Mc-Donalds, and Coca-Cola have been promoting their companies in Super Bowl commercials since the first bowl in 1967. According to Business Insider, a 30 sec-ond slot was only $42,000 and the bowls viewership was only 50 million. Initially, commer-cials were focused on com-panies publicizing their products and business. As years have gone on, cor-porations have gone to ex-treme measures as a way to assure the viewers that they are outdoing their compet-ing companies. Agencies choose to promote their company by attempting to relate to their audience. Many well-known singers, famous athletes, or popular actors make appearances to per-suade the viewers that be-cause this remarkable per-son uses their product, the viewer should too.

Last year, Kim Kar-dashian teamed up with T-Mobile to promote their newest technology ad-vancement. Kim Kardashian, famous person, pleads with viewers to pretty please, save your unused data-in pitching T-Mobiles Data Stash offer, said critic James Vincent from The Verge. As an attempt to gain female viewers atten-tion, Justin Bieber starred in a 2011 Best Buy com-mercial. Other companies have taken on a different approach by getting across a powerful message to re-late to the viewers.Budweiser has taken on this approach multiple times in the past. As a tribute to the 10th year anniversary of 9/11, they created a com-mercial that incorporat-ed their Clydesdale horse

trademark and the nation most unforgettable trage-dy. It was a remarkably poignant and timely trib-ute, connecting the iconic and beautiful Clydesdales with a memory of the na-tions tragedy, critic for Leaderhelps said. Jeep wanted to demonstrate their support for our nations troops by creating an ad in honor of those serving overseas. The commercial was called Whole Again, portraying families that arenever complete until the soldiers return home. In 2015, No More, an anti-domestic violence campaign took advantage of their chance to get a powerful message across to millions. They made an ad, inspired by a real call, of a woman dialing 911 to order a pizza. In real-ity, the woman was in an emergency where she was

being physically abused, but couldnt run from the attacker. This hit home for many of the viewers as they became inspired to help end such an overlooked sit-uation. We hope this No More PSA will bring Amer-icans together -- on a day families and friends spend together -- in the effort to end domestic violence and sexual assault, said No More Director Virginia Witt. Because of the rap-id increase of viewers each year, the Super Bowl gives companies the opportunity to promote themselves and impact millions of people around the nation. Wheth-er its to get across a pow-erful message or to strict-ly publicize their newest product, agencies will doanything to grasp the at-tention of the Super Bowl audience.

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Who has time for balance? Between every-thing that commands at-tention in a typical daysports, homework, studying, faith, friends, family, clubs and teamswho among us could have the self-aware-ness to fulfill all that their schedule demands of them and still go to sleep by 9:00? More importantly, how is balance achievable for Jesuit students? Every aspect of high school exists at constant full drive. Homework every night, practice every day, friends to snapchat, papers to write, episodes to watch, tests to study for, and Pin-terest pages to scroll. Oftentimes, person-al health may not fall in the

list of priorities. But accord-ing University of Michigans Health Services, balance means fitness. While term fitness often draws immediate con-notations with the state of a persons physical health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention admit that physical indicators of health do not measure how peo-ple feel about the quality of their relationships, their positive emotions, resil-ience, satisfaction with life domains, or the realization of their potential. Of course, physical health is not to be under-mined. Providence Health credits physical fitness with preventing ailments like di-abetes and heart disease, ex-tending a persons expected lifetime and independence as well as their anticipated number of healthy years. That said, a more

all-encompassing definition of fitness speaks to not only physical but mental well-be-ing, an aspect of our health that may be often over-looked in an environment of normalized chaos. Balance comes from the prioritization of men-tal health as much as phys-ical health. In fact, the two often seem to be mutually interconnected. According to University of Michigans Health services, taking care of bodily needs like drink-ing sufficient water, eating nutritious food, regularly working out, and sleeping plenty each night can im-prove mental cognizance and optimism. However, besides physical means, Universi-ty of Michigan also offers several ways to intention-ally improve mental health through exercises in attitude and environment.

The foremost advice is to value personal time, making a concerted effort to do activates that are person-ally enjoyable, an activity in re-energizing and taking mental space away from the constancy of things to do. Next, they recom-mend creating a support network, seeking out time with the family and friends who are positive forces. Peo-ple with stronger support networks generally boast better mental health. Then, learn how to deal with stress. Start trying out coping skills to deal with stress anywhere from listen-ing to music to playing with a pet. Identify what works best, and put it into practice in situations charged with excessive stress. Also, they recom-mend setting realistic goals by breaking down long-term goals into smaller steps. The

sense of accomplishment upon reaching a concrete and written goal as small as finishing a homework as-signment can raise sense of self-worth and efficiency. Finally, work to break up the monotony. Routines are good, but a strict schedule can become tedious with time. Try jog-ging a different route, eat-ing with different friends at lunch, or working on home-work in the library instead of at home. The health charity organization Young Minds relates that in 2014, 1 in 10 young people suffered from a mental illness of some kind, ranging from depres-sion to anxiety to conduct disorders. And the numbers, they predicted, are trending towards the wrong direc-tion. So as this new begins approaches, prioritize men-tal health.

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