The Beakon Cardinal Mooney High School 2545 Erie Street Youngstown Ohio 44507 September 2013

A new school year brings another new uniform change.

Last year, freshmen and sophomores were permitted to wear only black, red, and yellow polos, while upperclassmen were permitted to wear the assorted colors from earlier years. This year, everyone is limited to the three color option, and Polo’s were sp iced up to look

more like a catholic school

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New Uniforms reflect Catholic identity

One may see familiar faces in different parts of the building this year, or maybe have a surprising teacher’s name on your schedule. Some shifts in faculty positions might, however, leave one confused.

Mrs. Ellen Sandel taught spanish for a number of years and then was the guidance counselor for sophomores and juniors. She retired at the end of last year, and this y e a r she came back p a r t time to teach Ital-ian.

This is

a l s o the first

year for Italian in many years, and fortunately there

was someone on staff licensed to teach it.

“ I t a l - ian is a really fun class,” said Ally Davenport, freshman. “Mrs. Sandel has a good sense of hu-

mor.”

Mr. Chris A m i l l , health and p h y s i c a l education, is another recogniz-able face

from the hallways and football field. He formerly served as Linkage Coor-

dinator. “I focused on all student’s grades, mainly those close to failing, and also kept track of athletes’ grades,” said Amill.

With the retirement of Mr. Roy Nard, a health and physical education teacher was needed and he fit right in.

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Familiar faces found in different places

changing the emblem on the shirts. A cardi-nal and a cross were added to the Mooney name, forming a simple trilogy over the heart.

“I don’t like the emblem on the shirts because I like things to be simple. I would also prefer to have more colorful shirts be-cause the more the merrier,” said Hannah Frisone, freshman.

Michael Phillips, also a freshman, agreed with Frisone, saying, “I’d rather be able to wear more colors because three is dull, and I would like the shirts to just say Mooney on them.”

With every change, the opportunity for individual opinion presents itself.

“I like the emblem on the shirts be-cause it makes Mooney uniforms look put together,” said sophomore Gwen Sieman.

“ I don’t like the colorful shirts because having only red, yellow, and black makes Mooney look more like a family.”

Mrs. Peggy Moore, English, said, “I like that the emblem identifies us as a Catholic school and lets people know we are Cardinal Mooney, and not the follow-ers of Sun Myung Moon. I did, however, like the white shirts because white reflects the heat and black is not a Mooney color.”

Senorita K, also known as Miss Brittany Kuttesch, is familiar in a different sense.

She was employed here full time two years ago, and substituted for Mr. Dave Bell last year when he had surgery.

With Bell’s retire- ment, she stepped in to teach Spanish I and

Spanish II. “It is

awesome to see classes taught by these members of the Mooney Family to whom we are already accustomed, and interest-ing they are flexible and willing to help in any way they can,” said Maddie Leek, junior.

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If one waunders down Mahoning Ave-nue and across the big red Planter’s Peanut Man Bridge into the streets of downtown Youngstown, one may notice changes. Over the last five years, the area has transformed from a near ghost town to a prime destination in the Mahoning Val-ley. Youngstown area residents now go to one of the many places to eat, and then to a show, or often – with so much going on – they spend the entire day. “I think the whole transformation started when the Covelli Centre was built,” said Kristina Aiad-Toss, senior. “Since that point, downtown has really changed.” Kayla Shaffer, senior, said, “I love going downtown now. There’s so much to do and see now compared to a few years ago.” Mooney students are not the only ones to notice the rejuvenation. Kristopher North, manager of The Oakland Center for the Arts, has lived in the downtown area for the past eight years, and said, “It’s nice to see the transition from bad to good. During the time I’ve spent in Youngstown, I’ve really noticed a change.” Businesses such as Avalon Downtown Pizzeria, V2, and Joe Maxx Coffee are just a few of the many flocking to the area. Many bars, restaurants, museums and shops now line the once-barren Federal Street. It is not uncommon to see a crowd walk-ing around enjoying the revamped atmo-sphere. Liquid Blue thrives with nightlife, and Oh! WOW Children’s Museum crawls with families seeking to make memories on Sat-urday mornings. “I hope the area continues to thrive. I’m happy people are starting to love the down-town area as much as I do,” said North.

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The World runs on social media!

Studies show that one in every four peo-ple worldwide use social media sites daily. Anyone around the world can connect with the click of a button.

Mr. Lawrence Bozick, English, said, “The world in the long run has become a better place because the interchange of ideas has opened up.”

Today’s teens spend up to an average of 11 hours on social sites each week.

“It consumes the parts of my days that are boring,” said Nick Koken, sophomore.

Jon Koutsourais, sophomore, added, “It’s kind of bad that we spend so much time on these web sites instead of experi-encing life firsthand.”

Adults also use social media sites. Mr. John Young, principal, said, “It’s a great tool to get information out to parents and students.”

Chase Rose, senior, said, “My mom is always on Facebook.”

Some teens said their parents are online more than they are!

“I think my parents would have defi-nitely wanted social media in high school, considering they’re always on it now,” Ko-ken joked.

Bozick had a different view. “Growing up I wouldn’t have wanted social sites. The times are so different, and these sites make communication between people less personal. Now boys can just tweet ‘Hey do you want to go see a movie with me?’ rather than ask the girl face to face.”

Sydney KocherReporter Some adults aren’t involved with social

media. Jeremy Billet, senior, said, “My parents don’t necessarily care about other peoples’ personal lives.”

Social media cites are not used only to keep in touch or ask people on dates, but also for less admirable pursuits. In the United States alone, cyber bullying causes, on average, 23% of teen suicides a year.

“I think it has such a big affect because the stuff you say on the Internet can offend people, and that starts conflict,” said Mad-die Abrigg, sophomore.

Some kids are affected and some are not. “I personally do not know anyone who has ever been cyber bullied, so I don’t see the effect of it.” Koutsourais defended.

Three out of five high school students have been, or are being, bullied over the Internet.

“It’s easier for people to bully someone when they’re hiding behind their phones and computers,” said Koken.

Social sites can also affect community schools.

Young explained, “There was a 12 or 13 year old girl on Facebook wearing a Mooney T-shirt. She posted pictures of her-self in this T-shirt while making inappro-priate hand gestures. Parents saw it, so they called and complained. She didn’t even go to Mooney and was causing problems!”

Students around America have been sus-pended or expelled for things they posted on the Internet.

Bozick indicated, “It is a great tool of communication, but if you abuse it, there are bad effects.”

Abrigg said, “I think it has made the world a worse place because it makes peo-ple lazy and less motivated in life.”

Koutsourais disagreed saying, “All in all, I think social sites have made the world a better place. Kids and adults are now able to communicate in a new way, and they can be heard.” Young agreed with Koutsourais saying that the good outweighed the bad.

Social Media Users Registered Active

Facebook 1.5 billion 1 billionTwitter 500 million 200 millionInstagram 130 million 100 millionYouTube 1 billion 4 billion (view)

Murphy SharpColumnist

My kind of town

Michaelina Appugliese/The BeaconMrs. Crystal Stanton, student teacher, English, checks in on her FaceBook friends.

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As almost every American of driving age owns a cell phone, distracted driving is a threat. Daily, headlines tell of accidents, near accidents, injuries and death. Police issue tickets and cell phone companies run commercials, yet a new study shows tex-ting and driving is the number one killer of teens, surpassing drinking and driving.

More than 3,000 teens die annually from texting while driving, compared to about 2,700 from driving under the influence of alcohol, according to a study by Cohen Children’s Medical Center.

Americans have largely ignored that re-search.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported in 2010 driver dis-traction caused 18 percent of all fatal crash-es – with 3,092 killed – and crashes result-ing in an injury – with 416,000 wounded.

Lawmakers push for tougher distracted driving laws.

Andrew Adesman, chief author of the study, found laws against texting while driving are not effective, as 57 percent of teens said they text and drive in states with texting laws, and 59 percent said they text and drive in states without texting laws.

In Ohio, if one is under the age of 18, House Bill 99, passed June 1, 2012, pro-hibits one from “using in any manner, an electronic wireless communications device while driving and prohibits texting while driving.”

The first violation, for which a law en-forcement officer can stop one without any other reason, carries a $150 fine and driver license suspension for 60 days.

Second and subsequent violations carry a $300 fine and 60 day suspension.

Although young drivers are four times more likely to be in an accident than adults, almost 50 percent of young drivers admit to sending texts and e-mail while behind the wheel.

A survey of Cardinal Mooney students shows that two out of every three drivers text behind the wheel, which means nearly 67 percent of licensed students put others

and themselves at risk every day.“It’s not difficult. I text all of the time,

it’s something that I can handle”, said Jor-dan Jones, junior.

The Virginia Tech Transportation In-stitute found that if one communicates by text while driving a vehicle, one is 23 times more likely to crash.

“How could it be dangerous, you’re only glancing down at your phone for brief sec-onds?” said Krista Ginnis, junior.

In 4.6 seconds, the average amount of time it takes to send a text, a car going 55 miles per hour travels the length of a foot-ball field.

“Most of my friends text and drive while I’m in the car; it’s a scary thing,” said Bri-anna Rothacker, junior.

Forty percent of all American teens say they have been in a car when the driver used a cell phone in a way that put people in danger, according to a Pew survey.

“I’ve seen it firsthand, it does cause ac-cidents, it’s dangerous and it’s irrespon-sible,” a former police officer told 1010 WINS’ John Montone.

“A vehicle is a weapon, just as a gun or a knife, and you can kill people. You don’t deserve to have a driver’s license and that level of responsibility where you can kill people if you’re not willing to take precau-tions, such as not texting and driving.”

Emily DeGenovaReporter

Two out of three Mooney drivers text and drive

James Paulenich, senior, texts in the park-ing lot, which is illegal by Ohio law if the engine is running.

Tylon Taylor/The Beakon Some students eagerly anticipate a deli-cious lunch in the cafeteria, while others, brown paper bag in hand, question their choices. “I don’t like the lunches,” said Taylor Love, senior. “I think they were better freshman year, and I also liked when the cookies were fifteen cents instead of twen-ty five.” There are people who do like the lunch-es such as Montrell Steavens, sophomore, who said “I like the lunches and love the cookies. Some schools don’t have as many options as we do to choose what we want, and the amount we want to buy.” Dominique Cicchi, senior, said, “I have al-ways packed my lunch. In four years I never bought in the cafeteria. I just like what my mom packs.” Lauren Halloran, sophomore, said she brings a lunch too, because “I just don’t feel like waiting in line.” Giovanna DeSantis, sophomore, also doesn’t like the line, “It takes too long to pay! People don’t know their numbers, so I just pack.” Nick Bilas, senior, brings a packed lunch, but buys on Friday. “I love the Buffalo chicken pizza, so I eat my packed lunch and buy pizza too. I don’t like the baked cheese sticks or the whole wheat buns.” Mrs. Judy Ricciardi, who works in the cafeteria said, “Everything is good because it is homemade like the cookies, pizza, and the rolls.” Jason Weber, senior, said, “The chicken wraps are amazing!”

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To buy or not to buy? Lunch time dilema

Just because Mooney‘s mot-to is “We are for Mooney and against no one,” doesn’t mean they don’t have rivals, just like most, if not every, high school; however, not every sport has the same rival. Mooney is known for having a tough football team with heart and talent. However, when they play Ursuline it is not just any regular season game. “The crowd intensity is unlike any other game, It’s hyped,” said Brandon Berry, senior de-fensive lineman. “Both teams play harder against each other than any other team.” Ursuline beat Mooney the last three years; however, the team plans to change that. Marcus Penza, senior guard, also said Ursuline is basket-ball’s biggest rival because, “They’re a local Catholic school, and we always battle to be the top Catholic school in the area. The intensity of the crowd and student section dur-ing the game makes you want to play that much harder for your school.” Not only is Ursuline the foot-ball and basketball rival, but it is also the baseball team’s rival,

and has been for many years. Players and coaches work extra hard to prepare. “The day leading up the game, it’s all I think about. When the game starts nothing else mat-ters except getting that win and proving we’re better,” said se-nior catcher, Andrew Wollet. Unlike these teams, some sports have a different rival, like boys’ soccer. Location is not the only factor in a rivalry, but the competition level is as well. “Lakeview is our biggest rival because they’re the best competition we have in our di-vision, which makes us want to win that much more,” said senior starting forward, Jake Payne. “I play harder in rival games because I want my team to come out on top.” The girls’ soccer team also has a different rival. Bailey Reardon, senior defensive mid-fielder said, “ Salem is our big-gest rival because it’s a very aggressive and personal game. Ever since I was a freshman, the Salem game has always been the most intense us.” Although many teams have yet to play their rival this year, coaches and players are op-timistic they will get the win when they do.

“We are for Mooney and against no one,” said Bishop William Hughes, Mooney’s first principal. This still serves as a guiding principle for students and athletes, and established a tradition of excellence and heightened morals for over a half century. Coach John Hudzik led the first team, in 1956, to a 5-2-1 record, and ever since, Mooney has competed with the best programs in the country and never backed down from a challenge. Mooney competed in 11 State Championships and won eight. Longtime coach Don Bucci was named athletic director in 1961 and has held the position for 52 years. He became head coach fol-lowing the legendary Denney Barrett in 1966, and led the Cardinals to four State Cham-pionships. Dozens of his play-ers became coaches at high schools and universities span-ning the country. Mooney is ranked third in Ohio’s Top 25 Football Pro-grams in Playoff History with a 56-17 playoff record, 25 years of qualification, eight state ti-

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tles and 161 total points. This year’s season brings scrutiny due to the unusual 3-6 record last year following the 6-3 State Championship team of 2011. “I am so excited for the new season, hoping the team will reestablish Mooney’s football winning tradition,” said Mike Allegretto, former player and 1980 graduate. Defense Coach Chris Amill said, “I am very excited for this season. I think we have a good team, and I honestly think any-thing but state will be a disap-pointment.” Mooney has a 2-2 record so far with a loss against Imotep Academy, a charter school from Philadelphia, a 42-14 win over Boardman, 48-12 win over Akron Buchtle, and 25-0 loss to Saint Vincent Saint Mary’s. Joey Tabachino, senior mid-dle line backer, who recently moved here from Georgia said, “Mooney football is a lot tougher than football in Geor-gia, and two-a-days were a lot longer and more intense.” Tabachino said he’s glad he came to Mooney and everyone is very welcoming. “Other than the first game, I think the team will come to-gether and go all the way to win State,” said Tabachino.

New year: old traditionBailey Reardon

Reporter

Ronnie Quaranta holds the ball for Zak Kennedy in the Boardman game. Mooney defeated Boardman 47 - 12.

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Many out ‘for Mooney’Tommy Martin

Reporter

Ted Everett throws a block for Benji Roberts on his way to score a touchdown. Ryan Megyesi and Pat Kelty assist.

The JV football team defeat-ed Akron Buchtel 18-16 with a game winning field goal to start the season.

They started the season later than usual, September 16, as the first game was cancelled when Boardman didn’t have enough players to field a team.

“The junior varsity team has a pretty good defense but we need to work on our offense and our focus in games,” said Berchindle Foster, sophomore starting linebacker.

Breyshon Lott, sophomore backup quarterback, said, “The coaching is good as they are good teachers for the players”.

Lott said many players know coach Loden, and are “use to his style.”

The team lost to Mentor Lake and St. V’s.

An injury laden freshman squad started the season much like the Steelers, 0 and 4. “We had a lot of injury issues. We came in with sixteen kids, but we couldn’t execute,” said Alex Wollet, wide receiver. Wollet said the key to success is on the shoulders of lineback-er, Alex Sepesy, safety, Ray An-derson and corner, Jim Brown. “I just plan to play every game hard, and not quit,” said Sepesy, who is eligible to play in game eight. Sepesy was suspended seven games in response to accusa-tions of recruitment violations. “I wanted to come here for excellence in academics and athletics. A desire for succes is why I am here,” said Sepesy. After the loss to Boardman, Alex Marshall, left guard, said, “It is hard to expect anything spectacular of us right now with all the issues and injuries. I’m just trying to do the best I can to help my team.” Marshall is renowned for his ability to block. Freshman fanatic Dominic Pecchia said, “Until we get run-ning back Cleveland Gruber back from injury I don’t see us being the team we should be.” “I fractured my third verte-bra, but it’s getting better,” said Gruber. “If I am lucky the doc-tor might clear me to play in the St. Ed’s game.” Sepesy will start the Erie Prep game.

Success - a word associated with Cardinal Mooney football since 1956. Over the past ten seasons, Mooney won four state cham-pionships, and sent a number of players, on scholarship, to the collegiate level.

Some of these players are Kyle and Dan McCarthy at Notre Dame, Braylon Heard and Marcus McWilson at the University of Kentucky,

Cleveland Brown Ishmaa’ily Kitchen at Kent State, Balti-more Raven John Simon at

Ohio State, Mike Zordich and Brandon Bea-chum at Penn State, Ray Vino-pal at Pittsburgh, Vince Penza at Toledo, Alex Zor-dich at Buffalo and the list goes on.

Defensive Coordinator Chris Amill said, “It feels good to have coached these players. I think every coach has two goals: to make their players

better people and to pre-pare them for the next level.” Playing at the next

level is a difficult task. Nebraska Cornhusker, C o u r t n e y Love, said, “It’s a lot d i f f e r e n t . Football in college be-comes like a class or a job. You learn something new every day.” But Love said he was well prepared by coaches. “ My defensive coaches prepared me well; to r e c o g n i z e d i f f e r e n t s c h e m e s , by studying films, and being pre-pared physi-cally.” These players are role models and, idols for stu-dents and players. Marlan Ever-son, senior defensive end, said his favor-ite player to ever go to the next level was “Taylor Hill. He played the same position I play. He’s my idol. I want to strive to be bet-ter than him, so I can be in the s a m e p o s i -tion.

Mooney knows footballRobert Cramb

Reporter

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Freshmen FumbleAntonio Bruno

Reporter

JV is 1 and 3Mark Heath

Reporter

Boys’ soccer faced many mental and physical challenges this season, while playing one of their toughest schedules.

They play top teams like Ak-ron Hoban, Massillon-Jackson, Fitch, and Perrysburg, and al-though their record is 5-6-2, they always play to win.

Wins came over Ursuline, Boardman, Canton Central Catholic, Bloom Carrol and Marlington.

Mooney, one of the top ath-letic powers in the state, this weekend faces one of their toughest rivals - Columbus De-sales.

Mooney plays a tough sched-ule so when they get to playoffs they are physically ready.

If they win the last two games, they will enter playoffs as the number one seed.

Chris MediateReporter

Ahead for Soccer

The Dance Line Team threw tradition out the window and with new uniforms, new coach, and new team members, the dance line is something to watch.

Dance line grew from five to 12, and includes seniors; Mia Armour, Brea Berry, Breona Berry, Rojane’ Fields, Stevanie Price, Janeetsa Ortiz and Mari-anna Pikunas, juniors; Zhane’ Armstrong, Sara Eckenrode and Shakuilla Moore, sopho-more Jessyka Shackelford and freshman Taylor Myers.

“We’re bringing fresh new moves, new members, enthu-siastic performances and team spirit”, said Brea.

“We are for Mooney and against none,” said Breona.

Mallorre Miller, new coach, said, “I like to dance to enter-tain. Dancing makes people smile, which makes me smile. I like to challenge myself with choreography and test the girls to do better than they think they can.”

Miller is a recent dance management graduate of Youngstown State Univer-sity, and also attended Akron

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St. Vincent Saint Mary High School.

“I wanted a chance to take my major and apply it to a dance line team that could pos-sibly need me and take my pro-fession to the next level,” said Miller.

The team attends most games and performs to the mu-sic of the marching band, of which they are a part. They also perform at rallies.

“I love all the dance moves because you can have fun and show them off,” said Price.

After the recent rally, Roos-evelt Cooper IV, junior, said, “dance line was good and inter-esting to watch.”

The team held a car wash in August to raise money for bus-es and supplies, and made an account of sponsors such as El-mo’s Tires, Mr. Begezda, Mary Bowman and Christian Service, who wish to donate money. The entire marching band had a car wash in September, and raised almost $500.

“I’m extremely nervous but the nerves are good. I love the team and everyone gets along so well. We have great lead-ers and the team’s bond is very strong. They have each other’s back,” said Miller.

Friday September 5: It is the first anniversary of Ms. Heather Sirney’s direction of the march-ing band, and with six addition-al members, this year couldn’t have started better.

Despite the devastating loss to graduation of star saxophone player Justin Burk and multi-talented piccolo player Livia Rice, the Cardinals rebounded by adding trumpet player Karli Ronshack, trombonist Lucy Jones, and baritone players Alexis Ohlin and Nadia Neely.

Percussionists Kyle Jones and Brady Sklenar are also valuable additions to the group.

With the recruits armed and ready for battle, Sirney re-veals that band will go where no marching Cardinal has ever gone before; there will be two half time shows in one year.

Michael Angiolelli Kelly UngerColumnists

Mighty Mooney Marching BandThe first show, currently

playing at a Mooney football game near you, reveals the band’s goofier side with songs like “King Kong,” “Bustin Loose” and “Monkey Time.”

The second show, which will be ready for the Ursuline game, is a tribute to the King of Pop, and despite the limited practice time, Sirney believes the band can make both shows a success.

It’s not only Director Sirney who has faith in the band, but senior Murphy Sharp also has a positive outlook for this season.

“I think the band is doing well, and now that I have Miss Sirney for class I’ve seen the work the band puts in and the amount of time they spend pre-paring,” said Sharp.

Mario Riccardi, a junior, and band announcer said, “They are still making music, and in my opinion, staying classy.”

Students from everywhere come to Mooney, and one thing that brings us together is pep rallies.

The question is how do we choose the music each week? Does everyone enjoy the music selected?

“We often try to get mu-sic that fits the theme and also make sure it is clean. The kids in the rally that week choose the music. We always try to make sure the music is fun and exciting to keep everyone mov-ing,” said Mrs. Theresa Yarger, former Student Council adviser.

Roosevelt Cooper said, “I love all kinds of music, any-

Sydney BrownReporter

Rally around the Cardsthing to make me dance. Music helps me get away from all the stress that school and football bring at times.”

Cooper said music at the ral-lies is important, but so is mu-sic before a game.

“Before the game I have my music going. It keeps my mind right,” Cooper added.

Sydney Kocher, sophomore, said, “I love any type of music. I love to dance so if the beat is rocking so am I.”

Rojane’ Fields said, “I love hiphop and R&B at rallies be-cause all of my favorite singers are in that area, but I like pop too. I love the music they play at the rally.”