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Volume XLVI | ISSUE V | Rosary High School | Fullerton | February 2012

The Technological Revolution Comes to Rosary

By Rachel FobarEditor-in-Chief

Starting next year, Rosary will be incorporating a new 1:1 Laptop Program into the cur-riculum. In other words, each student and teacher will receive either a laptop or a tablet device. “Over the past few months we have been updating our net-work and wireless cabling so that we can add an additional 600 computers and emails to our system,” said Ms. Shawna Pautsch. “Technology should be viewed as a tool that en-hances the learning experience. In this day and age, it has be-come a part of our global ex-perience and our daily lives.” The new devices will in-clude Office, Adobe, and Au-dacity software, as well as textbooks. Students will have wireless access for research

and will be able to take notes using OneNote software. To ensure that students don’t lose information if the computer crashes, information will be stored on a Cloud Program, which backs up data online. However, there will be re-strictions on what students can and cannot do. According to Ms. Pautsch, “Students will not be allowed to download any other software unless it is need-ed for a class. Gaming will not be allowed. There will be some filters on the student network.” To pay for the new technol-ogy, each family will pay a tech-nology fee that will cover the cost of the device, warranty, personnel needs, and hope-fully a licensing cost for many of the textbooks. The amount each family will have to pay has not yet been determined.

It allowed me to capture more of what my teacher was say-ing.” She preferred the small-er computer screen because “it would be easier to carry around” than the bigger screen. Other schools, such as Servite and Mater Dei, have already successfully incorporated such technology into their curricula. “You save a lot of sheets of pa-per, take notes faster, and it’s great knowing you can access the information anywhere,” said Servite senior Carlo Chiana. Ms. Pautsch said the new program will “enhance critical thinking skills and better pre-pare our graduates to excel in today’s digital world.” She add-ed, “There will be bumps along the way, but administration, teachers, and students will need to work together and be will-ing to learn from one another.”

The teachers will be meet-ing with their departments in the next couple of months to discuss how to best incorpo-rate the new technology into the curriculum. This month, teachers will receive training in order to learn how to work the devices. While students will learn about the new device at the beginning of the next school year, they will also be re-quired to draw on the skills they learned in Technology class. Caitlin Effenberger, a junior, tested the new tech-nology one day during her classes. She said, “I got the laptop that was designed more like the iPad, and I liked it.” She praised the new method for learning, saying, “I like the fact that I could type out my notes on the laptop instead of writing everything out by hand.

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The Explorer skit to find the overall theme was an instant hit that triggered lots of laughs. “Ashley Moore’s Da Map rap was one of my favorite parts of kickoff,” exclaimed senior Vic-toria Maraga. “It was so funny.” Another aspect of the skit that was a favorite of many Rosary students was the Ser-vite segment including Servite TV and Stuff Servite Guys Say. Caitlin Effenberger, white team junior representative’s

performance as a teenage boy who has just seen a “fine piece of woman” at a party was such a riot that the students almost fell out of their seats laughing. Red Team’s skit was, as Miss Gavin predicted, a jour-ney to find the mascot. To go along with our mascots’ fairy tale theme they went through a fairy tale book, meeting many characters pretending to be the mascot, including the Jersey Shore cast, until they finally dis-

covered it was Little Red Rid-ing Hood. Nicole Hopp, senior and historian, had such a good French accent that the Rosary students erupted with laugh-ter. Another funny moment was when senior Sara Morales ar-gued that her “guns are holis-tic.” The Red Team’s skit was fun, whimsical, and a great way to get the student body excited. Gold Team’s skit was actu-ally not a journey, it was a talk show, but we still met many characters before finding out their mascot, Goldilocks. Se-nior script captain Maryanne Vargas led an exercise to work out the pointer finger and the audience found it hilarious. An-other script captain producing tons of laughs was junior Ali Flores with her spot-on imper-sonation of Sarah Palin who can see gold from her house! Gold’s skit was bizarre, hilari-ous, and tons of fun as well. It was a great way to end our pre-sentation and send the students off to find out more about their scripts, dances, drills, chorals, and many other aspects of the shows they will create and per-form this Red and Gold season.

The White Team and ASB reveal the 2012 Red and Gold theme: Where the Sidewalk Ends.

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By Mary Kate Domino Layout Editor

Red and Gold Kickoff is one of the most exciting days of the school year here at Rosary; it’s second to only the actual weekend of Red and Gold. The captains get here at 6 a.m. after a sleepless night to charge the school and decorate it with their colors and prepare to fill in the rest of the student body on all the information they’ve been working so hard on and keep-ing secret since Christmastime. “I think Red and Gold kickoff would be a good psy-chological study on the teen-age girl,” says Miss Shannon Gavin, “There is a formula that is followed perfectly every year. Each skit usually consists of some type of journey to find the mascot and along the way you meet all the captains. It also involves lots of squealing, tex-ting, Facebook updating, and complaining about never get-ting what you want.” Every prediction Miss Gavin has for Red and Gold kickoff has an ex-cellent record of proving true and this year was no exception. ASB and White Team’s Dora

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Editor in ChiefRachel Fobar

Managing EditorVictoria Longtin

Layout EditorMary Kate Domino

Business EditorKaitlyn Daly

Photo EditorMiranda Carrasco-Burge

Staff WritersMilan AguileraKristen BriggsAngela HunterAlissa Colvin

Danielle DavilaAlexandria Everett

Meghan Farrell

Jordan FelixCatherine Flanagan

Jenna HenryNicole Hopp

Amanda RoundsLauren Wesseln

Emily ZapataSarah Berbos

Madeline BruttigMayarita Castillo

Ashley Chavez

Kristine ColeKatharine Conforti

Brittany CooperAbigail DergazarianAmanda Fitzjerrells

Kaylin FlemingLauren Freels

Kelsey HerreraShelby Higgs

Jacquelyn JaimeNicole Kavanaugh

Katherine KleinMegan Montgomery

Corine MooreMelissa Padriezas

Darby SanchezMegan Shanholtzer

Madeline SoriaPatricia Supan

Savannah VargasAdvisor

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All that Happened at the New Year’s Dance Junior Dani Davila says, “Ashley did such a good job in the dance off. It looked like she was performing a choreographed dance.” People from all grades at-tended the dance. Fresh-man Lou- Lou Monnig says, “It was my favorite and most memorable dance yet!” Overall the dance was a great kickoff to the New Year. Thank you, Servite High School, for hosting an exciting event! Students couldn’t wait for the dance in February, Winter For-mal. Senior Kaylin Fleming says, “I had a great time danc-ing with my friends and tak-ing section pictures left and right. This dance was a blast, and hopefully I have an even better time at Winter Formal.”

By Jordan FelixStaff Writer

The New Year’s Dance, held on January 21, 2012, gave us the opportunity to cel-ebrate the New Year with our high school community. The dance was located at Servite High School, and the theme was Black, White, and Glit-

ter. People dressed up in their most trendy clothes. Senior Catherine Flanagan says, “My friends and I were so excited for the dance we got shirts made that said Shaka Shaka Gamma! We also made hats that said $$G which is an inside joke with my friends.” There was spar-kle everywhere! Some people

wore sequined leggings, skirts, pants, shirts, and hats. It was also a sock hop. Everyone wore their cutest bright new socks! The music at the New Year’s dance was epic! The VJ was awesome and knew all the right songs to play. He did a fantas-tic job at mixing videos to go with the songs. Servite Senior Patrick Shaughnessy says, “The VJ was legit. My favor-ite song that played was ‘Party in the USA’ by Miley Cyrus. My friends and I went crazy.” The VJ played a lot of techno which allowed a lot of time for shuffling. There were many dance offs at the dance and senior Ashley Moore was a winner. She was pushed in to the center and danced her heart out! She did a great job improv-ing to the music.

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or take pictures with friends! There was no time for those pre-dance plans you had with your group of friends. There wasn’t time for your usual date dinner and snapshot par-ty where you take pictures of your date trying to wrangle a corsage onto your arm, unless of course you did your hair and make-up at school, which wouldn’t be a first for us Ro-sary girls. Everyone has seen someone trying to maneuver their curling iron out of the teacher’s line of site, usually unsuccessfully. It’s just because we love to look lovely. Who doesn’t? Still, could we manage in our limited time to look as radiant as is only possible for us Rosary girls and defy the norm of beauty as we always do? Senior Christina Vidaurri said, “Getting dressed and look-ing cute isn’t too tough for me. It will be a time crunch, but look at me. Cute is my middle name. What I am worried about is the

parking.” Of course Christina has a point. Parking at Knott’s can be a nightmare. Another reason you should have man-aged your time appropriately. We had to keep the time change in mind when we made plans for Winter Formal this year. We planned ahead for the time crunch and hope-fully you didn’t feel too rushed or overly-stressed. Remember that you went to the dance to

have a great time—this occa-sionally includes sweating—so don’t worry too much. Se-nior Mary Kate Domino said, “I’m not concerned in the least. Looking good isn’t an effort for me. I am gorgeous ALL the time.” Perhaps we should all take a page out of Mary Kate’s book and remember that we are gorgeous with or with-out the hours of primping and prodding. So most importantly, remember the fun you had.

By Miranda Carrasco-BurgePhoto Editor

This year our fabulous Win-ter Formal landed on Friday, February 10; some of the more observant students had looked to the date in their planner in preparation for the night and had a shocking revelation. No, it is not that there was an Hon-ors Economics zero period. The schedule for Friday, Feb-ruary the 10th, was schedule D 5-6-7-1. Some may still be wondering why that’s a sur-prise at all; those people obvi-ously aren’t thinking logistics. How were we supposed to get home, shower, pam-per, prod, apply the necessary makeup, get dressed, acces-sorize, and make it to Knott’s on time for the dance? We weren’t being dismissed ’til THREE! Forget about time to eat (not that you would want to eat anything before the dance, since you were on the water and chewing gum diet)

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most single girls.” Who doesn’t love a good ol’ love story? Chick flicks have been called the grown-up version of a fairy tale. Instead of a prin-cess, they show us the lives of everyday citizens very similar to ourselves. Chick flicks can be very clichéd at times. Two people fall in love, something happens to tear them apart, but in the end they get back together. But this is exactly why women keep coming back for more. They are completely obsessed with romance. They love watching it and seeing how two people fall in love. This gives them that hope inside that one day it might be they who fall in love. Whether you like it or not, they are con-stantly being made and becom-ing more and more popular. So this Valentine’s Day if you are home alone with no date, go rent a chick flick…I prom-ise that you won’t regret it.

watch a good chick flick rather than hang out with my friends.” Chick flicks are not bad mov-ies. Many have received Acad-emy Awards for their stories and performances. For example, Titanic, which has been called a chick flick a number of times, is one of the highest-grossing films of all time. Shakespeare in Love was the first comedy to win an Academy Award for Best Picture in almost twenty years and Terms of Endear-ment won five Academy Awards including Best Picture. Also, Sixteen Candles and 10 Things I Hate About You are consid-ered two of the greatest mov-ies for teens of all times. They are definitely thought of as classics that many girls love. You’ll be surprised to hear how many of your favorite mov-ies are considered chick flicks. Some say that these mov-ies give you false hope. True, not everyone is going to find that perfect guy and fall in love with him, but it doesn’t hurt to think about it. Maddy Higgs, senior, says, “I always like to watch them and imagine what it would be like to be in that girl’s position. It’s always kind of fun to think about. They are an escape from reality for

By Meghan FarrellStaff Writer

Chick flicks...some people love them, some people hate them. But what’s not to love? The word “chick” is in the phrase, so don’t be bitter if you are a guy who doesn’t en-joy them. It’s pretty obvious that they aren’t meant for you. Chick flicks to girls are similar to a Taylor Swift song. We connect with it and we re-late it to our own lives. They are comforting for girls, es-pecially after a break up or a fight with your boyfriend. Girls can finally enjoy a movie that makes them laugh and cry at the same time – not to men-tion the fact that there’s always at least one very attractive ac-tor to stare at. Also it gives all those single girls something fun to do on Valentine’s Day. We are emotional hu-man beings and sometimes we need to let our emotions out. You are probably think-ing that chick flicks just sound really depressing. But you’re wrong because there is almost always a very happy ending that just makes you feel great inside. Shelby Kennick, class of 2013, laughs, “On Saturday nights, sometimes I prefer to

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the rain. How is that roman-tic? It’s cold, wet, the make-up is running, and your hair and clothes are soaked – yes, the perfect time for a bit of PDA. Not. It’s become a chronic problem with chick flicks: The Notebook, Win a Date with Tad Hamilton, Dear John - even Spi-derman falls prey. In fact, Toby Maguire claimed that that kiss was, “one of the least romantic things [he’s] ever done,” con-sidering that between the rain and Kirsten Dunst, he couldn’t breathe – if you look closely you can see him gasping. Somehow this “romantic gesture” rights all wrongs, which is just oh so logical (sarcasm intended). All in all, chick flicks are bad-ly written, predicable plots that are totally unrealistic and illogi-cal. I can’t even begin to com-prehend why so many people enjoy them. Furthermore, they always seem to feature either Julia Roberts or Hector Eli-zondo (Bodyguard Joe in Prin-cess Diaries) or if you’re really lucky both of them in the same movie: Pretty Woman, Runway Bride, and Valentine’s Day. In conclusion, please don’t go see a chick flick on Valentine’s Day. Yet I doubt you’ll listen to me, so in true bitter cat lady fashion, Happy Valentine’s Day… not.

that?” and they’ll actually nod, to the disbelief of all present. Should I choose my friends or the girl or guy of my dreams – that I met 20 minutes ago? Somehow they always choose that romantic relationship, which is totally unrealistic. Case in point, A Walk to Re-member, Grease, She’s All That; in real life people almost always choose their friends because in all honesty, when the relation-ship inevitably fails, who are going to run to - the friends you kicked to the curb? No, the friends who buy you Ben & Jerry’s and rent romantic comedies, or in men’s case or-der pizza and watch football. “Sneak out and meet me,” also known as the worst idea ever. Ladies, if you ever hear this, run for the hills. Couples have been pulling this once since Romeo and Juliet, and in-stead of taking a hint from that ending, they keep trying. Some-how it always works out better in the movies – Sleepover, Say Anything, Practical Magic. There should be a warning label on the screen that says “Do Not Attempt this at Home.” Most likely you will get caught and end up on the wrong side of an angry Preacher (A Walk to Re-member, Footloose), or shotgun. Finally there are those im-possible make-up scenes that always involve make-outs… in

By Victoria LongtinManaging Editor

Chick flicks – the bane of the non-stereotypical female. There are the cursed one-liners, the ludicrous friendship dilemmas, the secret meetings and over-bearing parents, and of course the dramatic kisses in the rain that lead to impossible re-unions and happily-ever-afters. “You had me at hello.” “You complete me.” “Nobody puts Baby in a corner.” “If you’re a bird, I’m a bird.” “You jump, I jump Jack.” “I want the fairy tale.” “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” All these and more seem to be the crucial make-up of chick flicks. I mean, seriously, who writes this stuff ? When the screenwriter for Twi-light wrote, “What if I’m not the superhero? What if I’m the ‘bad guy?’” did they think it was the new “I see dead people” or “You can’t handle the truth.”? I truly pity actors who have to say these things; I suppose if they pull it off it shows more talent than playing a famous musician. Patrick Swayze actually asked the director if he could skip the “Nobody puts Baby in a corner,” because he thought it sounded bad. However, sometimes these lines are just so painful you look at the person next to you, either your helplessly confused date, or your equally crazy BFF and say, “Did they really just say

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Senior Spotlight

By Kristen BriggsStaff Writer

Jacqueline Cisneros is a bubbly individual with unique taste. Her favorite movie is Breakfast at Tif-fany’s. She is obsessed with anything French and vis-ited France last summer. She is president of the French club and now is the senior representative on the White Team. She has been involved in Tri-School since her freshmen year. She also is Thespian vice presi-dent and lead critic for the Cappies critic team. One of her reviews has been published in the OC Reg-ister! Sophomore Georgie

Hoss says, “I’ve seen her around school and whenever there is free dress, she al-ways looks so put together.” Jacqueline is a sassy girl with an eye for fashion. She says “I love fashion! You feel so much better when you look presentable. I love following all the new fashion trends.” Now to add to the list, Jacqueline is representing the senior class in this year’s Red and Gold. She was the perfect candidate with a lot of background in the the-ater world. ASB President Marione Tamase says, “Jac-queline is such a great team-mate. Her bubbly personal-ity makes her fun to work

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with and the White Team is accomplishing so much!” She has lost Red and Gold every year, so she is excited to be on White Team. She said, “I‘ve wanted to be on White Team since the first time I saw a Red and Gold perfor-mance.” She enjoys seeing the behind-the-scenes part of Red and Gold. She likes it because she is a major part in making the show happen. She has had a blast so far and loves working with the other girls on White Team. Senior Ally Lutfi, another White Team member, says “It’s an honor to be work-ing with Jacqueline. She has helped so much and our

team has gotten so close.” As Red and Gold is slowly approaching, the White Team has a lot to stay on top of. Junior Re-gina Gonzalez says, “I’m really excited for Red and Gold! This White Team is an awesome group of girls and I think it will be a very successful year.” All the girls have been working extremely hard so that the Royal commu-nity can take part in this Rosary tradition. Thank all the White Team mem-bers and look out for Jac-queline Cisneros during this year’s Red and Gold!

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Junior Spotlight

By Lauren WesselnStaff Writer

Caitlin Effenberger has ev-eryone talking! You may know her for her endless accomplish-ments on and off Rosary’s campus. Caitlin describes her-self as “hardworking, deter-mined, and content with who she is.” She is the complete deal. Friend Katie Swinnerton says, “Caitlin is kind, reliable, very intelligent, an amazing singer, humorous, and more.” She contributes to the junior class with all of her outstand-ing qualities. Caitlin is current-ly the junior representative for White Team in this year’s Red and Gold and an active mem-ber in Joseph’s Kitchen and the Robotics Club at Servite. She

was this year’s junior class mu-sic instructor for the Rosary Day choir and was a part of the concert choir here at Rosary. Caitlin is very dedicated to her studies, White Team, and the Robotics Club. You can see her studying at Starbucks with a peppermint mocha frap-pacino in hand or working in-tently in Ms. Wilson’s office making sure everything for Red and Gold runs smoothly. Caitlin says, “No mat-ter what, school comes first.” No one would argue against this considering the fact that she wants to go to USC, Notre Dame, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, or Villanova. She aspires to be an engi-neer when she gets older. See-

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ing her parents be successful in their engineering business and her uncle working as an engineer for Disney, Caitlin has had the mindset of an en-gineer ever since she was a little girl. “Robotics Club is my life, I love it!” exclaims Ef-fenberger. Being in Robotics Club prepares her for what she can expect from engineering. Although Caitlin is very busy, she always fits in time for her-self. She loves to go to the mov-ies with her brother because she can analyze the movie and see what the message is behind it. Classmate Celina Chang states, “If you haven’t heard Caitlin sing, well then shame on you!” Caitlin also loves to sing and one day hopes to be on the hit

TV show American Idol. She spends hours on end watching the show Psych. She likes the whole detective theme behind it. Caitlin can’t seem to get enough of Starbucks, sushi, and shop-ping. She goes to Starbucks every morning before school; sushi is her craving; and she always has the cutest clothes. Caitlin has wanted to be on White Team since she first found out about Red and Gold. She loves being on White Team because she is able to be behind the scenes during the whole process and can see everyone’s contributions to it. “Her dedi-cation to White Team is over and beyond what my expecta-tions were,” Ms. Wilson says.

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Love is in the AirThis year’s most romantic holiday done teacher style!

ments pertaining to the holiday.

If you could spend Valen-tine’s day with any celebrity, who would it be?

Mrs. Shafigh George Clooney.

Ms. Ochoa Antonio Banderas. He could sing me love songs in Spanish, and I could listen to his accent.

What is your favorite Valen-tine’s Day memory?

Mr. Powers When Barclay was a senior, and she asked a Servite freshman to be her Valentine. He said no.

Ms. Ochoa Last year, Kyle sur-prised me at work with candies and flowers.

What are you planning on giving your Valentine?

Mr. Powers Nothing, especially not flowers. Flowers should be given on a random day of the year as a surprise, not a stereo-typical holiday.

Mr. Fletcher A card made by

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What do you and your signifi-cant other plan on doing for Valentine’s Day?

Mr. Fletcher My wife and I have been together long enough to not care about celebrating Valentine’s Day.

Ms. Ochoa I don’t know; Kyle always surprises me.

Mr. Clough Probably going out to dinner.

What is your favorite part about Valentine’s Day?

Mr. Powers Laughing at the Rosary girls who didn’t receive anything.

Mrs. Shafigh Everyone is hap-py.

Mr. Fletcher My favorite will be my daughter passing out her first Valentine’s Day cards.

Mr. Goodlander The end of the commercials and advertise-

my daughter.

Ms. Ochoa I’m giving him a wedding and a Mediterranean cruise.

What are you hoping to re-ceive from your Valentine?

Mr. Ochoa Flowers and dinner.

Mrs. Shafigh A Gucci purse or dark chocolate.

Ms. Ochoa and her fiance celebrate their engagement at Disneyland.

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Meet Your Red and Gold Producers

Mary Kate Domino and Tori Brkich know the meaning of friendly competition!

By Amanda RoundsStaff Writer

For every Red & Gold, there are four people who help with the magic and mayhem. These four people are the producers, and without them the show would not go on. This year’s produc-ers are no less amazing. Seniors Tori Brkich and Mary Kate Domino and juniors Marie Nisco and Katie Swinnerton are the magic behind the may-hem for this year’s Red & Gold. The producers run Red & Gold. They’re in charge of money, making sure everyone is on schedule, and last but not least, running the actual Red & Gold production. Katie Swin-nerton, co-producer, said, “Be-ing a producer was just another way to be involved in Red & Gold which is so much fun. I’m in charge of all the finances and making sure we stay un-der budget or at budget.” As co-producer, Katie does have a lot of responsibility, but most of it falls on the producer. Mary Kate Domino and Tori Brkich are really in charge of running Red & Gold. The work

fun because you get to know a lot of new people. Even though you’re in charge you have to rely on your teammates to win.” Everything passes by the producers and nothing gets approved without them. They are involved in every category and are in charge of the Red & Gold Kickoff game plan. They often have meetings with Ms. Nikki Wilson and the White Team and answer the questions anyone has. But the producers also have to be disciplinary. If a problem happens with one of the captains, they have to step in and resolve the issue. The producers also help pick the famous Red & Gold mascots. Rosary’s producers are the glue that holds the whole show together. Marie Nisco said, “Being co-producer is such a blast. All the captains have been working so hard, and I cannot wait to see the finished product. This Red and Gold is going to be the best ever.” The incredible work done by the producers can sometimes be under appreci-ated but they are irreplaceable.

and commitment they put in is indescribable, but being a pro-ducer has its ups and downs. Mary Kate said, “It’s hard be-cause last year I was only keep-

ing tabs on myself. Now I have to keep tabs on 50 other cap-tains.” Tori said, “It’s a lot of hard work because you’re in charge of everything, but it’s

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Hoop! There it is!By Dani Davila

Staff Writer Rosary Basketball is back and better than ever. The ladies are halfway through their season and they started with a bang. The Royals dominated in their first tournament, The Ful-lerton Vernie Ford Clas-sic, making it all the way to the championship game. “It was a great way to start off the season,” stat-ed junior guard Kristina Ybarra. “It really showed all the teams that we are here and we aren’t going anywhere.” The Royals powered through preseason showing everyone that this team of 11 was a force to be reckoned with. The team’s annual trip to Arizona for The Chandler tournament was “memorable, to say the least,” laughed senior, Tri-cia Supan. “We were in a really hard bracket. But be-ing on the road and play-

ing so far away from home al-ways helps us grow as a team.” Although Tricia Supan was benched for the remainder of the season with a torn ACL, they aren’t letting that stop them. With one league win under

their belts senior Sarah Berbos has no doubt that playoffs are in their future. “I’m sad that this is my last season playing for Rosary,” stated Sarah. “I have spent every day since summer practicing with them. No matter how this season

ends, we all know that we are more than a team. We are family.” Sarah, along with Shannon Boulger and Tricia Supan, will soon play their fi-nal games on the Royal court. With only three seniors saying farewell to the team this year, next season is al-ready looking up. “Our team is younger than most. That will give us a huge advantage next year. We’ll be more ex-perienced than most teams in our division, and that will make all the difference,” said junior Isabel Serrano. It looks as if the Royals aren’t going anywhere but up. With an excellent coaching staff and players with limitless talent, the royals will only continue to improve and the fans can only expect each season to get better than the next. Good luck with the rest of your season, Royals!

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From California to Texas

By Milan Aguilera Staff Writer

Soccer is a very popular sport here at Rosary. They are taking over not only here, but they are also tak-ing over Texas! Our Royal soccer players left for Tex-as to dominate on January 10, 2012. They arrived two days before they had games to have some fun and see what Texas is all about. Playing four games total, they won two and tied one. Senior Courtney Spears says, “It was a great expe-rience because we got to

spend a lot of time together and we competed against some of the best teams in the country.” It was, of course, strictly business and in game mode, but that didn’t stop them from appreciating what Texas has to offer by going to a rodeo. Senior Megan Greco says, “It was great to get away and just focus more on being a team and being a team away from school.” Around our school, soc-cer is talked about very much. We recognize their hard work and dedication. They had early morning practices for about six weeks,getting up at the crack of

dawn, and bringing their best effort to their workouts. Senior goalie Tori Hernandez says, “Getting up and pushing myself was hard, and it seemed like it was never going to end. There were times when I wanted to cry, but my team pushed me and I learned it pays off on the field.” Every team goes through ups and downs, but we know this sea-son things are looking up for soc-cer. If you’ve been to any games you would’ve seen how many fans were out there and feel how pas-sionate everyone was for the team. They have many supporters from

family to faculty, and also the Servite soccer team. All their games have been close wins or close losses, but they keep their heads up. Playing in a game, it is not one per-son’s job to win the game for them, and that is what they came to realize this season while one of their strong players, Jackie Olvera, was out because of a bro-ken ankle during their first league game. Despite all the injuries, the team has over-come all the obstacles and made it into CIF playoffs!

Rosary soccer goes to a rodeo while in Dallas for a tournament.

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Water Polo Makes a Splash

By Catherine FlanaganStaff Writer

Rosary’s water polo team is finishing strong. Senior Maura Toohey said, “Our team has come a long way. After shutting down the number one team in Divi-sion II, we have just con-tinued to improve. I think we’re going to finish the season really strong.” With only two Trinity League games left they are put-ting their best foot forward. “We have all been work-ing hard in our practices and tournaments and re-ally hope it is our year to

finally beat Mater Dei,” said Angela Hunter, a senior. Head coach Mustafa Hassan, Assistant Varsity Coach Rory Bevins, and Junior Varsity Coach Mary Doherty have led our girls to 13 victories. Their record for the Trinity League is 1 win 0 losses and 0 ties so far. Although they are a Divi-sion II team, they face many Division I teams head on. One factor in their success as a team is from preparation early on. They stayed late at Servite, their home pool, in the fall and practiced after the boys’ games. As the sea-

two teams they faced on Fri-day, Mt. Carmel and Mira Costa, moving them on to the quarterfinals. On Saturday their game went into over-time, but resulted in a loss against Santiago, the top-ranked team in Division II. Their next game ended in a loss to Bonita in double-over-time. The team finished the tournament with a win over Dana Hills and took 7th place in the 32-team tournament. The water polo team has just come off a win against Montebello High School, ranked sixth in the divi-sion, in a nonleague game. Before CIF began they had two more teams to face: Ma-ter Dei on February 1 and Santa Margarita on Feb-ruary 8. Both games were held at Servite High School. Last year the water polo team made it rather far into CIF and they hope to do the same this year if not better. They have many seniors and outstanding players such as sophomore goalie Jessica Hermosillo this year, which will greatly benefit them in their games and allow the team to have the strong fin-ish they have worked so hard for. Come out and show your support for the team before the season is over!

son approached they began 6 a.m. practices to improve their strength, then went to the pool after school to work on their water polo skills. The hard work they have put in has really paid off. Senior Angela Colunga said, “Al-though water polo is chal-lenging, it is also a good time. All you water polo fans better come to our games because it’s a great season for us!” Recently the team ven-tured to San Diego to com-pete at the America’s Finest City KAP 7 Women’s Invi-tational on Coronado Island. The Royals defeated the first

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Little Shop Of Horrors

By: Jenna HenryStaff Writer

For their winter performance, Tri-School Theater is putting on the musical Little Shop of Horrors, writ-ten and composed by Howard Ash-man and Alan Menken. Little Shop of Horrors is about a floral assistant who lives on Skid Row and purchases a plant, hoping to not only bring at-tention to the shop where he works but also himself. He even names the plant after the love of his life, Audrey. But what he doesn’t know is that the plant craves flesh and blood. The as-sistant must come up with blood to satisfy this plant’s appetite. As the plant grows bigger and bigger, it needs more and more blood, so it leads the assistant to do some unex-

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pected things. Some well known songs that are in this musical are “Skid Row (Downtown),” “Somewhere That’s Green,” and “Suddenly, Seymour.” The main character, the floral as-sistant Seymour, is being played by Ser-vite junior, Hunter Berrecochea. The love of Seymour’s life, Audrey, is played by a Connelly student, Erica Schaef-fer. This cast is a great mix of Servite, Rosary, and Connelly students. Some Rosary students participating in this production are Mel Gonzalez, Ivey Hernandez, Danielle Carr, Lexi Cross, Jessica Linton, and quite a few more. Mel Gonzalez, a junior, displayed her excitement by saying, “I can’t wait for it to all come together: actors, tech, sets, costumes, props, etc. We’ve all worked so hard and we’re psyched to finally

perform our masterpiece on stage.”Sophomore Madison Galligan said, “I love Tri-School Theater because I meet lots of new people and I like working with power tools (laughs).” Besides an adult director, a technical director, a pianist and choreographer, the rest is student-generated. The stu-dents are in charge of making the sets, props, and costumes. The numerous hours of hard work the students put in to make this musical a success was worth it. It came out great! Little Shop of Horrors was performed at the Servite Theater on February 2-5. We are very proud of all of the students who helped put this wonderful production together.

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Rosary thespians Paige Hines-Walker (left) and Grace Glasgow (right) are focused on their scene.

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The Notebook of Love

Noah and Allie show us what love is!

By Ali ColvinStaff Writer

When you hear the word “love”, what comes to mind? Is it the endless summer romance, the love letters you receive ev-ery day in the mail, or the per-fect companion to spend the rest of your life with? The Notebook, a perfect blockbuster movie, comes to any girl’s mind, when watching the charming Rachael McAdams and handsome Ryan Gosling come together to tell their everlasting love story. Here at Rosary High School, The Notebook is a big hit and causes major bawling. Fresh-man Erin Engelage said, “I liked this movie very much. It was very sad and depressing, but I highly recommend it, if you’re into love stories and you’re not afraid to cry.” The transformation from the book written by bestselling author Nicholas Sparks to the movie

ing their love for one another, after being years apart from each other. This scene seemed to grasp my attention as well as others. It is so heartfelt bcause you feel the pain the actors feel for each other. This scene was well written and well played, and it kept me wanting to see more. I personally enjoy watching this movie, because the story is so strong and it shows how much of a special bond Noah and Allie have for each other. It has a touch of humor and of course much romance and passion. Sophomore Scarlett Aiello stated, “The bond be-tween Noah and Allie makes me want someone to love me like that. Either watching it by yourself, or with your loved one, this movie is greatly rec-ommended to watch and will leave you heart-struck for days.”

was spectacular. The movie was very similar to the book, because the reenactments of the scenes were closely relat-ed to the scenes in the book, which is a plus to all viewers. The infinite love between the two main characters, Allie and

Noah, causes them to go their separate ways after Allie is forbidden to see Noah due to their social differences. My fa-vorite part of the movie is the scene when Allie and Noah are standing in the rain yell-ing at each other but express-

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The Oscars are Back!

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By Emily Zapata Staff Writer

Hollywood’s biggest night is quickly approaching. Get ready for the glitz & glamour, the high fashion, and, of course, all the fabulous nominees. Febru-ary 26th marks the date of the 84th Academy Awards and the Oscar buzz has certainly begun. The movie with the most rec-ognition went to Hugo, a 3-D film directed by Martin Scors-ese, with 11 nominations in categories such as Best Picture, Best Director, and Cinematog-raphy, followed closely by The Artist, a French comedy based in the time of the silent film era with 10 nominations, includ-ing Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor in a leading role and Best Actress in a supporting role. These two films are the top choices among fans to win Best Picture out of the 9 other films nominated, which also include movies such as The Help and Moneyball. “The Help was an in-spirational movie, it deserves to win.” Says junior, Kelli Dipre.

In the category of Best Ac-tress in a Leading Role, Meryl Streep is the only actress who has been previously nominated; all others are first-time nomi-nees like Glenn Close for Albert Nobbs, Viola Davis for her role in The Help, Rooney Mara for The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo, and Michelle Williams for My Week with Marilyn. Meryl Streep was also the winner of the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Pic-ture- Drama for the same film she is now nominated for the Academy Awards, Iron Lady. Best Actor in Leading Role is no surprise with nominees like Brad Pitt for Moneyball and George Clooney for the Descen-dants, who was also the winner of the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture. Jean Dujardin was also nominated for this award and he is quick-ly becoming a front runner. The excitement is in the air and the competition is fierce. Make sure to tune in on Febru-ary 26th to catch all the winners.

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A Slice of Servite Celebrity Sightings

By Peter FiorentinoServite Editor-in-Chief

The autumn months of senior year are argu-ably the most difficult in a high school student’s career because of the two words dreaded by anyone aspiring to further their education: college applica-tions. Whether it be the Common App, the Cal

serious about which schools to apply to. Most students have finalized lists consisting of one or two dream, or ‘reach’ schools, probable schools, and ‘safety’ schools. Among the schools that participate in the Com-mon App are Notre Dame, USC, Loyola Marymount University, Gonzaga, and St. Louis University. It seems curious that the hardest application to fill out is also the one that is said to be the easiest. Now that most appli-cations have been turned in, it’s just a waiting game. Actually, some universi-ties, like Missouri, Ore-gon, Indiana, and Auburn have rolling admissions, and have already be-gun admitting students. Most schools, however, will mail out their letters no later than April 1st.

The App Wrap

By Allie Everett Staff Writer

Strolling down our hallways you may have noticed her huge smile, bright blue eyes, or her well deco-rated yellow lunch box with a beautiful painted sun flow-er on the front. If one was to attend any Rosary Water Polo games or swim meets you would see her sprinting to the ball in the pool or participating in a race. With her love for the water, where she spends a lot of her time; from surf-ing the beaches near Huntington to New-port, you will find her on a board. “I really love any type of water sport but

surfing is definite-ly my favorite!” You could call her a natural dolphin not just because of her time spent in the water for

sports and surf-ing, but also her job as a life guard at Crystal Cove Beach in New-port. With her active lifestyle,

Mystery Student

Can you guess who this water polo playing chick is? Mystery Student

Answer: Ytreffalccm Annahvas

State or UCs, public, pri-vate, or out of state, every application adds unwanted stress to the already heavy workload of senior year. The application process actually begins at the tail end of junior year, when most students register to take the SAT and/or ACT. When September rolls around, it’s time to get

Servite Seniors sit attentively during their graduatuion ceremony.

By Allie Everett Staff Writer

Seniors Lauren Freels and Tricia Supan met Khloe Kardashian from the reality show Khloe and Lamar, shopping the streets of LA. They got to speak with her about her clothing store Dash. Juniors Vanessa and Natalie Stewart saw Jaden Smith and his family having dinner down in Venice. Not re-alizing till after they walked by who they saw they turned around and asked for an autograph.

Senior Tiffany Soly-mon saw Ty Burrell, who plays the role of Phil Dunphy in Modern Fam-ily, in Huntington Beach.

Senior Madison Aust saw Camille Grammer from the reality show The Real Housewives of Bever-ly Hills shopping in Bev-erly Hills. She got to talk to Camille about the sea-son of the Housewives.

Mr. Tice saw Hall of Fame rocker Jack-son Browne at the Wiltern Theater for the Wilco concert.

she loves organic and healthy foods to help her stay energized. But her favorite fruit is watermelon. If you are un-able to figure out our Rosary mys-tery student yet, here are a few more hints that may help you. She is secretly a professional belly dancer. “Not many people know that I belly dance but it’s really fun!” As well as being a belly dancer and life guard she has received her Girl Scout Gold award. This mystery stu-dent is definitely an on-the-go girl and never lets anything stop her.

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