Week in Pictures: Week of March 29
March 31, 2010
Photography by Haley Lynch, Photo Editor The Week in Pictures Gallery gives a look into student life here at JC. [Show as slideshow] [View with PicLens] ... Read more »
Senior retreat proves to be a success
Charlotte Hagerman, Copy Editor
March 31, 2010
Senior class president Steve Harper found himself surrounded by 230 classmates joining together to laugh, cry, and share memories. As he looked at his senior class occupying the crowded hotel ballroom, he realized that this was one of the last moments they would all be in the same room. “It made you... Read more »
Desperate Housewives: Episode 18
Kate Froehlich: Executive Editor, Jenny Hottle: Managing Editor
March 31, 2010
Episode 18: My Two Young Men Bree: Andrew doesn’t take the news of his new half-brother very well. He walks out of the room, telling Sam, “If you don’t mind, I’ll hug you later.” However, Sam looks pretty thrilled about this whole drama. Meanwhile, Bree is keeping busy by... Read more »
Swift is “Fearless”
Kate Froehlich, Executive Editor
March 31, 2010
In a deafening arena, cheerleaders in yellow and green uniforms tumble across the stage in front of a set of school lockers. As the curtains lift, Taylor Swift emerges, decked out in a classic white band uniform, singing her thrice Grammy Award nominated hit, “You Belong With Me.” Swift returned... Read more »
Enrollment gap threatens budget
Kate Froehlich, Executive Editor
March 30, 2010
If the key enrollment number of 745 students is not reached for the 2010-2011 school year, cuts will have to be made in the salaries and benefits of employees in the “worst of cases,” according to President Richard O’Hara. Currently, the incoming freshman class is at 160 students, 10 below what... Read more »
Vierheller: Review Board is difficult process
Kate Froehlich, Executive Editor
March 30, 2010
Sitting in the Admissions Conference Room, Dean of Students Thomas Vierheller watches the retreating figure of a mother, who, while choking back tears, explains the reasons behind her son’s actions. Turning to Vice Principal of Academics Gary Scholl and three faculty members, he stares at his notes,... Read more »
Movie Previews
Hilary Weidner, A&E Editor
March 29, 2010
Name: “Hot Tub Time Machine” Release Date: March 26, 2010 Rating: R Genre: Comedy Info: This movie is about a group of best friends who are bored with their current lives and, while on a ski trip, accidentally travel back in time to 1986. This gives them the opportunity to change... Read more »
Upsets shock fans during March Madness
Daniel Gallen, Editor in Chief
March 29, 2010
Heading into the men’s NCAA Tournament, the Big East was seen as the top conference in the country with perennial Top 25 teams and numerous high seeds. But after the first two rounds of the tournament, what does the conference have to show for it? Humiliating losses for Georgetown and Villanova,... Read more »
Every Student Has a Story: Sydney Comitz
Joey Hoff, Managing Editor
March 27, 2010
Every two weeks, “The Patriot” will randomly pick a student from the directory, find out more about his or her life, and prove that every student has a story. The Jonas Brothers met her. The Wiggles sang for her. Muhammad Ali kissed her. It has to be junior Sydney Comitz. “My dad has always gotten... Read more »
Ring tradition arrives for the Class of 2011
Taylor Schafer, Features Editor
March 27, 2010
When JC’s first art teacher Frank Kelly sketched the school ring on the back of a cocktail napkin in the Redwood Inn in Aberdeen, first principal Ray Wanner was sitting alongside him. The two collaborated to create what would come to be a long lasting tradition of the school. In his 2008 Ring Ceremony... Read more »