New club sets sail into JC
Miranda Ripken, Sports Editor
September 30, 2011
Anchors are away for the JC Sailing Club. Juniors Bryan Doherty and Matt Henderson started the sailing club this year. Henderson and Doherty have been recruiting members since then. Both boys have extensive experience with sailing and wanted to bring it to JC. “I first started sailing when I was eight... Read more »
JC News Update: Library makes new rules
Megan Foard, Megan Battaglia
September 30, 2011
“The Patriot” brings you the JC News Update with Megan Foard and Megan Battaglia. Each week Foard and Battaglia discuss recent events happening around JC. This week Foard shares recent changes happening around JC with the library.
Week in Pictures: Week of Sept. 26
September 30, 2011
Photography by Megan Foard, Ashley Moxley, and Martha Schick. The Week in Pictures gallery gives a look into student life at John Carroll. This week, students were getting used to the new library policies set by Principal Madelyn Ball. These new policies included restrictions on food, noise level, and... Read more »
Bullied teen’s suicide invokes powerful reaction
Scott Novak, Opinion Editor
September 29, 2011
Fourteen year old Jamey Rodemeyer, a freshman at Williamsville North High School, took his life on Sunday, Sept. 18. He was bullied with gay slurs for more than a year. I knew Jamey. Though he lived in New York, distance was not a limiting factor with the Internet. I and many others tried to help him... Read more »
“Cryin’ Out Loud” rocks local music scene
Martha Schick, Managing Editor
September 29, 2011
Junior Elliott Weinberg faced the crowd for the first time. He had been waiting for this moment since July. This was his debut as the bass player of the band “Cryin’ Out Loud.” “It’s pretty exciting to see everyone cheering for you and they get really into it,” Weinberg said. Weinberg is... Read more »
Women’s cross country team projected to dominate
Amanda Graziano, Opinion Editor
September 27, 2011
With the loss of the record breaking cross country team captain, Elizabeth Tauber, class of ’11, there were many questions running through her teammates’ minds. Will the cross country team be as dominating this season? Who will step up to take Tauber’s spot? Even though the team has only run four... Read more »
Ball institutes new library policies
Grace Kim, Online Chief
September 27, 2011
No food. No socializing. No crowding. These are the basics of the new rules instituted by Principal Madelyn Ball in order to establish the library as a place of study rather than a place to eat lunch and socialize. The announcement was made by Ball over the intercom the morning of Sept. 26 after the... Read more »
Whole grains support healthy lifestyle
Stephanie Meadowcroft, Lifestyles Editor
September 26, 2011
Recently the media has been making a big fuss over getting more whole grains into the diets of Americans. Commercials featuring foods made with whole grains boast that they make people healthier, but what do whole grains actually do for the body? And how much is needed? The first essential question... Read more »
Summer reading fails to involve students
Chioma Iheoma, A&E Editor
September 26, 2011
Did you actually read “Into Thin Air”? The honest response to this popular first week of school question was typically a negative one, excluding freshmen who hadn’t experienced a summer reading assignment and took it seriously, unlike many upperclassmen. Disinterest in summer reading novels is... Read more »
School store travels to cyberspace
Kailey Tracy, Copy Editor
September 23, 2011
The school store landed in cyberspace with its online launch on Aug. 29 by teaming up with the apparel company SwagDog. According to Director of Enrollment and Marketing Jesse Roberts, one of the people who contacted SwagDog, the conversations regarding the online store have been in the works for the... Read more »