Staff Profile
Taylor Schafer –– Lifestyle Editor
Taylor Schafer is the Lifestyle Editor for jcpatriot.com. This is her third year taking journalism and second year working on the paper. She also plays volleyball and softball for John Carroll, and is president of the Romero Club. Outside of school she enjoys reading, travelling, fishing, boating, and doing volunteer work. Schafer can be reached for question or comment at tschafer@jcpatriot.com.
“Something Borrowed” displays exceptional casting
Taylor Schafer, Lifestyle Editor
May 16, 2011
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Cinema
Perfectly casted, pleasingly scandalous, and charmingly funny with a happy ending all rolled into one, “Something Borrowed” is something worth seeing. The movie opened with Rachel (Ginnifer Goodwin), a successful but lonely New York lawyer, arriving at her surprise 30th birthday party, thrown... Read more »
Alumni molds future with clay
Taylor Schafer, Lifestyle Editor
May 4, 2011
Filed under Lifestyles
Walking in to his sophomore Ceramics class, Brad Blair, class of ’04, knew nothing about working with clay. But eight years later, Blair is about to complete his Masters in Fine Arts in Ceramics at Florida State University. Ever since he first took Ceramics with art teacher Michael Gaudreau, Blair... Read more »
Rugby suffers from lack of players
Taylor Schafer, Lifestyles Editor
April 28, 2011
Filed under Sports, Sports News, Spring Sports
With endless concussions and other injuries to key varsity players, the rugby program has suffered its share of losses this year. The varsity squad with a 1-5 record this season has lost eight returning starters this year. Six players are not playing due to injury while two have made college commitments... Read more »
DeVoe and ‘Wizard of Oz’ shine in perfect performance
Taylor Schafer, Features Editor
April 28, 2011
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, In the Community
Even from the very back row of the jam-packed auditorium, I felt the magic of the childhood classic, “Wizard of Oz,” brought to life onstage in an incredible senior project and show, directed by senior Conor DeVoe. The free admission production was held in the JC auditorium on April 15 and 16... Read more »
Badminton smashes St. Tim’s School
Taylor Schafer, Lifestyle Editor
April 7, 2011
Filed under Game Recaps, Sports, Spring Sports
The varsity women’s badminton team smashed the other team on Wednesday April 6 as they won every one of their seven matches in two sets out of three against St. Tim’s School. The number-one varsity singles player senior Haley Lynch set the tone for the afternoon as she opened with the first match... Read more »
“Pretty Little Liars” ends first season with a bang
Taylor Schafer, Lifestyle Editor
April 6, 2011
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Cinema
I think my “Pretty Little Liars” obsession just got a bit unhealthier. Anyone else feel the same way? All week, in interviews with cast members Troian Bellisario (Spencer), Shay Mitchell (Emily), Ashley Benson (Hannah), and Lucy Hale (Aria), the actors promised that the season one finale, which... Read more »
Orioles bring back hope for 2011 season
Taylor Schafer, Lifestyle Editor
April 6, 2011
Filed under Sports, Spring Sports, Uncategorized
It happens every season. “This is our year,” usually echoes throughout Baltimore around this time, but the Orioles always disappoint. Even with the off season hopefuls in the past like the acquisition of Miguel Tejada in 2003 and 2010, Sammy Sosa in 2005, Kevin Millar and Aubrey Huff in 2007,... Read more »
ABC Family releases summer line up
Taylor Schafer, Lifestyle Editor
March 17, 2011
Filed under Cinema
“Pretty Little Liars” fans can breathe a sigh of relief as ABC Family announces its summer programming. With only two episodes left in the first season, the hit show will return for a second season on Tuesday, June 14 at 8 p.m. According to tvguide.com, PLL is rated the number one network series... Read more »
Alum brings peace to Bel Air with yoga
Taylor Schafer, Lifestyle Editor
March 5, 2011
Filed under Lifestyles
Heather Gagnon, class of '87, stands with sweat rolling down her face and a dozen people watching her every move. No, she's not being picked out of a criminal lineup, but instead teaching a Vinyasa yoga class at her yoga studio, Peace Yoga. Owned and operated by Gagnon, the brand new yoga studio... Read more »
Senior on fast track to NASCAR career
Taylor Schafer, Lifestyle Editor
March 1, 2011
Filed under Lifestyles
Senior Mike Goettner won’t need very many notebooks or pencils next year at college. Instead, a toolbox might be of better use to him while attending the NASCAR Technical Institute in Mooresville, North Carolina. Goettner got his start in the mechanical industry by working with his dad at a family-owned... Read more »
“Pretty Little Liars” returns to answer lingering questions
Taylor Schafer, Lifestyle Editor
January 3, 2011
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Cinema
When ABC Family started showing commercials for a new show “Pretty Little Liars” in March 2010, I had the same thought a lot of people probably did: It’s just another primetime show of ABC Family to fill a timeslot for the summer. But when I watched the show for the first time, I was immediately... Read more »
Seniors collaborate to ‘govern’ Maryland
Taylor Schafer, Lifestyle Editor
December 29, 2010
Filed under Lifestyles
For a straight week, seniors Joe Frank and Ryan Eilerman were woken up at 4:30 a.m. to clean bathrooms under the command of ex-marines. They were not in boot camp at juvenile hall, but rather at McDaniel College for the annual Maryland Boys State program. Throughout the week of June 20-25, 2010,... Read more »
Students, teachers must reexamine laptop use
Taylor Schafer, Lifestyle Editor
December 16, 2010
Filed under Opinion
Every JC student with a functioning computer knows firsthand how easy it is to sign into Skype or to play games like Bubble Shooter when it’s 2 p.m. and your brain has shut down for the day. I’ll admit it, getting lost stumbling across the internet or trying to hold in laughter from photos of... Read more »
UPDATED: Suspects remain unknown in third Christmas tree kidnapping
Taylor Schafer, Lifestyle Editor
December 14, 2010
Filed under Lifestyles, On Campus
**Update, 3:48 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010: Vice principal of academics Gary Scholl returned to his administrative office after advisory this morning to a big surprise. Scholl, the lead suspect in yesterday’s incident that left social studies teacher Jake Hollin’s Christmas tree in the... Read more »
Alum shares her knowledge with ’60 Minutes’
Taylor Schafer, Lifestyles Editor
November 30, 2010
Filed under Lifestyles, Off Campus
When Michelle Boniface, class of ’05, landed a page job with "60 Minutes" last September, she never imagined she would be working on set so quickly. But when executive producer Jeff Fager and executive editor Bill Owens decided to do a segment on champion racehorse Zenyatta, they knew just who... Read more »
Theatre department soars to new heights
Taylor Schafer, Lifestyle Editor
November 8, 2010
Filed under Lifestyles, On Campus
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s senior Kelly Vaughn! For the first time in JC history, the theatre department is taking flight with this fall’s production of “Peter Pan.” A professional rigging system, which was installed on Oct. 23 in the auditorium, will allow four student actors to... Read more »
Youth Volunteer Expo to provide service opportunities
Taylor Schafer
September 24, 2010
Filed under News, Top Stories
This Saturday, JC will be hosting the First Annual Youth Volunteer Expo. The free expo is being held in the upper gym this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and is “designed to inform the community about volunteer opportunities available throughout Harford County,” according to Harford County Department... Read more »
Weekender: 9/25-9/26 and 10/2-10/3
Taylor Schafer, Lifestyles Section Editor
September 23, 2010
Filed under Lifestyles, The Weekender Blog
Every other week, “The Patriot” will bring you the top weekend events happening around the Mid-Atlantic region. September 24-26 Ocean City: The 36th annual Sunfest will be held this weekend in the Inlet Lot and on the beach. The festival, which is ranked number one on the list of best... Read more »
Maliszewski returns to ‘take over’
Taylor Schafer
September 9, 2010
Filed under Lifestyles
In just four years, two months, and 27 days, new religion teacher Julian Maliszewski, class of ’06, collected his JC diploma, received a college education and returned to become the sixteenth current alumni faculty member. Maliszewski double majored in philosophy and religious studies at Cabrini... Read more »