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2019-2020 The Miegian Vol. 63, Iss. 3 | Bishop Miege High School | 5041 Reinhardt Dr, Roeland Park, KS | December 13, 2019 Content 2 Overview News 04 News Briefs & Streaming Services Faith 06 Miege Chapel Features 08 Robot Babies, Charlie Hill, & Chickens and Cows Athletics 12 2+ Sport Athletes & Fantasy Football Opinion 16 Gifts & Frozen 2 Review, Milk Drinking, Schedule Change Survey 20 Christmas 1,000 Words 22 November & December Stretch Your Brain CONTENT 24 Christmas Wordsearch Cover Photo | Maddy Bohon Editor-In-Chief Maren O’Connell 2019-2020 Miegian Staff Assistant editor Kaitlin Thrun Opinion Editor Maddy McBride Sports Editor Luke Lazarczyk writing Staff Moira Sutherlin Allison Masilionis Miles Haggerty Isabel Copeland Staff Photography Maddy Bohon Cooper Brandmeyer Calendar 3 Monday STuesdaytagWednesday EveThursdayntsFriday Sat. and Sun. Jan. 6 Jan. 7 Jan. 8 Jan. 9 Jan. 10 Jan. 11 & 12 Classes Resume V. Girls Basketball Registration deadline V. Boys Basketball vs 2nd Semester Begins vs Sion (home) for Feb. ACT Rockhurst (home) Jan. 13 Jan. 14 Jan. 15 Jan. 16 Jan. 17 Jan. 18 & 19 V. Boys Basketball vs Aquinas (home) Jan. 20 Jan. 21 Jan. 22 Jan. 23 Jan. 24 Jan. 25 & 26 MLK, Jr. Day NO SCHOOL Topeka Rally for Life March for Life (DC) Jan. 27 Jan. 28 Jan. 29 Jan. 30 Jan. 31 Feb. 1 & 2 SOUPer Bowl Catholic Schools Sun. Groundhog Day Week Feb. 3 Feb. 4 Feb. 5 Feb. 6 Feb. 7 Feb. 8 & 9 Cover Photo | Maddy Bohon Spelling Bee - NO SCHOOL Sat. Feb. ACT (away) Auditorium KAIROS 66 Be Aware All Month: National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month National Diabetes Month Lung Cancer Awarness Month Illustrations By|Allison Masilionis National Human Rights Month Design By|Allison Masilionis Girls’ Baseketball Photo By|Maggie Lenox Boys’ Basketball Photo By|Maggie Lenox If you would like to send us any story ideas or letters to the DC March For Life Photo By|Piper Kelly editor, email as at [email protected] Topeka Rally For Life Photo By|Daniel Stroade or contact our Instagram, @bishopmiegepress News 4 Briefs News Briefs Miles Haggerty Staff Writer LOCAL Singing to State Coughing Cautions Home at Last The following students auditioned Whooping cough cases have been The world-renowned “unicorn for and made the KMEA All-State popping up around counties across puppy” named Narwhal the Little District Honor Choir. They per- Kansas. This illness can come off Magical Furry Unicorn, who was formed Dec. 7 at Shawnee Mission as a cold at first, but after a cou- rescued in November by Mac’s Northwest. The top qualifiers ple of weeks it can explode into Mission in southeast Missouri will go on to All-State in Wichita a cough so violent it can lead to will remain at the rescue building, in February: Francesca Dessert, vomiting and can linger for weeks, even after more than 300 adoption Vincent Lopez, Shea McGraw, Cara even months. Health officials rec- requests. The mission claims that Parisi, Johanna Quigley, Maria ommend visiting a doctor ASAP if Narwhal will be safe and won’t be Nguyen, and Vivian Owens. any of the later symptoms occur. exploited at his forever home in Jackson. NATIONAL Friendly Features French Fry Famine Providing Protection Instagram rolled out a new update An early frost and dropping tem- A local elementary teacher in Bir- that removed users from seeing peratures have caused a very mingham, Ala. decided to spread the amount of likes on posts other unusual potato harvesting season, the holiday love to children by than their own to make it a space which could result in the food in- buying winter coats for students in that is more focused on connec- dustry running out of french fries need. She raised more than $500 tions, conversations, and commu- or any potato-supplemented foods. and purchased more than 40 coats nity. for her students and for students in other grades so they can stay warm when temperatures plum- met. INTERNATIONAL Dinosaur Discoveries Browsing the Earth Series Stopper A team of international scientists In hopes of changing the planet, The last and final installment of examined the fossils of fluffy dino- the Ecosia internet browser plants the Star Wars sequel trilogy, “Star saurs at the South Pole. Dinosaur trees for simply just using it. Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” will skeletons and ancient bird bones Around 45 searches profits enough be released Dec. 20. It has been have been found at high latitudes for one tree. The browser is com- in the works for two years and is before — but this is the first fossil- pletely free to use and helps save expected to go out with a bang. ized evidence of feathered dino- the planet.w saurs. News 5 Streaming Takeover Maren O’Connell crease by 352,000. This could be con- is not streaming, then usually it is on Editor-in-Chief nected to the price hike, but this drop Hulu and I can enjoy the movies that I is the first realization that Netflix could want without worry, ” junior Bethy Ruiz s streaming services like Netflix be losing its dominance in its respec- said. and Hulu have quickly taken tive market. Some families take it even farther Aover the entertainment sphere, “I stopped subscribing to Netflix with the amount of streaming services they and many others have practically because I rarely have time to be able they subscribe to at one time. made cable obsolete in the homes of to sit down and watch any sort of T.V,” For sophomore Jenna Dorsett, her many Miege students. senior Andrea Martinez Villarreal said. family is subscribed to four separate “My family has not had cable for “Having to focus on college applica- streaming services: Netflix, Hulu, Ama- two years because streaming services zon Prime Video, and Youtube TV. offer less commercials and they are “My family has not “My family is subscribed to more typically cheaper, so we can have mul- had cable for two years than one streaming service because tiple [three in total] streaming services because streaming services they all have different shows that we for the price of cable,” senior Acel offer less commercials and watch and they’re all cheaper than Copeland said. they are typically cheaper, paying for cable,” Dorsett said. According to a Miege survey sent so we can have multiple According to the survey, 156 on November 16, 2019, where 165 stu- streaming services for the students have some form of streaming dents responded, only eight students price of cable,” services they use in their household. have cable itself, without any separate - Senior Acel Copeland At the end of the day, stream- subscriptions. ing services have been a new way to Some of the streaming service consume entertaining content and giants, like Netflix, have been steadily tions and my current studies has taken students find it very unlikely that increasing its prices over the years, much over my schedule.” the world will revert back to a single deterring subscribers to renew. With Disney+ launching and other streaming service. According to the Washington Post, various networks trying to hoard their “I do not think the world will go Netflix reported subscriber numbers material for their own “unique” service, back to preferring cable over sub- lower than even its own estimates for the situation is seemingly veering back scribing to streaming services because the second quarter this past summer to cable days, with families being sub- streaming services are cheaper and with a loss of 126,000 subscribers. scribed to more than one service. have variety of T.V shows and movies The drop came as a surprise when “I usually use Netflix, but if there to watch,” freshman Darby Sutherlin analysts predicted the figure to in- is a movie I want to watch that Netflix said. Miege’s Favs HULU AMAZON PRIME 52% DISNEY PLUS NETFLIX 37% 61% OTHER 36% 99% Results from an online survey of 166 students. Illustration By|Allison Masilionis 6 Faith Building on history Light shines through the stained glass art in the chapel, which is called Duc in Altum. Mr. Michael Pilla of Monarch Studios, from St. Paul, Minnesota was chosen as the artist to design, build, and install this stained glass window. | photo by Cooper Brandmeyer Chapel connects students with larger Miege family Isabel Copeland front of the beautiful and vibrant stained glass creation. Staff Writer “In the window is the apostles and Jesus in the boat for rom the busy hallways of Bishop Miege High School, that big catch into Duc In Altum,” Mr. Creach said. a simple and elegant wooden sculpture of St. Angela “Duc in Altum” means to “put out into the deep” and FMerici draws the students, staff, and visitors to the front is from Luke 5:4-6 in the Bible. It is used to describe when of the chapel. The St. Angela Meri- Jesus was speaking to the crowds from ci Chapel is an important part of the “The chapel offers a Simon’s boat, and then he invited the apos- Catholic faith aspect at Miege. As it has place for students to be in a tles to “put out into the deep” for a catch. changed throughout the years, it still time of need, whether it be When they had done this, they caught a seems to draw people in with its array of for prayer or just to gather great number of fish. The stained glass win- symbolic items. themselves.” dow is now titled “Duc in Altum.” The chapel was first opened in 1958, As the new stained glass window was but has changed significantly over the -Senior Katie Taylor put into the chapel in 2004, there were a years.