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The Carolian Page 1 St. Charles Preparatory School February 2016 The Carolian Art of All Colors QUICK NEWS: By Gianni Canini ‘17 gram was actually the guests; many of whom brainchild of Algermond were new to the Saint Trump gains My Brother’s steam in Keeper hosted an event Davis ‘17, and soon after Charles community. Art- Nevada. on February 1 as a part Tony Castrodale ‘17 work by five different lo- of its 2016 Black Histo- joined on as event coordi- cal artists, including jun- Zika virus ry and Culture series. nator. When I asked Mr. ior JoeLius Porter, who threatens Warner, MBK moderator, works under the pseudo- participation in The goal of the event was to enrich the Saint if he had concerns about nym DuBois, were fea- summer organizing such a large tured on easels around the Olympics. Charles community with an understanding of the and particular event, his Commons. There was a Coach Jacob history of black art in response was, “There’s wide array of art featured, Daniels is Columbus, and it served always some uncertainty, ranging from subjective named OHSAA as an enlightening open- but with those guys oper- (an incredibly realistic Basketball er to Black History ating it, I felt very confi- Bob Marley portrait was Coach of the Month, an intentional dent.” present) to more abstract Year! move by MBK president The event was pieces. Music was provid- Charles Wallace- quite a success, with an ed during the viewing Thomas IV ‘17. The pro- estimated turnout of 150 time by the Urban Strings INSIDE THIS Continued on Next Page... ISSUE: A New Day for Saint Charles Football The Saint Charles’ Flood 3 By Luke Voegele ‘17 2015, it was announced committee named Bob Review of The Revenant 4 For many years, that former head football Jacoby the new head Saint Charles students coach, Jeff Pharion, football coach of Saint Are the Oscars Diverse? 4/5 have taken pride in their would be stepping down Charles. school’s strong academ- from his position. Imme- Coach Jacoby is diately following the an- The Presidential Race ics, rich history, and thrilled to be coaching 5 Heats UP even its excellent water nouncement, Saint once more after a three polo team. With the ad- Charles began accepting year hiatus. He never Super Bowl Recap 6 vent of a new coaching applications for the newly wanted to stop coaching staff, a new football pro- opened position. An es- and is more ecstatic than tablished committee con- NHL Update 7 gram, and a new 2016 ever to be immersed in season, it is time to rea- tinued accepting and re- the Catholic high school A Debate on Year Round viewing applications until 8 waken that Saint Charles atmosphere of Saint Schooling pride once again! December 4. Just two Charles. In an interview short weeks later, the On November 17, Continued on Next Page... The Carolian Page 2 Art of All Colors Continued Youth Orchestra with JoeLius ed that education and exposure are forms. Our conversation pro- Porter serving as concertmaster. key to sparking creativity; “Access gressed, and he cited painter Ke- Student volunteers greeted the breeds creativity” said Woods. He hinde Wiley, who is known for guests and artists; “There was a later stated that “there has always his striking political and social strong sense of community,” said been a wall between mainstream and commentaries, as a favorite. Mr. Warner when reflecting on Black Art,” and he cited the Long Woods listed jazz, soul, and hip- the event. Street bridge as one powerful testi- hop as his favorite music genres The centerpiece of the mony to the history of African- but explained that hip-hop is the evening was a thought-provoking Americans in Columbus. Woods ex- most powerful, stating, “Hip- speech by the keynote speaker plained that White audiences don’t hop has affected almost every Scott Woods, a Columbus-area seek out Black art, but that will aspect of our lives in the past 25 poet with an impressive career change because “Columbus has years.” He even cited Kendrick that includes record-breaking po- Black art coming out of its ears.” Lamar’s latest LP as the “best etry slams and being featured on I sat down with Scott Woods album to come out last year”. NPR. He addressed the huge im- after his speech with the original in- The Black Art of Colum- portance that art plays in develop- tention of discussing his career in bus event certainly left an im- ing a city’s culture, and how Co- poetry. He spoke about the unique- pression on its guests. While lumbus has a lack of a rich culture ness and freedom of poetry, being there are no definite plans right due to compartmentalization and one of world’s oldest and most ac- now, Mr. Warner believes that misinformation. Mr. Woods not- cessible art the event gave some ideas as to what will happen next in the culture series. As eager observers, Leaders in MBK begin the show. all we can do is wait. “Art is for (Image Courtesy of Christopher Mitchell) whoever encounters it,” Scott Woods said at the end of our discussion, “The question of A New Day for Saint Charles Football Continued what to get out of it is all up to the individual”. concerning the upcoming sea- comes as no surprise considering see how the team works through son, Coach informed me that he Coach Jacoby’s impressive career their inevitable trials. Moreover, is most looking forward to record of 181 wins to only 97 los- improvement each and every day working with young high school es. Jacoby had spent 25 years at St. and the integration of faith and men, and he wishes the student Francis DeSales High School academics with football are prime body to know that any and all where he led the team to two state objectives for the team. Lastly, athletes can play football regard- championships and four state run- Coach plans to run his team guid- less of their previous experience. ner ups. Both Hamilton Township ed by a “new philosophy” that “There will many opportunities and Hamilton High Schools have each player will believe fully in and plenty of fun!” I was told. likewise been blessed with Coach what the team has set out to ac- Not only does Coach Jacoby’s experience. Aside from complish together “This is our Jacoby have a strikingly positive winning, Jacoby also expects the only chance to win!” outlook for the new program, team to learn how to handle adver- It is time for every student but he also is disciplined with a sity. He said that this above all to put on that same enthusiasm series of goals and expectations things would be crucial to the that Coach Jacoby is filled with. for the team. The first of his ex- team’s success in the upcoming Let’s encourage our team with pectations is to win. This fact season, and he is very interested to renewed pride and get ready for a powerful 2016 season. Roll Cards! The Carolian Page 3 Coach Jacoby addresses a large crowd of students and parents. (Images Courtesy of Louis Fabro) The Saint Charles’ Flood By John Simmons ‘16 There was no dam on Alum Many have heard the old tale Creek at the time, so Saint Charles of the flood that consumed Saint was in the flood plain. The flood- Charles in 1959. On January 21, waters rose so high that boats were Saint Charles and its community required to transport people be- was shocked to see water surround- tween campus buildings and for ing the main campus buildings. evacuation. The clean up was a ma- One may ask: how did the school jor process. Men like, Monsignor get flooded during the winter? The George T. Wolz, Principal Mon- answer is snow and rain. On the 21, signor Paul J. O’Dea, and Mon- there was a very quick warm up signor F. Thomas Gallen were all from the cold and snowy winter. pivotal in the restoration of Saint Due to the sudden change in tem- Charles. There were others besides perature, the snow melted at a rapid these men that were a great help, but the history and factual evidence rate. On top of the warm weather, The Physics Lab after the flood. the Columbus area received five is unclear. The flood ruined an in- (Images Courtesy of Sister Mar- inches of rain. Before you knew it, numerable amount of books in the garet Hoffman) the banks of our dear beloved Alum library (Now the Cavello Center Creek were gone, vanished from basement). The un- sight because of the abundance of known men and women water. that cleaned up the mud- dy mess will not be for- gotten. This was a huge event in The History of Saint Charles and brought the community together. Currently, there is no one left at Saint Charles that was there for the famous flood. Many books in the library were covered in water.. (Image Courtesy of Sister Margaret Hoffman) A view from the North side of the school. (Image Courtesy of Sister Margaret Hoffman) The Carolian Page 4 tually have to pick Tom Hardy as Movie Reviews: The Revenant the villain who leaves DiCaprio’s character for dead and kills his By Marcus Galeano ‘16 seen recently. If it has one down son. Hardy is a good actor and he side, it is that the film starts to re- always has been, but the cinema- The Revenant is going to tography manages to elicit an ex- win Best Picture.

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