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The St. Aloysius Sentinel Written and Illustrated by the Students of St. Aloysius School New Canaan, Connecticut 06840 Pope Francis Named Time Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Magazine’s Man of Year Goes Missing By Katherine Klein, 5th Grade By Chloe Sweitzer, 6th Grade Malaysia flight 370 went missing on March 8, Pope Francis is from Buenos Aires, that makes him 2014. The plane was a Boeing 777. It was the first Pope from Latin America. This makes him scheduled to fly from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing the first pope to be born outside of Europe in 1000 and went missing when the flight lost contact years. He is 76 years old. He chose the name Fran- with air traffic control. Less then an hour after cis in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, a 13th Century takeoff Malaysia airlines reported the flight monk, known for his charity and kindness to ani- missing. The plane was carrying many people mals. Before including 12 crewmen and 239 passengers from Pope Francis’ 26 nations. A multinational search and rescue, election, he was was reported to be the largest in history. the Archbishop Dr. Howard Shares His Views of Buenos Aires. Investigators have figured out that the plane By Max Engel, 4th Grade He trained as a headed west, across the Malay peninsula, then chemist. He is followed a northern or southern track for an one of five exact 7 hours. Editor’s Note: Dr. Howard retires at the children and his end of this school year. The reporting staff parents were On March 24, 2014 it was decided that the plane of the Sentinel thought it would be nice to from Italy. He went down in the southern part of the Indian interview the man who has been at the speaks three Ocean with no survivors. “When something like helm of St. Aloysius for the past 10 years. languages: this happens that (stuns) us, we’re offended by Spanish, Italian it, and we’re scared by it,” said Rick Gillespie. This year, I had the opportunity to sit down and German. He said that these events are shocking and with our principal, Dr. Howard and ask unexpected and we are offended by it because him a few questions. Here’s what he had to In 2001, he everyone tries to make their airlines as safe as say: washed the feet possible. Where did you grow up? I grew up in New of 12 patients at an Argentine hospice. After being It has been two months since the plane disap- York City. We lived in the county of elected pope, he remained on the same level as the peared and nations are still looking for debris in Queens and I lived in Bayside which meant cardinal electors, rather than sitting on the throne. the Indian Ocean near Canberra, Australia. They we were in a bay on Long Island Sound. don’t know what they are going to find since Pope Francis won Man of The year because he is they don’t know how deep the ocean is because Interview continues on Page 3. making the world a better place. He is hanging out it has never been mapped. Officials say the next with the sick, speaking out on what he believes in stage in the hunt is that one group will analyze and is helping people all around the world. Pope the information they already have and another SPRING, 2014 ISSUE Francis is changing the world one piece at a time. team will figure out what resources are needed. He is an amazing man. They will also use satellite information. An important part of the new stage is detailed map- World News 1 Russia Invades Crimea ping of the ocean floor. They are no longer By Andrew Tully, 4th Grade searching in the air and now it is all down at sea National Perspectives 2 level and under water. School & Education 3 Shortly after hosting the Winter Olympics in The search is yet to be over and will continue Sochi, Russian forces gathered at the eastern part until they get the slightest bit of evidence or of the Ukraine and invaded the southern peninsula debris to work on to track the location of the Profiles & Personalities 4 of Ukraine, known as Crimea. Russia wants to plane. maintain a strong influence over Ukrainian politi- Travel Reviews 5 cal affairs. Editorial Opinions 6 Crimea used to be part of Russia until the break up of the former Soviet Union. Also, most of the Editorial Cartoons 7 population in Crimea is Russian. Crimea also has lots of air and naval bases. Movie Reviews 8-9 Recently, there has been trading between the European Union (EU) and the Ukraine and that Music Reviews 10 has upset Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin is invading the Ukraine for a couple of Sports 11-12 reasons: he wants Crimea back for good. Another reason is that he is threatened about the trade News Event Wrap Up 121 between the EU and Ukraine. NATIONAL NEWS—LOCAL VIEWS Do you travel? If so, what are your Was being a Special Agent always what you experiences? We do travel sometimes on the wanted to do? No, I didn’t think of becoming a job. I have traveled to many states in the US special agent until after college. I was already work- on cases, and have also traveled international- ing a full-time job, but I was looking for a more ly. I have worked with law enforcement offic- fulfilling career. ers in London, England; Amsterdam, Holland; Toronto, Canada; and several other countries. What is your favorite part of being a FBI Special I really enjoy learning about their cultures and Agent? My favorite part is helping people in need working with other law enforcement agencies. and protecting our country. Did you participate in 9/11? If so, what was What is your over-all experience with the FBI? your experience? Yes, I did help investigat- My experience in the FBI has been very good. I find ing the attacks. I did some work at Ground the work interesting, exciting, and fulfilling. I have Zero in New York City. It was a very emo- worked with many great people and I really feel the tional time and I was proud of the work we work I do is worthwhile. did. I am proud of the work the FBI continues The motto of the FBI is, Fidelity, Bravery, and FBI Insight From Local Agent to do to protect our country and our citizens th Integrity. The people of the FBI work very hard By Molly McAndrew, 5 Grade from acts of terrorism. every day to uphold this motto. How do you feel about the NSA listening in The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on our phone calls, reading our texts, was officially established in 1908 to investi- U.S. Insurance Industry Hit Hard e-mails, faxes, etc.? I think the NSA does gate crimes and enforce laws for the Depart- By Natural Disasters very important work and very good work. At ment of Justice. The FBI currently investi- the same time, it is very important to respect gates terrorism, counterintelligence, cyber- By Adam Shaak, 6th Grade and uphold the rights of the citizens of our crime, public corruption, civil rights, orga- country. FBI Agents swear an oath to protect nized crime, white collar crime, violent The most common risks are the results of national and uphold the Constitution which guarantees crimes and major thefts. phenomena such as floods, tornadoes and wind the right to not be subject to illegal searches or storms. Recently, I interviewed FBI Special Agent seizures of property. Michael McAndrew who has been an FBI It all started with the Great Fire of London in What types of jobs are in the FBI? There Agent for almost 18 years. 1666. That’s how property insurance started and are special agents, who investigate cases. my dad’s job was created. What made you want to join the FBI? There are supervisors and other management I wanted to have a job that was service ori- positions, who supervise the agents but don’t My dad is an ented, by which I could have a positive influ- conduct investigations themselves. There are insurance ence on our society. also specialties, like working in the lab or executive. becoming a bomb tech. There are analysts He received What was your training like? Training was who help to analyze information that agents a B.S. degree pretty intense. New agents go to the FBI gather from investigations. So, there are many in Industrial Academy in Quantico, Virginia for 16 weeks different jobs in the FBI. Engineering of training. New agents learn about federal from Louisi- laws and how to conduct investigations. How do you feel about people owning a ana State Agents also train in physical fitness, hand-to- gun? The right of law abiding citizens to own University hand combat and fire arms. guns is in the Constitution. So, I support that and he now right. However, I do wish there were fewer works in Did you ever have doubts about joining guns on the street and in the hands of crimi- New York the FBI? I never had doubts, but when you nals. I also think it would be reasonable to on 399 Park join the FBI, they can send you anywhere in have military-type assault weapons re- Avenue. He the United States. I already had a wife and strictions on people owning them.