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November/ December 2010 Editor: Merciette Karly Buntich & Victoria Dedloff The Voice of Mercy Junior Editor: Around Buffalo: Winter Wonders Lee Haggerty By: Karly Buntich 2011 Moderator: When it is winter in shops to keep warm, business during the Buffalo, the simple maybe even spend the winter, offering a rare Miss Nuttle act of getting out of day wandering the Al- chance to see the zoo your house can be- bright-Knox or the without its usual come a stressful and Burchfield Penny art crowds. To me, the tiring adventure. How galleries. Throughout thrill of Buffalo in win- can you traipse about the winter, tours of ter is the feeling you Inside this issue: town when it takes Buffalo neighbor- get when you step twenty minutes and hoods, like the historic outside into our grand two shovels to get of Allentown are offered. snow-covered city and Senior Trip 2 your driveway? The These tours are far nothing looks the key to enjoying Buf- from boring affairs, same. For a couple of Kissmas Bash 2 falo in the winter is and usually include a months, it’s like we flexibility and a good multitude of interest- get a whole new town Student Gov’t Corner 3 sense of humor. If ing stories and anec- to explore and wander you’re looking for the dotes about one of through. In the snow Harry Potter Review 3 perfect snowy Buffalo Buffalo’s most eclectic drifts, even a walk afternoon, bundle up areas. The winter is through Delaware Park Holiday Shopping 4 and hit the Elmwood also the best time to becomes a trek into a Village. Not only is it catch a concert at one winter wonderland. Willy Wonka 4 the perfect place to of the great indoor The key to enjoying buy quirky and venues Buffalo has to your winter is to not Student Spotlight 5 unique gifts, you can offer. Smaller scale complain about the stop in the many res- concert halls like the weather, and the cold MMA Basketball 5 taurants and coffee Town Ballroom and and the bad roads, but the Tralf offer a more to stop and smell the Class Perspectives 6 intimate concert set- roses, or in our case, ting and they have the snow banks. Take Picture Page 7 concerts nearly every some week. If one wants to time to venture outside into enjoy all the cold, there are the plenty of skiing oppor- things tunities. Even the Buf- Buffalo has to offer in falo Zoo is open for the winter. Page 2 Merciette The Seniors Visit The Big Apple By: Victoria Dedloff 2011 Defying Gravity! This past No- the city. The girls were Hollywood and went to vember Mount Mercy’s able to see the sights of “The Top of the Rock”, senior class boarded a Greenwich Village, which is the top of the bus and traveled to the Ground Zero, and Wall Rockefeller Center. It Big Apple, New York Street. Later that day was possible to see the City. Many of the girls many shopped in SoHo. entire city and all of the could not wait to get to Then that night the girls beautiful lights. the city. There was an ate at Dallas BBQ res- exciting trip ahead of taurant in Times On the last day, them. Square, and after they the girls were able to shopped and saw the tour NBC Studios and The trip to New sights in Times Square. got to see the set of York City was very The seniors also at- Saturday Night Live. planned out, which tended the play Wicked Overall the experience worked out well be- which was an excellent was amazing, filled with cause the seniors were play. The second day many beautiful sights able to see many sights the seniors were able to and fun activities. Eve- and participate in many “Anticipat shop on Fifth Avenue ryone had a great and activities. On the first and the Rockefeller memorable time. ion grew day, the seniors had a Center. Later that night guided tour on the bus as the the girls ate at Planet around the lower half of crowd waited Merry Kissmas Bash! for the The most antici- By: Bethany Clancy 2014 Milli”. The crowd went top act, pated concert of the insane when he played winter season has come Girls”, “Dynamite”, “Bad “All I Do Is Win” originally Maroon 5 and gone. On December Romance”, and “DJ Got Us sung by DJ Khaled. 4th, five great artists Fallin’ in Love”. to come The next act was rocked the stage at HSBC Next up was Neon Miranda Cosgrove who is on.” Arena. Trees from Provo, Utah. the star on the hit T.V. Starting off the They played a total of four show “ICarly”. She played show was pop singer songs including “1983”, a total of five songs in- Charice from the Philip- “Wish list”, “Sins of My cluding “About You Now” pines. She was discov- Youth”, and “Animal”. All and “Kissin U” which had ered on Youtube and was of their songs had the the crowd singing along noted by Oprah as the crowd dancing and jump- with her. Her songs most talented girl in the ing around. You could defi- “Disgusting”, Students at world. Some of you may nitely tell that the crowd “Shakespeare”, and “Bam” know Charice as was enjoying the show. also had the arena excited. Breakfast with Santa! “Sunshine” on the T.V. Kevin Rudolf origi- Anticipation grew series nates from Miami, Florida as the crowd waited for “Glee”. She and really got the audience the top act, Maroon 5 to performed dancing. One of Kevin’s’ come on. The fans sang her hit previous performances was along to every one of their “Pyramid” at “Kiss the Summer Hello” songs including “Misery”, along with also sponsored by Kiss “If I Never See Your Face”, “Jingle Bell 98.5. He played all of his “Give A Little More” “She Rock” and a hit songs including “I Made Will Be Loved” and eight medley of It”, “Welcome to the others. Once again Kiss popular World”, “In the City” and 98.5 brought us a great songs includ- “Let It Rock”. He sup- show! ing ported his friend, rapper Lil “California Wayne by covering “A Page 3 Merciette Nov/ Dec 2010 Student Government Corner: Happy Fridays and Town Halls By: Bridget Jackson 2011 “Happy Friday!” the current status of feedback in regards to was the greeting MMA stu- school spirit. Mrs. Staszak Spirit Week specifically. dents received as they also stopped into the Be on the look out for AP Scholars entered school a few Fri- meeting and students were some new changes in days ago. The activity was allowed to ask her any Spirit Week this year, es- set up by Student Govern- questions they had on pecially aimed towards ment and achieved exactly school spirit, in particular SCHOOL spirit, not just what officers intended it dances and Spirit week class spirit. to, surprise students, liven procedures. Overall, the things up, break up the SG officers found the All other Student monotony of going to event to be extremely suc- Government committees school each day. Who cessful and another Town are functioning quite well. doesn’t love a piece of Hall meeting is in the Special thanks to the candy in the morning on a works. The purpose of the chairs of each committee Friday? The feedback from Town Hall meeting was to for holding meetings and the act was great and get feedback from YOU, getting all the behind the kicked off what Student the students at Mercy, so scenes work completed. Government hopes to do a that we can take your Special thanks to Student lot more often throughout feedback, ideas and con- Government moderators the year. “Happy Friday” cerns and work as a Stu- Ms. Barblock and Ms. Leo- was the first of many dent Government to put nard for their efforts in all “blender” events that Stu- those ideas into action. SG activities, including “Be on the dent Government plans to moderating all committee do every once in a while And finally: Spirit meetings. look out for Week. Although the week when students least expect In a final note, SG it. full of spirit is still a few some new weeks away, Spirit Week hopes you all are enjoying SG also held the takes months of prepara- the events we have changes in planned. As mentioned, first ever MMA Town Hall tion to plan. SG is begin- Spirit Week meeting, with an over- ning to plan Spirit Week our main goal for the year whelming turnout. All the ’11 in the upcoming weeks is to improve school spirit. this year, desks in room 6 were filled and is looking for your We’ve begun to do this on a Monday afternoon as help. Feedback from the through “Happy Friday” especially an open forum allowed all Town Hall meeting in- and the Town Hall meet- students to express what cluded possibly having a ings, however, we are AL- aimed towards WAYS looking for more they thought of school student committee help SCHOOL spirit, spirit. A questionnaire was plan certain aspects of suggestions. Please don’t filled out by everyone at Spirit Week, other than the hesitate to drop a sugges- not just class tion in our mailbox on the the meeting so the SG SG officers. A Town Hall rd officers have written meeting may also be held 3 floor or stop us in the spirit.” thoughts by students on to get general student hallway to mention any ideas you have! Harry Potter Stars on Set On Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows By: Megan Sheehan and Lee Haggerty 2013 Part One of Harry Pot- fan favorites such as followed the series will ter and the Deathly Dan Radcliffe, Emma be able to appreciate Hallows has captivated Watson and Rupert the movie with its people of all ages who Grint.

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