Features Prom fever sweeps the senior class The HoofMarch 2010 | thehoofbeat.com | Northside College Preparatory High SchoolBeat | [email protected] | Vol. 11 No. 6 NCP Latin dominates at IJCL 2 | “Alice in Wonderland” falls short of hype 11 She loves the spring musical tive for a great variety of reasons. Steve Kodaly, played by Magellan Northside One was the chemistry and ability Yadao, Adv. 016. of the two star antgonists, Georg These characters manage to ei- presents its and Amlia. ther make Georg and Amalia’s af- “I think the relationship between fair difficult like Mr. Maraczek, who annual spring Georg and Amalia worked so well makes him stay late at work the day because the two seemed to have of his date with ‘Dear Friend’. musical “She good chemistry on stage,” Paulina “Mr. Maraczek always yelled at Kulka, Adv. 205, said. “I was really Georg for no reason,” Eamon McIn- Loves Me” surprised at how funny it was. Some erney, Adv. 209, said. “It was comi- of the scenes were excellent.” cal because he was picking on him by Faique Moqeet The two write letters referring to because he thought his wife had a As the curtains closed and the one another as ‘Dear Friend,’ un- non-existant affair, which is some- audience began its standing ovation, aware that they know each other. thing that happens in reality too.” this year’s spring musical, “She Loves Later Georg finds out and falls in On the other hand, Ladisov often Me,” came to a conclusion. Ending love with Amalia as she too falls in saves or helps Georg, once by knock- with a kiss between the two main love with him. In the culminating ing over a stack of cigarette boxes characters, the musical aired a total scenes, Georg reveals to Amalia that when Georg is about to be fired and of four times, starting on Thursday, he is actually ‘dear friend’ and they again by forcing him to go meet March 18 and ending with a matinee kiss as the curtains close. ‘Dear Friend’ at a restaurant. on Sunday, March 21. “I thought it was a cute story, and “Benjamin [Arpad] was so en- “She Loves Me” is based off a the actors were all really talented tertaining because his personal- Matt Brennan, Adv. 010, and Zoey Bergstrom, Adv. 102, lead the play at 1940’s Hungarian play by Mr. Mik- too,” Maura Illing, Adv. 200, said. ity matched the character,” Sawsan the start of the show . Photo by Faique Moqeet. los Laszlo. The original Broadway Other major characters include Al-Ali, Adv. 101, said. “At multiple production appeared in 1963 and Mr. Maraczek, the middle aged own- points, he made the audience roar it would make the scene that much 201, said. “Also, Lena practiced a lot 1964 later reappeared in the 1990’s. er of the perfumery played by Ale- with laughter. He enriched the show better." for her solo as concertmaster.” It was highly successful in its Broad- jandro Hansen, Adv. 010, who pro- big time. Mr. Kodaly was funny, too, Similarly, there was an orchestra The musical was generally con- way productions. vides major obstacles for Georg. A with his flirtatious attitude.” pit lead by Mr. Michael Lil, fine arts sidered to be a success by the actors, The musical revolves around the friend of Georg’s and fellow employ- The musical was directed and department. Of the student musi- musicians and the applause of the story of Georg Nowak, played by ee at the perfumery, Ladisov Sipos, organized by Ms. Nythia Martinez, cians, Lena Vidulich, Adv. 205, audiences. Matthew Brennan, Adv. 010, and played by Neal Cappas, Adv. 010, fine arts department, who received served as the concertmaster and had “This year’s show was a great Amalia Balash, played by Zoey serves as an advisor, encouraging high praise from many of the ac- a walk in violin performance during success,” Brennan said, having par- Bergstrom, Adv. 102. The two are Georg to go and meet ‘dear friend’. tors. the restaurant scene. The orchestra taken in musicals for the past four employees at a perfumery and con- Next is boy wonder Arpad Laszlo, "Ms. Martinez was the magic crew spent large amounts of time years. “I don’t think it was neces- sistently engage in arguments, only played by Benjamin Sullivan-Knoff, behind the show," Mary Mussman, after school practicing alongside the sarily better or worse than any other to find out that they are secret lovers Adv.108, who is a delivery boy who Adv. 109, said. "Her direction would actors. show we have done in the past four through letters they have been writ- later scores a job at the perfumery. come from everything to how to in- “At first the practices were until years. Each show has unique chal- ing to one another. Finally, there is an on-and-off couple teract between dialogue to these bril- 5:00 or 5:30, but as it got nearer, they lenges, but we make sure we over- Some audience members enjoyed who work at the store: Ilona Ritter, liant moments of insight where she lasted longer. Eventually they lasted come those challenges to put on a the play, often describing it as posi- played by, Zoe Netter, Adv. 108, and would change something just so, and until 9:30,” Eleanor Dollear, Adv. great show every year.” Mathtangs dominate competition The ICTM math contest is im- had a total of 698 points. It is a con- Math team portant for the Northside Math tinuation of a strong legacy by the Team because it marks the major team, which has consistently placed participates in statewide, out-of-school competition in the top 10 schools in the state in on the calendar. Prior to this event, their division. ICTM regionals the team focused mainly on the City Despite all the numbers and fig- of Chicago Math League (CCML) ures that flood the competition, by Timothy Suh competitions held at Lane Tech and ICTM has always been a memorable Wake up in the morning feeling the Illinois Math League (IML) tests and fun experience for the math like a certain Jerry, grab my pencil, taken at Northside, both which oc- team members, whether for the love I’m out the door, I’m gotta get some cur every couple weeks and are a of competition or other intangibles. glory…. A tune somewhere along cumulative rather than a “one-shot” “ICTM was a time for competi- those lines played in the heads of competition. However, ICTM is an tion, but when we were away from Northside Math Team members as annual event; schools participate in our calculators and pencils, it was they forced themselves to get up at a regional competition and, if they just time to hang out and have some 7 a.m. But, they were up to the task accumulate a certain number of fun with the math team buddies,” when they participated in the Illinois points according to test scores, can Vivian Lei, Adv. 201, said. “We sat Council of Teachers of Mathematics qualify for the state competition held around, jammed on the piano, and (ICTM) Regional Math Contest at at the University of Illinois in Urba- watched movies on the laptop. It was Concordia University on February na-Champaign. fun both when it meant business and 20, 2010. In a vast array of events, The statewide ICTM contest when we had time to kill.” the self-named “Mathtangs” ap- does pose a greater challenge than The Mathtangs have resumed plied all the practice they had done the citywide CCML contest, where practices after a short break and now throughout the year. Events included Northside has traditionally battled have set their sights on for the ICTM the four standard tests of almost all for the top spot. Nevertheless, the state finals. The finals will include math competitions: Algebra, Geom- Mathtangs’ results were strong at an additional event: the Freshman- etry, Algebra II and Trigonometry, ICTM this year as well. Northside is Sophomore Relay. Finals will be and Pre-Calculus. However, one of placed in Division 3AA, the section held on May 1 at U of I in an all-day the staple traits of the ICTM math for schools with 1000-1999 students. event. Team members hope that the contest is the list of non-traditional Within this division, Northside fin- positive experiences will continue. math competitions, such as a Fresh- ished fifth with a total of 642, 58 “I think ICTM is a great time to man-Sophomore 8-Person contest, points behind the leader, Walter bond with the team,” Jayce Feiger, a special calculator contest, and Payton College Prep. At the regional Adv. 204, said. “[It] was a lot of fun, David Jaffe, Adv. 206, practices for math competitions regularly after an oral contest on a predetermined competition, Northside placed sec- the food was delicious, and I’m re- school. 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