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The Miegian Volume 57 Issue 4 December 2013 • When I Was 17: Ms. Tucker p. 6 • Coolest Miege Cars p. 7 • Sporting KC Wins MLS Cup p.14 • N E W S ‘The Facets Seeks Artists For Annual Issue Drowsy By: MaureenMurphy Miege’s annual literary magazine is and tag it with the hashtag Chaperone’ moderated by Mrs. Paula Munro and led by senior #miegefacets. staff writer Emma Lambi. Facets will be in all color again this year. Facets member Manion This year Facets is again working to publish “We really need submissions this year, Kuhn is one of twenty 1 2 students’ artistic creations. The 20 members on the and we will take anything,” says Mrs. Munro. staffers who work on team are making signs and gathering all manner Submitting to Facets can be done in many ways. production of Miege’s Full houses on all AJ Pope performed of art, including drawings, poems, photography, Students can give their pieces of art to any member literary magazine. three nights of the as Robert Martin. Photo by Aubrey Rumore 1 3 paintings and more. of the staff, drop it off in room 141, or Instagram it musical witnessed Due to the Friday the comical styl- football game, the 3 4 ings of Nick Telep last “Chaperone as Aldolfo. “performance was rescheduled to Mon- day, Nov. 18. Flashback! 1990 Giving a voice Janet Van de Graff, 2 to the musical- 4 played by Mattea within-a-musical Pezza, struggles Prices per gallons of gasoline Excerpt from a feature done in a 1990 issue Price per gallons of gasoline as was sophomore with monkeys (sym- of The Miegian by staff writer Joanie Reiser of Aug. 25 1990 Jackson Gress, bolic of her husband- as of Oct. 25, 2013 who played the to-be) throughout “And she’ll have fun, fun, fun ‘til her eccentric “Man in the song “Bride’s daddy takes the T-Bird away!” These days, Chair.” Lament.” higher gas prices rather than anyone’s daddy, are more likely to keep a T-Bird off the road. Photos by Kristen Agar and Jamie Franklin In the last month, gas prices in the United States have risen an estimated 30 percent to an av- erage of $1.33 per gallon with no end in sight. Ac- cording to statistics in the Sept. 10 issue of Time, however, the United States should count itself lucky. The magazine’s statistics show that even with this month’s 30 percent increase, U.S. gas The yearly cookie dough and prices are four times cheaper than those of our Dates to Know: Western allies who are paying as much as $4.92 magazine sale kicks off on Jan. 10. Dec. 16 Semester Exams (1st, 2nd) for a gallon of gas. In the Kansas City area, prices at the However, buyers can begin shop- Dec. 17 Semester Exams (3rd, 4th) pump range from $1.17-$1.29 and Miege motor- ists don’t see them as “cheap.” Reactions to the ping now. For information, visit the Dec. 18 Semester Exams (5th, 6th) sudden price hikes range from outright disgust to resigned acceptance. Bishop Miege website. Dec. 19 Semester Exams (7th, makeups) All orders count towards stu- Jan. 2 Faculty return dent quotas and prizes. Most maga- Jan. 6 Classes resume zines are at or below renewal prices Jan. 10 Magazine/Cookie dough sale and shopping is available 24/7 on kick off the school website. Page 2 www.bishopmiege.com December 13, 2013 December 13, 2013 www.bishopmiege.com Page 3 CMT and NHS Members Serve Others Throughout the Year Miege Students Perform Macbeth—For Fun! By: LouieLaFeve in circulation though. I could probably post it online more enthusiasm than I ever could have hoped for. if I knew an easy way to post videos privately, but Plus my one-woman crew was (sophomore) Rachel By: AndrewGleason organizations as Project Uplift and gether; collaboration is key in their sas City area. According to their offi- I’m an old man about technology. It perplexes me. Kauffman, who designed a bunch of beautiful, pro- Gordon Parks Elementary School,” projects. Mrs. George broke down the cial website, Harvesters was founded staff writer staff writer That’s why Macbeth is so low-tech and primitive. fessional looking posters and helped with lighting said Mrs. George. Through the years, responsibilities of the members: “The in 1979 and provides food assistance The average Miege student feels little inter- That and I’m cheap.” and camerawork.” Every year as part of the NHS has collected everything from current members donated canned to as many as 66,000 local people. est in reading Macbeth, let alone staging a two-hour Alex says, “I definitely grew closer with ev- The cast also had mostly positive things to say. school’s Christian mission, both NHS clothing to food items to benefit local fruit and vegetables and the inductees Miege students who volunteer with direct adaptation of the seventeenth century Shake- eryone involved. We had some stressful days on set “I didn’t have a major role, so it only took me a few and CMT engage Miege students in organizations. contributed protein food items – pas- Harvesters typically box food for dis- spearian masterwork. But that’s exactly what a par- because I didn’t do enough pre-production plan- hours a week,” said senior Leah Brownlee. I don’t various service projects. These range All members, current and ta, peanut butter, soup, tuna, etc.” tribution or help create packages for ticularly determined group of Miege students and ning, and no one was prepared, but it only made know how much filming time Nick Corkill (the lead) from simple food drives to hands-on new inductees alike, participate in The food drive this year area children who do not have consis- alums accomplished this summer. me proud of how everyone’s characters evolved on had, probably a lot more. It took basically the whole volunteer work. the projects. For example, this year all brought in about 400 food items, which tent access to nutritious meals. Directed by 2013 graduate and cur- summer because we couldn’t seem to get everyone Ms. Clara George is the mod- members were required to provide 2-3 were picked up by a JCCB agent on In the past, CMT volunteers rent Columbia Chicago freshman Alex Murfey we needed at the same time, so we ended up wait- erator of National Honor Society. She non perishable food items for Johnson Nov. 21, when the four NHS officers have visited Gordon Parks Elementa- and starring a number of current students, the ing for weeks and weeks to do certain scenes. Alex told The Miegian that NHS members County Christmas Bureau. The JCCB helped load the items. As always, the ry School, where they helped tutor the magnum opus was recently premiered in Mrs. Murfey spent a long time editing, too. are required to perform one service serves “serves 13,000 low income drive had 100% participation. students or played with them during Mary Engler’s senior A.P. English class. This “My favorite part of making it was getting to project each semester. residents in Johnson County,” said NHS’s second semester proj- break times. served as a fitting showcase, since it was in this hang out with everyone. It was fun and silly, and it “For the last 4-5 years NHS George. ect is yet another way the organization CMT has also recently begun class that the director had developed much of was a fantastic excuse to see people and go out for has partnered with CMT to help such NHS members worked to- contributes to the Miege community. visits to Mission Springs, a local as- his respect for the material. ice cream after filming. Also, the blooper reel made It typically involves either volunteer sisted living community. Students “I first sawMacbeth at the Heart of Amer- it all worth it,” according to Leah. work at the Phon-a-thon or assistance who visit Mission Springs typically ica Shakespeare Festival and was entranced by It was a bit hectic, however. “The scheduling was QUIZ BOWL in setting up the annual auction. participate in crafts or paint the nails Lady Macbeth, and she soon became my favor- a mess. As far as someone who is accustomed to tra- Quiz Bowl is in full swing. The ju- Ms. Sonya Salazar is the head of the some of the residents. ite character in all of literature,” said Alex. “I ditional theater and cinematic performance, I didn’t nior varsity squad took third place of Campus Ministry Team and orga- CMT is always looking for wanted to do a big movie project with friends know what to expect as far as ‘rehearsal time’ goes. in their first meet. Mr. Dave Mitchell nizes service projects with students volunteers and participation in their before leaving for college, and when we read Turns out, we didn’t have any. We would memorize said, “We have been very competi- who volunteer on a weekly basis. service projects, and according to News Macbeth in Mrs. Engler’s class, I was inspired the upcoming scene, show up at the filming location, tive, but we have not had the results Weekly projects include trips CMT, they are a great way to meet to make it happen.” hammer it out in a few hours, and leave; it made it we would like.” In their last event, to Harvesters Community Food Net- the yearly service hour requirement, Murfey said, “I invited a large group of difficult to work on the characters,” Leah said.