March 2013 AD MAJORAM DEI GLORIAM Volume 94, Issue 4 U of D Jesuit Wins the Catholic League Championship Cub Basketball showcases class and enthusiasm hesitation and their determination was The Cub student section repre- serves the honor and respect that the F or the First time since 1992 obvious. Mr. Spilker, Director of the sented well with awesome turn out and Cub community throws his way. U of D Jesuit’s Cubs won the Catholic Learning Center at U of D said “ I a variety of festive, but inexplicable This season ended on a vide va- League Championship in Basketball. don’t know much about basketball and costumes . They were not intimidated riety of honors for Cubs from the Cath- Twenty one years is a long time to wait, did not always follow the technical as- in any way by a lone Pilot in a banana olic league. Senior A.J. Horde was but Cub teams and fans all have spirit pects of the game, but it was clear to suit. Faculty and parents alike were also named All Catholic along with Michael and patience. This patience was reward- me that they were in it to win it!” there to cheer the Cubs on. Cubs can be Wroblewski and Cassius Winston. Jar- ed with a sound beating of rival Seniors A.J. Horde and Malik proud of this victory. Additionally the ed Scott—Obima and Noah King were DeLasalle 58-39 to win the Catholic Howze were key players in this game Cub JV and Freshman teams also won named to the All League Team while League Championship. and had an impressive 10 and 9 points their respective Catholic League divi- Alex Wroklage was named All Aca- The entire U of D Community respectively and 9th grader Cassius sions, a first in the History of the Cath- demic. These honors were capped off turned out in force to support their team Winston stole the show with 15 points. olic League. The energy and enthusi- with Varsity Coach Pat Donnelly being and were not disappointed with the ex- Varsity coach Pat Donnelly pointed out asm that this celebrated victory brings named as Coach of the Year. The Var- citing game in which U of D showed “ It’s been a long time coming” for U to the High is infectious and has rein- sity team has remained competitive in they meant business. It was clear to of D players and fans who sometimes vigorated U of D athletics. Coach Don- the post Catholic League play and nelly has done an excellent job and de- even uninformed observers that the feel the weight of our division. hopes move to a potential state title. Cubs planned to win this. There was no After defeating Detroit Mumford and Cubs move on the MHSAA Regionals Groves on Monday March 11th at 5:00 citing game and all Cub fans are encour- Detroit Renaissance High schools the where they will take on Birmingham at Southfield This should be another ex- aged to come and support their team. Page 2 The Cub News, March 2013 Cub Life Greg McMurtry ‘13 gling in the class. It is much easier to leges that have accepted you do look pidity? In comparison to the billions bring up a grade with two marking at 8th semester grades, and, seeing of people that have come before you, Editor periods left than it is with only two that you make up less than 1% of who are here with you, and who will weeks left. Also, stay relaxed. Being their incoming freshman class, will succeed you; in comparison to the stress free helps you do better in have no problem reconsidering your greater cosmos; in comparison to the ne semester down, one school. Trust me. admission if they see something they trillions of stars that are born and O more to go. Then it will be the end don’t like. This isn’t what I meant that die, entities that your presence Sophomores: This is more of a of the school year. It seems like only by doing something stupid. I’m talk- has no effect on; what do you limbo year for you. Just continue to yesterday that the students at the ing about doing something you’ll amount to? You make up less than a work hard in class, ask for help of- High were counting down the days regret, doing something that you trillionth of a percentile of the uni- ten, and start balancing co- before Christmas break; now, first can’t undo. Until you have been giv- verse. Your existence is negligible, curriculars with school. It will great- semester finals seem like things of en that diploma and walked off the completely insignificant. In a slight- ly strengthen any college application the distant past. As I am writing this stage, you have not graduated. This ly different light, it is scientifically that you will have in the future. article, I realize that the month of applies for both high school and col- impossible to replicate you; impossi- Keep in mind, as I told the freshman February is drawing to a close, we lege. It’s a harsh reality, but we’ve ble to truly replace you. Life is not a in the previous paragraph, being have already passed Marking Period already lost two of our classmates mystery, not a problem to be solved. stress free is important. 1, and by the time this article is pub- because they chose to do stupid It is a paradox: something so insig- things; harsher still that both of these nificant in the grand scheme of lished, it will be around the middle Juniors: It’s your big 6th semes- of March. At this exact moment, people were nice guys, but for every things is simultaneously, infinitely ter of high school; the final semester action, there is a consequence, even precious and irreplaceable. What is there are 71 days 1 hour and 30 that will be placed on your tran- minutes till the last day of classes, if you don’t get caught. Grimmer the meaning of life? That’s the scripts, which will in turn be sent to still is the reality that for the past wrong question. Instead, it is: what and 86 days 1 hour and 30 minutes the colleges you apply to. Though until graduation (for seniors); but three years, a person who just re- is the meaning of YOUR life? It summer seems to be only a few cently graduated from the High died takes nothing special to make an idi- who’s counting? weeks away and SSS starting to be- during their freshman year. We are ot of yourself, to conform to what come more and more of a problem, On a more serious note, the sec- not guaranteed to graduate; we are society deems to be cool behavior. you must keeping working hard. At ond semester of the academic year, not guaranteed to be alive tomorrow Anyone can make a fool of them- this time, I would suggest, if you which goes by quicker than the first or the day after. Why, then, do we selves; millions of people have be- have not already done so, for what- semester, is associated with a prob- do these stupid things? Why do we fore you, and millions of people will ever “reason” you have, to place lem, an affliction, if you will, that need these external things to make after you. As your fellow classmate, achieving good grades on the fore- affects a great majority of the stu- us happier, to make us feel alive? as a fellow cub, as a friend, I beg front of your priorities (in regards to dent body. Though it is not as severe Have we forgotten how to create true you, implore you, do not lose your- school; family always comes first). as senioritis (which, according to happiness, so, in turn, we choose to self to this empty darkness. Anyone Work. Work. Work. That extra hour Microsoft, is an actual word), this synthesize it by any means available can follow the crowd into the sea of you stay up to work on homework affliction is serious enough that it to us? How far we have fallen? In emptiness. It takes a man of charac- could be the difference between can affect the grades of students. I reality, there is no realistic reason to ter, a man for others, to step out of passing and failing, between doing like to call it Second Semester do drugs or alcohol, or invoke the this crowd and strive for a life of well in a class and passing the class Slacking (SSS). For those of you use of any other fallacious method meaning. As Nelson Mandela said, with flying colors. Work hard, and who actually read the Cub News, of synthesizing happiness. It is a “…as we let our own light shine, we stay stress free. including this article (which I hope a waste of money, a waste of time, and unconsciously give other people per- And last, but certainly not least, significant amount do), I will at- a waste of opportunity. So, what if mission to do the same. As we are Seniors: Congratulations, we’ve tempt to give some advice to help you don’t get caught? What if you’re liberated from our own fear, our made it to the home stretch. We’ve minimize the malevolent effects of able to fulfill all your shallow de- presence automatically liberates oth- made many friends, created many SSS.