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C rystal 99 Malden Catholic – A Xaverian Brothers Sponsored School – 99 Crystal St., Malden, MA 02148 Lancers For Life By: Vincent Swierk activities. Both Mr. Driscoll and Mr. Batista played this trip, they volunteered in the local New York Co-Editor-in-Chief football and baseball. They did not really cultivate a City area, helping the community and showing strong friendship until sophomore and junior year. what it meant to be a Malden Catholic man. With the influx of new teachers this year, Malden Both were very involved with campus ministry and Catholic was bound to see yet another alumni come they came together to create Lancers in Action, as After graduating, all three went their separate back home. Teaching in the history department, Mr. well as being very involved in school masses as ways, not knowing that they would cross paths Endicott joined the faculty as one of the “new guys”. eucharistic ministers. Also, both were chosen to be again. Mr. Driscoll went to Assumption college. Well...not really. Every day he sees and talks He described his experience as to two alumni from his graduating class one very similar to that of MC. He of 2006, as well as his aunt, Mrs. Endicott, enjoyed his time at Assumption, working in the athletic office. Twelve especially the change of scenery, years ago, both young Mr. Batista and seeing that there were now girls in Mr. Driscoll looked across their theology class with him, but, MC followed class at the one and only Mr. Endicott. him. A total of six seniors from his 2006 graduating class followed him Growing up in Malden, both Mr. to Assumption. He even roomed Batista and Mr. Endicott remember with two Malden Catholic kids playing on the same youth soccer team. while there. Closer to home, Mr. When it came time for school, they went Batista attend Merrimack College their separate ways. Mr. Endicott spent in North Andover. He described kindergarten through eighth grade at it as an easy choice; he could Immaculate Conception, while Mr. Batista still work while he commuted to attended MapleWood for K-4 until their college. Not only was it easy to close, when he moved to SalemWood for get to, it also had everything he the rest of his middle school years. One wanted to study, religious studies. city over, Mr. Driscoll spent his early life He, too, enjoyed his time in college. and education in Stoneham. When the Even though his destiny would question arose about high school, the seem to lie at Endicott College, decision was extremely easy. Malden Mr. Endicott sadly did not attend. Catholic was known to be the best and Finding his new home in New the names Driscoll and Endicott were Hampshire, he decided by flipping already very prevalent in the school. The a coin to enroll in Saint Anselm Driscoll family had both alumni of MC College. Majoring in history, it and faculty members, Mary Driscoll, a campus a part of the annual XBSS retreat (Xaverian Brothers is only logical that he is now a history teacher. minister, and Pat Driscoll, a theology teacher. Mr. Sponsored School) and this retreat helped them both Endicott had roots that ran even deeper; since 1936, to become closer friends. This and MCLI would seal Surviving another four years of education, each almost all males of his family had gone to MC. On their friendship for years to come. On the other decided they wanted to become teachers. Both the other hand, Mr. Batista was the first in his family side of the field and the classroom, Mr. Endicott Mr. Driscoll and Mr. Batista expressed interest at MC, but not the first of his relatives, for his cousin was a member of the lacrosse and tennis teams in in teaching back at MC. Eventually, both were Mike Batista graduated in the class of ‘97. Just as different years. He wrote for the newspaper, was accepted and started teaching theology classes at the the younger brothers of Mr. Endicott followed the vice president of the Spanish club, and helped very same high school they attended. Mr. Endicott him to MC, Mr. Batista’s brother also followed occasionally with campus ministry. Because of this found a job in Attleborough teaching history at suit, graduating just four years after in 2010. When overlap within campus ministry, all three became Bishop Feehen. Seven years later, he saw a job asked “why Malden Catholic”, all three answered friends within the school. In their senior years, all opening at MC and applied. Accepted, he began in more or less the same way. MC excelled in three went to New York City for a school-sponsored his new journey at Malden Catholic beginning this sports, education, and creating lifelong friendships. volunteer trip. They collectively described this school year. When asked how the transition from experience as life-changing and one of the many student to teacher was, all pretty much agreed, During their time in high school, all were very active highlights of their time at Malden Catholic. On saying that it was overall a smooth transition. and participated in many different extracurricular In this issue... Artist Profile: Tom Guo Tom Guo, an extremely - Habitat Builds Give talented senior at Malden Back Over Break Catholic, is one of the many leaders of the school. As the - Fortnite Sweeps the vice-president of the student Nation council, Tom excels in all - Over 100 Career aspects of life, especially art. Read more about Tom on Wins from Senior page 10. Wrestlers Artwork Courtesy of Tom Guo OPINIONS 2 MARCH 2018 O PINI O NS ¡Viva La Internet! By: Alex Mitsopolous want to watch YouTube Staff Writer videos, you now have CRYSTAL 99 to pay a monthly fee. Student Newspaper Net Neutrality is the idea that internet If you want to access service providers (ISPs) should allow any social media, you Malden Catholic High School access to all content on the internet, pay a fee. On top of 99 Crystal Street no matter where it comes from. It is a that, you are not even Malden, Massachusetts 02148 very simple concept, and one that has guaranteed all of the (781) 322-3098 basically defined the internet for the content on those sites. If duration of its existence. When you are something on Youtube EDITORS-IN-CHIEF on a computer, you can see what you does not line up with BRETT THOMAS want. While this seems like a given, to your ISPs guidelines, VINCENT SWIERK nearly every user of the free internet, you don’t get to watch the Republican majority of the Federal it. 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