LOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL’S OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER The Loyola News Father Michael Murray, SJ is Loyola High October 12, 2010 School’s new president Volume VIII, Issue I “Without inspiration the best High school and university: Clas- Earth by Ken Follett would be powers of the mind remain dor- sical College in Sherbrooke; one of my favourite ones. mant, there is a fuel in us which Gonzaga University in Spokane, Favorite film: Shadowlands. needs to be ignited with sparks.” Washington; Laval University, Johann Gottfried Von Herder Other interests: Popular educa- Quebec City; University of Ot- 1744-1803, Critic and Poet tawa. tion, Dialogue education, Out- door education, Adult education How long have you been a Jesuit have taken up much of my life. priest? I entered the Jesuit Order Being a priest in the remote Re- Inside this issue: in 1957, and was ordained a serves of Northern Ontario, walk- priest in 1970. ing with the people, learning their Current News 1-3 Hobbies: Log and Timber Frame culture, fishing, snowmobiling building, I have managed the and boating with them. building of 6 churches, an adult Arts & Culture 4-7 education centre, and a retreat The Loyola News recently inter- A Few Questions: house, in various parts of Ontario Sports & Clubs 8-10 viewed Loyola’s new president, and James Bay; Played and What originally inspired you to Father Michael Murray to find coached hockey for many years, join the priesthood? Why did out a little bit more about the played tennis most of my life, you choose the Jesuits? New Teacher Feature 2 man and hear his perspectives on have hiked on the Apalachian A sense that “someone had to say the priesthood, education and something about God”, and this Trail, and on the Route of Com- Book Reviews 5 what he is thinking about the postella in France and Spain, seemed to me at the time to be a future. have paddled thousands of miles, fulfilling way to serve and use A Short Biography: and I still do downhill skiing and the talents that God had given Movie Reviews 6 some kayaking. me. Place of birth: Sherbrooke, Quebec Favorite book: Pillars of the On the Road 7 (Continued on page 11) The Loyola News 12 State of the Nation: from the Habs to Boba Fett seemingly never be explored is slightest whisper of dissent? If now under intense debate. A final Curzi's credibility (or perhaps element of humour in this sanity) is not yet in question, then month's cavalcade of shameless I'm quite sure that his petition to political rabble-rousing was ban Paul McCartney from Que- found in a statement made by bec City's 400 th anniversary cele- actor and (supposed) politician brations will sway the rest of Pierre Curzi, insinuating that the you. After all, it's common lack of francophone Quebecois knowledge that Paul McCartney By Chris Scarvelis on the Montreal Canadiens is a is a world-renowned oppressor of federalist plot to rob Quebec of francophones. It's certainly been quite the field yet another portion of its cher- There are very few day for we who, as a direct con- ished identity and replace it with social issues that could stir up as sequence of having no social life a *gasp* anglophone culture! much vitriol as the long gun reg- whatsoever, are deeply interested Visit us online! in the machinations of the politi- Don't we all remember istry has. The left claims that it's his infamous 2007 suggestion a life-saving tool that helps po- cal leaders in our midst. From the vweb.loyola.ca/ that a sovereign Quebec would lice arrest suspected criminals long gun registry to Sun TV, it strip West Island anglos of their seems that every issue that could loyolanews voting rights if they released the (Continued on page 3) Page 2 The Loyola News Volume VIII, Issue I New Teacher Feature: Mme Marie-Pierre Vouligny Film favori : Le fabuleux destin la . Tout dans cet établissement mes cours pour bien apprendre. d'Amélie Poulain est très différent de mon ancien- S'ils peuvent s'affirmer, s'interro- ne école puisque j'étais profes- ger et apprendre tout en ayant du Livre favori : Les trois mous- seure dans un établissement plaisir, ils auront le goût de venir quetaires (Alexandre Dumas) pour jeunes filles. Cependant, assister à mes cours. Je désire Musique favorite : Toutes les j'aime bien le défi qui se présen- aussi créer une ambiance propice chansons (ou presque) des grou- te à moi: travailler avec des à l'apprentissage et aux échanges pes The Killers et Coldplay garçons et leur faire aimer la constructifs portant sur la langue Passe-temps : Chanter et cuisi- langue française! française. J'espère ardemment ner transmettre ma grande passion Quel est votre impression de des mots et de la littérature à mes Matière enseignée : J'enseigne l’école et de ces étudiants? le français aux classes 3A, 3B, étudiants dans le but de les ren- Par Michael Bilinsky Les gens qui travaillent à Loyo- 5A et 5B. seigner sur le monde qui les en- la sont très accueillants et géné- toure. Lieu de naissance : Comment avez-vous fini par reux. L'ambiance est donc Drummondville travailler à Loyola? agréable. Les garçons qui fré- Que pensez-vous les étudiants devraient être enseigné dans École secondaire : École J'enseigne maintenant à Loyola quentent les murs de cette école semblent heureux d'être ici et votre class en plus du contenu secondaire La Découverte High School grâce à une de mes standard du cours? amies qui était la correctrice de sont respectueux envers leurs Études universitaires : BACC professeurs. C'est l'énergie et le Je désire rendre mes élèves plus en études littéraires à l' UQAM Madame Lacasse. Mon amie a été mise au courant du poste sourire des gens qui fréquentent ouverts au monde qui les entoure et maîtrise en enseignement à ces lieux qui m'ont permis de et à la société. Je désire dévelop- l'Université de Montréal . disponible et m'en a fait part. J'ai sauté sur l'occasion en fai- me sentir à l'aise. per leur esprit critique et leur Emplois précédents : intérêt par rapport à la culture Ensei- sant parvenir mon CV la jour- Quel est votre approche per- québécoise. J'espère qu'ils ap- gnante de français et d'histoire née même! sonnelle et psychologique vers prendront à mieux cerner leurs au Collège Reine-Marie à Mon- l’enseignement? tréal, Guide-animatrice dans un Aimez-vous votre nouvel em- passions et leurs ambitions. centre d'interprétation chez ploi? Je considère que mes étudiants Hydro-Québec J'aime mon emploi ici, à Loyo- doivent avoir du plaisir dans scription.” cycle, the Sun’s solar cycle is 12/21/2012: Just Another Day expected to obtain its “solar maxi- What about Planet mum” (peak solar activity), which Nibiru? Don’t some suggest that usually symbolizes more solar it will smash into Earth on this By Kevin Khoury into this? Well all scientists are flares. Dr. Matthews says “we day? Well Jaymie Matthews, an doing right now are helplessly can’t predict flares very well and astrophysicist at the University “Oh no! It’s going to be the end sighing. There’s a difference we might have massive power of British Columbia in Vancou- of the world!” People say: “Well between science fiction and failures if a huge flare struck the ver, says “There is no planet the Mayan calendar says so.” It scientific fact. Earth. But no solar flare is going was even created as a film with Nibiru and there is no observa- Mayans created a cal- tional evidence for its exis- to wipe out life on Earth.” plenty of cool special effects! So endar that we call the Long it must be true! Right? tence.” Dr. Matthews, who is In 1989, a solar maxi- Count calendar. The calendar also a mission scientist for the mum occurred causing the provin- People think that when just so happens to end on Canadian Space Agency’s cial power grid of Quebec to fail the Sun aligns with the centre of 13.0.0.0.0, matching December MOST space telescope project, due to a solar geomagnetic storm. the Milky Way, there will be 21, 2012 in the Gregorian calen- says “Anything that could hit us We managed to restart it in 9 dar. According to Kathryn Reese radio-active energy that will heat in three years would be close hours! the Earth’s molten core. Conti- -Taylor, an archaeologist at the enough to us now in the solar Between the 79 A.D. nents will shift! The core will University of Calgary who has system that we would be able to Mount Vesuvius apocalypse, the spin out of control! The poles spent years studying Mayan see it.” He also says that the 1910 Halley’s comet, the 1982 will reverse! And for the finale, civilization, “The Maya did not whole galactic alignment thing Jupiter effect, and the recent Y2K volcanic eruptions will finish us prophesize the end of the world is ridiculous. He added “We Millennium bug that were all sup- off! Then solar flares will cause in 13.0.0.0.0. There is only one have alignments all the time and posed to wipe out life on Earth, it electromagnetic storms that will inscription in the entire corpus we’re still here.” completely destroy whatever is on Mayan hieroglyphic inscrip- seems as though December 21, left. Sounds horrible, doesn’t it? tions that refers to this date, and However there is some 2012 is just going to be like any Shouldn’t scientists be looking it is not a well-deciphered in- truth that lies behind the solar other winter solstice! flares.