What is your New Year, New Me New Years By Victoria Caggiano Resolution? Cougar Growl Reporter “New year, new me,” as most say as they ring in the New Year, making promises to change or to better themselves. Word of the Year A resolution is an act of resolving or determining upon an action. New Year’s resolutions surprisingly go back farther Each year, Webster dictionary names one word as the than expected–they come from Roman religious origins. most looked up or consulted. This year, students in Mrs. Romans imagined their god, Janus, looking backward into Billings’ classes created their own words of the year. After the old year and forward into the new year. They would a vote, the winning word is. make promises to their god at the start of each year. Janus gives her name to January therefore having the new year start that month. The Romans would pay their dues and re- Drip turn borrowed objects. Definition: An adjective used to describe your outfit, ac- “To make a final de- Most people promise to eat better, or be more organized, cessories, and overall style; similar to swag. cision about college” whether it be school or work. After an informal survey, -Angela Caggiano’19 over 70 percent of people don’t stick to their resolutions. Reasoning: the term “drip” started in the Hip-Hop com- The common reason for not keeping these promises is that munity; it was used by artists to describe their designer people say “There’s no time,” or “I’m too busy.” By mak- clothing, jewelry, and other accessories that are considered ing these promises to ourselves, we need to stick with them. “stylish.” The word has become widely used among people When choosing a resolution, in order to really stick with it, -- especially teens. be realistic and choose something that is possible for you to better yourself and the people around you. Hopefully, with Sentence: The outfit he has on is drip. the support of others, you will find sticking with your reso- lution less of an obligation. These promises began by people To discover Webster’s word of the year or the day, visit wanting to do right by themselves and their god. This is Webster. com. To learn more about words that are making much like today, as we all make promises for ourselves as an impact at AC, see one of Mrs. Billings’ students. we countdown the seconds to 2019. “To make honor roll” 2019: Year of the Pig - Caroline Buckley ‘20 By Tianxiang (Mike) Xie Guest Reporter The Spring Festival is a traditional festival of the moth- erland, also known as the New Year, the first year. The Spring Festival, on February 5th this year, is a festival of reunion of the Chinese nation. People are reunited with their loved ones as much as possible on this day. Everyone has a reunion dinner and watches the Spring Festival party together. The Spring Festival is a farewell to the old year, welcoming the new year, reviewing and summarizing the “To do well this past, looking forward to the future. hockey season” - Fitzy On this day, people have to wear new clothes, which sym- Somerville ‘21 bolizes a new year and a new look. The elders will send a red envelope with money to the younger generation to ex- press their blessings. Firecrackers and beautiful fireworks will paint the night sky with vibrant colors. When the 12 o’clock bell rings, we will know that the new year is here. “To not get injured during anymore sports seasons” - Maggie Milne ‘22 Photo Courtesty of Tianxiang Xie Shanghai preparing for Chinese New Year. Page 1 Cougar Growl Academics Winter 2018-2019 College Tours Provide Insight Worcester college accepts a GPA By Maddy Murphy average of 3.81 and a SAT score Survey Results Cougar Growl Reporter of 1300. Holy Cross is a tougher school to get into with an imposing Not knowing where to tour col- acceptance rate of 37%. All sports leges can be one of the more teams are Division I, which is very stressful things you face in your up- impressive because they are such perclassmen years of high school. a small school. The school’s an- Junior year can be the most hec- nual net price is $49,980. An AC tic of a person’s high school ca- Senior told the Cougar Growl they reer. Between SAT prep, studying, “Loved: Jesuit identity, scenery, clubs, and sports, finding the time community, medium size.” to even tour a school might be too Stonehill College is a small much. If you are feeling lost, hope- Catholic school located in Easton, fully this article can be the beacon Massachusetts with a total student of light to the start of your journey. population of 2,498 and an accep- University of Massachusetts Am- tance rate of 75.2%. Incoming stu- herst, located in Amherst, Mas- dents average a 3.34 GPA and SAT sachusetts, holds 28,635 students scores (of 1100) are optional. “The with an acceptance rate of 58%. programs they offer are relevant to Juniors and seniors rated college tour experiences on a scale from 1-10, the UMass Amherst’s net price is an- what I want to study, and it’s easy total visits each school received is reflected inside the bars. nually $30,069. Some of their to combine majors and minors for “Points of Pride” are their rigor- a specialized study programs. The marily accepts students with a 3.29 people around campus. I also liked ous academic standards and large sports teams are great too.” said an GPA and above, only requiring a the size of the school and campus. student social life. UMass Amherst AC Senior. Their annual net price SAT score of 1100. UMass Lowell It was very casual,” expressed an accepts on average a GPA of 3.73 is $42,729, but do not fret: out of has over 100 undergraduate majors. AC Senior. Providence College’s (on a 4.0 scale) and a SAT score 1500 colleges, Stonehill is rated Providence College, located in sticker price is $64,984 a year. roughly averaging 1290 and above. in the top 10% of best value in US Providence, Rhode Island, is get- PC’s most popular major is biology “I loved the big campus and the colleges for your tuition dollar. ting increasingly more competitive followed by business. food was really good,” reported an “UMass Lowell is a fantastic as the years go by with an accep- College tours can only be de- AC junior. UMass Amherst’s caf- school with so many options re- tance rate of 56.8%. You must have scribed as a hit or a miss. It may be eteria has been awarded ‘best food’ garding career choice and the cam- a minimum GPA of 3.41. Provi- boring and overall absolutely ter- three years in a row. pus is really nice and inviting,” said dence College has optional SAT rible, but they can also be the most Holy Cross is considered as one of an AC junior. University Of Mas- scores, but if your score is 1140 or exciting and the first page to your the greatest Catholic colleges in the sachusetts Lowell has an accep- above its highly recommend to sub- new chapter in life. Thank you to US, competing against Boston Col- tance rate of 56.8% and an in-state mit. “I loved that everyone on the everyone who participated in this lege and Notre Dame. Holy Cross tuition of $13,427. They currently campus came off as very friendly survey and vocalized their opinion. has roughly 3,020 attending. This house 17,849 students. UML pri- and that the guide knew a lot of SAIL Club offers Leadership By Samantha Klein and November 4th. Each tour ran for gifts to support AC students. lic to raise funds. Members of this SAIL Vice-President for about 30 minutes and included The event was a huge success — committee brainstorm prizes for As one of Arlington Catholic’s brief overviews of the core aca- $2100 was raised by SAIL! Con- alumni and parents to donate dur- most popular student-led organi- demic subjects, sports, and clubs. gratulations to Karina Hananian ing the month of March. zations, the SAIL (Student Am- Thanks to the SAIL members’ con- and Abby Flaherty for the highest The Senior Tassel Challenge bassador Internship League) Club siderable knowledge of Arlington number of pledges! members promote fundraising for reflects on a successful first semes- Catholic, families were able to ask The Social Media Committee re- graduating seniors. As these stu- ter. questions about the school and volves around the Giving Tuesday dents donate an amount equal to The club is comprised of 102 learn more about the high school movement. Members are asked to their commencement year (i.e., highly motivated juniors and se- admissions process. design their own campaign by ex- $20.19), they will receive a tassel niors. The objectives of SAIL All SAIL members are assigned pressing a story. They use photo- to wear at graduation. All proceeds include publicizing Arlington to at least one of five committees: graphs and videos to capture the will be distributed to anywhere in Catholic within the community Phone-a-thon, Social Media, Event story and encourage individuals to the school that students want! The and raising funds for the school. Scheduling, March Madness, and share, like and comment. Facebook challenge will begin in January and SAIL also works alongside Cam- Senior Spirit Tassel.