The MiegianVolume 60 Issue 6 February 2017 Honoring Miege leaders this Presidents Day plus... p. 6 - Ten questions with Lance Lao p. 8-9 - Pets gone wild p. 11 - Why e-sports deserve more respect February 17, 2017 The Miegian www.bishopmiege.com www.bishopmiege.com The Miegian February 17, 2017 Ruby Rios: Miege’s Resident STEM Advocate NEWS ogy (NCWIT) in a girls’ coding group called problem is that parents are not encouraging Matthew Garr KC STEMinists. She firmly believes that these their daughters to go into these fields. “There Staff Writer “Girls Only” camps are much more influential in Engineer. Programmer. Student. These introducing girls to cod- Cookie Dough and Magazine Sale Wrap-up are only three of the many titles that describe ing than the co-ed camps junior Ruby Rios. This Miegian has been an could ever be. “In the girls- Peter Fontaine reward, they chose pizza this past Tuesday. advocate for STEM education since she orga- only camps, I felt more A few students greatly exceeded their Editor-in-Chief Class Competition nized her first two Girls Who Code clubs, one comfortable programming individual quotes and won prizes of $100 each. through the KC STEM Alliance, and the other because I was surrounded They are senior Chase Myers, juniors Gigi Del- Points here at Bishop Miege. by other girls. The environ- By the final turn-in day on Jan. 26, stu- ger and Madeleine Rafael, sophomore Elise Ruby’s proficiency in Coding and STEM ment was pretty friendly dents had raised $54,822 in the annual magazine Tremonti, and freshmen Sara Gallo and Jack- Seniors: 10.4 has won her the 2017 NCWIT Award for Aspi- and supportive. But in the and cookie dough fundraiser. Many students son Burris. Gigi Delger also won the Chiefs rations in Computing in the Missouri: West- co-ed camps, I’d typically went above and beyond the quota requirement, playoff tickets for the most online sales by Jan. Juniors: 14.6 ern Mis- be the only but overall the school was just short of its goal. 13. Senior Olayemi Sowemimo was the high souri and girl in the The freshman class won the senior “My tip is to be seller with $1,015.50, earning $300 for break- Sophomores: 13.2 Kansas room. To a breakfast by bringing in $14,732. Next were the ing a thousand dollars in sales. region, 5th or 6th- juniors with $14,233.50. They were followed passionate about In total, 370 students participated, with Freshmen: 14.8 She also grade girl by the sophomores with $14,006 and the se- 272 of those reaching quota. Cookie dough earned something, who is just niors with $11,850.50. delivery day is Feb. 23. According to the De- an Hon- beginning Ruby and other STEM Alliance members met Nobel Peace Prize winner The top selling homeroom was Mrs. velopment department, money raised by the orable anything really.” with pro- Malala Yousafzai. Malala is a Pakistani activist for female education and Phyllis Hartwig’s juniors with $2,439. For their students benefits Miege and its programs. Mention gramming, the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate. Photo from KC Stem Alliance website in the National Competition. These are award- being in a room full of boys ed to girls in high school who are interested in can be intimidating.” is so much potential being lost because girls technology and computing, and are active with Ruby uses her leadership and excellence feel that they’re not meant to be in a STEM field STEM in in coding when in reality, they just haven’t been given a their com- to bring lot of support.” munity. more girls Being an advocate for STEM has al- Awards are to the table lowed Ruby to converse with highly influen- Scholars Bowl Barely Misses Advancing to State given based in a field tial people from around the globe. Through on achieve- dominated KC STEM Alliance, she connected with Nobel ments in by males. Peace Prize Winner Malala Yousafzai. Also, contested group, barely missing the 3rd place would advance to State. Matthew Garr computing, According after making a speech at a Women’s Founda- finish necessary to advance to the next and fi- Even at Regionals, the Scholars Bowl team leadership to Girls- tion event, Ruby was introduced to Ann Comp- Staff Writer nal group stage. was plagued by the same issue that had been ability, aca- WhoCode. ton, an ABC White House Correspondent, and The top three finishers from each group haunting them all year: Confidence. demics, and com, “By Madeleine Albright, the first female Secretary After a three-hour then Senior Robert Wasinger says, “We prob- students’ 2020 there of State. drive to Wamego, Kansas, the played ably need to work on confidence. Often times, plans for will be Ruby firmly believes that everyone has presumed setting for the Wiz- a round we will have the right answer then turn to ask a college and 1.4 mil- the potential to excel in STEM. For anyone who ard of Oz as evidenced by es- robin teammate and by that time, the other team has the future. lion jobs has an interest in pursuing a STEM-based ca- tablishments such as The Oz tourna- already answered it. I don't think the questions The available reer, she says, “There are so many different Museum and Toto’s Tacos, ment, were harder but the teams were faster and it STEM ad- in comput- opportunities to take advantage of, no mat- the Bishop Miege Scholars which de- became more about answering quickly.” vocate has ing-related ter what you’re interested in. Find something Bowl team fell short in their termined Even though they didn’t advance, their founded fields. U.S. that you love. For me, it’s writing and story- Regional competition on Feb. that Jef- coach, Mr. David Mitchell, was very pleased two Girls graduates telling, and the idea of getting new stories out 2. Miege’s 4-3 record earned ferson with the result. “I thought that our perfor- Ruby was hard at work at the Feb. 9 meeting of Miege’s Girls Who Code. Who Code Photo by Phyllis Hartwig are on track there. Then, mix it with technology and figure them West, mance at Regionals was one of our strongest clubs, to fill 29% of out how to make it bet- 4th Basehor- of the season. The competition in our pool was helped teach at four “girls only” app devel- those jobs, but women are on track to fill just ter. Anyone can go into place Linwood, strong. If we had been able to advance out of oping camps, and worked with the National 3% of them.” STEM, even you.” in their and pool play, I think we could have advanced to Center for Women and Information Technol- She believes that the main cause of the hotly Baldwin State.” 2 page two page three 3 February 17, 2017 The Miegian www.bishopmiege.com www.bishopmiege.com The Miegian February 17, 2017 Miegian In Case You Missed It Seniors Hannah Myers, Rachel Holterman Students head to their buses on the way to Ward During the D.C. March for Life last month, Shorts Congratulations to juniors Michael O’Malley, Ben and Erin Kellerman enjoying themselves on Parkway theaters last Friday to watch “Hidden Fig- junior Noah Young holds a Miege Respect Life Miege Handball Prentiss, George Quinly, Alex Rotert and their fathers on the March for Life. Photo by Aurora Rodriquez ures” for Miege at the Movies. Photo by Chloe Tremain sign. Photo by Samantha De Leon STUCO is hosting the annual their first-place victory on Saturday, Jan. 28, at handball tournament on Feb. 22. The first Bishop Miege’s annual father-son Trivia ten teams of eight to be registered will Night sponsored by the Mother’s Club. participate. Cost is $3 per player. See Mrs. They each received a $10 gift card to QuikTrip Carman in room 125. and a $5 Café Miege voucher. Totals for Miege’s “Giving the Basics” drive are in: Freshmen: 588 items Sophomores: 433 items Juniors: 364 items Seniors: 351 items Flu on the Rise Father and son duos take part in of the minute chal- Junior George Quinly tosses the dogeball at an SOUPer Bowl In the past 3 weeks, the flu virus has gone lenges at Father-Son trivia night. Photo by Brie Hussey opposing player. Photo by Hattie Sigler A total of from a few local cases to a widespread 750 cans were infection across not only Kansas, but the collected. majority of the continental United Miege students on the March for Ethan Clark, States. Mrs. Maura Peterson, Miege Life walk through the streets of junior, the nurse, reminds everyone to wash your Washington, D.C. hands to stay clean and prevent spreading Photo by Anthony Ceja team leader, germs! for this project brought in 40 cans of food for the Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday is on Feb. 28 this year, kicking off the Trivia Night champion team “The Boom” counts cereal in one of Juniors Peyton Hamrick and Ethan the first challenges of the night. Photo by Brie Hussey 40-day Lenten season un- Axman team The Purple Cobras til Easter, Apr. 16. took home the Stuco Dodgeball Cover photo credits for last month’s newspaper be- championship. Photo by Hattie Sigler Sophomore Evelyn Alejandre-Olivas takes part long to Natalie Burton, Brie Hussey, George Lisac and in the dodgeball tournament against St. James Sierra Lopez and St.