THE LEPRECHAUN GOLD ST. VINCENT-ST. MARY HIGH SCHOOL * VOLUME XLIII * ISSUE 2 * OCTOBER 2013 “An Evening on the Red Carpet” Kelly Lauck CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Homecoming 2013 From the beginning of the school year until the day of the dance, all and escorts were Shea O’Brien escorted by Ryan Donahue with football students seemed to talk about was Homecoming. The Homecoming escort Vince Lockett; Jane Bozsik escorted by Wade Christian with foot- gossip centered around who was asking who and what dresses the girls ball escort Jimmy Demboski; and the sophomore attendant was Rachel were getting. Iacofano escorted by Nate Labbe with football escort Dom Davis. The 2013 Homecoming Dance took place at Todaro’s Party Center The Court was presented not only to the school, but also to the and its theme was the Red Carpet. Music was provided by the Beach STVM community, both at an assembly on October 3 and at the Boyz, and photos were taken by Car- Homecoming game on October men Studios. 4. At halftime, the Homecom- The Homecoming Court consisted ing Court gathered on the field of senior attendant Kiley May escorted as everyone anxiously awaited by Mario Volpe with football escort to hear who was voted Queen. Travonte Junius; Emily Pagni escorted Cheers could be heard from the by Brendan Luebbering with football stands as Julie Schlosser was an- escort Derek Whiddon; Cassie Jaku- nounced as crowner and Helen bick escorted by Ben Bashor with foot- Burroughs was announced ball escort Evan Cunningham; Joanne Queen. Lutman escorted by Michael Callahan “I was really shocked about with football escort Alec Bianchi; Julie being voted for queen because Schlosser escorted by Stephen Dages I didn’t ask anyone to vote for with football escort Gabe Sciarretti; me,” said Burroughs, “but it was Helen Burroughs escorted by definitely the highlight of my Jack Hurley with football escort y e ar.” Parris Campbell; junior attendants Commentary Leprechaun Gold Leprechaun Gold Feature Leprechaun Gold St. Vincent-St. Mary High School Shamrock Alley STVM Robotics Team is “on the move” 15 North Maple Street Government shutdown “A House divided...” Kristen Bratton Erin McNulty Derek Whiddon STAFFF REPORTER 3D printer, CNC machine, and a laser cutter to would be no political strings attached, such as CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Akron, Ohio 44303 STAFFF REPORTER This fall, the Science Department welcomes completely equip their laboratory. defunding Obamacare. Unwilling to pass any On the Web: www.stvm.com Nine students nationally recognized another extracurricular activity-the STVM Coached by Mr. Engels and science teachers For the first time since 1996, the federal resolution that did not include defunding the STVM released the names of eight seniors Robotics Team. Mr. Brian Lawson and Mr. Advisor government experienced a partial shutdown. healthcare law, Speaker Boehner did not even and one transfer student who were recognized “We have wanted to Patrick Bulford, the team Mrs. Maureen Harrigal With plenty of arguing and finger-pointing to bring the Senate Resolution to a vote in the as National Merit Commended Scholars based start a robotics team at is made up of of 18 Irish go around, the Washington blame-game was in House. Assistant on their scores on last year’s PSAT test. The STVM for several years students, evenly divided into full swing. The heart of the government shut- When it became clear that no solution National Merit Scholarship Program is an aca- but were unable to do two groups. Mrs. Barbara Wood down was the debate over the federal budget. was going to be reached before the midnight demic competition for recognition and schol- so because of the cost Team members were Editors The official budget process has not been used by deadline, the finger pointing began between arships. Commended students placed among of forming a team,” said selected based on their avail- Congress in four years. Instead, the govern- the two parties. Republicans blamed the Senate Kristen Bratton the top five percent of more than 1.5 million team moderator Mr. ability to attend practice and ment has been funded by a series of “continuing and President Obama for not being willing to students who entered the 2013 competition. Robert Engels. their desire to learn about Kelly Lauck resolutions,” which are congressional agree- pass or compromise on any resolution passed Seniors Sean Gaffney, Preston Hollopeter, An- This desire became a building and designing Staff Reporters ments on how federal money will be spent and in the House. Democrats blamed the House drew Katcher, Alexander Morley, Brooke Pow- reality after Mr. Engels robots. This year, team mem- how much money will be budgeted for each and Republicans for allowing the Tea Party Jane Dulaney ell, Tyler Riemenschneider, Andrew Rodgers, was approached by a bers were asked to design and program. to shut down the government just because Derek Whiddon, and transfer student Brady company which offered build two robots in order to Shannon MacNeil The last major battle over federal spending they didn’t like Obamacare. As the clock hit Costigan were recognized for their academic the chance to start a ro- JUNIOR RYAN SCHWETER is learn about the engineering Erin McNulty occured in the summer and winter of 2011. midnight, affected federal agencies began to achievement. botics team at STVM. This testing programming software. design process, protoyping That debate ended with a plan to fund the gov- intiate their shutdown procedures. This caused Julia Mendiola company provided a check designs, computer engineer- ernment through the fiscal year and also to put over 800,000 government employees to be Mr. Dages honored for $25,000 to start the team. The team has ing, and mechanical engineering. Shea O’Brien in place the “sequester,” which consisted of $1.2 furloughed and sent home without pay, while Freshman Theology teacher Mr. David also applied for and received $3,000 in grants On Janurary 10, each of the two teams will Mary Beth Thomas trillion in automatic budget cuts if Congress Congress continued to receive their paychecks. Dages was selected as an outstanding high this fall and plans to apply for more later in enter their robot in a regional competition, did not act on the budget by 2013. Although As the shutdown dragged on for a week school parochial teacher in Summit County Hope VanDevere the year. where they will compete against robotics teams the cuts were not and then two, reports for the All-County Teaching Team. The team This money has been used to outfit the from other schools. After this competition, Derek Whiddon expected to go were mixed out of is sponsored by Summit County Educational team with robotic parts, tools, computers, and winners will advance to a super-regional cham- Photographs into effect, they Washington, some Service Center, Shannon English Marketing software. The team also plans to purchase a pionship tournament. Mrs. Patty Burdon did on March 1 claiming the sides Group, and numerous other organizations. when Congress were nearing a deal, This annual “Education Celebration” was Mrs. Beth Dolan failed to enact a others claiming that held at St. George Family Center on Monday, Proofreader solution. no clear progress was October 28. THE GREEN CORNER This time Hope VanDevere Mrs. Luanne Richardson being made. Adding Honors and AP students see STAFFF REPORTER around, the fuel to the fire was the Sweeney Todd and other human influences destroy them. debate was over * It takes 500,000 trees to publish the NY Sun- fact that the country’s On Tuesday, October 8, students from AP * 80% of the primary forests were destroyed the funding day Times - every week! * Recycling a single AN IRISH PRAYER debt ceiling would be Composition and Literature, Honors English during the 20th century. of the federal run of this newspaper would save 75,000 trees. reached on October II, and the fall play traveled to the Hanna *At least 10,000 species go extinct every year May the road rise ever government after * There are more roads in our National Forests Misspelling is a result of “Gover(n)ment shutdown. 17, after which time Theater in Cleveland to see a production of * The rapid loss of species we are seeing today the beginning of than the entire U.S. Interstate Highway system. to meet you the government would Sweeney Todd. Set in 19th century England, is estimated by experts to be between 1,000 and the 2014 fiscal year on October 1, 2013. The * Americans throw away enough aluminum to not have the money to pay its debts. While the musical tells the story of Benjamin Barker, 10,000 times higher than the natural extinction last continuing resolution was enough to keep rebuild our entire commercial fleet of airplanes May the wind be neither side wants the country to “default” on aka Sweeney Todd, who returns to London rate. the government running through midnight on every three months. its debt, neither side was willing to budge, with after 15 years’ incarceration on trumped- * In the past 50 years, humans have consumed ever at your back October 1, and lawmakers needed to pass an- * Approximately 5 million tons of oil produced the President even claiming that he would not up charges. When he finds out that his wife more resources other to keep the government running past that in the world each year ends up in the ocean. May the sun shine negotiate on the debt ceiling because it was the poisoned herself after being raped by the judge than in all previous time. As the deadline approached, negotiations * Most families throw away about 88 pounds of government’s job to pay back its debt.