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On September 3rd, Raven-scroft endeavored on a new adven-ture. Students of the Upper School were separated into two teams (Gold and Green) to participate in Stark Ra-ven Madness, a half-day of competi-tive games for the first time.

Participants competed in games such as: flag football, dodge-ball, volleyball, tug of war, and a scavenger hunt.

The name, “Stark Raven Mad-ness,” is a pun of the idiom “stark raving mad,” according to Michael Ronco, English Instructor, who led the event. The term was appropriate because the games were meant to be a “day of controlled chaos.”

Ronco explained that the pur-

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Ravin’ Ravens: Mad Fun at Stark RavenGreen team members (front row: Erin Kelly, ‘15, Jennifer Funsten, ‘15, Charlotte Hood, ‘16, Nicole Moore, English Instructor, Jessica Kittelberger, ‘14) cheer on the

sidelines during the Tug Of War event. Photo by Avani Patel

Michael Ronco, English Instructor and leader of the activities, announces the teams

participating in the tug of war competition.Photo by Avani Patel

Stark Raven Madness or Celebration Day?

C-Day

Stark Day

Yes!

A majority of students gave Stark Raven Madness a eight out of ten.

Stark Raven Madness on a scale of 1-10?

pose of Stark Raven Madness was to “start off the year in a positive, happy, new way.” He wanted to “get people interacting not just in the classroom, or with their team, but with their peers.”

After the festivities, the final score between the gold team and the green team was ninety to seven-ty-five, respectively.

Prior to the games, fresh-men and sophomore students were engaged in activities with their ad-visors that were developed through Ravenscroft’s partnership with the Center for Creative Leadership.

Juniors learned PSAT test taking strategies from Upper School faculty members and se-niors spent the morning with their college counselors working on ap-plications, essays and other college entrance requirements.

Stark Raven Madness Day Next Year?

Yes!

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Upper School faculty members, Bill Pruden, Marcia Jones, Laurie Kovalaski, John Karny, Cathy Hair, David Kates and Allison Kelly pull

off the victory for the Gold team.Photo by Avani Patel

“Include the whole school.”

Natalie Lang, ‘17,

Gold

“If it’s hot, have it inside.”

Kelsey Frazier, ‘14,

Green

“Make it an all day event.”

Payne Lubbers, ‘16,

Gold

“The scavenger hunt was because it was not very ac-

tive.”Laura

Ziperski, ‘17, Gold

“Dizzy bat, it made me

feel sick for the rest of the day.”Sophie Raymer,

‘15, Gold

“Dodgeball because it was too cramped in

the gym.”Eryn Murphy,

‘14, Green

“Tug of war be-cause it incorpo-rated more than

one grade.”Abbie Green, ‘16,

Green

“Flag Football. Everyone could

participate, whether playing on

the field or cheering.”

Mimi Lieberman, Faculty, Green

Ravens, What Are Your Thoughts?

“My favorite event was the water balloon event.

It was a super fun way to work with my classmates.”

Reed Margolis, ‘17,

Gold

Favorite Event?

Least Favorite Event?

Improvements?

Page 2SGA, Clubs, CalendarEmi Myers & Rosie Waring

Page 3It’s BOgue Time!Liz Gulden

Page 4Syri-ous IssuesAdam Jordan

Page 5Government ShutdownAustin Morin

Page 6EducationEmi Myers

Page 7EditorialEmi Myers, Stephanie Wiehe, Austin Morin

Pages 8 & 9Fall FestivitiesAnna Collawn

Page 1024 Hour PlayGina Patalano

Page 11InstagramEmi Myers

Page 12Twinning: Faculty/Student Look-A-LikesStephanie Wiehe

Page 13RiddlesLiz Gulden

Page 14Meet Me In St. Louis & Nevarmore OnlineStephanie Wiehe

Page 15Fall Athlete q & ASydney Jordan, Ally Bonavita, Mel Broughton, Anna Collawn

Page 16Team USA & State Tournament UpdateMel Broughton

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Rosie waringSGA President

This year, the Student Gov-ernment Associa-tion (SGA) accept-ed the challenge of working with

the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) to expand the focus and mis-sion of SGA. The major goal was to transform SGA, essentially a glori-fied party planning committee, into a forum for student concerns, a true voice for the student body, and a catalyst for improving each student’s Ravenscroft.

In addition to organizing tradi-tional student events such as dances and celebration days, we strove to “take the pulse” of the student body to see what might be improved, and to decide how we might improve it. After one quarter of hard work, we can report that many of the changes have been very successful.

The real work began even be-fore the last school year was over. To make sure that all of our events went as scheduled, we had to get those events onto the master school calen-dar by early June, when the school

schedule was finalized by the Leader-ship Team.

The next step was changing the way the SGA operates. We de-cided to create committees for each major event so that: 1. The committees could meet and work on their own schedule 2. More students would get prac-tice taking on leadership roles 3. Our weekly meetings on Tues-days could be used for deciding how the SGA should be repurposed.

Then the rebranding began; this was the exciting part! The rep-resentatives you selected met and de-cided collectively what issues we see on campus and how to solve them.

Overall, two major issues were noticed: the fact that the campus seems so closed off to outsiders, and that SGA did not have a major chari-table impact. Both of these issues relate to the relationship that Raven-scroft has with the community.

The overall goal of the fol-lowing two events is to use the talents that students already have and use them to benefit the community out-side of our gates.

The first committee, headed by sophomore class president, DJ Washington, developed an initiative to transport some of the residents of

the Cypress Hill Retirement Home to a concert in December with the intent to form a connection with the residents while increasing support for those performing! This project is intended to take off at a December performance and we’re very eager to see it happen.

Similarly, sophomore class vice president Sydnie Schwartz, is working to get visual arts students to volunteer their talents for art therapy.

Two other events proposed to fix this issue are being pioneered by Mary Grady Bell. She is working with two committees: one to host an exchange between Ravenscroft and Millbrook’s SGAs in order to foster a greater understanding of other area high schools, and a conference to be held on campus in March at which the student governments of several North Carolina schools will come together to share experiences and brainstorm new approaches to the issues we all face. All of these events are designed to give the SGA a new, more genuine impact on the campus and the com-munity.

In order to address the second issue, the charity impact, SGA con-ducted an Upper School poll and the American Cancer Society was select-ed by popular vote. We are thrilled to support such an amazing cause. So far, several events have contributed

and are in the works to support the charity.

Jordy Baende organized the Homecoming dance and seniors Josh McCoy and Jamie Mason were hired as DJs. Also, the SGA worked with Fashion for a Cause, led by Kristina Reali, ‘17. to host Pink Day for the Upper School and raise money for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Right now, senior class presi-dent Byron Horton is organizing the November Celebration Day with the “Hunger Games” theme inspired by Miles Holt, ‘14. The goal is to raise a lot of money for The American Can-cer Society and give Celebration day a new purpose. We also look forward to the Winter Formal dance in Janu-ary which will hopefully raise more money for the cause.

All in all, SGA is getting a lot done this year and if you see an SGA rep be sure to let them know how much you appreciate their hard work! If you have any input we would love to hear it and are always open to new ideas. We look forward to a success-ful rest of the year!

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From tried and true clubs like RavensBuild to brand new ones like the Order of the Raven, a Harry Potter club, or the popu-lar Disc Club, a total of 33 clubs were represented.

“I think it opened up the opportunity to students to sign up for clubs they wouldn’t have heard about otherwise,” said Ra-vensBuild club leader, Liz Gul-den.

Organizer of the event, Helen Velk, Journalism Instruc-tor/Student Activities, thought it was “awesome because instead of listening to an hours worth of announcements that you’re not interested in, it was an interac-tive process where you could go directly to the club you are interested in, get infor-mation, and sign up all at once. It was much more efficient than the former system.”

Velk called it “a more personal approach” and considering the positive feedback from stu-dents and faculty alike, she added that this will likely become an annual event.

“It was more personal and you were actually there and you actually talked to them,” added Mel Broughton, ‘15, who became a member of Science,

Billiards, Spanish, Running, Mu-sic Performance, and Disc Club s for the first time during the event.

“The open setting was good for talking to potential members,” stated Sophie Raymer, ‘15, but thought there should have been more tables.

Although Raymer thought the entire experience was posi-tive she stated, “we should still have the meeting where every club leader announces their club and what it’s all about. That way, people know what they want to sign up for ahead of time or know of anything questions they might have to ask presidents.”

With a total sign up of 30 members, the Harry Potter club

must be looking forward to a year filled with magic and spells.

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Students Tiger Harris, ‘15, Greg Harper, ‘14, LJ Young,’14, Chase Storch, ‘16, and Will Bird, ‘16 sign up for RavensBuild at the Club Bazaar.

Photograph by Emi Myers ‘15 from the @NEVARMOREONLINE Instagram.

A flurry of students sign up for RavensBuild at the Bazaar.

Photograph by Emi Myers ‘15 from the @NEVARMOREONLINE Instagram.

I“I wouldn’t have joined all of the clubs that I did if I hadn’t gone.”

- Mel Broughton ‘15

I“I think it opened up the opportunity to students to sign up for clubs they wouldn’t have heard about otherwise.”

- Liz Gulden ‘14President of RavensBuild

Annual Club Sign-Up With a New Format

SGA Adopts a New Focus

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With first quarter complet-ed, the workload is increasing and studying is a top priority… for some students. Others direct their con-cerns to old issues and new changes that have already affected the Upper School this year. Peter Bogue, the new Head of Upper School, sat down to discuss some of the major topics around Ravenscroft.

Shoulder Rule

While the dress code is not sched-uled to change, Bogue made it clear that some alteration is not out of the

question.

“I have not heard of any talk of changing any portion of the dress code,” said Bogue. Despite this reveal, he added that “fashion

changes and what’s socially and culturally acceptable changes from year to year... I wouldn’t say it’s off the table. We are always willing to

consider.”

Bogue likes the current locker as-signment concept because it puts stu-dents close to their advisors, which makes an advisor’s job easier while

placing underclassmen next to upper-classmen, who can guide the younger students and offer advice. He agrees, like most students, that there may not

have been enough communication to the students when the decision to

change was being made.

“I do like the locker situation. In terms of the benefits that it

provides students, I believe they outweigh the benefits of a “senior

hall” experience.”

“I’ve never seen a better group of more than 300 students in my life… I thought it was great,” re-marked Bogue. “At my old school

you’d have pockets of students dancing and a lot more hanging

out, chatting, walking outside than there was everybody dancing the

whole time.”

He also touched on the topic of Breathalyzers at dances. Ravenscroft does have a Breathalyzer on campus during dances, but students are not

checked upon entry like at other schools because as Bogue described,

it “fosters a culture of distrust… If we ever got to that point, we

wouldn’t have dances.”

The absence of male cheerleaders for the powderpuff game this year angered students. Bogue, who de-

scribes himself as “a big proponent of traditions” believes that the anger

needs to be redirected.

“The male cheerleaders were not told that there couldn’t be a halftime show… the only rules

were that they couldn’t wear the cheer leading uniforms which

are too small and inappropriate, and they could not be overtly sexual.” The absence of the traditional male cheerleaders was a letdown to not only the

students, but to Bogue himself. “I think there could have been a really fun halftime show… there was a lot of room for something really fun to happen that could be a great new tradition. I don’t think doing nothing was great. It

could’ve been fun.”

Bogue took no time to think of his reply to this popular issue.

“I was accused on Twitter for rigging the game for the juniors to quash the seniors. I was sur-prised. Nothing could be further

from the truth.”

He described that the match was competitive, but admits that the se-nior’s “coaching could have been better” and that the “top weapons were not adequately used.” While

the Juniors’ victory surprised the entire Upper School, Bogue

explained, “even the Harlem Glo-betrotters lose to the Washington

Generals on occasion.”

Bogue’s practical approach to making changes in the Upper School

will put students at ease. He does not have any significant changes

planned for the near future; rather he plans to continue to adapt to a new school and community. Getting to

know students this year is “certainly a priority” for Bogue, who is eager

and excited about joining the Upper School.

“I need to be here and experience a lot more of Ravenscroft’s culture before I can form an opinion one

way or another.”

Although you may want to keep your PDA to a minimum around Mr.

Bogue, a hug will not send you to Mr. Billerman’s office any time soon.

“I’m not a huge proponent person-ally of public displays of affection.

There’s certain things that are your business and nobody else’s business.” Mr. Bogue answered.

But how strict is too strict when it comes to enforcing PDA rules? “A hug goodbye… I don’t think that’s

inappropriate.”

Bo-Down Throw DownHow well do you know Peter Bogue?

Many students may not know much about him. Bogue agreed to an-swer all of the The Nevarmore’s burning questions from background

and hobbies to greatest fear.

New Head of Upper School Peter Bogue gets to know seniors Robert Lippitt, Corey Chandler, and Grant Glenn during their 2nd period Study Hall.

Photo by Liz Gulden

N: Where did you grow up?PB: Baltimore, Maryland.

N: What is your family like?PB: I have a wife, Jenny, two sons, Tyler and Teddy, and a pug.

N: Who was your child-hood idol?PB: Cal Ripken.

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Liz Gulden

Powderpuff Cheerleaders

Kevin Billerman himself stepped in to discuss the idea of adding male representatives to

Homecoming Court.While this issue may not be on the

minds of many students at Ravenscroft, other schools do

allow males to be voted onto Homecoming Court.

“I would have to think about that for a while… the Homecoming

thing is gender specific which is not totally fair, I understand. It re-ally should be something that you should deal with through student governments and say, ‘has this

outlived it’s usefulness?’”

Male Homecoming Representatives

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Mixed Hallways

Future Changes

Homecoming Dance

N: Where did you go tocollege?PB: Yale University.

N: What is your biggest pet peeve?PB: People who lack ef-fort

N: What are some of your hobbies?PB: Golf, movies,traveling.N: Is there something that many people here don’t

know about you?PB: I like HGTV!

N: What is your favorite movie?PB: The Shawshank Re-demption.

N: What is your favorite food?PB: Steamed Maryland Blue Crabs.

N: What is your ideal vacation destination?

PB: Maui.N: What is your biggest fear?PB: Heights.

N: Which superpower would you choose?PB: Superheroes are lame.

N: What are your favor-ite sports teams?PB: The Baltimore Ravens and the Baltimore Orioles.

N: Who would you cast as yourself in a movie?PB: Justin Timberlake.

N: Is there anything else you’d like to add?PB: I’m just really excited to be here. It’s been a great experience.

Powderpuff Game

How Many Seniors Does It Take to Solve a Rubics Cube?

Syri-ous Issues Facing AmericaSTAFF WRITER

Adam Jordan

By now, I’m sure everyone has heard all the talk about Syria, the rebels, the Assad regime, and that it sort of seems like Egypt and Libya all over again. What is going on? Why have millions of people fled the country? What is all this talk about chemical weapons? What is this tension

between President Obama and Vladimir Putin? How did this all start and how can it stop? Well, before we can even begin to piece together the giant puzzle that is Syria, we have to know how this all started and why.

Origins

The turmoil in Syria traces its roots to the end of World War I. Syria was established as a French territory after somewhat random lines were drawn to make boundaries for new countries formerly held by the Ottoman Empire. The problem with the random boundaries is that they split up several ethnic and religious groups. Once Syria gained independence in 1946, this really became an issue as the country was plagued by military coups due to the incredible diversity of people. During the Cold War, Syria signed a pact with the Soviet Union which led to the Ba’ath party coming into power (The Ba’ath party is a non-religious socialist party in favor of creating one united Arab state). Ever since, the Assad family of tyrannical dictators has ruled Syria.

Now that we know what caused the conflicts, we can find out how the revolutions started. Inspired by the Arab Spring protests of Egypt in 2011 (remember Mubarak?), Syrian protesters demonstrated for democracy in their country. In response, the Assad regime kidnapped, tortured, and opened fire on the civilians. Once the protesters started uniting under newly-created rebel factions and acquired arms, the peaceful demonstrations turned to all out civil war.

This civil war has forced many from not only their homes, but their country. The refugee agency of the U.N. has reported that over 2.1 million Syrians have fled to neighboring countries, the majority to Turkey, Jordan, and Lebanon. Many of these people will be permanently displaced from their homes due to the destruction of neighborhoods and even entire towns.

The US, Russia, and Chemical Weapons

So where does the US stand? Where does Russia stand? What is the impact of the chemical weapons, and what is the world doing about them? As it currently stands, the Obama administration has not yet decided on what exactly the U.S. will do, but American responds, “it will be a limited, narrow act,” according to recent press releases. Many Americans are opposed to any sort of strike against Syria, in part because of the result of intervention in the civil war in Iraq.

On the other end, Russia, having an alliance with Syria, has blocked any International intervention with the Syrian government, so if the U.S. and its allies want to act, it will be without U.N. support. Russia also, up until the U.N.’s report about the recent strike, denied that Syria even used chemical weapons against its civilians. This has brought tension between the U.S. and Russian governments, especially after the report revealed that over 1,400 people were killed with the chemical weapons attacks, 400 of them children.

No one seems exactly sure what to do about Syria, and at this point, most Americans are up in arms about the President’s proposed plans to take military action, no matter how major or minor they may be.

The Uprising

“I believe that we as a country should not involve ourselves with any other world affairs,

especially the problem in Syria. I acknowledge what they gave done is a crime

against the guidelines the UN has set in place, and the treaty

that was created post WW1, but we are not the world’s

policeman. Nobody assigned us the job. It is detrimental to the already weak

economy, and it’s just not our job.”

“I believe that unless the Syrian government complies

to the regulations set up to destroy their chemical weapons then the US and

France should have all the right to become actively

involved. I don’t think that the US should send troops into Syria but I do believe that it

would be alright to launch air strikes and have ships fire on Syria.”

“I can’t stress enough how terrible a decision it would be to enter Syria now.Not only has the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad warned Americans to ‘expect

everything’ should we get involved, but our executive administration is acting in an extremely weak manner. Secretary of State John Kerry announced that

should the U.S. enter Syria, the attack will be ‘unbelievably small.’ That’s like a mother telling her son, ‘You are in so much trouble for stealing the car! I’m so

mad but you’re in hardly any trouble at all!’If the US attacks Syria, it is not likely that they will try to attack Americans on our soil, but there is nothing stopping them from attacking American allies like

Israel. If something like that happens, then we’ve just locked ourselves into another war.”

Evan Grimes,’16

Chris Antonello, ‘14

Andrew Pruden, ‘16

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, left, met with President Barack Obama at the United Nations 68th General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, September 24, 2013.

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The Lowdown on the Government Shutdown

…I would tell the American people that “I am unhappy with what Congress is doing, but I can assure you that we can make it through this shutdown if it happens. Since government employees who were fur-loughed in previous shutdowns were eventually paid in full, that will likely be the same case here.”

Instead of sending a message like the one above in a speech on the first day after the government reopened, President Obama said that just because “you don’t like a certain president” or “a certain policy,” doesn’t mean that you should shut down the government. It upsets me to say that

this is very poor leadership. Instead of pointing fingers at “Republicans in Congress,” the president should be having frequent meetings with Speaker Boehner and President Pro Tempore Harry Reid (D-NV). On September 30, instead of telling the American people that a government shutdown would be terrible for the country, he should have handled the issue by speaking in a more optimistic manner.

In the midst of the shutdown, President Obama also mixed himself into the debate about the name of the professional football team, the Washington Redskins. While this may be an important issue to some people, I believe that the President was attempting to distract the media from the health care debate. As President of the United States, it is crucial to be straight with the American people and be willing to negotiate with all members of Congress.

I am not pleased with how the federal government has been running lately. I was never in favor of a shutdown of the national government, but between that and funding ObamaCare as it stands now, the former is definitely the better choice. Despite what many people want the public to think, the Af-fordable Care Act (ACA) is unfair to many Americans.

Congress is totally exempt from all taxes and regulations related to the law. Businesses have several more months to prepare. If these groups of people have special treatment for the new law, why doesn’t the rest of the American population?

Every time that Congress needs to balance a budget, the automatic response is to simply raise the debt ceiling. This plan is detrimental to the future of the American economy. If the US government continues to pile up its debt, businesses and other countries will not trust them and therefore hesitate to do business with the United States. A rising debt may incline the federal government to begin printing more money, thus initiating inflation.

Background: At the end of September, as Congress worked on a budget plan for the next fiscal year, many representatives believed that the best way to balance the federal budget without raising taxes or limiting funding to other programs was to defund the new Affordable Care Act. This Act, often referred to as “ObamaCare,” passed in 2010, was, among other things, designed to enable all American citizens to have access to a health insurance plan. In order to “roll out” this new law, the federal costs would be fairly high.

Despite the ruling in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius that ObamaCare is constitutional, many Representatives and Senators still found the Act to be an overbearing effort on the part of the federal government. In addition, they found that many Americans were in favor of the new law. For these reasons, Congress voted to “shut down” the federal government of the United States beginning October 1, 2013, the same date as the start of the public launch of the healthcare.gov website and phone service for Americans to begin signing up for health insurance.

The government was slimmed down mainly through the closing of national parks and monu-ments and temporarily furloughing around 1 million government employees. In our AP Government and Politics class mock House and Senate sessions, I chose to represent Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX). Both the House of Representatives and the Senate eventually developed plans to reopen the government, while acknowledging the issue of balancing a budget. After much debate, a bill was passed to end the shutdown and avoid default by raising the debt ceiling once again. While both Boehner (a major contributor to the negotiation) and Cruz supported the deal to end the partial shutdown, they both commented that they would not stop pushing for the repeal of ObamaCare.

If I Were President...

“I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress.”

- Ronald Reagan

Chris Antonello, ‘14, Weighs In

Austin Morin, ‘15, Gets the FactsReason for the Shutdown?

Each year, Congress is required to pass a budget by October 1st, which they failed to do this year causing the shutdown.

Problem: The political majority of the current House of Representa-tives is Republican while the majority in the Senate are Democratic.

The House tried to pass a bill that would defund ObamaCare in order to balance the budget, but the Senate voted against this bill due to the fact that the Affordable Care Act

(ACA or ObamaCare) was passed in 2010. The House tried to pass a second law that would not allow taxes on medical equipment and to delay

ObamaCare by a year. This Bill was also vetoed by the Senate. So, the government shut down for 16 days in an attempt to put voter pressure on the members of the

House and Senate to take action and find a solution.

“It all comes down to a game of politics.”

- Bill Pruden, Director of Civic Engagement

Any non-essential government personnel were sent home without pay and national parks were closed. That meant about 800,000 people went without a paycheck, but will receive back-pay. Ac-

cording to a recent Time Magazine article, the government “took $24 billion out of the U.S. economy, and reduced projected fourth-quarter GDP growth from 3 percent to 2.4 percent.”

What, Exactly, is a Shutdown?

Will we feel strong effects in our area?The shutdown is did not have a big effect on the Research Triangle area. However, any nonessential

grants that fund research colleges like UNC, NC State, and Duke were on will be on hold until the budget issue is resolved completely, according to Pruden.

“This is likely to backfire on the Republicans who initiated it as evidenced by the previous shutdown when Bill Clinton was in office which arguably scored him a second year in the

White House,” added Pruden. As far as around the globe other countries will look at our government with a raised brow, as to

wonder,WHAT THE HECK IS THE U.S. DOING?

Will it be a Success for Congress?

...for the shutdown, since the Republicans were unwilling to abandon their ultimatum and the Democrats were unwilling to negotiate. However, I believe President Obama was right to agree to negotiate with the Republicans just to end the shutdown, even though it took so long. It was selfish and irresponsible for the Congressmen to allow this to happen, especially since it just cost the government a lot of money and hurt America’s middle class. It is a shame that the Congressmen were so divided along party lines that they refused to sacrifice their reputations within their parties

for the good of the country. Since the Affordable Care Act (ACA or ObamaCare) is still fully supported by President

Obama and the Democrats and is still in full operation, basically all the government shutdown accomplished was the creation of major problems for the average citizens of the U. S., many of whom were furloughed or denied access to certain services that were halted during the shutdown.

However, the President’s statement that he would agree to sign whatever bill would end the government shutdown shows that he understood the importance of ending the stalemate, even if it required a compromise, and this first step by Obama probably led to the formation of such a bill in the Senate.

Casting Votes: Senator Kay Hagan, a Democrat from North Carolina, voted for the bill in the Senate, her reasons being that the shutdown was completely unnecessary and did nothing but harm the middle class.

In contrast, Congressman George Holding, a Republican who is also from North Carolina, voted against the bill in the House of Representatives because he believes that the way to solve the debt problem is to cut spending, not to borrow more. While the government shutdown accomplished nothing and only brought harm to the country, President Obama and Congress’ sudden decision to negotiate and form this bill prevented the government shutdown from lasting much longer than it already had.

Not So Grand Finale: President Obama signed a bill that would end the government shutdown, raise the debt ceiling to $16.7 trillion, repay furloughed workers, and open a joint committee to discuss the budget, all within a week.

Although the bill was approved by majorities in both the Senate (81 to 18) and the House of Representatives (285 to 144), the opponents of the bill were mostly Republicans. They believed that ObamaCare, formally titled the Affordable Care Act (ACA) should be defunded in order to end the debt crisis.

Sara Brown, ‘14, Shares her Thoughts...“My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you,

ask what you can do for your country.”- John F. Kennedy

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Big Concepts Worth Contemplating

Formal Education - Creativity ConundrumTED Talk by Sir Ken Robinson,“Do Schools Kill Creativity”Causes Contemplation

Sir Ken Robinson; photo is a screen shot from his TED talk.Robinson, PhD, and speaker travels the world and advo-cates for creative learning.

Thoughts from the Journalism Class members about this TED talk...Define Success...

Succes means that you are happy at what you do.

Depends on each individual person; what is success to one is failure to another.

Being happy while having money is success to me.It is not the same to everyone

Leaving a legacy of a more diverse community behind you is success for those that follow.

Earning the Conference Championship title.

A lot of what I consider success happens outside of school

Successful people are helping to change people’s lives for the better.

It has undoubtedly become the job of schools to teach students skills that they will need to be suc-cessful in later careers but this idea in principle begs two questions: What is success? Is the way we go about striving for it truly effective?

Success is officially defined as “the accomplishment of an aim or purpose” according to the Google dictionary, but Merriam Webster has altered its definition to be “the fact of getting or achieving wealth, respect, or fame.”

Scarily enough, this has be-come our reality. Our generation’s definition of success has in-c reas ing ly

b e c o m e geared towards money

and fame. As such, our schools have been created to form an army of preprofessional teenagers ready to march out into an industrialized so-ciety.

Although once effective, this pattern is proving more and more in-compatible with contemporary indus-try and the modern workforce. Part of the problem is that no one truly knows what type of jobs or careers schools are attempting to prepare us for.

The job market is as competi-tive as ever. According to the 2010 national Census, 73% of college graduates are in jobs unrelated to their major and 53% are unemployed

or underemployed. According to Robinson, this

is because students aren’t develop-ing creative thinking skills required to differentiate themselves and bring new ideas to the table in elementary, middle, and high school.

Ravenscroft is no exception. Although there are arts programs and one required arts credit for gradua-tion, creativity and lateral thinking are harshly curbed. Teachers make ef-forts in classes to allow a multitude of perspectives in ideas, but our school-ing system simply does not allow the amount of abstract and diverse think-ing that the world needs.

We have big problems: evolv-ing viruses, cancer, climate change, Syrian

rebellion, gov-ernment shut downs, debt,

poverty, etc. Many of these problems have been visited by past generations which have made little to no prog-ress. New ideas must be developed by new thinking patterns.

This isn’t to say that there is no evidence of change. The College Board is making a concerted effort to move courses away from rote memo-rization and towards more analyti-cal thinking skills. The “how’s” and “why’s” are becoming more empha-sized in the curriculum but the think-ing remains linear with a thick line between right and wrong. Being right and being wrong should not be mutu-ally exclusive.

Historically, almost all revo-lutionary ideas were considered silly and dismissed as unimportant. Take, for example, John Kerry’s joking and

sarcastic proposal about the Syrian president voluntarily turning over its arsenal of chemical weapons for the international community for de-struction. Immediately following this brief, the Russian government put in a request to the Syrian Foreign Policy Bureau and the plan has slowly been put into motion.

Kerry’s restricted and narrow minded thinking presented this idea as an impossibility when in reality, thanks to the creative thinking of the Russian government, it became a vi-able plan to stifle human rights viola-tions.

How do we change? Well, it comes down to our ed-

ucational philosophy. Maybe, instead of awarding points and grades for “correct” ideas we should dedicate more time and energy to the process of finding ways to make solutions work or simply giving students other outlets. Give students the flexibility to form and develop ideas without penalizing them.

Students should also take it upon themselves. Take risks. Un-derstand that every grade will not determine whether a student will go to an Ivy League School or not. The difference in college admissions will come from individuality and what ap-plicants can bring to the table.

The world is in constant de-mand for unique thinking skills and innovative problem solving. For as long as humans populate the planet,

Many highly talented, brillian

t, creative people think they’re n

ot — because

the thing they were good at at school wasn’t valu

ed, or was actually st

igmatized.

there will be problems that need solv-ing. As long as there are problems, there will be jobs for those who are passionate about solving them.

Eventually, this will change our idea of success. Instead of being a state of fame or wealth, it might be-come about adding to something you are passionate about. Be that quan-tum physics or contemporary dance, president of the country or peace corps volunteer.

“We have to go from what is essentially an industrial model of education, a manufacturing model, which is

based on linearity and conformity and batching people. We have to move to a model that is based more on prin-ciples of agriculture. We have to recognize that human flourishing is not a mechanical process; it’s an organic process. And you cannot predict the outcome of human development. All you can do, like a farmer, is create the

conditions under which they will begin to flourish.” ― Ken Robinson

There are people who strive to be a top of class, but don’t really know what they want to do.

You don’t have to go to the best college to do what you want to do and get the best education for you.

School does kill creativity. Even in art class, you have to draw what was assigned to you

Most students view fine arts as a box to check off and may miss an oppor-tunity to get involved with something they really like.

In class, the teachers want you to be best in science & math because that is where the jobs are.

Society makes you think you have to go to college when in reality, there are other alternatives that are better fits.

Book smarts don’t necessarily mean street smarts.

Class Contributions...

Wire ServiceThe Nevarmore subscribes to MCT Campus, which provides photographs, national news & entertain-

ment services to high school newspapers.Faculty Advisor: Helen Velk

Editorial Content:1) The students on The Nevarmore staff

will print articles which have been researched to the best of their

ability to obtain the most complete information.

2) The information will be presented in an objective, truthful

and fair manner.3) When personal commentary is given

it will be in good taste on issues that have been researched, analyzed and

where expert opinion has been sought, and then presented to the best ability

of the writer.4) No material which is obscene, libel

or anything that will cause a “material and substantial disruption” of the school day, according to accepted

legal definitions, will be printed.

This paper serves as a communication link within Ravenscroft School and between the

school and the local community. The Nevarmore staff strives to

produce a professional-quality publication that follows the Code of Ethics of the Society of

Professional Journalists. Our overall objective

is to print the news for and about our students and other members of our school and community

in a fair and objective way with the utmost regard for integrity.

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The fact that the word court is attached to the word Homecoming leads one to believe that the entity would be a fair representative of the entire Upper School. Currently, only girls are included on the ballot, thus representing only roughly half of our community. Homecoming Court needs a makeover, remodelling, and redefining, or this Ravenscroft “tra-dition” will continue to be seen by many as a meaningless, superficial, pain-in-the-butt tradition.

Every fall when Homecoming rolls around, Upper School stu-dents shuffle to advisory, sit down, and vote to nominate girls within their respective classes for Homecoming Court. In recent years, the members of homecoming court have been perfect examples of the ideal Raven-scroft girl, but while it’s great that winners can feel loved and popular, the “tradition” of Homecoming Court has well overstayed it’s welcome.

Background: Homecoming events were started by universities in the mid 1800s to welcome back alumni while uniting them with the cur-rent student body in hopes of creating one larger, spirited entity. This tradition was soon adopted by high schools, public and private alike.

The concept of “the court” at a co-ed school is usually a panel of upperclassmen that are voted upon to represent the overall school and usually consists of a King, Queen, Prince and Princess unless at a single-sex school which, of course, would have King and Prince or Queen and Princess.

At some schools the election for “royalty” serves as an election for organizers of Homecoming week. At Baylor University in Waco, Texas, the court is chosen after individual interviews. The girls then gather a team of students and build a float for the annual Homecoming parade. Based on the leadership of the girl and creativity of the float, the queen is chosen. This is a fun and meaningful tradition. However, at Ravenscroft, the court’s purpose is unknown, and the “tradition’ is simply to follow the rudimentary procedure that the average high school is expected to.

It is a wonder that guys are excluded from the Homecoming Court tradition. If girls are subject to the ridicule and ranking of popularity as-sociated with the court, so should boys. Whatever faction of the student body the Court is supposed to “represent,” it must not be fully repre-sented with the male counterpart. Most schools, with exception of all-female schools, have a court of guys and girls, so it seems both random and suspicious as to why there are no boys on the court.

Homecoming court is a national tradition that is expected to be honored at most high schools, including Ravenscroft. Students have be-come increasingly bothered by the meaningless “tradition” in the recent years. If guidelines are set and the election is presented as a popularity contest, while not every girl is going to be happy, at least there’s no room for speculation or confusion. Fortunately, the queen and court of 2013 were both well-rounded and popular, but without some reshaping of the “tradition” the court could become full of Regina George’s or cease to be entirely.

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Nomination Without RepresentationRavenscroft Traditional Homecoming Court Only Represents Half of the Upper School Community

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Homecoming Dance

As tradition goes, at halftime of the Homecoming football game, court nominees are escorted onto the field by their fathers. Starting with freshmen representatives Carolyn May ‘17 and Mary Neff ‘17, the girls elegantly marched onto the field despite the chance of rain

and high humidity. The court held a variety of girls from athletes to musicians, even including a set of sisters. The 2012 Homecoming Maid of Honor Rachel Wakeford, now a freshman at East Carolina University, joined the group on the field to present flowers and the crown to the new queen. After much anticipation Vanessa May ‘14 was named Maid of Honor, and Mary Grady Bell ‘14

as the new reigning Homecoming Queen.

“I though it

was pretty fun. Josh

McCoy did a good

job.”

On Saturday September 21, about 350 Upper School students piled into the Auxiliary Gym in the Finley Center for a night of dancing and fun. DJ Josh Mccoy, ‘14, played a

variety of music from new “dubstep” songs to classic beach music. In recent years, the dance has been held in the cafeteria, DJ-ed by a professional.

Through ticket sales and donations, SGA raised approximately $1550 for the American Cancer Society.

“I’m in favor

of hoop-skirts for next

year.”

“It was really

annoying because it was rigged

for the

juniors.”

On September 20th the Ravenscroft Varsity foot-ball team played Pine Lake Preparatory for the homecom-ing game. After Pine Lake kicked off, #80 Greg Harper, returned it for an 87 yard touchdown within the first twelve seconds of the game. It was an exciting and “hype” game as the Ravens crushed Pine Lake Preparatory with a final score of 57-8. Ravenscroft had a total of 411 yards of of-fense, while Pine Lake had only 29.

Coach Gonet is happy with his team’s performance as he said he was “happy, they had a good solid game, and everyone on the team was involved”. When asked about the injuries on his team, he answered that the injuries have affected his team dramatically: “significant injuries are keeping the good players out.” Although they have other players on the team “it’s hard to replace experience.” Over-all, Gonet is very pleased with how his team has “showed up” every Friday and competed to the best of their ability.

“They had a new football program, and it would’ve been more fun if we had played a more competitive

team.”

“I think the Homecoming game was an easy win.

We should play more intense rival teams to get everyone excited.”

Donald Fuller, ‘17, takes a hit from both sides. Fuller completed the Homecoming game with 3 touch-

downs and 115 yards.Photo by Dr. Watters

Juniors Win Homecoming Powderpuff game for the First Time in 24 Years

Fall

Sara Kasbekar

Senior“It wasn’t

fair because

juniors have next year to win.”

Senior

Emily Ratliff

Football FrenzyAnna Collawn

Staff Writer

Greg Harper, ‘14, sprints down the field during the Homecoming game.

Photo by Dr. Watters

Jamie Herakovich

Emerson Storch

Homecoming Court

2013 Homecoming Queen, Mary Grady Bell, ‘14, and her parents Vic and Mary

Grady Bell.

2013 Homecoming Maid of Honor Vanessa May, ‘14, and her

parents Andy and Sara May.

Rachel HianikJosh McCoy

Mark Laskowski

2013 Homecoming Court Members: Nina Barnett, ‘15, Brittani Bryan, ‘14, Charlotte Spence, ‘15, Claire Zaytoun, ‘16, Chelsea Schlacks, ‘16, Kira Muller, ‘16, English Bernhardt, ‘14, Vanessa May, ‘14, Mary Grady Bell, ‘14, Claire Fuscoe, ‘14, Juanita Perdomo, ‘14, Mary Neff, ‘17, Carolyn May,

‘17, and Eva Simmons, ‘15. (Olivia Aschman,‘15, missing from photo.)Photo by Dr. Watters

“The Home-coming Varsity football game was good, but I’d rather play someone who is better and not so easy.”

Somehow I managed to catch a fistful of tickets thrust at me. The blaring hot sun was barely covered by the tent roof, but somehow this child didn’t seem to notice. “The bubble wand, please,” he said sweetly.

“Ok honey, give me a second,” I replied with a smile, counting all 40-or was it 20?-tickets necessary to buy the butterfly shaped bubble wand on my right.

It was hectic. I wasn’t feeling that great. But it was so worth it.

Fall Roundup is basically a fair in Ravenscroft’s borders. Large crowds of people walk in and ride rides, play games, or eat food and simply walk around. I, however, was volunteering the whole time. I didn’t exactly expect to enjoy it in the intended way, but I actually did while working hard and earning community service hours.

I felt like some sort of cashier since I was one of the volunteers who counted tickets and gave kids prizes. I’d love to volunteer again next year. The little kids were really cute and, despite how unorganized I was sometimes, the parents were very patient.

If I am not volunteering next time, I’ll be riding some rides or running around in Laser Tag. Nevertheless, I still had a great time.

Power Up, PowderpuffTraditionally, the senior girls

dominate in the annual Powederpuff Foot-ball game. However, this year’s junior team members were game changers.

For the first time in 24 years, the ju-nior team would not accept defeat and led by coaches Crawford Sloan, ‘15, and Gar-rett Hicks, ‘15, they snuck by the senior girls with an 8-6 victory.

No matter how hard the seniors fought, they could not pull through in the end even with the help of coach LJ Young, ‘14.

The junior fans were going cra-zy with an electric sense of excitement throughout the entire game.

Sideline to sideline, both teams put in their full effort and had a great game both ways. Seniors and juniors made their mark as one of the toughest games Raven-scroft Powderpuff has ever seen.

FestivitiesJuniors Win Homecoming Powderpuff game for the First Time in 24 Years

Fall Roundup took place on Saturday September 27th this year. The day held a myriad of games, rides, and boundless fun.

Lower and Middle School students participated in games and activities, earning tickets for one of many prizes. In place of the Lip Syncing competition that has taken place in the past, a talent showcase was held.

Upper School students and faculty participated, including a band comprised of of Upper School teachers Kevin Flynn, English Instructor and Dr. Nelson Nunalee, Science Instructor, as well as Middle

School Social Studies Instructor, Garrett Cummings.Upper School students spent the day running game booths and volunteering through Key Club or other Upper School

Cubs. When not volunteering, many students utilized the rides.

Sydney JordanStaff Writer

Fall Roundup

Delaney RobertsStaff Writer

First Time Upper School Volunteer, Delaney Roberts, ‘16, Shares Her Experience

Senior

Collin Vernal

“It’s very exciting. I had no

expectation for the juniors to win. I was yelling and stomping my feet. The junior moms

were very rowdy.”

Faculty

Jennifer Cohen

All Photos by Dr. Watters

N evarmore10Theater Students Stay Awake for 24 Hours to Direct and Perform Play

Plenty of Ravenscroft students have had their fair share of all-night-ers. However, the Ravenscroft Fine Arts Department has taken this to a whole new level.

During the first week of Sep-tember, drama students from Raven-scroft and Cary Academy performed in the “24-Hour Theater.”

These thespians allotted a 24-hour period to script, rehearse, and perform two separate plays in the Black Box Theater over the week-

Gina PatalanoSTAFF WRITER

On Right: Thespians in the process of brainstorming ideas for

their 15 minutes of fame.Photo by Gwen Shope

Photos provided by Gwen Shope

Allyson Take, ‘15, Gaelan Bergstrom, ‘16, and Kristin Zillmann, ‘16, are running through their scripts to perfect their upcoming performance.

Photo by Gwen Shope

“I think it’s going be crazy and exciting and fun! We have

rest times scheduled

for 1:00 am and 1:00 pm, but I’m not sure that’s going to hap-

pen!” - Sophie Raymer, ’15

(prior to the event)

of the ancient gods clearly depicted the creativity and extensive thought put into the script of the play.

These junior thespians all seemed to enjoy the experience, and they were taught to improvize to the fullest extent, according to Sharp. Ultimately, they returned to their respective homes after the production to catch up on some much-needed rest.

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end. The students were split into two groups, where they decided on the ba-sic elements of their settings, charac-ters, props, and genres.

The final task was to include a common phrase somewhere in both plays that was chosen by director and Ravenscroft Drama Instructor Jason Sharp.

Looking back on the event, it seems that the time and effort put into the production paid off and led to two wholesome performances. The first was a play wherein the gods of Olym-pus were placed in a high school alter-nate universe. Several interpretations

Lake time - Kansler saw the life ring with her fam-ily’s name on it and thought “Perfect artsy photo oppor-tunity!” She chose to use the snazzy black and white “Inkwell” filter and the photo became an INSTA-success.

Trevi Fountain - On a Mediterranean Sea cruise this summer, Alex visited Rome and got a picture of “what seemed like a cliche movie scene.”Making a Splash - Kansler was, “just chilling” on her dock when she thought, What would they look like frozen in a moment? Our thoughts: Awesome.Fall Roundup - September 28 marked Raven-scroft’s annual Fall Roundup and Kansler took the opportunity to snap a picture with some friends, Gabriella Reiter, ‘17 and Rebecca Brandes, ‘17. “It was just a moment I wanted to save with my friends.”Croatia Marina - Kansler spent part of her summer on a Mediterranean Cruise and took a minute to grab this picture in Croatia.Venice gondola ride - The star of any visit to Venice, Kansler got to ride on a Venetian gon-dola.

Color run - “Me and Ninz (Nina Barnett, ‘15) went to the color run and after there is a dance party thing and we looked ridiculous.”Powderpuff- After the cra-zy Junior powderpuff vic-tory Van Lokeren, “needed a “super fan” picture. Junior fans are better than senior

fans”OBX - At the Outer Banks for the Fourth of July weekend Van Lokeren met up with, “Some old friends and I brought John [Bailey, ‘15].” Baxter - A super cute picture of Van Lokeren’s dog, Baxter. He was “looking real good,” so Van Lokeren posted his picture just in time for National Dog Day. Perfect timing.Throwback with Max - THROWBACK THURSDAY! Van Lokeren describes this very well in a word, “awkward.” Featuring Max Van Lokeren, ‘17.Snowman - After three days of winter flurry in New Hampshire, Van Lokeren and his friends built a 6’ 7’ snowman in his front yard using al-most all of the snow. In the words of the creator himself, it was a “work of art.”Crocs - “I’m a fan of crocs.” Enough said.

Alex Kansler, ‘16, on Lake Gaston, NC during the Summer Photograph by Alex Kansler ‘17

Creek from an adventure hike Photograph by Adam Jordan ‘16

Color Run with Nina Barnett, ‘15 Photography by Jack Van Lokeren

SGA spaghetti Dinner at the Waring household Photography by Rosie Waring ‘14

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@ALEXXCKANSLER47 @ADAM_JORDAN15 @JVLOKEREN @ROSIEWARING

Her Insta: Est. in March 2012, Kansler has a great mix of pictures ranging from the full out artsy to candids with friends. Throw her a follow!

Nature Made - A throw-back Thursday from a Sum-mer adventure to a creekSoccer- Jordan wore a cus-tomized jersey from Mu-nich, Germany. “It had my name on it and everything. I thought it was really cool.”

Ravens Football - “A picture I take pretty much every week at all the ravens football games. I work in the radio broadcasts of the game, so I like to take a pic before each game.”Homecoming Dance - Emma DeMent, ‘16, Di-xie Finley and Dixie Finley (former students), Bridget Ulrich, ‘16, Rob Sar, ‘16, Mackin Boylan, ‘16, Justin Barber, ‘16 and Adam Jor-dan, ‘16 pose for this picture of “the guys doing sorority squats and just taking a funny picture!” Kodak moment!Ravens from the Box - Up high in the press box, Jordan took a quick pic of the homecoming game before all of the action. “I had lots of fun that night!” says Jordan. Pirates Game - Insta video! Jordan went to a Pirates baseball game and says, “The atmo-sphere was electric,” right before a big hit.

Her Insta: Fine art. Literally. It is totally easy to keep up with what she is doing.Your SGA president deserves a follow. Check out the Ravenscroft SGA Instagram at @RAVENSCROFTSGA.

SGA Meeting - Rosie War-ing, ‘14, got a picture at the SGA pasta dinner she hosted at her house. Ravenscroft football - After three years of Sports Medi-cine, Waring took a quick pic on the sidelines of one of her last Ravenscroft football

games.Interlochen portfolio - Rosie Waring, a fine artist? HECK YES! “I like to promote my art. I feel like it’s unique to me and school doesn’t give the art students a lot of chances to show our pieces,” explained Waring. Michigan lake - Waring has been going to Crystal Lake every summer since she was two and looks forward to going back for years to come. Can you say artsy?Cliff diving - This summer, Waring spent two weeks in Hawaii with Audrey Hammerstein, ‘14. This picture was taken at a, “cliff on the north shore that people jump off of in high tide.” Hollywood - Rosie visited her cousin in Santa Monica and got the quintessential Hollywood Sign picture.Globe - This picture was a, “random project” that Waring has started to chronicle her travels, one of her passions.

The Nevarmore has an Instagram! Keep up to date on school events, spirit days, sports, and more. Hippie Day- Daniella Solovay, ‘15, Hal-ey Gardner, ‘15, and Liz Gulden, ‘14 get in touch with their natural side.Powderpuff- The Junior girls pose for a quick pic before the powderpuff game.Homecoming Pep Rally- Boy/girl pairs from grades 6-12 and faculty lined up for a cheese puff and shaving cream beard contest.

Article, Page layount and Pictures from the @NEVARMOREONLINE Instagram: Photography by Emi Myers ‘16

His Insta: Want an in on Ravenscroft sports? Adam is your guy. He’s got you covered on all sports as well as his day to day life.

His Insta: Just like Jack himself, his Insta-gram is always there for a good laugh. Six and a half foot tall snowman? Crocs galore? Check it out! Follow him.

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Student Teacher Twinning!

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Tiger Harris, ‘15

Billy Chissoe, ‘17Bill Chissoe

Computer Science Instructor

Angela SantucciFine Arts Instructor

Caroline Hansen, ‘15

Haley Gardner, ‘15Shabogis

Fonz strom

Photos by Ally Bonavita

Photos by LifeTouch

Travis Schafer, ‘15

Peter BogueHead of Upper School

Michael Erikson, Math Instructor

Aaron SunstromMath Instructor

Connor Irey, ‘14

Dos Chissoes

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RIDDLE: What word means “to the point” and also “not pointed”?

ANSWER: Blunt

RIDDLE: What month has 28 days?

RIDDLE: What has to be broken before it can be used?

RIDDLE: What goes up but never comes down?

RIDDLE: Which word keeps the same pro-nunciation when you take away the last four

letters?

RIDDLE: When can you add 2 to 11 and get 1 as the correct answer?

ANSWER: All of them

ANSWER: An egg ANSWER: Age

ANSWER: Queue ANSWER: Add two hours to 11:00 and you get 1:00

Cartoons by: Axel Barth ‘15

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Photos by Rodger Israel

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STAFF WRITER

Name Here

QA&

N: Who are your favorite country singers?

JH: George Strait and Alan Jackson

N: What are your pregrame rituals?

JH: Go to the training room and get ready

N: What do you eat before games?

JH: Jersey Mikes

N: Who is your inspiration?

JH: My younger brother Cooper (6 years old)

N: Gatorade or powerade?

JH: Gatorade!

N: Favorite verse?

JH: *Christian* - “With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. Matthew 19:26”

N: What is your favorite position?

MM: setting/setter (only position)

N: What is your pre-game warm-up?

MM: nothing specific

N: Gatorade or Powerade?

MM: Gatorade

N: Do you want to play volleyball in college?

MM: Undecided

N: Favorite music?

MM: Country

N: Does your team mesh well?

MM: We get along very well, of course we are differ-

ent off the court but on the court we are very close and really enjoy being around each other. Very cohesive.

N: After college goals?

MM: Physical therapist

N: Something no one knows about you?

MM: I am an open book!

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thletes

Senior Quarterback/Kicker: Jamie Herakovich

Morgen McCreedy, ‘14

N: What position do you play?

GR: Left center back

N: Whats your favorite soccer memory?

GR: Beating Charlotte Latin my junior year in the state tournament

N: How do you feel your team is doing overall?

GR: I think we’re doing pretty well, our record is good. but we can do better

N: Any superstitions?

GR: Half a bagel (pop-pyseed) with lite spread of cream cheese, put shin-guards on right before game.

N: Favorite music?

GR: 2 Chainz

N: Powerade or Gatorade?

GR: Gatorade, it’s better

N: Nike or Underarmor?

GR: Nike

N: Favorite soccer team?

GR: Borussia Dortmund

N: Inspiration?

GR: Zlatin Ibrahimovich

N: How old where you when you started playing soccer?

GR: 3 years old

N: After college?

GR: Probably not in col-lege

N: Top 5 colleges?

GR: UNC, Wake Forest, Clemson, Virginia Tech, and South Carolina

N: What do you like to do in your free time?

GR: “I’m the best FIFA player in my grade” (better than David Silver) and I like to chill.

N: Who is your biggest rival?

GR: Durham Academy and favorite team to play is Gibbons

George Reddin, ‘14

Varsity Team: Post SeasonThe team was able to make it to the quarterfinals of the

state playoffs before losing to Charlotte Country Day 2-1. They finished the season with a record of 14-5-1.

The team made it through the first round before losing to Charlotte Country Day 3-1.

They finished the season with a record of 8-11.

The team passed through the quarterfinals and lost to Covenant Day in the semifinals. They finished the season with a record of 25-5.

Ravenscroft senior tight end Avery Edwards was

selected to represent the United States U-19 football team to compete against the U-19 Canadian team in the International Bowl, which features just 50 of the top

student-athletes in the country. The game is scheduled to play

on February 7th, 2014 in Texas.

Both guys and girls teams made it to the state playoffs. The guys team ending in 11th place, and the girls in 4th with a nearly undefeated season.

Sophomore, Maddy Ringenbach (pictured on the left), placed 4th at the state level.

Avery Edwards: USA

Varsity Cross Country

Varsity Girls Volleyball

Varsity Boys Soccer

Varsity Girls Field Hockey

Career Total of 2,067 Receiving Yards

Career Total 25 Touchdowns

School Records Set:

Mel BroughtonSTAFF WRITER

On left: Hattie Gale, ‘15 dodges around her opponent.All photos by Dr. Watters

On left: Maddy Ringenbach, ‘16, finishes strong. On right: The Cross Country teams being recognized at halftime of the

football game on Fan Night.

Above: The team poses with their trophy after winning the tournament at North Raleigh Christian Academy.

Avery Edwards, ‘14, carries the flag as the team storms the field ready to compete.

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