News Briefs

X-week
This year, X-week will take place during the first week of May. Student Council has decided to have their goal of money that will be raised from X-week be $3000. There will be two charities that will each receive half of the money raised. The two charities will be the Spring Initiative and the Daily Bread Soup Kitchen. The events for each class are listed below:

Subfreshmen: Smoothie sale.
Freshmen: Bake sale. There will be cupcakes. All of them will have a marking on the bottom of them, and prizes will be awarded to ones with a specific mark.
Sophomores: Undecided.
Juniors: Breakfest sale.
Seniors: Senior Auction.

More information on X-week will be provided in the future.

Subbie Buddy applications
Subbie Buddies are Uni freshmen and above who mentor incoming subfreshmen that will attend Uni. Their aims are to make the subfreshmen not only feel welcome, but also to connect with each other. Applications for Subbie Buddies can be found in a e-mail sent by counselor Rachel Green titled "SUBBIE BUDDY applications for next year!". Submit them by Apr. 23 to the SSO either online or bybhard-copy.

Student representatives on the search committee for administrative positions
For next year, there will be two administrative positions that will need to be filled. There are two search committees, one for Associate Director and one for Assistant Director Student Life. Students will take part in both committees. For the Associate Director, its sophomore Chas Newman. For the Assistant Director Student Life, they are junior Bissy Michael and sophomore Sam Leroy. For the complete list of both committees, they are listed below:

Associate Director
English Executive Teacher Elizabeth Majerus (Chair)
Librarian Frances Harris
Math Teacher Rachel Tyson
Parent Barry Dickerson
Parent Qiang Jin
Parent Charles Larenas
Student Chas Newman

Assistant Director Student Life
Counselor Rachel Green (Chair)
Latin Teacher Krisanna Zusman
Science Teacher Jim Carrubba
Math Teacher Gene Bild, Math Teacher
Art Teacher Lisa Evans, Art Teacher
Parent Deidre Weathersby
Student Bissy Michael
Student Sam Leroy

Radon contest results
For the third quarter, the sophomores all took part of a contest for Chemistry A, taught by chemistry teacher David Bergandine. There were three categories that the students could categorize their videos as: drama, comedy, and musical. Out of all the videos, forty-seven were entered for drama, thirty-four for comedy, and thirteen for musical. Two of the videos won awards, both in musical. For second place was Radon Ralph & The Household Threats: A Jingle. In third was Radon, A Parody of Friday. To see these videos and the rest of the contest winners, click the link here.

Day of Silence

The Day of Silence is observed in many high schools and colleges in the United States. The purpose of Day of Silence is to bring awareness the bullying of silencing of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) people. Students help by taking a vow of silence for the entire day. This year, Day of Silence takes place on Apr. 20. However, as there will be no school on Apr. 20, it will instead be observed on Tues., Apr 24. To sign up or learn more, attend a GSA (Gay Straight Alliance) meeting. They are held on Wed. during lunch in room 106S.

Gargoyle Gala Auction and 90-Year Grand Reunion
On Saturday, Apr. 21, the Gargoyle Gala Auction and 90-Year Grand Reunion took place. This year the events were chaired by Uni parent Janet LeRoy. In addition, the Uni alum had a all-class reunion on Friday, Apr. 20 and a all-class brunch on Sunday, Apr. 22. The student ambassadors that attended are listed below:

Subfreshman Selena Wang
Freshman Bruce Li
Freshman Donna Xia
Sophomore Brigitte Dietz
Sophomore Chas Newman
Sophomore Sam LeRoy
Sophomore Kathryn Powell
Junior Wyatt Bensken
Junior James Boyle
Junior Bissy Michael
Junior Juliana Trach
Senior Leah Brown
Senior Vivian Hagerty
Senior Brandon Lin
Senior Sarah Yockey

Latin competition results
Uni students in Latin recently competed in two competitions, the National Latin Exam and and the Illinois Latin Tournament. The National Latin Exam took place on Mar. 14 is comprised of over 148.000 students from all 50 states and thirteen foreign countries. Certificates and medals (Gold and silver) are given to the top performers.

Gold summa cum laude (top award):
Latin 1:
Subfreshman Joaquin Malik
Subfreshman Elissa Mullins
Subfreshman Pranav Pamidighantam
Subfreshman Monica Pardeshi
Subfreshman Marie Su
Subfreshman Selena Wang
Subfreshman Jack Zeiders

Latin 2:
Freshman Alice Hu
Freshman Vinay Koshy
Freshman Michelle Lu
Junior Maria Wang

Latin 3:
Sophomore Daniel Stelzer
Sophomore Jilli Walch
Sophomore Troy Xu

Latin 4:
Junior Sunjay Koshy

Silver maxima cum laude (2nd place award):
Latin 1:
Subfreshman Gus Kasten
Subfreshman Neil Tewksbury
Subfreshman Jazmin Tweedle
Subfreshman Justin Wang
Junior Lyric Simms

Latin 2:

Freshman Shaleen Agrawal
Freshman Darrian Boyd
Freshman Tommy Song
Junior Megan McBride

Latin 3:
Sophomore Will Givens
Junior Andrew Graham

Latin 4:
Junior Kody Carmody
Junior Chelsea Edwards
Junior Brianna Hajek
Junior Evan Ramos

Magna cum laude (3rd place award):
Latin 1:
Subfreshman Carter Stancil

Latin 2:
Freshman Grant DeAtley
Freshman Addie Gray

Latin 3:
Sophomore Colin Althaus

Latin 4:
Junior Grace Anastasio
Junior Petra Rantanen

Cum laude (4th place award):
Latin 1:
Subfreshman Andy Barbour
Subfreshman Kate Ferreira

Latin 2:
Freshman Allie Hartman
Junior Daniel Lian

In addition, the Illinois Latin Tournament also took place on Mar. 7. Qualifiers are invited to move on to the state level on Sat., Apr 28 at Monmouth College. The qualifiers are posted below:

Latin 1:
Subfreshman Kate Ferreira
Subfreshman Gus Kasten
Subfreshman Monica Pardeshi

Latin 3:
Sophomore Daniel Stelzer

Latin 4:
Junior Brianna Hajek
Junior Sunjay Koshy
Junior Petra Rantanen

Big Show 2011 DVD
For the first time, last year's Big Show has been put together into one DVD. Not only does it contain high quality videos, live recordings, and commentaries from the directors, there is also never-before-seen behind-the-scene videos. The DVD is being sold for $4. All of the proceeds will go to Big Show 2012. To purchase one, buy them from either senior Will Erickson or junior Stirling Lemme.