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Cheers & Jeers: End-of-first-quarter '09 edition
Published: Monday, October 19, 2009 - 11:39pm
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End of Quarter
Three more quarters! Or, if you’re a senior, one more quarter and a semester-long nap! (To all of our colleges and second semester teachers: SO just kidding …)
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Sports Success
The fall seasons are nearing their end, and so far Uni teams have had impressive results across the board. Although boys soccer lost to Judah Christian in the regional semifinals on Saturday, the season was highlighted by tenacious defense, an influx of talented underclassmen, and senior Dan Lilly's spectacular goal-scoring — he leaves as Uni's all-time goals leader (73). Subbie cross country, meanwhile, ended its season this weekend with the IESA state finals. A whopping four subbies qualified for state, and all of them finished in the top 50, led by all-stater Mara Dolan (11th place). Now let’s get ready to cheer varsity cross country, girls volleyball, and girl swimming in the postseason!
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Three-Day Weekend (Columbus Day)
Really, who doesn’t like that?
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IMEA All-District Musicians
Twenty-seven Uni students qualified for this musical honor. How do you like THEM apples? And by apples, we mean whole notes….
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National Merit Honorees
With 14 National Merit Semifinalists, 18 National Merit Commended Students, two National Achievement Semifinalists, and two National Hispanic Scholars, the Class of 2010 has continued the Uni tradition of killing it when it comes to standardized tests. Also, congratulations to the junior and sophomore classes after taking the PSAT Wednesday; we’re sure you did well, and now it’s over!
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Fundraisers
The hallways were overtaken in recent weeks by collection boxes for both the Food for Families drive and the girls swim team's fundraiser for the Center for Women in Transition. We'd just like to see a better response.
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Art Auction
Uni celebrated the arts and the memory of one of its most beloved graduates, Ellie Stoddard Seibold (Class of 1950), with a reception and silent auction Friday night. The auction featured more than 20 pieces donated by Ellie from her private collection upon her death in 2002. Money from the auction will go toward the Stoddard Faculty Enhancement Fund that Ellie established in 2001 with a $100,000 gift. Proceeds from the ticket sales will go toward Uni fine arts. Congratulations to Karen Cooley, director of advancement, and all of the members of the planning committee for putting on a splendid evening, and a thank you to Ellie's husband, Frederick Seibold, and 1992 alum Yvette Cataneo for making the trip from the East Coast.
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Homecoming
Students for a Better World did a great job of pulling off the ambitious project of organizing a football game and a homecoming dance, neither of which is familiar territory for this generation of Uni students.
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End of Quarter
The last of nine weeks is always brutal. Whether you had official midterms or were just swamped with a deluge of papers and regular tests, we here at the OG wish you luck on the results and ask our darling teachers for a respite as the second quarter begins.
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Standardized Tests
To all you sophomores and juniors out there, we sympathize. The PSAT certainly is no fun. But, if it helps any, we're still finishing up our last round of tests — in addition to college apps!
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College Request Form
The administration introduced a new form for students who want to go on college visits. This new form requires students to meet with Uni's college counselor and talk to their coaches in addition to meeting the requirements on the traditional anticipated absence form. We just feel this is a little too hand-holding. Students should be responsible enough to meet with their college counselor about the college admission process and to keep their teachers and coaches up to date. Isn't going to college about growing up?
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Weather
As we reach the second half of October, sweatshirt season is now underway. This isn’t so bad, but we’re a bit nervous about what’s to come soon … the clouds are ominous.
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Flu Season
We don't like getting sick, but we don't like getting shots, either. We just really can't afford to miss another day of calculus.
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"The Game"
Even if we get it, it's still really annoying! Stop bringing "The Game" up every two seconds. After all, that doesn't help anyone win.
Comments
Columbus Day Weekend: Jeer
I'm all for three day weekends...when there's time to enjoy them. When too many people use the "It's a three day weekend so you have no excuse for not doing/ more time to do more x" card, the purpose of having that extra time is really defeated. Then again, maybe it was just me.
"The Game"
THE GAME IS BEAST!!!!!!just because you upperclassmen keep losing doesn't mean it sucks!!!!!!!!
You lose.
You lose.
the game
you made me lose the game
I don't understand what this
I don't understand what this "game" is. Will someone please enlighten me because I am getting sick of hearing about it.
The Game
The goal of the Game is to never think of the game. If you think about the game, you lose. It is arguably the most frustrating thing in the universe.
The Game
Or the most inane. I vote for that.
The Game
Mostly my fault. I announced this in an English class subbie year and it exploded from there. I didn't make it up, though: www.losethegame.com. The reason this has captured a lot of people is that, even if you say that you're not playing, The Game pops up in your head every once in a while and you wince: but what greater joy (or at least nullifying of D'oh) than to share that with the world? Personally, I would love to stop playing, but remembering The Game now hurts on an illogical level: it's almost instinctual.
At about the point I started associating people (Conrad, Andrew) with losing, I went moderately insane: and at about the point where every single subbie and freshman picked this up, my mind snapped. I go into every class, lose, sit down, wait five minutes, lose again...grarr.
I think it's worth noting that I'm sorry about this too.
The actual rules. 1-3, and 7, are the important ones.
1) You are playing The Game.
2) If you remember you are playing The Game, you lose.
3) Loss must be announced, verbally or electronically, in writing, whatever way you feel like.
4) The Game is over when the British Prime Minister acknowledges The Game.
5) The generally accepted, though not universally agreed upon, way to win The Game is to cause every human on the planet to lose at the same time, without causing your own loss. If you win The Game, you're free.
6) Because you're probably not going to win The Game (which is, by the way, always capitalized like that), a subgoal is to tell as many people as you can about The Game.
7) You can put a 10-minute limit on
There is also an Anti-Game, which functions the same as The Game except you win when you remember you are playing it: and because it is so inane and can make people bipolar, you can quit the Anti-Game if you like. The Anti-Game is dumber than The Game by a factor of infinity, so no one plays it.
I lose.
The Game
Am I the only person who had never heard of the game until I read this? Oh... shoot. I just lost.
AJ
AJ, I love how mental association works. Also, it is vaguely acceptable to go into denial of your participation in The Game, although you may cause a fair number of arguments as a result.
True enough.
True enough. I associated trees with The Game for about a month and a half. This is one of the many reasons I don't go outside enough.
Oh, and I lose.
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