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Rockin’ Tunes for the Road
The most amazing time of the
year has rolled around and no, it
isn’t Christmas break. Spring
Break is one of the busiest times
for new music to be released and
when is a better time than when
you’re driving to a new destination? Here are some new and
popular songs to listen to for
whatever your plans are this
break.
Trap Queen by Fetty Wap
Budapest by George Ezra
Sugar by Maroon 5
Change of Heart by The 1975
Shut up and Dance by WALK Love Yourself by Justin Bieber
THE MOON
Stressed Out by Twenty-One
Hotline Bling by Drake
Pilots
Hello by Adele
Take Your Time by Sam Hunt
Renegades by X Ambassadors
Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson Drag Me Down by One Direction
ft. Bruno Mars
Thinking
Sheeran
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Out
Loud
by
Ed Girl Crush by Little Big Town
Riptide by Vance Joy
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No matter where you end up this
Spring Break, these tunes will be
able to keep the smiles on your
face and the good times rolling.
Renee Epler
Sanford Collegiate
March 2016, Issue 6
Beware the Ides of March
The Ides of March has
come to be known as a day
of doom and destruction.
The Ides of March is the
15th of March each year and
follows a history of superstition and the assassination of
Julius Caesar.
“backstabber” comes from
the writings of Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar,
that
over-dramatized
Caesar’s death and forever
immortalized the event. The
killing of Caesar is what
sparked several events and
led to the ultimate down-fall
Julius Caesar, a Ro- of Rome.
man senator and military
general, is often referenced
The Roman calendar
to the Ides of March. He did not number days ascendassumed power over the ing from 1 to 30 but rather
Roman Republic after hav- counted backwards from
ing killed Pompey and win- specific set points on the
ning a civil war. Many peo- calendar. There were three
ple in the senate were not set points that they would
happy with their new dicta- count backwards from, the
tor and feared that he would 5th or 7th called the Nones,
be out of control and hungry 13th or 15th called the Ides,
for more power. He was and the Kalends which was
warned by a soothsayer, the first day of the next
doctors who said he was not month. Most often, the Ides
well, and his own wife who were determined by the full
had terrible dreams about moon.
him dying, to watch out for
March has been provthe Ides of March and stay
home. Caesar did not listen en to be an extremely vioto any of these warnings and lent month of the year with
was later stabbed 23 times in crime rates spiking from the
the back by the people who winter season. This is the
he thought were friends and month when most people
really start to feel the effects
those closest to him.
of cabin fever and need to
The
term get outside to release all that
stored up energy.
The
fifteenth
of
March is also associated
with other famous historical
events that have had an
impact on the world today
like the raiding of Southern
England in 1360, when a
French raiding party began a
48 hour spree of rape and
murder in southern England.
This is also the day when
Czar Nicholas II abdicated
his throne in 1917 and destroyed the 304 year old
Russian dynasty.
This year, on the
fifteenth of March, watch
your back and be careful!
Nicholas Pasieczka
Julius Caesar
In This Month’s Issue…
Subject
Page #
Rant
2
World News
2
Articles
3
Sports
Entertainment
Unsung Heroes
Editorials
4,5
6,7,8
9
10
Need Advice?
11
Music
12
Ti-Rant
Need Advice?
Spring Sucks
I very much dislike spring. It is
just a big wet mess with lots of potholes. Even though it means summer is
coming, it also means it is the end of
winter and hockey season.
Spring may be the transition to our favourite warm season but it comes with
drawbacks. The weather is constantly
changing in spring. One day it is hot and
sunny, the next day it is cold and
cloudy. When it is warm and sunny all
the snow melts making a muddy, disgusting, slushy substance. This slush is
the worst thing ever. It gets on your
clothes, ruins your shoes and even manages to make the floors in your house
dirty. This stuff gets on our clothes even
if you only have to walk 10 feet. It is so
annoying because your clothes are always dirty creating more laundry for
you to do. Not fun. The mud in the slush
loves to stick to your shoes like glue.
All of this put together just makes you
look like you rolled in mud like a pig.
Another thing I really hate about spring
is when the slush freezes. It seems like it
is twice as slippery as normal ice. It is
dirty and dangerous. The weather is so
confusing and never constant.
This spring I have experienced a new
spring challenge, driving. It’s not just
the cleanliness of your vehicle you have
to worry about in spring. When you are
driving through a big pile of slush you
almost get stuck. When you eventually
push through, your back end has next to
no traction so you are just fishtailing.
This can be very dangerous and scary.
Another thing when driving is that your
pants will get dirty because sometimes
you just brush the vehicle when getting
in because your vehicle is ALWAYS
dirty! It is so annoying.
Overall, spring is just a big wet mess.
I’m sure if it were to go away nobody
would miss it at all. Spring sucks.
Hayley Shirtliff
Around the World News
Canada travelling to visit the United States
In nearly 20 years the Canadian Prime Minister has not visited the United States of
America. On March 10 there was an official
welcome by the Obamas for Mr. Trudeau
and his wife to visit and attend a state dinner
at the White House.
This visit was to renew the relationship,
between the U.S.A and Canada. The two
leaders will have the opportunity to talk
about issues such as energy and climate
change and security and the countries’ economic relationship.
Trudeau’s plane touched down on Wednesday at Andrews Air Force Base and he began his three day visit. He arrived with his
wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau and their
three young children. After landing he was
taken to a reception at the Smithsonian
American Art Museum. Both leaders, who
are progressive, forward-looking and have
very similar common values and agendas,
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were not just excited for the conference but
for the state dinner that was taking place.
“If things get out of hand, remember the
Prime Minister used to work as a bouncer,”
Mr. Obama had said in his speech.
world. For the First Lady she is traditionally
the co-host of state dinners and everything
she does from the dress or the place setting
is supposed to boost the diplomatic relations
of the two countries. For Sophie the visit is
her chance to shine not just as the Prime
This dinner was not to be formal and uptight Minister’s wife but as an envoy of Canada.
but was a supper for the two nations to be
“siblings”. This lavish dinner featured The three day trip ended on Friday, March
poutine, Nanaimo bars and white chocolate 11th with a wreath-laying ceremony at the
snowballs. That’s not all though! There Arlington National Cemetery, a speech, and
were baby lamb chops, an Alaskan halibut a town hall-type forum with university stu“casserole” and pecan cake made with New dents. All headlines in newspapers and
England maple syrup. Also, American other media outlets were all talking about
singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles was the “Justin fever” because of his arrival. This
evening’s entertainment along with the three day visit helped the United States of
American Youth Philharmonic Orchestra. America and Canada strengthen their relaFor the wives, though, the meeting was a tionship.
chance for them to get to know each other
Anastasia Paseiczka
and their families. The two of them attended a “spousal program” event to support Let
Girls Learn, a U.S. government initiative
that supports girls’ education around the
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Ask Fran
The past couple of weeks have
been absolutely crazy! It’s been
so hard for me to get into the
groove of my new semester. The classes I took this semester are so much more difficult than the ones I was in last
semester and it just all hit me
like a tidal wave. I have been
finding myself up at crazy
hours of the night trying to finish my pre-calculus homework
while studying for chemistry on
the side. I'm losing my mind!
I've been having trouble balancing my classes, never mind
my work and social life! I need
some advice on how to better
manage my time to stop me
from being so stressed out all made all the difference. Using
your class time to get a big
the time. Any suggestions?
chunk of your work done will
I've been in your shoes many
surely be beneficial to you when
times. High school can be very
the evening comes around. You
tough at times. I learned that the
may still have a couple of
hard way. There were so many
minutes to add finishing touches
times that I procrastinated and
to your assignments, but it will
left my homework until the last
leave hours of free time to spend
minute, and it wasn't even bewith your friends or to go to
cause I was lazy, I just had so
much other stuff going on at the
same time! Juggling work, high
school and a social life is a very
difficult task. Sometimes it gets
the best of us. The biggest tip I
have for you is to use your class
time wisely. I never really listened to teachers when they told
me it would be beneficial until
work! From now on try your
this year. This year for me has
hardest to stay focused in class
and leave the gossip with your
friends till later! Good luck!
xoxo,
Fran
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Editorials
Articles
“Make America Great Again”
Ten Things To Do On Spring Break In Winnipeg
You cannot watch the news these days
without hearing a story about the
American Presidential election. The
American campaigns get more air
time on our Canadian stations than
our own provincial election does.
Everyone knows that there is an election in America but some people are
not even aware that there will be a
provincial election this year! Even the
people that are ignorant about what
goes on in our country can tell you at
least one of the nominees for the Presidential election is Donald Trump.
Everyone knows that he is running for
the Republican Party nomination and
what he stands for and everyone is
terrified.
Donald Trump’s campaign
slogan is “Make America Great
Again” and yet Trump has only managed to only to the opposite according
to most people. He has made racist
comments, sexist comments, homophobic comments and just about any
other offensive thing he could think
of. His only supporters seem to be
middle aged white men that are direct
copies of himself. These comments
and opinions are exactly what Trump
has based his political campaign on.
Trump has promoted violence against
those who go against his political
beliefs and he has thrown the country
into civil unrest with two sides: those
who support Trump and those who do
not. Sure in his own eyes he will be
making America great again but to the
main populace he is bringing America
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to a place that America does not want quickly they move to Canada, espeto be.
cially after the visit from our Prime
Minister, because in the short term
Many protestors wonder how Canada is better. Now, nothing has
Trump has even made it this far and been set in stone just yet, Trump has
how he is able to keep on going even not actually won the whole election
though he has so much opposition on just yet. But the thought of him winall sides. In simple terms the other ning is still terrifying. Even us up here
nominees are splitting the opposing in the great white north worry about
vote. Together Ted Cruz and John what exactly will go down in the
Kasich have enough votes to beat world if Trump becomes President.
Trump, but they both have huge egos The truth is we don’t know until he
and neither one of them wants to drop wins. Just because Trump wins does
out of the race just so that the other not mean he has all the power, he has
nominee can beat Trump. It’s ridicu- lots of power, but not all of it. There
lous! Many people would consider the are supposed to be checks and balancman who dropped out of the race to be es in place to hopefully stop Trump in
a hero, or at least I would. But selfish- his tracks and not allow him to actually they both still want to run for them- ly put his opinions to law but governselves and inevitably lose to Trump. ments have been known to fail.
When Trump wins the nomination he
has the chance to win the Presidency.
In short people are scared.
They don’t want Trump to become the
Many people are already spec- President of anything. He has insulted
ulating, because Trump seems to be a majority of Americans with comrunning away with the nomination ments he has made during the past and
vote, what exactly will happen when present and yet he still wins. This is
Trump wins the nomination? They surprising and yet it is happening.
wonder if some of his campaign There is only one solution to stopping
promises are even legal or if he can Trump in his tracks and that is to not
make them legal. They wonder how vote him President. All that we can do
at home is watch our television sets
with our families close and hope that
America does the right thing.
Erin Westra
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1.Go shopping with friends.
2.Visit the Human Rights Museum.
3.Take a trip to the zoo.
4.Go to the forks.
5.Have a relaxing day at the Ther- 10.Take a class (yoga, photography,
mea spa.
cooking, etc.)
6.Visit an escape room .
7.Have a bonfire with friends.
Jamie Thomaschewski
8.Have a movie night with friends.
9.Read a book.
Academy Award Controversies
An Academy Award, or Oscar’as
we are most familiar with, is one of
the highest honours a member of
the film industry can receive. However, the 2016 Oscar’s endured a
boycott from celebrities such as
Will and Jada Smith because of the
lack of diversity in the nominees.
This is the second year in a row
that this situation has occurred
causing uproar on social media.
Many artists and supporters tweeted
using the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite
and even musician 50cent asked
host Chris Rock (who is African
American) to step down.
though he acted amazingly in this
much anticipated spinoff. Will
Smith’s critically acclaimed movie
‘Concussion’, about the conspiracy’s in the NFL and the information
involving brain injuries, was also
not nominated.
Many people have become vocal
about how the Academy Awards
are racist. However, it was not even
5 years ago that Lupita Nyong’o
won for her heart wrenching performance in ’12 Years A Slave’ and
became the first African woman to
win Best Supporting Actress. This
was a moment of pride amongst the
industry as there was no argument
the African American actress deserved it.
spoken out and recognized that this
racism extends much further than
just the Academy.
Regardless of the controversy, the
88th Academy Awards held many
surprises as ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’
swept 6 awards and Leonardo DiCaprio won his first Oscar for Best
Actor in ‘The Revenant’. As we
continue into 2016, we can only
wish for more incredible movies to
enjoy and actors that can be appreciated for their hard work regardless of their skin color.
Renee Epler
One of the biggest opinions was
Michael B. Jordan who plays a
young boxer trained by the one and
only Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stal- George Clooney, Dustin Hoffman
lone) was not nominated even and Whoopi Goldberg have also
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Unsung Heroes of Sanford
Sports
Food Fever in the Cafeteria
Sanford Sports Update
The sports teams in Sanford collegiate have been booming as of late!
First with the JV boys basketball
team who took a commanding start
in their zone game against Altona
and kept the intensity going and
sealed the deal for the inter-zone
game. At the inter-zone game with
good teamwork and strong defense
the boys shut down the Edward
Schreyer shooters. The team sailed
to an easy victory and had a birth
into Provincials. The JV boys are
now ranked number 2 in the province behind the Neelin Spartans.
girl’s season. Get them next year The Varsity girls’ basketball team
girls!
also played Morden in their zone
final and came out just as intense as
Now for the Varsity boys’ basketthe boys with good pressure leading
ball team going into the zone final
to a good win. Then they were up
against Morden. Our boys had beat
against Lorette in the interzone. The
Morden before but they stayed ingirls played hard all game leading to
tense coming out with a hot start
a victory giving them a shot at prowhich continued throughout the
vincials.
game shutting down Morden’s top
player who got frustrated with the Congrats to all the teams that made
defense. This great defense led the Provincials this year. Each team did
Sabres to a worthy team win. In the an amazing job this year representVarsity boys inter-zone game the ing our school in a positive way.
boys were less successful when the Great job to all teams and players!
team played Edward Schreyer. The
The JV girls had a less successful boys came into the game being the
Zach Vanwalleghem
season than other teams but through- underdog but the boys didn’t care.
out the season they improved on They played their hearts out and
teamwork and defense. In their zone hustled with everything they got
final they went up against a strong which lead to a huge win for an upAltona team where they battled hard set to give the boys a run at the
in the first half but Altona’s skill show in Provincials.
and experience ended up pulling
through,
ending the
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This month our canteen manager,
Mrs. Anseeuw, is the featured Unsung Hero of Sanford Collegiate.
She provides many great food
choices for the students and staff at
our school and is often overlooked
as being an integral part of the
school and staff. She has worked
here since the beginning of the
school year in September. Her favorite part of the job is the kids and
how great they are. When asked the
tough question on what her
thoughts are on the school as a
whole, she mentioned that she went
to school at Sanford Collegiate and
thinks of it as “the best time of her
life”, and that her heart is here at
the school. She thinks the staff are
great and they support her cause
running the Jungle Rock Café. A
very interesting fact about her is
that she is a singer and performer
outside of school. She does professional stage shows, casinos, and
more. A memorable moment that
has happened so far, also happens
to unfortunately be the worst
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moment, when one fridge broke
down and then the other fridge
broke down. The Jungle Rock Café
offers a wide variety of foods and
services for breakfast, lunch and
snacks, so come down and enjoy!
Logan Nyman
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Spring Crossword
March Madness Returns
It’s that time of year again, time for
the pinnacle of the D1 NCAA basketball season: March Madness.
With Selection Sunday to confirm
the final bracket for the massive
tournament on the 13th, fans across
North America are already making
their selections and calculations on
who will win it all. A few teams
have already made the tournament
and will have to sit and wait
for the rest of the games to
wrap up. The madness goes
from the 15th of March into
early April as multiple
teams get eliminated each
round, until only two teams
remain to fight for the trophy. Last
year’s champ Duke University is
ready to make another run to the
title but many top teams like Michigan State and Villanova stand in
their way. The tournament is set up
in a sudden death form, meaning
that if you lose you are done and
your season is over. Every year
there are many upsets that no one
could have predicted and these upsets often make or break a person’s
bracket. Anybody can be a winner
in March; that’s what fuels the
madness!
Logan Nyman
Boxing
The toughest work out at Sanford
Collegiate is back with amateur
boxing legend Coach Zurba and
expert trainer Coach “Mac”
McManus. The grade nine three
week introductory training session
just came to an end and left the few
committed first years with new
skills that will allow them to exceed expectations next year in the
full six week work out. The first
group of boxing began on March
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seventh and has left many people
feeling out of shape and in need of
this intense training. In the first
group alone, there are a record
amount of people interested in using the training to become stronger,
both physically and mentally. This
year there is an overwhelming and
record breaking amount of students
involved in the boxing program.
Coach Zurba is very proud with the
amount of interest that students
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have taken and hopes to continue to
keep helping the youth at Sanford
Collegiate grow mentally and physically stronger.
Ally Dunn
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Entertainment
Spring Word Search
Recipes
Tasty Rainbow Cupcakes
◦Colored sprinkles
Ingredients
Directions
◦1 package white cake mix Preheat oven to 350°. In a large
(regular size)
bowl, combine cake mix and
soda. Beat on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium 1 mi◦1-1/2 cups (12 ounces) lemon- nute. Divide batter among five
lime soda
bowls. Add a few drops of food
coloring to each bowl; stir just
until combined.
◦Neon food coloring
Drop a spoonful of one color of
batter into each of
◦1 can (16 ounces) vanilla frost- 18
paper-lined
ing
muffin cups. Layer
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with remaining colored batter
until muffin cups are two-thirds
full.
Bake 18-20 minutes or until a
toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10
minutes before removing from
pans to wire racks to cool completely.
Frost tops and decorate with
sprinkles. Yield: 1-1/2 dozen.
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