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OBL\’s death and Christian Charity

On May 1, 2011, a team of Navy Seals stormed a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. During the raid, Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of the September 11th terrorist attacks was killed along with four others living in the highly secured building.  As news of Bin Laden’s death broke, impromptu celebrations broke out in the streets of New York, in front of the White House, and on college campuses throughout the nation. In most cases, the scene looked more like a Super Bowl celebration, punctuated by chants of U-S-A, U-S-A !!

The response didn’t sit well with some Ignatius, notably junior Max Buck, who fired off an email to all students with the subject line: I’M ANGRY. As Buck’s email missive declared, Bin Laden’s death was a good and necessary thing, but \”the celebration over the death of a fellow human is not at all acceptable.”

Out with the old

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Finally, the time is here. Summer is merely a week and a few finals away. The journey that led up to this point, for the The Eye, has been long yet enjoyable.

From the onset, there was a deep resistance among the students to the new idea of having a serious newspaper. Many clamored for a return of the \”old”

Wirtz Athlete of the Year

Wirtz winner Ryan Ivancic was considered a \"defensive leader” on the basketball court.

Ryan Ivancic voted 2011 Athlete of the Year
By JOSEPH GINLEY ’12

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Four faculty bid farewell to SIHS

Mayer, Davignon and Jesuits Singhurse and Vincent move on to new challenges.

 

Peter Davignon retiring after 40 years at SIHS

By PAT BASISTA ’12

Ever wondered who resides in room 511 where the Brown Bag Video is held? Want to know who is in charge of all those breathtaking posters that we see hanging during rallies and school masses? Mr. Peter Davignon is your man.  Mr. Davignon’s career spans 40 years of teaching excellence. He was one of the main forces in establishing the Fine Arts Department here at Ignatius. He had a vision of St. Ignatius as not just a place of great scholars and athletes, but a group of talented musicians, artists, and composers. He felt that in order for Ignatius to be able to provide a truly unique educational experience, fine arts courses needed to be integrated into our curriculum. Shortly after his arrival, he proposed the possibility of having an art program at St. Ignatius.

In the beginning, students had to work in regular classrooms for their art classes. But, after about 15 years of strife and struggle, Mr. Davignon was finally able to land the proper floor space he needed. The renovated 5th and 6th floors are the fruit of his continued effort to establish top notch art facilities at SIHS.

The St. Ignatius community is a \”combination of people who are committed to doing good things and working for change,”

Blue and gold…and green?

Campus moving forward on bold environmental initiatives

 

By DOMINIC GIDEON ’14”

Kick-It for Cancer calls Men for Others

BILL HUESKEN ’14
Eye Staff Reporter

The Kevin Healey Memorial Kick-it for Kids with Cancer Tournament took place on Sunday, May 22. The tournament is part of a national initiative that started right here in Cleveland. The idea of playing kick ball to raise money came from a nine year old boy named Quinn Clarke. Clarke had pediatric cancer when he was a toddler and became ill with it again at age nine. He heard about how underfunded research was for pediatric cancer, so he decided to help out. Clarke found a way to play his favorite game and to raise money at the same time.

The first game took place in a backyard, but now games are played in locations all over over the nation. Kids organize teams, raise money from sponsors, and then on an appointed day, meet to play one another in a game of kickball. The money raised goes to The Children’s Oncology Group, which is an association of doctors, health professionals, and medical researchers all across the nation who share their discoveries with each other in the hope of eventually finding a cure to pediatric cancer.

This tournament is a great opportunity for people everywhere to help fight cancer, especially in our own communities. \”‘Kick- It’ is an opportunity for Ignatius Men for Others to fight back against the cancer that has hurt our brothers. Students can help a group making great strides in [pediatric cancer] research and have fun doing it,”

Final All-School Mass

Friday, May 20th, we will come together as a school community for our final all-school Eucharist of the school year.

We will be on a Mass Schedule on Friday, so our all-school Mass will begin after 3rd period at 10:00am in Sullivan Gym. Our presider this Friday will be Father Jack Murphy, and he will be joined by members of our Jesuit community who will be concelebrating at Mass.

This final all-school Eucharistic celebration is a good opportunity for us to reflect upon God’s gifts and blessings during this school year and to offer our prayers of thanks together during this Easter Season.   We have so much to be thankful for!

University President to Speak

We have been presented with a unique opportunity.  The president of the University of Cincinnati has selected a small group of high schools that he wanted to have an opportunity to meet.  We have been one of those chosen few.  He will be speaking about the power of education and how it is a gift.

He has a fascinating background.  He was once a deputy sheriff.  Here is part of his biography: http://www.uc.edu/president/biography.html

\”At UC, he is the first African American to serve as president. The author of three published books, he is best known for his award-winning and best-selling memoir, Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black. As a result of his autobiography, he has been featured on a number of national programs including \”Oprah,”

MALARIA: One of the world\’s most deadly diseases.

Speaker: Brian Grimberg PhD, Assistant Professor of International Health, Case Western Reserve University.

St. Ignatius High School           1992

University of Rochester            1996

Wake Forest University            2004

 

Brian is a malarial researcher at Case Western Reserve University.  He travels regularly to Papua, New Guinea where CWRU maintains a research lab in one of the most remote locations on the globe.   Case Western Reserve University has recently been named the lead institution of an International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research and was awarded a $7.9 million, seven-year grant for continued research into the malarial disease. Brian will talk about the disease, treatments, updates on the possibility of a vaccine and the influence of the disease on the people of the world and on the city of Cleveland.

Where:  Breen auditorium

When:  Thursday, May 26th, 4th period or 6th period.  Dr. Grimberg’s presentation can be seen here.

What:  Dr. Grimberg’s presentation on malaria.

Malaria kills @ 1,000,000 people, mainly children, a year.

 

National Honor Society Inductions

On May 5, 2011, we inducted 100+ juniors into the National Honor Society.  It was a very dignified program, and we had a number of parents who attended.  Once again, our students did a phenomenal job in preparing and presenting information at the induction ceremony.
In addition, as we always do, we awarded a number of Book Awards from colleges and universities.  These awards are typically given for academic accomplishments, as well as for school and/or community involvement and leadership.  Some of the awards come with automatic scholarship money, summer internship opportunities, while some are truly a book!
The following students received Book Awards yesterday – please offer them your congratulations!
Robert Purgert
Michael Gosky
John Whitmore
Dylan Waickman
Andrew Libertin
Alec Gubics
Benjamin Fischbach
Nicholas Smith
Alexander deWitt
Matthew Genco
John Carney
George Bashour
Nathan Peereboom
Ryan Mikkelsen
Cody Mason
John Coill
John Mathews
Zachary Woznak

 

 

 

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The Eye is the student-led publication of Saint Ignatius High School.

Editors-in-Chief: Kelly Coleman '23, Young Kim '23 & Aidan Oliss '23