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Macbeth
Opens
today! It’ll take your MacBreath away. You’ll love it to MacDeath! It features
Justin Geier as Macbeth, Laurel Styner as Lady Macbeth, and a stellar ensemble.
Check it out, kids.
Awareness Week
Today’s
topic is Substance Abuse. Thank you to Peer Support for their hard work in
organizing this week!
Props
To
Priscilla, who had the initiative to suggest Meatless Mondays, the drive to
pursue its introduction to the Bishop’s community, and the courage to publicly
address criticisms in an article complete with PUNS! YOU GO GIRL HECK YEAH
Ellie Ghanbari Ellie
Ghanbari Ellie Ghanbari
Got
a few lyrics quizzes a while back and never got recognition. Here is her
recognition! Carl Kyrillos got a recent lyrics quiz as well.
Quote of the Day
“If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and
pull it out six inches, there's no progress. If you pull it all the way out
that's not progress. Progress is healing the wound that the blow made.” –Malcolm
X
SPORTS
Girls’ Water Polo had a huge win against Cathedral
for senior night. Final score 13-6. It rained buckets. Goal buckets.
Articles
On Meatless Mondays
By:
Priscilla Hardianto (Veggie)
I would like to make a few points in
response to Daniel Cohn’s article.
1. Since when would a lack
of meat on Mondays make the Bishop’s lunch an “abomination”? Ms. Sweet makes
some pretty delicious vegetarian options everyday. I suggest you try the salad
bar or ask for a meatless option for your own enlightenment.
2. I am fourteen years old.
3. Those athletes are
simply examples of people thriving on a meat free diet. There is a longer list
available, but I wasn’t about to bore everyone by listing names in my article.
Also, racecar driving is extremely strenuous, even if the athletes use
something other than their bodies to participate in the sport. Their races are
extremely fast paced and the drivers are known to sometimes sweat ten lbs.
every long and arduous race. If that isn’t athletic, I don’t know what is.
4. I do not consider myself
an extremely athletic person, but I am always involved in sports during the
school year and am twice Jr. Lifeguard certified. However, there are also
plenty of meat eaters who are not athletic, to say the least.
5. It is a popular myth
that vegetarians are wimpy and terrible at sports. I must say that this is
false, not only from personal experience but also because of what experts have
said. Reputable sources say that athletes can thrive and gain benefits even
from a VEGAN diet; I’m sure we can survive one meal without meat. Read some
sources in my article to see these reputable sources. I would trust real data,
facts, and research rather than the stigma associated with eating less than a
truckload of meat a day.
6. Saving money is probably
the least important benefit of Meatless Monday. Besides your health, the
environment is also at stake (pun pun pun). For example, did you know that cows
(aka “meatballs” according to some) drink on average, twenty-three gallons of
water a day, according to North Dakota State University? Think about how much
water that is! In fact, replacing a pound of meat with a pound of vegetables
saves more water than not showering for six months (plus you won’t smell like
rubbish).
7. I understand why meat is
considered a “semi-healthy food”. However, we are eating way too much of it and
replacing 1/21 meals with plant based foods will not hurt. I’m sure someone you
know has been affected by heart disease, cancer, etc. As stated in my article,
meat can contribute to both cancer and heart disease (check the links). Of
course, there are plenty of other unhealthy foods (sugar, oils, fried food),
but eliminating meat for one meal a week is certainly a step in the right
direction.
8. Last but not least, I am
not trying to convert anyone into a vegan or vegetarian. I understand this
lifestyle is not for everyone, but our community can incorporate various
positive aspects of this lifestyle into our cafeteria. So support Meatless
Mondays. I guarantee: It will not be a missed steak (haha).
Double Zero Standard
By: Adela Pfaff (DU
Staff)
This is not going to be a funny article. Monday was the body image awareness day. Posters have been spread
around school with statistics about women’s views about their bodies and the
number of teenage girls with eating disorders. Signs in the girl’s bathroom
cleverly warm about the dangers of society’s impact on how girls view their
reflections, yet there are no signs in the boys’ bathrooms sharing these same
messages. It’s been a while since someone shared with me a statistic about men
and eating disorders.
The
National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) calls the increased trends of
eating disorders in males a “silent epidemic.” Men with eating disorders are
much less likely to seek help for this disease, especially since the
educational programs concerning body image are heavily geared towards women,
since 20 million women in the United States have or have had an eating
disorders. But you never hear about the 10 million men in the United States who
face the same problems. Since 1997, male bodily dissatisfaction has increased
from 17% to 43%.
33% of
adolescent males use unhealthy body control behaviors. This includes dieting,
purging (forced vomiting), binging, restricting, overexercising, and substance
abuse. The fact that anorexia and bulimia are frequently reduced to teenage
girl drama makes this “silent epidemic” even more debilitating. It’s hard
enough for women to admit to their diseases because of the cultural stigmas,
but it is almost impossible for men.
Eating
disorders are not limited to anorexia and bulimia. Excessive use of steroids
and protein supplements contribute to these diseases and often are considered
as such. According to NEDA’s research with adolescent males, “between 28% and
68% of normal-weight males perceive themselves as underweight and report a
desire to increase their muscle mass through dieting and strength training.”
Unhealthy behaviors such as over-exercising affect those with eating disorders
in a more profound way: malnutrition, loss in muscle density, and lanugo growth
(the development of patches of fine, colourless hairs in response to heat loss)
are particularly affected by overexertion without proper sustenance.
The media
likes to clump those affected with these diseases into the stereotype of a
dramatic and frail teenage girl. Besides romanticizing these disorders, the
media has turned them into trivial problems for young, foolish girls. It is
always important to remember that the victims of these diseases can be men,
women, and even children.
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