Volume 66, Issue 2 October 31, 2012Josh PinetteContribut<strong>or</strong>As a first year debater, Iwasn’t sure what to expect. TheJuni<strong>or</strong> Debate Club is enjoyablewhere you learn, have fun, and meetnew friends. After many lunchtimepractices and learning how todebate, the SPHS Jr. Debate Clubwas ready f<strong>or</strong> action.<strong>St</strong>. Paul’s held the first Juni<strong>or</strong>Debate Tournament f<strong>or</strong> this schoolyear on October 17 th which turnedout to be a rollicking success. <strong>St</strong>.Paul’s was well represented with<strong>School</strong> NewsDebate UpdatesFirst test f<strong>or</strong> Juni<strong>or</strong> Debaterssix teams in the tournament andall teams achieved greatness. Thesix teams that debated includedAngus MacLennan and JoshPinette, Ciaran Scanlon and IvanTsang, Colin Chartier and ThomasBialy, Michael Dobosz and MikeCavanaugh, Spencer Katerynuk andGian Aquino, and Max Hamiltonand Joel Adu-Quaye.The top debater award f<strong>or</strong> <strong>St</strong>Paul’s went to Ivan Tsang. Way togo Ivan!Participating schoolsincluded Grant Park, <strong>St</strong>. John’sRavenscourt, Acadia, Balm<strong>or</strong>alHall, <strong>St</strong>. Maurice, Grey Academy,and Henry G. Izaat <strong>School</strong>.SPHS debaters, speakers,timers, and judges enjoyedsome pizza and pop pri<strong>or</strong> to thetournament. All agreed that thedebate tournament was a reallygood time.Jr. Debate is now going to bepreparing f<strong>or</strong> the next tournament at<strong>St</strong>. Johns Ravenscourt in November.Good luck to the participants.The Manitoba Speech and Debate Association.12Roshan SadhakContribut<strong>or</strong>They’ve finished strong atGrant Park and Gray Academy.They’ve judged and calculatedsc<strong>or</strong>es here at <strong>St</strong>. Paul’s. Now theylook f<strong>or</strong>ward to the Rupert’s Landand Oxf<strong>or</strong>d Cup tournaments. Theyare seni<strong>or</strong> debaters.On September 27 th , thedebaters went to Grant Park f<strong>or</strong>their first tournament of the year.The topic was Tasers. The stylewas impromptu parliamentary. F<strong>or</strong>some debaters such as myself andmy partner Nicholas Aguiar, it wasour first seni<strong>or</strong> debate tournament.We didn’t let that discourage ushowever. Nicholas won top debaterfrom <strong>St</strong>. Paul’s and our team finished3 rd in the tournament.Grant Park was just awarm up. The real action started atSeni<strong>or</strong> Debate in full swingGray Academy f<strong>or</strong> the Asper Cup.This is a qualifier f<strong>or</strong> the nationalOxf<strong>or</strong>d Cup tournament so someof the most experienced debaterscompeted. Nicholas and I, althoughyoung and inexperienced, held outground against some of the toughestdebaters around. Our team didn’tplace but your president and vicepresident did! Eddie Sherlock andSimon Garfinkel destroyed theiropponents to place 3 rd team at thetournament!After all this fierce debating,the seni<strong>or</strong> debaters took a break byhelping out at the juni<strong>or</strong> tournamentat <strong>St</strong>. Paul’s. F<strong>or</strong> most of the newgrade 9s, this was their first timedebating! F<strong>or</strong> some of the seni<strong>or</strong>ssuch as myself, it was their first timejudging! Not only did we help outthe juni<strong>or</strong>s by judging, I personallylearned a lot from it. I got chance tosee some of the juni<strong>or</strong>s debate andthey did great f<strong>or</strong> their first time. Thefuture of debate looks promising!The next tournament isat Balm<strong>or</strong>al Hall f<strong>or</strong> the Rupert’sLand tournament. This is definitelya unique tournament. The maindifferences are that the debatersdeliver speech bef<strong>or</strong>e debating andafter the speeches, we don’t evendebate with our partners! We arepartnered up with random peoplefrom other schools f<strong>or</strong> impromptudebates. Rupert’s Land is sure tobe exciting, a lot of fun, and a greatway to meet new people.Finally, the Oxf<strong>or</strong>d Cup isnext month! Like I mentioned earlier,this is a national tournament held atSJR. It is in British Parliamentarystyle and it is sure to be fierce. Therewill be great debaters from all overthe country and Eddie and Simonwill be there to represent Manitobaand <strong>St</strong>. Paul’s!
Volume 66, Issue 2 October 31, 2012Happy HalloweenA Halloween I Will Never F<strong>or</strong>getAnton Sik<strong>or</strong>skyContribut<strong>or</strong>…The large cauldron ofelectric blue liquid started to boil, tothink this day started off so well…I woke up this m<strong>or</strong>ning andlooked at the calendar; it was FridayOctober 31 st . I looked up and saw afake bat hanging above my bed; thenI remembered… It was Halloween!I can’t believe I f<strong>or</strong>got! Halloweenis my favourite holiday. This wasgoing to be the best Friday ever!I quickly got out of bed, gotdressed and had breakfast. I rushedout the do<strong>or</strong> and went to school. Atschool I had a pretty n<strong>or</strong>mal dayaside from the people trying to scareme, but I was used to that.When I got home, I got thecandy ready, got into my costumeand let the cat out. As it started toget dark, I set out trick-<strong>or</strong>-treating.My costume was awesome; I kneweverybody would love it! I hadthe best vampire costume in theneighbourhood! I had walked a fewblocks when the sky started to cloudover, I decided to keep going despitethis weather. It was getting darkerwhen I saw my cat. He was sittingin front of the old mansion thateverybody claimed was haunted.Then, it started to rain, and therewere flashes of lightning. This reallyscared my cat, so he ran in the do<strong>or</strong>of the mansion which was slightlyajar.I decided to go into themansion and get my cat so I couldbring him home with me. Themansion was dark blue in the flashof the lightning. Paint was peelingoff, windows were boarded up andthere were some boards missingfrom the front p<strong>or</strong>ch. As I walked upto the house there was a very distinctflash of lightning that seemed toilluminate the whole house. I wasreluctant to go inside, but I didanyways.As I walked inside, it waseven spookier. The mansion wasnearly pitch black except f<strong>or</strong> theoccasional flash of lightning fromoutside. It was very drafty and Iswear that I saw an occasional flashof movement through an open do<strong>or</strong>.There were cobwebs everywhereand the constant squeaking of miceand rats. Every one of my footstepssounded like a clap of thunder, andevery one of the flo<strong>or</strong>boards seemedto creak. There were noises thatseemed to be coming from insidethe walls. Some of the do<strong>or</strong>s werebroken off of their hinges and someof the wood inside was rotting.After about half an hour ofsearching, I finally found my cat! Hewas sitting at the end of a hallwaywith a do<strong>or</strong> on each side of him. Ihad to be prepared f<strong>or</strong> him to dartinto either of them. I slowly walkedover and picked him up. I thought Iheard something move from insidethe two do<strong>or</strong>s, but I ign<strong>or</strong>ed it. AsI started to walk away, two figuresran out of the do<strong>or</strong>ways and grabbedme! I dropped my cat in surprise! Istruggled as they carried me downa flight of stairs into what I guessedwas the basement. My cat just satand stared at me.They brought me into aroom with many figures who werewearing dark hoods. Their faceswere completely in shadow, so Icouldn’t see what they looked like.One of the people holding me said“Boss, I found someone.”“Good, good,” said a manwearing a long black cloak thatwent to his ankles, “Get the potionready.”At this command a few ofthe people came f<strong>or</strong>ward and startedto throw ingredients into a largecauldron. The liquid then turnedelectric blue and began to boil, andthat is how I ended up here.The man in the cloak said,“The potion is ready; bring himf<strong>or</strong>ward.” The men holding meseemed to hesitate as if they werehaving second thoughts, but thenthe leader yelled “NOW!” and theyobeyed.The two men holdingme started to walk f<strong>or</strong>ward, butstopped abruptly when there wasa loud “MRREEEOOWW!” I feltthe men let go of me immediately.I looked back and saw them lyingon the flo<strong>or</strong>. They were obviouslyin pain. I looked around to see whohad saved me but I couldn’t seeanybody. When I looked down Isaw my cat sitting by the men. I wassurprised by what he had just donef<strong>or</strong> me! When I looked up again Isaw all of the people in the roomadvancing on me. They surroundedme. I managed to duck and dodgea few and my cat slipped into thecircle and slashed some others, butthere were so many of them so theysoon had us c<strong>or</strong>nered! Two of themstarted to walk f<strong>or</strong>ward to grab me,but bef<strong>or</strong>e they could, there was adeafening “BANG!” I fell over,covered myself and then everythingwent black.I became suddenly awareof a cold hard flo<strong>or</strong> beneath meand realized that I was alive. Iopened my eyes and there seemedto be a fog hanging in the room. Ilooked around f<strong>or</strong> my cat and felthim licking my finger. I looked tosee where all of the hooded peoplehad gone, but all I saw was theircloaks and sizzling piles of goo. Iwondered what had happened, so Ilooked around the room, expectingan ambush. As I looked I saw piecesof cauldron everywhere and manypuddles of electric blue liquid. Thenhit me! The potion had boiled overand exploded. When this happened,it became fatal to every living thingthat it touched and melted it. Theonly reason that my cat and I werestill alive, was because there were somany of the hooded men between usand the cauldron, that it all hit them,and it didn’t reach us.At this I decided I shouldleave, I picked up my cat andcarefully walked around all thepuddles of goo and potion. I pickedup my cat and went upstairs tosearch f<strong>or</strong> the do<strong>or</strong>. After a while Ifound it, so we left and went backhome. When I got home, I realizedthat it was already past midnight, soI got into my pajamas and into bed.Only at this point did I wonder whatthe evening’s events were all aboutand what the potion was reallyintended f<strong>or</strong>, but I decided not togive it too much thought tonight…now that is a Halloween that I willnever f<strong>or</strong>get!13
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