Bishop Dunne Catholic School

Dallas, TX

 

January 2008

Volume 2, Issue 2

By: Steffi Huerta

Get Out of Your Own Hallway!

1

Juniors Next in Line. Seniors Fly Up & Out.

1

Our School Pet & How He Got Here

2

Seniors Wait: Acceptance Letter Anxiety

2, 10

Africa—What’s Not Being Done

3

The Truth about Degrading Rap Music

3

What’s Your New Year’s Resolution?

4

Burning Holiday Fat By Cutting a Rug

4

What to Do if You’re Lonely on Valentine’s Day

5, 10

Having Nightmares? What Do Your Dreams Represent?

5

Finding Out Who You Really Are Today

6

New Cars of 2008

6, 10

Interested in Seeing a Movie? Check it Out.

7

Top 10 Overplayed Songs of ‘07

7, 10

Top 2 Video Gamers at Bishop Dunne

8

“Anime? What’s That?” Do You Know?

8

Soccer Stars on the Bishop Dunne Field

9

Great Start for the Mavericks’ Season

9

How Far Dallas Sports Have Come

10

 

 
Text Box: Students are shocked because there has been yet another change at Bishop Dunne. The middle schoolers, freshmen, and sophomores have been told to go to either the cafeteria or to tutoring in the mornings before classes start. They are not allowed to be in any of the hallways—not even their own. Sophomore Christine Pham has an opinion on the matter: “I think it’s unreasonable because they did the exact same thing to us last year as freshmen, and they didn’t do anything to the previous sophomores, and now that we have reached our sophomore year and earned that hallway, we are never allowed to be in it.” What about the upper- classmen? Are they affected by this change? Actually, they are. They no longer wish to go to the cafeteria in the mornings to eat and relax because it is crowded with younger students. The morning used to be a time to chill with your friends, wake up, and get ready for a hard day of school. The best place to do that was sitting on the benches in your own hallway. Each grade had one that was their own territory. Text Box: So why did the school take this privilege away? According to Mrs. Dailey, we had to be out of the hallways due to complaints of parents and students not being able to get through the hallways because people were still sitting on the floor and not on the new benches. It is understandable that teachers don’t want us being loud in the halls in the morning while tutoring is going on. But is this really the only way the problem can be solved? It might be working for the teachers, but the students aren’t very happy about it. “I don’t like the cafeteria; there [are] too many people, and having more sophomores there doesn’t help. It’s not fair to the teachers either because we just go crash their rooms, even if we aren’t in tutoring just because we don’t want to be in the cafeteria,” says Sophomore Candice Price. Fear not! Mrs. Dailey has informed me that people are definitely going to want to be in the cafeteria soon enough! Our cafeteria is going to be remodeled and it is going to be amazing! There is a 2 million-dollar renovation plan in the Text Box: works for the cafeteria that will include a common area with new seating, food court stations, a wireless Internet cafe, a glass wall that will have an entrance to the Langbein courtyard, a new spirit store, a renovated band hall, and a new patio and garden for the seniors. The new cafeteria will be based on the same concept as Jesuit’s. The library will be expanded as well. Unfortunately, it will take a minimum of six months to raise enough money for funding. But, if it works out, the renovations could possibly be done by next year. Hang in there Falcons, things are starting to look up! Text Box: Want to Know a Secret? Text Box: From Puppy Jr. to Sr. Dog Text Box: Juniors are getting nervous and seniors are getting excited. Why, you ask? Well, believe it or not, the end of the year is right around the corner. Juniors only have 18 more weeks to prepare themselves to become seniors. College is around the corner, and they really have to start thinking about what they are going to do with their lives. But how are the juniors reacting to this? How do they feel when they start to think that they only have 18 weeks until they become the “top dogs”? Junior Karla Munoz said, “I’m excited that I am almost a senior, and I can’t wait to have all the privileges seniors have! The only thing that worries me is thinking that after senior year, I will leave most of my friends behind.” Junior Jardon Narcisse said, “I really don’t sweat it too much; senior year is just all about applying to college.” Being a junior, I believe the class of ‘09 is ready to become seniors. When I begin to think, I realize how much we have grown up. From being freshmen to sophomores and now being told we are almost seniors is not something that is easy to handle. It is sad to think that all those friendships and close relationships we have built up throughout these four years will all end in 18 weeks. Some might stay close, but what about those moving away? This being said, I hope the juniors start this last semester with pride and excitement.

The BD Cafeteria. Photo by Ms. Berry.
Text Box: The Falcon Flyer

Hearts courtesy of Photobucket.com

By: Kelli Grashel

Juniors  looking up to Seniors.

Photo by Steffi Huerta.