Crusader News
The
Official Student Newspaper of St. Paul’s High School
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June 2024
AMDG
Volume 77 Issue 4
Father Boutilier Bids Farewell to St. Paul’s Isaac Lavitt ’25 Father Michel Boutilier has been a fixture of the St. Paul’s community for over 40 years, endowing wisdom, spirituality, and JUGs upon generations of students. Throughout his three placements at St. Paul’s, he is one of the longest serving Jesuits at the school, joining the ranks of Fathers Murray and Monaghan. Unfortunately for St. Paul’s, the 202324 school year was his last, as he departs towards new opportunities with the Society of Jesus. Continued on page 8.
New Student Council
25 Years of Service
Maksim Thomas ’25
Ms. Higginson celebrates 25 years at Saint Paul’s High School.
This year’s student council election saw four teams vying for the reigns of the student council. The win ultimately went to Team BIG MAC composed of President-elect Mark Nasheed and VP-elect Israel “Issy” Samuel, who made it through two rounds of voting with a combined total of 358 votes cast in their favour. They earned the highest number of votes in round one and defeated team PEAK in the runoff, off the back of a strong performance among grade nines and tens.
Landon Pinette ’26 writes on page 8.
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Lando Norris Breaks Drought Rodmehr Filizadeh ’25 There are few Formula 1 drivers as globally popular as McLaren’s star driver Lando Norris. An infectious personality of humour, great wit off the track, and killer racing instincts. He burst onto the F1 scene in 2019. with a successful maiden season, finishing eleventh on the twenty-driver grid and matching up well against his more experienced teammate Carlos Sainz.
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Protests in Georgia Alden Minuk ’26 A recent Georgian law has caused numerous protesters to take to the street, attracting the attention of the West. The bill states that any media or non-government organization that receives more than 20% of its funding from abroad must register as “pursuing the interests of a foreign power.” It resembles other bills that have been used in Russia to clamp down on political enemies of the Kremlin. The proposal was met with outrage in Georgia, with thousands protesting and skirmishing with riot police in the streets while chanting, “No to Russian law!”
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Evan Peters: Superstar! Sean Ehmann ’24 In recent months, the St. Paul’s debate prodigy has captured the national overall speech title, competed at the 2024 World Championships in Canberra, Australia, and has spurred an indisputable “debate rennaissance” within the halls of St. Paul’s High School.
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