SPECIAL SECTION
Faith-Based Groups Are Part of the Rice Culture
By Andrew Rosa
Chieftain Staff
When someone hears
Brother Rice, they think of
outstanding athletics and academics. But only someone who
goes to Brother Rice knows
that the school is full of devout
Christians. Most people don’t
know about Christian groups
that teachers set up. Mr. Rayles
– along with Mr. Clark (a teacher here in the 2000s), Mr. Hall,
Train About
To Leave
The Station
By Daniel Sendek
Chieftain Staff
All aboard! Do you have
a steaming passion for trains?
Then you should let Brother
Segvich know you’re interested in joining the Train
Club. Still an idea at this
point, the club “hasn’t left
the station yet,” according to
Br. Segvich. “We’ve gotten
sidetracked,” he added.
If the club takes shape,
he plans to take the group on
a trip to the Michigan Transit
Museum in Mount Clemens.
There is plenty of room in the
club for all who are interested; if it is something you
would like to do, mention it
to Br. Segvich next time you
see him in the hallway.
and Mr. Jonna (who left Rice in
2013) – have run Warriors for
Life since the early 2000s. Mr.
Rayles also set up a bible study
group called Warriors for Faith
to look at the upcoming Sunday’s scripture readings and
understand Christ’s message
to us.
Mr. Rayles also takes students with him to Washington,
D.C., each year for the March
for Life, an event where hun-
dreds of thousands of people
travel from all over the world
to protest abortion.
“Events like these can be
very heart-warming,” Mr. Rayles explains.
Catholic Schools Week is
about Catholic schools coming
closer together to show that
we are united as one in our
faith, and Brother Rice clearly
deserves to be part of this celebration.
Robotics Develops Mind, Spirit
MechWarriors: ‘An exceptional group to join’
By Eric Cosma
Chieftain Staff
With the high demand for technological
innovators in the world,
a group like the Robotics
team is highly beneficial
to Brother Rice students.
Not only will the technical
prowess one gains here
aid in choosing a career, it
also will offer an advantage in college engineering Team 573, the Mech Warriors, is for the technological innovators
programs and related fields
While focusing on FIRST competiof education.
tions, the Mech Warriors also aim to
Team 573, the Mech Warriors, is a
develop the values of Brother Rice and
team of Brother Rice and Marian students
Marian High Schools into their activities.
banded together with a goal of building a
The program as a whole develops not
machine that competes in the internationonly one’s tech skills, but fosters characal robotics organization, FIRST (For the
ter built upon the principles of Catholic
Inspiration and Recognition of Science
education.
and Technology). FIRST was created to
Whether one seeks to build upon his/
fire and inspire the imaginations of teams
her tech skills or become a more resilient
across the globe, as they construct robots
human being, the Mech Warriors is an
capable of competing in yearly competiexceptional group to join.
tions.
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