Oliver Cary, Managing Editor & Senior Assistant to the Advisor
Oliver Cary is a senior at Mater Dei and the Managing Editor & Senior Assistant to the Advisor of The Scarlet Scroll. This being his third year on staff, he cannot wait to share his knowledge to improve the publication. Other than newspaper, Cary is involved in many clubs and loves to volunteer at his local environmental conservation center. Along with being the President of the Journalism Club, Cary enjoys travelling, writing, and playing video games with his friends. After high school, Cary plans to go to college either in the South or the United Kingdom to study medicine.
![SMILE FOR THE CAMERA: The 1988-89 yearbook shows the first Scarlet Scroll staff with their advisor, Susan Diaz. As a new publication, the newspaper staff had to put extra care into making sure what they were reporting on set a positive precedent for the paper on campus. “The administration at the time was very afraid that the Scroll would immediately turn into a format where students could just take pop shots at [them],” Gene Jimenez, a member of the 1988-89 staff, said. “And when we showed them that we could actually produce [something] as semi-responsible adults, it was a big deal.”](https://thescarletscroll.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/doc00617420211117152104-copy-601x900.jpg)
![NEW AND IMPROVED The projected look of the new Performing Arts Center as envisioned by the Performing Arts Department. This new building, which is going to replace the current Little Theatre and Pavillon, is set to engulf a large portion of the Bristol tent area as well. “It's taking up the Bristol Lot, actually,” Melvin said. “[In] the back, […] there will be eight parking spots. And then [there will] be trees, [along with] parking for the band truck and Mater Dei Television. There's gonna be all these other trees that are in this beautiful little atrium area for guests. It's a plaza, and then the bookstore is going to be right [next to it] as well.” | Courtesy of Scott Melvin](https://thescarletscroll.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/B14395DB-9238-4774-AF53-BA2F586AF7D1-900x506.jpeg)
![CHOPPED: During a typical game of Among Us, two players are deemed “Imposters” and need to eliminate all the Crewmates in order to win. While you are the Imposter, you need to keep your identity a secret, which Freshman Lily Hirsch finds entertaining. “It's a game of trusting each other because you go into rooms with people and you [could] get killed,” Hirsch said. “And I think it's fun to like, trick your friends without tricking them in-person…”](https://thescarletscroll.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Among-Us-Imposter-900x416.jpg)
![PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT: Sophomore Roecel Sangrador practices playing her ukelele, which she has been working to perfect during quarantine. For students, including Sangador, quarantine has left a plethora of time and many use that time to better their skills in different areas. “I have had a ukulele laying around...I [hadn’t] really had time aside to play it and quarantine gave me the time and chance to.”](https://thescarletscroll.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/image0.jpeg)
