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TH E BO DY
FARM
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THE TRUE
STORY OF
MR. BROWN
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HAS NICER SANDALS AND A SWEETER
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They teach you that in University? Gross!
A scientific examination of the facility known as “The Body Farm”
By Mr. Lorenzen
A
few
minutes
from downtown
Knoxville, Tennessee, behind
the University of Tennessee
Medical Centre, is one of
the most gruesome research
facilities in the world. Officially known as the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility, it
is colloquially known as
“the Body Farm”, and it is
where forensic scientists
have gleaned much of what
we know about the science
of decomposing corpses.
The Body Farm was
founded
in
1971 by Dr.
William M.
Bass, the head
of UT’s Anthropology
Department.
Bass was the
official forensic
anthropologist
(a
scientist who
studies bodies
from crime scenes) for the
State of Tennessee, and was
frequently asked to help
solve crimes involving decomposed human remains.
At the time he found
that there was very
little reliable scientific data on the subject of human decomposition, so he
established the Body
Farm to fill the void.
UT’s Body Farm is a
2.5 acre plot of forested land surrounded by a secure barbedwire fence. Up to 40 human
bodies at a time are placed
at the farm under various
conditions and left to decompose naturally. Bodies
are usually covered with
wire cages
to
prevent
animals like
coyotes from
disturbing
the remains.
Scientists at
the facility
take careful
observations
during the
process and
keep
detailed notes on the condition
of the body, the rate of decomposition and other
Maggots can
consume up
to 70 percent
of a body in
under 7 days.
Brooklyn Free Store
By Meghan Beatty
A
community is
coming together
in an empty lot
on Walworth St.
in Brooklyn, NY. The
Brooklyn Free Store was
r e ce n t l y o p e n e d f o r
“business”, and a better
business model is hard to
come by. Items of all sorts,
from history notes to clothing to blenders, are stacked
up like store aisles under a
giant blue tarp structure.
The items can be secondhand, salvaged, or created
independently. It also hosts
artistic performances, workshops, and educational discussions. There's only one
catch to all of this; it's all
things like insect activity.
All of this information is
used to provide forensic
scientists with clues that
enable them to identify the
time of death.
Information gathered
from the Body Farm has
helped us to understand
what happens when a corpse
decomposes, and allows
investigators to pinpoint
time of death. When the
heart stops beating, the
body’s cells and tissues stop
receiving oxygen from the
blood. Brain cells die first within 3 to 7 minutes while bone and skin cells
can survive for several days.
Blood begins to drain
from the blood vessels and
pool in the lowest portions
of the body, creating a dark
colour (or lividity) on the
bottom side and a pale colour on the top. Stiffening of
the muscles, or rigor mortis,
sets in about three hours
free. Not exactly another
Salvation Army copycat.
Cleaning up and restocking
are completely up to the
“participants” (as they are
called by the store's creator),
making it the ultimate DIY
experience. The BK Free
Store is even on Facebook
and Twitter. Some have
called it a poverty solution,
some have called it the
“anti-Wal-Mart,” most participants just call it fun.
after death. The body begins
to cool, and within 24 hours
has lost all internal heat.
After 72 hours, muscle cells
begin to decompose and
rigor mortis subsides.
Bacteria in the body
are now free to feed on
the nutrients in the dead
cells. Enzymes in the
internal organs cause
them to liquefy. The
decomposing tissue
emits a green substance
and gives of foulsmelling gases. The
smell attracts insects
like flies which lay their
eggs on the decomposing
flesh. Fly eggs hatch in
about 24 hours and maggots
emerge which begin to feed
on the tissue. Maggots bury
their heads in the rotting
flesh, but since they eat at
one end and breathe through
the other, they can feed and
breathe at the same time.
Maggots can consume up to
70 percent of a body in under 7 days. After 10 days
they begin the transformation to adult flies. All of this
evidence is used by forensic
investigators to determine
how long a corpse has been
left at the scene of a crime.
Subjects used at the
Body Farm come from various sources; some are unclaimed corpses from the
Coroner’s office, while
many are from people who
have voluntarily donated
their own bodies to the facility. In fact, the last wish
Grover Krantz, a famous
anthropologist from the
Smithsonian Institution in
Washington DC, was that
his body be donated to the
UT Body Farm so that he
could do something useful
after his own death. It beats
ending up in an urn on
someone’s coffee table, I
suppose.
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Rocky Horror Picture
normal enough, but then
Show
turns into a crazy whirlwind
By Katherine Fell
I
n the sprit of
Hallo ween,
everyone has
to watch the
best Halloween
movie out there:
the Rocky Horror
Picture
Show.
Made in 1975, this
movie never gets
old. I wouldn’t
suggest watching
it
with
your
younger siblings,
as there is a lot of
sexual
subject
matter. Filled with
lots of singing,
dancing, and strange quirky
characters, this movie will
become a Halloween tradition. The movie starts out
full of strange people. Janet
and Brad, two main characters,
have
their
c a r
break
down
a n d
have
to go
to
a
house
to use
a
phone.
Go i n g
to the
house
to ask
for a
phone
sets off the entire string of
events, where conservative
Brad and Janet are exposed to
a whole house full of gender
bending people. It’s one of
Review: The Majesty of Colors
By Meghan Beatty
T
he Majesty of Colors is another poetry-in-motion
game by Gregory
Weir. You play a Cthuluinspired monster who has
just become conscious of the
world around it. The monster
can interact with humans in a
variety of ways, each action
leading to one of the five
endings. You can become a
helpful friend or a horrible
foe. The gameplay is simple
point-and-click, the monster's
tentacle is occasionally wobbly but always true. The 8-bit
Pac-man-ish art style is truly
and uniquely beautiful. Interacting with the humans and
objects in the game is entertaining and has a very replayable quality. Though it would
be nice to be able to do something with the beach on the
left of the screen, otherwise
it's just an overdecorated
background distraction. The
army boat that attacks you in
HYPNOTIST
NOV. 23
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the most well known movies
out there, and every Halloween there are still screenings
of the movie where people go
dressed as their favorite characters and do the time warp.
It’s a movie that everyone
can watch and enjoy, so go
out and see it!
some endings also moves far
too slowly considering the
game usually only takes ten
minutes to play. Although the
incredibly smooth animation
in the rest of the game more
than makes up for it. It's PG13, never graphic, but does
get delightfully creepy at
some points, very good to
play when in a Halloween
mood. Overall, the heart of
the game is the artistry and
the stories. It's fabulous and I
would recommend it to everyone, even people who've
barely attempted computer
solitaire. Available on Newgrounds.
NEW
RELEASES
NOVEMBER 2
NEWS / A&E / OPINON
BACKGROUND
THIS WEEK: MR. BROWN
By Nancy Flieler
A
ndrew grew up
in one of
the largest
towns
in
Ontario. . . Bancroft.
He is one of the most
unpopular male teachers in our school because he came in 20th
in cross country at Bay
of Quinte. Sources say
he has supernatural
experiences in his car
on a day to day basis to
the point where we
can’t know the details.
Brown found his wife on
eBay and relies on her to
make his lunch everyday for
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there has been a bunch of
finger pointing and still,
nobody is 100% clear who
is accountable for telling the
police to move in. Police
Chief Bill Blair and again
the mayor have taken much
heat from the people in the
city but they shun responsibility for it as well.
Q: As a Toronto resident,
how did all of this make you
feel?
A: Angry.
What was really accomplished this G20 summit?
Our tax money was used
against us.
Our freedoms and rights
were taken from us.
We were urged to go not be
scared and go outside, arrested, and than told it was
our fault for venturing out.
Innocent people were arrested, assaulted and abused
by authorities for no reason
at all (as if there were such
work. Andrew has a large
shrine of John Deere products and aspires to be like
John Travolta. Andrew is
constantly told from his
neighbors to stop singing
thing as a good reason for
these actions).
Plus, to add insult to injury
it feels like nobody will take
responsibility nor apologize
for what happened – if anything, those responsible just
keep trying to make it all
look justified.
When Canada Day arrived
on the Thursday after the
G20 I was upset. I was not
only angry, I was embarrassed to be be Canadian for
the first time in my life.
After living through the
events that until now I had
only seen on the news I
thought to myself - "How
arrogant of us! What made
us think that we were any
better than anyone else?
People have done this
throughout time despite,
nationality, social values, or
geography. Why would it be
any different in Toronto?"
We are totally capable of
the same pointless drama
and violence as anybody
else.
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ABBA so loud in the
shower. Mr. Brown was
given a ballet scholarship to
Lakehead University. Mr.
Brown dances in grocery
stores because he feels safe
around produce. Being a
distant cousin to Jeff Foxworthy means Mr. Brown
has an unlimited supply of
lawnmowers. He drives
those lawnmowers to school
because he can’t afford a
vehicle due to spending
mass amounts of money on
Dance Dance Revolution
games. Andrew played on
several OHL teams including the Belleville Bulls. Everyone in our school has to
talk Mr. Brown into growing
his hair back. He’s a tall
teacher, with a fierce face
and at the end of the day
Mrs. Walker loves him more
then she should.
Q: What's next for the city
of Toronto?
A: The same as any other
'post-G20' city ... we repair
our windows and fight
about what happened until
the next one happens in
some other city in the world
and it becomes their debate.
Sad.
Q: Any final thoughts?
A: Keep an open mind but
do always question everything you see and read.
Remember that every story
has at least two sides and
that your probably only
hearing one side - it's up to
you to find out the other
side and make your own
opinions. Keep an eye on
"independent media", things
like Youtube, facebook and
twitter to get different and
real people's perspectives
and ask yourself the same
questions that you would for
a major news source.
Q
By Michael Amesse
uinte
Fashion Boy
I
was walking in the mall this
weekend, and I finally decided
to check out the UFC inspired
clothing store, Chaos. I’ve seen
tons of these shirts around school, the
mall, downtown, etcetera and to be
completely honest, I’m not a huge
fan. It just seems really tacky to me
to see a group of five people, four of
them wearing those bright, shiny, tshirts, glowing like mosquitos flying
into an open fire. I must admit that I
don’t really follow the whole UFC
sport so maybe I’m a bit uneducated
on the subject, but what I do know, is
that this years major trends are classic, and well kempt. A T-shirt that
looks like someone through a bag of
glitter all over it, is not “Classic”. A
year ago, when the shaggy style was
in, it might have been more appropriate, but it doesn’t match up with any
current trends. I noticed when I was
in there, a few things. One, the lack
of real variety. Yes there are many
different colors of T-shirts. Yes a few
different logos. But what about some
other stuff? The main focus was their
overly sparkly T-shirts that I have
absolutely no interest for. There was
no way I was going to buy anything
there as it was all way too much
money for my wallet so I found a
friend with a t-shirt from there. I tried
it on. I felt like an idiot. If they come
out with anything new, I’ll keep my
eyes open, but to be completely honest, my faith is lacking for them. If
you really feel the need to show who
exactly you cheer for, 24 hours a day,
go buy a shirt there. If your like me,
and have no need for all that, stay
away.
N E W S / S P O RT S
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THS Aviva Community Bid
for the students and for various community members
who use it on a regular basis, Public Schools also hold
their ASG track meet on our
track.
We are currently in the top
20 but need to make the top
ten to be eligible for the
semi-final round. So tell
your friends, tell you family, register all of your email
accounts and get those votes
flowing.
The link is
www.avivacommunityfund.
org/ideas/acf7639.
By Lexi Allison
I
f you haven’t yet
heard about Duncan
Armstrong’s dedicated
cause to Trenton High
School’s community refresh
project for a new track, then
you must be living under a
rock. Nonetheless here’s a
refresher on what you need
to know. Armstrong has
entered THS in the Aviva
Community Fund contest
which gives groups and
organizations the opportunity to win
specific
amounts of
m o n e y
( e i t h e r
small, medium
or
large
depending on
the project).
The
THS
Track Quest is in the largest
100k - 500k division, and in
order to be considered for
R.I.P Limewire
By Nancy Flieler
I
t looks like music pirates with have to find
another program to
download their music
from. After
ten years,
Lime wire
has joined
the
P2P
cemetery along with oldschool Napster, Kazaa and
many others. A federal
judge found LimeWire
guilty of assisting users in
committing copyright in-
Project EDP
By Katherine Fell
M
r Bonisteel’s
period
one
and
t wo
classes have
been doing lots of projects
around the school. Mr. Bonisteel teaches a work experience course that gives students a chance to design and
build different projects.
Their first project was a bar
for Mr. Fellows that they
fringement on a massive
scale. On October 27th
Limewire followed their
court-ordered injunction and
started the process of disabling their file-sharing and
m u s i c searching
features.
The
company behind
Limewire,
LimeCompany will move
forward in some way and is
most likely to form a music
store or a streaming music
service.
designed themselves. The
bar has a log top and fits
together seamlessly. The
students
learned
how to do a
pocket hole
joint to fit
the pieces
of
wood
together.
Adam McGowan, Shane
Dishart and Zack MacDonald really took the lead
in this project and put in a
lot of time. The students
constructed the bar in Mr.
Bonisteel’s room, and it
the top prize the students
and community
has
to
join together,
register
on
the
site, and
get voting. Getting this
money could be huge for
THS as our track is an integrated part of Trenton both
Students’ Council Corner
HFCC STANDINGS
After tallying all of this past week’s points the new
standings are in:
1 – Noack
2 – Culkin
3 – Apperley
4 – Tripp
5 – Reynolds
took the combined efforts of
the entire class to carry it
down the stairs.
Another
one of their projects
was pouring a sidewalk for Mrs. Ogden.
They built the frame,
dug out the ground
for the frame and
poured the concrete
themselves. The students put expansion and
contraction joints into the
concrete to make sure the
cement doesn’t crumble
with the freezing and thawing of the ground. They
textured the concrete using
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a broom for safety. The students used a magnesium
float to finish the concrete,
just like they would on a
real construction site. There
was a lot of work involved,
so Mr. Bonisteel’s period
five came out to help. All
the money they made from
the job went right back into
the students, and they had a
pizza party to celebrate all
their hard work. The students get to go out into a
work placement, a lot like
co-op, where they get real
on the job experience.
NEWS / OPINION
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Festive Friday
By Emily Tetzlaff
L
ast Friday the
halls
o f
T HS
were
filled
with decorated
doors, creepy
costumes and
tons of pumpkins! The entire school was in the spirit
participating in all of the
Halloween celebrations.
Students’ Council hosted a
door-decorating contest, a
pumpkin carving contest
and promoted everyone to
dress up in their Halloween
costumes.
Home forms
went all out this year with
the door decorating contest
and set the standard high for
next year. There were fog
machines, spooky lighting,
motion sensor skeletons and
Halloween
s o u n d
effects.
The doors
w e r e
amazing
this year
but
of
course we
were forced to choose our
favourites. Mr. Noack’s tec
class’s dimmed lighting, fog
effects and amazing detail
earned him 1st place and 5
HFCC points. Ms. Apperley’s dynamic display of a
failed math student surrounded by hanging skeletons, Halloween music and a
REMUS rants
By Nathaniel Remus
T
he
Snuggie?
What the heck
were they thinking? Who actually needs one of these. The
only reason they sell is because they are a novelty.
People buy one so they can
say I have a blanket with
sleeves. The parody on
youtube for these things
sums it up perfectly. I mean
honestly does this
even make sense
to people with
more than half a
brain.
This
was
probably
conceived in some
God
forsaken
Russian
to wn
were the Soviets
still
rule.
So
probably five minutes from
Moscow. In this Russian
village a farmer had a blan-
boy that jumped out of the
display case earned them
1st place as well and 5
HFFC points. Special mention also goes to Ms. Aide’s
esthetic lab door which
followed theme with a
crazy lady hanging out the
door with curlers in her
hair, Halloween decals on
his finger nails and smoke
affects surrounding her.
Following them came Mrs.
Walker, Ms. Reid and Mr.
Manlow with excellently
decorated doors. Next up
ket with two holes in it and
the sleeves off a sweater so
his wife sewed them together and he sold it to
some rich guy for a cow
(not that
all Russians are
that poor
or lame)
who patented it
and sold
over here
and made
a lot of
money
off it.
Why would some one
actually need this? Blankets
INSIDE THE G20 PROTESTS
Part Four: The Conclusion
By Meghan Beatty
D
espite begging
and pleas from
the
inmates
basic
human
rights were outright denied
by the prisoners. Medications were denied and the
people were cold, tired and
hungry. Not even a sip of
water was dispensed for a
14 to 16 hours even though
there was a skid of water in
the middle of the warehouse – the guards helped
themselves to that. Finally
after 14 to 16 hours everyone got a small Styrofoam
was the judging of the
pumpkins and although it
was a tough call between
Mr. Noack’s amazingly
carved pumpkin and Mr.
Thornton’s cardboard popcorn pumpkin box, the title
of best pumpkin went to
Noack. Second place went
to Mr. Beylerian’s class and
their 5 computer themed
pumpkins, which were connected with a computer
cord. Following Mr. Beylerian was Ms. Jones, Mrs.
P e n s o n ,
a n d
Mrs.Launderville.
“Judging was definitely
tough this year because
everything was so well
done,” says HFCC officer Sam Boutlier. Participation was amazing
so all classes received
HFCC points for taking
part, way to go Tigers!
work just as well .Wait
somebody probably saw
Brad Pitt with one and they
took off just like Crocs.
What are they for? Sales
must be going down because now they have the
dead zebra and leopard
styles. What is wrong with
the regular blanket. Sure it
been around since the cave
men doesn’t mean it has to
be replaced. In my opinion
if it isn’t broken don’t fix it.
So stop buying them they
are just another thing that
will get used for a year then
shoved to the back of the
killer closet from mars at
the end of the hall.
cup of water and sandwich
consisting of 2 slices of
bread and 1 processed
cheese slice. The holding
area was supposed to be
videotaped and the tapes
released after the G20 to
prove conditions were
proper – but I haven't heard
of the tapes coming out yet.
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S P O RT S / N E W S
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ONE MO R E
S
trikeforce is not
very well-known in
MMA today, but I
thought we would
take a look any-
ways.
Strikeforce is one of the
few MMA Companies that
have women fighting in it.
Up coming on November 19
in the Jackson Convention
Complex in Jackson, Mississippi is a women's welterweight bout between Jan
Finney and undefeated prospect Liz Carmouche. It will
be televised on the main
card of Strikeforce Chal-
By
Megan
White
O
U
N
D
lengers 12.
This fight will
be Finney’s first
fight since she
struggled for the
women's middleweight title in
June at Strikeforce and M-1
Global: Fedor vs.
Werdum. In this
fight Finney was pitted
against Cristiane "Cyborg"
Santos and was totally
dominated with knees and
punches before the ref finally stopped it in the middle of the second round. In
fact the ref for that fight was
Tigrrls set to make a difference
By Kelsey Reid
O
ver the last few
months,
there
has been a concern for the
amount of confidence that
the girls who attend Trenton
High School behold . With
our extremely high teenage
pregnancy rate, among other
staggering statistics, it was
decided that it was at our
hands to change this. Tigrrls
is a group of senior feminist
girls who believe strongly in
good judgment among females and empowering
young women with their
strong inner voice. The senior girls along with the help
of Ms. Penson are focusing
on holding one special night
for grade nine girls along
with student mentors and
female staff members . The
exact date of this event is
not yet precisely set, however it will be held some
time in late November with
some scheduled events being DDR and makeovers to
improve self confidence .
The group is moving forward along with the help of
the Speak Up student grant .
The $1000 grant is up for all
students who want to improve student success within
their schools and want their
opinions to be heard.
Quinte West Boo Fest
By Alisha Struthers
E
very year Quinte
West hosts the
boo fest, and
every year kids
turn out by the hundreds.
Tons of kids came down
and played some ghost
bowling, digging for candy
in hay, and other games.
Not only do the kids get
spoiled with the amount of
candy given to them, but the
criticized by many MMA
fans who said that she let
Finney take to much punishment before she stopped it.
Finney however defended
the ref.
Prior to taking the title opportunity, Finney racked up
back-to-back wins in a
women's 135-pound MMA
tournament with the Freestyle Cage Fighting promotion.
Carmouche, on the other
Two Pink Lines
By Amber MacNeil
H
alloween
has
just passed, and
boy do I have a
bone to pick
with the parents out there.
Honestly, how many of you
let your kids have suckers
before the age of 5? Probably not too many of you,
seeing as they’re super unsafe, and a huge choking
hazard. Why the heck do
you hand the damn things
out? For every minichocolate bar, gummy
candy, and bag of chips that
my daughter got, she gained
like 5 suckers. It’s ridicu-
volunteers themselves are
spoiled too. Hersey's company alone donated over
120,000 pieces of candy for
the boo fest, Domino's donated warm pizza to the
volunteers, and other candy
companies donated candy as
well. Boo-fest is a well supervised and safe environ-
hand, has made a quick
splash on the women's
MMA scene this year with
four pro victories. She made
her Strikeforce debut at
Strikeforce Challengers 10,
where she beat Colleen
Schneider by unanimous
decision. Most recently, she
earned a TKO victory over
Valentina Shevchenko in a
regional competition.
I do think that women’s
MMA will become more
and more popular and personally I like seeing the
women fight. I think that
maybe seeing women fighting in the same sport as men
will inspire more women to
fight, and maybe bring more
respect to MMA as a sport
for all those who still don’t
care for it.
lous. I have nothing against
suckers, I’m just saying that
you should have something
on the side for the younger
c h i l d r e n .
All of that aside, Halloween was a blast; there were
some super-cute costumes
out there. A tip for future
parents to be, buy your costumes a size or two larger
than they need to be. Halloween is always cold, so
most children will end up
with their winter gear beneath the costumes to avoid
hypothermia. They hate it,
but it’s better to be warm,
even if it makes you bulky.
And pillowcases work just
as well as the bags sold at
the stores, so don’t waste
your money on them.
ment for parents to bring
there young children down
to earn some candy instead
of walking the streets. Overall Boo-Fest was a success
this year, and will be just as
big if not bigger next year.
A&E / OPINION
T H E S P O T LI G HT P a g e 8
MyStyle
By
Alison
McWhirter
Nancy’s
Interesting
10
Facts
By Nancy Flieler
1
) More babies are
born in September
than in any other
month
2) 32% of singles polled
think they will meet their
future mate online
3) The average speed of a
golf ball in flight during
the PGA tour is 160 mph.
4) 85% of phone calls are
conducted in the English
language
5) Chewing gum while
peeling onions will keep
you from crying.
6) Dalmatians are born
without spots.
7) Bats always turn left
when exiting a cave.
8) The lion that roars in the
MGM logo is named Volney.
9) Google is actually the
common name for a number with a million zeros.
10) Women blink nearly
twice as much as men.
Questions You've Never Asked
By Meghan Beatty
W
Caroline Rolf
Donny Bridgen
With my style, co-ordination is
key. If you don’t match, why
bother stepping foot in the public
eye? I would describe my style as
feminine and eccentric. My daily
outfits usually consist of brighter
colours with a pretty detail or
two. Despite my father owning a
diamond mining industry, I’m not
big on the bling, and keep the
accessories and jewelry minimal.
My style icon is Susan Rolf, formerly known as my mother. Although not sensibly fashionable,
she has taught me to respect all
scenic sweaters and never underestimate the power of spanx.
I would describe my style as lumberjack chic. I like to wear things
that accent my masculine physique.
I usually go with jeans that shows
off my fine booty. I used to wear my
signature solid colored T-Shirts, but
I’ve changed my style this season to
patterned tops, stripes and plaid
preferably. It’s not the shirts that are
important, displaying my bulging
biceps is all that matters. I like the
colour blue because it really brings
out my eyes, which have been said
to be like staring into the depths of
an ocean on a gorgeous summers
day. I wear run-of-the-mill black
shows because I run the mill. It
takes me hours to get my hair in the
perfect bed head shag and I often
rock the dirty beard in my spare
time. The ladies love it.
hy doesn't
Tarzan have
a beard?
Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
Why do we press remote control buttons harder
when we know the batteries are dying?
Why doesn't glue stick
to the bottle?
Why do you believe
someone who tells you
there are four million stars,
but have to check when
they tell you the paint is
wet?
Why do we keep going
back to the refrigerator,
hoping something new will
have materialized?
Why is it when trying to
catch something that's falling off a table, you always
manage to knock something else over in the process?
How can you tell when
you've run out of invisible
ink?
If a turtle doesn't have a
shell, is he homeless or
naked?
If all the world's a stage,
where is the audience sitting?
If you try to fail and
succeed, what have you
done?
What happens if you get
scared half to death twice?
What's the speed of
dark?
What do you do if you
see an endangered animal
eating an endangered
plant?
Why do we put suits in
a garment bag and garments in a suitcase?
Why do we sing 'Take
Me Out to the Ball Game'
when we're already there?
Why do we wash bath
towels? Aren't we clean
when we use them?
NEWS / OPINION
T H E S P O T LI G HT P a g e 5
Coffee House Craziness
By Julianne Marshall
C
offee house was
this past Thurs-
day and it
was
a
HUGE success. There
was great
music and
treats! The
theme was
Hocus Pocus, and there was some
COSSA XX-Country
By Chandandeep Sidhu
T
HS cross-country
team traveled to
Goodrich-Loomis
for the 2010
COSSA meet last Wednesday, October 27.
COSSA is the qualifying
meet for OFSAA, which
will be held next weekend
at the Boyd Conservation
Area in Woodbridge.
In the senior boys' race,
Andre Merilainen lead the
senior boys finishing 18th,
Chandandeep Sidhu finished 46th, Logan Laite
finished 64th and Jason
Miller placed 67th. The
really cool costumes, including Mr. Thornton dressed up
as Angus Young, and Tyler
Dorazio as beer. These two
had
a
guit a r
o f f
t o
s e e
who
had
t h e
best
costume, Tyler beat Thorn-
boys cross-country team had
a good race and finished 8th
overall as a team.
Emily Tetzlaff finished
her last race a THS Tiger finishing 28th overall.
Rachael Faulds had
amazing race finishing
2nd, coming just short of 1st
overall, but still qualified for
OFSAA.
Our only Midget girl
Morgan Walker finished 6th
overall in her race.
COSSA was the end for a
lot of our tigers, as Rachael
Faulds was the only tiger
who has qualified for OFSAA. Overall everyone had
strong season and we hope
the large turnout will continue next year.
Halloween: When Creativity Shines
By Julianne Marshall
H
alloween;
a
time
for
witches, goblins
and ghouls. A
day to dress up as someone
or something that is totally
different from you. Some
say Halloween is about the
candy, other say the fear.
Some people just say that it
is for fun. Well I think that
Halloween is a day that everyone can dress up as someone they admire, or as something different and possibly
even scary. Halloween is all
about being creative in my
eyes. A lot of people go to a
store, buy a costume and
accessories, then they are
done with it. I have never
bought a costume. My
ton with a knee slide and
killer solo. The whole night
was kicked off by our very
own jazz
ensemble, and
ended
with Ms
De melo
singing
an
incredible
rendition
of More Then A Feeling.
Everyone who performed
did an incredible job! Some
of the more memorable performances where the Time
Warp which was performed
by a group of music and arts
students, Highway To Hell
by our very own music
teacher Mr. Thornton, and
Gives you
hell
by
Lindsay
Dale and
Kate Read.
There was
tons
of
tasty treats
and the 2
mc’s where
great as well! I hope that the
next coffee house has an
even better turn out! See
you there.
Movember Hits THS
By Brendan McShane
T
his month, young
men, you can help
raise awareness
and
funds
for
prostate cancer treatment
and research
simply
by
giving your
razor a break.
‘Movember’,
a
combination
of
‘moustache’
and
‘November’, is a movement
started in Australia that
‘changes the face of men’s
whole life it has been a
tradition to either make a
costume or put old clothes
and costumes together to
make something different.
There is also plenty of
household items that work
for costumes, for example
if you plan on being something like a unicorn, you
can use an ice cream cone
(just the cone) for the horn.
Halloween is one day that
you have to express yourself and show how creative
health’. By beginning the
month clean-shaven, but
letting your peach fuzz
grow for the full 30 days,
you are spreading awareness
of one of the biggest ailments to
men all over the
world, prostate cancer. Whether you
register officially
(you
can
at
ca.movember.com)
or simply let yourself get a little
shaggy for a while, men
around the globe are bringing the fine facial hair back
into style for a good cause.
you are without being
judged or made fun of, and
those people who do try to
make fun of you they don’t
know what they are missing. So next year, whether
you are handing out candy,
going to a party, or going
trick-or-treating yourself, I
challenge you to instead of
buying a costume and everything for it, use your creativity and be something
crazy and cool.
NEWS / OPINION
T H E S P O T LI G HT P a g e 6
Tigers Bring Home Bay of Quinte Double Gold
By Raven Roe
L
ast Friday, October
29th, the senior rugby
girls faced off against
St. Theresa’s in the
Bay of Quinte semi-final in
Belleville. The game got off to
a great start, with a try scored in
the first few minutes of the
game. Morgan Houde-Pearce
scored a try, and then Hannah
Wilson scored a penalty try and
convert shortly after. In the
second half Lindsay Kelly and
Houde-Pearce scored for the
Tigers making the score 24-0.
Unfortunately, from this point
on and for the next twenty min-
G20 (cont.)
(Continued from page 4)
I heard lots of stories of how
the people wrote messages for
the cameras in the cell grates
with the cups like "freedom"
utes, the Tigers game started
going downhill. St. Theresa’s
answered back within minutes
with three well earned tries of
their own. Luckily, the Tigers
managed to pull off the win
with a finishing score of 24-17;
the closest game the Tigers
have played this season. After
a game like that the Tigers spirits were brought down until
coaches Meindl, Ms. Reid,
Bubba, and Razor had some
critical, but inspirational words.
The girls advanced to the Bay
of Quinte finals against the
Centennial Chargers, who
they’d already played twice in
their season with winning re-
sults.
The finals were played on
the new artificial turf field that
had been built across from Centennial Secondary School at
Mary Ann Sills Park. After a
good warm-up and the coaches
great pump-up speeches, the
girls ran onto the field with
their heads held high, disregarding their previous match. A try
was scored right off the bat by
Wilson, and then by Raven
Roe. Soon after there was another try scored by Shannon
Lee. In the second half Wilson
and Kelly scored tries making
the score 31-0.
Centennial
managed to poke one in, despite
and "help us".
tattooed with the words "our
cage" in solidarity over what
happened.
Q: Who was giving the orders?
A: Many people/groups are
responsible from a our mayor at
the municipal level, to Stephen
Harper at the national level.
Overall it's been nothing but
astonishingly sad and negative
stories about the holding centre.
The people that were held there
feel traumatized and a lot of
them have gotten their wrists
where the zip-ties once were
the excellent goal line defense
by the Tigers in the last moments of the game. The final
score was Trenton Tigers 31,
Centennial Chargers 5. It made
up for the first disappointing
match by far, and was a proud
moment for the coaches and the
fourth and fifth year students.
Trenton High’s junior girls
rugby team shared in celebration with the seniors for their
Bay of Quinte champions title
after beating the Quinte Saints
17-12. Make sure to wish both
of Trenton High’s rugby teams
good luck in the COSSA AA
finals at M.A. Sills on Tuesday,
November 2nd.
Even many of the world leaders
are accountable for the 'plague'
that they bring with them with
this repeatedly violent and
money wasting event.
As far as the police actions
and who was giving orders (Continued on page 10)
OPINION
T H E S P O T LI G HT P a g e 7
‘DUSSEN’S
DOs
& DON’Ts
W
hen you are a
friend of Joshua
Vanderdussen
there is a good
chance that over the period of
your friendship, that one of you
will have slept over at the
other’s house. Now if you end
up remaining at his house for
the night, well the judgment for
that is up to you. Whether you
find the idea appealing or not,
one can only wonder what on
earth it would be like.
Dos: Letting your guest feel at
home and providing them with
enough space.
Don’ts: Run around your house
naked at night while chasing
your only guest.
Dos: Providing them a guest
room that was organized well in
advance.
Don’ts: Having your guest
sleep in the changing room with
four screaming infants.
Dos: Telling them where the
bathroom is when they ask you
in the middle of the night.
Don’ts: Locking them in the
garage when they are too drowsy
of their whereabouts.
Dos: Calling your friends parents
for them to confirm that they’ve
arrived late at night.
Don’ts: Calling their parents and
saying their son hasn’t arrived
and you don’t know where he is.
Dos: Talk to your
guest and keep
them company so
there not bored.
Don’ts: Have a
web cam conversation with each
other while you
are in the bathroom.
Dos: Although
having fun is a
good idea, consideration for
neighbors is also
good.
Don’ts: Think to get up in the
middle of the night and cleverly
decide to start mowing your
lawn.
Dos: Finding a way to entertain
yourself when having a guest
over.
Don’ts: Prank calling your
neighbors and having them
knock on the door because you
forgot to take off your caller id.
Dos: Make sure the accommodations are set for everyone before
going to bed.
Don’ts: Turn the air condition on
without asking your friend and
having him freeze because of
your controlled sweating habits.
Dos: Letting everyone fall
asleep, even when you cannot
fall asleep.
Don’ts: Continuously call your
friend and run into his room naked when he isn’t responding.
Dos: Allow your guests peace
and comfort when sleeping and
not trying to bother them.
Don’ts: Waking up next to your
guest in the morning and having
them verbally assault you for
your choice of sleeping arrangements.
Kidz In The Hall What is your favourite part of Halloween?
Dressing like a freak!
- William Muschett Gr. 12
Scary Movies
- Paige Young Lowe Gr. 11
All of it and then some!
-Samantha Blodgett Gr. 11
Scaring small children
- THS Tiger
Decorating
- Aisling Palleschi & Samantha
Boutillier Gr. 12 & 11
Free Candy
- Connor McAdams Gr. 11