Mr. Gorski, a true Pioneer at heart

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March / April 2010
Mr. Gorski, a true Pioneer at heart
Baby Name Poll
By Mark Natale
See what students
Pioneer Staff
picked as their favorite
names for both Mr. Larsen
It was his senior year of
and Mrs. Brankin’s babies. college when Mr. Gorski,
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19 at the time, was walking on his way home from
The Last Song
St. Anselm’s College, when
Sarah reviews the film
a booming voice rang out:
adaptation of Nicholas
“Gorski! Gorski!” Not seeing
Sparks’ The Last Song.
anyone, Gorski crossed the
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street, right next to Trinity,
when he heard the Christian
Brogan Goss
Brother who was his Trinity
Read about Brogan’s
(then Bishop Bradley) senior
service trip to visit the
English teacher, tell him to
little girl she sponsors in
walk inside and apply for a
Costa Rica.
teaching position. He’s been
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here ever since.
Stan Gorski first went
Teen Stars
to St. Casimir’s, a PolRyan tells us what
ish grammar school, at age
would happen if Zac
four, weighing 150 pounds.
Efron, Justin Bieber, MiWithin two weeks, he was in a
ley Cyrus, or Taylor Swift
second grade classroom—no
came to Trinity.
other desks could fit him.
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Gorski graduated St. Casimir
at age 11 and went to Bishop
Academic ’letes
Bradley, where the rest of
Being a ’lete doesn’t
the freshman class was three
mean you have to be an
years older than him, but
athlete. Read all about
nowhere near as large.
Trinity’s politics-letes,
“The guy in front of me
mathletes, and decathletes.
was half my size, but it didn’t
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make any difference. He
turned around, looked at me
Why can’t we chew
and said, ‘Woah! You’re a big
gum?
boy. We’re gonna have to call
Nicole offers her opinion
you tiny,’ and that stuck for 50
on why it should be okay
years,” said Gorski.
for students to chew gum
Even to this day, people
in school.
still call him ‘Tiny G’.
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Gorillaz album
Sarah reviews Gorillaz’ eco-friendly music off
their new album Plastic
Beach.
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The newspaper of Trinity High School
Emma Pratte / Pioneer Staff
“Tiny G,” a.k.a. Mr. Gorski, gives the camera a mean stare while sitting at his desk.
Gorski, at 275 pounds,
didn’t join the Bradley football team until his junior year.
Gorski’s senior year, the team
went undefeated with one tie,
but Spaulding High School of
Rochester was given the state
title with their 10 wins.
When basketball season
rolled around, Gorski, along
with eight of his closest
friends, were in charge of
cheering at the games. Calling
themselves the Tigers, all but
one of the group stayed together to attend St. Anselm’s
College after graduating.
In his first year of teach-
ing at Bradley, Gorski taught
mostly sophomores, but the
one senior class he had consisted of his own brother—
four years his minor—and
three students who were older
than he at the time.
“He was very nurturing as
a teacher, and he’s the same
for me as a [new teacher],”
said Trinity alumnus Mr. Bill
Sheehan.
Immediately involved in
the school community, Gorski
became assistant varsity
football coach that year and
the junior varsity basketball
coach. In 1968, he became
head coach of the varsity
basketball team, going 17-3 in
his first year and leading the
team to the second round of
the playoffs.
At 350 pounds in 1970—
Gorski, still called ‘Tiny
G,’ was eating and drinking
more than he ever had in his
life. One day, ‘Tiny’ weighed
himself and found that he had
dropped down to 295 pounds.
“So I scheduled a doctor
appointment, and he said,
‘Stanley, you’re very sweet’,
meaning I had sugar diabetes.
He said, ‘you need to get your
act together or you’re going to
die,’ ” said Gorski.
Gorski got his act together—losing 140 pounds in just
three weeks—he was eating
four ounces of steak and two
celery sticks a day.
“I should have stopped,
but I kept going. I almost
died of malnutrition,” said
Gorski.
After six weeks of dieting, ‘Tiny’ was a meager 102
pounds and went to a clinic
in Boston to learn how to use
insulin to keep control of his
blood sugar and live a balanced life.
Following his return from
the clinic, Gorski became
Trinity’s (and Manchester’s
first) women’s track coach,
See GORSKI, Page 5
Seniors light up the runway Making a
By Joe Walsh
Pioneer Staff
Its 4:45 P.M. the day before the senior class fashion
show, and Mr. Gorski has
just sat down in his room.
“You may not want to
talk to me right now,” he
says, laughing, “I’m a bit
tired.”
The event takes almost a
year of planning, something
many people don’t realize.
Every detail is orchestrated
by either Mr. Gorski or the
Pioneer Staff Photo
students of the senior class. Mike Husson and Hilary Manning
It all begins with the
pose on the runway in the formalprocess of going to the
wear section of the fashion show.
stores and asking if they
would like to feature clothes
as a “hot item”).
in the show. Generally, the
Unique to this year was
goal is to have 60-80 outfits
the inclusion of nine outfits
of casual clothing and 45-50
designed and created by
couples in formalwear. OfTrinity senior Ashley Joncas.
ten, the clothing can cover a
“It feels like a dream
wide array of retail outlets.
come true actually being
The casual outfits this
able to show dresses that
year include pieces from
represent my design aesFashion Bug and Dots to
thetic,” said Joncas, “I’m so
Indian Head Sports and
glad that, despite all of the
Owen’s Marine (wetsuits,
stress and tedious work, my
which Mr. Gorski describes
designs were finally able to
be seen on the runway.”
The formalwear section
also requires a significant
number of outfits: forty five
gowns, not including the
bridal party, an extra four
gowns.
The bridal party this year
featured four gowns provided
by Under the Veil in Manchester. Michelle Raczka was
the bride, and Alyssa Cassidy
and Kaitlyn Telge acted as
her maids of honor. Amelia
Nugent also volunteered to
be the flower girl.
It’s actually a competition within the class on
who gets to be in the bridal
party. The bride is decided
based on the girl who sells
the most in business or
parent ads to be featured in
the program for the event.
The runners up become the
maids of honor. Sean Van
Anglen, who sold the most
in ads for boys, acted as this
year’s groom.
The senior class began
selling ads a few weeks
See FASHION, Page 5
little go a
long way
Activities struggle
to make ends meet
By Ryan Mitchell
Pioneer Staff
Sometimes in the halls, at
the games, at the productions,
something gets lost. When
Trinity fans go to the big
game, they prepare to watch
their team square off against
other Class L powerhouses,
like BG, Central, or Salem,
schools with enrollments
soaring above the one thousand mark, but they forget
something.
Sometimes we forget that
we’re a private school of four
hundred. But when the drama
club’s actors and directors
become set designers and
technicians, they remember.
When the FIRST team spends
See FUNDING, Page 5
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The Pioneer
Opinion/Editorial
Cliché as it may be,
the end is in sight
As we near the end of
drick is baking cookies. All of
April, students look ahead
these memories are eventually
to June for various reasons.
rolled into one package called
The freshmen have nearly
“A day in the life of a Trinity
survived their first year of
High School student.”
high school and are ready to
The years of high school
move up the food chain. The
fly by with each blink of the
sophomores are
eye, so don’t throw
Editorial
ready to move
away the next
from wise fools
month because
to upperclassmen.
you want it to be
The juniors are ready to put
summer. Live every day to
all the stress of their year
the fullest and enjoy each day.
behind them and enjoy their
Don’t be just another student
senior year. The seniors have
shuffling through the daily
a severe case of senioritis and routines of high school. You
are ready to end
may regret it
the four-yearwhen you look
long rollerat the calendar
coaster that is
and see that it is
high school.
time to graduate.
With a little
Though the
more than a
homework and
month left, the
extra-curriculars
summer weather
may suggest othtaunting the
erwise, only you
school, and a week-long
are responsible for your life;
vacation looming, no one
make your own memories that
would complain if the admin- will last forever.
istration decided to start sumIf you learn nothing in
mer vacation tomorrow. In
high school (though I’m not
fact, many would encourage
sure that’s possible here),
this, including the seniors.
learn this: all you can do is
However, the seniors
live each day as if it were
know better than anyone how your last, and feel blessed to
quickly high school flies by.
wake up to a new day. Enjoy
One minute, Mr. Smith is
the now before everything
talking about the dress code
changes. Never wait until
at freshman orientation, and
tomorrow to do what you
next minute, Mr. Gorski is
could do today. High school is
talking about cap and gown
supposed to be a rollercoaster
measurements. Somewhere in spontaneous, fun, unpredictthe middle, Mrs. Belushko is
able, and sometimes upsetdeclaring that her desk is big- ting. However, the stories
ger than yours, Mr. Maurier
wouldn’t be as interesting
is explaining how to dissect a without all of the ups and
pig, Mr. Flaherty is giving a
downs.
history lecture, and Ms. Ku-
Never wait
until tomorrow
to do what you
could do
today.
The Pioneer
Co-Editors-in-Chief
Joe Walsh
Alexa Serrecchia
News Editor
Mari-Briege Dunn
Sports Editors
Ryan Mitchell
Mark Natale
A&E Editors
Emma Pratte
Sarah Ruggiero
Staff Writer
Nicole Fell
Advisory
Mrs. Terri Greene Henning, adviser
Mr. Denis Mailloux, principal
Mr. Steven Gadecki, assistant principal
Mr. Patrick Smith, dean of students
[email protected]
March / April 2010
Why I quit Facebook for now
Translate a Lord of the
Rings novel into Turkish,
memorize Pi to the one
hundredth decimal place, alphabetize my sock drawer...
these are all activities that
would be more worth my
time than all of the hours
I’ve spent in a haphazard
daze on Facebook. I’ve never felt as mindless as when
I’m glued to my computer
monitor, clicking on link
after link, scanning through
profiles of people I’ve never
even spoken to.
You probably know the
feeling: You come home
after school and think you’re
about to type that paper
you’ve been putting off. You
log in just to check your
notifications, and before
you know it, you’re looking
through someone’s photo
album of a party you never
went to while becoming a
fan of 12 different pages and
answering loads of pointless
Social Interview questions
that are going to spam up
someone’s wall. Eons later,
you’ve only typed your
name, mod, and date on that
paper that’s due tomorrow.
Fail. But at least you now
know that your personality
is most like a dishwasher,
thanks to that Which kitchen
appliance are you? quiz you
took.
Sarah Ruggiero
Opinion
One of the most dangerous
parts about Facebook is that
it turns even the most laidback people into stalkers.
If everyone at school found
out which people check their
profiles obsessively, we
would all be guilty of creeping on at least one person,
and it would be really...
really embarrassing.
Typically I only plan on
logging onto Facebook for
a few minutes to respond to
a message someone wrote
me, and then someone or
other Facebook chats me
and I’m stuck in a pointless
conversation that drags on
for half an hour until I say
I need to leave because the
dog I don’t have is choking
on its own tail. No offense.
And let’s face it, with all of
the delays and errors it has,
Facebook chat is about as
useful as using a spoon to
shave your legs.
It was only recently that
I discovered the wonders of
deactivating my Facebook
account. No, not destroying,
just temporarily putting it
into hibernation mode. You
don’t show up in searches
or tagged photos, and you
don’t have to worry about
people trying to reach you.
I didn’t de-friend you, if
you haven’t figured it out by
now. It was nothing personal, I just needed to get
away from it all and spend
my time more wisely and
productively. And I have felt
quite empowered ever since.
For those of you who
suffer from social network
addiction, I encourage you
to cut the cord-- even if it’s
for a few days. You might
be surprised when all of the
stuff you’ve been meaning
to do actually happens. My
schedule has opened up,
making more time for an actual social life, homework,
and most importantly, naps.
I will eventually restore
my account when I find out
who my roommates are in
college, but for now, I’m
completely content without
Facebook. In the meantime,
maybe I’ll finally achieve
my lifelong dream of constructing a windmill made
entirely of Eggo Waffles,
after all.
I’m in high school, but I
can’t be trusted with gum?
Detentions, Lengthy
Speeches, and writing assignments, all because of
one little piece of gum.
We at Trinity High School
are not permitted to chew
gum. Seriously though,
why? A little gum never
hurt anyone, as far as I
know.
As far back as I can
remember, all I’ve been
told is that chewing gum in
school is bad. I just honestly
don’t understand though. I
know some people say we
don’t need gum, but there
are many reasons why gum
would help us.
If a person is hungry and
cannot wait for lunch, they
could chew gum, holding
them over until lunch rather
than trying to sneak food
into class.
Also, for some people,
gum helps them focus on
things. It’s the same as how
some people need total quiet to focus and how some
people need music, etc.
I don’t see how my
Nicole Fell
Opinion
chewing gum is going to
effect my school-work. If I
chew gum during my test,
my grade probably isn’t going to be any different than
if I were chewing gum.
The point is not to make
it seem like I am sitting
here whining like a child.
The point is to simply ask
why. Why can’t we chew
gum?
Even if it’s not what the
teachers really want, maybe
the school could try letting
us chew gum. If it doesn’t
work then, as students, we
would know why we can’t
chew gum.
If we were told the
reasons and why faculty
views gum as such a horrible thing, then I doubt as
many people would try to
get away with gum.
Ask members of faculty
and they all pretty much
have the same reasons:
They don’t want gum under
the desks, they don’t want
us “chewing like cows,”
among with other things,
which I suppose seems reasonable. Truthfully though,
I think that we could be mature enough to not do those
things if we were given the
chance to chew gum.
That’s all I’m asking for,
a chance. It would be nice
if we were given a chance,
as high school students,
to show that we can chew
responsibly. All we need is
the opportunity, to show just
how mature we really are
with gum. That gum we can
chew gum without consequences, even if it is only
for a short amount of time.
All we need is a chance.
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March / April 2010
“I had heard about this girl who had
raised money for charity at her Sweet 16,
so I thought I could do that”
-- Sarah Tarr
Students fundraise
for families in need
By Alexa Serrecchia
Pioneer Staff
Not even Sarah Tarr, a junior, could’ve predicted what
she would be asking for this
year for her birthday.
Tarr’s two-year-old cousin,
Preston, who lives in Texas,
was recently diagnosed with
leukemia. He is currently
undergoing intensive chemotherapy treatments.
“I was trying to think of
ways to fundraise money
[for him], and I had heard
about this girl who had raised
money for charity at her
Sweet 16, so I thought I could
do that for Preston. I’ve never
really had birthday parties before, except when I was little,
so it’s going to be pretty big,”
said Tarr.
On May 8, Tarr will have
her 17th birthday party. The
location is yet to be determined.
“It’s going to be a dance
party. I am going to invite
a lot of people and ask that
instead of presents, they bring
donations for Preston,” she
said.
The money will go
towards helping to pay for
Preston’s leukemia treatments.
“He said he’s excited
because I said I’d make him
a blanket. He doesn’t really
understand what is going on
with him. Sometimes he gets
frustrated when he can’t play
with his twin brother (who is
not sick),” said Tarr.
If she raises enough
money to cover his treatments
and other costs, Tarr plans
to donate the remainder in
Preston’s name to the hospital
where he is staying.
“I’m not setting a goal
because if I don’t reach it, I’ll
be disappointed. But I hope
that a lot of people come and
bring donations for Preston.”
said Tarr.
Tarr is not the only junior
making a difference this year.
As part of their theology classes, the juniors were
required to organize their own
service projects that would
help someone in need.
Kathleen Procek, a junior,
used her project as a way to
raise money for those in need
in her family.
“Originally, I was raising
money for my little brother,
who has diabetes. Then, I
found out that my second
cousin’s cancer has come
back, so I decided to switch,
because we don’t know how
long she will keep going,”
said Procek.
Procek’s goal was to raise
money and awareness. She
sold some of her old toys online, and 100% of the money
will go towards funding
research about her cousin’s
form of cancer.
“The kind of cancer she
has is rare, so there is not a
lot of money behind research
for it. There is a website,
www.caringbridge.org, where
people just put up their stories. You can look up people
and donate money to help
them out. My second cousin,
Isabella Santos, is on there,”
said Procek.
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Junior gets involved in Costa Rica
By Mari-Briege Dunn
Pioneer Staff
Before landing in San
Jose, Costa Rica, Brogan
Goss, a junior at Trinity, had
no idea what she was about
to experience.
With rusted houses made
of sheet metal stacked on
top of each other and sewage
covering the streets, San Jose
is not a part of Costa Rica
Photos courtesy of Brogan Goss
where a family would typiBrogan
holds
Gregory
at
the
orphanage
(left),
and (right) plays with
cally vacation.
Naomy.
“I didn’t think it would
be so impoverished. All I
hyper, outgoing six-year-old
you and give you a hug and
saw was trash. There wasn’t
with missing teeth and aspia kiss.”
one area that was good,” said rations of becoming a model.
While visiting, the group
Goss.
She lives with her pregwith CFCA went to a local
Last summer, Brogan
nant mother and her father,
orphanage for abused and
saw a stack of pamphlets at
a rarity, as most fathers
abandoned children.
church with pictures of Costa abandon their wives of girl“There was a one-year-old
Rican children. She saw a
friends.
boy named Gregory who was
picture of Naomy and knew
“I went to go see Naoabused and hit with a hamwhat she had to do.
my’s house. It was really
mer. I held him, and he fell
Naomy is one of the
scary because it is on one
asleep in my arms. That was
many children involved with of the most dangerous parts
the best part of the trip,” said
the Christian Foundation
of Costa Rica with a lot of
Goss.
for Children and Aging, an
drugs and prostitution,” said
Being a part of this
organization through which
Goss.
program has given Brogan
people can donate thirty dolBrogan was shocked at
the chance to develop a new
lars a month to pay for the
the poverty of Costa Rica.
friendship.
child or family’s education,
“They have no material
“I gave Naomy a neckclothing, or medical care.
possessions, but they have
lace that matches mine, and
“I baby sit to save up for
a lot of self-respect. Most
she was just so happy. It
the money I send to Naomy. I people just want more and
was great to see her so joydidn’t think it was that big of more, but these people are
ful the whole time,” said
a deal. I thought it would just so happy with what they
Goss.
make a little difference, but
have,” said Goss. “Costa
Brogan was so pleased
it’s life changing. For them,
Rica itself is very dirty, but
with her trip that she even
it’s a lot,” said Goss.
they take pride in what they
changed her desired major
For a week in March,
have. The insides of their
for college from pre med
Brogan and 30 other people
houses are very clean, and
to sociology because she
involved with CFCA went
they have good hygiene.
enjoyed working with the
to Costa Rica to spend time
They really take care of
children and their families
with the children and famithemselves.”
so much. She is already
lies they sponsor.
Goss found it difficult to
planning to go back next
Brogan and Naomy had
communicate with the chilyear with her older sister
never met before her trip to
dren and their families but
Danica, a 2009 graduate of
Costa Rica, but they write to
had no trouble getting along
Trinity.
each other and have a picture with them.
“When I went to go see
of each other on their bu“They only spoke SpanNaomy, it changed my whole
reaus.
ish, and I take French, but we outlook on life. It just put
“I was sitting at breakhad a translator which made
everything in perspective.”
fast with my dad and there
it a lot easier,” said Goss.
were kids coming off buses.
“I was the youngest there,
Naomy got off her bus, saw
so the kids loved me. It was
If you are interested in
my nametag with her picture weird but very cool and flatgetting involved with
on it, and ran up to me and
tering. We went to Mass, and
CFCA, you can contact
gave me a hug and kiss,” said there were hundreds of kids.
Brogan Goss.
Goss.
They were all so welcoming.
Naomy is a short, skinny,
They would just run up to
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News Briefs
Blood Drive
Sixty-nine donors filled Trinity High School’s gymnasium,
ready to give blood to support the American Red Cross on
Wednesday, March 16 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
According to Mr. Carnevale, 57 units of blood were donated. He said that this exceeded the fall blood record.
The requirements to give blood were that you had to have a
normal whit blood cell count and a normal iron count. If someone did not meet these requirements, he or she were not able to
donate.
Laura Dickey, a junior at Trinity High School, gave blood
for the first time. “At first I was really nervous. Then I was
okay at the end. I got sick and I got a headache, but I would
give blood again,” she said.
Next fall, Trinity High School will host another blood
drive and looking for high numbers again. Mr. Carnevale
will be in charge of organizing the American Red Cross
blood drive again next year and hopes that more students will
choose to donate.
S t. J o s e p h A l t a r
On Friday, March 19, Trinity High School students gathered
in the McHugh gymnasium during their theology classes to
give prayers of thanksgiving and enjoy the treats laid out for
them in celebration of the feast of St. Joseph.
Campus minister Mr. Joe Malinowski began the ceremony
by giving a brief history of St. Joseph’s Altar to the students.
“People from different Catholic communities would bring
items they had made with their gifts and talents as offerings to
show their thanksgiving to God,” he said.
Next came the more entertaining part; candy was thrown to
the students who told what they were blessed with.
Mr. Malinowski continued, asking the students to meditate.
“Think about the people who give, or provide for you,” he
said. “Think about your talents. Every good gift comes from
God.”
Everyone sat in silence for a while as candles glowed and
the smell of flowers that decorated the altar wafted through the
air. Then, Mr. Malinowski and the students prayed for each
other, for Trinity, and for the petitions brought to the ceremony
by reciting the St. Joseph’s Altar Prayer, bringing a close to the
gathering.
The students were then able to indulge in the array of cakes,
cookies, cupcakes, muffins, fruit and sparkling drinks that they
and fellow classmates had brought.
“The St. Joseph’s Altar was great. Not only did we get to
celebrate an important saint, but we got to enjoy some delicious
sweets, and that was something we all could enjoy,” said freshman Kathleen Davis.
Pioneer Staff Photo
Seniors Brady Manning and Gill Gravel dancing the Tango during the International Fair on Monday April 12.
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March / April 2010
Scholastic students succeed
By Joe Walsh
Pioneer Staff
We’ve all heard about the
athletes – football players,
basketball players, soccer
players, golfers. What about
the other ’letes? Trinity has
three other kinds of “letes”
that fly under the radar
– decathletes, mathletes, and
politic-letes. They may not do
laps during practices, but they
sure do kick asymptotes.
The Academic Decathletes, for example, had their
best year so far since the
group’s creation. The team
studies all year for a competition in a given subject. This
year was the French Revolution, and prior years have
seen subjects such as China,
the Civil War, and Mexico,
with next year’s subject
already determined to be the
Great Depression.
The group competed in
the year’s main competition on Saturday, March 13.
Competition covers 10 different subject areas, ranging
from history to the presentation of a speech prepared
prior to the competition, the
latter event having been won
this year by senior Maddy
Walsh.
Competition is broken
up into three levels, honors,
scholastic, and varsity level,
which correspond with grade
averages of students over the
last few years.
Junior Jack Cummings
brought home the most medals of the team, placing in
almost all subject areas. Each
of the nine students on the
Trinity team brought home at
least one medal this year.
Senior Maddy Walsh has
competed with Academic
Decathlon for all four of her
years at Trinity and sees this
year as having been the best
as far as the competition.
“The team did exceptionally well,” said Walsh. “We
were just shy of making it to
the national competition in
Nebraska.”
Walsh is no stranger to be-
Ms. Kudrick / Pioneer Staff
Mathletes and adviser Ms. Trachim smiling after Class M state meet.
ing a ‘lete. She is also a member of Youth and Government
(a politic-lete), which participated in the annual Youth and
Government conference in
late March at the state house.
Participating students spent
the year focusing on local law
and practice and held a mock
session of the NH legislature.
Walsh, who participated
as a member of the executive
council, enjoyed the opportunity and considers it a
“unique experience.”
“I enjoyed being able to
share my opinions in a small
group, and I spent the entire
session in Governor Lynch’s
office,” she said.
Another of our groups of
’letes is the Mathletes, who
compete at area high schools
about once every month.
Any student is invited to
attend as alternates, but the
more experience mathletes
compete for points. Each test
is composed of three questions, with one point available per question.
At the end of each season,
the teams are awarded placements based on number of
points gained by active team
members.
This year, Trinity’s team
was awarded a 3rd place
trophy for the entire league,
and went on to place first in
their division at the statewide competition in late
March.
“It was great,” said longtime adviser Ms. Trachim.
“In our division we were way
out ahead of all the other
teams.”
The ’Letes are an underappreciated group, especially
considering how well they
have all done in competition
these past few years. Even if
you don’t hear about them all
the time, the ‘letes are there
and winning big.
March / April 2010
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From Page One
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FASHION
Continued from page 1
before Christmas break
began, and continued to sell
ads through the beginning of
March. Almost all of the profit
from the fashion show comes
from ads, as ticket sales go towards covering the cost of the
senior t-shirts given out a few
weeks before graduation.
“I just didn’t feel right asking the students for money. It
just wasn’t right, considering
the economic times,” Said Mr.
Gorski.
As this is the last fundraising event for the seniors, it
largely determines what they
can do for prom, which can
end up costing between 10 and
15 thousand dollars.
“This year’s class really
came through,” Gorski said
on the subject. “We had 25
less people then we did last
year, when we raised $3500,
and we raised $6200 this year.
It’s amazing.”
The final preparations for
the fashion show, happening
over the last weeks before the
event, were mainly about how
the event would unfold. With
fittings having taken place for
the most part over the last few
months, the main thing to do
was to plan the night itself,
which includes coordinating
the DJ and rented ramps and
runway, as well as writing the
descriptions for each outfit,
which can prove to be a hectic
job.
“It’s by far the hardest thing
FUNDING
Continued from page 1
hours fundraising in order to
fund their trips to competitions all over the country,
they remember. When the
band’s numbers wither and
the jazz ensemble disappears,
they remember. They remember that we’re a school with
an enrollment that can only
be closely compared to those
of schools like Conant of Jaffrey, Hillsboro-Deering High
School, Farmington High
School, or even Mascoma
Valley Regional High School.
In a proclaimed economic
recession, with only 400
students, and with such a
diverse population, if there’s
something that will never be
easy at Trinity, it’s budgeting.
“All of our groups do an
awful lot of fundraising,” said
Principal Denis Mailloux.
“We also run a lot of activities for such a small school,
for the number of students we
have,” added Mailloux.
Mailloux points out that it’s
hard with only 400 students
and a limited budget to have a
large music department, drama
club, or any fully funded organization for that matter.
At a larger, public school
it’s easy to have three different choruses, a full music
department complete with a
Emma Pratte / Pioneer Staff
Seniors Leah Wesolaski and Emily Kirouac pose with Mr. Gorski
at the freshman orientation on Aug. 21, 2009.
Pioneer Staff Photo
Because they sold the most ads, seniors Michelle Raczka and Sean
Van Anglen got to strut down the runway as bride and groom.
that you can do, because you
really want to make your classmates sound good, so there is
a lot of pressure,” said senior
Gillian Gravel.
Gravel has been instrumental in a lot of the planning
these last few weeks, along
with many others.
“It’s amazing how many
people have just risen from the
ashes to help, and I don’t just
mean the class officers. Gillian
Gravel, Aja Hetzel, Amelia
Nugent – so many people have
been putting in a tremendous
amount of work, it really is
amazing what they have accomplished,” said Gorski.
And all the hard work
seems to have paid off. Mr.
Gorski has promised the senior
class that, based on the final
total for ad sales, prom bids
will be no more than $30 per
couple, a significant decrease
from years past.
“We really worked very
hard,” said senior Camille
Zielinski, “but the whole thing
seems to have come together
really well.”
full-time staff, seven different art classes, and a cheap
yearbook, but at such a small
school, groups have to work
hard to fund themselves.
The drama club sells Tshirts, tickets, and posters.
The band works with what
they have in hopes of making
a CD that they can eventually sell. FIRST works for
hours at the Loudon track
in the summer and fall. The
newspaper relies business ads
to subsidize publishing costs.
The yearbook relies on book
sales and parent ads, as the
cost of producing the yearbook remains around $33,000
annually.
“Clearly, funding student
organizations at a small school
is no easy task,” said Zacchaeus Horn, a sophomore.
The Trinity drama club,
in particular, struggles to
fund their shows, while being
creative in order to avoid user
fees.
“I feel very strongly that
we shouldn’t have a pay-toplay fee like sports teams,”
said drama club adviser Mrs.
Amber Byron.
“We have to pay publishers
to perform certain shows and
scripts fall under expenses as
well,” said drama club member
and president Alison Parent.
This is no cheap task, but
the Drama club does what
they can.
“The drama club tries to
be as frugal as we can with
set and costumes, and we’ve
learned some pretty creative
ways to cut costs. We manage
and get by, in order to put on
some really good shows,”
added Parent.
When it comes to sports,
higher fees, especially in
expensive sports like hockey
or baseball, cover sometimesinflated costs.
Even the art classes
struggle.
Even though working on
a small budget can be tough,
according to Mailloux, it’s
the education that, in the end,
really matters.
“We feel that the core of
the tuition should be going
towards the classroom experience,” said Mailloux.
Mailloux later said, “I’m
not completely sure that it
has anything to do with funding, there’s a lot of competition.”
It seems that wherever
opinions fall, all can agree
that funding at a school like
Trinity isn’t always easy, but
Trinity does what it can to
get by.
“In such a small school,
funding everything can obviously be really hard at times,
but hey, we’re Trinity,” said
junior Nate Provencher.
GORSKI
Continued from page 1
getting right back into the
swing of things at Trinity—
winning three consecutive
state titles from ’71 to ’74.
About this time, Principal Denis Mailloux, who
had graduated years prior,
returned as a student-teacher under Mr. Gorski.
“I was his guardian angel,” said Gorski.
The two have grown into
great friends—both working in the English department before Mailloux left
to become an administrator.
Both shared the responsibilities as advisers of the
senior class before Mailloux
handed over the reins to
Gorski.
“I really learned an
awful lot from him, and I
really came to respect him,
and I’ve got to say, I love
him like a brother,” said
Mailloux.
Other teachers at Trinity have noticed how caring
Mr. Gorski can be.
“[He is] someone you’d
talk to, someone who’d
listen to you, someone
who’d get things done when
you ran up against that wall
and you needed help. He
was always there—always,
always, always,” said Mrs.
Barbara Belushko.
Since taking control
of the senior class more
than 20 years ago, Gorski
has taken the senior fashion show under his wing,
nurturing it and running all
day-to-day operations to
make it the success that it
has become today.
“A few years ago when
we had a very profitable
fashion show, we went out
to [the Aloha Restaurant].
There were 110 seniors
in the class, I think 107
showed up—it was great.
The bill came to $1200, I
pulled out $1350 and paid
him cash,” said Gorski.
One of the most successful years of all time was the
year that Gorski’s daughter,
Charlotte, attended Trinity
as a senior.
When Charlotte went
to Trinity, Gorski was at
first concerned about the
difficulties of teaching his
daughter and her grade
school friends. He soon
learned—the group took
control of the fashion show
and organized the entire
thing for themselves.
“It wasn’t a problem. I
also had 9 or 10 of her best
friends. If there were 12 of
them, 10 of them were in
AP. It was great. They were
all together—I could yell at
them all at the same time,”
said Gorski.
Outside of school, Gorski is a local legend in Manchester. Simply walking
in the parking lot of Hannaford, Gorski is greeted by
hails of “Hey, Tiny!”
Sometimes considered
more popular in the city of
Manchester than the halls of
Trinity these days, Gorski is
almost always recognized at
public events by former students or those who have just
heard of the local legend.
Part of his local city legend stems from his Monday
and Tuesday night endeavors with his cribbage team.
Since first playing competitively at age 19, Gorski has
been a die-hard cribbage
player. With a deck of cards
that read “Make checks
payable to Tiny Gorski,”
Gorski responds to requests
to play with a simple, “Show
me the money”—and he’s
not prepared to lose.
Playing for Mount
Royale—one of eight clubs
in town—Gorski has won 12
season championships and
jackets for each championship.
But Gorski’s true love is
Trinity High School—often
here at seven in the morning,
Gorski simply loves his job.
“I wish everybody had a
Gorski in their background.
I wish everyone had the
opportunity to work with a
Gorski—it’s special,” said
Belushko.
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News Briefs
The Pioneer
News
FIRST has Georgia on mind
By Mark Natale
Pioneer Staff
Drama Festival
Trinity drama students did not advance to the next round
after participating in the NHETG Regional Drama Festival held
at John Stark High School on March 13.
This was a state-wide competition with three different regional sites of between eight and seven schools each. Only four
of the eight schools moved on.
Trinity performed Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way directed by Alison Parent. The cast included seniors Jessica Parent, Ben Gibbons, Mark Natale, Brady Manning, Sarah Ruggiero, Patricia Gaudet, Katherine Marineau, Andres Peschiera
and sophomore Mo Gibbons.
“Trinity was a “crowd favorite,” said Ms. Byron, the drama
director.
Senior Alison Parent said the event was fantastic and her
twin sister, Jessica Parent, was named to the all star cast.
Ms. Byron called it a good event.
“A lot of kids came home with new phone numbers and
Facebook friends,” she said.
Student Council Volleyball Night
Student Council hosted a volleyball tournament in McHugh
gymnasium on March 19 to take the place of a scheduled
dance.
Mr. Sheehan chaperoned the volleyball tournament, which
also featured video games, pingpong and desserts.
“I wanted the kids to have fun and enjoy their time here,”
said Mr. Sheehan.
The students who signed up were excited to play in the
tournament.
The volleyball teams did not keep score during their games,
but, of course, each team thought that they had won.
Junior Rita Pratte said her team won because they were the
only team of girls that entered the tournament.
Mr. Sheehan said the perfect amount of students showed up,
and that he would do this event again in a minute.
Two competitions
down—one to go. Checkmate 40, with another finish
in the semifinals of its recent
FIRST Robotics tournament
in Connecticut, hopes that
the experience gained in the
Connecticut FIRST Regional
will help propel it to a world
title in Atlanta, Ga.
In one of the highestskilled tournaments of the
year, Trinity went into the
competition thinking it
would be momentous if the
team was picked to compete
in the elimination matches.
Struggling early, Trinity’s
ball-carrier, a vacuum-powered suction device, was not
as strong as it had been in
previous competition, causing shots to fall far short of
the goal.
Trinity also struggled with
its autonomous program for
the first two days of competition, struggling to find a
program that would get longrange shots into the back of
the goals.
However, a new clampstyle lifting system allowed
Checkmate 40 the hanging points that it could not
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Competition, making it a
triple-threat—with good offense, defense, and scoring
bonuses.
“It was challenging with
people trying to stop you
from getting near the hanging area,” said driver Harrison WIlliams.
Leaving the qualifying
schedule 3-7, Trinity found
itself in 31st place—an unfamiliar territory for the semifinalists at the BAE Regional.
In this spot, Trinity could only
sit and hope to be picked at
the selection ceremony—being picked seventh by Team
839, Rosie Robotics from
Agawam, Mass. (ranked 10
after qualifying), and selecting Team 126, Gael Force
from Clinton, Mass. (ranked
27 after qualifying), to complete the elimination alliance.
“We were pretty surprised
[to be selected seventh]. I
think we got kind of lucky,”
said Alex Gadecki.
Going into the first elimination match, Trinity’s alliance was up against a strong
second-seeded alliance, winning the first match, 7-4, and
dropping the second, 7-5. In
the rubber match, Trinity’s
autonomous scoring helped
out its alliance, winning the
match 9-6.
In the semifinals, Trinity
went up against a dominant
third seed, which had swept
its previous elimination
series against the fifth seed,
and Checkmate 40 lost its
first match, 6-3. Coming
back strong in the second
match, Trinity and its alliance partners figured out how
to score big, winning 10-6,
and sending the series into
one last game.
The third game of the
series ended in a tie, bringing
on a fourth and final match,
where Trinity and its alliance
lost, 6-5. At the end of the
match, both Team 126 and
Checkmate 40 were hanging
off the raised platform on the
field, but the referees judged
that the clamp on Trinity’s
robot was touching the platform, which negated Trinity’s
potential points, giving the
win to the other alliance.
“Our alliance in Connecticut was better than our one
in Manchester and we were a
lower seed,” said Gadecki.
Trinity will now look to
use all that it has learned
in regional competitions at
the FRC Championship in
Atlanta, Ga., April 15-17.
March / April 2010
The Pioneer
Sports
Red Sox try brand-new look this year
By Mark Natale
Pioneer Staff
It’s a brand-new team in
Boston this year, but the Red
Sox once again think that
this year is the year.
After losing left fielder
Jason Bay in the offseason to
the New York Mets, the Sox
went on a free-agent rampage, picking up huge stars
in the hopes of once again
bringing the World Series
back to Boston. Signing right
hander John Lackey from the
Angels, the Sox added depth
to an already-stellar starting
rotation.
In addition to Lackey, the
Red Sox signed shortstop
Marco Scutaro from the
Toronto Blue Jays and thirdbaseman Adrian Beltre from
the Seattle Mariners. Scott
Schoenewise from the Arizona Diamondbacks will help
with a bullpen that struggled
during the second half of last
season. Centerfielder Mike
Cameron will also add some
veteran defensive prowess.
With the potential for a
six-man starting rotation this
year, Tito Francona is going
to have his hands full trying
to figure out exactly what
to do with all his starting
pitching. Daisuke Matsuzaka
is currently on the DL, but
upon his return, Francona
will have a couple tough
decisions to make.
The key to the Red Sox’s
success this year will be the
bullpen: already seen with
struggles in the first games of
the season, the Red Sox relief will need to out-perform
all expectations this year.
Okajima and Papelbon will
need to return to old form as
a one-two punch at the end
of the game in order to close
out important games.
David Ortiz will need to
start hitting the ball better
than he did at the beginning of last season. From
the looks of it (1 for 11 in
his first series against the
Yankees), Big Papi is going
to need a lot of work this
spring to return to the hitting
machine that he once was.
Look for first baseman
Kevin Youkilis and second
baseman Dustin Pedroia to
lead the team in defense this
year—Youkilis is known
for his few errors over the
course of the season.
Jacoby Ellsbury will
have some adjusting to do
this year, moving into left
field after the departure of
Bay and the acquisition of
Cameron. Getting used to
playing the Green Monster
in left will start off as a
struggle for Ellsbury, but
with experience will come
the knowledge of how to
play one of the most unique
positions (left field at Fenway) in the entire league.
Look for catcher Victor
Martinez to lead the team
behind the plate this year,
while captain Jason Varitek
takes a backseat role on the
squad. Nobody on the team
knows more than ‘Tek’ when
it comes to catching different teams, so any assistance
from him will help Martinez
enormously.
J.D. Drew in right field
will need to continue to be
the supportive players that
he’s been when healthy. To
stay off the disabled list all
year this year would be a
huge help to the red Sox and
an eventual playoff push.
With reigning World
Series Champions New York
Yankees looking strong
again this year, the Red Sox
are going to need to step up
their game in upcoming series to take the definite edge.
Other competition in the
American League East will
include the young Tampa
Bay Rays and the Toronto
Blue Jays, looking to rebuild
their team after the loss of
Cy Young award winner
Roy Halladay.
Duke wins ‘big dance’ in NCAA thriller
By Mark Natale
Pioneer Staff
2010: the year of the
upsets. This year’s bracket
flew all over the place, with
nine seeds upsetting ones,
tens beating twos, and only
one number one in the Final
Four.
With the 65-team bracket
eventually being narrowed
down to the final two, Duke
and Butler, Coach Mike
Kryzewski led his Blue
Devils back to a national
title, defeating Butler, 6159. Called one of the best
national title games in years
by many sports analysts, this
down-to-the-wire game will
live in history as one of the
better games this turn of the
century.
Upsets were riddled
all throughout this year’s
tournament, most notably
Northern Iowa (9) over Kansas (1) in the second round.
With Ohio (14) defeating
Georgetown (3) in the first
round, the Midwest side
of the bracket fell apart for
most people. With Tennesse
(6) beating Evan Turner’s
Ohio State (2), Tom Izzo’s
Michigan State (5) was able
to make it to the Final Four.
Thirteen-seed Murray
State took on Vanderbilt (4)
and won in the first round,
while Cornell (12) and Wash-
ington (11) both made it to
the Sweet 16 in the East. Old
Dominion (11) beat Notre
Dame (6) in the first round,
and St. Mary’s of California
(10) beat the South’s twoseed, Villanova.
Bob Huggin’s West
Virginia Mountaineers were
able to take on John Wall and
the Kentucky Wildcats in the
Elite Eight, winning a spot in
the Final Four.
Syracuse fell to Butler
in the Sweet 16, while the
Bulldogs continued their
rampage all the way to the
championship game, beating
Kansas State and Michigan
State to win a spot in the
final game.
Duke and West Virginia
met in the Final Four, when
Da’Shaun Butler looked
to lead his Mountaineers
to victory against the Blue
Devils. Falling awkwardly in
the second half of the game,
Butler collapsed in pain for
minutes and needed to be
helped off the court. One of
the most touching moments
of the tournament was when
Huggins ran onto the court
to calm Butler down, holding him and caressing his
face while the trainer tried to
determine the extent of the
injury.
West Virginia was already
trailing by a large margin
at that point, and after that,
Mountaineers fans knew
their season was over.
Heading into the championship game, the general
consensus was that Duke was
going to crush Butler—the
Bulldogs didn’t stand a
chance against the dominant
Blue Devils’ offense. Duke’s
Kyle Singler had 19 points
alongside Jon Schyer’s 15,
and Nolan Smith’s 13: ‘The
Big Three’ lived up to the expectations that that they had
created for themselves.
Duke led at the half,
33-32, and came back trying to put away the pesky
Bulldogs, but couldn’t pull
far enough ahead to have a
solid lead. No team led by
more than six, and Butler’s
Gordon Hayward and Matt
Howard were key players
for the Bulldogs, always
keeping them within scoring range, and Hayward’s
desperation shot at the end
almost won the game for
Butler, but Duke’s overpowering skill won them
their fourth national title in
school history.
Kryzewski, with an
Olympic gold medal and
another NCAA title, his
first since 2001, has now set
himself forever in the history
books—winning as a number one seed in the year of
the upsets—the year when
Coach K won again.
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Pioneer Sports Log
Baseball
Trinity baseball has a new face this year—youth. After the
loss of several key players to the squad, including Sean Lyons,
Dylan Clark, and Garret Cole, Trinity will look to this year’s
seniors to help guide the youth on the team.
“It’s impossible to replace all the talent we had last year—
with three college players and all of our pitching—but we still
have four starters from last year who know
how to
win,” said senior Jim O’Connor.
After losing all starting pitching last
year, the Pioneers are in short supply of strong arms. Most likely
to lead the pack on the
mound will be senior
Connor Lyons and
sophomores Gerry
Robinson and Mike
Beaudette.
Poisson, who has
his work cut out for
him this year, will look
to Lyons and Nalette to
show the team what
a group of scrappy players can do to an
NHIAA bracket from their freshman years—when Trinity (as
an 11-seed) went the NHIAA
Class L title game, eventually
losing to Merrimack.
O’Connor in left and
Jake Castricone at
short will provide
offensive and
defensive produc
#5 Connor Lyons
tion to the lineup
and junior David
Gagnon is slated to solidify his spot at third base with a strong
defensive presence.
First base is going to be a huge question mark this year, with
sophomore Nick Catalanotto looking to fill the hole Ricky Fosher left last year. Centerfield, left by Northeastern’s Lyons, will
likely be filled by senior James Horn or junior Billy Mullaney.
Trinity will have a solid backstop in Nalette, whose leadership will help guide the inexperienced pitching staff to some
strong wins.
All in all, the Pioneers’ season will rest on the shoulders of
the pitching staff to keep Trinity in the games—without solid
pitching, the season could fall apart for the young Pioneers.
Softball
City champions last year, the Pioneer softball team will
attempt to repeat their city victories, along with a return to the
playoffs at the end of the regular season.
Led by coach Steve Gadecki, the Pioneers will rely on
veteran leadership from captain, senior Gill Gravel, and fellow
seniors Nicole Connolly and Maddy Walsh to make another
playoff run this year.
“I expect [Gill] to be the leader. She’s not playing softball
just because it’s playing softball. She has a passion for the
game, and perhaps play beyond high school,” said Gadecki.
First-year assistant coach Brian Flaherty will hope to assist the
team in any way possible.
“I wasn’t too sure what to expect. What I really enjoy about
it is seeing the progress but also getting to work with the students on an entirely different level,” said Flaherty.
This year, the girls have been practicing in the batting cages
since mid-January, in an attempt to prepare for the season.
After losing several key seniors last year, including the
Patev twins, Ellen Connell, and Alie Thomas, the Pioneers this
year will enter the season without a single experienced pitcher
on the team. Freshman Kelleigh Murtagh and junior transfer
Alyssa Atar will be the main pitchers on the team this year, attempting to fill the shoes that Connell left behind last year.
Sophomore Lauren Seitz will be the backstop for the team
this year, with freshman Allie Bowe stepping into centerfield.
Gravel and junior Sam Verney will work the middle of the
infield, with Gravel at short and Verney playing second base.
Junior Sarah Dicroce and sophomore Kristen Van Uden will
play the outfield along with Bowe.
“I think we’ve built a lot of momentum the past couple
years. [We’re] hoping to not just make the playoffs but maybe
host a playoff game,” said Gadecki.
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Boys’ athlete to
watch
As catcher of a brand-new
pitching line-up, senior baseball captain Nick Nalette will
have his work cut out for him
this baseball season. Going to
the Merchant Marine Academy on a baseball scholarship,
Nalette has already proved
himself a dynamic player, both
behind the plate and up to bat.
With two years of experience behind the plate, Nalette
has caught for such stars as
Dylan Clark, Sean Lyons, and
Garrett Cole. This year, Nalette
hopes previous experience
will help him guide the young
pitchers to a successful season.
Battery-mate Connor
Lyons will be an integral part
of the season for the Pioneers
and Nalette will need to make
sure that pitch selection and
accuracy will keep Trinity in
close games. Nalette’s experience is sure to make him a
complete asset to the team
this year.
Nalette
At the plate, Nalette has
improved exponentially over
the years, adding a powerful
bat to the stacked lineup in
past years. This year, look for
Nalette’s power to help carry
the team to the playoffs and
anchor the team, along with
Lyons.
Staying in the game mentally and physically will be
important for Nalette to help
guide the young pitching this
year—look for him to show
his true leadership skills this
spring on the field.
Girls’ athlete to
watch
Sophomore assistant girls’
tennis captain Katie Razzaboni is set to have a big season
this year. As a freshman,
Razzaboni went 7-9, splitting
time between the two seed
and three seed on the team.
This year’s number one,
Razzaboni will have big
shoes to fill, replacing Hanna
Ogilvy, a strong presence on
the court. With a strong serve
and quick movement around
the court, Razzaboni will be a
formidable opponent to some
of the best players in the state.
Razzaboni will need to
stay on top of her fitness
throughout the entire year to
make sure she stays at the top
of the state. With an impressive record this year, Razzaboni could make the state
individual tournament.
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Girls‘ Tennis
After struggling with a tough season last year, the Trinity girls’ tennis team will look
for an impressive all-around team to help guide the team to the playoffs. Coach Mary Wargo,
Trinity and Catholic University alumna, has taken hold of the team, with the assistance of
Trinity parent Anne Razzaboni and will hope to bring a winning season to the Pioneers.
With the loss of former #1 starter Hanna Ogilvy last year, sophomore Katie Razzaboni
now has the weight of being the #1 for the team. Second will be junior Ashley Cavignano,
followed by senior Alexa Serrecchia. Seniors Kaitlyn Telge, Katherine Marineau, and captain
Amelia Nugent will round out the top six.
“We’ve been practicing a lot, and I think the hard work will pay off,” said Serrecchia.
Razzaboni will face a tough schedule of number ones this year, including Central’s Margaret Teague, the second-best player in the state. With experience on their side, the Pioneers
hope to perform well this year against opponents that they lost close games to last year.
“I’m going to push myself more this year too, [now] that I’m stronger for matches against
stronger teams,” said Razzaboni.
Cavignano’s serve will be nearly un-returnable this year as the season moves along, giving
her a definite advantage in matches against tough opponents.
“I’d really like to see everyone get a chance at playing and winning, and I really want to
see us all come together to support one another no matter how well we do,” said Cavignano.
With potential for some strong doubles matches, Trinity will gain much-needed points
from some tough games by combining the top seeds on the team into tough doubles teams on
its way to a potential appearance in the NHIAA tournament this year.
Boys‘ Tennis
The Trinity boys’ tennis team will ride this season on the shoulders of senior Adonios
Papanikalou, a veteran on the Pioneers’ squad.
After losing just about the entire team following last year’s season, Trinity is looking at a
rebuilding year this year, after what could be called one of the greatest tennis seasons in a long
time.
The losses of Tony Collins and Ben Arguin will be tough to recover from, and support from
Mike Lonie, Chad Graff, and Matt Anctil will be sorely missed, but this year’s team is up to the
challenge.
After finishing the regular season in the second seed for the NHIAA Class L tournament last
year, the boys fell to seventh-seeded Concord, a heart-wrenching loss that sent the team home
without a single win in the playoffs.
New addition junior Nate Provencher will help the squad out in doubles and singles play, and
seniors Adam Golding and Westley Leclerc (both first-time players) will try to help the team out
as much as possible. Sophomore Nick Laskowski is the only other returning player on the team.
With young talent just beginning to show itself in the freshmen that joined the squad this
year, the season will ride on the shoulders of the upperclassmen.
Papanikalou, the #1 seed on the team, will look to take on the rest of the state’s best players
in a year that could prove to be very challenging for the Pioneers. With coach Brian Hashem at
the helm this year, the Pioneers hope to make a run to the playoffs again this year.
Track
Razzaboni
Watch for Razzaboni to lead
the team this year to a playoff run this year and look for
the rest of the team to excel
behind her leadership. Junior
Ashley Cavignano will help
Razzaboni with her serve,
while seniors Amelia Nugent,
Alexa Serrecchia, and Kaitlyn
Telge will assist her throughout the year in doubles
matches.
Coach Bob Leonard will run into his second season as head coach of the track team
with a solid team in his sights—assisted by Ms. Byrne and Mr. Perry. Senior captains Bridget
Meehan, Mike Giberti, and Mari-Briege Dunn, alongside junior Ryan Mitchell, will look to
guide the team to strong finishes throughout the season.
With just four meets in the regular season schedule, Trinity will need to focus on training
to be prepared for the high levels of competition it will face in meets.
After losing several seniors to college last year, the Pioneers look to a veteran group of
runners to step up their game this year to propel Trinity to strong finishes.
Look for Giberti, along with fellow senior Pete Kimball and junior Mitchell, to dominate
the boys’ side of the season, with junior Chelsea Serrano and senior KJ Schelling to control
the girls’ side.
Young help will assist the team, preparing for future seasons down the road when this
year’s veteran group departs as well.
“We have a lot of new young faces, which is great because we have a solid upper-classmen
team. Last year, we didn’t have younger kids,” said Meehan.
Lacrosse
Madol named NHIAA Player of the Year
In the month of March,
David Madol, a 6’5 junior,
was named
Player of the
Year by the
NHIAA for his
outstanding performance on the
court this past
season.
Though the
season came to
an early close
when Trinity
Madol
(#3), was upset
by a hot-handed
Exeter (#14), Madol shined
on the court, game in and
game out for the Pioneers this
season.
Through his defensive
prowess and his
smooth, relentless offensive
production, Madol
helped carry the
team by scaring
opponents and
hardly ever being
shut down.
Madol averaged more than
15 points and five
blocks a game for
the Pioneers this
year, leading the team in both
categories, earning himself
Player of the Year honors.
The lacrosse team, led by senior captains Andy Hall and Even Bergeron and junior
captain Eric Werner, will be looking for a more successful season this year than in years past.
A more skilled team this year than years past, the Pioneers will look forward to a home-based
schedule to get a home-turf advantage over fellow Division III teams.
“Less traveling than previous years should help, but our team’s looking good,” said senior
Dan Pearsall.
Without a go-to guy this year, Trinity will look for an all-around performance from the
team this year in order to do well. Losing Colin Robb and Sean Foote last year was a definite blow to the program, but Hall and Bergeron will start at attack this year in an attempt to
replace the hole that Robb left behind.
“Really, our success is going to be based on how well those two guys lead our team,” said
head coach, Mike Martinez.
With a brand-new defensive look this year, Trinity will be led by senior Wade Pepin and
sophomores Zaccheus Horn, Kyle Hebert, and Ryan Nichols. In goal will be freshman James
Hall, with returning starter Matt Belliveau trying to transition to become a field player. Hall
will need to be at the top of his game all season and will have to eliminate mental errors on
the field.
A solid midfield will be led by senior Dan Pearsall, juniors Rob Hoaglund, Dylan Kalil and
Werner, and sophomore Ben Seifert.
Look for a solid season to come out of the Trinity lacrosse team as they push to make the
Division III playoffs this year. March / April 2010
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Sports
Can we pull through this year? T r i n i t y S p r i n g S p o r t s S c h e d u l e s
Mark Natale
Is 2010 simentire season,
ply supposed to
Trinity finally
Opinion
be the year of
lost the big
the upsets? Is
one, dropping
anything going
its first-round
to go right for
playoff game
the Pioneer
to Exeter (14),
sports teams
63-57.
in the spring
We had poseason or will
tential to go far
they fall victim
in both tournato the famous
ments, if not,
choke like the
maybe even win
winter teams?
a state championship. What
After winning the boys’
happened?
basketball Class L title in
At this point, the spring
2009, and the Division V foot- sports teams need to each
ball championship, Pioneer
learn from the mistakes of
sports fans have gotten used
the fall and winter teams that
to Trinity’s winning ways, so
couldn’t get it done.
when we don’t win, it hurts.
Yeah, you might have a
Granted, it was really
great regular season, but when
only the football team that
the tournament actually starts,
did well this fall, with both
all that goes out the window
soccer teams failing to make
and the only thing that matters
the playoffs, and the baseball
is what you’re doing in that
team fell in the quarterfinals
one game.
last year, but the pressure
The baseball team has had
seems to be on Trinity teams
some of the best teams in its
to perform to absolute perfec- history walk through the halls
tion this year.
of Trinity the past few years,
Just take a look—with
but hasn’t made it to the finals
a five seed in the NHIAA
since my freshman year.
tournament, the boys’ hockey What’s with that? Is it really
team simply couldn’t pull
that hard to get four playoff
through against the Berlin
wins in a row?
Mountaineers. Whether they
Softball made it to the
ran out of steam or simply
playoffs for the first time in
got outplayed towards the end years last year, so the team
of the season, the Pioneers
wasn’t expected to go too far
simply couldn’t finish a game, in the tournament. But still,
and fell from the top of the
city champions and no playoff
standings to fifth in the final
wins?
weeks of the season. Going
Last years’ biggest upset
in as the last seed to not get a
was perhaps undermined by
bye, Trinity simply needed to
the baseball team’s loss, but
beat Berlin to have a chance
one of the greatest tennis
to go all the way in the tourteams this century at Trinity
nament, but the last team to
lost in the first round of the
get into the tournament, Berplayoffs—a two seed falling
lin, was able to put them away to a seven, Concord. Dominatin the first round, 4-1.
ing regular season play, Trinity
Check out the boys’ baswent into the game expecting a
ketball team: riding atop the
breeze of a game, and we came
NHIAA standings all through- out reeling from the loss.
out the year, Trinity surprised
This spring season, Trinmany with its on-court presity needs to recover from this
ence, winning enough games
series of first-round playoff
to earn it a third-seed in the
losses and give themselves a
tournament. Struggling with
legitimate shot at the title—
consistency throughout the
for any sport.
Date
4/14
4/16
4/19
4/21
4/23
4/28
4/30
5/3
5/5
5/7
5/12
5/14
5/17
5/20
Baseball
Away
Home Score
Trinity
Concord --Timberlane
Trinity
--Trinity Nashua South
--Pinkerton
Trinity
--Spaulding Trinity --Trinity Exeter
--Merrimack Trinity
--Trinity
Dover
--Goffstown Trinity
--Trinity
Winnacunnet
--West
Trinity
--Trinity
Londonderry
--Nashua North Trinity
--Trinity Salem
--Keene
Trinity
--Trinity
Bishop Guertin
--Memorial
Trinity
--Alvirne
Trinity
--Trinity
Central
--Boys’ Tennis
Away
Home
Score
Trinity
Central
--Timberlane
Trinity
--Trinity
Nashua South --Pinkerton
Trinity
--Trinity
Spaulding
--Merrimack
Trinity
--Trinity
Dover
--Goffstown
Trinity
--Trinity
Winnacunnet --West
Trinity --Nashua North
Trinity
--Trinity
Salem
--Keene
Trinity
--Trinity
Memorial
---
Date
4/14
4/15
4/16
4/20
4/21
4/23
Lacrosse
Away
Home
Score
Trinity
Derryfield
--Trinity
Memorial (D1) --Gilford Trinity
--Trinity
West (D1)
--Trinity
Laconia
--Kingswood
Trinity
---
Date
4/13
4/20
Track
Location
Merrimack, Nashua South
Bishop Guertin, Memorial
Date
4/14
4/16
4/19
4/21
4/23
4/26
4/28
4/30
5/3
5/5
5/7
5/10
5/12
5/14
5/17
5/19
5/20
5/24
5/26
Mark Natale / Pioneer Staff
Date
4/14
4/16
4/19
4/21
4/23
4/28
4/30
5/3
5/5
5/7
5/12
5/14
5/17
5/20
4/28
4/30
5/5
5/7
5/12
5/14
5/18
5/21
Date
5/4
5/11
5/18
Softball
Away
Home
Concord
Trinity
Trinity
Timberlane
Nashua South Trinty
Trinity
Pinkerton Trinity
Spaulding Exeter
Trinity
Trinity
Merrimack Dover
Trinity
Trinity
Goffstown
Winnacunnet
Trinity
Trinity
West
Londonderry
Trinity
Trinity
Nashua North
Salem
Trinity
Trinity
Keene
Bishop Guertin Trinity
Trinity
Memorial Trinity
Alvirne
Central
Trinity
Girls’ Tennis
Away
Home
Central
Trinity
Trinity
Timberlane
Nashua South
Trinity
Trinity
Pinkerton Spaulding
Trinity
Trinity
Merrimack
Dover
Trinity
Trinity
Goffstown
Winnacunnet
Trinity
Trinity
West
Trinity
Nashua North
Salem
Trinity
Trinity
Keene
Memorial Trinity
Trinity
Trinity
Trinity
Stevens Trinity
Trinity
Trinity
Milford
Score
-- -------------- -- ---- -- -- ------------Score
-- ------ -- -- -------- -- -------
Pelham
--Plymouth --Monadnock
--Trinity
--Lebanon
--Hollis/Brookline --John Stark
--Trinity
---
Location
Keene, Nashua North
Concord, Alvirne
Dover, West
Time
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Trinity Spring Sports Standings
Baseball
School
W
L
T
Points Rating
Keene
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
Trinity
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
Londonderry 0
0
0
0.00 .0000
Alvirne
0 0
0
0.00 .0000
Nashua South 0
0
0
0.00 .0000
Goffstown
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
Nashua North 0
0
0
0.00 .0000
Exeter
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
Timberlane
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
Central
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
Concord
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
Salem
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
Winnacunnet 0
0
0
0.00 .0000
Spaulding
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
Bishop Guertin 0
0
0
0.00 .0000
Pinkerton
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
Memorial
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
Merrimack
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
Dover
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
West
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
Girls’ Tennis
School
W
L
T
Points Rating
Alvirne
0
0
0
0.00
.0000
Bishop Guertin 0
0
0
0.00
.0000
Concord
0
0
0
0.00
.0000
Dover
0
0
0
0.00
.0000
Exeter
0
0
0
0.00
.0000
Goffstown
0
0
0
0.00
.0000
Keene 0
0
0
0.00
.0000
Londonderry 0
0
0
0.00
.0000
Central
0
0
0
0.00
.0000
Memorial
0
0
0
0.00
.0000
West
0
0
0
0.00
.0000
Merrimack
0
0
0
0.00
.0000
Nashua North 0
0
0
0.00
.0000
Nashua South 0
0
0
0.00
.0000
Pinkerton
0
0
0
0.00
.0000
Salem
0
0
0
0.00
.0000
Spaulding
0
0
0
0.00
.0000
Timberlane
0
0
0
0.00
.0000
Trinity
0
0
0
0.00
.0000
Winnacunnet 0
0
0
0.00
.0000
School
W
Kearsarge
0
Monadnock
0
Holl.-Brookline 0
Pelham
0
Laconia
0
Derryfield
0
Merrimack V. 0
Pembroke
0
Senior Adonios Papanikolau watches his return against Concord
in the first round of the state tournament last year. Papanikolau,
a captain, will help to lead this years team.
Time
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Date
4/14
4/16
4/19
4/21
4/23
4/26
4/28
4/30
5/3
5/5
5/7
5/10
5/12
5/14
5/17
5/19
5/20
5/24
5/26
Lacrosse
L
T
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Points
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Rating
.0000
.0000
.0000
.0000
.0000
.0000
.0000
.0000
Softball
L
T
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
School
Winnacunnet
Pinkerton
Keene
Londonderry
Central
Nashua North
Bishop Guertin
Exeter
Memorial
Trinity
Alvirne
Dover
Merrimack
Timberlane
Salem
Spaulding
Goffstown
Nashua South
Concord
West
W
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
School
Alvirne
Bishop Guertin
Concord
Dover
Exeter
Goffstown
Keene Londonderry
Central
Memorial
West
Merrimack
Nashua North
Nashua South
Pinkerton
Salem
Spaulding
Timberlane
Trinity
Winnacunnet
Girls’ Tennis
W
L
T
Points Rating
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
0
0
0
0.00 .0000
Plymouth
Kingswood
Hopkinton
Kennet
Lebanon
Stark
Trinity
Milford
Stevens
Somersworth
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Points Rating
0.00 .0000
0.00 .0000
0.00 .0000
0.00 .0000
0.00 .0000
0.00 .0000
0.00 .0000
0.00 .0000
0.00 .0000
0.00 .0000
0.00 .0000
0.00 .0000
0.00 .0000
0.00 .0000
0.00 .0000
0.00 .0000
0.00 .0000
0.00 .0000
0.00 .0000
0.00 .0000
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
.0000
.0000
.0000
.0000
.0000
.0000
.0000
.0000
.0000
.0000
Staff Note: schedules and standings are current as of
March 4. Trinity’s results and standings are in bold.
Page 10
The Pioneer
March / April 2010
Arts & Entertainment
Tacky teen stars take a trip to Trinity
By Ryan Mitchell
Pioneer Staff
If there’s one craze that will
never die, it’s America’s fascination with teenage celebrities. Apparently, being gifted,
good-looking, and most importantly marketable at an age
younger than 20 is very cool.
I for one, can not help but
imagine what kind of reception
these teen stars would receive
if instead of the red carpet,
they walked the cold-tiled
halls of our beloved Trinity.
First of all, Zac Efron, a
standout guard at High School
Musical High School, would
probably not even make the
basketball team, and if he did,
he’d be fighting for minutes
as the JV point guard. This,
not to mention his ridiculous
habit of breaking out into
song at all times and places
of the school, would probably
land him on most peoples bad
sides, to say the least. Let’s
just say he’d be no Zack Mor-
ris, or Zach Stevens for that
matter, either.
And how about little Justin
Bieber? J-Beebs, whom the ladies seem to be going nuts for,
would probably be put right
in the friend zone in the heart
of every girl at school. Why?
Because who wants to be more
than friends with a kid that
texts you for an hour about
how giddy he is over his first
armpit hair? Poor J-Beebs, just
keep singing that Baby song,
someday they’ll love you.
Enough smack talk though,
you know who I think Trinity
would love? Well, not Robert
Pattinson because he would
break into his girlfriends
house to watch her sleep, and
not Ryan Sheckler because
he would cry every day, but
(this may shock some), Soulja
Boy. Is he a terrible rapper? Absolutely, but Soulja
Boy brings to the table a
swag like no other. Soulja’s
as goofy as they come, and
that’s something that I think
‘Date Night’ disappoints
diehard Tina Fey fan
By Emma Pratte
Pioneer Staff
Combining the comedic
genius of Tina Fey and Steve
Carell, Date Night promised
to be the funny movie of the
year.
The story follows Claire
and Phil Foster, a suburban
couple from New Jersey who
find themselves entangled in
a mess of guns and car chases
after simply trying to have a
night out in Manhattan.
The plot was original, but
it was slightly predictable. It
was like every other romantic comedy, fast forward 20
years later.
The Fosters are a happy
little couple who are successful and live well. They are
cute because after 15 years
and two kids they are still in
love. They are the cute old
couple that you want to be
half of when you’re forty.
Fey’s and Carell’s portrayals of their new characters
is appealing. The two are
engraved in America’s brain
as Liz Lemon, Fey’s 30 Rock
character, and Michael Scott,
Carell’s personality from The
Office. But as the Fosters,
these TV actors are believable
and lovable.
However, with the proven
talent in these actors, Date
Night could have been a lot
better if they were given a
little bit of creative leeway.
The blooper reel that runs
alongside the credits shows
off the improv skills of the
actors. If any of that had been
thrown in the movie, it would
have been better.
It seems as though the
director put Fey and Carell
in situations in which the actors could get a laugh, rather
than actually trying to make
a funny movie. If they had
been given a little more freedom, Date Night probably
would have been funnier and
more appealing to the people
who are paying to see it: fans
of Tina Fey and Steve Carell.
Date Night was, surprisingly, filled with familiar
faces. Cameos included Taraji
P. Henson (The Curious Case
of Benjamin Button), a shirtless Mark Wahlberg, Leighton Meester (Gossip Girl),
Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night
Live), Mark Ruffalo, James
Franco and Mila Kunis.With
all this proven talent and a
predetermined fan base, it
is hard to see Date Night be
somewhat of a flop.
If you are in the mood for
a light-hearted laugh, Date
Night delivers. If you’re looking for the wittier, more satirical comedy, comedy that you
usually get from people like
Wigg, Fey and Carell, Date
Night may not be your film.
Other than the fact the
Fey’s hair continuously got
messed up yet always looked
good, and her dress never got
ruined the production had no
irksome faults.
Overall, it wasn’t a bad
movie, it was just vanilla.
There was a little romance
for the girls, there were mild
actions scenes for the guys,
and a little comedy for both
sets. Ironically, Date Night
would be a good date night
movie.
THS can appreciate, see also:
Mr. Lockwood’s talent show
performance, Mr. Smith’s rapping career, Jake Hamel etc.
Soulja would be that kid that,
even though, you can’t really
interpret half of the words
stumbling out of his mouth,
you wouldn’t be able to help
but laugh.
And then there’s the girls,
maybe Miley Cyrus wouldn’t
be super popular, but Emma
Watson (AKA Hermione
Granger) would probably be
on the top of most guy’s list,
unless Nate Provencher has
something to say about it. I
mean, come on, a transfer from
Hogwarts? Yeeeaaaahhhhhhh.
I think Taylor Swift would
take the cake though for most
popular, though. She’s kind,
seemingly down to earth,
and somewhat talented. TSwift would be the girl that’s
friends with everybody, just
because you couldn’t help but
not like her, she’d probably
also be that kid who starts
Imagine if Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez were Pioneers.
up charity clubs for impoverished children, victims of
natural disasters, and/or other
people in need.
So yeah, maybe Trinity is
a little different than Hollywood, maybe more than a
little actually. I really don’t
think I’m on point with all of
FanPop.com
this stuff necessarily, but these
are just little musings of my
Pioneer mind. Since I don’t
actually care about celeb
gossip, I can’t help but relate
what I see to the school I love
so much. Oh well, in the mean
time, I’m still waiting for that
Hogwarts transfer.
Gorillaz’ ‘Plastic Beach’
boasts eco-friendly music
By Sarah Ruggiero
Pioneer Staff
Trumping out two-dimensional competitors like Alvin
and the Chipmunks and Josie
and the Pussycats, Gorillaz
have established themselves
as the supreme rulers of
cartoon bands. Created by
Britpop band Blur’s
frontman Damon
Albarn, Gorillaz’
‘bandmates’-- Murdoc, Noodle, Russel
and 2D-- are all animated, with Albarn
providing the beats
behind the scenes.
Gorillaz’ third studio album, Plastic Beach, is all-out
trip hop, much like their other
material. The 16-track album
clocks in at just under an hour
and features guest appearances by Lou Reed, Snoop
Dogg, De La Soul, and Mos
Def, among others.
Just as unexpected can
be used to describe the
list of cameo artists, the
word can be attributed to
the album as a whole-- for
example, “White Flag” laces
an electronic beat with a chill
middle eastern arrangement.
However, unexpected
is not to be confused with
exciting. Plastic Beach has
no standout track to boast,
even with its first single,
the low-key buzzer “Stylo.”
Gorillaz’ self-titled debut
disc produced the poppy “192000” and the delightfully
Furry Animals poke at microwave-culture in the hilarious and offbeat “Superfast
Jellyfish.”
Inspired by Albarn’s trip
to a landfill in Mali, Plastic
Beach is mainly a mouthpiece warning against pollution.
The disc reverberates with
industrial waste,
whether it’s bleach,
factories, or “a
styrofoam deepsea
landfill,” and the
electro-wheeze title
track sounds like it’s
choking on exhaust
fumes.
Who knew that animated
primates could be so environmentally conscious?
Gorillaz’ third studio
album, Plastic Beach, is
all-out trip hop.
dreary “Clint Eastwood”
while their follow-up Demon Days featured quirky
and catchy dance tunes like
“Dirty Harry” and “Dare.”
And “Feel Good Inc.” is
pretty hard to top in terms of
irresistibility.
While lacking the dance
factor, Plastic Beach is solid,
in general. Underappreciated
rapper Mos Def co-writes
and boasts his entrancing
lyricism on “Stylo” and
“Sweepstakes.”
Rap group De La Soul
and Gruff Rhys of Super
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Arts & Entertainment
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‘The Last Song’: Familial
bonds and a bland romance
Sarah Ruggiero
Pioneer Staff
Photo: courtesy of IMDb.com
Sam Worthington plays Perseus in Clash of the Titans. The movie
will have you closing your eyes, too.
The tale of the ‘Titans’
is not worth telling
Sarah Ruggiero
Pioneer Staff
As if you hadn’t had
enough of the Kraken in
the Pirates of the Caribbean series, the giant mythical squid-like beast makes
another appearance in Clash
of the Titans, but all of its
ocean-parting, tentaclethrashing rage can’t wring
any life out of the 2010
remake of the 1981 film.
Directed by Louis Leterrier, Clash of the Titans
chronicles young Perseus
(Sam Worthington of Avatar), a demi-god and son of
Zeus, who seeks revenge on
Hades for causing the death
of the family that raised him.
In order to save the city of
Argos from an impending
war between mortals and
gods, Perseus travels with
Greek soldiers to vanquish
Hades’ Kraken and prevent
the god of the underworld
from unleashing his evil on
the world and from stealing
Zeus’ throne.
Zeus and Hades are just
about the only Greek gods
who got any attention in
the movie— the dozens of
other gods and goddesses
may have appeared/been
mentioned once or twice at
most. Zeus, played by Liam
Neeson (Qui-Gon Jinn of
Star Wars), wore armor that
was too sparkly to suggest
that he was the supreme ruler
of Mt. Olympus. Hades is a
bearded, whispery bore that
I wished was more like the
wickedly cool-talking Hades
from Disney’s Hercules. The
Hades in Titans could use an
ounce of pizzazz to add any
personality to him whatsoever.
Even with the several
battle scenes along Perseus’s
quest, the movie lacks excitement. At one point, I even
closed my eyes for about ten
minutes. There was very little
suspense or buildup, and the
fight sequences look annoyingly shaky on the screen.
Even the final battle between
Perseus and the Kraken is a
major bummer.
Even less pleasant than
the actual journey are the
creepy looking creatures
Perseus and co. encountered
along the road. There are
scaly scorpions the size of
buses, semi-faceless and
puke-inducing witches, and a
scabby humanoid with a face
that looks like tree bark. The
only aesthetically pleasing
character is the Pegasus.
Maybe it’s because Greek
mythology has become a
bit stale for me after learning about it every year since
the third grade. Maybe I
just don’t like action/adventure movies. Or maybe
the characters were just too
creepy and crusty-looking.
But Clash of the Titans is a
legend that should not have
been told back in the 80s,
nevermind again in 2010.
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The sixth Nicholas Sparks
novel to be adapted to the big
screen, The Last Song stars
Miley Cyrus as Ronnie, an
angsty misfit teenager whose
mother ships her and her
brother down to Georgia to
spend the summer with their
father, ably played by Greg
Kinnear.
In the beginning, the rude
and bratty Ronnie makes it
clear that she doesn’t want to
stay with her dad, Steve, and
is seemingly going through
the rebellious phase most kids
go through when they’re 12
years old.
Ronnie was a child
prodigy on the piano, and
although she was accepted to
Juilliard School in New York
City, she decides she will not
attend and refuses to play for
anyone. During a walk on the
beach, a guy playing volleyball collides with her, knocking her to the ground. The
guy, Will (Liam Hemsworth),
tries to make it up to her, and
although Ronnie denies him
repeatedly, it’s obvious that
she’s fallen for him.
The summer romance
that ensues is pretty generic
and unbelievable: Will is a
prettyboy from a rich family
and Ronnie is an outsider of
sorts who looks and sounds
like she has two cotton balls
stuffed in her mouth when
she talks. They hang out and
go on dates together, but their
connection doesn’t seem to
deepen at all. Besides their
shared love of aquatic animals, there really isn’t much
that’s special about their
relationship.
Now that she finally has
a friend in Georgia, Ronnie
begins to warm up more to
her dad, and she is slightly
less annoying than she was
in the beginning, but not by
much. However, it is soon
revealed that Steve is sick,
and now Ronnie and Jonah’s
(her brother) visit begins to
take on a new meaning.
If you are going to see
this movie at all, see it for
the second half, not the first
half, which mainly focuses on
Ronnie and Will. The second
half, although very sappy,
focuses more on family and
is a lot more meaningful.
What really grabs your heart
is Jonah, played by Bobby
Coleman. Jonah is innocent
and adorable throughout
the movie, but when he gets
upset, it is heartbreaking and
tear-evoking.
At the end of the film,
Steve, who shares his daughter’s love of the piano, has
been composing a final song:
“Ronnie’s Song.” Ronnie has
only played the piano once
over the summer (for Will),
and it had been a long time
since she last played. Yet, she
opens up by the end of the
movie, and the song becomes
a lasting connection between
Ronnie and her father. Their
shared love of music inspires
Ronnie to take her opportunity and go to Juilliard that fall.
Although The Last Song
seems like it would be
another teen love story, the
film actually focused more on
familial bonds. The relationship between Ronnie and her
father is heart-warming and
a bit sad all at once (even
though I probably would
have disowned Ronnie long
ago), and the movie makes us
think about being nicer to our
parents.
The Last Song is rated PG
for thematic material, some
violence, sensuality and mild
language.
entirety was added to the
MGMT website for your listening pleasure a few weeks
prior to the official album
release.
The big hype had been
about the song “Congratulations,” whose name had been
used, obviously, for the name
of the album. It’s a bit slower
than anything from Oracular
Spectacular, more mellow,
to the point of being almost
like a ballad. And it’s not the
only song on Congratulations
that goes into that as-of-yet
unexplored territory: the synthesized ballad.
These songs were great,
but that’s not really why I
bought the MGMT album. I
wanted the more fast paced
music, so those are the songs
I gravitated towards on the
album. Most notably “Flash
Delirium,” which was recently released as a single onto
the American charts, and, my
favorite, “Brian Eno,” which
comes off as a completely
new sound for MGMT, the
perfect mix of “Time to
Pretend” and a carnival theme
song (a better combination
then you might expect).
Whenever you buy a new
album from a group that you
like, it’s hard to tell if it will
meet your expectations. The
same was true waiting for
Congratulations because I
didn’t think it could be as
good as Oracular Spectacular. Although I’m unsure if
the album has quite reached
that level, I’m definitely not
disappointed at all. I would
recommend that anyone buy
the entire album, but listen to
it first at www.whoisMGMT.
com.
MGMT mix bizarre elements on
second disc ‘Congratulations’
Joe Walsh
Pioneer Staff
For those of you who are
not familiar with the band
MGMT, they are an alternative/synthetic style group that
rose to fame in recent years
with the release of their first
studio album, Oracular Spectacular. The album, released
in early 2008, redefined the
way we view heavily synthesized vocals, with songs like
“Kids,” “Electric Feel,” and
“Time to Pretend,” becoming
wildly popular.
And for the past few
months, the hype has been
building regarding their newest album, Congratulations.
Fans were eager to hear what
the group had come up with
now, and they were happy to
discover that, due to a leak
on the internet of a few of
the songs, the album in its
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Names to expect from the expecting
Or
Mr. Larsen’s daughter
Mrs. Brankin’s son
Patrick Ryan - 54 %
Evan Vincent - 33%
Thomas Henry - 13%
Olivia Jane - 49%
Alexandria Jane - 37%
Josephine Jane - 14%
Mr. Larsen’s son
Note: results gathered from a sampling of approximately 285 Trinity students
Places to eat on a student’s budget
The Ninety-Nine:
Some people may say that the Ninety-Nine restaurant is not exactly a cheap place to eat,
but there can be some great food for a great price. The Ninety-Nine offers a $9.99 menu,
featuring items like Country Fried Chicken, Sirloin Tips with Chicken Tenders, and many
other appetizing meals. Also, you can make this $9.99 meal into a three course meal, for
the low price of $12.99. The three course meal includes a soup or salad before the entree
and a petite treat (ice cream). This menu gives students a chance to eat on a low budget
without low quality food.
Panera:
Panera is a favorite among students. At Panera, the menu consists of sandwiches, salads and
a variety of pastries. Panera offers a great deal where you can purchase half a salad and half
a sandwich, if you can’t decide which to buy. Also, there is always the choice of one of their
many delicious bagels or muffins. Most meals with come out to a price of about $7 - $9
(Which seems pretty cheap, I’d say).
The Red Arrow:
The Red Arrow is the place to eat if you happen to be out at weird hours of the morning and
want some good, inexpensive food. The Red Arrow is open 24 hours a day and is closed
one day a year, Christmas. The Red Arrow offers great prices for whatever food mood you
are in. If you want some breakfast food, you can get a basket of french toast sticks for only
$4.99. The Red Arrow is an inexpensive yet great place to eat, no matter what time you go.
Friendly’s:
Friendly’s offers great deals that will make customers full, but not break the bank. Friendly’s offers the $9.99 create your own meal and the $11.99 create your own meal. Both meals
include an entree (different selection depending on the price), a drink, and an ice cream.
This is a great deal if you’re looking for somewhere to go for dinner and an ice cream, and
the total will only end up being between $10 and $13, not including the tip.
This Month’s Staff Picks
Read below to find out what your Pioneer staffers are obssesed with and can’t get enough of.
Alexa loves tennis, fruit smoothies, blueberry muffins from the cafeteria, playing
the guitar, and being a fourth quarter senior.
Mari-Briege loves Ke$ha, sweaters, the
idea of college being so close and actually
knowing where she’s going, James Morrison, and The 603 by ADP.
Nicole loves acrylic nails, floral dresses,
Beauty Rush Cupquake perfume, sunshine,
country music, and wanting to buy lots of
new dresses.
Mark loves baseball season, AP calculus,
Christmas Cacti blooming for easter, the
song “I’m Awesome,” and fresh fruit for
breakfast.
Joe loves Goldenrod’s cookie dough ice
cream, Nadeau’s steak tips and cheese subs,
caffeine-Free Diet Coke, chocolate chip
scones, and fourth quarter.
Emma is obsessed with M&Ms, Skype,
Parsons: The New School, Nadeau’s steak
tips and cheese subs in a bowl, the yearbook and Caffeine-Free Diet Coke.
Ryan loves hypem.com, Spose (the rapper from Wells, Maine), animal bracelets,
having a secret admirer, and enjoying the
outdoors.
Sarah loves wallets, wallpaper, WalMart, walruses, and Walla Walla, Washington.
Aden Michael - 50%
John “Jack” Everett - 31%
Michael Edward - 19%
The Pioneer’s Recipe Corner
This month’s recipe:
Chocolate Chip Scones
2 cups Original Bisquick® mix 1/2 cup semisweet
chocolate chips
1/3 cup whipping (heavy) cream
3 tablespoons sugar
1egg
1teaspoon vanilla
Additional whipping (heavy) cream
Additional sugar
1. Heat oven to 425°F. Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray or grease with shortening. Stir Bisquick
mix, chocolate chips, 1/3 cup whipping cream, 3
tablespoons sugar, the egg and vanilla in medium
bowl until soft dough forms.
2. Pat into 8-inch circle on cookie sheet (if dough
is sticky, dip fingers in Bisquick mix). Brush circle
with additional whipping cream; sprinkle with additional sugar. Cut into 8 wedges, but do not separate.
3. Bake about 12 minutes or until golden brown;
carefully separate. Serve warm.