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Volume 4 Issue 5
The newspaper of Trinity High School
Two overtime semifinal shockers
March 2012
4 years later,
and he’s still a
pioneer at heart
By Kasie Bourque
Pioneer Staff
Picture Left: Mark Natale / Former Pioner Staff. Picture Right: Kasie Bourque / Pioneer Staff
Left: Coach Keefe guides the team during a timeout at the semi final game. Right: Junior goaltender, Ryan Slatky, mourns after a loss in the semifinal game.
Boys’ basketball double
overtime heartbreaker
Hockey team hangs up the
skates for 2012 season
The Trinity basketball
season came to an end
when the Pioneers were
eliminated by inner-city
rivals Central in the semifinals on March 13 at the
UNH Field House.
The Pioneers played
with determination taking
the game to double overtime before losing, 59-56.
Going into the game,
many people expected it
to be a very close game
filled with rivalry and
tons of lead changes.
The Union Leader, in
See BASKETBALL, Page 5
This year’s hockey
team with the loss of a
lot of key players was
supposed to have a down
year. Even though they
were the defending state
champions the Union
Leader had low expectations for them and said
they going to finish in last
place.
The team finished the
season 10-6-2 and fell to
Pinkerton in the Class L
semifinal game.
The team had a tough
start to the season, go-
By Jake St. Germain
Pioneer Staff
its preview of the game,
predicted that it would be
decided by who had the
ball last. One freshman at
Trinity agreed with them.
“I expected it to be
a nail biter that would
go down to the very last
seconds. The double overtime definitely exceeded
my expectations,” said
freshman Jacob Eldred.
Many fans said that
Trinity played their hearts
out and made them proud
to be a Pioneer.
No matter the outcome,
they would leave the gym
By Shawn Dunphy
Pioneer Staff
ing 1-5-1 in the first seven
games. Then the team
turned the season around
going improving their
record 10-6-2 to end the
season.
The regular season
consisted of big wins and
tough losses. The team
lost to Memorial and
Bishop Brady, giving up
seven goals in each of the
two games.
Things turned around
in the middle of the season when the team went
on a three game winning
streak and ending the sea
It wasn’t real until he said it out loud.
Eric Martin (THS ’08) wanted to be in
the military. He had just come home from
soccer practice and was discussing college plans with his dad at the end of his
sophomore year.
Martin began thinking about being a
Marine his sophomore year of high school
at Trinity. Originally, Martin was going to
enlist in the SEALS or the Marine Corps.
“I guess it was that feeling of telling
my dad that that’s what I wanted to do. If
anybody needs to know this, it’s my dad
because I’ve looked up to him for so long
even if he’s not a military guy. I thought
he could do everything, and I still do. It
was a settling moment. It was the only
thing I wanted to do,” Martin said.
Flash forward six years, and Martin is
a senior at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., set to graduate in June.
“I had already decided I wanted to go
into the military. It was just something I
wanted to do coming out of high school.
I wanted to do something different from
my friends, something kind of more,” he
said.
Daily life at the academy is not a
typical college experience. Martin wakes
up at 5:30 a.m. or 6:30 a.m., depending
on the day and doesn’t go to bed until 11
p.m. or later.
Even the system of the academy’s
majors is different than average colleges’
methods. The academy has three academic tiers. Martin is in the first tier, which
indicates that his major is science related.
His major is engineering. The second tier
is math or science majors. The third tier is
more of a variety of majors like English
See HOCKEY, Page 5
See ALUMNI, Page 5
New this issue: Ms. Byron dances her way to fitness
QR Codes
Throughout this issue, you’ll find
black and white scrambled images. Those
are called QR codes, and they link to online content that we think you’ll enjoy.
So, in the Joey Libby story, the QR
code links to his latest music video on
YouTube. In the March Madness story,
the QR code links to Meredith Farrell’s
blog, Sports Talk With a Pioneer. So,
grab your smartphone, download a QR
reader (Qrafter is our favorite app to use-and it’s free), aim your phone’s camera
at the image, take the picture, and you’ll
be brought to the content. Enjoy!
Inside this issue:
Adele is a beautiful woman; get
over her “size”
Nicole Fell discusses why she
thinks Adele is the farthest thing
from fat. The new standard beauty. See page 10
By Kasie Bourque
Pioneer Staff
Some people climb mountains.
Some people sky dive. Mrs. Amber
Byron Zumbas.
“Wild Ones” by Flo Rida blares
through the speakers in the dance
studio of the Queen City Ballroom
and Michelle, the Zumba instructor,
yells “get those knees up, ladies.”
They do, and Ms. Byron is certainly
no exception. In fact, she is one of
the most enthusiastic of the group.
Zumba is a Latin-inspired form
of dance. Latin dances such as the
Virtual courage
Have you ever noticed that everyone seems to have a bit more
courage behind a computer screen?
See why Tiffany Keenan believes it
to be true.
See page 2
salsa, cha-cha and mambo are incorporated. Belly dancing and hip- hop
are also included.
“I would say it’s like a combination of Latin dance, hip-hop dance
and exercise,” said Ms. Byron.
Some people may think, “How
is dancing possibly a workout?”
Well, ask Ms. Byron and she’ll tell
you it’s more than just jumping all
around.
Some songs work on core
muscles while others are all squats.
Cardio, strength training and flex-
See BYRON, Page 5
KONY 2012? Real or not?
Rick Kfoury expresses his take
on the KONY 2012 uproar. Should
we believe the hype or not? Believe it or not, Invisible Children
has caught attention.
See page 6
Kasie Bourque / Pioneer Staff
The “Zumba Here” sign decorates the Queen City
Ballroom where Ms. Byron takes Zumba class.
THS at a glance...
3/27 - Lenten Liturgy
3/29 - Third quarter ends
3/31 - Freshman yard sale
4/5 - Holy Thursday; noon dismissal
4/6 - Good Friday; no classes
4/11 - Senior Fashion show
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The Pioneer
Opinion/Editorial
A legacy of champions
Four years and four
showed schools that were
championships. The Class of triple our size that we were
2012 has been blessed with
a force to be reckoned with.
the privilege of watching or
We overcame Memorial High
taking part in a championSchool in boys’ basketball
ship victory
freshman year,
every year since
and this is where
Editorial
we have gone
the pride started.
to Trinity High
Since that
School.
win, the basketAs we
ball team has
“I BELIEVE
recall: Freshbeen “the team,”
man year, the
THAT WE HAVE an image they
boys’ basstill maintain.
WON” will never The following
ketball won;
sophomore
year, football
be forgotten.
year, football
became the team
won; Junior
to beat, only losyear, hockey
ing two division
won; and this year, Football
games since the fall of 2009.
earned another victory. That
The winter of 2011 was a
is something to be proud of,
shocker when the underdog
fellow classmates.
hockey team came out on top
While hockey and basket- with a D1 win.
ball lost this year in their title
Winning has become secbids, we should not dwell
ond nature to us as Pioneers.
on the defeats, but rejoice
However, we must remember
because of the strength,
that we were not always windetermination, and sense of
ners and without hard work,
teamwork that our beloved
it will be difficult to stay one.
high school’s sports have to
In a few short months, we
offer.
will move on and leave our
The point of winning is
Pioneer days behind us. The
not to laugh at the opponent’s memories, however, will stay
loss but to show the hard
with us. The numerous times
work that that contributes to
we’ve been blessed enough
the victories: the long practo scream at the top of our
tices, the sweat, the tears.
lungs “I BELIEVE THAT
Those memories will last a
WE HAVE WON” will never
lifetime.
be forgotten. We’ve made our
When we first came to
mark at Trinity, and one thing
this school, we were the
is certain, the banner hanging
underdogs from the start,
in the gym will never forget
but we pulled through and
the Class of 2012.
The Pioneer
Editors-in-Chief
Tiffany Keenan
Nicole Fell
News
Kasie Bourque
A&E
Aubrey Legasse
Sports
Jake St. Germain
Eric Kallander
Meredith Farrell
Opinions
Jess Sweeney
Staff Writers
Shawn Dunphy
Rick Kfoury
Advisory
Mrs. Terri Greene Henning, adviser
Mr. Denis Mailloux, principal
Mr. Steven Gadecki, assistant principal
Mr. Patrick Smith, dean of students
[email protected]
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March 2012
Watch what you say online,
it doesn’t always disappear
It all started years ago
with a note that was written by Sally in math class.
That note, about the latest
drama, made its way around
the school. The note was
given to one person who then
passed it on to the next who
then dropped the note and
was picked up by someone
else who, again, passed it
on. However, within a day or
two, that note was crumbled
up and thrown in the trash.
The evidence was gone.
Now, “passing the note”
is a lot easier but getting
rid of the note is a bit more
complicated; all Sally has
to do is press “post” and the
note is for the world to see.
Twitter, Facebook, etc.
have become outlets for
people to freely express
their opinions, some hurtful,
some random, some annoying. The point is, you can
say what you want to make
yourself feel better, but the
fact of the matter is you are
not the only one reading it.
What you have written has
consequences.
People who directly talk
about someone else online
are most likely too cowardly
to even mention it to someone else’s face. No one wants
Tiffany Keenan
Opinion
Our social skills are
rapidly declining.
Few people have the
decency to say what
they feel to someone’s face.
to face the repercussions of
their actions.
Actions have consequences. The screen in front
of you is not in fact a safety
net from the people on the
other end. While one can
“delete” anything he or she
posts, little do they know
that the tweet or update lives
on: in screenshots, printouts, retweets, shares, and
forwards. “Delete” or “re-
move post” sometimes aren’t
enough.
Our social skills are
rapidly declining. Few people
have the decency to say what
they feel to someone’s face.
Facebook, Twitter, texting,
or other social networking
sites are used too often as
outlets to get someone’s feelings out. Facebook, Twitter,
texts, blogs, and the Internet
in general give us all a false
sense of confidence—they
give us virtual courage.
High school is already
dramatic; our parents,
teachers, and elders around
us have gone through that
drama, but adding the Internet into the equation makes
adolescence even harder to
handle.
It is simple; don’t post
anything online you would
not say in front of your
grandmother.
Years ago, if Sally got
caught with the note, it would
have been confiscated and
read. That note would have
been forever lost and/or
destroyed, its contents forgotten. Today’s “notes,” however, live on in cyberspace.
Forever. Think about that
next time you’re exercising
your first amendment.
Society tells girls one thing,
and tells their bodies another
“To all you girls that think
you’re fat because you’re not
a size 0, you’re the beautiful
one. It’s society who’s ugly.”
– Marylin Monroe
The March cover of Teen
Vogue showcases the infamous younger Kardashian
half-sisters, Kendall and
Kylie Jenner. Kendall, 16,
is 5’11” and weighs roughly
110 pounds. Her Body Mass
Index is 15, which is low. The
healthy BMI for a girl her age
is around 22, so why a fashion
magazine would be featuring
girls who are so unhealthily
skinny is far beyond me.
Not only are the girls
shown in such positions so as
to make them look as light as
a feather, but their faces are
seemingly flawless. Seemingly being the key word in the
prior sentence. Chances are
those high school girls were
airbrushed to look like super
models. So is that beauty?
What is beauty? Teen
Vogue, along with many other
fashion magazines, will tell
you beauty is a frail, size 0,
gaunt woman. Society will
tell you it’s having perfect
skin and looking like you’ve
been air brushed every time
you go out.
Kasie Bourque
Opinion
Girls, remember when we
were little, our mothers would
tell us we were beautiful and
we would giggle and say,
“No, mommy, you’re beautiful?” When did those little
girls start to look in the mirror
and see anything but beauty?
Was it when they started
middle school and MTV was
watched more than Disney
Channel? Was it when play
dates turned into real dates?
Or maybe it was that first
time, and all the times after,
that we looked at the cover
of a magazine and saw a
celebrity photographed (and
Photoshopped) perfectly and
thought, “Wow. I want to look
just like her.”
A girl walks down the hallway at Trinity High School.
She seems happy, maybe even
confident, but what that girl is
really thinking about is easily
hidden behind a smile.
She’s worrying about how
she looks. Is my makeup staying on? Are my curls staying
in? And the biggest question
of all: Do I look fat in this?
Believe it or not boys, but
every girl has thought this at
least one since she hit puberty,
even the girls you wouldn’t
expect to.
High school girls have
enough pressure as it is from
parents, teachers and peers.
The last thing we want is to
feel that anything less than
perfect is unacceptable. Outside those magazine covers,
no one is perfect.
So, boys, next time you
think about calling a girl fat
or “big,” remember what that
girl has to compare herself to.
None of you look like Calvin
Klein models either.
So, here’s a challenge
to the girls. Next time you
look in the mirror, don’t look
for your so-called mistakes.
Rather, tell yourself you look
beautiful, smile and try not to
look in a mirror for the rest of
the day. It sounds stupid and
weird, I know, but I bet you’ll
feel a million times better.
March 2012
News Briefs
The Pioneer
News
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Robotics
The Trinity robotics team closed out their qualifying season
by competing in two last events before worlds. In their first
event in March, team 40M, 40J, and 40B won the VEX New
England Championship Event at Quinsigamond Community
College in Worcester on March 3rd.
On top of winning the tournament team 40M won the think
award. Team 40F was awarded the amaze award. The team also
competed in the VEX Northern New England Championships
at NHTI in Concord on March 10th. Here the team did very
well with teams 40K and 40J Winning the whole tournament.
Team 40G won the Robot skill award and team 40F won the
design award.
Now the team looks ahead to the VEX World Championships, where seven Trinity teams will compete against 370+
teams from all across the world. The competition goes on for
four days from April 18th to the 21th.
National Merit Scholar Finalist
Every year students from around the United States are
recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation for
being academically talented and are rewarded with scholarships
for collage.
Eric Gadecki has been named as one of the 15,000 students
that are finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program.
This means that he is competing for a 2,500$ merit scholarship
with other students around the US. In mid-June they will announce the 8,300 people that have won this scholarship and that
are named winners.
In order to be eligible to participate in this program the
student must one, be a legal citizen of the United States, two,
taken part in the PSAT and three, be progressing towards
graduating high school.
Pioneer Staff Photo
The Helping Hands club, founded by Ms. Tortolini, Kayla Denison, Meredith
Farrell, Brenda Basinow, Leah Bournival and Geraldine Kroll, aims to assist
Trinity in its ongoing service opportunities and activities. When asked how the
group came to be, Ms. Tortolini responded with, “The girls and I were talking
about starting a club and after some thought; I realized we had a great opportunity to bring many students with different interests, grades and abilities together
to accomplish something good for Trinity.” Some of the tasks they have taken on
so far include making centerpieces for the alumni breakfast, making blankets for
the Baby Shower and decorating bulletin boards. The group has 22 members and
expects more, as interest is growing. The group currently meets whenever they
feel the need, as it is a new organization, but they plan on regulating a schedule
soon. If you are interested in joining and lending a “helping hand”, contact Ms.
Tortolini, President Kayla Denison or Vice President Meredith Farrell.
Courtesy Photo
At left, Mr Bielek is shown with his cheerleading team at Milligan College. He is pictured at far left. At right, Mr. Bielek is
performing a diamond with three other members of the Milligan cheer squad. Mr. Bielek didn’t start cheering until college.
Mr. Bielek: Resident drummer,
cheerleader and mathematician
By Nicole Fell
Pioneer Staff
“I just want to leave
people better than I found
them,” said Trinity math
teacher Mr. David Bielik.
While most know him as
just another math teacher,
there is plenty more to Mr.
Bielik than what meets the
eye.
Mr. Bielik grew up in
St. Charles, MO. Mr. Bielik
left Missouri and traveled
10 hours away to attend
Milligan, a small Christian
college in Tennessee.
He was debating back
and forth between religious
studies or education, so he
picked a school that would
work for whichever major
he chose.
While at Milligan, he
participated in cheerleading, something most people
would not expect.
“I never thought about
cheer until my sophomore
year,” said Bielik. “I worked
for the coach. She said ‘we
need more guys, you should
do it.’ ”
He lifted weights in high
school and saw cheerleading
as an opportunity to keep in
shape.
Cheerleading was something fun to do, but his real
passion laid an art, music.
Throughout high school, he
played music, and when it
came time to decide what to
study in college, he wanted
to make sure music was a
part of it.
He never wanted to teach
music, so he decided to find
an organization that would
also cater to his love for
music.
“I had thought about education, but I ended up with
a ministry/Biblical studies degree,” said Bielik. “I
wanted to work with a youth
group.”
Once he graduated from
college, he got his wish.
He was able to work for a
church’s youth group. This
is what he had wanted. The
job was not quite what he
had expected it to be.
“I found I was basically
sitting behind a computer
75% of the time. I guess
teaching was the right
choice.”
About three years after
obtaining the job at the
church, Bielik decided it
was time to become a teacher, so he enrolled in Rivier
College, in Nashua. He is
still working on his master’s
degree and will graduate in
May.
Although he decided to
take music out of his career,
that does not mean he took it
out of his life.
“That’s a big part of
who I am,” he said. “I was
always the class clown, the
performer,” he added. He
just recently auditioned for
a band.
When it comes to life,
Mr. Bielik lives by one
motto: “Listen. Learn. Love.
Serve,” which he tries to
live out daily.
“I like simple things,” said
Bielik. “But good things.”
He strongly believes he is
nothing exciting, but his
story tells something totally
different.
He strongly believes
that “Everyone has a story,”
as he put it. He thinks that
people just need to take time
and listen to others.
When it comes to learning, Mr. Bielik is always eager to learn something new.
He believes the best things
are the pure things, which is
one of the reasons he says
loves math.
He says that he always
loves to learn something
new and something pure,
which is the source of his
love for math.
Mr. Bielik’s outlook on
life is very clear with his
final quote.
“Be positive. Life’s too
short to be negative,” he
said.
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The Pioneer
March 2012
News
Too much college info? Here’s more...
What
advice
would you
give to any
students
about
applying to
college?
“Live in the moment
and plan for the future
don’t live in the future;
you never know what
is ahead of you. Life is
short.”
--Mrs. Brown
“Listen to the constructive criticism by advisor/ mentor teacher
gives you. They are here
to better you and will
benefit from that. Take
the methods classes;
you can learn a lot from
that.”
--Miss Levine
“When you pick a major, make sure there will
be jobs available in the
field after you graduate.”
--Mr. Chervinky
“Whatever you end up
studying and whatever
school you go to, make
sure they both make you
happy.”
--Mr. Flaherty
Best
College
Websites
*The above infographic, “College Students in America,” was taken from www.degreecentral.com.
March 2012
ALUMNI
Continued from page 1
and History.
While Martin is away at
school, he can choose to spend
time with his sponsor family.
The sponsor family program is
for students who don’t know
anyone in the area. Having a
sponsor family has many advantages, such as getting home
cooked meals, being able to
listen to music (media is not
allowed at the school) and doing laundry. Martin loves his
sponsor family.
“They’re like my second
family. I call them Momma K
and Pops,” said Martin.
Not only is his home away
from home important, but his
family in Litchfield is important to him as well. Martin has
two sisters. Alyssa graduated
from Trinity in 2005 and Emily graduated this past spring
and attends Bowdoin College
in Maine.
Trinity and the military are
similar, according to Martin.
“I treat Trinity like it’s
my family. . . . I think we all
come from something that’s
very common, that’s very
close when you graduate from
here. It’s definitely camaraderie that you see. In the military it’s very similar.”
The Pioneer
From Page One
Martin also accredits Trinity for where he is at in his
life now.
“Trinity definitely challenged me. It gave me a lot
of options. I learned to take
them when I was here because
people pushed me to take
them. . . . Trinity let me be the
best 18-year-old I could have
been coming out of here,” he
said.
Martin’s piece of life
advice is something he’s been
told many times.
“Everything in this life,
in this world, that is worth
having never comes easy. If
you want it and it’s worth it to
you, don’t expect it to fall in
your lap,” he said.
While graduation is lurking in the near future and the
idea of leaving is sad, Martin
is excited to experience life
beyond the Academy.
“The feeling I have right
now is almost one of nostalgia. The people and friends I
have been with for the past 4
years are about to be spread
out across the country. My
other feeling is that of anxiousness. I can’t wait to train
for my new career, start a new
chapter in my life, and finally
experience life outside of the
Naval Academy. I can’t wait
to be a Marine.”
BASKETBALL
Continued from page 1
proud to be a Pioneer.
“All the hard work Trinity
basketball puts into trying
to be the best makes me
proud to be a Pioneer. You
can see the drive and passion
they have in their hearts to
make our school proud every
game,” said sophomore Julia
Steer.
Trinity was leading for
most of the game and put
pressure on Central to make
their shots and they did, taking the lead late in the fourth
quarter.
“When we got up, we
went into our one-two-two
zone, and I thought maybe
they might clank a few. [I
thought] Maybe we’ll get a
run and get it up 10 or 12 or
14,” said Trinity Coach Dave
Keefe.
With less than a minute
left in the game, sophomore
Pat Keefe stripped the ball
from a Central player and
dished it to freshman Ian
Sistare, who laid it in to tie
the game. The game was
headed into overtime.
Overtime went back and
forth and just when it looked
like Central would win, Trinity came back with a lay-up
by Andrew Lauderdale to tie
the game up and send it to its
BYRON
Continued from page 1
Kasie Bourque / Pioneer Staff
Nik Beeson, senior, takes a knee after Pinkerton scored in overtime to win the game.
This was one of a handful of games Beeson was able to play in, due to an injury.
HOCKEY
Continued from page 1
son on a five game win streak.
“I think that even though
Trinity hockey had its ups
and downs, I’m proud that we
didn’t give up,” said sophomore forward Mitch Myers.
“During our 1-5-1 record,
teams looked down on us but
we didn’t care because then it
was easier to win.
In the first round of the
playoffs, the boys played and
beat Hanover, 3-2, in a close
game that ended with an overtime goal by Kyle Vallierre.
In the semi finals the boys
were matched up against
Pinkerton, the number one
seeded. The Pioneers made it
a tough game, bringing it into
overtime but, eventually losing on a short-handed goal.
“Overall, the season was
great, I am very proud of the
guys from starting 1-5-1 to
where we ended in overtime
against the best team in the
state,” said Coach Connell.
The team lost talent when
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David Gagnon graduated. It
was also a big blow when
Chris Moquin, Tyler Theodoulou and Brad Theodoulou
left the team to play Junior
Hockey. However, the losses
did not stop the team from
having a successful year.
Coach Connell still had
the core, of the team which
he called the “heartbeat” of
the team. With Ryan Slatky
who was named the first team
all- state team goalie, Coach
Connell knew his team had
a chance to win every game.
“Anytime you have Ryan
Slatky, you know you’re going to be in every game,” said
Coach Connell.
Mike Beaudet and Joey
Libby were also honored for
their play this season. Beaudet
received an all-state honorable mention as a defensemen
and Libby received an allstate honorable mention as a
forward.
“I’m proud to wear our
jersey and I’m more proud to
call us not just a team, but a
family,” said Mitch Myers.
class.
“I’ll go and walk up the
stairs and really feel it in
my muscles, or I’ll go to sit
down and really feel it in
my abs, so it definitely is [a
good workout]. You sweat
like crazy,” she said.
The class is fun as
well as challenging. Most
people sing and clap
along with the music.
“If someone said to
you, ‘okay I want you to
do 130 jumping jacks,’
you’d be miserable, but if
they said, okay we’re going to put on “Set Fire to
the Rain.” You’re going to
do 130 jumping jacks and
you’re going to sing along
with Adele, now it’s not
so bad,’” Ms. Byron said.
Ms. Byron started Zumba
because she wanted to get
more exercise. She had
heard of Zumba and always
wanted to try it, but never
did. So, when Ms. Levine
asked her to try it out, it
seemed like the perfect opportunity. This was in June,
and Ms. Byron has been
Zumbaing ever since.
Ms. Byron has lost
almost 60 pounds, and she
wants to lose about another
50. Her goal is to weigh less
Kasie Bourque / Pioneer Staff
Senior Adam Chambers shows his Pioneer pride at the semifinal basketball game.
second overtime.
For one injured Trinity
senior captain, all he could
do was watch as the action
unfolded into double overtime.
“It was literally the
hardest thing for me to do.
I almost did not even go to
the game because I did not
think I would be able to
watch,” said senior Hunter
Viscarello.
No one dared to blink
during the second overtime
for fear of missing the gamewinning shot. Central again
took a lead and held onto it.
“I thought that the team
than her dog. Her exercising regimen and healthy
eating are helping with that.
While Ms. Byron does not
enjoy running, she likes going to the gym.
“The days I don’t go to
Zumba, I go to the gym.
Usually I do the elliptical,
thirty minutes on the ellipti-
fought as hard as they could
and that it was a really entertaining game for the fans
because it went to double
overtime. They [Trinity] are
still a very good team. They
always have next year,” said
sophomore Griffin Fraser.
Even though the team
is losing some key seniors,
Lauderdale, Viscarello, Jake
Hamel and Silvere Aluko,
they still have a few returning starters. Sophomores
Keefe and Carmen Giampatruzzi and freshman Sistare
will be ready to try for
another successful season
next year.
exercising to early 90s hiphop, the music she said she
grew up listening to.
Among her favorite 90s
songs is “I’m Too Sexy” by
Right Said Fred. She likes
ABBA and 70s disco music
as well.
Ms. Byron’s ultimate
exercise goal is to hike the
highest peak in Maine,
Mt. Katahdin, which is
conveniently located
in her hometown. Her
whole family has hiked
the mile-high mountain
and the10 to 12 mile
trail.
“You’re going over
boulders and through
streams and walking over
little logs that are going
through mud…It is more
of an obstacle course. It’s
not just going out and
walking 12 miles,” she said.
One thing Ms. Byron
likes best about hiking and
Zumba alike is that there
is no competition to be the
best.
“It is noncompetitive and
you are just kind of going
and having fun. . . we do
one where you’re just shaking our butts and I hear the
girl out behind me going, ‘I
can’t do that.’ So you know,
we’re all trying to teach
each other how to shake our
butts.”
“My favorite exercising song is ‘I Believe
in a Thing Called
Love’ by the Darkness. That comes on
my iPod, and I squeal
like a little girl.”
-- Ms. Byron
cal a at nice jogging pace
and then I do weight training.”
Music is a big aspect of
not only Ms. Byron’s life
but her exercising tactics as
well.
“Music is my number
one motivator; absolutely.
. . My favorite exercising
song is ‘I Believe in a Thing
Called Love’ by the Darkness. That comes on my
iPod, and I squeal like a little
girl.”
Ms. Byron also enjoys
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Time to face the facts: We’re adults
I remember the presidential election of 2008 but honestly, the only thing I could
probably tell you about it is
that Barack Obama won. I
was 14 years old, a freshman
in high school and genuinely
thought that my life would
not change, regardless of
who won. I was mistaken.
I continue on with my
senior year of high school
and am constantly reminded
every time I turn the news
on that next year there may
be a new president, possibly.
This election is different to
me. I will be voting for the
first time in the next election
and taking part in one of the
most important things as an
American citizen.
Since the beginning of
the school year, television
stations have been flooded
with different commercials
highlighting different GOP
candidates.
The nation started voting
for the final candidate to
run against the Obama campaign in this next election.
The competition has been
fierce, and like most politicians, these men are pulling
out all the stops to win.
Being the youngest of
the voting pool, we are the
easiest to “sucker in.” There
are plenty of people my age
out obviously means that that
candidate is the best, right?
Wrong.
Opinion
Videos like Ron Paul’s
“imagine” video are meant to
make us think. The video, if
you haven’t seen it, basically
draws the picture of what
it would be like if we had
foreign troops in America,
like we are in other countries.
Obviously, I’m going to be
drawn in by ads like this. But
because a video says somewho probably do know a
thing does not make it true.
great deal about politics, but
Obama’s campaign
I’m not afraid to say that
showed
his victory night
sometimes, I genuinely have
speech
from
2008, pretty
no idea what is going on. It’s
much
showing
all the things
some-what frightening.
he promised that actually
I don’t even
“To be honest, before I happened.
know what he promised; I
came to the realization was 14.
all comes down to
that I actually should one Itquestion:
Should we
even
care?
I
mean,
75% of
know what is going Trinity will not be voting
on in this election, I in the next election. Even
I found it totally
was drawn in by fancy though
irrelevant to me until now,
I wish I had thought difcampaign ads.”
ferently.
We, as the next generation,
should care. We’re
To be honest, before I
going
to
be the people workcame to the realization that
ing
in
the
economy the future
I actually should know what
presidents
create. These men
is going on in this election,
or
women
are
going to affect
I was drawn in by fancy camour
lives
greatly.
It’s time we
paign ads. Videos that were
start
to
take
notice.
well produced and planned
Nicole Fell
Kasie Bourque / Pioneer Staff
The campus ministry suburban (along with Campus Ministry) was packed full with the items donated for Friday’s annual baby
shower to benefit Our Place. Founded in 1983, Our Place serves about 110 mothers, 50 fathers, and 125 children and provides
education, support, career planning services, and social work to girls and women under 25 who are pregnant or parents.
March 2012
KONY2012 tops
the video charts
By Rick Kfoury
Pioneer Staff
“Nothing is more powerful
than an idea whose time has
come.”
In March 2012, a YouTube
video titled “KONY 2012”
was posted and has had over
100 million views as of March
13. Chances are you’ve seen it
or heard of it, as it has exploded on Facebook, Twitter,
and the news.
The video
is part of
Kony 2012,
a campaign
by the Invisible Children
Foundation to
raise awareness about
Joseph Kony,
a Ugandan
warlord.
Kony and
his Lord’s
Resistance Army have killed
and captured thousands of
Ugandan civilians, many of
whom were children, during
their 22-year war against the
Ugandan government. The
campaign aims to build support to help keep U.S. Army
advisers in Uganda to train
the Ugandan Army to arrest
Kony.
However, many critics and
skeptics have arisen and debated the campaign. Invisible
Children raised $8,676,614
last year and, according to
Jason Russell, the filmmaker
of KONY 2012, “37 percent
of our budget goes directly to
central African-related programs, about 20 percent goes
to salaries and overhead, and
the remaining 43 percent goes
to our awareness programs.”
Charity Navigator only rated
them 2/4 because they don’t
have an external audit committee to oversee the money
leaving the organization. In
addition to this, Invisible
Children encourages direct
military action and is aiding
the Ugandan Army, who have
also killed and raped civilians.
There is even a photo of the
Invisible Children founders
posing with AK-47 assault
rifles belonging to the Ugandan Army.
But perhaps the most interesting critics are the Ugandan
people themselves. Kony’s
followers have decreased, and
he has left Uganda for other
African nations. “Invisible
Children has
good access to
international
media but they
have no connection with
the community
they claim to
represent.”
Ugandan
writer Angelo Opi-Aiya
Izama said in
his blog. “Its
portrayal of his alleged crimes
in northern Uganda are from a
bygone era.”
It’s wonderful that someone wants to make a difference and see a terrible
man brought to justice. The
overwhelming amount of
support for Kony 2012 shows
that people today really do
care about making the world
a better place. However, I
personally think the methods
of doing so could be more
efficient and trustworthy. But
if you haven’t seen the video,
I urge you to watch it, so you
can form your own opinion of
Kony 2012.
The video tells you
exactly how to get involved.
Some of the ways highlighted
include donating money,
purchasing an “Action Kit”
(which includes posters,
bracelets, and stickers), and
attending the “Cover the
Night” event on April 19th,
where the group will hang
posters in American cities,
including Manchester.
March 2012
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True fans are fans
Former THS basketball star Zach
who support their
Stevens hits stride in college life
team no matter what
By Meredith Farrell
Pioneer Staff
Fair weather
playoffs or lose
Jake St. Germain in the Super
fans. We all know
some. They become
Bowl, but, it is
Sports Opinion not right to abanfans of a team just
because they are
don your team
winning or stop
and root for
being fans of a
some other
team that loses.
team until
I hate it when
your team
people chose to
gets good.
abandon their
The funny
favorite team
part about the
just so they can
whole thing
be on the winis that Boston
ning team.
sports
It shows
teams in
that they are
the past
not really
10 years
true fans. I
have won
mean if you
a total
are going
of seven
to root for
champia team then
onships
take pride in
and is the
their wins and loses. When
only city in the United States
Trinity lost to Central in the
to have won a title in all four
semi-finals for basketball
of the major professional
all of you didn’t just start
sports in a span of 10 years.
rooting for Central just so
This is why it annoys
you could be on the winning me so much when so called
side.
“fans” hop on the Boston
When the Patriots lost
bandwagon when they are
to the Giants in the super
good and ditch when they
bowl, Facebook statuses
lose.
clogged my newsfeed about
I think the problem
how the Patriots stink. Take is that our generation is
some pride in your team and spoiled with so many great
root for them through their
sports teams that we think it
wins and loses and do not
is normal to win championjust be in it for the champiships every year. We need
onships.
to realize that not all cities
It is great when the team
have the quality of teams
you are rooting for wins a
that we do.
championship but you can
So heading into the
not just root for them when
playoffs for the NBA and
they are doing well. You
NHL remember that even if
should still support your
the Bruins do not win back
team through the bad times
to back championships or
as well.
the Celtics pull a miracle and
I have always rooted
win the title we should still
for the Boston Red Sox,
have pride in our teams no
through the good and
matter the outcome. A true
the bad. Not once have I
fan is not a fan that is only
abandoned them for another around for the successful
team. Sure it is okay to be
years, a true fan is around
disappointed in your team
for every year, cheering your
when they don’t make the
favorite team on.
“A true fan is not
a fan that is only
around for the successful years.”
The chants of “STEVEO, STEVE-O” fill Trinity’s
McHugh gymnasium whenever Zach Stevens (THS ’11)
walks in to watch his former
team take on its next challenge. No one has forgotten
Stevens’s clutch threes and
his dedication to basketball
and Trinity. Stevens lettered
all four years and was a member of the state championship
team his sophomore year.
During one of the last
regular season games of his
junior year against Pinkerton
Academy, Stevens tore his
ACL. He had taken a routine
lefty layup, but his landing,
with almost all of his weight
bearing on his left knee,
would prevent him from
stepping back on the court for
close to six months.
“I was so filled with
adrenaline, when it happened,
that I was able to walk off
on my own will. I wanted to
get back in the game,” said
Stevens.
Stevens was unable to finish the season.
“I was really down because I worked so hard the
summer before and I was
finally playing with confidence, and then to have to
leave the team at the end
of the season like that. But,
eventually, I found it in me to
work even harder to get back
to the game,” said Stevens.
As Stevens
entered the fall
of his senior
year, he was
finally cleared
to play. In his
senior year,
Stevens and his
fellow Pioneers
fell just short
in the championship game
against Bishop
Guertin.
After
graduating from
Trinity, Zach
started college at NHTI,
planning to play
basketball.
NHTI
competes in the
USCAA and is
the only college
in New Hampshire to ever
Courtesy Photo
Zach Stevens, former THS star, playing for his new team.
win a men’s
basketball
Stevens.
championship. The team won
This year, NHTI went all
in 2005 under current head
the way to the championship
coach Paul Hogan.
game in the YSCC Elite 8
Stevens was very suctournament, facing Vermont
cessful this past season at
Tech. NHTI fell to Vermont
NHTI, with his standout
60-52.
accomplishment being
While Stevens hasn’t yet
named a USCAA Player of
decided on his future plans,
the Week. Players all around he credits Trinity for makthe country, competing in the ing him a student athlete,
USCAA, are considered for
and teaching him that books
this award.
come before basketball.
“It was great to be recStill, it’s the game that fuels
ognized, as a freshmen,
Stevens.
especially since I was chosen
“Basketball is my everyfrom players in small schools thing in life and what my life
around the nation,” said
is based around,” he said.
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March 2012
March Madness
Familiar teams atop
MLB preseason picks Kentucky, Syracuse, UNC,
By Eric Kallander
Pioneer Staff
With the NBA and NHL
heading toward the end of
their seasons, baseball is
starting up again. Last year,
the St. Louis Cardinals
defeated the Texas Rangers
three games to two in the
World Series, Texas’ second
straight loss in the World
Series.
This year, the Cardinals
don’t look so likely for a
repeat, especially after ninetime all-star and lifelong Cardinals player Albert Pujols
signed with the Los Angeles
Angels. Texas, though, looks
like they could be heading
back to the World Series for
a third straight time, as they
look like one of the pre-season favorites for the American League.
One major change that
was decided in the new
collective bargaining agreement from 2011 is the new
playoff format. MLB is going to keep the same league
championship and divisional
series’ but instead of having
only one wild card team per
league, there will be two.
The two wild card teams
will play in a one-game
playoff, with the winner
moving on to the divisional
series. With the addition of
an extra wild card team in
each league, the divisional
races down the stretch are
going to be even more intense than in recent years.
Texas won’t have an easy
ride, though, as division rival
LA Angels have made two of
the biggest off-season deals
this past winter by acquiring
Pujols and Rangers all-star
pitcher CJ Wilson. One of
these two teams is going
to come on top in the West
division with the other not far
behind. The Seattle Mariners
and Oakland Athletics will
more than likely be at the
bottom of the division for
another year.
In the AL Central, 2011
AL MVP Justin Verlander
will likely take his Detroit
Tigers back to the playoffs
as division champions with
the help of newly acquired
Prince Fielder.
The Chicago White Sox
went through some major
off-season changes as their
eight-year manager Ozzie
Guilen was fired by the team
but signed with the Miami
Marlins shortly after. Also,
White Sox ace Mark Buehrle
joined his Chicago manager
and signed with the Marlins.
The AL East, like every
year, is going to be a seasonlong race between the New
York Yankees and Boston
Red Sox, with the Tampa
Bay Rays shortly behind in
third. After the devastating
fall of the Sox late last season, manager Terry Francona
and General Manager Theo
Epstein were fired after both
being part of the 2004 and
2007 World Series wins. New
manager Bobby Valentine
has already made some major
changes before the season
has actually started, like banning alcohol in clubhouse,
which is thought to be one
of the reasons of last year’s
collapse. Neither the Rays
nor the Yankees have made
any big post-season moves
this winter.
In the National League,
the Philadelphia Phillies look
to be the favorite, as they
have been for the past few
years. Last year, the Phillies had arguably the best
pitching rotation in baseball.
This year, they added former
Red Sox star ace Jonathan
Papelbon to close games.
Very much like the Red Sox,
the Atlanta Braves, who will
likely be in second place, had
a major collapse at the end of
the season last year knocking them out of the playoffs
by the eventual champions
Cardinals.
The NL Central division will likely have similar
results as last year with the
Milwaukee Brewers on top
ahead of St. Louis even
though both teams lost two
of their best players in Pujols
and Fielder. Brewers’ outfielder and 2011 NL MVP
Ryan Braun was accused
with the usage of performance enhancing drugs last
year, but the MLB overturned
the original 50-game suspension on Braun, the first time
a drug test violation was
overturned by a player.
Meanwhile, the New
Hampshire native and Trinity
graduate Chris Carpenter is
entering his 16th season as
a professional player, ninth
year in a Cardinals uniform.
The Arizona Diamondbacks and the San Francisco
Giants are the pre-season
favorites to be numbers one
and two in the NL West
division. Last year, Arizona
came out ahead of the thendefending champions Giants.
The Los Angeles Dodgers,
who filed for bankruptcy on
June 27, will be completely
sold by the current owner
Frank McCourt, by April
30, as it says in the team’s
agreement with MLB.
The first game of the
season is set to play on
March 28 between Seattle
and Oakland in the first of
two games to be played in
Japan at the Tokyo Dome at
about 6 a.m. eastern time.
Most of baseball, however,
will officially get under way
on April 1.
MSU enter dance as top seeds
By Eric Kallander
Pioneer Staff
The 2012 NCAA Tournament teams have been selected and are ready to play
for a chance to win the title
they’ve been trying to reach
all season long. Only 68
teams out of the hundreds of
NCAA teams can be chosen
to play, so the week, known
as championship week, leading up to Selection Sunday is
filled with upsets and close
games.
Each team plays in its
own conference tournament,
and each tourney winner
gets an automatic bid in the
NCAA tournament. For all
of championship week, there
was constant debate over
who would get the four number one seeds in the NCAA
tournament. In the end,
Kentucky, Syracuse, North
Carolina, and Michigan State
were chosen as the top four
teams. MSU was the only
team to win their conference
championship though, when
they defeated Ohio State in a
game that would decide the
final number one seed.
Heading into the tournament, the top four seeds are
obvious favorites to win the
whole thing, but seeing all
four number one seeds in the
Final Four isn’t very likely,
based on previous tournaments.
There are always the
lower seeded teams that
give the top teams a run for
their money. Last year, we
watched Virginia Commonwealth, an 11 seed, get all the
way to the Final Four where
they were finally defeated by
Butler. VCU made the tournament again as a 12 seed,
but it’s unlikely that they will
make the run like they did
last year.
Other possible upsets
include the number four
Indiana over the number one
Kentucky. The Wildcats only
had one loss in the regular
season when they fell to Indiana, 73-72. If Indiana was
able to do it in the regular
season, they can do it in the
tournament.
One
team that
could be
another
possible
Cinderella
is a ninth
seeded and
defending
champion,
UCONN.
The Huskies are
playing in the South region,
though, which is one of the
tougher regions this year, as
they have to play out Kentucky, Duke, and Baylor.
The East region is just as
tough though, as this region
features Syracuse and Ohio
State as the top two teams,
but also possible upset alerts
with number five Vanderbilt
and number 10 West Virginia. Syracuse suffered a huge
loss in the center position
though, as their starting center, Fab Melo, is ineligible to
play in the entire tournament.
Without him, the Orange
won’t have the dominant big
man that they had all year
long.
The West division is
probably the weakest region;
Michigan State and Missouri
won’t have too much competition, the closest coming
from a Marquette team that
finished the season 25-7.
The Midwest region will
most likely end in a KansasNorth Carolina elite 8 game,
as long as Michigan, another
possible upset alert, doesn’t
defeat UNC.
For the Final 4 teams, I
would go with any of the
number
one and
two seeds,
but that’s
because
this year,
there really isn’t
a definite
lower
seeded
team that
can defeat
them,
because
these top eight teams could
all have been number one
seeds.
However, there is bound
to be at least one huge upset,
so two possible teams that
I can see beating any of
them are Baylor and Florida
State, both three seeds in the
South and East regions, but
that’s unlikely as they are
both situated in the two most
competitive regions.
Florida State upset Duke
and North Carolina in the
ACC tournament and Baylor
lost in the championship
game to Missouri. But realistically, all four of the number
one and two seeds have very
legitimate chances to win the
whole thing this year.
2012 March Madness Predictions
Tiffany: Duke vs. North Carolina
Eric: Missouri vs. Ohio State
Nicole: Kentucky vs. Ohio State
Jake: Duke vs. Syracuse
Jess: Kentucky vs Syracuse
Meredith: North Carolina vs. Duke
Aubrey: Michigan St. vs North Carolina
Rick: Kentucky vs. Syracuse
Kasie: Kentucky vs North Carolina
Shawn: Kentucky vs North Carolina
March 2012
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Boys’ Athlete of the Season Pioneer Sports Log
This season’s boys’ athlete of the season is sophomore Carmen Giampatruzzi.
Giampatruzzi was starting
small-forward for the varsity
basketball team. This was
Giampatruzzi’s first season as
a starter, and he made an impact right away on the team.
With his three-point
shooting accuracy and ability to drive to the basket, he
was always a scoring threat.
His offensive abilities helped
him lead the team in scoring.
Not only was he an offensive
presence but also a strong
defender and rebounder. He
was also very versatile for the
team because he could play at
guard or forward.
Giampatruzzi played a major role in the team’s playoff
run. He led the team to wins
in the first two rounds against
Exeter and Alvirne. Then, in
the semifinals, Giampatruzzi
hit two important free throws
to help the team get the game
into overtime.
“He’s been a teammate of
mine since elementary school
and works hard on and off the
court,” said sophomore Pat
BOYS’ TENNIS
Keefe.
Honorable Mentions: Ryan
Slatky, Mike Beaudet, Andrew
Lauderale, Mabor Gabriel,
and Ian Sistare.
Girls’ Athlete of the Season
This season’s girls’ athlete
of the season is basketball cocaptain Lia Nawn.
Nawn is an outstanding
player who has led the team
through this tough season.
This year’s girls’ basketball team struggled to find a
rhythm this season, finishing
7-11. Nawn was the leading
scorer for the girls team. Despite the loss in the first round
of the playoffs, the team had a
great season.
She continued to spark the
offense with her three-pointers and proved to be an asset
to the team time and time
again. Her quick strike ability
is what often kept the girls
basketball team in games.
Her leadership on and off
the court also makes her an
asset to this team; she will be
missed next year.
Honorable mentions for this
year’s winter season are Lizzy
GIRLS BASKETBALL
The Trinity girls’ basketball team finished
the season 7-11 and ended up 12th in the
standings. The team was led by seniors Lia
Nawn and Hannah Williard. The team also
had a lot of production from junior Kayla
Denison, sophomore Lizzy Meehan and
senior Lauren Seitz.
“We started out the season slow but
came out strong in the second half of the
season,” said sophomore Lizzy Meehan.
The team started the season with a one
and five record. The team improved as the
season went on, winning six of their last 12
games. The team will be losing many players this season: Lauren Seitz, Lia Nawn,
Hannah Williard, Haily Cirka and junior
Kayla Denison, who has played four years
of NHIAA girls basketball and is not eligible to play. The team will only have one
returning starter next year and will have a
rebuilding year. The team has a lot of young
talent on the freshman and junior varsity
teams who look to fill in the gaps.
The boys’ tennis team, even though they are a very
young team, is looking to have a good season. Along with
the new members of the team, several players will be returning. These returning players include sophomore Pat Keefe,
junior Connor Fitzgerald, junior Trevin Morgan and junior
James Williams. These players will hope to fill the holes
left by Nate Provencher and Nick Laskowski, who were the
only players to graduate from the team.
After failing to reach the playoffs last season, the boys
hope to have a better ending to their season this year. The
team is coached by Coach Connell.
GIRLS’ TENNIS
The girls’ tennis team is looking to have a dominant season, much like last year. The girls went undefeated but were
knocked out early in the playoffs. The team has a lot of
returning players and strong upperclassman leadership. With
the loss of only one senior, Ashley Cavignano, the team has
their top five still together. Senior Katie Razzaboni, sophomore Justine Razzaboni, junior Angelita Connell, junior
Abby Caron and sophomore Melissa Houde are looking to
bring a tennis championship to Trinity.
The team is coached by Catherine Teague, who is new to
coaching at Trinity.
LACROSSE
Meehan, Kasie Bourque, Nicole Assetta, and Haley Cirka.
SENIOR FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIPS
Seniors Andrew Lauderdale and Sam
Rainey, fellow Trinity High School football
state champions, have both committed to playing college football.
Lauderdale received a full scholarship to
the University of New Hampshire for football
to participate in its five-year program. Lauderdale has yet to decide on a major.
Sam Rainey received a partial athletic
scholarship to Stonehill College. There, he will
play football and will major in business.
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After only winning two games last season, they hope to
have a better season with strong leadership from the returning players.
This year’s team is led by seniors Ryan Nichols and Jeff
Boyle. Juniors Jimmy Hall and Jon Dumont will also try fill
the holes left by last year’s graduating seniors. Sophomores
Tyler Tambouris and Tristen Theroux, who were big contibutors of the team last year, look to do the same this year.
The team is coached by Mike Couture.
TRACK
This year’s track team is a team with a lot of talent. The
team has a lot of young runners and field event participants.
Under coaches Bob Leonard and Christina Meehan, the
team hopes to have a successful season. Even with the loss
of runners Ryan Mitchell and Chelsea Serrano, the team has
a lot of runners to take their place.
Runners to watch this year sophomores Kasie Bourque,
Nick Boire, Shawn Dunphy and Byrne Cronin. Senior Andrew Lauderdale, sophomore Ryan Boulanger, and senior
Josh Hughes are athletes to watch in the field events.
BASEBALL
This year’s baseball team is looking to have a better
season than last year, when the team sported a 6-10 record.
This year looks to be a promising year because the team
only lost three players, including David Gagnon and Billy
Mullaney. While senior Sam Rainey will not be returning
to play this season, the team still has the leadership of Mike
Leonard and Jerry Robinson who will be the senior leadership. Juniors Ryan Slatky, Alex Currier and Sam Kasten
look to play big role on the team this year, along with
sophomores Carmen Giampatruzzi and Zach Szczechowicz.
SOFTBALL
The girls’ softball team is looking to have a better season
than the one they had last year. The team lost four seniors
last year, including Samantha Verney, who was a fouryear varsity player, Courtney Johnson, Sarah DiCroce and
Shannon Maloney. The team still has five returning starters.
Players to watch this season are juniors Allie Bowe, Nicole
Stephen, and Kerry Twomey, and sophomores Sidney Elithorpe sophomore Ceara Quinlan.
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The Pioneer
Arts & Entertainment
Modern-day fairy tales exist
By Nicole Fell
Pioneer Staff
“Once upon a time.” These four
words are recognized by almost
anyone in this generation. No matter who you are, most have seen,
heard or read some kind of fairytale.
Growing up, we were told stories
of princesses and princes, dragons
and knights, and love at first sight.
Some people simply forget these
tales and dub them as silly improbable things. Others, like myself, hold
onto them in different ways.
Do not get me wrong. I clearly
know that a prince is not going to
swoop in, kill the dragon and we
would live happily ever after. I
mean, metaphorically, it’s totally
possible.
Classics like Cinderella, Beauty
and the Beast, Snow White, The
Little Mermaid, etc., have been
showing that true love conquers all.
In life it’s the obvious fact that, that
is not always true.
Just because everyone does not
have the life they dreamed does not
mean that I should have to give up
on my hope for fairy tales. There
are modern day fairy tales everywhere. I believe that every person
has someone that belongs with
them. And that to me is a modern-
Fairy tales are only in movies
day fairy tale.
Movies like The Notebook, The
Vow, Dear John and basically any
Nicholas Sparks book made movie,
show us these modern day depictions of true love conquering all,
a fairy tale. Although most seem
somewhat improbable, who’s to say
that those events couldn’t happen to
any girl?
I’ve been told by so many adults
that, “Nothing is impossible,” “You
can do anything you set your mind
to,” “Your dreams are plausible,” etc. So why are you telling
me that I can’t believe in fairy
tales? These words of wisdom
sound similar to the childhood
tales. Sounds like a contradiction
to me.
Sure most people will never
live in a castle or be royalty. But I
promise that a person does not need
a crown or a tiara to feel special
and I do not think that is what fairy
tales are teaching children.
To me, fairy tales teach that
reaching the impossible is a good
amount more real than what we
thought. The stories give children
who do not have the most ideal
situation, that life can get better.
They remind me that I should
keep dreaming, because you never
know when a dream can turn into
reality.
By Jess Sweeney
Pioneer Staff
Starting at a young age, girls
watch movies about princesses with
fairy tale endings. A princess meets
her “prince charming,” and they live
happily ever after. I know plenty
of girls who believe in fairy tale
endings, like you see in the movies. Unfortunately, this belief sets
up unrealistic standards that will
never happen in real life. The result
is disappointment and heartache. I
believe in more realistic fairy
tale endings.
Fairy tales depict perfect
couples with perfect lives.
People aren’t the same as they
are in fairy tales. Fairy tales make
everything look easy, they make
relationships look easy, and things
don’t happen like that in real life. If
you expect a perfect life like those in
fairy tales, I highly suggest you look
at the real life around you.
Fairy tales normally go like this:
there’s a bad guy, good overcomes
evil, and then the couple ends up
together and happy. In reality, sometimes evil wins, and happily ever
afters don’t always occur. Fairy tales
will never be more than scenes in a
movie, or words on a page.
Leave the fairy tales for the
Disney movies and books, and move
VS.
Growing up in the 80s
would be totally radical
The 1980s have stood
the test of time to become
sort of a modern legend;
those who grew up then
remember them well and
those who didn’t wish to
heck they had. The 80s
would have been a great
time to grow up.
There’s just something
about those fabulous years
that seems magical (though
not in some wimpy fairytale kind of way) and
makes the best of us want
to jump in a Delorean and
travel with Marty McFly
back to the, well, past. And
if you didn’t get that reference, then I’m guessing
you probably don’t share
the sentiment.
One of the most enduring parts of the 80s is
without a doubt the films.
Being a huge film fan,
most of the movies I have
seen were made in the 80s,
and that’s not intentional.
The American film industry hit a high point in the
80s, creating classics still
loved today.
Arnold Schwarzenegger rocked the world in
kick-butt action films like
Predator, Commando and
Terminator. George Lucas was making bank on
Star Wars, while Steven
Spielberg was becoming
popular with films like
Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Rick Kfoury
Opinion
Burt Reynolds made the
mullet and the moustache
cool (but don’t even try
it today) and Christopher
Walken had everyone trying to impersonate him (I
still do, unfortunately for
many of my friends). John
Hughes directed many
films about teens finding
themselves, classics like
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,
The Breakfast Club, and
Sixteen Candles. On the
small screen, shows like
The A-Team, Miami Vice,
The Cosby Show and Full
House set the standard for
today’s prime time television entertainment.
Another undeniably
awesome part about the
80s is the music. To list
all the great artists of the
time would be simply
impossible. Music was
varied, not just hip-hop
and auto-tuned like today.
Many different genres had
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the spotlight; in contrast to
today, which is essentially
just pop. Rock legends
included Queen, David
Bowie and Bruce Springsteen. Punk rock bands
such as The Clash and The
Ramones would influence
popular groups of today,
like Green Day. Metallica
became synonymous with
heavy metal while Madonna shocked audiences years
before anybody would hear
of some Gaga chick. MC
Hammer couldn’t touch
this, and Michael Jackson
was a smooth criminal.
The 80s would be a
great time to grow up for
me simply because I’d be
able to experience many
of the things I love today
when they were new. Although it’s great to revel in
80s culture today, nothing
could beat watching The
Empire Strikes Back in
theatres or buying a new
AC/DC record. The 80s
continue to be one of the
most influential decades of
the 20th century in music,
fashion, film and technology. You can call me old
fashioned, but I’d rather do
the moonwalk than dougie,
I’d rather Die Hard than
be Fast and Furious , and
I’d rather shoot hoops with
Kareem than Kobe. To
quote Back to the Future,
“Great Scott”!
on with your life. Waiting around for
your prince charming isn’t going to
get you what you want. You need to
let life happen, and what’s meant to
happen, in time, will. When it does,
it is better to set expectations that
people aren’t perfect, mistakes will
be made, and loving someone means
loving their flaws just as much as the
more attractive traits.
Yes, I believe that most people
find someone with whom they are
comfortable and have a good life.
It won’t be perfect, though. People
expect amazing relationships without
fighting. They want everything to be
like they always expected it. That
is not real life, and real life is much
more exciting.
Looking for a fairy tale life is
something that we all dream of but
few realize. The key is to determine a
realistic fairy tale that will make your
life fulfilling and rewarding.
Take my family for example. It’s
absolute chaos seven days a week.
It is loud and crazy, siblings fighting and parents yelling. My parents
work hard, are very busy and have
four children to attend to. But you
know what? There is more love in
my house than any other I know. Is it
perfect? Not in a traditional Disney
fairy tale, but it is the perfect fairy
tale for us. And that is what I hope to
find in my happily ever after.
What is the real
meaning of beauty?
Karl Lagerfeld
self image issues
Nicole Fell
might be one of the
should know how
most prominent
sensitive it can
names in fashion,
be to point out
Opinion
he owns the House
another person’s
of Fendi and part
“flaws.”
of the House of
Seriously,
Chanel. I would
since when is the
personally love
size double zero
to own anything
woman, who
from Chanel or
is awkwardly
Fendi. Although
tall and lanky,
he is considered
become the
a fashion elite, I
only definition
would love to know where he
of beauty? Marilyn Monroe, a
comes off saying things about
woman who was a size 12, a
one of the greatest talents in the woman who would be labeled
industry at the moment.
as a “fat girl” in today’s sociHe stated that vocal powety, one of the most beautiful
erhouse Adele, was, “a little
women of her time era. Curves
too fat,” in French magazine
were beautiful, not frowned
Metro. “But she has a beautiupon, back then. There are so
ful face and a divine voice,” he many different kinds of beauty.
added at the end of his stateAdele responded to Lagerment, as if to rationalize the
feld. “I’ve never wanted to look
fat comment. Um, sorry Mr.
like models on the cover of
Lagerfeld. Not even a little.
magazines,” said the singer in
This is the biggest load of,
an interview with People magaexcuse my language, crap, that
zine. “I represent the majority
I’ve heard. Adele is one of the
of women, and I’m very proud
best singers to grace this genof that.”
eration. She focuses more on
Lagerfeld did apologize,
her talent than becoming a size in his own way, days after the
zero. And I hate to break your
comments were published. I
heart Mr. Lagerfeld, but that’s a think he was digging himself
GOOD thing.
into a deeper hole. Save it for
The man himself struggled
someone who cares, because
with his weight and lost more
Adele certainly doesn’t.
than 90 in 2001, for reasons
There is no universal defiof wanting to fit into certain
nition of beauty. Some people
designer clothes. Give me a
need to think before they speak
break. Any one who has at one
and appreciate people for what
point struggled with weight or
they are, not what they aren’t.
March 2012
The Pioneer
Arts & Entertainment
Page 11
Chunkys: Experience
both dinner and a movie
By Jess Sweeney
Pioneer Staff
Kasie Bourque / Pioneer Staff
The Copper Door, located at 15 Levy Dr. in Bedford, has just recently opened its large, copper doors. This
new restaurant serves both lunch and dinner, and it offers unique American bistro-styled cuisine.
Bistro-style cuisine at
new Bedford restaurant
By Kasie Bourque
Pioneer Staff
The Copper Door Restaurant,
located at 15 Leavy Dr. in Bedford,
offers unique American bistro-styled
cuisine. The Copper Door remains true
to its name and, indeed, the entrance
is a huge copper door. The restaurant
opened around Christmas of 2011 it is
owned by the same company as Cactus
Jack’s and T-Bones.
The wait staff was friendly and the
atmosphere, welcoming. The architecture of the building was modern, and,
at the same time, it was like a giant log
cabin.
My mother and I went at noon on
a Saturday, and the restaurant was
crowded. We waited for what seemed
close to 10 minutes after we were
seated, but eventually a waitress came
over to take our drink order.
The menu was small but varied. I
got the chance to look at not only the
lunch menu but the dinner menu as
well. While the prices weren’t overly
expensive for lunch ($8 to $16), the
dinner menu was much pricier ($10 to
$36). Dessert prices ranged from $5 to
$9.
For starters, we were brought our
raspberry and pomegranate blackberry
iced teas ($3 each) and complimentary
monkey bread made with savory herb
butter and sea salt. The bread was
warm and delicious, and the teas were
Save
the date:
April 11
is the
annual
Senior
Fashion
Show!
very refreshing.
I ordered a bacon cheddar cheese
burger with French fries and ketchup
($13). My mom ordered a CBLT
(chicken, bacon, lettuce, tomato)
with French fries and ketchup ($10).
The hand cut, homemade fries were
fabulous, and the ketchup which was
homemade as well. It’s better than any
bottle ketchup I’ve ever had.
My burger was cooked nicely, and
it had a scrumptious smoky flavor.
My mom’s CBLT was also yummy.
Other lunch options were stone oven
Margherita or Tuscan pizzas ($13
each), scallops ($16), and grilled
cheese with rustic tomato soup
($8). Some dinner options are cedar
planked salmon ($24), buttermilk
chicken ($19), and a 9oz. filet mignon ($34).
For dessert, I ordered a maple
cheesecake. It was nicely decorated
with a maple sauce and apple crisps,
but it left a lot to be desired. It tasted
like mediocre cheesecake with maple
syrup drizzled on top.
I would recommend the Copper
Door to any family, big or small.
The restaurant accommodates large
crowds and it has two function
rooms, seating 20 and 40 people.
The Copper Door is open SundayThursday 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m. and
Friday and Saturday 11:30 a.m.-11:00
p.m. Lunch is served from 11:30 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m.
Are you tired of the same old movie theater? Feel like taking a drive to
go somewhere new? Try Chunky’s in
Nashua where you can watch a movie
and have dinner at the same time.
When I walked to the entrance at
Chunky’s on a Saturday night, the line for
tickets was almost out
the door. There were
families there, but there
were a few groups
of friends here and
there. After buying our
tickets, we went to the
theater where a staff
member gave us a menu
and then we went into
the theater and chose
our seats.
If you plan on going to Chunky’s
on a weekend night, I suggest you go
at least a half hour before the movie
starts. I went with four other people,
and even though we were there 30
minutes early, we almost couldn’t sit
together.
When we walked in, we realized
just how big the theater was. The
theater had about 15 tables with
eight seats at each table. Most of
the tables were completely filled
by the time the movie started. The
atmosphere in the theater before the
movie started was very calm. All the
staff was friendly and happy to help
with whatever was needed, even if it
took a while.
The seats in the theater are extremely comfortable, and each person
had plenty of room between the
chairs. There are no bad seats, and
you can see the screen perfectly from
every angle.
When they gave us a menu, we
were also given a buzzer and whenever we needed something all we had
to do was click the buzzer. Someone
on the staff would be over as soon
as they could to help with what was
needed.
For an appetizer, we ordered the
fried cheese ravioli ($7.99), and they
were amazing. I then got the chicken
tenders with sweet potato fries
($9.49). They were much better than
I expected them to be. For a drink, I
had a root beer float ($4.99), and it
was the best root beer float I have ever
had. To finish off the meal, we had
a chocolate cupcake with chocolate
mousse in the middle ($4.99), which
was filling but excellent nonetheless.
While we were
waiting for our food,
the movie started. The
movie we saw was This
Means War, starring
Reese Witherspoon
and Chris Pine. Witherspoon plays Lauren
Scott, a girl who ends
up dating two guys at
once. Little does she
know they’re friends.
Lauren’s friend
Trish, played by Chelsea Handler, helps her decide which
guy to choose. Whenever she opens
her mouth and said something, the
entire theatre is in hysterics.
The two men Lauren is deciding
between are Frank, also known as
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Chris
Pine) and Kurt (Tom Hardy.) They
are spies and happen to be partners.
Both men decide to set some ground
rules. The two most important are
Lauren can’t find out they know each
other, and they can’t let Lauren come
between their friendship.
FDR and Kurt both listen in on
conversations she has with Trish
to find out what they need to do to
win her heart. In this hour and a
half long movie, FDR and Kurt do
whatever they think will convince
Lauren that he is the one for her.
Although the movie is sort of a
love story, it has action and is a must
see comedy. The acting by every actor
is excellent, and I promise you will be
laughing 90% of the time.
If you’re looking for something
new, try Chunky’s. The movie ticket
was $7.25 and the total cost for the
night was around $35. Chunky’s owns
three locations--in Nashua, Pelham
and Haverhill. It’s a good place for a
family night, dates, or a night out with
friends.
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The Pioneer
March 2012
The Back Page
Senior Joey Libby Student Council gears up for
the upcoming Trinity Week
with new single
By Tiffany Keenan
Pioneer Staff
By Aubrey Legasse
Pioneer Staff
Lyrics:
V1- Because I know that emotions are worthless when broken. And I try to be perfect but
it seems I’m never right and
perfects not in sight. So tell me
how to go about a world, when
your falling short and you
don’t have a reasoning for...
Ch- I’m not near perfection,
I’m borderline rejected if you
wanna’ tell me something tell
me something about nothing
cause I don’t really care I’m
fed up with the whole world
spinning around, and I can’t
stand I can’t stand sitting
down.
V2- With how I feel and
how I know that everything
is so jaded, and here I stand
complaining when your gone
and I am waiting I’ll be on my
knees praying, and baby it’s
irrelevant I’m the one who’s
feeling penitent again.
Ch- I’m not near perfection,
I’m borderline rejected if you
wanna’ tell me something tell
me something about nothing
cause I don’t really care I’m
fed up with the whole world
spinning around, and I can’t
stand I can’t stand sitting
down.
Trinity High School’s
annual Trinity Week is
quickly approaching, especially with the school’s
student council finalizing
plans. Each year, the student council is in charge of
planning this school-wide
event, which consists of
day events, or assemblies,
that run an hour to an hour
and a half each day, each
having its own specific
form of entertainment.
Along with these assemblies, student council
has also picked themes for
each day during Trinity
Week, and night events,
which normally run from
7-10 p.m.
“I’m excited for this
year’s Trinity Week,” said
student council adviser
Miss Comiskey. “I hope that
when I walk down the hallway during that week, I hear
students talking about how
great a certain event was.”
For all who participate in
Trinity week, the following
calendar may be of help:
Q: What do you do with the
money you make on iTunes?
A: The money I make from
iTunes strictly goes to future
recording costs as well as
music gear needed.
Q: How many songs do you
have on iTunes?
A: Currently one, but by the
end of the month 5.
Q: How many times have
you recorded?
A: I’ve been in close to 10
separate recording sessions
which average about 10-30
hours of recording.
Q: Who do you write about
the most?
A: I tend to write about my
own life experiences and
certain things that interest me
that I feel I can tell a story in
some way about. I try to write
at least once a day.
Q: What are your future
goals?
A: My future goals are to first
and for most go to college.
And hopefully pursue a music
career.
Q: Where are you going to
college?
A: Almost sure I’m going to
either Belmont University or
Keene State College.
Wednesday, April 18:
Theme: “Sports Day”
Read to find out what your Pioneer staffers are obssesed with and can’t get enough of.
Nicole loves The Demi
Lovato documentary: Stay
Strong, getting ready for
spring, brand new contacts,
my cheetah watch and The
Voice.
Jess loves Temple Run,
french vanilla coffee coolatas, Spring, scarves and the
Boston Bruins.
Aubrey loves thin mints,
Kasie loves Yoga pants,
spring track, the movie
Friends With Benefits, Lady
Antebellum and airplanes.
Erik loves March Madness,
Baseball Starting, Charlie
Sheen, NBA/NHL Playoffs
and filling out March Madness brackets.
Jake loves the start of the
MLB season, shamrock
shakes, the Boston Bruins,
Thursday, April 19:
Theme: “Superhero/Super
Villain Day”
Day event: Hypnotist show
Night event: School dance
Friday, April 20:
Theme: “Class Colors Day”
Day event: Battle of the
classes
Night event: Nothing due to
April vacation
Tuesday, April 17:
Theme: “Twin Day”
Day event: Game shows
mash-up, which includes TV
shows such as Family Feud
along with other student
council favorites.
Night event: Dodgeball
tournament
Staff Picks
comfy pajama bottoms,
college visits, Be Enchanted perfume from Bath &
Body Works and scarves.
Day event: Talent
show
Night event: Karaoke night
Monday, April 16:
Theme: “PJ Day”
Day event: Celebrity impersonation contest
Night event: Drive-in movie
in the school’s parking lot,
(movie TBA)
Don’t forget to purchase your senior fashion show tickets. Tickets are $5 for general
admission. Reserved seating is $10. Tickets
may be purchased from any senior or at the
door. The show is on Wednesday, April 11.
Tiffany loves Universal
Studios in Orlando, FL,
Vera Bradley, Hot pink
iPhone cases, Senior Fashion Show and Airborne.
Pioneer Staff Photo
Kyle Valliere, Ryan Slatky and Chris Moquin pose during last year’s Trinity Week.
Duke basketball and March
Maddness.
Meredith loves Spring,
Thin-Mint, sandals, moose
tracks sundaes and NCIS
LA.
Rick loves Shamrock
Shakes, Team Fortress 2,
playing guitar, impersonating Christopher Walken
and AMC’s The Walking
Dead.
Shawn loves Red Sox
playing, track, Spring,
March Madness and Kentucky University.
Student council members
have been actively planning
Trinity Week for multiple
weeks now. Student council
pays for these various events
during Trinity Week with
money that has been fundraised through events such
as previous school dances,
the donations from the
Breakfast with Santa event
and so on.
With the in depth plan-
ning done by the student
officers, members and the
organization’s advisors,
many are excited for certain
events and themes.
“I can’t wait for dodgeball because I heard it’s
going to be intense. Even
though I won’t take part in
it, it’s fun to watch. They all
get so into it,” said junior
Allie Bowe.
The members are not the
only ones looking forward
to events during Trinity
Week. Adviser Miss Comiskey is just as excited as the
organization’s members.
“I’m really looking
forward to the Talent Show,
mainly because I’m a music
lover, and it’s cool to see
students get up on the stage,
who are very quiet in class,
and showcase their talent.
I’m also excited for the
Hypnotist Show because
that’s always a crowd favorite because it’s so funny,”
said Miss Comiskey.
Pioneer Staff Playlist
We all listen to different
forms of music, and we all
believe that our own favorite
bands and songs are the best.
Every issue of The Pioneer will include a list of the
staff’s favorite songs, one
from each staff member.
From country to pop, this
is a list of songs that are as
diverse as we all are. Feel
free to look into the artists
and songs that we love, and
maybe they may join your
prestigious music collection.
Tiffany: “Paradise” by
Coldplay
Nicole: “Hell on Heels” by
Pistol Annies
Jess: “Good Girl” by Carrie
Underwood
Aubrey: “Ours” by Taylor
Swift
Eric: “Fake Plastic Trees ”
by Radiohead
Kasie: “Wild Ones” by Flo
Rida
Jake: “Tonight is the Night ”
by Outasight
Meredith: “Walking on
Sunshine” by Katrina and the
Waves
Rick: “Beyond the Sea” by
Bobby Darin
Shawn: “So Good ” by
B.O.B.