Trojan Times 2011
December Edition Holiday Magic As usual, our music department has defined ex- cellence! The orchestra and choir started the week off w/ a fantastic performance that pleased everyone in attendance. Poinsettias were sold in advance, and used as part of the holiday decora- tions. Proceeds will go towards the music depart- ment. The deer that were made by the art stu- dents of CMS were auctioned off, and their pro- Contents: ceeds will go to our CMS art department. The students did a beautiful job creating such lovely • Holiday Magic art pieces. The Grinch was a huge crowd pleaser • Winter Poem for the night. The band concert followed on • Mealworm Experi- ments Tuesday evening, and as Katrina Balon put it, • Mrs. Craven “We were amazing!” One of the favorite songs of • Quotes of the Month the night was The Christmas Clock, and who can • Trapped - Dunnett forget Alvin & the Chipmunks? The bell choir • Movie Reviews ended this festive week with a harmonious mel- • Game Reviews ody of holiday favorites. I must say, our bell • Arts & Crafts choir is as good as Purdue University’s bell choir • Music Review that I recently observed at their holiday perform- • Miscellaneous ance. A job well done to all of you! • Recipes • Comic Winter Kendall Balch
Happy Dreary, dark, it’s so cold. Holidays from Icy winds brush over the snow. our CMS Family Kids are playing all around, to yours! We’ll Some making snow angels on the ground. see you in 2012. Parents call out, “Time to come in.” CMS NEWS 2011
Mealworm Experiments Noelle Friel Recently, in the 7th grade science classes we did an experiment with…..mealworms! Which, in case you didn’t know, are actu- ally larvae of beetles?! The point of the experiment was to test the worms’ different reactions to things. First, you had a plastic shoe- box and you covered the bottom in white paper. Next, you cov- ered half of the top with tinfoil. Then, you were given 10 baby mealworms and you put them in the box and counted which ones went into the light and which ones went into the dark. Then, you removed the mealworms and placed them into 4 different piles; one containing paper, one with raisin bran, one with uncooked rice, and one with corn flakes. Then, you put each worm, one at a time, and put a tally for the pile it went into. Each group’s results were different but in my group, the most popular was the Raisin Bran. Everyone had different opinions of the ex- periment. As you can imagine, there was lots of screaming. A mealworm is actu- ally not like a normal worm at all. It has legs, and eyes, and it is much faster.
Mrs. Craven Quotes of the month Saira Nelson Rachael Bushue
As we all know, Winter Mrs. Craven has done so much for Break is just around the corner. everybody in the school. She also has an SRT Here are some memorable quotes class, and makes copies for teachers, too. She to enjoy on your days off, wher- keeps everybody in line in the lunch line and ever relaxation or vacation may in the cafeteria. People have come to me per- take you. sonally and told me they love Mrs. Craven and • No man needs a vacation so what she does for them. She is the most beau- much as the man who has just tiful being in this school!!! [brownie points] J had one. ~ Elbert Hubbard J I LOVE YOU, Mrs. Craven!! ♥ • A vacation is what you take However, there are other lunch aides too!! when you can no longer take They all do so much! I mean think about it; what you've been taking. ~ Earl they have to watch at least 300 people at lunch Wilson and sometimes more! I WOULD NOT want • Vacation: a period of travel this job because it would be very frustrating! I and relaxation when you take give it to the aides that do this everyday! twice the clothes and half the money you need. ~ Unknown Trapped: Escape of the Mansion
Author, Kaylin Dunnett
LUCAS
So, what exactly had been going on down here, anyways? Who would leave a table with a huge stain on it down in a basement? Or perhaps I was just over thinking things at the time. Either way, I was feeling curi- ous. Yeah, I knew my priorities weren’t exactly in order, and that staying down here like a guy Nancy Drew, wasn’t what I should be doing. But hey, I was down in an old basement in a place I don’t know, with thoughts that I couldn’t recall. I couldn’t hear Lauren’s footsteps anymore… that staircase must have taken her up to a really high floor. It made me wonder just how tall the building was, anyways. Without Lauren down here, I could poke around for a little bit; actually look around. I guessed that I might as well make the most of my unexpected stay. I paced around in the dark, just barely, barely, barely making out objects in the dark. There was the table of course, and the door propped open partially from when Lauren had gone up that long staircase. The propped open door let in just the faintest amount of light, but it proved to be…somewhat adequate. So there was a table down here… what other junk is collecting dust? I hold my hands out in front of me blindly to make sure I don’t run into anything. I touch cool, cold stone wall, and with that I make my way around the room, clinging to it. My pinky finger runs over something raised and bumpy. As I peer very hard at it, I can see a faint square in the dark…a picture frame. I take both sides of it in my hands and gently lift it off of the wall. I’m extra careful with the old artifact-I don’t need anything more to drop and trip over later. Walking over to the light by the door, I’m able to sort of see the picture. It’s this little girl with this very curly hair, and she’s got a smile on her face. She’s seated at a table-no, it was a piano. I was sure of that. The piano was an off-white ivory color, and had little dents in the sides. There was a creepy guy standing right behind her. He was dressed like he was about to go to a business meeting, or something similar: a smart looking shirt and pants, with a tie that was adjusted up onto his neck. He had the oiliest looking hair that I had ever seen… combed to one side like he didn’t care. The man was standing several feet behind the girl, and he looked…distant. Trapped...continued
That’s all there is to say about what I saw. He was staring off into a different di- rection, and his eyes were drawn far away, to an object that I couldn’t see. It was all too strange. I set the painting down, and I felt like there wasn’t much else that I should do. I started my ascent up the stairs.
LAUREN
I was able to pop the cork off of the wine bottle easily. The seal had already been torn. The label was hard to read-it was wrinkled and peeling in some places- but I could make out the words Pinot Noir easily. I’m not very wine-smart, or what- ever you’d say… but I know that Pinot Noir is a red wine. I carefully sniffed it, and it smelled pretty foul. There was the sickeningly sweet wine smell, but it clashed with this horrid bitterness. I quickly set the wine bottle down and clamped a hand over my nose. Smells like that are hard to forget. And I know defiantly that I had smelled it before. Was that bitter smell the same solution that was in that vial downstairs? That was around the time Lucas swung the staircase door open. “Lauren, are you...” He stopped mid-sentence, taken by surprise. “Wow…” His eyes roved all around the huge room. “Exactly what I said.” I paced over and looked out the window with him. “Did those stairs kill your legs or what?” He shrugs. “A good thigh workout is how I’ll think of it.” His eyes are aimed over my shoulder at the wine on the table. “What’s that doing over there?” He walks over, pops the cork, and smells it. The same dis- pleased expression passes over his face. “Whatever you do, don’t breathe in too much,” I joke. “You might get poi- soned by fumes.” Setting down the bottle, he digs in his pocket to find the vial in his pocket and pulls it out. “This vial has the same stuff in this wine bottle.” He holds it up for me to see. “I found a wine glass downstairs… there was a red wine stain on a table down there, and the glass smelled foul.” I chew my lip pensively. “So what’s in the vial?” He stares down the wine intently. “Not sure, but I feel like I’ve heard of this kind of thing before. Maybe… a wine poisoning?”
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He shoves his hands in his pockets after putting away the vial. “Well, we’re high off the ground so we can’t jump from a window without getting killed.” The sting above my eye pulses up again, hot and angry. I clamp my hand over it quickly. “You sure you’re alright?” Lucas gives me a curious look. I nod. “Yep, it’s probably nothing.” He stands there for a moment, but soon gains track of his thoughts. “Right… well, do you want to do some looking around?” He gestures to- wards the few doors scattered around the room. “Alright, sounds good… I guess.” So he walks over to the first door. It’s a light chestnut brown, and has the letter ‘A’ in white slopped on by the doorknob. Lucas puts his hand on the knob, and turns it.
-TO BE CONTINUED… Immortals Damien Thomas
So last weekend I saw Immortals, which is a newer movie made by the producers of 300. I just wanted to review the movie until it comes out on DVD. So, my opinions of the story of the movie are fairly sim- ple. King Hyperion plans to enact his revenge on the gods, which he plans to do by releasing the Titans, who are sealed in Mount Tartarus. King Hyperion plans to tear the world apart with the massive war that will ensue between the titans and the gods. The gods plan to make Thesius the leader of the mortal army, but…you’ll have to watch it to see what happens. The movie has some amazing special effects, some of which are obviously the same as 300. There are a couple of errors with continuity, such as Tartarus be- ing a mountain, and being the cornerstone of the defensive wall of a major city. The story is decent, and it allows plenty of action. The movie is Rated R, so I rec- ommend getting your parents or somebody to go with you. It is a pretty good movie all around. Until next time!
MOVIE REVIEW
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Jeremy Nicholson
Rise of the Planet of the Apes is a movie about a drug the government is making and it all went wrong. The monkeys get too smart off the drug and… you know where that leads. So I don’t want to spoil it for you so hold on for this movie hold on… so the monkeys don’t take you. They’re faster, they’re stronger, and we gave them their…MINDS. Hey, if you like this plot, you should try renting some of the original Planet of the Ape episodes that were shown on television. Mrs. Clindaniel said, “They really frightened me as a child, and the makeup is awe- some!” Here is a picture of the modern day ape, and a picture of the old televi- sion version.
ZOMBIELAND Jeremy Nicholson
There are only about 6 people left to fight for survival, and one of their goals is to get a Twinkie. Some of the charac- ters are young girls, and one has phobias to everything. Will they survive a Zompocalips? This is a rated R movie, so you may not be allowed to watch it. Bill Murray and Woody Harrelson are quite funny to watch though.
GAME REVIEWS
Lord of the Rings Online vs. World of Warcraft
By Lena Levi and Joy Joll
Representing LOTRO (Lord of the Rings Online) is Lena Levi, and representing WoW (World of War- craft) is Joy Joll, for this article. Lena has been play- ing LOTRO for one year now, and Joy has been playing WoW for six years.
I, (this is Joy, in case you didn’t catch that in the first paragraph :]), person- ally love both WoW and LOTRO, but there are some things that WoW has that LOTRO doesn’t. These things include a monthly fee along with the price of the game disc, which could be a con or a pro compared to LOTRO, depending on your stance. Another thing is that because of the monthly fee, if you have all the expansions (or not), everyone has access to all content granted by the game ex- pansion they have, as long as their character level allows it. World of Warcraft has two sides, allowing for player versus player interac- tions, but that can also limit or expand roleplaying. There are four server types based on your ideal game play, while LOTRO has two. For WoW, they are Role- play (RP), Roleplay-Player versus Player (RPPVP), Player versus Player (PVP), and Normal (which would just be people who do raiding, or casual PVP). The two sides mentioned in the above paragraph are the Horde and the Al- liance. The Horde side has the races Orcs, Undead, Blood Elves, Trolls, Goblins, and Tauren to choose from. The Alliance have the Humans, Night Elves, Draenei, Dwarves, Worgen, and Goblins. The classes that you can choose from are: Mage, Priest, Warrior, Rogue, Death Knight (if you have the Wrath of the Lich King ex- pansion), Shaman (Unless you have the Burning Crusade expansion, only the Horde can be Shamans), Paladin (Like Shaman for the Horde, only Alliance can play Paladins until you get Burning Crusade), Hunter, Warlock, and Druid. Keep in mind that no any one race can choose to be every class. Every Class has its benefits, and they also get to choose a talent tree. The main trees are DPS, Tanking and Healing. DPS stands for Damage per Second, which is where your main damage in a group will come from. Tanks are the ones who hold the enemies’ attention, and take a majority of the single-target damage. Healers are, obviously, the ones who heal the damage taken by the group. Not every class has the choice of being any of the three, in fact; only paladins can be DPS, healers, or tanks.
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(Now this is Lena Levi speaking!) I truly adore LOTRO and was introduced to it when my brother started playing last year. We both had just recently watched the Lord of the Rings movies and were very much interested in Mr. Tolkien’s alter- nate universe, so much so that we wished we could live in that world ourselves. When we found LOTRO, our wish had been granted! You can create your own character, choosing a certain, customizable avatar! There are four races. Elves, Men (which still includes men and women), Hobbits, and Dwarves (only males are available to play as Dwarves). You may choose a class, or a fighting style, to plan your gameplay around. Classes include Burglars, Hunters, Min- strels, Guardians, Champions, Captains, Lore-Masters, Wardens, and Rune- Keepers. (Wardens and Rune-Keepers must be bought to be playable.) Each class has a certain style when fighting in groups. There are four dif- ferent styles known to all players. These five styles are called “tanking,” “buffs,” “heals,” “crowd-control,” and “damage-points (D.P.S.).” The class that fits in the “tanking” style is Guardians. The class that is in the “buffs” class is Captains. The “heals” class consists of Minstrels and Rune-Keepers. In the “crowd-control” group are the Burglars, and the Lore-Master. The “D.P.S.” group has the Champi- ons, Hunters, and Wardens. Any class can play any style, however, if they are high enough in level. Speaking of level, the maximum level is 75 (recently changed from 65). “Leveling-up” your character can be very time-consuming because with each level, you need an increasingly higher amount of experience to gain the next level. Enemies that might have gotten you more experience at say, level 10, will get to the point that they give you no experience at say, level 35. Form your fellowship and conquer Middle-Earth by joining the Lord of the Rings Online! Visit the site lotro.com! Flonga.com Danny Larsen
Do you enjoy playing online games? If so, you should try Flonga.com. You can play Flonga.com for free and make an account to talk to friends and save game to your account also. You can play new popular games, like Raze 2, Raze 1, Zombocalypse, Jungle Siege, Boxhead, and all the Monkey Towers, and some Room Escape games. There are games for all ages, such as card, flight, ninja, war, football, logic, robot, life, and Sim games, so male and female players will find something they enjoy. Arts & Crafts 2011
How to Make Magnets (Easy enough for even those who are sleep deprived or lack in the artistic category) Kaylin Dunnett
Are you always trying to hang stuff up in your locker, but never seem to have enough magnets? If you don’t feel like running up to the store to buy a load of overpriced/cheap magnets, then do what I did and make your own. Yes, I made the magnets featured in the picture, and I only needed a few basic supplies.
You’ll need: Scissors Clear glass pebbles (you can buy these at Hobby Lobby.) They look like this: Find these in the floral section. Pictures that you want to use in your magnets (shrink them down to a small size so the glass pebble would be able to capture the pic- ture.) Craft magnets (you can find these anywhere; I usually go to Michael’s or Hobby Lobby.) Tacky Glue
Directions: FOR SHRINKING YOUR PHOTOS: Shrink them down in Microsoft Word. Take your glass pebble and cover the part you want in your magnet. Remember: your computer screen often magnifies the image, so don’t make it microscopic. Once you have you picture all printed, cut it out and lay it off to the side. Now take your tacky glue and a glass pebble and squeeze a bead-sized dot onto your finger. Take this glue and smear it all around the flat (NOT RAISED) surface of the pebble. Don’t make your coat heavy; just make it a Arts & Crafts 2011
smooth film. Don’t worry too much about not being able to see your picture (Tacky glue dries clear. Just don’t glop a huge amount of glue onto the pebble and you should be fine.) Now, before your thin layer of glue dries, pick it up on its sides and place it on the area of the picture you want to be in the mag- net. DON’T SLIDE THE PICTURE AROUND IN THE GLUE AFTER YOU SET IT. The ink will smear and you will be left with one ugly magnet. If you wish, you can gently press down on the magnet as it is setting in the glue. The picture should start to appear through the drying glue in this stage. Let it sit for a while. Don’t touch or move it too much. After you’ve waited and the glue has dried, pick it up, take your scissors, and cut around the outsides of the pebble. Make sure to cut away all of the paper surrounding the pebble’s outside. You should be left with something very similar to what’s pictured in the picture. Now that you have the basic decorative part completed, you’re ready to stick on your magnet. Again, take a bead sized amount of glue and coat one of the magnet’s flat sides. Then gently set the pebble on the glue side of the magnet, making sure that the magnet is centered on the paper that is on the pebble’s back. Let it sit. After about 30 minutes, your magnet should be ready for action! Want to get creative with your magnets? Try and look for pic- tures from your favorite TV shows, anime characters, funny pic- tures off of the internet, or of you and your friends. The magnets in the picture are of two of my favorite anime characters, Hatsune Miku and Kasane Teto. With these magnets, the sky is the limit. I’ve even seen people use jumbo sized buttons instead of the glass pebbles. These magnets are not only easy, but fun to make! If you ever have spare time, why don’t you try to make one? You’ll thank me later.
Music Review December Playlist Kathryn Ausema Hey! I’ve never done an article about what I love to listen to, so I wanted to give it a shot. I’m going to list the song, the artist, and pos- sibly some additional info about something relevant to the artist or song. Also, I apologize if you aren’t into the same music as I am! Even if you aren’t, please look up a few of the songs toward the top of the list that you haven’t heard of, be- cause the ones toward the top are some of my favorites. Hope you like it! Background………….Lecrae (if you were to look up any one song on this list, I would TOTALLY suggest this one.) Spontaneous Me…….Lindsey Stirling (you MUST watch the music video for this on youtube. Lindsey has her own channel, and she makes awesome videos where she dances while playing. Here’s the link: http://www.youtube.com/user/ lindseystomp) Meant to Live……….Switchfoot City on Our Knees…….tobyMac Beautiful Ending…....BarlowGirl Mighty to Save………Michael W. Smith Leaving on the 5th…………..Voxhaul Broadcast Keep Your Head Up………….Andy Grammer TGIF………………………….TSH She Ain’t You………………...Chris Brown I Want You Back……………..Colbie Caillat (personally, I like the itunes session version better than the original for this one) It Girl……………Jason Derulo After Midnight…….Travie McCoy Not Your Birthday…….Allstar Weekend Open Wide……..Future of Forestry Just a Kiss……….Lady Antebellum Heartbeat……….the Fray Please check out some of these songs, or at least listen to the samples to give them a try! And if you get bored over holiday break, here is a website where you draw a picture of anything you want with your mouse or a drawing tablet, and then swap it with someone else anywhere in the world. Your picture will be sent to a random person and then you will receive someone else’s drawing. You won’t have to submit any info or anything, just draw! The site is sketchswap.com. Have fun this holiday season and over break! Miscellaneous 15 Really Dumb Questions on Yahoo Fiona Eggen
1. HOW DO I TURN OFF CAPSLOCK? I ACCIDENTALLY TURNED IT ON YESTERDAY AND I DON’T KNOW HOW TO TURN IT BACK OFF
2. I wanted to see if my computer would read my credit card so I put it in the cd rom and it got stuck, how do I get it out?? I tried toothpicks but lost them in the process?? Also the drive is making noises"
3. I've been asked to write an application in my own handwriting....? Is there a computer program that will do this for me? They also want original ideas. Do you know any?
4. Where can I buy a really big jar of peanut butter?
5. I have eaten two whole tangerines in about two hours. What will happen to me?
6. How do I become obese fast? I want to look good by the end of the year.
7. Is it illegal to name a dog after a movie?
8. Is there any possible way of making 2+2=5?
9. What is the best place to ask questions online? I mean, or there any QA forums like on yahoo or anything?
10. If a person owns a piece of land, do they own it all the way down to the center of the earth?
11. Why is it called Alcoholics Anonymous when the first thing you do is stand up and say "Hi, my name's Bob. I'm an alcoholic"?
12. Why is there a light in the fridge but not in the freezer?
13. What do people in China call their good plates?
14. Why does Goofy stand on two legs when Pluto remains on four? They're both dogs.
15. Did you ever notice that if you blow in a dog’s face it goes mad, yet when you take him on a car ride he sticks his head straight out the window? Miscellaneous
Top Fifteen Things That Annoy People Celeste Coughlin, Bree Tanner, Saira Nelson From coolfunnyjokes.com
1.) Name your dog, “Dog.” 2.) Forget the punch line to a long joke, but assure the listener it was a "real hoot." 3.) Erect an elaborate network of ropes in your backyard, and tell the neighbors you are a "spider person." 4.) Ask 1-800 operators for dates. 5.) Honk and wave to strangers. 6.) Holler random numbers while someone is counting. 7.) Wear your pants backwards. 8.) ONLY TYPE IN UPPERCASE. 9.) As much as possible, skip rather than walk. 10.) Ask people what gender they are. 11.) Leave your Christmas lights up and lit until September. 12.) Wear a LOT of cologne. 13.) At a golf tournament, chant "swing-batabatabata-suhWING-batter!" 14.) Repeat the following conversation a dozen times: "Do you hear that?" "What?" "Never mind, its gone now." 15.) Pay for a dinner with pennies.
Merry Christmas! Miscellaneous What is on Your Bucket List? Fiona Eggen
1. Jump Off a High Cliff Into The Ocean 2. Ride a Camel In The Desert 3. Ride a Motorcycle (Wheelie If You’re Brave) 4. Handbrake Turn a Car While Traveling Over 30 mph 5. Drive a Lamborghini or Ferrari 6. Rent a Motorcycle And Tour Through Europe In The Summer 7. Throw a Snowball At Someone 8. Build Your Own Igloo 9. Learn To Do A Standing Somersault 10. Throw A HUGE Party For All Your Friends 11. Visit Las Vegas 12. Build a Giant Sandcastle 13. Win $1000 In The Lottery Or Some Other Competition 14. Get Your Fortune Told 15. Play An Elaborate Practical Joke On Someone (Or The World) 16. Eat Something That’s Alive (Like An Insect) 17. Send A Message In A Bottle 18. Dance In The Pouring Rain 19. Take A Vow Of Silence For A Day 20. Do Something Stupid (Nobody is perfect) 21. See a Whale 22. Go Snorkeling 23. See Pirates of the Caribbean- all four 24. Read a book 25. Spend a Whole Day Eating Junk Food Without Feeling Guilty Recipes
Chocolate Eclair Cake (w/correction) Chase Martin
CAKE!!!!
8oz. Cool whip 1 box graham crackers 2 boxes French vanilla instant pudding Correction: 4 Cups of Milk 1 can of chocolate frosting
1 Mix pudding and milk together for 3 minutes. 2 Then mix 8oz. Cool whip with pudding mixture for a couple more minutes. 3 Butter a (9x13) pan and put one layer of graham crackers, and smooth out one layer of pudding mixture on top. 4 Add another layer of crackers and then add the rest of the mixture, then add another layer of crackers. 5 Put this in the fridge for about one hour, then frost with chocolate frosting. 6 ENJOY! (Allrecipes.com) Recipes
Turkey with Creamy Curry Sauce
Spencer Pritchard
Ingredients
serves: 4
3 tbsp sunflower oil 500 g turkey breasts 500 g jar creamy curry sauce
Method
1. Heat the oil in a large frying pan and stir-fry the turkey breasts until they are sealed on both sides approximately 2 minutes. 2. Pour in the curry sauce and cook gently for approximately 6 - 8 minutes or un- til thoroughly cooked through. 3. This may be served over a bed of rice.
LET’S HAVE CHICKEN!!!!!
Recipes
A good recipe for stuffing Lyle Reyes
• 2 loaves oven-dried white bread (recommended: Pepperidge Farm) • 2 cups cooked white rice • 1 sleeve crushed saltines • 1 pound bulk breakfast sausage • 2 cups chopped celery • 1 large onion, chopped • 7 cups chicken stock • Salt and freshly ground black pepper • 1 teaspoon dried sage leaves • 1 tablespoon poultry seasoning • 3 eggs, beaten • 1/4 stick butter, melted Mushroom Giblet Gravy, recipe follows Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Crumble oven-dried bread into a large bowl. Add rice and saltines. Cook sausage in a large skillet until it starts to brown. Add celery and onion and saute until transparent, 5 to 10 minutes. Pour over bread and rice mixture. Add stock and mix well. Add salt, pepper, sage, and poultry seasoning. Mix well. Add the beaten eggs and melted butter. Mix well. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the stuffing mixture for the Mushroom Giblet Gravy. Pour stuffing into a greased pan and bake until cooked through and golden brown, about 45 minutes. What’s a giblet?? Mushroom Giblet Gravy Recipe
4 cups turkey or chicken stock Giblets from 1 turkey 2 chicken bouillon cubes 2 tablespoons reserved stuffing mixture 3 tablespoons cornstarch 1/3 cup cold water 2 pints button mushrooms, sliced 3 tablespoons butter 1 hard boiled egg, sliced Salt and freshly ground black pepper Bring stock and giblets to a boil. Add bouillon and reserved stuffing mixture. Make slurry by whisking together the cornstarch and water and add to the boiling stock; cook 2 to 3 minutes. Meanwhile, sauté mushrooms until browned in butter. Add mushrooms to gravy with egg and salt and pepper, to taste. Comics