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Volume 3 Issue 3 February 16th, 2011 Changing Youth Through Food By Natalia Rosa Boston, Ipswich, student in the junior class, works growing food locally builds a strong Lincoln, and Lynn. for the Food Project. With a group community. The food from of other workers, she is making a In her documentary, Anika will the Food Project documentary on the accessibility of focus on food access. She raises farms is distributed food. the question, “Do you think that to local farmers’ Anika started working with the everyone has the same accessibility markets and to Food Project the summer before to healthy food?” She also shows hunger relief freshman year. She heard about the how food availability and quality organizations. Food Project through a friend. She vary for people depending on where The young says that she enjoys the work. Her they live. Her defi nition of food workers who favorite part of working there is that accessibility depends on food quality, participate in the she works with a diverse group of affordability, and availability. She farming of the teenagers all working for the same mentions how some places have it all food help others cause, “to create a personal and while others don’t have enough. Her to grow their social change through sustainable plan is to interview a diverse audience Photo by Teah Hayward own food through agriculture,” as Anika stated. By and be able to have different view community programs. They also aid in working at the Food Project, she has points included in her video. After The Food Project began in 1991. the distribution process, which gives learned how important food is and the documentary is complete, she Its goal is to work with teenagers to them valuable job experience and a that there are many problems in the will show it to the head of the Food promote sustainable agriculture in personal connection to food issues and American food system. That is what Project, and they will show it at a food local neighborhoods. The Food Project justice. she hopes to teach others through festival and eventually put it up on has 37 acres of farm land in Beverly, Anika Whitmore, a Pingree her documentary. She believes that Youtube.com. Venture “Into the Woods” By Gabi Geiger Wolves, giants, and witches, oh focused spirit from all members of my! the ensembles. As cast member Izzy This winter, the Pingree Theater Attenborough stated, “ The music department is taking a little trip into challenges us, the dancing stretches the woods, singing and dancing our body’s ability, and the acting through the mishmash of classical forces us to go outside the box.” fairytales with a twist. The musical One of the largest parts of this was written by Stephen Sondheim production is the set and stage design in 1986 and was fi rst performed on for which the technical director, Broadway in 1987. Into the Woods is Mr. Paquin, has put in a lot of not a stranger to the Pingree stage- it thought, time, and effort. The theater was performed several years ago, but technicians have spent afternoons this revival has taken a unique twist building and painting and their work is due to the creative collaboration of the starting to come together with all the Production Team- Barbara Whitney, other elements. Mr. Paquin answered a Monica Brile, Matthew Paquin, and few questions about his creative ideas The cast of “Into the Woods” rehearses Kevin Bleau. They have combined and the process of turning the stage Photo by Teah Hayward their creative ideas and artistic talents into the woods…literally. a rough idea of our way but together with the actors on their quest to fi nd to help the ensemble transform from What were your reasons for the ideas grow as we make discoveries the thing that makes it worth the high school students into beautiful choosing this show? along the way by living with our journeying.” princesses, magical creatures, and “My ideas for the set are pulled choices.” The cast has been working very horrible beasts. As with all musicals, equally from the director/script How have your original ideas hard to overcome obstacles from the cast members are utilizing and the students that I work with. either changed, modifi ed, or been having no live pit to the countless their skills in acting, singing, and Collectively we embark on the path enhanced throughout the process? missed rehearsals due to snow days. dancing which requires a unifi ed and that takes us Into the Woods and have What have been the greatest “It’s been a rough ride with all of diffi culties in the process? the snow days and I was worried we “Some of my intentions with wouldn’t get it done!” says junior the design and construction/ Elle Martins. But as they say, the implementation process is making show must go on, and they are fi nding sure the voices are there. As odd as it their way to make sure it does. sounds, it is making sure that the work The dedicated cast will be working is coming from all those involved. later days, coming in on Sundays We make it a collaborative effort by to rehearse, and are pushing the helping the techs grow and develop performance dates back a week in new skills and become more confi dent order to account for all the lost time. and willing to take a risk on an idea.” So if you are up for a fun and What are your intentions behind wacky journey through the woods, the set you have created? please come and support the cast! “All plays take us on some sort of March 4 and 5th at 7:30 pm and journey, whether it be a main plot March 6th at 2:30 pm element or something the playwright has subversively hidden from the audience. chicagocritic.com My designs help to reinforce this thought. The space is designed to become whatever the needs of the moment are, and grow as we journey page 1 Pingree Clubs Pingree Poker Club Plans a Tournament By Annie Melden A newspaper by and for the students of Pingree School Pingree’s Poker Club was formed according to Varga, “we’re not good on a warm night at The Forks at the at fi nishing games.” Co-founder Tyler Editors beginning of the school year. The Maren says, “We keep continuous Tasha Anderson Forks is a rafting trip all seniors are games going; a game can last awhile.” Teah Hayward Editorial Advisors required to attend. Co-Founders Alex The players are thinking about Annie Melden Judy Klein Varga and Tyler Maren got their whole having a large tournament involving Natalia Rosa Jessica Moore cabin involved in a game one night. “I different groups playing at different Staff Writers brought the poker set,” Varga explains, times. Varga explains how diffi cult Gabi Geiger “and some people didn’t know how to it is to coordinate groups of students Caroline Mead play.” By the end of the trip, the whole because of seniors’ hectic schedules. cabin understood the game. One night Thomas Huynh ‘11 wants to bring of playing cards quickly transitioned back Pingree Casino Night. If his idea into a club when the students returned is actualized, “top hats and monocles to school for the year. should be required,” he jokes. Editorial Varga and Maren founded the Poker Club but, because of school Infl uencing Americaʼs Youth rules, they “have This editorial was adapted from control. For Cinderella, this meant to call it ‘Card- an assignment previously submitted happily ever with Prince Charming Playing Club.’” for Mr. Gracey’s Comic Vision class. and for teen mom Amber, a life long Also, because union with a man who has no interest of school rules, Teen pregnancy is an epidemic in marrying her. The parallels do not members of in the United States. Teen pregnancy hold. One of the opponents of shows the club are not rates are higher in the United like Teen Mom is celebrity Kim allowed to bet cash States than they are in any other Kardashian: “Having a baby is one of during play. “I developed country, with 750,000 teen the biggest, and most life-changing wish we could play pregnancies each year, according decisions a person can make and while for money,” Varga to kidshealth.com and the National I’m not saying that no teen is in the jokes. “Everyone Campaign to Prevent Teen and position to raise a child, having a baby just bets their chips Members of the Poker Club in the heat Unplanned Pregnancy. According to so young shouldn’t be seen as the blindly. Thomas of a game a teen pregnancy page on livestrong. trendy thing to do. Teen pregnancy TV goes all in every Photo by Alex Varga com, about 70% of those teen mothers shows such as Teen Mom, Teen Mom 2 other turn!” he says, will drop out of high school. MTV and 16 and Pregnant have made stars referring to fellow senior and poker As for who Varga thinks is the airs a reality show called Teen Mom out of Leah Messer and Jenelle Evans player Thomas Huynh. best at poker, “It’s got to be Narayan,” that documents the trials of teen and Amber Portwood, who earns Poker Club has about ten regular he says, referring to fellow senior mothers. There is much controversy $280,000 a year from her appearances members who meet Wednesdays Narayan Plourde. “He knows what surrounding the show, particularly in in the MTV show.” Ironically, Kim during activities/break period.

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