Trojan Times 2012 December Edition Holiday Greetings from Mr. Megyesi As our Winter Break approaches, I would like to thank the students for an excellent school year thus far. We began with enforcing a new dress code and cafe- teria policy to ensure the appropriate and respectful behavior that our students demonstrate, and are pleased with their outstanding progress. We are challenging students with high expectations and they are meeting them.

Contents: I look forward to addressing the future • Veterans’ Day needs of our students, and am pleased to see that Duneland is enhancing the • Rocky Marciano schools with more advanced technology • Presidential Facts to be used by our students. iPads may be • Book Review available for classroom use next year, in • Author Review addition to the mobile labs and current • Musical Group technology. We are also challenging stu- dents to excel academically, and look for- • Recipe ward to the ISTEP Test in the spring. • Holiday Word There will also be some aesthetic changes Search to the building as well, including a possi- ble renovation of the cafeteria. I am ex- cited to be at Chesterton Middle School, and thank the families of Duneland for such a great place to work. Happy Holidays to you and your family.

Mr. Michael Megyesi, CMS Principal NEWS 2012

On November 8 th Chesterton Middle School had a Veterans Day program to hon- or our country’s veterans. Our schools music program preformed many songs themed to honoring our country’s veterans.

The winners for the Veterans Day projects are Written project- Nathaniel Scheerer Multi-media- Molly Mclaughlin Artistic- Rylie Hickman Overall winner- Paige Donovan

Trojan Times 2012

Rocky Marciano—the Real Rocky By Jason Hebblethwaite

Marciano was born and raised in Brockton, Massachusetts to Pierino Marchegiano and Pasqualina Picciuto. Both of his par- ents were immigrants from Italy: his father was from Ripa Tatia- na, Abruzzo while his mother was from San Barteleomo, Cam- pania. Rocky had three sisters—Alice, Concetta and Elizabeth— and a brother—Peter whom they called Sonny. When he was about eighteen months old, he got pneumonia from which he almost died. In his youth, he played baseball with his brother Peter (Sonny) and David Rooslet (a neighborhood friend of Marciano's), worked out on homemade weightlifting equipment (later in his life, Marciano was also a client of Charles Atlas and used a stuffed mail bag that hung from a tree in his back yard as a Heavy Bag. He attended Brockton High School where he played both baseball and foot- ball. However, he was cut from the school baseball team because he had joined a church league, violating a school rule forbidding players from joining other teams. He dropped out of school after finishing tenth grade. Marciano then worked as a chute man on delivery trucks for the Brockton Ice and Coal Company. He also worked as a ditch digger and as a shoemaker. Rocky was also a resident of Hanson, Massachusetts; the house he lived in still stands on Main Street. In March 1943, Marciano was drafted into the Army for a term of two years. Stationed in Swansea, Wales, he helped ferry supplies across the English Channel to Normandy. After the war ended, he completed his service in March 1946 at Fort Lewis Washington. Marciano's am- ateur record was 8–4. While awaiting discharge, Marciano, representing the army, won the 1946 Amateur Armed Forces boxing tournament. His amateur career was interrupted on March 17, 1947, when Marciano stepped into the ring as a professional competitor. That night, he knocked out Lee Epperson in three rounds. In an unusual move Marciano returned to the ama- teur ranks and fought in the Golden Gloves All-East Championship Tournament in March 1948. He was beaten by Coley Wallace. He continued to fight as an amateur throughout the spring and competed in the AAU Olympic tryouts in the Boston Garden. There, he knocked out George McInnis, but hurt his hands during the bout and was forced to withdraw from the tour- nament. That was his last amateur fight. In late March, 1947, Marciano and several friends traveled to Fayetteville, North Carolina, to try out for the Fayetteville Cubs, a farm team for the Chicago Cubs baseball team. Marciano lasted three weeks before being cut. After failing to find a spot on another team, he returned to Brockton and began boxing training with longtime friend Allie Colombo. Al Weill and Chick Wergeles served as his managers and Charley Goldman as his trainer and teacher. Although he had one professional fight (against Lee Epperson), on his record, Marciano began fighting per- manently as a professional boxer on July 12, 1948. That night, he notched a win over Harry Bilizarian (3–6–0). He won his first sixteen bouts by knockout, all before the fifth round, and nine before the first round was over. Don Mogard (17–9–1) became the first boxer to last the distance (full 10 rounds scheduled) with "The Rock," but Marciano won by unanimous deci- sion. Rocky Marciano—the Real Rocky

Early in his career, he changed the spelling of his last name Marchegiano The ring announcer in Providence, Rhode Island could not pronounce Marchegiano, so Marciano's handler, Al Weill, suggested they create a pseudonym. The first suggestion was Rocky Mack, which Marci- ano rejected. Marciano won three more fights by knockout and then he met Ted Lowry (58–48 –9), who, according to many scribes and witnesses, probably managed to win three or four of the ten rounds from Marciano. Nevertheless, Marciano kept his winning streak alive by beating Lowry by unanimous decision. Four more knockout wins followed, including a five rounder on December 19, 1949 with Phil Muscato (56–20–0), an experienced heavyweight from Buffalo, New York and the first "name fighter" Marciano would face. Three weeks after that fight, Mar- ciano beat Carmine Vingo (16–1–0) by a fifth round knockout in New York that almost killed Vingo. On March 24, 1950, Marciano fought Roland La Starza, winning by split decision. La Starza may have come closer than any other boxer to defeating Marciano as a professional. The scoring for the bout was 5–4, 4–5, 5–5 and Marciano won on a supplemental point system used by New York and Massachusetts at that time. The scoring system did not award an extra point for a knockdown and Marciano scored a knockdown in the fight. Referee Watson decided the bout, scoring it 9–6 for Marciano. Marciano, 28, faced the World Heavyweight Champion, 38- year-old Jersey Joe Walcott in Philadelphia on September 23, 1952. Walcott dropped Marciano in the first round and steadily built a points lead; but in the thirteenth, Walcott used his trade- mark feint to set up his right hand, but Marciano's "Suzie Q" landed first. Marciano landed a glancing left hook as Walcott slumped to his knees with his arm draped over the ropes. He lay motionless long after he had been counted out and Marciano became the new World Heavy- weight Champion. At the time of the stoppage, Walcott was leading on all scorecards, 8–4, 7–5 and 7–4. His first defense came a year later, a rematch against Walcott, 39, who this time was knocked out in the first round. Next, it was Roland La Starza’s turn to challenge Marciano. Af- ter building a small lead on the judges' scorecards all the way to the middle rounds, Marciano won the rematch by a technical knockout in the eleventh round. Then came two consecutive bouts against former World Heavyweight Champion, and light heavyweight legend, Ezzard Charles, 33, who be- came the only man to ever last fifteen rounds against Marciano. Marciano won the first fight on points and the second by an eighth-round knockout. Then, Marciano met British and European Champion Don Cockell. Mar- ciano knocked him out in the ninth round. Marciano's last title bout was against 38 year old Archie Moore, on September 21, 1955. The bout was originally scheduled for September 20, but because of hurricane warnings, it had to be delayed a day. Marciano was knocked down for a four count in the second round, but recovered and re- tained his title with a knockout in round nine. Marciano announced his retirement on April 27, 1956. Trojan Times 2012

Weird President Facts By: Erin H. Grimes

With the election come and gone I wanted to share some weird presidential facts about former presidents. This is a set of facts about Abe Lincoln and JFK. • Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946. • Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960. • Both were shot in the back of the head in the presence of their wives. • Both wives lost their children while living in the White House. • Both Presidents were shot on a Friday. • Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy. • Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson. • Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808. Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908. • Lincoln was shot in the Ford Theatre. Kennedy was shot in a Lincoln, made by Ford. • Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse. Ken- nedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater. Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

BOOK REVIEW 2012

A Hare in the Elephant’s Trunk By: Jan Coates

When you think of the war in Sudan, you probably think of all the men and women that died from the bombs, land mines and shooters from the north. You never really wonder what happened to the young boys that had lost their families due to the bombers. You never even thought that while you were at home lying on your couch watching television, there were thousands of boys walking hundreds of miles to get somewhere safe. When you go to sleep at night in your com- fortable bed, you don’t even pause to reflect on how many boys are staying awake at night hav- ing nightmares about the war and their families that died in the bombing. Jacob Deng was one of those boys. When his village came under attack, he fled with his older nephew to escape the bombing. After many days, they came across the thousands of boys trying to walk to a refugee camp and joined them. Then the long, terrible journey to Ethiopia began. Are you interested in finding out what happens during Jacob’s journey? Or how he spent many years in refugee camps and many moon cycles walking? If you are looking for a great book with true stories, then this is the book for you! You can check out this book at the CMS library today! About the Author: Cassandra Clare By: Mallory Lindstedt Cassandra Clare was born to American parents in Teheran, Iran and spent much of her child- hood traveling the world with her family, including one trek through the Himalayas as a toddler where she spent a month living in her father's backpack. She lived in France, England and Switzerland before she was ten years old. Since her family moved around so much she found familiarity in books and went everywhere with a book under her arm. She spent her high school years in Los Angeles where she used to write stories to amuse her classmates, including an epic novel called "The Beautiful Cassandra" based on the eponymous Jane Austen short story (and from which she later took her current pen name). After college, Cassie lived in Los Angeles and New York where she worked at various enter- tainment magazines and even some rather suspect tabloids where she reported on Brad and Angelina's world travels and Britney Spears' wardrobe malfunctions. She started working on her YA novel, City of Bones, in 2004, inspired by the urban landscape of Manhattan, her favor- ite city. She turned to writing fantasy fiction full time in 2006 and hopes never to have to write about Paris Hilton again. Cassie's first professional writing sale was a short story called "The Girl's Guide to Defeating the Dark Lord" in a Baen anthology of humor fantasy. Cassie hates working at home alone be- cause she always gets distracted by reality TV shows and the antics of her two cats, so she usu- ally sets out to write in local coffee shops and restaurants. She likes to work in the company of her friends, who see that she sticks to her deadlines. http://www.shadowhunters.com/mortalinstruments/author.php MUSIC 2012 ONE DIRECTION FACTS

1 Niall Horan was born on September 13 and is currently 19. 2. Louis Tomlinson was born on Christmas Eve and is 21 years old. 3. Harry Styles was born on February 1, 1994. 4. Liam Payne was born on August 19, 1993. 5. Zayn Malik was born on January 12, 1993. 6. Louis likes girls who like carrots. 7. Niall is Irish.

8. One Direction was formed on the X Factor on July 23.

Louis Quote’s From the Video Diaries

She Mine!!! Agghghghh!! The light!!! Help! …Somebody needs help!!! SUPERMAN!!!! Energy Juice!!! My goldfish is dead… :’( Marry me?...Simple but effective…. We will Always Love those stairs… and we will never forget.

RECIPE 2012

Ingredients makes 20-25 cookies

1 cup butter or margarine 1/2 cup + 1 tsp. icing sugar (confectioners’ sugar), sifted 2 cups self-rising flour 2 teaspoons ground ginger 1/2 teaspoon salt 3 oz. oatmeal 5 drops of vanilla extract glaze icing to decorate Method 1. Cream the butter and gradually beat in the sugar.

2. Sift together the flour, ginger and salt and add to the creamed mixture with the oatmeal and vanilla extract.

3. Mix to a stiff dough. Either mold into the shape of little men by hand or roll out the dough and cut into shapes with a gingerbread cutter.

4. Place on a greased baking sheet and bake in a preheated oven 350° F for about 20 minutes.

5. Cool on a wire rack, then pipe on faces, features and buttons with glaze icing. RECIPES 2012 Easy Chocolate Cake

By Reagan McCoy

Ok so let me start off by saying that this is probably the quickest and easiest chocolate cake recipe on the face of the earth! You only need four items! You will need:

a microwaveable or oven safe mug cooking spray chocolate cake batter marshmallow crème

Simply coat the insides of the oven safe mugs with cooking spray. Then fill the mugs halfway full with cake batter. Follow the cupcake baking instructions on the cake mix package. The cakes are done when a toothpick inserted into the center of one comes out clean or with just a few crumbs. Allow the cakes to cool for about 15 minutes. Top each mug with a generous dollop of marshmallow crème and serve with a spoon. One cake mix makes enough batter for 12 of our mugs; if you want fewer than a dozen, bake the remaining batter in a small pan.

RECIPES 2012 Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes By: Reagan McCoy

You will need: · 2 cups all purpose flour · 1 teaspoon salt · 1 teaspoon baking powder · 2 teaspoons baking soda · 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder · 2 cups sugar · 1 cup vegetable oil · 1 cup hot coffee · 1 cup milk · 2 large eggs · 1 teaspoon vanilla · 8 oz cool whip · 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (plus more for melting and drizzling over cool whip · 6-7 candy canes, crushed

Preheat oven to 325. Bake cupcakes for 15-20 minutes. Do Not Overbake. The center of cup- cakes will spring back when touched when they are done. Notes: Crush the candy canes into bits. If you leave them in large chunks they will sink to the bottom of the cupcake while baking and make the bottom of the cupcakes stick to the paper. The can- dy canes will melt while baking.

The cupcakes will not have a coffee taste. The coffee just kicks up the flavor of the chocolate. I always add coffee to my baked chocolate desserts to enhance the chocolate flavor. Yum! Preheat oven to 325. Bake cupcakes for 15-20 minutes. Do Not over bake. The center of cup- cakes will spring back when touched when they are done. Notes: Crush the candy canes into bits. If you leave them in large chunks they will sink to the bottom of the cupcake while baking and make the bottom of the cupcakes stick to the paper. The can- dy canes will melt while baking.

The cupcakes will not have a coffee taste. The coffee just kicks up the flavor of the chocolate. I always add coffee to my baked chocolate desserts to enhance the chocolate flavor.

Merry Christmas From the CMS Trojan Times Newspaper Staff! We’ll see you in 2013!!!