The Trojan Gazette Mrs. Tovornik’s Creative Writing Class (Fall 2014) November 21, 2014 Volume 1, Issue 10 Trojans Elite: CHS FOOD PANTRY Highlights: The Carolina High School Food Pantry was opened several years Trojan Elite ago as a way for Trojans to take care of other Trojans. Its purpose Celebrity News. is to ensure that no students or their families go hungry. Fashion Earlier this month, students participated in a school -wide food drive to help re-stock the shelves of the pantry. It was a great success New movies and we collected over 170 items. Mrs. Kinlaw’s 3rd period class collected the most and will receive a pizza party. Mrs. Jones class Movie Reviews donated the second most, and they each received a ticket to Carolina vs. Berea basketball game. The Carolina High School Food Music and the Artists Pantry has also received donations from local community members and the University of South Carolina School of Medicine – Gaming Information Greenville. Students are still encouraged to bring in canned food items. Sports for the week NBA Game Picks Of The Week Friday, November 21 High School Sports Orlando at Charlotte 7:00 PM in Greenville In this issue: Phoenix at Philadelphia 7:00 PM Detroit at Atlanta 7:30 PM Entertainment WINTER Milwaukee at Toronto 7:30 PM Music Artist 2 SPORTS Saturday, November 22 Twitter “What’s Hot” Top 10 downloaded INFO Phoenix at Indiana 7:00 PM songs COMING Miami at Orlando 7:00 PM IN DECEMBER! Toronto at Cleveland 7:30 PM Fashion & Gaming 3 GO TROJANS! Philadelphia at New York 7:30 PM Movies: Premieres 4 Dallas at Houston 8:00 PM and Reviews Boston at Memphis 8:00PM Local Arts 5 Sunday, November 23 All about Aquariums LA Clippers at Memphis 6:00 PM SPECIAL Portland at Boston 6:00 PM THANKSGIVING 6,7 “THINGS TO DO” Charlotte at Miami 6:00 PM Golden State at Oklahoma City 7:00 PM CELEBRITY NEWS, ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC CELEBRITY HIGHLIGHT-by Miay Paden Bobbi Kristina outraged over Whitney Houston movie! Bobbi Kristina (Whitney Houston’s daughter) is a 21 year old American singer / actress, and she was born on March 4, 1993. She recently wanted to play her mother in the upcoming movie about her mother’s life. The director of the movie is Angela Bassett, and she is also a singer / actress. The two just recently had a feud with each other because Angela is not al- lowing Bobbi Kristina to play the starring role. Bobbi Kristian was so outraged about the situation that she went on twitter and started blasting the movie director. Angela Bassett told Entertain- ment Weekly that she is not casting her for numerous of reasons. Whitney Houston’s sister-in-law, Patricia said that “Whitney is worth more than this and this wouldn’t be happening if she was still here.” Her mother, Cissy Houston also spoke on it and said “No one connected with this movie knew Whitney or anything about her relationship with Bobby (Brown). Please let her rest." Music and the Artists NICKI MANAJ TOP TEN DOWNLOADED SONGS OF THE WEEK —by Chris Thompson Onika Tanya Maraj, most - by Ulises Hernandez known as Nicki Minaj, was born on December 8 of 1982 Top 10 downloaded digital songs art in Saint James Trinidad and sorted out or seen different by the Tobago and she was raised in Jamaica, Queens, New York. Minaj received way other’s listened to music. We all public notice after releasing three mixtapes between 2007 and 2009. She signed a recording contract withYoung Money Entertainment in 2009. Minaj's listen to different styles of music but debut studio album, Pink, in 2010, peaked at number one on the the top 10 downloaded songs are U.S.Billboard 200 and spawned the top three single "Super Bass". During that based on the top downloaded songs. time, Minaj became the first female solo artist to Meghan Trainor being a female has have seven singles simultaneously charting on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Minaj was the first female the most downloaded song at number artist included on MTV's Annual Hottest MC List, 1 with “All about that Bass”. At num- with The New York Times saying that some ber two on the chart comes in with consider her "the most influential female rapper of all time". Taylor Swift with “Blank Space”, then she is in next in at number three with “Shake it off”. The fourth on the chart is Hozier singing “Take me to What’s Hot on Twitter - Aaliyah Caldwell Church”, being the first male on the Top ten downloaded Chart. The next Charles Manson gets Marriage License at number Five is a group known as Maroon 5 with the song titled Charles Manson, the American serial killer, cult “Animals”. At number six is Selena leader, as well as musician has been in prison for quite a while. He has tried for parole many times Gomez with “The Heart wants what it but has always been denied. He will not be wants”. Sam Smith coming in next eligable for parole until 2027. He started the with “I know I’m not the only one”. Manson Family, which at first was just a cult Number eight Carrie Underwood who did cult things like orgies and what not, then it got serious. There were seven murders, with “Something in the Water.” The all in the same house of the late Sharon Tate, ninth is a mix of 3 females with the who was 8 months pregnant at the time. The song “Bang Bang” by Nicki Minaj, majority of Manson’s followers are still behind Ariana Grande, and Jessie J. And bars. (Susan Atkins died from cancer behind bars.) Manson plans to finally the last is Tove Lo with Habits marry a 26-year old. The date for the wedding has not been set yet. It is confirmed that the couple can invite 10 people who are not (Stay High). inmates. Manson and his Fiancee have until early February to get married before they would have to reapply. Lets Talk Fashion! by Jasmine Irby Jean Rene Lacoste was born on July 2, 1904, in Paris, France. He was a world champion tennis player. He came to tennis a little late in life. He was only 15 when he first started. Lacoste had been set to enroll at a prestigious French engineering school when he decided he wanted to make a go of it as a tennis player. His understanding father gave him five years to make it happen. Within three, Lacoste had molded himself into one of the game's finest players. During his tennis life he earned his nickname “The Crocodile ”. As a player, Lacoste went against traditional on-court fashion, opting to compete in short-sleeved knit shirts rather than dress shirts. Lacoste formed a small company soon after leaving the game to manufacture the apparel. By 1950, Lacoste's shirts, with its signature crocodile emblem on the left breast, entered the U.S. market. it wasn't until the 1980s that demand exploded as the Lacoste name and symbol became synonymous with high status. In 1982, sales peaked at $450 million. In the last years of his life he suffered from prostate cancer and died in his sleep from heart failure just four days after the surgery on his leg, on October 14, 1996, in St. Jean-de-Luz, France. Games: The Gathering International news - by Angenette Jones By: JEFFERSON HOLLAND Stop The Presses at PlayStation: ISIS Gunsport, a 1-on-1 or 2-on-2 com- President Barack Obama con- petitive eSport that combines a cyberpunk image and firmed the 26-year-old's the famous game of volleyball has now come to PS4. beheading, saying Kassig It’s all about keeping the ball in the air—whether it be "was taken from us in an act with lasers, bullets, or whatever other weapon you of pure evil by a terrorist have. It’s definitely a different kind of game but group that the world rightly associates with inhu- everyone is excited for it. manity." American aid worker and former soldier The News at Nintendo: Peter Kassig was beheaded by ISIS terrorists, the White House confirmed Sunday, hours after a vid- Sonic Boom is now on the 3DS and WiiU! Work together eo claiming to show the victim surfaced online. with your team to stop the evil villain Lyric. A combination Kassig is the fifth Westerner whom ISIS claims to of collaborative gameplay and the traditional element of have beheaded via video messages. The first was SPEED makes for an exciting adventure. The game intro- U.S. journalist James Foley. A video of his killing duces new exploration, combat techniques, and a new Ener- beam tether mechanic that allows the player to discover the was posted online in mid-August, just over a week world in completely unique ways! A free demo is available after Obama approved "targeted airstrikes" against on the eShop. ISIS. Exactly What Going on at Xbox: The shining star of the Halo: The Master Chief Collection South Korea is Halo 2: Anniversary. The game’s entire soundtrack has South Korean scientists believe the extinct been redone. The music team has recreated the iconic music 'Mammoths' can be brought back to life using the note by note and spent more than two months transcribing DNA of an extremely well preserved mammoth the score, listening to songs, and writing notes by hand. found in the Siberian snow. Insung Hwang, a Another three months went into re-orchestrating the entire geneticist at Sooam, the South Korean biotech score.