Creative Writing & Artwork The Satoma Newsmagazine • Friday • March 26 • 2021 Friday, March 26, 2021 The St. Thomas Aquinas HS 16 Volume 51 One Tingley Lane The Satoma Staff wishes you luck as you solve these puzzling mysteries! Number 3 Satoma Edison, New Jersey 08820 Newsmagazine Tom’s Riddles: AQUINAS STAR BASEBALL What’s Inside: 1. What can you keep CAREER after giving to someone? CHOIR 8th wonder of the DRIVERS ED world? (p. 2) 2. What can run but LACROSSE never walks, has a mouth but never talks, LOCKER MARCHING BAND Rumor Roulette (p. 3) has a head but never weeps, has a bed but MR. ZIEGLER Alum joins White never sleeps? POLAR PLUNGE PROM House Counsel (p. 4) 3. What can fill a room SATOMA but takes up no space? SOFTBALL Something Rotten! SR. DONNA (p. 5) 4. What breaks yet never STEM falls, and what falls yet TRACK WandaVision (p. 6) never breaks? ZOOM 5. If I wrote this on a Raya and the Last Wednesday, what was I Dragon (p. 7) wearing? Mysteries, Myths & 6. I have cities, but no Monsters (p. 8) houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What Aliens in Jersey? am I? (p. 9) 7. What English word Mars rover mission has three double let- (p. 10) ters? 8. I come from a mine Covid19 dectection and get surrounded by strip for masks (p. 11) wood always, everyone uses me, what am I? Self-care during the pandemic (p. 12) 9. What has a head, a Across: Down: 1. This teacher once rocked out 10. This individual is responsible 2. The math goddess tail, is brown, and has Sports Spotlight no legs? with blue hair in a band in high for your favorite memes on the 3. The name of Mrs. Dinicola- school school’s instagram Tapia’s horse (p. 13) 4. The country where Ms. Byrne 12. This individual may not run 6. This faculty member knows 10. Can you name three worked for the peace-Corps a bookstore but they are one (and sings) a lot about Mary consecutive days with- 5. This teacher is most likely to noble science teacher 8. The yoo-ho loving health Boys basketball out using the words brighten your day and call you 13. The name of Mr. Mascaro’s teacher delivers (p. 14) Monday, Tuesday, toots talented twitter influencer dog 9. This teacher’s favorite dessert 6. “Mr. ___ can drive because 14. This faculty member may ask is a banana split Wednesday, Thursday, Bowling team success Friday, Saturday, or driving is like baseball.” “R U ready to pray?” 11. This teacher is good friends 7. Teacher by day, Crystal 15. This teacher’s last name just with Bugs Bunny (p. 15) Sunday? Springs manager by night makes sense 9. A penny, 10. Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow Today, Yesterday, 10. penny, A 9. 11. Mrozek 11. Answers: penny 15. Keith 14. Harry 13. Barnes 12. Brain-teaser puzzles Not the school uniform, 6. A map, 7. Bookkeeper, 8. Pencil Lead, Lead, Pencil 8. Bookkeeper, 7. map, A 6. uniform, school the Not 6. Reilly 8. O’Keefe 9. McCarthy 9. O’Keefe 8. Reilly 6. Kowalczyk 10. Roche 7. 6.Runkel liamson Riddles: 1. Your Word, 2. A River, 3. Light, 4. Day and Night, 5. 5. Night, and Day 4. Light, 3. River, A 2. Word, Your 1. Riddles: Down: 2. Czajkowski 3. Jupiter 3. Czajkowski 2. Down: - Across: 1. Mascaro 4. Macedonia 5.Wil Macedonia 4. Mascaro 1. Across: (p. 16) Cover Art courtesy of Abigail Chadwick 8 Job # 4977 School Bishop George Ahr High School HJ HJ Job # 4977 School Bishop George Ahr High School 8 Special Instructions Special Instructions 2 Template Template 3 WICS551101L WICS551101R ©2010 Herff Jones, Inc., ©2010 Herff Jones, Inc., Even All Rights Reserved All Rights Reserved Odd Page Page Black Ink Includes Spot Color(s) x Process 4-Color (CMYK) Black Ink Includes Spot Color(s) x Process 4-Color (CMYK) 2 Editorials The Satoma Newsmagazine • Friday • March 26 • 2021 The Satoma Newsmagazine • Friday • March 26 • 2021 Feature 3 What should the eighth wonder of the world be? Leshna Giant Buddha: the embodiment of magic and mystery Washing the mystery away Giant Buddha, measuring removed and dumped into the For a structure to be a President: Sr. Donna Marie Trukowski opens up the possibility for 71 meters tall, is the tallest river below. The Leshan Gi- wonder of the world, it needs Principal: Harry Ziegler swimming to become a part stone buddha statue in the ant Buddha did indeed fulfill to be one of a kind. The Le- Vice Principal: Mark Fiore of the gym curriculum. When world. Located at the Lingyun Hai Tong’s dream and made shan Giant Buddha is the Campus Minister: asked for his opinion, Physi- Mountain’s Qifeng Peak at the rivers safe for passing tallest pre-modern statue in Sr. Cynthia Marie Babyak cal Education teacher Scott the junction of the Min River ships by calming the currents, the world. Uniquely, there Runkle was excited about the and Dadu River, the sculpture even if it was by destruction are 1,021 skillfully embed- Editor-In-Chief possibility saying, “Mr. Run- was carved into a cliff face of and not supernatural powers. ded buns in the buddha’s Gianna Strazzulla kel is very excited that STA Cretaceous red bed sandstone The Leshan Giant Bud- coiled hair. The entire stat- is building a pool. Mr. Runkel The Leshna Giant Executive Staff during the Tang Dynasty in dha was built during the peak ue is made of stone except Chrstopher o’Connel can’t wait to teach students Buddha Today. (Im- 713 AD. The idea was created of Buddhist culture in ancient for its seven meter long ears Samantha Christine how much swimming is like ages Courtesy of by a Chinese monk named Hai China. It is believed to de- which were crafted with clay. baseball.” Father Keith Cer- Google Images) Tong, who hoped the Buddha pict Maitreya, a very popu- A wonder of the world Staff Writers vine also shared a comment Sara Asdhir It often remains a mys- would calm the turbulent wa- lar bodhisattva who will ap- should be advanced. For Rajoshi Basu about his enthusiasm for the tery how the people of an- ters of the rivers. The con- pear in the future to achieve something which existed Abigail Bera pool as well as the new hock- cient times had the skills struction was halted after Hai his complete enlightenment 1,218 years ago, the ancient Isabella Danner A diagram of the proposed plans for the swim- ey and water polo teams, the and knowledge to build such Tong passed away. The Le- and preach the dharma when Chinese people did a phe- Caroline DiMaggio latter including horses. Both Maria Giannotto ming pool. (Images courtesy of STA Publications) astonishing structures. With shan Giant Buddha was com- Gautama Buddha’s teachings nomenal job establishing Misha Hercules current students and alumni only seven wonders of the pletely built in 803 AD after have been forgotten. Mai- drainage systems into the Carissa Matrale By: Gianna Strazzulla Gym. On April 1, 2019, the were buzzing with elation at world chosen out of hundreds, two more failed developmen- treya buddhas were believed Leshan Giant Buddha. The Lauren Mullen school’s instagram account the prospect of a pool. How- choosing an eighth would tal attempts. Towards the be- to bring light and happiness Buddha has numerous clev- Rajasvi patel For decades, incoming announced plans to build a ever, more questions have Ashley Perez be no easy decision. But ginning of the Song Dynasty, into people’s lives; this is erly designed drainage pas- Christian Perez freshmen have been told by swimming pool within the been raised. Will the hot tub what exactly makes some- the Leshan Giant Buddha’s why Hai Tong specifically sages hidden in its head and Kristel Rambaud upperclassmen to take the el- next decade for athletes and in the janitor’s office also be thing a wonder of the world? body became covered with built Maitreya in order to torso in order to prevent se- Olivia Rivera evator to the fourth floor to non-athletes alike. The new opened for student access or For something to be con- moss and the wooden pavil- protect people from the riv- rious erosion and weathering. Morgan Ryan go to the pool. John Roche facility will feature ten lanes, will another hot tub be built sidered a wonder of the world, ion collapsed. A large scale ers. Strangely, no shipwrecks These systems have played Alexandra Sardis vividly recalls being told this the latest timing technol- adjacent to the pool? Will fu- it should symbolize a chapter reconstruction occurred and have been reported in the riv- a major role to ensure the Editorial Writers rumor when he was a fresh- ogy, live streaming capabili- ture Polar Plunge events be of human history. The Leshan large amounts of stone were ers after the Buddha was built. Buddha still exists today. Lisa Mohabeer man even though there was no ties, and spectator seating for held at the school? Will Crisis Shivali Vora elevator at the school at that 1,500 people. Adjacent rest- Management Team members Hagia Sophia: at the crossroads of civilization Adviser: Amy Kate Byrne time. Linda Czjakowski even rooms on the top floor will be be lifeguards for the pool? recalls that one year a group converted into locker rooms And is a water slide com- was almost unheard of at the tory, to make daring leaps paign, which formulated the of upperclassmen tried to for competitors and access for pletely out of the question? time.