TRITON HIGH SCHOOL Triton’s Student-Produced Newspaper April 26, 2013

By: Maureen Moore

Staff writer We see it every day, a

student walks into school,

bag in one hand, and anoth-

er hidden in their jacket,

leaving a big lump within

their shirt, what could they

be hiding? Only Ms. Dawe

can catch them now.

Thanks to student coun-

cil member, Liz Wilmonton,

April 22nd was the day that

students were allowed to

have coffee and other

drinks in school first period

of the day on a trial basis,

being called the “Pilot”.

Wilmonton heard that coffee in school was something that not

just she wanted, but that the student body wanted so she stepped

up to represent her school by making a petition getting 308 signa-

tures in just one day. “I wanted to take action to represent the stu-

dent body like student council does,” said Wilmonton.

Before Wilmonton could put this plan into action, she re-

searched how coffee could benefit students, and created an agree-

ment, holding students responsible for the mess they made. “I

believe it was the overall presentation that made it successful but

definitely the huge amount of student support on the petition

helped too,” said Wilmonton.

Wilmonton said she was overjoyed with the results and that

she feels that she has experienced firsthand how exhausting high

school can really be. “Sometimes it great to have that morning

coffee or tea in hand to help start your day,” said Wilmonton.

Other students are also very grateful for Wilmonton’s idea.

Senior and student council member Elise Mitchell was one who

was surprised that the idea didn’t happen sooner than now.

Mitchell said that she wanted people to sign the petition be-

cause it had to do with all kinds of drinks, not just coffee. “The

petition shows how we all feel about the issue,” said Mitchell,

“Unfortunately, caffeine is something that a lot of students rely on

to stay alert through the day.”

Mitchell, a Caramel iced coffee fan, said that she was really

happy the plan was successful. “These types of things usually

come from one reason or group doing all the work, although the

idea and research came from the student council and Liz, it was

also a group effort for all the students here,” said Mitchell.

Principal, Ms. Kathryn Dawe approved the petition and was

very impressed with the thought and preparation that went into the

petition. “I thought, “This is really important to them. Good for

them,” said Dawe.

Dawe is one who does not believe that coffee after first period

will benefit students and is using this trial to see the results that

come from the new rule and the responsibility of it. “Water is the

easiest beverage to clean up – it is not sticky, it does not stain,”

said Dawe, adding that students should be getting 8 glasses of 8 oz

of water a day.

Though, this rule does apply for first period of the day, it is up

to your first period teacher if it is allowed to have drinks in class.

“If no drinks are allowed in room, “said Dawe, “then teacher’s

guidelines take precedence.”

There are many more students who are happy about the results

of the petition. Senior, Jenna Poulin, a non coffee drinker, thinks it

is great that students get more freedom. “Some students need cof-

fee to stay awake, and can’t be deprived of that need,” said Poulin.

Poulin is one who does not believe that the rule is going to

last. “There is not enough responsibility in school,” said Poulin, a

hot chocolate fan.

Senior Janel Doucette agreed that it will not last long. “It only

takes one to ruin it for everyone,” said Doucette, another hot choc-

olate fan who thinks that it is a nice change for students.

Librarian, Mrs. Dee Turner is another who agrees that this is a

good idea. “I like how students went about

doing a petition instead of defying the rule,”

said Tuner.

“It was an appropriate process.”

Turner, another hot chocolate/ iced coffee

fan, agrees on the points that if the rule is

abused, it should and will be stopped. “If

coffee is found spilled on the ground, or

there are empty cups left in rooms, admin-

istration should have the right to stop it,”

said Turner.

Coffee Allowed After petition, hot drinks

allowed during first period

Seniors Jessica Bannon and Matt Ha-

ley enjoy coffee. Following a student

petition, hot drinks are now allowed

in the morning. (Moore photo).

Triton Reacts to Boston Bombings Students, staff react at the marathon and from home,

remember their thoughts after the tragedy By Triton Voice staff

Editor’s Note: They were at the

race as fans and

staff. They were

among the first

responders to the

scene. They were

students at the

school where one

of alleged bombers

attended. And they

were in the crowd

as the greater-

Boston area

mourned for the

victims.

Members of the

Triton community

felt the impact of

the Boston Mara-

thon bombing and

its aftermath last

week. As a team of

reporters, the Tri-

ton Voice has

compiled some of

their stories.

MCAS math tutor Mrs. Diane Castro,

History teacher Mr. Shawn McElligott

and Teacher Aide Ms. Stacey Beaulieu

were at the Boston Marathon when the

bombs exploded.

Mrs. Castro was a volunteer on the

Marathon Medals Team, a group that dis-

tributes medals to runners as they crossed

the finish line on Boylston Street.

“My first reaction to the explosion was

I thought it was cannon, so some sort of

celebration,” said Castro. “But then I saw

smoke and it gave a rising sense of panic

then a second explosion where I knew

something was wrong. The runners com-

ing in where confused at first, then they

were frightened and there was panic. We

went to the common to try to find infor-

mation on what happened. Everybody was

on their cell phone and going into restau-

rants to find a TV to find information. “

“I was sort of in shock, I found it hard

to function a few days. I was glued to the

TV to see what was happening.”

Mr. McElligott “Coach Mac” and Ms.

Beaulieu were together in the Marriott

Hotel only a block away from the Mara-

thon finish line.

“When it first happened, we didn’t feel anything, we

didn’t hear anything,” said McElligott. “We didn’t know

anything happened until I started getting text messages say-

ing, ‘Are you okay?’ We thought people were joking, and

then all of a sudden it went on all the screens. Then it got a

little more confusing, and eventually turned into fear. They

evacuated us outside through the service entrance out

through the back of the Marriott. We had to walk 20 to 25

blocks to get to the orange line. There was absolute panic

on peoples’ faces, and the obvious fear that there was an-

other bomb or could have been multiple others.”

“We were a block away and facing diagonally so a

building was blocking us,” said Beaulieu. “We didn’t have

a clue what was going on. We didn’t know. We got text

messages from people at home asking if we were ok. We

were in the second floor of a hotel lobby. It started flooding

with people and was really crowded.”

Family members of student Cori Simmons and

Maureen Moore were among the law enforcement and

emergency medical staff who responded to the Marathon

bombings:

“My cousin Tina had just left work as a clerk (for the

Boston Police), and she was called back into the city to

help with crowd control,” said Simmons. “My cousin Steve

was on the harbor (a member of Boston Harbor Patrol) on

his regular tour, and my uncle (a Boston Police officer) was

on Boyleston on the marathon route.

“My parents’, my aunts’ and uncles’ and my reaction

were all immediately on my cousins Tina and Steve and my

uncle Danny; just making sure they were

ok. Once I knew that they were, and every-

one exchanged phone calls, we all just

waited to figure out what happened.”

“I was at Boston Children’s transporting

a patient who was not in critical condition

right after the tragedy,” said Kevin Moore.

“When I was leaving the hospital there

were seven or eight teams of doctors and

nurses from different fields all lined up

with different assignments and ready for

action.”

See MARATHON on page 2

Members of the Triton Girl’s Lacrosse Team wore all-Boston sports apparel at a re-

cent game to memorialize the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing and its after-

math (photo courtesy of Lacrosse Coach Stacey Beaulieu).

Scenes from UMass-Dartmouth: Triton alumni posted these

photos as their campus was locked-down during the hunt for

one of the alleged Boston Marathon bombing suspects.

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MARATHON from page 1 Triton alumni Nora Cox and Erin O’Leary both are students at UMass-

Dartmouth, where 19-year-old bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev also at-

tended classes. Both were at the school at the time of the bombing and man-

hunt.

“When they released the pictures of the two suspects on the news stations,

I thought suspect two looked strangely familiar,” said O’Leary. “I quickly got

on the Internet and looked up the pictures. I felt like I had seen him before, but

I just didn’t know where.

“The next day I woke up (to) a text stating that school was cancelled. Eve-

ryone was confused at that point; we had no explanation of why school was

cancelled. Later it was found out that suspect two was a student here at UMass

-Dartmouth, which is why the picture looked so familiar. He lived in Pine

Dale, a sophomore dorm directly next to the freshman dorms. We soon got

another text saying that we were being evacuated.

“While we were leaving, bomb squads, police cars, and army Humvees

drove in and helicopters landed on campus. People were everywhere, unsure

of what was going on. One student was pinned to the ground surrounded by

policemen.

“It was a crazy day but I thought our school handled it phenomenally. Now

that everything is over and done with, our school is slowly getting back to nor-

mal. After the stressful week ending with the capture of the perpetrator, I felt a

sense of pride in Boston and my school. Though we lost people, and many

were injured, we all came together in a time of need and helped each other

come through.”

“Thursday night, my roommate and I were watching the news until 4 in the

morning because my best friend is from Watertown,” said Cox. “...My room-

mate's boyfriend had a roommate who was cousins with Dzhokhar ... so he

was pretty freaked out. ... The suspect had been living 500 feet away from me.

So around 8:45 (a.m.) we all got the emergency call saying classes were can-

celed.”

Triton students, including junior Peyton Hunt, were returning from a trip

to Barcelona, Spain, while friends of Triton students, including Justin Saboo,

were coming home from other states when they learned about the bombings.

“When the Boston Marathon bombing took place, I was in Barcelona,

Spain at the time,” said Hunt, “and we had just gotten back to our hotel from

dinner. I was really worried and confused about exactly what was going on in

Boston. It was

tough not know-

ing exactly what

was happening

because of us

being in Spain for

the week.”

"I was

speechless. To

think that not

only was there

another terrorist

attack on the

United States, but

one so close to

home, It was

heartbreaking,"

said Saboo, who

was returning

from Nashville,

Tenn. He was

planning to get

dropped off at

Penn Station by a

friend, board a

Greyhound bus to

Boston, and catch

the T

toNewburyport early Tuesday morning. When he checked his Twitter at about

3 p.m. he saw initial reports about explosions at the finish line and he had to

change his plans.

"You couldn't help but have that feeling in the back of your mind that at

any point a bomb could go off right next to you," Saboo explained, "however,

walking the streets of Boston with all the security around, I had never felt saf-

er."

Sophomore Rachel Jean attended the Boston Bruins hockey game on Sat-

urday, April 20 and was moved by the show of support from Boston fans.

“Before the National Anthem, there was the slideshow with that song

“Home” playing,” said Jean. “That’s when everyone started to get choked up.

You could feel everyone in the Garden start to unite. When the Anthem start-

ed playing, [Rene Rancourt] started singing and then everyone was singing

together. There was a row of fifty-year-old men in front of me and they start-

ed tearing up. I think that says a lot, how one sporting event or one tragedy

can pull a group of people together and show how much pride our country

has.”

Triton Voice Reporters React Editor’s Note: Older generations remember where they were when tragedy struck:

where they were when Pearl Harbor was attacked, what they were doing when Pres. John

F. Kennedy was assassinated, who they were with when the Twin Towers fell on Sept.

11, 2001. For the youngest generation in the greater-Boston area, a new day may very

well have just left a similar indelible mark: the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15.

Below, Triton Voice reporters remember their whereabouts on this day, memories

they may never forget.

Left wondering in a foreign country At the time of the Boston Marathon bombing I was in Spain. Not knowing exactly

what was going on or where the bombing actually was, definitely was a scary experience,

especially since communication back home was limited. My mind jumped to wondering

if my family and friends were alright. Not knowing the severity of the situation made

everyone on the trip uneasy. –Junior Emily Hirtle

Hustle and bustle turns to silence While I was at work, a customer came up and asked me to turn on the news, because

he had already heard about something happening near the finish line pf the marathon.

The place I work is normally really loud and busy around that time, but the entire pizza

shop went silent, except for the sound of the television. Some of us started guessing that

the two explosions were not an accident. We left the news on for hours and the entire

time all I could think about was what was going to happen next? - Senior Kelsie Ferris

‘Shocked and angry’ Taking advantage of the blossoming spring weather, I decided to go to downtown

Newburyport with a few of my friends. We were heading out the door when I saw a look

of horror fall upon my friends face as she scanned through her Twitter feed. She told me

about the bombing at the Boston Marathon. Struck by a sudden wave of fear, I grabbed

my phone and was immediately bombarded with the news myself. It seemed unreal that

something so tragic could occur under a sunshine so bright, a sky so blue in a city where

violence seemed foreign. – Freshman Shannon Lyons

Tradition turns to tragedy Every year my mom and I make it a tradition to watch the last six or so miles of the

Boston Marathon. As we were watching the end of the race, we were jumping out of our

seats for the conclusion, then turned it off at the end when the winners came across the

line. It was not until three hours later when my mom called and told me to turn on the

news because something had just happened at the finish line. I couldn’t believe that

something so tragic had just happened at a sport and family event that I treasure and look

forward to every year. —Senior Maureen Moore

Needed to escape uncertainty, confusion After having watched the news coverage of the bombings in Boston for about an hour,

I decided to go on a nature walk in the deep woods to get away from the hysteria that

engulfed the day. While I understand that most people would want to stay inside near the

television to absorb the terror and franticness as it poured out of the screen, I chose to

acknowledge the situation and understand its degree of devastation and then allow myself

to let it all sink in while isolated in calming scenery. The reaction to escape, as opposed

to staying glued to the panic on T.V, was my way to try to both clear my mind and under-

stand what happened in such a way that would minimize the overwhelming anxiety from

the uncertainty and confusion that smothers a city (and all those effected) after being at-

tacked. —Senior Dylan McDougall

Message alert via Twitter I was sitting in my office at work, punching data into Salesforce. “Summit” by Skril-

lex blared from my speakers. My phone, perched on my lap, buzzed at 3:06 p.m. It was a

text message from my boyfriend – a screenshot of the @BreakingNews tweet announcing

that explosions were heard at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. I assumed it was

Boston’s ancient infrastructure failing yet again, and brushed it off. A few minutes later, I

checked my Twitter. The feed was blowing up from news agencies and friends freaking

out. I pulled up the WBZ stream, struggling to hold back tears as I watched the news un-

fold before my eyes. –Senior Monica Hurley

Beautiful Barbeque to Tragic TV I was in my house and we had invited family friends and their kids over for a cookout.

I was sitting outside on my porch watching the food on the grill, enjoying the nice weath-

er. The sun was out birds were chirping and the air was warm and fresh. I came inside

with the burgers and the hotdogs and we started eating. My mom’s boyfriend’s son said,

“Hey let’s see what’s on TV.” He turned it on, sat on the couch and we saw people being

taken in wheelchairs away from an explosion. The news station said that it happened mo-

ments ago two explosions in Boston near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. We were

astonished. -Senior Steven Goulart

Stirred to online action I was about to step outside when I heard the television switch over to breaking news,

and immediately I went to check on my family in Boston. Over the next five days, I

worked with a group of redditors (http://reddit.com/) to compile information, give break-

ing news updates, and transcribe press conferences and police scanner logs for posterity. I

was listening to the scanners when I heard the “Officer Down” call come over the radio

about Sean Collier—that was one of the most emotional parts of the week for [us].

–Senior Neil Hanlon

Relief when alleged bombers caught I was sad to see all of the people that got hurt. It was a horrible thing that the person

did and he should get the death sentence for it. I was watching TV, and then my mom told

me to turn on the news. Then I saw all the cops down there where the guy was. I guess I

lost track of it until Friday when I heard them say they knew where he was hiding and

then finally got him and I was happy about that.

Unexpected Call I was walking in downtown Newburyport and texted some friends to hang out. After a

few minutes of walking and talking with my friends, one of them took out his cell phone.

After a few minutes, he said, “My dad just called. Apparently there was an explosion at

the Boston Marathon today.” — Senior Anthony Ninthala

Watched the events unravel When it first happened, I was at my friend’s house. He, another friend, and I were on the

outside doing an experiment. When my friend went inside to retrieve some tape, he came

back out with news of the bombings. The news was on TV in the house, and we all ran

inside to watch the event unravel. —Sophomore Dave Kwiatkowski

Learned of events over the Internet At the time of the bombing I was in a Verizon store. As I was waiting I

scrolled through my Facebook news feed and noticed a “praying for Boston”

status. Immediately I looked up “Boston” and “tragedy” on Google, and I

found one article about the bombings. My immediate reaction was to text all

my friends who I thought were at the Boston marathon to see if they were safe.

I started praying that everyone who was involved would be okay. — Junior

Anastasia Small

Family fun turns shocking When I found out about the Boston bombing I was at Six Flags with my

family. I was waiting in line for a ride when I went on Facebook and saw sta-

tuses about “praying for Boston.” I Googled the Boston Marathon and several

news headlines came up about two bombs going off at the marathon finish line.

It was shocking, and I immediately wanted to know more about what was go-

ing on and who would do such a thing. – Senior Amanda Tarlow

Thousands of police and law enforcement gathered on

April 24 to celebrate the memory of MIT Police Officer

Sean Collier, who passed away during the Boston Mara-

thon tragedies (Hirtle photo).