Facebook: A Campaign Craze

Stephanie Schwartz
EE Features Editor '11

With the end of the year in sight, elections for the senior class officer positions have come once again. This year, more than ever, students have found a way to campaign that appeals to the general student body of Trumbull High School: Facebook. The most popular strategy candidates are trying to win over their peers is by starting a group and inviting their Facebook friends to join. By doing so, the candidates fight for a vote by forcing the students to either join or deny the request. Each person put the position they were running for on their page, information about themselves, and why they feel they would be best for the job at hand. This year, many prospective students are running for the officer positions. For president the candidates are Lily Etemad, Alex Mark, Sarah Griswold, Conor Carty, and Tony Flynn. Vice president competitors include Veronica DeCarvalho and Emily Thomas, for Secretary Liz Gillis, and for Treasurer Mark Maleri and Zack Robbins. On Lily Etemad’s campaign page, she wrote, “I want everyone to have a fun and memorable senior year, and as President, I will coordinate the Cotillion, Prom, and Senior Class Trip. I want this to be the best year so far, and with your vote and ideas I believe it can be accomplished.” The small information section on their page presents the ideas that each individual could bring to the table for each prospective student council member. While each student still has to make a speech in front of their class, Facebook has become a vital tool for a hopeful competitor. Be sure to tune in to the video announcements in the upcoming weeks to view each candidate’s speech.

Trumbull High School Choir

By Sara Akhundzadeh

The Trumbull High School Choir will perform at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut on May 20, 2010 for their spring concert. The choir cannot perform at the Trumbull High School auditorium due to construction. The concert will feature Freshman and Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, and Women’s and Men’s ensembles. The choir will sing a variety of languages from Latin to Korean, and styles from classical to gospel. Furthermore, the choir will sing the famous rock song by Simon and Garfunkel “Bridge over Troubled Water” and “Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee” as their final choral pieces. Ms. Tornillo, the choir director ensures that "The final performance of the 2009- 2010 school year is sur eto be uplifting and memorable." Come see the choir sing!

What a Super Derby It Was

Daniel Dawson '10
EE Staff Writer
The morning of May 1st did not dawn in a promising fashion for the event that would unfold later that day at Churchill Downs. Torrential rain soaked the track where the 136th running of the Kentucky Derby would take place later that day. The pre-race favorites were Lookin at Lucky with odds of 3 to 1 and Sidney's Candy with odds of 7 to 1. The winner of 136th Derby, Super Saver, had odds of 12 to 1 coming into the race. Right from the gun shot Super Saver started off with the lead, but was quickly overtaken by Gray Conveyance. Gray Conveyance maintained the lead until just after the 3/4 mile mark at the final bend where No Horse Promise took the lead. No Horse Promise continued the lead into the first quarter of the final stretch, where Super Saver, again, gained the lead, this time running away with it for the final 50 meters, triumphantly winning Kentucky Derby number 136.

Fake Yo-Yo Master

If you have been on Yahoo! at all in the past few days, you'd see a story about the yo-yo master Kenny Strasser or K-Strass as he's known on stage. He is a master of the art of yo-yo and is a representative of ZimZam Yo-Yo, the first green nonprofit toy company. There is something that sets Kenny apart from every other yo-yo master in the world. He's a fake. Mr.Strasser would have his "agent" Joe Guehrke contact local media outlets and inform him that he is a yo-yo master that teaches children environmentally friendly virtues through his zany tricks and antics on stage. These zany antics include dropping the yo-yo whilst spinning it in the air and picking up his cellular phone during a live broadcast to take an important call. K-Strass booked about 3 different media outlets and the show was pretty much the same outcome. When the first outlet, WSAW's "Sunrise at Seven", tried to reach Joe Guehrke, he replied, "We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience. Kenny is going through some tough times and we wish him well in the future." See the antics for yourself at :www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF-bsqrPo-8