By LUCIA QUESADA NYLEN For the past three years Jonathan Copithorne has been teaching here at Malden High School. The first two consisted of student teaching for Michael Lightbody and Dana Marie Brown and last year Copithorne was a long term substitute for Wendy Bendle and Carol Mastromauro. This year is the first official year…
By ANDREW COGLIANO The newest edition to the Practical Academics and Community Experience (PACE) program at Malden High School, Rachel Hanlon is already getting comfortable in her new position. Coming previously from the New England Center for Children in Southborough, where she worked for three years, Hanlon explained “there is a lot [she has] not…
From Golf, posted by The Blue & Gold on 9/26/2013 (13 items) from the left: Everett Coach, Coach Richard Maletesta and Dana Brown sharing in a fri… Junior tri-captain Piero Pocobene Seniors Nick Ward and Philip Glynn practicing. Senior Nick Ward observing the ball going into the hole. Senior Phillip Glynn swinging at the target….
By CANDELA DIAZ Naegleria fowleri, known as the “brain-eating amoeba,” is a protist commonly found in water sources such as lakes, rivers and ponds. This amoeba attacks the nervous system and brain, causing life-threatening diseases such as primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, which has a fatality rate of over 99%. It comes in three different forms: a cyst,…
By JAMES MAZARAKIS Terror struck Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, when six gunmen stormed the area on Saturday, Sept. 21, before initiating a four-day siege that would take the lives of over 60 people. “There will be begging questions and we will be waiting for answers from the authorities,” vice-chair of the Kenya Editors…
By ANDREW COGLIANO The Catholic Church has been, for many years, infamous for its less than tolerant views of homosexuals, women, and abortion. Abortion was viewed as murder in the highest degree, and homosexuality was considered an abomination and an act of blasphemy. The newly elected Pope Francis however, has shattered these conservative views, most…
By JESSICA LYNN DEPAULA On Sept. 19, the House of Representatives voted 217-210 to approve a bill that would allow a nearly $40 billion cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which currently grants benefits to 47 million low-income Americans.Two-thirds of those people are women, and nearly half of them are children dependant on…
By NICK BRAMANTE On Sept. 22, 2013, a devastating and powerful storm by the name “Usagi” pounded China’s coasts with violent winds, relentless waves, and downpours. The first actual land to be hit was southern China, near Hong Kong. Along the coast, cars were swept off roads, houses collapsed, and the typhoon ravaged the coast…
By MYLE NGUYEN and CASEY LYONS English teacher, Beverly Nyman, is returning to Malden High School after she had to leave last year to get foot surgery. Nyman left the day before April vacation last year and although she says it was an awkward time, “[she thinks] that the students did just fine without [her].”…
By CHAIMAE EL ADLOUNI Going from an intern to a guidance counselor, Taryn Belowsky is a great addition to the department. Belowsky is 24 years old and [has not] been very long since she graduated college. She is very active because of her love of “basketball and [her] weekend activities of hiking.” Belowsky has come…
