Vance County Early College High School’s Journalism Team Presents... Too Good To Title

September Issue We howl because we’re proud! The Staff Courtney Adcox Ainsley Jackson Safa Alazab Ariana Jones Tashanta Bryant Gerardo Lopez-Villa Alexander Cruz Jasmine Richardson Miriam Zuniga-Garcia Taylor Stevenson Sodaytra Green Mr. Wallace

Table of Contents Local Event…………………………….Adcox Phone App Review……………………Alazab Television Review……………………...Bryant Restaurant Review……..……………….Cruz Single Review………………….Zuniga-Garcia Trivia, Birthdays and Polls……………Green Film Review and Previews……..Jackson and Richardson Album Review…………………………..Jones Videogame Review………………Lopez-Villa Social Media Review………………Stevenson Mr. and Mrs. Floyd’s lake day

By Courtney Adcox

On August 11th, 2018, Carey Baptist Floyds. There were fruits, vegetables, Church had fun filled day at Kerr Lake, pastas, and beans. For drinks we had starting with a large lunch. water, lemonade, and a mango tea that was mouth watering. There were Liz and Curt Floyd, two of Carey Bap- plenty of choices to make, and dessert tist’s members, were kind enough to host hadn’t even been mentioned. this type of event again. They hosted the event at their lake house, near Satter- For dessert, several yummy white Point. They live in a nice home, choices were provided. There were which has a large screened-in deck and cakes, which were store bought and living room, where everyone gathered homemade. They also had brownies, and ate lunch. rice crispy treats, and ice cream. The kids and some adults sat outside on Since the food took a while to grill, the large screened-in deck as the deli- the teenagers played with the little kids. cious lunch was enjoyed. First, they wanted to play Uno. They played for about 30 minutes before they People spent about 45 minutes eat- wanted to do something else. One kid ing lunch. After everyone finished went inside and got a puzzle, which the lunch, they walked through the woods adults ended up putting together. The to get to the lake. It was kind of hard to children continued to play as the adults keep all the kids together. It was scary started talking about other church re- because the dock was very wobbly, lated activities. They talked about going and nobody, including myself wanted to Kings Dominion and about the annual to fall in, but the adults finally got eve- church ski trip. They talked until lunch ryone on the dock. was ready and all of the guests arrived. Everyone then prayed and began to dig After everyone got on the dock, a in. problem was noticed. There were dark clouds in the distance, and the kids For lunch, Mr. Floyd had grilled bur- even knew what that meant. But, that gers and hot dogs as our main dish. isn’t what stopped us. The younger There were tons of delicious toppings, children got into the water, along with such as relish, slaw, and many more. a few of the adults. It wouldn’t have They also had many sides. Some of mattered if it was raining, because them were bought in by the guests, and everyone was going to be wet any- others were provided by the ways. But then it was heard; a loud roar of thunder. It was followed by in- timidating bolts of lightning. Adults and kids stayed in the water and on the dock for about ten more minutes before they decided to go in. Most of the kids were upset, but they were told that there would be another get together soon, so they could swim.

So people exchanged their thank yous and goodbyes, as they all began to leave. Even though the kids didn’t get to swim at lake day, everyone had a great lunch and fellowship. Helpful School Apps

By Safa Alazab

Powerschool is a phone app that Users can look at important makes it easy for students to look at emails first and search their mail their grades, to get notifications about if faster. They can also unsend any mail they were absent, what they missed, and sent by accident or by mistake. It pro- to see what's due and when. Users can vides support up to 5 accounts with also see their teachers’ comments on push notifications and more. their assignments and more. It’s very organized by how once a It shows grades and attendance for user opens the app they can see their each class a student has. The first thing important mails first. The little tabs are that appears once a student opens it is on the top and whichever tab is clicked their GPA. Then, below that is the class on shows the user below on the right overview. But users can edit the of the tabs the email, promotions, and dashboard to what order they want to other messages. see things in. Its very organized and neat how it’s set up. This app is faster and has a more comprehensive search than other It is very easy for students to use email apps. One thing that's not so and very helpful on a phone because it’s great about it is that it has little room faster on a phone and quicker rather for any customization. Other than that, than using the website. The app is highly the Gmail app is great and free. It can recommend for student use because it be downloaded on iPad, iPhone and has helped to keep track of grades and iPod Touch. assessments and so much more. Power- school is a free app and can be Photomath is an app that can downloaded on iPad, iPhone and iPod help students with math problems. Touch. Just take a pic of the equation and it will solve it for you and also shows the The Gmail app has about the same step-by-step solution for students to functions as the Gmail website but stu- understand how it works. Users can dents can use this app to look at their in- also edit equations using the smart box and send emails to anyone. For ex- calculator. Also, they can explore ample, sending important documents to graphs. your boss or teacher can be done from a It is very organized once the app user’s phone. is opened. It has the picture scanner, with four tabs at the top of the page which are the first to last a regular cal- journey too. culator than the camera after that the The app is very organized. It has solution to problems and last history of an explore tab and it allows the user to equations which have been solved. bookmarked videos for later viewing. It What is enjoyable about this app is also has quick access of what users that it’s very easy and quick to use also want to learn about anywhere anytime. organized. Internet connection is not re- Khan Academy app has a lot of quired for this app, but this app could subjects to learn about and review, but improve by adding word problems and the only thing it needs is to expand how to solve them. Other than that, it is learning contents of some subjects than a good and helpful app. Students have math. Overall, this is a great app not found this app to be really helpful with only for students but teachers to use for some equations they couldn’t answer. their classes. It can be downloaded on It can be downloaded on iPad, iPhone iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. and iPod Touch..

Khan Academy is an app that al- lows users to learn and study for any kind of subject that they might need help on when they don't understand the subject that they need to understand, and more.

Users can learn anything, and sharpen their skills with over a 150,000 interactive exercises. They can even keep learning even when they’re offline. There is also an entire library of videos. One also can celebrate their learning Current T.V. Dramas

By Tashanta Bryant

Lucifer is a mature T.V show that is against his father. He soon decided based on the devil and his vacation on that he wanted to take a break. Luci- Earth. The actor that plays Lucifer Morn- fer’s demon friend Maze was expect- ingstar is Tom Ellis. Lucifer’s origin is ing him to punish the people who de- from a comic book series by the same served it on Earth. That was one ex- name which was written by Mike Carey. ample of how people expected Lucifer The first season was released on Janu- to be. th ary 25 , 2016. The show’s network is Tom Ellis plays Lucifer Morning- Fox. star in the T.V show with a comical ap- In Season one of Lucifer, the open- proach. It’s easy to see that he has no ing events take place five years after problem with just going right into char- Lucifer Morningstar left the underworld. acter on set. You can tell when there is During season one of Lucifer, it tells why a serious moment happening and Lucifer decided to take a break from the when there’s not with his style of act- underworld. While on earth, he opens a ing. Another great actor in this show is piano bar and meets a detective through Lauren German, who plays Detective one of his human friend’s death. While Chole Decker. She is known to always Lucifer is loving his time on Earth, an an- be serious about the cases that she gel, which happens to be Lucifer’s older has. When she and Lucifer first met at brother Amenadiel (D.B. Woodside), is a homicide scene, Lucifer wanted to trying to get him to return to the under- help her solve the murder. world. Another interesting character that What the show is trying to portray is close to Lucifer is Mazikeen (Lesley- is “Why don’t we just all look at our- Ann Brandt) also known as “Maze.” selves and take responsibility for our The show uses dark and mysterious actions,” as Tom Ellis said in an inter- scenes to portray suspension, and they view. Lucifer’s character shows that he use a lot of cliff hangers to keep the strongly agrees. When he’s working viewer wanting to watch the next epi- with the detective, he can sometimes sode. In season one of Lucifer, the take his own lead and beat her to the theme that is mainly focused on is that criminal. He does this so that he can “You don’t always have to be the person give them the punishment he thinks people expect you to be.” The reason they deserve. this is the theme is because Lucifer did- Another interesting, mature T.V n’t choose to be the devil, his father show that is popular in 2018 is CW22’s chose for him. He was forced to go to Riverdale. The show originated from a the underworld because he rebelled comic book series named after one of together to solve the murder. At the end the main characters “Archie.” The first of the season the mystery is solved but season of Riverdale was released it creates more suspense on the last January 26, 2017. The show is known episode of the season. There were to be mysterious and filled with drama. other mysteries in season one about The series can also be found on Net- some of the other main character’s lives flix. that they all ended up finding out about. Season one mostly focuses on five of the main character and their lives. One of them is a teenage student named “Jughead” Jones (Cole Sprouse) in the show. “Jughead” is known by the town by his father, other- wise a bad way to be known. The sec- ond one is another teenage student named Archie Andrews (KJ Apa). The third one is a girl named Betty Cooper (Lili Reinhart). The fourth one is a girl named Veronica Lodge (Camila Men- des). She is known as the new girl in town. Last, is a girl that goes by the name of Cheryl Blossom (Madelaine Petsch). Her family is sort of where the mysteries began. The first episode of season one was where the mystery began. One of the main character’s brother dies and the five-main character’s kind of work An evening at cocula

By Alexander Cruz

Today, I shall be talking to you about with pineapple. But, no this is different! the restaurant I visited. The restaurant I The dish came in a carved pineapple visited was a Mexican one. At first where they put the meat and vegeta- glance, it looks plain but right after you bles within the pineapple and gave go in, the restaurant really lives to the you the rice, beans, and lettuce on the Mexican theme. side. When seeing this, your thinking to yourself, “Man, I wish I would have The service is good; they treated ordered that,” or “Oy, I wish that I can you with respect. Also, they know Eng- try some of that out.” lish so you can communicate your order easily. They really treat you right since Another one of the dishes ordered they can joke around to make you feel that night was a soup. Well, we Mexi- comfortable. cans call it “caldo.” This is chicken or beef with broth and vegetables. You The food, on the other hand, was can eat this with rice or a tortilla. pricey, but when you get your order of food you understand why it’s worth it. The menu was a different story. I The wait staff brings the food as fast as couldn't count the number of dishes it they can, but the chefs make sure it contained, but I wouldn't have even tastes good at the same time. The food I tried to. But if I had to guess the num- tried was a tequila fajita. It's a fajita with ber of dishes it had, I would say there chicken, beef, and shrimp with some were about a good sixty different vegetables. I saw the other foods that dishes to try out. But we all know you my friends and family ordered. They got to go the original, and that is the looked so appetizing to the point you tacos. wanted to dive right into them. The serv- ers, all the while, treat the guests with This are no hard shell tacos that hospitality. It can't be a Mexican restau- you would find at Taco Bell. These are rant if they don't have the alcohol. Yes, made with soft cooked tortillas. There they had an bar, but patrons must be 21 are about ten types of tacos. Two, for and older. example, can be the “carne asada” which is just the taco with meat in it. But we can't forget about the rest of The other one is the chorizo. This is a the people who have to order from the type of Mexican sausage. These are restaurant. The main dish that caught my two of my favorite tacos and I recom- eye was the pineapple fajita. When you mend them to you to. But the menu hear this, it sounds like just a fajita plate continued through the list. But the overall experience of this restaurant was spectacular. The service made sure that they gave you some laughter and your food within a certain time. The design was that of something of Taco Bell, but just better. So, if you ever come back from a long hike like I had, this is the place for you to visit to fill your belly. I hope you get an chance to visit Cocula in Hen- dersonville, North Carolina and enjoy your time like I did. “juMping out the window” with Big Sean By Miriam Zuniga-Garcia

The thirty year-old, Santa Monica song, Sean knows his friend deserves rapper Big Sean (Sean Michael Leonard better and that he can treat her better, Anderson) released his fourth studio al- so he comes to the conclusion saying, bum named I Decided on February 3, “I think I’m ready to jump out the win- 2017. Big Sean’s single “Jump Out the dow” as if he’s ready to try being to- Window” was a big hit when the music gether with Jhené. Big Sean describes video was released on May 7. The genre a close friend in a disrespectful rela- of this album is Hip-Hop. “Jump out the tionship. He wants to save her from Window” was his fourth single off of the the disrespect and humiliation of her album. It was produced by KeY Wane false lover, and he is ready to take a with additional production by DJ chance with her. The listener can find Camper. It was written by DJ Camper, this when he sings, “Know ya momma KeY Wane, Poo Bear, and Big Sean. didn’t raise you to take no disrespect, This song had additional vocals by Star- yeah.” This shows how in her relation- rah, Jeremih, and Tommy Parker. The ship, there’s disrespect. Listeners can single “Jump Out the Window" was re- also find the meaning of “Jump Out leased May 2, 2017. The official video the Window” when he sings, “I think was published on May 7, 2017 right after I’m ready to jump out the window.” he performed the single at the MTV This means he wants to confess his Movie and TV Awards. The music video, love to her. was directed by Lawrence Lamont. The music video begins with Sean Throughout this song and the beat outside of his crush’s house telling her of this song, the right selection of beats he’s outside. She responds, “What are frames over a spare, diffuse beat, and you doing here?” Then, Sean is walk- his words create a sense of new impor- ing into his crush’s house, only to see tance. Within the beat goes you’ll find what looks like a Super Nintendo yourself in a feeling of sadness and lov- game left unattended and a virtual rep- ing emotions, and you’ll experience the lica of his lady friend stuck in a Mario roller coaster of love. This song is played Kart-like videogame with an evil villain. at 136 beats per minute with an allegro Then, he picks up the controller to play tempo, which is 34 measures/bars per and he turns into videogame represen- minute and the time signature: 4/4. tation of himself and is transported in- side the videogame. When he’s in the This song plays as a small portion of game, he’s trying to rescue his damsel Sean and Jhené’s love story. In the in distress named “Princess.” Like in the videogame Mario Kart, he tries to save her from an evil villain who repre- sent her ex-lover. The rapper even hops over giant chess pieces, hits the racetrack and jumps through a Ferris wheel pods before taking a deep jump to reunite with his Princess (who's actu- ally not his lady, but someone stuck in an abusive relationship) in the pixilated adventure.

Just like in many other songs from his album I Decided, he is still trying to find himself. This album can be divided into five sections: the soul-tinged, uplift- ing ones ("The Light," "Sunday Morning Jetpack," "Inspire Me," and "Bigger than Me"), the trappy, trendy ones ("Bounce Back," "Moves," "Sacrifices," "Same Time, Pt. 1," and "Owe Me"), the ambition-driven ones ("Halfway Off the Balcony," and "Voices in My Head/Stick to the Plan"), and the track featuring Eminem "No Favors." The single, “Jump Out the Window” will be found in the relationship tracks ("Same Time, Pt. 1" and "Owe Me") from the album I De- cided. The entertainment

By Sodaytra Green

Celebrity Birthday for the Month of August Celebrity Birthday for the Month of September

Soccer Player- Robin van Persie(Aug.6, 1983 ) Actress/Singer/dancer - Zendaya (Sept.1) Actress- Cameron Diaz (Aug.30) Singer- Beyonce Knowles (Sept.4) Actress- Angela Bassett (Aug.16, 1958) Actor- Adam Sandler (Sept.9) Basketball Player- Kobe Bryant (Aug.23, 1978) YouTube Star- Connor Franta (Sept.12) Singer- Whitney Houston (Aug.9) Actor- Colin Firth (sept.10) Actress- Meagan Good (Aug.8, 1981) Singer - Nick Jonas (sept.16) Actor- Demián Bichir (Aug.1) Reality Star- Sky (sept.19) Rapper- Joyner Lucas (Aug.17, 1988) Rapper - 2 Chainz (sept.12) Instagram Star- Lovely Mimi (Aug.20) Basketball Player- Trae Young (sept.19) Singer- Joe Jonas (Aug.15, 1989) Model - Halima Aden (sept.19) Actor- John Stamos (Aug.19) Prince Harry (sept.15) President- Bill Clinton (Aug.19, 1946) Actress - Jada Pinkett Smith- (sept.18) Actress- Halle Berry (Aug.14) Rapper- TI (sept.25) Actress- Jennifer Lawrence (Aug.15,1990) Actor- Will Smith (sept.25) Singer - Michael Jackson (Aug. 29, 1958) Baseball Player- Freddie Freeman (sept.12) Reality Star- Chanel West Coast (sept.1)

President- Barack Obama (Aug.4, 1961) Skateboarder-Rodney Mullen (Aug.17, 1966) Instagram Star- Killumantii (sept.25) Actor- Chris Pine (Aug.26, 1980) Model - Wade Poezyn (sept.27) Rapper- Lil Yachty (Aug.23, 1997) Dancer- Maddie Ziegler (sept.30) Actress- Mila Kunis (Aug.14, 1983) Actor -Damon Wayans (sept.4) Actress- Melissa McCarthy (Aug.26, 1970) Actress- Jenna Ortega (sept.27) Rapper- Lil Pump (Aug.17, 2000) Soccer Player- Olivier Giroud (sept.30) Singer- Demi Lovato (Aug.20, 1992) Rapper- Lil Wayne (sept.27) Actor- Jack Black (Aug.28, 1969) Singer - Kelsea Ballerini (sept.12) Actor- Leon Thomas III (Aug.1, 1993) Reality Star- Shay Johnson (sept.30) Actor- Michael Ealy (Aug.3, 1973) Skater - Kim Yuna (sept.5) Football Player- Tom Brady (Aug.3, ) Dancer-TheyloveeDej (sept.5) Instagram Star- Niyahgotcurls (Aug.15, 2004) Basketball Player- John Wall (sept.6) Actor- Chris Hemsworth (Aug.11) Singer- Jungkook (sept.1) Soccer Player- Thierry Henry (Aug.17) Basketball Player- Brandon Ingram (sept.2) Trivia Questions

Question 1 Question 2

Finish the famous quote: “Mama always said, “Life Which country gave us the words “shampoo” and is like a box of ______. You never know what you’re “pyjamas”? gonna get.” A) India A) Crayons B) Brazil B) Chocolates C) Germany C) Cookies Question 3 Question 4

In Finding Nemo, what is the name of Nemo’s fa- During which century did the word “teenager” first ap- ther? pear?

A) Marvin A) 1700s B) Marlin B) 1800s C) Martin C) 1900s Question 5

In the animated movie Madagascar 3, what do Alex and the gang join?

A) A Traveling Circus B) The Army C) A Traveling Musical Show

Polls The polls for this issue were based on the results of 86 students.

Poll 1: Poll 2:

Which comes first: bf/gf OR your best friend? Which do you prefer?

79.1% 20.9% Best Friend BF/GF 54.7% 45.3%

Poll 4: Poll 3: Who is the better rapper: Nicki Minaj OR Cardi B? Which do you prefer: Bojangles, Zaxby’s, Chick-fil-A OR Sonic?

39.5% 18.6% 36% 5.8% 45.3% 54.7% Nicki Minaj Cardi B Movie Review and Previews

By Ainsley Jackson and Jasmine Richardson

Million Dollar Baby is slightly old, as boxing aspect of this film, the acting it came out in 2004, but it is still heart- there is also very good and looks and warming and inspiring nonetheless. sounds real.

Much like the plot of the movie Soul While he was an actor in this Surfer, though the movie is based on the movie, Clint Eastwood also directed it. novel Rope Burns: Stories From the Cor- He used natural looking colors in the ner, it’s about a girl trying to pursue her film to make it look like a real scenario dreams. Her name is Maggie (Hilary that could happen. The sounds in the Swank), an energetic girl with a fierce movie are also very real. spirit and a will to reach her goal, which is to become a professional boxer. She This movie may sound kind of confronts Frankie Dunn (Clint East- close to some cliché sports movies wood), a veteran boxing trainer with a about all of the players having ‘one fi- relentless spirit for training, who tells her nal chance to win the game,’ but it is he doesn’t train girls. Despite this, nothing close to as cheesy as that. Maggie trains at Frankie’s gym every The ending is tragic and unexpected, day. After watching her for a long time, unlike most movies about a sport and with convincing from his long time where the main team always wins or friend, Eddie (Morgan Freeman), Frankie “gets another chance to redeem them- decides to train Maggie. This decision selves.” The character development will change his life and hers forever. and plot add up to something new and special. It’s interesting and it has a The acting in this movie is very good good concept. This movie has a strong and I like the over exaggeration of the female role, which is important, espe- character Danger (Jay Baruchel). He cially in this day and age. Maggie is in- doesn’t add much to the story, but he dependent and fierce. She’s a fast does add a sense of humor and witti- learner and she doesn’t give up. ness to the movie. Hilary Swank did a spectacular job as Maggie in this movie. After watching this movie, I can She nailed the accent and was consis- definitely say it’s up there in my list of tent with her actions and how she spoke favorites. It is rated PG-13 and it has a throughout the movie. In the Academy 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie Awards, she won best actress. Hilary is 132 minutes long and it won four and Clint worked together well in forming academy awards, which includes Best a sort of father-daughter bond. For the Picture. The filming took under forty days and won $12,265,482 in North America alone. Other than some strong language, it is a good movie to watch Coming Soon as a family if you have teenagers in the house. This is also a good movie to to Netflix watch by yourself late at night in your room if you’re trying to find something good on Netflix. I highly recommend this movie.

September

(Movies you may be interested in)

1) Sierra Burgess is a Loser (PG-13) Releases 9/7 2) On My Skin (R) Releases 9/12 3) Nappily Ever After (NR) Releases 9/21/18 4) Private Life (NR) Releases 9/21/18 5) Hold the Dark (NR) Releases 9/28/18 Hope you Enjoy!!!!!!!!! The Invasion of Cardi

By Ariana Jones

The album of August is Cardi B’s In- wealthy, from the perspective of Cardi vasion of Privacy. The album is pro- as well as the Migos. “Bickenhead” is duced by Brooklyn Johnny, Darrale a feminist theme mainly talking about Jones, Allen Ritter and many more. The women who work hard for money. label that the album is with is Atlantic. “Bodak Yellow” confronts enemies and The studio the album was produced in her past life before fame. “Be Careful” was The Cutting Room, which is located is about infidelity and how there are in New York City, NY. Also, the album rumors about her current relationship has five singles. Among female acts, the with Offset. Cardi performed this song album sets multiple streaming records, on SNL so she could announce her while all tracks entered the Hot 100. pregnancy. “I Like It” is a bilingual song with Latin artist Bad Bunny and J The lyrical themes include fame, Balvin. “Ring” is Cardi’s emotional vul- success, wealth, feminism, and Cardi B’s nerability. “Bartier Cardi” is about dia- past. The ones about fame are “Get Up monds and sport cars. Finally, last but 10” and “Drip.” Themes of wealth are in not least, the song “I Do” is about a “Drip” and “Bartier Cardi.” The songs protagonist who does whatever she “Bickenhead” and “I Do” are based on likes. feminism. “Bodak Yellow” is about her past, as well as her success. “Be Care- The album consists of the Hip Hop ful” and “Ring” are both centered around trio Migos, Chance the Rapper, Keh- her relationship. “I like It” is the only bilin- lani, SZA, 21 Savage, and Latin artists gual song on the album. Most of the Bad Bunny and J Balvin. All of the fea- songs are or must be really good be- tured artists compliment Cardi’s way of cause the album reached #1 on the Bill- rapping in different but positive ways. board Top 100. These lines from two dif- Singles on the album are “Bodak Yel- ferent songs show fame, “Ain’t no runnin’ low,” “Be Careful,” “Bartier Cardi” with up on me, went from nothin’ to glory” 21 Savage, “I Like It” with J Balvin and from “Get Up 10” and “Won MVP, and Bad Bunny, and finally “Ring” with I’m still a rookie” from the song “Drip.” Kehlani. In this album, Cardi mainly “Diamonds on my wrist, they drip- raps, while the featured artists rap pin’ (ice)” these lines from “Drip” shows and/or sing. The album’s sound is wealth. “Good girls do what they told” heavily influenced by current hip hop from “I Do” highlights feminism. The and rap production trends as well as song “Get Up 10” is about Cardi’s rise to the Latin inspired track “I Like It.” fame. “Drip” is about jewelry and being The album ranked #1 on the Bill- learn more about Cardi B’s life and also boards Top 100. “Bodak Yellow” and “I the beats of all the songs really help the Like It” have both reached #1 on the lyrics stand out. If you haven’t heard Billboards Top 100. “I Like It” was at any of the songs, listen to them before first #4, but after being released as a you give your opinion. Please listen. single it reached #1, making Cardi the first female rapper with multiple top sin- gles in charts history. ‘Bartier Cardi” peaked at #14 on the US Billboard 100 and certified double platinum by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America). “Be Careful” peaked #11 on the US Billboard Hot 100. All to- gether, Invasion of Privacy has earned 255,000 album-equivalent units in it’s first week, with 103,000 coming from pure album sales. It’s also platinum cer- tified.

The cover picture for the album wasn’t exactly a picture. Cardi stated that she didn’t even know that the pose would be used for the album cover. Also, many people think the album is really good.

I listened to some of the songs and they are really good. Everyone should listen to this album because you can Fortnite for noobs

By Gerardo Lopez-Villa

Fortnite Battle Royale is an online mode is called Squads where you and video game released in July, 25 2017, your 3 other teammates goes against and developed by Epic Games. The 24 other teams of 4 players until the main creator was Darren Sugg. Fortine last team standing wins that match. Battle Royale is free to play, though you do have to make an Epic account or sign What’s so unique about this game your email into a Epic account. is the fact that there is a mechanism in the game where you can build. You Fortnite broke many video game re- can make walls, floors, stairs, and cords. For example, currently Fortnite is pyramids. You can build out of wood, the most streamed game on Twitch. And, brick, or metal. Wood is the fastest a Twitch streamer by the handle Ninja material to gather and the fastest to be has earned the highest subscriber count built, however it has the lowest due to Fortnite. amount of health. Brick is the second fastest to gather and the second fast- Fortnite is available on PC, Xbox est to be built, and its health is be- One, PlayStation 4, iOS, Nintendo tween Wood and Metal. Now Metal is Switch, and just now available on An- the most difficult to gather and is the droid. slowest to be built, but when it's com- pletely built it has more health than I would recommend this game to Wood and Brick combined. everyone because 1) it’s free to play 2) it’s available in many platforms 3) it’s a To kill or deal damage to other always-changing game. The game is players, there are weapons that you never the same and the game always can find on the floor that are randomly has unique updates. generated or find them in chests that can be found in buildings or beside There are mainly three modes in other structures in the game. Guns in Fortnite Battle Royale. First mode is this game do require ammo to be able called Solo where you and 99 other to shoot. Weapons come in 5 different players fight it out, and last player stand- rarities, Common (Gray), Uncommon ing is the winner of that match. The sec- (Green), Rare (Blue), Epic (Purple), ond mode is called Duos where you and Legendary (Orange). The higher the your teammate goes against 49 other rarity of that weapon, the better it is. teams of 2 players to be the last team standing to win the match. The last When you start a game you start with 100 health max and 0 shield mini- skins, gliders, pickaxes, or other items. mum. To survive against other players Everyone had the same skin/outfit, you will have to find meds, or shields same pickaxes, same gliders. Also eve- (bandages (gray), medkits (green), big rything changed, the graphics, building shield (blue), mini shields (green), slurp mechanics, shooting mechanics, aim- juice (purple), and chug-jug ing, sound effects, music, weapons and (legendary)). Those can also be found slots, pictures, and other items. in chests. Fortnite is highly recommended While the base game of Fortnite is due to its free to play price structure, solid, there are updates that are re- highly competitive nature, and social leased on a somewhat random sched- gaming aspects. Again, Fortnite can be ule. In Fortnite there is not like “oh that played on Playstation 4, PC, iOS, Xbox was last month.” In Fortnite, there are One, Nintendo Switch, and recently on Seasons in which in it tells you what Android. the meta focus is. For example, the out- fits/skins of the players were different in Season 2. In each season there is a premium pack called the Battle Pass, for a minimum $10. In the Battle Pass you can earn skins, pickaxes, gliders, sky trials, emotes, spray paints, v- bucks, experience points, experience boost, and tier upgrade. So far there are 5 seasons and we hope to see more.

Fortnite was never the same as it is today. Back in Season 1 there were no

Trivia Question Answers 1) Snapchat vs. instagram

By Taylor Stevenson

Instagram (released October 10, stories behave in almost an exact 2010 created by Kevin Systrom) and manner. You can put stickers, cap- Snapchat (launched in 2012, created by tions, location tags, drawings, and Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and more on your photos or videos. Reggie Brown) are both some of the most popular social media platforms at Though the story features act the the moment. The platforms are both same, we can still compare the con- used for sharing photos and videos with tent of the stories. On Instagram, you friends. Though having a few differ- can add music over your story and ences, they may be more similar than also you can use polls, which is a you think. clever thing to allow on the stories. Both of the features are not available On Instagram, you open the app to on Snapchat (yet), but Snapchat kills your homepage, where you can see con- the Geotag (which is your loca- tent from people you follow, and their In- tion) game. The decoration, the font, sta Stories. You can get to the explore and the colors play a major factor in page, which is where you can see popu- geotags and Instagram geotags are lar posts, access your device’s camera, just white with purple ombréd letters. a notification page, and your profile by Snapchat definitely takes the gold clicking the assigned button at the bot- when it comes to this. tom of the screen. Face filters are something Snap- When you open up Snapchat, it chat has also had for a while. Includ- takes you right to the camera. If you ing the classic dog filter, the heart swipe left you will be taken to the Dis- crown, and the flower crown. All of cover page where you can see your these were attempted to be made by friends stories, and discover channels’ Instagram and they just weren’t the stories. If you swipe right from the cam- same. The graphics and quality of the era, you end up on the chat page and filter are increasingly better on Snap- this is where you can see all of your chat than Instagram. In addition to friends names. this, the face filters on Instagram are just too cartoonish and make you look Snapchat has had the Story feature fake, while most of the Snapchat filters for since the app’s debut, but Instagram (that aren’t meant to be goofy) are decided to tag along in 2017 adding really just pretty. “Insta Stories” to their app. Overall, the Stickers take a huge part in decorat- message and it doesn’t say that you un- ing your photos. It brings your picture to sent it, but that's the only way to get rid life, and so the stickers are a pretty es- of the message. Honestly, both Insta- sential factor. Instagram has some gram and Snapchat are killing the DM pretty simple stickers, gifs, and emojis game. that you can place on your photos. Snapchat provides static stickers, ani- Snapchat also has added a feature mated stickers, gifs, emojis, bitmojis, called Snap Map which you can see and you can even cut out your own where your friends are and when they stickers using the cut tool on a picture were last on the app. You can choose if that you have taken. Snapchat really you would like your location to be provides more options, but Instagram shared with people or not. If you decide applies their options more easily which to share it, your location will be repre- is good. However, the one you prefer is sented by your Bitmoji. If you don't totally up to you. have a Bitmoji you will be represented on the map as a plain colored avatar. Direct messaging (DM) is a bit more Instagram doesn't really have a feature similar than you may think. DMs on like this yet, but you can tag your loca- Snapchat can be saved in the chat, or tions in your photos on your profile. they delete as soon as the person reads them and exits out. They have Instagram and Snapchat are both also added a “delete message” feature amazing social media sites that you can for when you accidentally send that text communicate with friends and share to the wrong person (this is an actual updates about you and your life. Both lifesaver). Although it tells the receiver apps have great individual qualities. No that you have deleted a message, they matter which you prefer you have a can’t read it. Instagram DMs are really good app to rely on. similar. The only way a message will go away on Instagram is if you unsend the