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The Tusker Tribune The Student Newspaper of Somers Middle School Issue Number 16 http://somersschools.org/domain/995 Winter 2019 NCAA Crown Goes to Cast Your Vote for the 2019 Clemson NBA All-Star Game! By Arjun Ojha By Benji Cutler Tusker Tribune Staff Tusker Tribune Staff On January 7th, 2019, the #2 The NBA All- ranked Clemson Tigers led by Dabo Star Game is a game Swinney faced the #1 ranked Ala- where fans get to pick bama Crimson Tide led by Nick Saban. the starters from each confer- They played each other in Levi’s Stadium ence and all NBA head coaches in San Fransisco, California. select the reserves. This year, the voting is presented The ticket prices went down be- by Google either on a device or on any Google Assistant cause not many people were interested in your home. since it was the 4th year in a row that Through a device, you can click here: https:// these 2 teams have played each other. The vote.nba.com/?cid=asv18_nbadrd#/ 3rd meeting was a semifinal, not a national to easily get to a completely simple way of voting, or championship. you can vote using the NBA app. It allows you to vote Both Clemson and Alabama had for two guards and three frontcourt players from each young QB’s (Quarterbacks). conference, the Eastern Conference and the West. Continued on Page 7 The Hottest Producers of 2018 By Noah Volkman College and scored his very first Tusker Tribune Staff #1 hit that same week. In July, he As 2018 came to an end, I decided spoke about what’s made him so to look at the best producers of the year by successful. “I’d say my sound is gathering the most popular songs and kinda like that Memphis original their producers. down South bounce sound mixed At #10, we have with the new sound, too.” Louis Bell, who produced songs For #6 we have Illa- like Halsey’s “Without Me”, and DaProducer, who crafted Post Malone’s “Better Now” and Eminem’s MGK response track, “Psycho.” “Killshot.” And according to Il- At #9 is la, the song wasn’t originally Atlanta’s Mike for Eminem. “But when Slim WiLL Made-It, came calling, he answered. So who crafted a slew of tracks when I originally started the last year, including Jay Rock, beat for “Killshot” it was actually for Giggs. He Kendrick Lamar and Future’s always asked me for these horror movie beats. “King’s Dead.” That’s what I was thinking when I made the At #8 we have New Jer- “Killshot” beat was just something mean, gritty, sey’s Ronny J for his work on grimey.” Kanye At #5 we have Canada’s West and Lil Pump’s “I Love Frank Dukes, the man behind It” as well as Machine Gun The Weeknd’s “Call Out My Kelly’s withering Eminem diss Name,” which may’ve been track, “Rap Devil.” about Abel’s ex, Selena Gomez. Coming in at #7, is Dukes executive produced The Memphis’ Tay Keith who had Weeknd’s somber March 2018 3 Billboard Hot 100 Top 5 hits, on of them being co EP, My Dear Melancholy. -production on Travis Scott’s “SICKO MODE.” Not only that, Keith graduated from Middle Tennessee Continued on Page 5 The Tusker Tribune Page 2 The Student Newspaper of Somers Middle School By Kaeleigh Picco Tusker Tribune Staff Have you ever wondered what happened today- ten years ago? Twenty years ago? Thirty? In This Week in History I will tell you about the events that hap- pened that particular week that could have impacted our everyday lives, or are just really interesting to learn about. January 10th, 1776 Thomas Paine, one of the major social figures leading up to the Revolu- tionary War, published his charismatic and controversial book, Common Sense on this date. Common Sense played a major role in convincing the American colonists to rebel from Great Britain. It openly challenged the English monarch and proposed a new, democratic republic. January 11th, 1755 I’m sure most of you have heard of the musical Hamilton, and this date marks the birthday of the man himself. Alexander Hamilton was everything from a Founding Father in the early days of America, to the first Secretary of the Treasury, to being a Senior Officer in the military. This man truly did it all. January 13th, 1990 A proud day for the long fought civil rights movement across the U.S., Douglas Wilder of Virginia became the first African-American governor in America as he took his oath of office in Richmond (the capital of Vir- ginia). January 15th, 1559 Elizabeth Tudor, daughter of infamous Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, was crowned Queen of England on this date; she would go on to become the long- est reigning ruler until Queen Elizabeth II and never married nor had any children. The Tusker Tribune Staff Co-Editors Photography Editor Reporters Noah Volkman Allison O’Connor Kaeleigh Picco Joseph Melillo Ian Cohen Copy Editors Alex Susca Feature Editor William Underkoffler Noah Volkman Samuel Sanz Andre Possante Anastasia Fiorella Michael Aiello Jeanne Manteau Sports Editor Arjun Ojha Jesse Manginelli Allison O’Connor Benji Cutler Olivia Soto Jesse Manginelli Mikayla Haran The Tusker Tribune Page 3 The Student Newspaper of Somers Middle School Hulk Roller Coaster Lives Up to Expectations By Ian Cohen The rollercoast- Tusker Tribune Staff er went around on flips, Over break my family and I went corkscrews, and over to Universal Studios in Florida. When we the lake upside down. went to Island of Adventure, we were In 45 seconds, looking for crazy rollercoasters to ride the ride was over. I The second we stepped foot inside, there it thought to myself, that was the “Incredible Hulk” ride. We waited on the was the best ride ever. line and when we got inside it was like a science laboratory inside. Hulk Roller Coaster When we were up, we went inside a tube Facts with all LED Top speed: 67 mph lights Number of inver- inside. sions (loops, etc.): 7 We Refurbished in 2015 moved and reopened in very 2016 slowly, Total length: 3,700 then, in feet the Maximum Height: 110 feet blink of First drop: 105 feet an eye, Total time of ride: 1 minute, 30 seconds we shot Number of passengers per train: 32 out of Number of subterranean dives: 2 the tube Manufacturer: Bolliger and Mabillard, a Swiss at crazy company. speed. ‘Wicked’ Does Not Disappoint By Alexander Susca voices. Just to take it off the Tusker Tribune table, there isn’t much I can Staff say about the acting itself be- “Wicked” is a sides that there were no mess musical about the ori- -ups and they played their gins of the wicked parts fantastically. witch from The Wizard of Oz. On to the final part, It follows a girl who is an out- the sets. The outline of the cast because of her green skin. stage was a bunch of gears She later becomes the wicked turning. I thought that was witch. really cool. My favorite set I would rate this show was the Emerald City. That a 9/10 for many reasons. First set was perfect, and the lights off, the story. The story was made it really look like emer- amazingly written with no ald. All the other sets were a plot gaps. The perfect balance little bland, and that’s the one of story and music. Which point off. brings us to our next part, the Overall, it was an music/singing. The music is amazing musical. I would rec- outstanding with intense ommend it to anyone who songs, calm songs, songs that liked the Wizard of Oz or if you would think were sung by you just need an entertaining someone on the radio. play to see. Oh, and look out All the actors knew the for the dragon. music by heart and had great The Tusker Tribune Page 4 The Student Newspaper of Somers Middle School Life After Death: Who Controls Lil Peep & XXXTENTACION’s Posthumous Music? By Noah Volkman er by labels and stuff like that. I just want to have Tusker Tribune Staff my friends featured on the album and my friends In the last two months of 2018, making the beats so that it becomes its own enti- there were two posthumous (post-death) ty.” At the time, Makonnen insisted that the record releases – the late Lil Peep’s Come Over was meant to bring people together. “I think it’ll be When You’re Sober, Pt. 2 and XXXTENTACION’s good for everybody. Both legacies, all that.” He SKINS. While both released filled fans’ yearning said. Still there is no way to know what Peep for new music, they weren’t without their missteps would’ve wanted – and therein lies the moral quan- and bigger questions. dary with these posthumous releases – do you add Lil Peep, known to many as a visionary due to his features when the artist isn’t alive to approve it? fusion of mid-aughts emo with today’s trap sound, As for X, his album SKINS was released was fresh off the release of his de- with only one feature – Kanye West. but album, Come Over When Longtime X collaborator John Cun- You’re Sober, Pt. 1, when in No- ningham explained why West was in- vember 2017, tragedy struck. The cluded on the album, saying “because 20-year-old X was loved by fans for he was always talked about Kanye’s his raw and emotive lyrics.