February 2016 Holly Ridge Middle School HORNET HEADLINES Inside this issue: Justice for Edmund Sikh and Tired Pg 2 By Leah Nepo Zika Virus in Virginia Pg 3 A St. Louis mother was in tears “To not see his face in the halls Peyton Manning Pg when she heard the terrible news next year would be extremely sad,” Allegations 4 that her eight-year-old son was said Edmund’s third grade teacher. The Twinkie Effect Pg rejected from going to the charter “I don’t want it to be just about an 5 school of his dreams because of Aiimbo Pg African American boy,” White 6 his skin color. Edmund Lee White noted. “I want it to be about all Sweet Traditions Pg is a third grade African-American children.” White has taken many 7 student who was denied his actions and the petition is currently News from the Ridge Pg enrollment into the Gateway 8-9 at 43,726 signatures as of late Science Academy due to his race. February, 2016. School officials would like to do We’re making anything about it, but ultimately some changes to can’t due to the regulations the Hornet made decades ago. These Headlines! Tell us regulations haven’t changed. what you think! La’Shieka White, the very upset mother, launched a petition to -Student Editors draw attention to the issue. Even [email protected] some staff members have signed White’s petition.

Leap Year By Evan Brown “Women Propose to Men” Gloves Hide Naked Ring Finger Unlucky in Love Irish legend has it that St. Brigid made Leap day in some places is known as In Scotland, being born on February a deal with St. Patrick for women to “Bachelors Day”. Men are supposed 29th was unlucky, similarly to if one propose to men on February 29. to pay a penalty if they refuse a was born on a Friday the 13th. proposal from a woman on Leap day. Hornet Headlines Page 2 News

Sikh and Tired first Sikh man to be featured on a Ahluwalia took action through GAP ad, but with success doesn’t social media, urging his followers By Leah Nepo mean he gains it all. This includes and fans to understand the situation his rights. Ahluwalia has been that had just occurred and the Waris Ahluwalia is a famous patted down and he has had to deal racism behind it. He stayed in Sikh actor and designer who has with ridiculous airport security Mexico City, not allowing himself accomplished many things in his checks for a while. Many airports to go back to New York for fashion career. Ahluwalia was even the see his turban, an article of cloth- week until he received an apology ing, as a threat to America. on February 9th. The airline agreed that future steps On February 8th, 2016, Ahluwalia would be made to make sure was boarding an Aero Mexico discrimination against any race flight when he was asked to take does not happen again. Ahluwalia off his turban due to a concern. is going to make fashion week, Ahluwalia, feeling offended, wearing his very fashionable tur- refused to take off his turban. As a ban and suit. result, he wasn’t allowed onto his flight.

migrated to Turkey, Lebanon, People have to walk at night to Syrian Civil War Jordan and Iraq. Syrians have to avoid being shot and men fear By Roselyn Velasco cross the Mediterranean Sea from being captured and forced to join Bashar al-Assad is the leader who Turkey to Greece, and not all of the Regime. caused the anti-regime uprising and them make it alive; they cross so pro-democracy protest that erupted they can have a better life. Many throughout the country. The war refugees have died from hunger started on March 15, 2011 in Syria, and cold; they are without mostly because of religious beliefs electricity and running water. of the people. The result has been In February, a total of 522 more that eleven million Syrians have people were killed including young fled and many civilians have been children. One million Syrians are killed. Of those Syrians who have trapped. People are risking their fled their homes, three million lives because of the fear of the war.

National Prayer Breakfast ter ‘other’ under control,” said limited to any one religion or time. President Obama making reference By: Eurusalem Gebire to a decisively long speech on the President Barack Obama spoke at presidential campaign trail. the National Prayer Breakfast on Last year, the President was February 5, right after he made a under fire for speaking about the remarkable visit to the Baltimore Crusades as an example of mosque. “Fear can lead us to lash violence committed in the name out against those who are different of Christ, making the case for or lead us to try to get some sinis- religious violence not being Hornet Headlines News Page 3 Zika Virus in Baker is the first known person to can persist or if it can set up an in- bring Zika to America. She began flammatory response that can con- Virginia to experience the symptoms. “Body tinue to make you ill for a period of aches started, light sensitivity, time.” Heather Baker is fortunately By Emma von Koch fatigue, brain fog, just a variety of not Zika causes problems for preg- On February 3, 2016, a mother in things, nothing completely severe nant women who contract the virus. Richmond, Virginia came down enough. I knew something was pregnant. Infants are born with re- with the Zika Virus, which is simi- wrong,” Baker said. 75%-80% of markably smaller heads. lar to yellow fever and spread by people with Zika report no mosquitoes. Heather Baker loves to symptoms. If you do end up with help others and even spent a year in symptoms, you will probably have Haiti. In 2014, she traveled to a rash, and your lymph nodes will Zacapa and Guatemala to help spe- be severely swollen. They usually cial needs children. Three days af- last about a week or so, if not ter she returned home, she thought shorter. Dr. William Schaffner told she had the flu. Unfortunately, Baker, “We don’t know if the virus

Gilbert Grape?, Inception, and At the 2016 Oscars ceremony An Oscar! Finally! The Great Gatsby. As a famous this year, DiCaprio finally received By Leah Nepo and successful actor, it is surpris- his well-deserved prize, an Oscar! ing that he had never before won He claimed Best Actor for his role an Oscar. The Oscars is an annual in The Revenant, portraying a American award ceremony that frontiersman from the 1800’s. It recognizes actors and motion was released last Christmas and pictures. Most people could not has received a huge amount of believe he had never been awarded positive feedback. He attended one yet for he has consistently with his previous co-star, Kate made huge movie hits. Winslet from Titanic and made Some argue that he deserved his several lighthearted jokes about Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the first Oscar in 1993, at the age of how long it took him to receive an best known male actors in Holly- nineteen, after his first major role Oscar. wood. The roles he plays are icon- in the film What’s Eating Gilbert Great job, Leo! ic, such as Titanic, What’s Eating Grape?

Presidential Race he has almost a 90 point lead over slow Hilary Clinton down to be Ted Cruz. He needs 1,237 to win included in this race. Ted Cruz and By Jack Blazer the nominee for the republicans. the other candidates will need to As Super Tuesday ends, presiden- With the democrats, Hillary Clin- start winning more states to slow tial nominees with enough momen- ton has about 700 delegates over Donald Trump’s lead over them if tum to win this race are elected for Bernie Sanders, counting Super they want to the primaries. The presidential Delegates. Hilary Clinton has 1,001 have a chance ballot includes Donald Trump win- delegates putting her half way to- in this race. ning almost every state, and Hilary ward being the elected democratic Clinton almost doing as well. Don- nominee for the presidential race. ald Trump has 316 Delegates, and Overall, Bernie Sanders needs to Hornet Headlines Page 4 Sports Peyton Manning performance enhancing drugs Manning HgH which stands for called human growth hormones. Human Growth Hormone. Peyton Allegations Manning said that the allegations has responded by hiring private By John Duncan are junk and straight trash. The investigators. Peyton has asked NFL has spoken and are going to why someone would publish a fake start the investigation after the story and wanted to find the source season is over. This makes Patriot of the story. Peyton’s investigators fans angry because they could have discovered it was Charlie Sly, a

been going to Super Bowl 50 if the pharmacist. Sly has now said that allegations are true. They have those allegations were not in the evidence from an Al Jazeera docu- documentary. Peyton’s career mentary reporter Charlie Sly who could be ending with a drug scan- spoke about giving professional dal, but that is beside the point. A few days before the Super athletes medication to help them THEY WON THE SUPER Bowl against the Panthers, the cheat. Inside one of the scenes Sly BOWL! Broncos’ quarterback Peyton talks about giving NFL star Peyton Manning is being accused of using Super Bowl 50 In the second half, the situation Cam Newton twice and both lead to worsened for the Panthers. Their a fumble. Cam Newton was named Champions quarterback Cam Newton was the Most Valuable Player for the By Giovani Vazquez sacked seven times, one leading to season. This was Peyton Manning’s a fumble and a touchdown at the second Super Bowl win; the other Around the world, people believed beginning of the game. Cam one was when he was with the Indi- the Carolina Panthers were going to Newton threw one interception, but anapolis Colts. Is this Peyton beat the Denver Broncos, but it was managed to get 265 passing yards. Manning’s last rodeo? the other way around. The Denver Bronco’s quarterback Peyton Broncos were Super Bowl 50 Manning also threw one champs. They won 24-10 against interception, but had 141 passing the Carolina Panthers. Carolina yards. The Most Valuable Super never had the lead. In the first half, Bowl player was the Broncos the Broncos scored thirteen points linebacker Von Miller. He sacked and Carolina scored seven points. Player Transactions By: Jacob Scannell

Name Position Team Transaction Randy Starks DE Browns Terminated Jim Dray TE Browns Terminated Jared Allen DE Panthers Retired Tavon Rooks OT Chiefs Non-Football Injury Richard Gordon TE Ravens Free Agent Signing

A. J. Cruz WR Bears Free Agent Signing Roy Philon DE Lions Free Agent Signing

Hornet Headlines Editorials Page 5 The Twinkie Effect haven’t left your bed in three and has a long way to go, but this is years? Al Shaeri had weighed miraculous and a healthy weight is By Leah Nepo over 1,300 pounds and hadn’t in his future. He even walked in left his comfy room for the past February 2016 for the first time Big Macs and Twinkies sure are 1095 days. since 2013. delicious, but after a while of eating them, the result is potentially After gaining so much gaining weight. So much weight controversy…and weight, the that some overweight people have king of Saudi Arabia decided to be forklifted with their bed into he needed medical attention. a hospital for help. Sounds ridicu- The past three years have been lous? Well, kind of, but it isn’t difficult for Al Shaeri, but impossible. hard work, determination, and daily exercises have helped Khaled Mohsen Al Shaeri is a him lose seven hundred young man who lived in Saudi www.fairfaxunderground.com pounds. He still weighs 600 lbs. Arabia. Is it really living if you

A Fishy Museum He has already been successful in the World dropping nearly 500 sculptures in 2006 by By Leah Nepo down into the Atlantic Ocean. National Located around fifteen meters Geographic. underwater, you can view sculp- Museums are a great way to Taylor tures of humans and animals, all showcase history and art. Some crafts all of done with great detail. He even more famous ones are, the Louvre, his statues captures the chaos of the current Metropolitan Museum of Art, and out of an civil war going on in Syria, paying the National Gallery in London, eco-friendly concrete. These statues tribute to the fallen refugees, escap- but none are quite like this one. can act as artificial reefs. They are ing it. Taylor has other museums home to all kinds of coral. This job British artist, Jason deCaires open also, such as the museum off takes time though, and the museum Taylor has decided on opening of the island of Grenada that was is set to open off the coast of his own museum…underwater. named one of the 25 Wonders of Lanzarote, in 2017.

What a Nice Surprise... Joshua James illegally stole and threw a 3 ½ foot alligator By Olivia Friend through a Wendy’s drive-thru Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s an window. James was arrested alligator? by the Florida Police and will be serving jail time for a Joshua James, a 23 year old man while. As for the Wendy’s is charged with aggravated assault crew, well they must feel a with a deadly weapon. He also is little scared for their next being charged with second-degree drive thru surprise. larceny petty theft. http://images.starpulse.com/news/bloggers According to the police report, /1340985/blog_images/alligator-.jpg Hornet Headlines Page 6 Editorials

By Sam LaScola

Amiibo are the new-old toy line to collect amiibo in boxes, but they series. The waves of these cards that includes a huge array of cannot be used because they have a each come with one hundred differ- characters from Super Smash Bros, sticker directly under their base ent ones to collect. They have even Splatoon, Mario, and Animal that prevents them from being made two Skylander amiibo, which Crossing. Amiibo act as computer scanned. However, the Shovel include Donkey Kong and Bowser. players to fight; they can unlock Knight amiibo does not have this And finally, at the end of February, bonuses, and can even add new sticker on the bottom, so it can be the gold Mega Man amiibo comes levels to certain games. The most scanned in the box. Sticking with out in a bundle with the popular amiibo to date is the the topic, the Shovel Knight amiibo Mega Man Legacy Smash Bros. Link figure in the unlocks the ability to customize Collection, a collection of U.S. and in Japan the Splatoon line Shovel Knight in the game. You all six Mega Man games! of amiibo is the most popular, can change his color, armor style, With so many amiibo including the Inkling squid, girl power ups, and special effects. characters coming out, and boy. Amiibo have sold 21.3 Nintendo has also made amiibo Nintendo’s product doesn’t seem to million units worldwide! Many like cards for the Animal Crossing be coming to an end anytime soon.

CORY IN THE HOUSE: live action TV series started out as dub is the original show and the HISTORY ON THE a Disney sit-com, and has now English dub came later. A dub is become an “anime” as some refer the anime term for something that INTERNET to him as. The is aired in English, as well as in By Angel Torrijos-Duran anime that others have been talking Japanese. Is this true? No, Cory the about recently is not a real anime. Anime started from a YouTuber by Cory In The House is a TV show First of all, you may be wonder- the name Filthy Frank, who said in that aired on on ing, what is an anime? Google one of his videos about anime that January 12, 2007 and ended on sources claim it as “a style of Japa- his favorites are Cory In The House September 13, 2008. The character nese film and television animation, and Thomas The Tank Engine. He of Cory was played by Kyle typically aimed at adults as well as was obviously joking, but people Massey. Since then, Cory has children.” If we look at what the thought it was funny and it spread spread across the digital world, show Cory In The House has to of- quickly. There is even a Cory including the Nintendo DS. fer, we can see it’s a live-action Baxter Smash Brothers 4 trailer and The Cory In The House video show. Anime is an animated car- a fan-made digital amiibo. game received a rating of 3/10 by toon as mentioned, in which Cory Cory Baxter is still going strong, gaming’s best reviewer, IGN. The Baxter is not anime, because he is gaining popularity for game has gained a great reputation not animated, but why do people for better or on the Internet in the past three call him this? worse! years and is available for sale on Perhaps because the Japanese eBay. Cory has also become a dub makes him look like an anime “meme” which is a term that is so people said that the Japanese given to a humorous character. This Hornet Headlines Editorials Page 7 Sweet Traditions By Julia Kearney

February is the second month promotions to boost chocolate that may have been the first, the act and is also the month of a romantic sales. didn’t catch on until the 1500s. holiday. Valentine’s Day comes once a year on February 14th, and Around the time of Valentine’s With cheap postal rates in the it is a day to show a bit of extra Day, another common tradition is mid-1800s, sending cards became love and affection to your special receiving and sending Valentine’s the ultimate trend. By the late 19th someone. Day cards. The very first known century, printed Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day message was sent cards were mass produced and were One of the most popular in 1477 in letter form. Although being mailed across the nation. Valentine’s Day traditions is the gift of chocolate. The beginning New traditions are being started of this sweet tradition started in every day and the more people that Japan in 1936 by a Kobe-based participate in them, the more likely candy company ‘Morozoff LTD’ the chance of them catching on. when it ran the very first Valen- Although old traditions continue to tine’s Day ad in a local English be in use today, it’s never too late newspaper. By the 1950s, other to start making new traditions for Japanese chocolate makers began the generations ahead of us.

DIY Valentine’s Day Chocolate Oreo Pops! By Olivia Friend Happy Valentine’s Day! Here is a quick and easy recipe for Chocolate Oreo Pops! Ingredients: White chocolate Double stuff Oreos Sprinkles Coffee Stirrers

Procedures: Melt the white chocolate in a small bowl, once melted stir for 30 seconds Pour the sprinkles onto a big plate Remove one side of the Oreo cookie, put the coffee stirrer on the filling side Place the top of the cookie back on Dip the cookie pop into the chocolate Place one side of the Oreo Pop on wax paper, put in fridge for about 20-30 minutes Enjoy! Hornet News Hornet Headlines Page 8 Science

Fair Regionals By Olivia Friend

On February 13th, the science fair finalists attended The NASA Earth System Science Award went to the regional fair at Hillside High School. Ashleigh Kassie Jesrani and Deondre Partridge. Nicoll won 1st place in Broadcom Masters in physics This was by far Holly Ridge Middle School’s best and astronomy. Olivia Friend, Jenna Hood and Tori year for science fair. Please wish Ashleigh Nicoll, Steed won 1st place in Broadcom Masters in Biologi- Tori Steed, Jenna Hood and Olivia Friend the best of cal studies. Laina Hosey placed 3rd in Biological sci- luck as they move on to the state science fair on April ence. Ryan Kuhn won the US Metric Association 2nd at Meredith College. Award.

Cheerleading Champs By Eurusalem Gebire The Lady Hornet cheerleaders brought home an impressive 1st Place trophy at the Wake County cheerleading competition on January at Athens Drive High School. Cheer Coach Waltz, an eighth grade social studies teacher at the Ridge for five years commented how she felt, “Very proud! The girls worked hard, and they earned that trophy. I was excit- ed to see their excitement!” The team celebrated by having an ice cream sundae party!

Did you know that 40% of Immigration the late 19th and early 20th Americans can trace their ancestry centuries. Students created a to their arrival at Ellis or Angel Gallery Walk collection of facts and documents Island? By Cindy Martines to describe how the process of im- migration occurred during this On Friday, February 12, 2016 the period in history. Presentations eighth grade social studies classes included: identification card, a walked through a series of projects work visa application, photographs, focusing on immigrants who came drawings, and many other to Angel Island and Ellis Island in necessary documents. Hornet Headlines Hornet News Page 9 Coach B and the Team By Braelyn Rathbun practice which helped lead them to Coach Behrend is extremely victory. There were some challeng- proud of the girls. They worked ing games, but the first game is really hard to get to where they always the most challenging. were. The eighth grade players will Everyone has improved since then, do really well in high school next but all the girls have improved in year knowing that they learned different ways. Most of what they what they learned from Coach have learned is off the court, which Behrend. The seventh grade players he hopes had a big impact on them. who return next year will learn Coach Behrend and the girls bas- This group of players have all even more from Coach Behrend. ketball team practiced every day grown throughout this season, and after school with dribbling and the girls will continue to get better. shooting drills. Coach B, assisted Although the losses can be painful by Coach McMillan, believes they sometimes, it’s always great to win had a really good season because games, especially several games of their hard work doing drills in in a row.

Perfect Streak Marcus, Will Clemente, Eric Patino, and Kyle By Evan Brown Crawford. The fifth quar- Perfect losing streak in fact. The ter team consisted of Joey HRMS basketball team had a lot of Phillips, Solomon Kiger, talent, but they just didn’t have Jake Blendermann, Gary enough luck this season to get a Williams, and Ben Aube. win. The season just ended to a well There is still hope for fought game against West Cary. the HRMS basketball The team members, pictured team, because there is al- right, did a lot of fighting this ways next year! season. The starting line-up included Seth Steinman, Connor Hornet Honor Roll an average. Conduct The printed out programs included grades are not includ- student names with A and/or B Recognition ed in the calculating Honor Roll color-coded for each By Philasia Johnson of grades. Principal quarter’s grades; red first quarter, According to WCPSS Board Emily Mountford led and blue for second quarter. Policy 5522, principals have the the three grade-level A special thanks was noted to option if they choose to recognize ceremonies on February 1, 2016. all supportive parents and guardi- students’ grades. The selection of Parents were invited to attend ans for their hard work in contrib- honor roll students at the end of and hear their child’s name an- uting to these recognitions. each grading quarter is based upon nounced by the team’s appointed Congratulations to these Super that grading period only, and is not teacher leaders. Hornets!