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9/30 Edition of the Pitchfork CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PITCHFORK Volume 7- Issue 1-September 30, 2020 Restart? Or Start Pictured Above: Pitchfork Staff: Kylie McCartney, Haylea Thompson, Over? Audrey Bullock, Jamie Corey, Raegan Higgins, Taylor Smith, Kara Culbertson, and Alix Hilburn Back to school as usual… or as never before? Can you believe it's already been six This global pandemic has taken If it goes into the yellow phase, an months since that fateful weekend in quite a toll on the mental and approximate 50% of students will March when schools were told they physical health of teens and adults attend every other day (while the other would be out for two weeks to prevent alike, but thankfully, some are finally half goes online), and the red phase is the spread of the virus COVID-19? Yes, back to a small bit of normalcy. This all online. While in school, all are that turned out a little worse than school year, friends and family can required to wear masks unless you expected. Half a year has gone by, and unite again here at CSHS. To keep have a medical excuse. Masks catch we are all used to masks covering our students and staff safe and healthy, germs that come out of your mouth and noses and not being able to cough in there are some rules that have been nose that would otherwise travel public without people staring at you put into action. through the air, and if you’re carrying and backing away slowly (maybe Currently Crawford County is in the virus, everyone in the room could that’s a little dramatic). the green phase. This means that all catch it who are attending school this year are permitted to come every day, in person. However, this year FALL cannot be all bad. As of ACTIVITIES Fall In— September, we’re eight full months in, so, PREVIEW Thankfully! statistically, not all 240 or so days could be Written by Ben Lieb negative. Surely we all have personal moments always find bondage 2020. We can all start, but racial turmoil, that have made the within them. Even if agree, to say the least, the COVID-19 year marginally better, sports aren’t your forte, that it’s not a chart pandemic, and many but one thing that can you can still show your All CSHS topper of anyone’s other stressful events bring us all together school spirit with your favorite years of all have succeeded in (even with six feet still support of the team. Activities a go! time. In past times, you keeping us on our toes. between us) is sports. Look inside to see might’ve thought that The average person Whether we are what coaches had the commencement of a can suddenly find their participating or new decade would lists of concerns spectating, whether to say. mean a fresh, relieving overwhelming. local or on tv, we can READ more on page 6 See page 6 for a Preview of the Fall Sports & Activities Page 1 Volume 7- Issue 1-September 30, 2020 PITCHFORK Black Lives Matter: Reaching Every Corner of America Haylea Thompson It’s More Than Police Brutality MOVIE REVIEW The ‘trending’ Black History Behind Black Lives Matter has had Lives Matter social issue Alix Hiburn Black Lives Matter an outbreak in the last few and controversy has Alicia Garza, Patrisse months and has spread more brought attention to “You got time for a sinner?”, cause if so Cullors, and Opal awareness than in the past. people not only in this movie might be right for you. A Tometi: The names you The outbreak started when communities or towns, troubled boy, a lonely girl, a lustful priest, a just read are three former police officer Derek crooked cop, and a murderous couple...just but to America as a courageous and Chauvin killed a man of color, the recipe for disastrous occasions. “The whole. Is this issue inspirational, as some George Floyd, and a video of it Devil All the Time” is one of Netflix’s something we should might say, women of went viral. newest movies having just come out consider as ‘trending’ or color who organized the Many who have been September 16. This psychological horror a ‘real problem’ that Black Lives Matter following the BLM movement film is based on the book which comes from should be thought upon the wondrous mind of Donald Ray Pollock. movement back in 2013. in the past few months would with respect, thought, The film is about Arvin Russell, a small- Black equality has been have noticed that it has not and dignity? Many go to town boy who has always been taught to an ongoing racial debate only brought attention to the riots and protests fight back, and fight back hard. When he’s long before Alicia, BLM movement, but police knowing their safety thrusted into a life full of malevolent Patrisse, and Opal brutality has also gotten could be in danger, people, he tries to do things right. But it brought tangled in with it as well. seems fate has other plans...along the way others brush it off and #BlackLivesMatter into Police brutality not only has he meets good and bad people. However believe that all lives view, but recently there become a topic of interest for they were all mostly bad. With nothing but matter, and some could have been many things some, but another nationwide his daddy’s gun and his own beliefs he sets care less about this issue. that brought out this controversial problem that off to right the wrongs and fulfill his past What are your movement even more swings into BLM. Did Alicia, quest. thoughts? Where do you This film has many well-known than before. You can hear Patisserie, and Opal intend for stand? actors. Tom Holland plays the main this topic in typical movement? Is this movement protagonist—Arvin Russell in this gory tale, conversations, on the aimed at police officers? The simple answer, no. The BLM but in a lighter one he is well known as Local Black Lives internet, in articles, and America’s newest Spider-Man. Sebastian Matter Protesting even posts such as movement was started to Stan, who is also a Marvel actor, is playing The Black Lives Instagram’s famous, bring awareness and attention the crooked cop, Sheriff Lee Bodecker Matter issue has spread “Black Out Friday”. Black to how people of a different whose main drive is the upcoming town through the US, but did Out Friday was a day race are judged and treated election which in turn, makes him question you know it has also been where the smallest pages differently. As the Black Lives his sister’s not so decent choices. Another protested locally near to the biggest influencers Matter movement has become big name is Robert Pattinson famous for you? On August 30th, posted a black screen so a larger and more popular his role in Twilight, he now plays a lustful preacher in this tale named Rev. Preston 2020, dozens of that it brought attention following, it has brought many things along with it including Teagardin that takes it upon himself to protesters marched from to BLM movement and judge others of fleshly sins. Bill Skarsgård Edinboro University to filled everybody’s feed picking up police brutality on its way. When you look at the known for his rule in the horror movie IT, the Edinboro Public with the posts to get the as the terrifying clown Pennywise, plays Library holding signs, point through to people bigger picture Black Lives Arvin’s father Willard Russell, an ex- shouting chants, and that they will not stop Matter was started to simply marine that was scarred after seeing one of standing up for what until this problem has the state that, “Black lives his comrades crucified. A few other actors they believe in— fair solution it deserves. matter”. Not that police are include Eliza Scanlen who plays sweet, including recent grads How will you show your bad or that everybody is lonely, Lenora Laferty who has a big choice from Cambridge Springs standpoint? Through a innocent. But why do we to make, Riley Keough and Jason Clarke High School, who screen? Through separate all lives as if we aren’t who play the murderous couple of Sandy and Carl Henderson, with Carl’s graduated in 2019. Many protests? Or talking something as a whole? Wasn’t the point of the BLM fascination with watching people die and drove by astonished that about this matter his death grip on Sandy all you can do is a nationwide issue has through conversation or movement to not view and section people off into groups wonder if she’ll ever escape this living hell. traveled all the way to texting? This movie is however rated R and small towns like based upon something they for good reason at that. It indulges in gore, Edinboro. Others drove can't control , rather to start blood, nudity, sexual content, violence, and by in fear of something looking upon everyone foul language. A fair warning for animal violent breaking out, and equally? So why treat police people out there is that it also includes some even disgusted officers who haven’t broken animal cruelty. Another caution for because they do not our trust like they are the religious people out there is that the genre Picture from Erie News is religious-gothic and gives a horrific rap support the topic. showing Protest in same as Derek Chauvin? Edinboro, PA These are common questions to Christianity.
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