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OCTOBER 2016 NEWS AROUND PHS Volume XLL, Edition I Ritz, glitz, and a bit of a switch would be their most impor- tant takeaway of the pageant for them. Twenty percent of the contestants’ fi nal scores came NEWS (2-3) from their onstage introduc- tion at the pageant on Octo- ber 8th, which included the contestant’s favorite quote. The last forty percent came from the contestant’s evening wear, which included poise and onstage presence. Awards for each class included an academic award and a community service FEATURES (5-8) award, as well as awards for Parkview Scholarship Pageant teaches boys and girls confi dence. From left to right Naya Singleton, raising $200, $500, and the Sean Anderson, McKay Wilcox, Kamryn Ashby, and Kate Jenson. (Photo courtesy of Laury Morse) most money from that class. Each class had a fi rst and sec- By Catie Gelting, Beats is now called the Parkview programs such as drama, pho- ond runner up and the overall Editor Scholarship Pageant. “I pro- tography, band, student schol- class winner. A “Most Pho- posed calling it the Parkview arships, special education, togenic Award” was awarded Anticipation raises. Even Scholarship Pageant so that and the literary magazine. to Sean Anderson and Alayna as a spectator, the tension be- it would be more understood The contestants were Guthrie based on the pho- gins to build, and it’s not lost to be a scholarship pageant, judged in three sections. On toshoot done on the school OPINION (9-14) on the judges or the master which it is,” Morse ex- October 2nd, the contestants campus with the contestants, of ceremonies. “The winner plained. convened at the Mayor’s and an award was also given is...” the MC stops and looks Morse not only changed house for their interviews, to the contestant who raised around; everyone is holding the name to create a better which accounted for forty the most money—this year his or her breath. He decides understanding of what the percent of their score. by senior contestant Syd- to crack a joke to relieve the pageant is really about but “The interview was the ney Poole, who raised over tension, futher extending the also increased the scholar- most challenging part of the $25,000. anticipation before he an- ships awarded to the contes- competition because it was This year’s Miss Parkview nounces the winner. tants. The pageant also now nerve-wracking,” said junior is Mckay Wilcox. The new Parkview Pag- includes male participants to Rachel Harp. Although most After the competition, FINE ARTS (15-20) eant director, Laury Morse, create a broader eligibility for of the contestants found the Wilcox said, “Competing was has taken the Parkview scholarships. interview to be the most chal- meaningful because it taught Pageant in a positive, new The scholarship pageant lenging component, many me a lot of things like being direction, starting with its is the only fundraising for agreed that it was the inter- confi dent. Winning meant name. Previously known as Parkview’s PTSA, which view skills that they learned that I’ve become a role model Miss Parkview, the pageant distributes money to school from the experience that for other girls at the school.” Heidi Cooley is 2017 Teacher of the Year PHS band takes Grand Champion

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Lilburn, Georgia Heidi Cooley motivates sophomores Melanie The Marching Band celebrates its trophies 30047 Moua and Nyla Morris to prepare for the fu- after winning their competitions on October ture beyond Parkview. (Photo by Anika Akbar) Online article 1st and 8th. (Photo courtesy of Jason Atha) Online article OCTOBER 2016 PANTHER PULSE PANTERA PAGE 2 Ping Pong bounces back into popularity Black Student Union unites

By Hydiah Sylla, Morehouse to talk about Editor-In-Chief, Content their college experience at From the start of slavery an HBCU.” Dues are $20 to modern day America, and pay for a club t-shirt, injustice has plagued Af- food at meetings, and some rican Americans. Issues of the socials. Huskers, the such as discrimination Pink Hotel, and Apple But- and racism that people ter sponsor the club, and the had previously thought offi cers plan on hosting an were long gone have been event at each of the three brought to the surface as businesses. the nation becomes more Black Student Unions technologically advanced. are common at colleges and Black Student Union, a new universities, but before start- ing the club at Parkview, The Ping Pong club practices include games against each other. (Photo by Jenny Nguyen) club at Parkview, aims to increase the awareness of junior co-presidents Fa- doubles matches or merely like ping pong too, so I relevant issues in the black sica Mersha and Brianna By Jenny Nguyen, to spectate the game. They formed the club as a cool community as well promote Wood, nervously anticipated Copy Editor have hosted an exciting way for the students to education amongst the black students’ reactions. The Among Parkview’s student-staff tournament have fun after school and youth. “There are so many number one question that variety of recreational this October, wherein both also socialize with each issues facing the black com- offi cers have received is, “Is activities emerges a fun, students and teachers were other.” munity that no one wants to this club only open to black new contender. With its able to play each other in Sydney Nguyen, junior face, it’s important that we students?” Fortunately, the rapid-fi re paddle action an intense duel of ping and Ping Pong Club mem- have [a black student union] club is open to any and and intense play, the com- pong prowess. ber, credited the club for to empower the black youth everyone who is interested. pact sport of ping pong is The club has gained helping her release stress here [at Parkview] and en- “I think it’s important to making a name for itself at tremendous momentum from the school workload, courage them to succeed,” promote a sense of unity in Parkview High School. since its fi rst meeting on “Ping pong helps me relax, said co-president Fasica the community… the main The Ping Pong Club August 18th, having accu- especially since my stress Mersha, “ We want to in- premise of BSU is educa- meets up every other mulated over thirty mem- levels have been building spire students to know they tion, and we want to educate Thursday afternoon at bers. The club has also up a lot in these past few can make a difference.” people and bring in other 2:30 p.m. in the cafeteria. successfully united the weeks.” Black Student Union voices,” said co-president As its name would sug- student body through its The club is great for meets every other Friday Brianna Wood. gest, it allows students friendly atmosphere and fanatics as well as people at various locations, de- There is hope that this of both professional and sportsmanship. Junior Jo- just looking to make some pending on the topic of club will continue to address novice experience to seph Benkin, the founder friends or have a good the meeting. Topics such racial issues and ultimately come together and play of the club, commented on time. “I want to promote as racism and education promote growth within the ping pong. During these the game’s unique ability having fun—teach some have been discussed dur- community. Any students meetings, the tables are to bring students together, people about ping pong ing the previous meetings. who have not paid dues set up and members are “I really like ping pong, and also show some ap- Mersha commented, “We but are interested in joining offered the opportunity to and I just fi gured that preciation for the game,” plan on having some guest should contact a club offi cer participate in singles and other people in the school Benken said. speakers from schools like for more information. G tt n a P LSE on the B ATS MJROTC e i g U E By Catie Gelting, Beats Editor Guitar Club FFBLABLA november 5th: Come jam! Learn , improve, have FUN! Meeting times: 2:40 in the the marine corps Meeting Times: Every 1st and 3rd Friday ~Mr. Spires Chorus Room ball Offi cers- november 12: Impact Teens President: Judy Liu feed the vets To send in VP: Pratima Bajaj -feed the Meeting times: VP of Membership: Fatema Momin vets @ atlanta va The 2nd Wednesday club news VP of Community Service: hospital of every month at or events for Sandhya Ramachandran november 17 2:15-3:15 in 3.178 VP of COY: Kareen Udeshi Our club gives students through the next is- Secretary: Savannah Larkin december: with special needs the Historian/Reporter: Kasfi a Kazi opportunity to interact sue, email toys for tots Treasurer: Willy Wu donation drive with their peers (people State Reporter: Maliha Wahab just like you) phspantera@ “toys for tots is a For more donation project gmail.com ~Ms. Jackson information, that collects about contact: $80,000 in cash and ~ Mrs. Heier Wrestling toys each year to be donated,” -sar- Relay for Life Team Conditioning: Tuesdays and gent major tootle Every 2nd and 4th Thursdays 2:30-4 Wednesday morning @ Practice starts October 24 6:45 in lab D424 Dodgeball Tourney Sign Language is fun. Come have some fun. coming Nov 10th - info Meeting times: October 27 @ 2:30 coming soon! For more information contact: ~Coach Elakatt in room 1.220 or ~Coach Bonnett in room 3.138 ~Ms. Bolton ~Ms. Baug OCTOBER 2016 GLOBAL NEWS PANTERA PAGE 3 Both Clinton and Trump face a more The International challenging road to the White House Spectator By Miroslav Georgiev For Trump, the reason why he has such low favor- TheTh SSpeciali l RRelationshipl ti hi ability ratings among voters The United States has a history of making “friends” with is due to his radical stances particularly unsavory people, including Latin American dicta- on immigration and the po- tors, African warlords, and Middle Eastern princes. But it is the lice in addition to his per- “Special Relationship” with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that has ceived lack of political tact; remained one of the United States’ most bizarre — and dangerous. he often says things off the Alliances between countries, and especially “Special Relation- cuff and without preparation. According to a New York ships,” are typically made because those two (or more) countries Clinton speaks at a rally in Tampa, Florida, while Trump Times/CBS News poll, when share similar social, cultural, and political values (e.g. human holds a campaign rally in Clive, Iowa. (Photo courtesy asked to “describe elect- and civil rights, the rule of law, political, social, and religious of Doug Mills and Damon Winter [CC BY-NC-ND 2.0]). ing Hillary Clinton/Donald freedom). Canada and the United States, for example, are allies By Miroslav Georgiev, Trump’s chances have J. Trump as president as a because both countries have a representative system of govern- Columnist increased, though it is not safe or a risky choice for the The election appears to ment and amendable constitutions. enough to surpass her. country,” more voters de- be getting closer, accord- The results may appear scribed Clinton as the safer What is concerning is that Saudi Arabia shares almost nothing ing to the latest forecasts by surprising to some because choice, 47% to Trump’s in common with the United States. Whereas the United States is The New York Times’ Upshot the two candidates both 30%. However, 51% de- a liberal, secular, democratically-elected republic with a Bill of and FiveThirtyEight, de- have some of the lowest scribed Clinton as risky, and Rights and an amendable constitution, Saudi Arabia is an ultra- spite both candidates having approval ratings in decades, 67% said Trump was the historically low approval according to data from conservative, theocratic, absolute monarchy with the Qur’an as risky choice. ratings. The Huffi ngton Post track- its constitution, whose royal family is irremovable from power, According to the Up- Voters’ apprehensions are ing hundreds of polls from except via violent revolution or abdication from the throne. shot, Hillary Clinton has dozens of pollsters. Hillary understandable when con- The United States is on the frontline in the battle against terror- a 73% chance of winning Clinton’s favorability rating sidering the two candidates’ the election, whereas Don- is about 42%, compared to low approval ratings but also ism, but Saudi Arabia remains the most prolifi c sponsor of interna- ald Trump has only a 27% her roughly 56% disapproval how their individual charac- tional Islamist terrorism, according to the Brown Political Review. chance of winning, based on rating; Donald Trump’s ap- ters are perceived, especially In fact, Wahhabism, the ultraconservative version of Islam that is the latest state and national proval rating is only a little by independent and unde- the ideology of both ISIS and Al-Qaeda, as well as other Islamist polls. However, FiveThir- over 38%, compared to his cided voters. terrorist organizations, fi nds its origins in Saudi Arabia. tyEight gives a far more nearly 60% disapproval rat- When asked whether While the United States respects the rights of the LGBT com- conservative estimate on ing. either candidate was honest their prospects of winning: The main contributing and trustworthy, only 33% munity enough to allow them the right to marry their lovers, Saudi Nearly 60% for Clinton, and factors to Clinton’s low ap- responded Clinton and 35% Arabia has no such concept of LGBT rights, preferring instead to just over 40% for Trump. proval rating have been her answered Trump. In stark punish them with death for simply being gay or lesbian. FiveThirtyEight bases its perceived lack of transparen- contrast, 63% said Clinton is projections on a combination cy with regards to her time The United States recognizes the autonomy and rights of not honest and trustworthy, of what the polls, the econ- as Secretary of State and women; Saudi Arabia disallows its women from wearing what and 60% said the same for omy, and historical data tell her perceived inauthenticity they want, marrying whom they love, and the privilege of driv- us about November 8th. among millennials and other Trump. ing cars. How could the United States possibly agree to a mar- In both The Upshot and young voters, many of whom With all these facts in FiveThirtyEight, Clinton’s voted for Senator Bernie mind, both Clinton and riage made in Hell with such a loathsome, repressive antithesis to chances of winning have Sanders before he conceded Trump face a challenging everything it values? decreased; meanwhile, defeat to Clinton. road to the White House. Remarkably, despite all these differences, the United States and Saudi Arabia have been allied with each other since the Roos- evelt Administration in 1933. It leaves one to ask, “Why?” Why has administration after administration maintained this sickening, toxic mixture of false pragmatism and hypocrisy to preserve an alliance based almost entirely on oil? Considering that the United States has made great strides in researching and devel- oping clean energy, such as solar, wind, and geothermal power, and moving away from coal, oil, and natural gas, I see no reason why the United States has any economic interest in Saudi Arabia beyond trade. How can the United States be at the forefront of the War on Terror when one of its apparently closest allies is the origi- nal Islamic State, before the current so-called Islamic State? It is the height of hypocrisy to maintain this “Special Relationship.” The United States needs to quit pretending on the reliability of its oldest Middle Eastern ally and end its alliance with the King- dom of Saudi Arabia. — OCTOBER 2016 FEATURES PANTERA PAGE 4

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Senior Frank Hu is feeling sentimental. Senior Sergio Haab is feeling refl ective. 26 minutes ago • C Building 47 minutes ago • G Building

When I fi rst went to GHP (Governor’s Honor Program), Over the summer I got selected to go on a trip to I had a lot of seminars about the “magic” of GHP. Nuremberg, Germany. I had seminars every day. I sat At that time, I was wondering and thinking about in on one about Ancient Greece; it was pretty cool. I what that magic might be. Over the course of the next few weeks, I had was invited to contribute in the classes too. classes with math tournaments and everything. The math tournaments I saw a lot of tourist-y stuff during my trip, which was kinda annoying were not what I expected at all: they were like Jeopardy or Family Feud. since I was there to see and experience the culture. You know...day in The funniest format was Whammy. When someone hit a whammy, our the life of a German not day in the life of a tourist in Germany. teacher would give them a punishment. Our teacher wore a hero cos- After going there though, I’d defi nitely say that I would want to live in tume and played Frozen’s Let it Go whenever he doled out punishments. Germany. For the most part, Germany has more public transportation. It turns out that the magic was all in the people. I’ve never met such a However, it’s a lot prettier [in Germany]. There’s a lot of nature that diverse and wonderful group of people before like I had at GHP. hasn’t been touched. The food there is healthier (unless you want soft pretzels) and tastes so much better. It was such a great experience. 1,729 people like this. 1,976 people like this.

Senior Kiara Harding is feeling determined. Senior Seth Carter is feeling “just alright.” 52 minutes ago • D Building 1 hour ago • B Building

I have to juggle 5 APs, take care of my brothers, and I started out [learning programming] with a kid’s serve as president of two clubs. It’s a lot of work, but game called Roblox in middle school, and with that I enjoy it because it’s fun. It can defi nitely get stress- I learned Lua, a scripting language. In 9th grade, I ful at times though. I’ve pulled two all-nighters just last week and the decided to move onto C so I could make more complex apps. I’ve been other nights I slept at around 3 AM. It’s hard, but I think it’s worthwhile learning from online resources throughout my time in high school. I because I can enjoy myself and do the things I like. I enjoy Model UN; have made a 3D game engine which I actually abandoned because I enjoy Mock Trial. These sort of things I’m planning on doing in the it became a little too bloated. I wasn’t ready to work on that sort of future. scale yet. Since then, I’ve made a very effi cient, compact 2D game My far-reaching, ultimate goal is to be the Secretary General of the engine with a very easy to use API. I’ve made quite a few games with United Nations. I always thought that I would be the President or it and I’m actually working on a commercial product that I could sell on something, but I enjoy working with people all around the world. The Steam. I’ve used the engine in TSA projects too. world is just so diverse and so interesting.

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Teacher Mr. Atha is feeling bemused. Junior Steven Nguyen is feeling snarky. 3 hours ago • E Building 10 hours ago • H Building

I’ve been to China before, touring for about three So one time when I was younger, I went to the zoo and a half weeks. We went to all the major cities with my little sister. She was so excited to see the like Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Chengdu, so on. The elephants because she saw an episode of Barney go- Chinese don’t have marching bands so they were pretty fascinated with ing to the zoo. When we got there, she asked me, “Why is it so smelly our shows. here? Do elephants poop or something?” I just laughed at her. Anyway, On one of our domestic fl ights in China though, we hit an air pocket. she loved the elephants even if they pooped or not. Our plane dropped about 15,000 feet. Oxygen masks dropped out, and We also saw tigers. Unfortunately, the tiger at the very front of the food was fl ying everywhere. I thought I was going to die. About fi fty enclosure pooped right at that moment. Redcoats were thinking they were about to die. Afterwards there was “What is that big kitty doing, Steven?” she asked me, “Oh, is it eating an announcement...but it was in Chinese. As far as I know they could it’s poop? Eww! Get me out of here! That was so gross!” have been saying, “I’m sorry everyone, but you are all going to die.” I don’t think she liked the tigers.

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Secretary Ms. Kroll is feeling happy. Teacher Mr. Aldrich is feeling motivated. 1 day ago • M Building 5 days ago • F Building

Well, an interesting story is how I met my husband. The weekend before a test, I lost my laptop. The test He’s Jewish and I’m Christian and we both worked at was on my laptop, and I wanted to take it home to a Christian television station in Miami, Florida. That’s revise it. I was kinda panicking because I thought how we met. For our honeymoon, we went to Israel. That was really that I might’ve left my laptop in my car, and it had gotten stolen or interesting because as a Christian, I got to walk all the places Jesus something. I tried to go back into the school to see if I could get it, but walked at. I got to learn the culture of the Jewish people since I have it was all locked up. I couldn’t see if I had maybe left it on my desk or family there now because I’m married. After 30 years of marriage, I’ve anything since the window was too high up, so I drove home and got actually been able to pick up some Hebrew here and there. Whenever a ladder and came back. I propped that ladder up next to the window I go to visit family, I never want to leave because I love the land. My of my classroom and looked in. There it [the laptop] was, sitting on favorite place in Israel to go is Jerusalem. my desk. Even after all that I went through, the APUSH kids were just happy that they got their test delayed by two days.

2,371 people like this. 2,416 people like this. OCTOBER 2016 FEATURED PROFILES PANTERA PAGE 5 Girl Up advocates more than feminism Painting the way to fame munity. To raise funds for the six third-world countries the club aids, teams were formed, and members established some friendly competition to raise as much money for their “teams” that they can . “It’s easy to get caught up in the privileges we have,” junior Paint Crew members cheer in excitement for Parkview at the Briana Wood states, “[Girl Pink Out football game. (Photo courtesy of Carla Hamilton) Up] is a great way to look By Hannah Campbell, others that are on the Paint outside the U.S. and under- Online Editor Crew including Bryce Kel- stand that women in other ley, Bryan Markley, Peyton countries are going through The stadium roars. Fans Dunham, Jacob O’Neil, The Girl Up offi cers lead a disscussion about female empow- a lot of stuff that we have the are cheering along with the Kedesh Chambers, Mathew erment during the monthly meeting. (Photo by Anika Akbar) privilege of not going through well-known paint crew. The Fleck, Caleb Crump, Robert By Anika Akbar, Opinions min, Parkview’s Girl Up was and that they need help.” Paint Crew is an elite group, Bennett, Carter Bliz, and Editor formed by students passionate It seems as though the generally juniors and seniors, Spencer Lail. about learning what they can club strives to bring positivity who are in charge of painting The Paint Crew doesn’t The societal preference do to change the inequality in everything that they do, be the football fi elds before a only cheer at football games, towards males has created women face for themselves as it in their talks about femi- varsity game. They also have they cheer at most of the degrading and illogical social well as future generations to nism, or out in the communi- the most school spirit attend sports that are played at standards for females, caus- come. President Fasica Mer- ty where they learn how they all the football games and Parkview. The crew is easily ing many to feel as if they sha explains that she wanted can help change the world. lead the crowd in cheer. Ju- spotted by all the orange and don’t have a voice in the to start the club because she Members have described the nior Spencer Lail says, “We blue they wear or when they predominantly patriarchal recognizes the dilemma, feeling as a sense of familiar- generally paint on Thursdays wear their orange and white society. Fortunately, there are “Everyone always tells you ity with the other girls, even for the varsity games on Fri- striped overalls. Accord- those who know that women about these problems and no though there have only been a day, but sometimes we paint ing to Spencer Lail, “We are more powerful than they one ever tells you how to fi x couple of meetings. Students on Wednesday so that the don’t only cheer and sup- are told to be. These women it. That’s what I love about don’t even exclusively talk to JV football team has a fresh port football, we also go to are known as feminists. At [Girl Up]. It recognizes the other members of their chap- painted fi eld to play on.” soccer, baseball, tennis, and Parkview, they are renowned problem and actually does ter. In order to be in the Paint basketball games. We try to as the Girl Up club. something about it.” Through its global website, Crew, students have to be make as many games as we Girl Up is a non-profi t Although Parkview’s members may talk freely to asked by the previous Paint can.” organization founded by the Girl Up club is only in its other members all across the Crew members. Spencer Spectators at the next United Nations in 2010 that fi rst year, they have already country and get ideas on how is the second in his fam- Parkview sport might now looks to empower girls while participated in various events to advocate for their cause ily to be on the Paint Crew. spot some of the members raising money for other girls such as the International on a larger scale. As Mersha Spencer's brother Griffi n of the Paint Crew. Fans in third-world countries. Festival and Lilburn Daze explains, “The more we do, was a member three years shouldn’t be scared to join Under the sponsorship of with the Lilburn Woman’s the more we get known, the ago. If one thing is for sure, them in some cheers to sup- gifted sophomore language Club to get their message bigger we get, and it’s just he defi nitely lives up to the port the Parkview Panthers at arts teacher, Diane Benja- across in the Parkview com- going to be about girl power.” family name. There are many any sporting event. OCTOBER 2016 HEALTH, SCIENCE, & TECHNOLOGY PANTERA PAGE 6 This is just the Vegan-ing Cancer awareness By Catie Gelting, Beats less you want to eat meat. doesn’t mean you have By Amy Kim, Staff Writer cise and eating more fresh Editor At fi rst, for most, it’s to miss out on anything. vegetables. It became very A colorful plate is laid trial and error, and that is Anything can be substi- October is Breast Cancer important to take care of out—freshly chopped 100% okay. No one magi- tuted with a plant-based Awareness Month. About 1 myself.” leaves of lettuce, spinach, cally becomes vegan in product to produce a deli- in 8 women and 1 in 1,000 Some people forget that and arugula with crisp one day. Huge corporate cious new vegan choice. men in the US are likely the people around breast cucumbers, carrots, and companies, the govern- No, it won’t always taste to encounter symptoms for celery, juicy watermelon, ment, and society have exactly the same, but it cancer patients are also breast cancer in their life- strawberries, and oranges, bred most people into will usually still be deli- affected. When Daunt re- all surrounding hummus, thinking that humans need cious. time, according to breast- called her thought process tahini, and tofu. This meat. That is a lie. On Opening up to new cancer.org. after hearing the news, she rainbow of food isn’t just news.therawfoodworld. tastes and new food ex- Any awareness month stated, “My fi rst thought some of the most beauti- com it says there are 16 periences will allow for is a full month dedicated to was disbelief. After that, it ful food in the world; it million people living on a new food memories that holding events and fund- was acceptance and a need can also be some of the vegan diet. will be so much more raisers for a something that to protect my son from the most nutritious, diverse, So how does one go satisfying. Even though needs awareness. October news.” and versatile diets on the vegan? Transitioning to a your favorite food might is an awareness month for planet. I hesitate at call- There are different fully herbivore diet may be steak, trying a new, breast cancer in the US. ing this a diet. This is not seem daunting at fi rst, delicious dish every time events held around the US a fad diet. Reasons for but it can be relatively steak would be eaten will It is one of the most com- during the month of Octo- going vegan usually stem easy. For many, it starts be far more satisfying be- monly diagnosed diseases ber that help raise aware- from a few different areas, with ‘Meatless Mondays,’ cause your taste buds will among women, so it is not ness for the disease. As of but the reason for staying until everyday is a meat- be opened up to a diverse, an issue that is to be taken 2016, 2.8 million women vegan is usually this— it less day, and then begins new world. lightly. in the US have a history of feels better. dairy free days, until one At fi rst going vegan Being diagnosed with breast cancer. These events What is a vegan? There is immersed in a fully will be more work, but breast cancer changes the support those women as IS a difference between a vegan diet. During those everything that is good lives of the patients. Breast vegan, a vegetarian, and well as their family and fi rst few months, research for you is hard work, and cancer survivor Christy a pescetarian. A pescetar- may have been needed to going vegan can be one of friends that have been af- Daunt openly spoke about ian doesn’t eat any meat fi nd delicious recipes that the most satisfying experi- fected by the life-threaten- with the exception of work with the schedule of ences of one’s life. how her life changed ing disease. seafood; however, they do the transitioner but, after a Just as every new because of the diagnoses. Anyone can fi nd local eat animal products such few months, vegans have experience is a journey, When talking about her life events to attend to lend as dairy. And yes, seafood gained enough knowledge veganism can be a healthy, during treatment, she said, their support for the sur- is meat. A vegetarian does into the kinds of food that peaceful, and delicious “All the appointments... vivors and current breast not eat any meat, but they they like. journey for the tastebuds. they took over.” cancer patients. do eat dairy products, and Pinterest holds a The hardest part is truly Daunt also implied that For the ones who don’t fi nally, a vegan does not plethora of recipes, inspi- the comments that meat even after being cured of consume any animal prod- ration, quotes, ideas, and eaters make. have the time to actively go the terminal disease, her ucts at all. honestly anything vegan Go ahead, enlighten out and participate in the So what do vegans eat? related that one could those meat eaters; they’re life shifted drastically, events, they can donate on Whatever they want! `The ever hope to unlock. Most the ones that are missing “It inspired me to live a the breastcancerfunds.org less you eat meat, the importantly, being vegan out. healthier life through exer- site. Buzz over new iPhone 7 By Candler Clark, Staff Apple ditched the headphone Writer jack. Still, the phone is more It’s upgrade season and expensive than the with no Apple is accommodating cus- more screen real estate on ei- tomers with something fancy ther models, nor a headphone this time around. jack. Nobody can use their Imagine a Nikon camera old headphones anymore. slapped onto a cell phone. Instead, Apple will be in- Apple’s new release, the cluding an adapter in the box iPhone 7+, has done just to accommodate people with that: the phone features two old headphones. In addition, cameras working together on the plus model no longer fea- your phone to give the user tures a physical home button, the best photography experi- but instead has a new taptic ence yet, with optical image engine. stabilization and optical zoom Another downside to re- up to 2x. This means that 2x moving the port is being able zoom has the same quality as to play music in a car via an 1x, and the result is not just a auxiliary cable. This has been cropped image. a popular subject on Twitter, This camera technology is prompting memes of show- defi nitely not new, as shown ing anger when friends pass by the LG V20 or the Huawei the auxiliary cord to play mu- P9 Plus. However, it’s a big sic, but the iPhone 7 doesn’t step for Apple and customers have the port to do it. are less than ecstatic about Ramez Khoja, a sopho- the new release, and they more, said,”You get used to have a good reason as to why. it. Just make sure you own Every iPhone release multiple converters or maybe doesn’t come without a invest in some bluetooth setback. Last year, the iPhone headphones!” bent and broke. This year Continued on page 20 OCTOBER 2016 BEAUTY & FASHION PANTERA PAGE 7 What your mother didn’t tell you BEAUTY Cream,” depending on how BUSINESS dry your skin is. By Marie Stanford Fall is a great excuse to vamp up your makeup The Power of Makeup routine and have fun with Since the fi rst day of 7th grade, I have worn makeup to darker, bolder colors. Lately, school. Makeup is something that makes me feel pretty and matte lips have been all the rave, and for those of us who powerful, but at the same time, it also represents my secu- cannot afford the Kylie Jen- rity blanket. A few weeks ago, I woke up feeling sick and ner Lip Kits, there are some groggy, and without really thinking, I went to school with- cheaper Alternatives such as out any makeup. That day was defi nitely scary. I felt like NYX Cosmetics and Color people were going to judge me or tell me I look different in Summer is over, but it’s not too late to explore some amazing, Pop Cosmetics. It is safe to a “bad way.” In reality, no one even noticed my bare face. new beauty products this fall season. (Photo by Hydiah Sylla) go for neutral colors, and That day, I realized that makeup is a very powerful tool. one popular one is NYX’s Some girls wear makeup because it makes them feel By Hydiah Sylla, Editor-in- daily cleansing, and bi-daily Soft Matte Lip Cream in good about themselves. I know for me, it makes me feel Chief, Content moisturizing. As of lately, “Abu Dhabi.” When you ready for the day, and I treat it almost like an accessory. want something a little risky, my go to mask are the Sweet Even in history, makeup has been a way for girls to get Comfy clothes, dark lips, Tea and Lemon Peel-Away go for Color Pop’s Ultra dressed up and express themselves. A common misconcep- crisp weather, an abundance Clay Mask and the Charcoal Matte lippie in “LAX.” of leaves on the ground, and Black Sugar Mud Mask Matte lip colors tend to be tion about makeup is that it’s worn for someone else. While and endless amounts of by Freeman. Both masks drying, so about 15 minutes this is sometimes true, it’s usually not the case. Beauty pumpkin fl avored anything can be found at Walmart for before, try using the Milani vlogger and social media icon “Nikkie Tutorials” explains means fall has arrived. Fall under $5.00. Cleansing can Moisture Lock Coconut Oil how most girls, including her, wear makeup simply because is the perfect time of the be a little tedious, and it is Infused Lip Treatment to they love it. year because the thoughts of a step that is often skipped ensure that your lips do not Makeup shaming is a big part of society today. Critics scorching hot temperatures over, but when you feel like end up looking crusty. speculate that girls who wear makeup are not showing the and getting dress coded for your skin needs a bit of a Fall clothes are always real them. This is sad to me because I feel like makeup is wearing minimal clothing pick-me-up, reach for the something to look forward something that doesn’t hide the real me, but enhances it. to before winter’s extremely to keep cool are few and far Pacifi ca “Purify Coconut To try and disprove these misconceptions, girls all between. With a new sea- Water Cleansing Wipes” or cold weather. The perfect around the world have been participating in the “Power of son comes the need for new the Formula 10.0.6 “Best fall outfi t may consist of a skincare, new makeup, and a Face Forward Daily Foam- pair of black jeans, taupe Makeup” challenge. Girls will go full glam on one side of new wardrobe. ing Cleanser in Passion ankle booties, a thin white their face while leaving the other half completely natural. Fall is a wonderful Fruit + Green Tea.” The two sweater, a denim jacket, They talk about what the power of makeup means to them season of “in between.” cleansers mentioned were and lots of cute accessories. and why they decide to wear it. The girls concluded that Your skin may still have purchased at Ulta Beauty for During the fall season, all of they love makeup. Many wear it to add to their fashion that summer glow, but not under $10.00. the cute, once too expensive, statement, or they wear it because it makes them feel pow- for long before fall’s sis- Moisturizing is a major summer clothes go on clear- erful and strong. Makeup is something that girls wear for ter season, winter, makes key during the cooler months ance. To transition those their own reasons, and they shouldn’t be shamed for it. a grand entrance, leaving of the year. Every morning, clothes into the new season, your skin feeling dry and in try to use the Formula 10.0.6 simply throw a chunky knit need of some T.L.C. (ten- “Daily Moisturizer with SPF over a fl owing slip dress and der, love, and care). During 15 Broad Spectrum Sun- throw on some boots or a put this time of the year, it is screen in Guava + Vitamin a cardigan over your favor- important to stick to a strict C.” Sometimes, you may ite spaghetti sleeve top and skincare regime, which may want to moisturize at night opt for jeggings instead of consist of weekly masks, using the Pond’s “Dry Skin shorts. This season’s hottest colors By Madison Johnson, clothes racks. NYX, which costs an afford- Editor-in-Chief, Operations To start off this year’s set able $7.00. To follow up the of extravagant colors, the earth tones, Warm Taupe, In the wake of New York blues take the lead. Mimick- Dusty Cedar, and Potter’s Fashion Week 2016, it’s time ing the pure fall skies we Clay. All of these colors to fall into fall with a brand- know and love, the shades can be found in lipstick and new series of colors and Riverside and Airy Blue give eyeshadow shades by NYX, makeup trends. This season, us a cool sense of recogni- as well as Colourpop’s Ultra make up is reaching new tion. Any person clad in the Satin Lip, and their Super heights with bigger, bolder, color will easily radiate con- Shock Shadows for a shock- and more vibrant colors. fi dence and a calm disposi- ing $5.00. Models strode down the tion. These unique shades of To round out this sea- runway in a variety of color blue provide a cold neutral- son’s colors, Pantone has over the years, but this year izer to the warm colors that shown that vibrancy is the proves to be the most diverse dominate this year’s selec- way to go. Ridiculous reds, yet. Models sported the tion. yummy yellows, and pop- natural earth tones we know Next on the list comes ping purples have taken and love with blasts of color the earth tones. Each color a stand on the runways. that took the fashion world anchors the other, proving Aurora Red, Lush Meadow, by storm. Ten colors will to be rich, warm, and all Spicy Mustard, and Boda- make their mark on fashion things autumn. This section cious are the most evident in the next few months, and of fall colors starts off with a colors we’ve seen. Each, here’s the source to know dusty gray called Sharkskin. while somewhat glaring on what goes with what. Ac- This can be a base for any their own, can be paired with cording to Pantone Color color, including clothes and those anchoring earth tones Institute, the theme of the makeup. The risky fashion and cool sky blues to give year is the season itself: fall, getters can fi nd an almost your makeup a sophisticated a sharp contrast to those identical shade in Stone Fox look with a shout to stand summer pastels that lined the Liquid Sudude lipstick by out. OCTOBER 2016 COMMUNITY PANTERA PAGE 8 OCTOBER 2016 OPPOSING SIDES PANTERA PAGE 9 Who should you vote for? Vote Johnson nor of New Mexico, Gary of Ignorance. Let’s not necessary spending, and a woman president. By Anika Akbar, Johnson. even go there with all the free market over student There’s no doubt she Opinions Editor The entirety of this promises Clinton is mak- loan in education are just a has experience with poli- cir-election is based on ing without clear justifi ca- few. One of the most con- tics, but have her actions When the Constitution what one candidate has tions. I understand that she troversial positions that rather than her speech in was written, delegates accomplished in the past wants to do all these great just might work? Johnson her career advocated for were under the impression and why the other candi- things like ending gun is for allowing guns--and feminism? that they were creating a date needs to be stopped. violence or increasing the not for the reasons people Has she shown us that document which would I am a fi rm believer in one rights of women, but I just may think. she’s morally credible establish unity. Does bringing up the past solely don’t understand how, and He wants a shooter to enough? Trump, on the anyone mind searching for the purpose of better- frankly, I’m concerned as think twice before going other hand, has no ex- through a dumpster to fi nd ing one’s future. to what she has planned. into an area to hurt every- perience leading a small where it went? Let’s just not talk about What does Johnson have? one by changing gun free town, let alone a nation. Taking a step back and the time Johnson left New Clear, concise, and cor- zones so they’re not 100% Sure he’s a success- looking at the 2016 elec- Mexico with a billion dol- roborated arguments. gun free. ful business owner, but tion from a foreign view, lar surplus without raising He wants to change the Unlike Trump or Clin- business and politics are you see that this country any taxes, or all the jobs criminal justice system ton, we know what, why, two completely separate has turned into a circus, Trump created everywhere so that actual criminals and how Johnson wants things. and it’s too late to get the else but in America, or are incarcerated by fi rst to implement policies. Yes, he can’t wage clowns back behind their Clinton's case of the miss- eliminating the war on Seriously, someone must wars, but other coun- walls for our safety.We’re ing email, and instead drugs since it is expensive, have taken the rational tries will want to, based left with the dilemma of focus on what they have unnecessary, and more parts of the other two clo- on Trump’s inability to choosing between two planned as president. effi cient to rehab rather candidates and given them understand euphemistic very different and more We need to remember than retain. Seriously, who to Johnson. America needs speech. so, questionable candi- that the president doesn’t doesn’t want a more pro- a woman for president to Be honest; are we re- dates: Hillary Clinton and actually have the power ductive society? What else help put an end the patri- ally in the fi nancial posi- Donald Trump. to declare war. Seriously, is this Johnson planning? archy (yes, it still exists) tion to be at war with a “In God We Trust” to the amount of power they A metaphorical bridge and bring more attention country that Trump can’t wake us up from this hor- have is extremely exag- for immigrants by allow- to the wage gap, which is avoid with a wall? rible nightmare, but what gerated. ing more work visas and larger than seventy-fi ve Make America great is left very alarmingly un- So if Trump wants to keeping the focus on the cents for women of color, again. Rather than voting known to the vast majority build the Great Wall of threats, cutting wasteful but we need to take a step for one candidate to stop of us is the third option of America, he fi rst has to spending without raising back and think if we really the other, vote Gary John- candidacy: former gover- break down his Great Wall taxes by vetoing any un- want Clinton as the fi rst son and stop both.

Vote this country that we don't These ‘bad’ presidents can, Hispanic, and female have: equality. have only been in offi ce communities of America. Clinton Clinton’s policies sup- VS. for a single term. Donald Trump has been port us-the student body, Clinton has the environ- Worst case scenario, backed by the dictator of By Madison Johnson, the younger generation, ment in mind. Clinton sits in the Oval Russia, whose role model Editor-in-chief, Opera- and the people who are She has plans for Offi ce for four years be- is Kim Jong-un, a man tions going to inherit this world. clean energy and solar fore we have a new elec- who has caused so much Clinton is pressing for a power, which are plans tion and vote in someone tyranny it's painful to even The election is nearing, debt free education, insur- for a cleaner and healthier more qualifi ed. listen to. which means the United ing a world in which we planet. Donald Trump has The worst scenario Donald Trump supports States is faced with a as a country can produce claimed that global warm- for Trump is practically Putin, who thinks Saddam choice: who will be our a generation of educated ing and the threat on our nightmarish. Trump is Hussein is brilliant. People next president? The choice young people who aren't Earth is a thing of fi ction not only the candidate for like them don't leave offi ce should be an obvious one, plagued by debt like our created by China to scam the people who want less after their term is over; yet to some, it's not. parents before us, who us all. Let’s face the facts: equality for women and people like Trump don't Trump supporters reign aren't constantly worried without the environment, who are blatantly racist leave offi ce after they've just as highly as Clinton’s about how their futures without taking care of and have no care for the been voted in. supporters do, but for all will turn out with such a the world we call home, Black Lives Matter move- How could we possibly the wrong reasons.Trump, burden. what's the point of having ment, but is a candidate be stupid enough to have a while he is a business- Donald Trump is the a president? who has publicly compli- president who’s intention- man and the United States candidate for the older When it comes down to mented Vladimir Putin of ally associated with these might just need to be run generation: the generation it, I can completely agree Russia. types of people? Clinton is like a business, has de- that dreams of fortune and where some people might He has invited Russia by no means perfect. But clared bankruptcy more riches. Hillary Clinton is think Clinton would make to hack into our networks Clinton is a person who than once. the candidate for us-the a bad president. We have and invited them to par- wants to make a change The United States generation that is more had horrible presidents ticipate in cyber terrorism. for us. wasn't built like a busi- worried about how we before. The dictator of Russia has Not the adults of the ness. Therefore, we can- might be able to afford our We've had our fair shown his support for Mr. world, but the young not have a president who basic needs after college share of them; presidents Donald Trump, a man who people. It's our turn, and would consider that an rather than fame. who ruin the economy and has publicly slandered Trump is taking that turn option. While Clinton isn't Clinton has a plan for presidents who don't do people of diverse races and away. A vote for Clinton is exactly the most promis- the future of the world we anything to help it. But, ethnicities. a vote for Parkview. ing candidate in the world, live in, and not just to keep they all have one thing in He has publically Anything else could she can bring something to the students out of debt. common. trashed the African Ameri- sign our death sentence. As a result of recent comments made by Donald Trump, the author of the article advocating to vote for Trump has chosen to withdraw their Opposing Sides article and will not appear in this newspaper. Thank you for your continued support. OCTOBER 2016 PANTHER PRIORITIES PANTERA PAGE 10 Morning traffi c has gone from bad to worse with no help in sight

By Madison some wild life. Now, however every student at Parkview Georgia Coast. the little slips that shows I'm Johnson, Ed. in it's just a fi eld with grass in it. High School received an Because of the time tardy. Chief, Operations There is no pond, and per- email: school will be start- change, students have been These tardies are not the haps worse, there is no fourth ing at 7:22 AM. Sharp. At the left confused, angry, and con- student body’s fault. The It all began with a little entrance. The entrance was time, my fellow students and stantly late to class. Parkview 7:22am time change puts traf- thing called a retainment pond. closed last year, and while it I were, in short, pretty ticked is serving up tardy stamps fi c at an all-time jam. Even if One of only four entrances to muddled the traffi c coming in off. Fortunately, we had the like a plate of bland, steamed we leave our houses a whole our lovely high-school was right side of Cole Road. It was summer to cope and some vegetables; they are always on thirty minutes early, were still closed off to make room for a tolerable at the time. People time to deal with the fact that the dinner table, yet nobody sprinting to class because the place for water to collect. found ways around it, found we had to go to school for a wants them. I have never got- lines get longer and longer In theory, it was a great ways to manage their time, whole eight minutes sooner. ten more than two stamps at every day. What's the deal, idea: build a pond, get the and quickly fell into a routine Little did we know, the traffi c Parkview (since I to save them Parkview? It's only a minute water off the fi elds, and make only mildly begrudged. would be backed up from for important issues), and I on every class. What's the a cute little environment for One summer day, suddenly, Parkview High School to the have already received three of POINT? Well-rounded students reach breaking point Helicopter parents By Thuy Pham, engaging in activities they are In reality, some curriculums Managing Edi- passionate about, students are hold no bearing on the future. need to stop hovering One could say parents tor joining extracurricular activi- Higher level classes also place By Abby nowadays tend to be a little ties to strengthen their college more emphasis on independent overprotective. Then again, With fi rst semester in full applications. learning, so students often Harvey, Staff who could blame them; with swing, sleep, yet again, has The issue of parents push- study two to four hours for Writer modern advancements like taken a back seat to the school ing their children to join team each class outside of school in social media and the internet, who knows what teenagers work, extracurricular activi- sports or take music and dance order to grasp the content of are up to? Devices such as cell phones and computers have ties, sports, and social life that lessons at a young age also the course or complete home- a large impact on kids, allowing them to explore the world the everyday student has to surfaces. The extracurricu- work. for what the internet says it is. This is where parents come juggle. To put it bluntly, it is lar practices are tedious and Admissions offi cers are in; deciding whether to let one’s child play in the ruthless hard being a student, but it is time-consuming, but dreams of also interested in the depth of world of social media is ultimately up to the parent. Usually ever harder when one has to multimillion-dollar contracts a student’s extracurricular life if they don’t let their child participate in certain or all types shortchange oneself unwit- and scholarships encourage including his or her leadership of social media, parents are then labeled as “helicopter par- tingly on sleep to keep up a “tiger parents” to force their potential and charity work. ents,” which refers to their overprotectiveness and inability 4.0 GPA and balance clubs kids to participate, despite their Volunteer work demonstrates to trust their children’s choices. . and sports. The focus on stress children’s protests. This emo- a student’s involvement in his These parents do, however, have good reasons to sup- facilitated by the criteria from tional and fi nancial investment or her community and passion port their ban on social media. Snapchat is an app allow- the college admissions process clouds parents’ judgement about making a difference. It ing users to send pictures and have them deleted in a time has rekindled ongoing debates from seeing the truth of their shows their ability to maintain span of up to ten seconds. Obviously this can be misused. about the balance between children’s burnout. a schedule. Leadership experi- Parents must make the hard decision on whether to trust academics and extracurricu- In addition to participating ence in both organizations and their teenagers with this app or forbid them. This may end lars. in sports or fi ne arts activities, the arts demonstrates students’ in rebellion like most situations do where a parent prohibits Competitive colleges set a students spend eight hours a commitment to excellence. something that a child wishes to have. Sophomore Ruby certain criteria for their appli- day in a restrictive school sys- Students may be caught Cresswell comments on her mom’s leniency with social cants: well-rounded students tem still modeled on the basic up in the competitive race for media, “My mom doesn’t know much about social media who are exceptionally talented mechanism from hundreds of college acceptance by achiev- besides Facebook, so she doesn’t really care whether I have athletes, performers, or musi- years ago with a curriculum ing top grades and SAT scores, any social media or not.” cians with high SAT scores, that refl ects rote memorization. participating in team sports These opinions differ with each parent. The opinion leadership experience, and Some core classes are extrane- and the arts, and engaging of sophomore Grace Maddox’s mother on social media hundreds of volunteer hours. ous and inadequately focus on in leadership and volunteer is a popular one, stating, “My mom has trusted me with Selective colleges look for analysis and reasoning. The opportunities. However, the social media and the internet so far and will continue to students who excel in all areas classes are outdated, creativity balance may vary from person until I give her a reason not to.” On the other hand, another and showcase multifaceted restrictive, and the method of to person. Success is based off parental view on social media is portrayed by sophomore personalities, so the pressure asserting the knowledge gained of the individual, but their per- Sarah Todd’s mom. “Even though my mom has a Facebook on students creates an unau- over the course of the semester formance can be hindered by like most moms, she is not familiar with much else, so she thentic standard for their high does not adequately refl ect the the stress and panic associated restricts certain social media,” Todd, comments. These he- school career. As opposed to individual’s cognitive abilities. with “building a resume.” licopter parents show slight implications of being overpro- tective, but social media is not the only way parents restrict their children. Among the various views on what teenagers Wisecracks in the Pavement should be exposed to, helicopter parents seem to impose Cartoon by Karen Ye, Ed. In Chief, Design especially heavy restrictions on their children. Another ex- ample would be how parents are involved in their children’s education, monitoring their grades, and if they are involved with the school. These so called “helicopter parents” can cradle and baby their children so much during their childhood that the kids don’t know how to do anything by themselves when they grow up. As Ann Landers, a columnist, puts it, “It’s not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings.” Many parents need to take this to heart and learn to trust that their children will learn and take from their parents’ examples instead of having to force and hover over them. By parents doing everything for their children and hovering over them for all their childhood these kids are learning to rely on others for everything they need, as well as creating a multitude of issues such as depression, increased dependency, eating disorders, anxiety, low self- esteem, and emotional withdrawal. While in the real world this is unrealistic and can eas- ily be prevented; parents need to give their children the space they need in order to learn life lessons for themselves “My mom goes to great lengths to make sure I’m passing Physics.” by making mistakes and by taking life lessons from those mistakes. OCTOBER 2016 THINKING GLOBALLYPANTERA PAGE 11 Pokemon Go dominates the globe with real-time interactive gameplay By Thuy year history has become a global fully caught, it will register Trainers are more likely to strike anxiety, depression, and agora- Pham, Man- phenomenon and renowned as in the Pokédex, the Pokémon up conversation with strangers. phobia voluntarily leave their aging Editor one of the most downloaded database. This in turn encourages fellow homes to explore their surround- apps worldwide. Players can travel to Poké- trainers to bond and develop ings and socialize with others. The advent of Pokémon Go, The augmented reality game mon gyms, typically places of new friendships. Moreover, people are exercising a mobile reality game featuring built on Niantic’s Real World interests including historical However, the game is mired on a daily basis thus promoting virtual creatures that players can Gaming Platform promotes markers, monuments, and land- in controversy for contribut- positive health habits such as capture and battle, is luring peo- physical activity and socializing marks, to battle their Pokémon ing to accidents and has been reduced stress levels, endor- ple beyond the comforts of their by encouraging players to search against other trainers in an accredited as a public nuisance phins, and relief in depression homes and encouraging players far and wide for wild Pokémon. attempt to take control of the by some. Junior Saaby Simons and anxiety symptoms. to explore their surroundings, As players move in the real gym and assign their Pokémon explained, “It’s dangerous when Pokémon GO also alleviates and contemporary critics even world in search of different to defend it. In their quest to be people put their lives at risk social anxiety by encouraging praise the game for immersing Pokémon, their avatars move in the very best like no one ever whenever a random Pokémon players to confront social situa- the younger generation in the the game. During an encounter was, players are exercising and spawns. It’s an unnecessary tions rather than avoid them. natural world. The game was with a Pokémon, players can discovering their real world sur- danger because it adds no value Pokémon GO is indicative of the developed by Niantic for iOS capture the creature by fl icking roundings. to your life academically or interconnectedness between the and Android devices on July a Poké Ball from the bottom The sheer number of players socially.” digital and physical world in ad- 6, 2016 and is blurring the line of their screen to the top of the engrossed in the game stimu- People fail to acknowledge dition to potentially harnessing between digital and reality. The screen toward the Pokémon. lates interaction among players that since the release of Poké- positive effects on the physical popular franchise with a twenty When the Pokémon is success- based on their shared interest. mon GO, people suffering from and the psychological functions. Celebrities should suffer the same consequences for their wrongdoings swimmer who sexually as- Sophomore Samir Wadi reported to be standing on his exceptions.” By Jennaya saulted an unconscious woman. commented, “It is not right that balcony while fans were cheer- Being a celebrity may be Montoya, However, his sentence was celebrities get these privileges ing for him below when he spit great and all because of all of Staff Writer only six months in jail. He just because they are famous. over the balcony. Reporters the fame and fortune, but their was originally sentenced to Everyone is so worried that his have different opinions and titles should not make them Celebrities have so many six years in prison, but after or her careers will get messed confl icting information on the invincible to the law. It refl ects more rights than ordinary several letters from judges, up when a mistake is made, but situation; some say that there badly on the celebrities. citizens do. Being famous au- he ended up only serving six celebrities don’t have to worry were no fans near the balcony When someone famous does tomatically allows them to do months of time in jail. about getting the same conse- but others claim that there something wrong, others will whatever they want with fewer This is very unfair to any- quences as anyone else. It is were, in fact, fans under the follow their example and think consequences, which is unfair one else who has been in this teahing a message to their fans balcony where he spit. Sopho- that they will not have any to anyone who isn’t famous situation. The usual jail time for that when doing something more Erin Gates noted, “Just consequences when they do or well-known. There have a sexual assault is about fi ve to wrong, it is okay.” because they’re famous doesn’t something bad. been so many events occurring seven years worth of jail time. The Justin Bieber situation give them automatic rights to Celebrities should not be that have indicated this unfair However, since Brock Turner also refl ects the extra privileges do whatever they choose. They excluded from the law. The advantage of celebrities. is well- known, he is excluded that celebrities have. Justin need to be treated like everyone consequences they deserve Brock Turner is a famous from this sentence. Bieber was in Toronto and was else, and there should be no should refl ect their actions. Girls just want to have to have fundamental human rights By Marie Stan- very adamant about women’s are victims of sexual crimes and situations, women are catcalled discouraging, women are speak- ford, Business rights says, “There are so many traffi cking each year. On aver- and slut shamed for what they ing about these injustices. “We Manager ways women are oppressed age, just in the US alone, there wear and what they do. These have to do something if we want today, but society is trained not are over 5,500 cases of traffi ck- conditions only scratch the sur- it to change” says Johns, a big If one takes a trip back in to notice them.” ing according to the NHTRC. face of gender inequality. There supporter of women’s rights. time, one can see that women Although it’s shocking, some Thousands of girls are raped are countless ways women are Women are starting campaigns, have come very far in the fi ght women still only make 78 cents and sexually abused and they still oppressed and unequal. “It’s protesting, educating, and for equality. They have ascended to every dollar a man makes. have no say as to what happens scary to think that these sorts of inspiring everyone throughout from barely having any power In Georgia, on average women to them. Furthermore, deaths things are still happening today the world. Everyone can get in- and rights to winning the right make only $36,650 a year, while related to pregnancy are horrify- and that people aren’t educated volved. Women can make their to vote and making great strides men make $45,396, according ingly high and some girls and about it.” says sophomore Rylee voice heard and speak out about to create equal opportunities in to the AAUW. In addition to women are not able to have a Johns. what they want. They can use the workplace and education. this, many workplaces continue choice of what happens to their A common misconception social media or start their own Although this is great improve- to exclude women completely, bodies. Some are forced to have about our generation is that campaign. There are so many ment from before, women are according to American Civil abortions while others go to we can’t make a change, when various ways women can speak still being oppressed. Charlye Liberties Union. Even scarier is desperate unsafe needs to have in reality, we are the change. out and voice their opinion. Ac- Bly, a Parkview senior that is the fact that thousands of girls this operation done. In everyday Even though barriers might be tion is crucial for a change. “I can’t even solve these Sudoku puzzles!” exclaims Karen

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festival celebrates the the celebrates festival The ancient Hindu Hindu ancient The OCTOBER 2016 EDITOR’S CHOICE PANTERA PAGE 14 2016-2017 Pantera Staff PATRONS Editors-in-Chief The Pantera staff greatly appreciates the generous do- Madison Johnson Hydiah Sylla Karen Ye nations made by the following patrons to help support and make publishing our newspaper possible: Kelly Almond Lyndi Kemp Jason Atha Soo Kim Operations Content Design HOSA Laura Kimbro Managing Editor, News Editor, Feature Editor HOSA offi cers Melinda Klinect Thuy Pham Cassy Batista Mario Knezovic Steven & Fasica Mersha Business Manager Carolyn Batson Caroline Miklosovic Marie Stanford Heather Baug Allen Murphy Beats Editor Benjamin Real Estate Group Ramisa Murshed Catherine Gelting Ping Pong Club Ashley Newbern Copy Editor Lucinda Blanding Albert Nguyen Jenny Nguyen Polly A. Blanding Sydney Nguyen Online Editor Eric Brown Doug Nichols Hannah Campbell Joanne Campbell Laura Oliver Sports Editor Ms.Carr Parkview H.S. 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The July that “Rowling [owed Manager play, written by the play- them] a book;” however, she Nineteen years after the wright Jack Thorne , who doesn’t. Rowling already Battle of Hogwarts had been is most known for his show promised that she wouldn’t fought and Voldemort had Skins, was based on a story write another Harry Pot- been conquered, Harry and written by Rowling, but the ter book. The story is over. his friends have all gradu- translation to play format Although the experience is ated, married, and now hold seems to show that Rowling appreciated, reading The Parkview’s Media Center raises awareness for banned books. jobs. However, the trio has had little involvement with Cursed Child reminds one (Photo by Anika Akbar) gotten themselves into just the creation and develop- of fanfi ction not quite a part as much trouble as they did ment of the play. of the story, but not capable By Kalee Wiley, Staff Association, many adults feel as students. Their children According to First Post, of standing alone either. In Writer they should protect their kids’ are struggling with living in “in the series where women fact, a basic knowledge of innocence from the crude their famous parents’ shad- have some of the strongest the Harry Potter world is Crimes have been commit- languages in books. Once a ows and the fi ghting against character arcs, their portrayal required to understand the ted by students, not because person complains about the evil. in the play is atrocious.” story since much of it is in- of participating in illegal content in a book, the next The eighth installment of While in the original series, corporated without the con- activities, but by reading course of action it depends on the Harry Potter series, the all characters had strong text of the previous series. banned books. The last week where the complaint happens. rehearsal script for the new personality traits and partici- All of this doesn’t neces- of September is the time to If the book is in the school, play, The Cursed Child, has pation in the story, Cursed sarily cancel out the play’s celebrate the right to read the administrators and media received mixed responses Child relies primarily on merits. The play itself books; it’s called Banned committee decide whether or from its viewers. It seems male protagonists and only received excellent reviews Books Week. “This is a week not the book is a bad infl u- that the most impressive uses female characters either in Great Britain, and the when we celebrate the free- ence for the children. Yet if aspect of this play is its stag- to speed up the plot or add incorporation of a more di- dom to read,” explains Lisa more school libraries start ing, which for most Ameri- romantic interest. It seems verse cast showed that Harry Newberry, Parkview’s media banning a particular book cans, will never be viewable. that, even in the theatri- Potter has always and will specialist. and there is still a protest The play’s faults can cal wizarding world, “it’s a always stand for doing what Banned Books Week ob- against the book outside of mostly be boiled down to man’s world.” is right. As a script, it has a serves books that are wrongly school, then public libraries the simple fact that it was Incompetent female char- captivating plot that leaves prohibited from schools, can decide to get rid of the not created by the original acters aside, all of the char- readers desperate to know libraries, and even entire cit- book. “Here at Parkview, we author of the Harry Potter acters that appear in Cursed what happens next- as the ies because of explicit con- have a committee that must series that we all grew up Child from the original New York Times dubbed it, tent. Banned Books Week has approve everything in our reading and watched mature series seem inconsistent with “a compelling, stay-up-all- been around since 1982, and library,” explains Newberry. and improve. Despite these their original personalities. night-read.” this year was its 34th anni- “The committee includes teach- faults, however, for many True, a lot may change from Overall, the play fell versary. Librarians, teachers, ers, parents, administrators and devoted fans, a look, no graduation to midlife, but an short of expectations and ul- and students are standing up students. Every single book is matter how fl awed, into the entire personality shift for all timately shattered the image against ignorant laws; they’re agreed upon.” lives of the beloved series’s of the main characters seems that most fans had crafted of reading these books. “Banned Two years ago, Looking characters after the story’s a bit unreasonable. the Wizarding World after book week celebrates our fi rst for Alaska by John Green was end is a treasure. Many fans are under- “the chosen one’s story” amendment rights,” says Kim banned because of sexually ex- J.K. Rowling, true to her standably upset about the had played out. However, Hill, Parkview’s Media Clerk. plicit and offensive language. word, did not continue the format of The Cursed Child. it did leave people talk- Luckily, the students aren’t Unfortunately, Looking for series after the story of Harry It’s not a novel. It is a script ing; it opened discussions the ones causing all the prob- Alaska is not the only banned Potter was over; however, and therefore does not have about acceptance and moral lems; most of the time, it is book. There are countless almost a decade after the the writing and imagery that righteousness and gave fans the parents. Parents have been other books. The top fi ve release of the fi nal book, she fans have come to expect a new view of their beloved complaining about the books include Fifty Shades of Grey decided to allow others to from Rowling. Many fans characters. in school and libraries for by E.L James, I am Jazz centuries, saying that they’re by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Allegiant receives mixed results from fans not appropriate for the young Jennings, Beyond Magenta: minds. Transgender Teen Speaks Out as the face of David, and Bill In response, teachers and by Susan Kuklin, and The Skarsgard takes on the role librarians have united against Curious Incident of the Dog of Matthew. No need for fans the attack of many beloved in the Night Time by Mark to fear though because ac- and classic books. “We get Hadden. “The number one tors Theo James (Four) and the American Library As- banned book is Harry Pot- Shanilene Woodley (Tris) are sociation’s list of 100 books ter,” says Newsberry, “The back on the screen in all of that have been most chal- Great Gatsby is the number their Divergent glory. lenged. We pull the books one banned classic.” However, reactions are that we have in our library Ultimately, Banned Book mixed since the fi lm doesn’t and we put them on display,” Week is about getting the mes- hit the major points from the explains Newberry. “Students sage out to the people that ban- book. They’ve glossed over who see these books often ning books is against people’s what makes Allegiant the With a cast of familiar and new faces, Allegiant hits as a box ask if they are ‘allowed’ to fi rst amendment, and they thriller that had fans so ex- offi ce success. (Photo courtesy of LA [CC BY-NC-ND 2.0]) check out the banned books have the right to read what they cited to see it adapted to fi lm. on our displays! We happily want. “I thought it was inter- By Hermela Assefa, Staff climbing buildings in the There are complaints of too tell them yes!” esting that The Very Hungry Writer abandoned and dangerous many new faces introduced Parents want to ban Caterpillar was banned in Chicago. When they start in the fi lm, which overshad- the books because of their England for a while,” shares The Divergent trilogy their fi rst conversation, a ow existing characters. perceived explicit nature. Ac- Hill, “for promoting child- by Veronica Roth has fl own message broadcasts around Due to this, reactions cording to American Library hood obesity.” off shelves, and their block- Chicago, reminding them of from fans have been on buster counterparts have the ever- present danger. the low side. Critics from made millions in revenue. Director Robert Schwen- IMDb gave the fi lm a 5.8/10. The most recent movie of tke tries to capture the inten- Rotten Tomatoes, another the series to be released was sity of Tris the protaganist, popular movie review site, Allegiant part one opens Four, and many other char- has given it a 4.1/10, and on March 18th 2016. The acters as they fi ght to free reported that about 43% of dystopian thriller is a New their society from factions. visitors enjoyed it. Regard- York Times bestseller, and Friends and foes are intro- less of mixed reviews, part the movies are currently duced in the book and now two of Allegiant is due to being hailed by critics. Part brought to life on screen. come out June 7th in the one opens on Tris and Four Actor Jeff Daniels emerges summer of 2017. OCTOBER 2016 PANTHER FINE ARTS PANTERA PAGE 16 Passion for drawing began early for new art teacher Susan Duncan

deep wanderlust to explore yoga. It’s like the other thing different areas of the world. that I really love to do. I’ve “I loved my time in Brazil. I been teaching for a year, but wouldn’t want to necessarily I’ve been practicing yoga for live there again, but I want almost 10 years.” to live overseas somewhere Ms. Duncan was tied to in another country. I might art from a young age. “We go to Chile. I was also think- always had art in our house, ing about going to Europe. I and I didn’t know what it love teaching art, but there’s was. I used to just sit around, other things I also want to and I would start copying do.” all the paintings around our Looking for a change, house or start drawing them. she came to Georgia. “I I was exposed to a lot of art just wanted to move. I was as a young child.” living in Florida for about 6 Soon, she grew attached years, and I wanted a change to art and learned she liked Ms. Duncan, the new art teacher, has been around the world and back. (Photo by Sarah Khora- of pace and some different her space a certain way. “I si) weather. Even though it’s need a big room. Somewhere By Sarah Khorasi, Staff She is from Fairfax I’d been speaking English. been really hot here, and it’s I can be really messy, with Writer County, Virginia. Despite We then moved to Virginia not been very different, I concrete fl oors, and no one With the fall semester in growing up her years in where my older sister was wanted weather like Virgin- else around. Big tall ceilings, full swing, it’s important to Virginia, Ms. Duncan was born. My other sister, how- ia. I wanted fall and winter loud music, music depending appreciate all the wonderful infl uenced by a multitude of ever, was born in Uruguay. and spring and summer, so on my mood preferably.” hard work and dedication of different cultures. “I lived We were all born in different I just arbitrarily picked At- Mrs. Duncan is happy Parkview’s teachers. in Brazil until I was 8 years places because my dad was lanta and moved here.” with her current life, and her The new art teacher, Ms. old. I was born in Finland. I in the foreign service and Before Ms. Duncan ambition and eagerness to Duncan, is one of many. spoke Portuguese fi rst, then lived in different countries, invested in arts, she tried explore the world has given There’s a lot to Susan Dun- English, but when I moved but I went to high school in other professions. “I’ve been her some amazing experi- can behind her warm laugh to the states, I forgot how to Virginia.” a waitress and a bartender, ences, and they will continue and kind eyes. speak Portuguese because Ms. Duncan also has a and I currently also teach to guide her in life. Scott Hague directs new tunes Band takes on exhibition

how excited you get with other people.” With Sampson’s departure, students such as junior Nicole Otolorin, were excited to experience a different style of learning. Otolorin feels that Hague is building a friendly relationship with them, and this them to feel more confi - dent as players. She explains, The marching band at the Parkview stadium on September 24. “If I have a good relation- (Photo by Jordan Fredrick) ship with my teacher, then I Kindl noted, “There’s a lot of trust them and feel like less By Jordon Frederick, Staff great things happening in the nervous during concerts and Writer band, and I am excited to see competitions because I know Late Friday nights and early them on the fi eld.” they wouldn’t put me out Saturday mornings—the life of Many of the band students there to fail.” a marching band student. While were jumpy for the exhibition Individually, Hague has it may sound hard, it can be as well. “Being at exhibition is played for a vast amount of extremely fun. On September great for the band as a whole. symphony orchestras in the 24th, the Marching Panthers had We all work really hard and Florida-Georgia-South Caro- their fi rst marching band exhibi- from the exhibition we can im- Hague reviews music with the orchestra. (Photo by Anika lina area and is currently in tion of the year. This exhibition prove our weaker points,” says Akbar) two string quartets. As a high was a very important day for Bailey Cathey, one of the two By Anika Akbar, Opinions to any other student currently school director, he has been them. The band performed their band captains in marching band. Editor in the fi ne art-with the violin. able to take his students to show, Parkview Horror Story, Tanya Diaz, a clarinetist in However, Hague switched to various parts of the country to for the fi rst time in front of a the band, was eager as well. “I With melodious tunes, the viola as he went into high compete, and he has plans to large crowd. Jason Atha, the was excited for exhibition. It magnifi cent posture, and a school because there were not do the same with Parkview’s head band director, felt confi - was our fi rst time performing genuine passion for music, many playing the instrument. orchestra explaining how dent about the show. “I love that our show in uniform. It felt like nothing less would be expect- Hague always knew that he impressed he is with them we have the opportunity to be an actual competition,” she said. ed of Parkview High School’s wanted to make a career out and how “they’re so respect- artistic and creative, and that The show itself features orchestra. For as long as any of music. After high school, ful and kind and excited to we have a lot of elements to be many memorable visuals plus Parkview student can remem- he received his Bachelor’s learn.” diverse in the way that we pres- incredible movements and ber, former director Kristine degree in Music Education Throughout the school ent ourselves on the fi eld,” Atha music. The band had been Sampson has led the orchestra from Florida State University year, the orchestra is sched- commented. practicing endlessly to do well to great profi ciency. However, in Tallahassee, Florida, and uled to play many concerts Atha feels proud of the show on this performance and the rest following her retirement last later his Masters as well as a and competitions. There is that he and the assistant band to come. spring, Parkview’s orchestra Specialist Degree in Music no doubt that they will return director, Lance Kindl, have The drum majors and acquired Scott Hague as their education from the University with more accomplishments, produced. On Saturday, both soloists had also been work- new director. of Georgia in Athens. Hague confi dence, and a stronger band directors and the Marching ing tirelessly to do well at the Originally from southern states, “I didn’t just like per- connection to Hague and Panthers traveled down to Mill exhibition and performances. “I Florida, Hague’s interest in forming and practicing twelve make him proud. As Otolorin Creek and showed all of Gwin- thought it was good! It was our music stemmed from learning hours a day and becoming a explains, “We just want to do nett County marching bands best run, but we still had a lot the piano at a young age. His performing artist. When you well because he’s created that their show. They also watched of work to do,” said T.K. Allen involvement in orchestra be- get to teach, you get to share environment where we want other bands while being cri- Randolph, one of the three drum gan in the sixth grade, similar music with people and share to be doing well.” tiqued on their performance. majors. OCTOBER 2016 ENTERTAINMENT FINE ARTS PANTERA PAGE 17 Lance Kindl is the new face of PHS band Dancers thrive on opportuni- free percussion lessons. He ing on Blast!, he traveled decided to take up his offer, around the country helping ties in programs outside PHS and the rest is history. He younger people with percus- described this experience by sion. saying that he always listened In the future, Kindl would to the drums and has been also like to help judge march- fascinated by them. ing band competitions around Lance Kindl inspires students After getting out of high the country; however much he at Parkview. (Photo courtesy school, Kindl decided to loved judging at competitions of Blake Tyers) venture into a career in per- for marching band though, he By Jordon Frederick, Staff cussion. After he found his enjoyed teaching more. passion, he explored Blast!, This encouraged Kindl to Writer a Broadway production get a job at Parkview as the After chorus teacher Rich- mainly featuring brass and assistant band director. The ard Magner took his fi nal bow percussion instruments. Mr. kids in band also really enjoy as the head band director at Kindl describes Blast! as a him. “I love Mr. Kindl, he is Parkview, Jason Atha stepped life changing experience. He so funny. He also knows what into his shoes and became the noted, “For me, Blast! was a he is talking about and what head band director. time for me to really fi gure he teaches.” says Clayton Atha then hired an as- out who I was, I want to help Carlsen, a junior in concert sistant band director: Lance other people to know what it winds. Kindl. Kindl has an extensive feels like to have a complete At Parkview, Kindl not and impressive background. and total purpose in life.” only teaches band but also He has been a percussionist While Kindl was on stage helps out with percussion ever since he was in the 5th for Blast!, he had a realization and marching band. He said grade. He ended up getting that performing and being a “Parkview is different from into percussion when he heard musician was something that other schools I have taught at, that someone in his elemen- he was born to do. though Parkview is one of my tary school was offering After eight years of work- favorites.” Dancers from the Taylor Academy participate in numerous parades. (Photo courtesy of Aye Kadsup) Chorus gets back into the sing of things By Jennaya Montoya, Staff be very fun. Being a company dancer is defi nitely not easy. Writer Considering the various In light of the groups’ hard “Discipline, focus, endurance, By Jenny Nguyen, Copy concerts planned throughout work, chorus director Richard Editor There is more to dance perseverance, and diligence the year, all of the chorus Magner expressed his high outside of school than what goes into being a success- While the school year hesi- students are working espe- hopes for the year. “This is people think. Dance in school ful company dancer,” Coach tantly rolls in, the Parkview cially hard to meet the year’s the fi rst time I’ve just been offers great opportunities and Thad, who coaches dance, chorus groups are not so shy. ambitious schedule. directing chorus because I’ve even opportunity await danc- stated. The groups prove their un- On October 11th, the also usually been the band ers after school. Dancers who Dancers with companies bridled enthusiasm and craft choruses hosted their fi rst director, so I’ve been able to dance with a company outside outside of school also ben- in the daunting face of this performance of the year in do a lot more planning to get of school are open to video efi t from many opportunities year’s choral schedule, which the school’s theater—a pop everything ready for the con- shoots and even chances throughout the year. Just this bursts at the seams with bus- concert with several musical certs. Things have been going to dance with big name or year alone, Taylor’s dancers tling activity. selections from the acapella great so far, and the experi- upcoming artists. The outside have been offered chances to The chorus is divided group Pentatonix. Among ence has been fun,” he said. experiences, like dancing at fi lm in video shoots, dance at into two distinct groups. The their vibrant selections were Meanwhile, the chorus stu- a fundraiser or even a pride different parades and festi- fi rst class is the Intermediate “Let It Go,” “Save the World/ dents share similarly positive festival, is marvelous for a vals for recognition, and one group, which is comprised of Don’t You Worry Child,” sentiments. “I have a feeling resume pertaining to dance. dancer got to be in an up- 35 freshmen, all of whom are “Say Something,” “White that this year is going to be Many dancers begin danc- coming artist’s music video. girls. The Advanced Mixed Winter Hymnal,” and “Can’t the choruses’ best year. We’re ing in elementary school as a One Taylor Academy dancer, group, a larger class of 45 Sleep Love.” Later on in going to do our very best, and fun activity to pass the time. Krystin, described the level of students, consists of both boys December, the groups also we won’t stop until we give it As the years pass, dancers dance at school to the dancing and girls and also encom- anticipate a winter concert at our all,” said Gabriella Gor- become serious and many experience with a company. passes all of the sophomore, the Eastminster Presbyterian dillo, a Parkview junior in the contemplate dance as a future She said, “Dance outside junior, and senior students. Church. Advanced Mixed group. career. Taylor Academy of of school is more advanced Fine Arts is a local com- because they have to worry petitive dance company that about competition and going teachers dance to students against different people, but at from numerous schools. Their school they’re with the same style ranges from ballet and people all the time.” lyrical to tap, jazz, and even Dancing, overall, is a tre- hip hop. Throughout the year, mendous sport. It is a fantastic their dancers perform shows way to discover new oppor- as well as do side activities, tunities as well as gain more such as parades or festivals, recognition. Even though a and get ready for competi- lot of work goes into dancing, tion. Competition, besides the dancers can still have fun in stressful practicing, can also the process. OCTOBER 2016 ENTERTAINMENT IN TV & FILM PANTERA PAGE 18 Marvel fans eagerly await Dr. Strange Film Factor ate enough to ask for magical ing seasons of the TV show, By Josh Hurst, Staff Writer assistance. The Ancient One “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” giv- By Peter Fedyk On November 4th, yet trained him for years in the en the fact that he and Ghost another relatively obscure ways of magic until he almost Rider are the only two ‘magic’ Duality: A case study of Inverse Views Marvel character will become rivaled her in power. characters in this Cinematic In what is widely known as the best comic book movie, insanely popular because of a Dr. Strange’s powers are Universe. Christopher Nolan weaves an expertly crafted crime drama movie: Dr. Strange. vast and powerful, and include This would not be the fi rst with one huge idea in mind: duality. The Dark Knight is a Stephen Strange was a energy projection, teleporta- time the show has crossed fi lm about the idea of order versus chaos. Its duality exists in brilliant but arrogant neuro- tion, healing, limited fl ight, over with the movies, namely its ideas, its characters, and the ultimate payoff delivered by scientist. His successful life and astral projection. Captain America: the Winter the fi lm’s plot. changed forever when an ac- He is regarded to be one Soldier and Avengers: Age of Of course, what would a Batman movie be without Bat- cident robbed him of the use of of the most powerful Marvel Ultron. man? The answer is surprisingly good. Batman only appears his hands. He desperately used characters and is only matched The movie is being met in 18% of the fi lm’s screen time. This is around 3% less than every means available to him by a few heavy hitters, such as with caution, given that most the time Heath Ledger’s Joker receives. So why do the hero to repair his crippled limbs. Hulk or Thor. His main limita- people are limited in knowl- and his antagonist both have around the same screen time? When modern medicine failed tions are his relative fragility edge of the character, his The answer is simple: they are perfect opposites, yet they’re him, he turned to miraculous in comparison to everyone unique powers, and origin. The more similar than Bruce Wayne would care to admit. Batman medicine in the Tibetan moun- else, and anyone with any widely held view is that it will is a fascist; he forces his order upon the city of Gotham and tains. When he travelled there, form of magical resistance, probably be good, but no one reduces the crime rate along side the district attorney, Har- he was greeted by the Ancient such as Scarlet Witch or Ghost is ready to commit yet. vey Dent. The Joker is a nihilist: one who doesn’t believe in One, an incredibly old woman Rider. I am optimistic, but I would anything, including order. His intent is to prove that behind who was the most powerful Speaking of Ghost Rider, watch a movie where Squirrel the order that is forced on society by the government is only magical practitioner in the Dr. Strange may have some Girl and Night Thrasher fi ght a facade, and without it, men would turn into savages. Both world. Strange was desper- connection in the upcom- Stiltman, so I may be biased. operate outside the law, on their own whim. The contrast is prominent in the infi nitely infamous “inter- Netfl ix shows offer mindless entertainment rogation scene.” The Joker is captured and locked in a room, defenseless from Batman. Although the vigilante attempts to By Liya Patel, Ent. Editor concerns itself more with garnering a cult following, the emotional and socio- the show transformed into a take control of the situation with brute force, his titular nem- Netfl ix is defi ned as a logical damages that the crime ’90s classic. The show even esis retains control of the situation through emotional means. teenager’s distraction from brought on, rather than with inspired other shows from The Joker can’t defeat Batman in a one-on-one fi ght, but he daily life. It is used constantly “True Detective’s” obsession Lost to Fringe. uses our protagonist’s morals against him in order to maintain as a stress reliever. However, with the occult, fl at-circles, the power of the scene. These characters have antithetical Netfl ix has caused teens to and little Beer Can Dolls. 3. “Sense8” means of domination; their contrast through duality is made binge-watch. Binge-watching Though the fi rst season of Normally people have fi ve even more apparent. is the practice of watching both “American Crime” and senses, but with the brilliant The greatest example of duality in The Dark Knight is television for a long span of “True Detective” are modern- science fi ction minds of Andy neither Batman nor Joker, but Harvey Dent: a.k.a. Two Face. time, usually of a single tele- day masterpieces, “American and Lana Wachowski comes Dent is the last legal barricade between Gotham City and its vision show. Crime” has something that “Sense8,” a sci-fi drama crime infested innards. He makes his own decisions, and uses Netfl ix has over a thousand (fair or unfair; based on air concerning eight strangers a cheat two-sided coin to mask the direct control he has over shows to watch, from movies dates) “True Detective” does who suddenly fi nd themselves his life as chance; he even states, “I make my own luck.” This to old Disney movies. There’s not: an unblemished record. strangely connected to one concept is fl ipped on its head when the “White Knight of Go- a fl ick for just about anyone. another. tham” loses his future wife and half of his body to a gasoline Here are some possible shows 2. “X-Files” After enduring an awak- explosion caused by the Joker. His coin is now burned on one to binge-watch that have At their core, Dana Scully ening of sorts, these strang- side creating a fair 50/50 chance. Dent realizes chance in now fl own under the radar: and Fox Mulder are funda- ers now have the ability the only fair force in life, and uses the now-fair coin to decide mentally different. Mulder to communicate and share the fate of those he blames for his misfortune. His actions, 1. “American Crime” believes in aliens and Scully knowledge and skills with personality, and physical appearance are literally split in two. When it comes to recent does not, yet the two FBI one another. A much differ- This fi lm is about the effects of two opposite ideals on a anthology series, the show agents are charged with inves- ent take on the sci-fi genre city overwhelmed with crime. It is apparent throughout, but that comes to people’s mind tigating cases related to para- and one featuring a diverse Nolan drives this point home with Dent’s swing from will- is surely “True Detective,” normal and supernatural ac- lineup of characters, “Sense8” power to chance. The Dark Knight is a crime drama as much although it really should be tivity. The show is immensely continues to show Wachowski as it is a psychological endeavor into the philosophical prin- “American Crime.” Though satisfying because somehow and J. Michael Straczynski’s ciples of the infl uential. Ultimately, this fi lm had the perfect both series focus on an in- the duo always manages to incredible knack for dense antagonist for its plot and protagonist, and it worked because vestigation following a grisly solve the mystery, no matter storytelling and mind-bending the Joker’s point to the Dark Knight was driven home: “You murder, “American Crime” how bizarre. Despite initially visuals. complete me.” FX’s newest show “Atlanta” hustles its way into the television limelight

By Peter Fedyk, Columnist streets. The fi rst few episodes project due to the amount of on, but this confl ict has yet to stead of giving him help. The The soul of Atlanta has had a lot of ground to cover, time and funds he has put into be elaborated on in the fi rst laughs from audiences are cut been captured and contained which presents the problem it; Glover even put his rap few episodes of the season. short when the man is sud- in FX’s newest hit show, sim- of doing too much too fast. ventures on hold to pursue the Though the price of art denly brutally beaten by the ply titled after the city it takes “The show lacks focus. The show’s creation. His knowl- is still a topic to be fl eshed police after unintentionally place in. A nearly homeless latest episodes have really edge of the show’s premise out, Atlanta hasn’t pulled its spitting water in an offi cer’s college dropout discovers that trailed off,” said junior Jaiden adds even more authenticity punches when it comes to face. “The content of the fi rst his estranged cousin, Alfred, Dosani. to the life of his fi ctional char- controversial topics. In the two episodes was very real, is on his way to becoming No piece of art worth acter, Earnest Marks. second episode, titled The Big very gritty,” said Dosani. Atlanta rap game’s next big viewing has dispassionate Our protagonist alternates Bang, Earnest is waiting in “Atlanta” is an entertaining thing. The desperate Earnest people behind it, and this living spaces between his an Atlanta police station for and thought provoking show seeks out his newly famous sentiment holds true for “At- parents and his girlfriend after his involvement in a shooting that deserves the love it is cousin to chase his dreams lanta.” Donald Glover is the he drops out of Princeton. Art to be processed. During this has been receiving; the show into fame so he can provide mastermind behind the show; is valued by the dollars their time, he interacts with many has already been renewed for for himself, his daughter, and he created the idea, helped monetary worth to Glover’s of the regulars that come a second season just a few his disappointed girlfriend. pen each episode, and used character, which contrasts through the station. weeks after the pilot episode’s Ultimately, the show is a the money he’s garnered from with Alfred’s focus on his Many of these encounters air date. comedy, but its writers expert- his music career to produce music’s artistic value. It’s no are comedic, including one Any form of art that can ly weave real world problems his brainchild. coincidence that the main with a mentally handicapped conjure laughs from its audi- in and out of each subtle joke. Glover is widely known by character’s named can be man. Earn questions the mo- ence while inspiring them Each location shooting trans- his moniker, Childish Gam- shortened to Earn. This idea is rality of letting an insane man to think about real issues is ports the viewers to Atlanta’s bino. He has passion for the ripe for the show to capitalize rot in the police station in- worth viewing. OCTOBER 2016 FOOD FOR THOUGHT PANTERA PAGE 19 Find new tastes for your palate! Chinese food has us “wonton” more “Wot” about Ethiopian By Hermela Assefa, By Karen Ye, Editor-in- artwork depicting women Cantonese (sweet fl avors), The “Asian” menu Staff Writer Chief, Design and Shandong (fairly might have chicken feet, serving coffee, which is

General Tso’s chicken, salty) are only a few dif- pig ears and pig blood On the horn of Africa a trademark of Ethiopian lies Ethiopia, a country culture. fortune cookies, and egg ferent varieties seen on the curd, and an abundance fi lled with history, tradi- Along with this, much rolls all have something mainland. The diversity of other ingredients many tion, and pride. One of the of the seating is placed in in common: they were is virtually nonexistent in Westerners would con- greatest prides of Ethio- a group manner. On some all created as knockoffs American Chinese restau- sider unpalatable. It might pia is its cuisine, and like weeknights, there are live catering to an American rants. “Authentic Chinese also contain Mapo tofu, many other things, Ethio- performances that vary audience. Although it is a food has a lot more vari- Xiang su ya (crispy duck), pian cuisine has made the from smooth jazz to Ethio- surprise to no one, Chi- ety and tastes better [in spring rolls, and other transition to America. pian music. nese food in America is a comparison to American dishes that are all fl avorful The main Ethiopian A memorable meal major departure from the Chinese food]; it’s less and commonly consumed. dish is wot. On a plate, from Queen of Sheba is cuisine seen in mainland oily,” noted junior David The “non-Asian” injera, a fl at sourdough the “Vege Combo” for China. If one were to go Xu. menu, on the other hand, bread, is folded to pick up $10.95. After 10 to 15 to China, he or she would Down to ingredients is considerably more wot with. Wot comes in minutes of waiting, the not be able to fi nd Gen- and cooking methods, it conservative with its a variety of forms. It is a plate arrived. The meal eral Tso’s chicken on any is very easy to see that ingredients and does little broth-like substance that contained yesimer wot, menu. In fact, the major- Americanized Chinese to wander off the existing can contain meat, lamb, yekik alitcha, gomen, tikel ity of “Chinese” food you food is simply not an stereotypes. or more depending on gomen, and a side of salad. These are all vegetarian would see at Panda Ex- accurate depiction of Whether it might be a what is served. The wot is placed on top of the injera. meals and differ slightly press ap-pears to be purely Chinese food. “In fact, simple peasant’s dish of This plate is served to the from those made in a if you knew what [Chi- scrambled eggs and toma- western in origin. consumers in a communal traditional sense. Injera That isn’t to say that nese people] really ate at toes (a personal favorite), matter. People reach for is usually prepared from American Chinese food is home, you’d probably turn scallion pancakes, or red- the injera and wot and eat scratch, so the taste differs not valid in its own right. green,” commented Mary braised pork, it is certain to their heart’s content. from home-cooked to the It’s simply just not Chi- Kong, Girl Meets Food that one would fi nd some One of the more popu- type used in restaurants. nese food. However, it is editor. Chinese dish that appeals lar, traditional Ethiopian Aside from this, the diffi cult to defi ne Chinese Some family-owned to his or her taste. Make restaurants is Queen of wot was similar to tradi- food as a whole. China Chinese restaurants have sure to skip the sweet and Sheba, located on Wood- tional preparations aside has many ethnic groups two very different menus sour chicken and ask for cliff Drive. Queen of from a few ingredients and regions with their on hand because of the in- the other menu sometime. Sheba offers an authen- that have become common own respective tastes and gredient discrepancy: one There’s certainly some- tic Ethiopian experience in Ethiopian-American dishes. Sichuan (known menu for Asians and one thing delectable waiting to through its ambiance, food. Overall Queen of for their spicy dishes), menu for non-Asians. be tried. food, and staff. Upon Sheba accomplishes its entering the restaurant, goal and stays true to tra- Indian foods turnin’ everyone “naan” one can immediately see ditional Ethiopian cuisine. By Sarah Khorasi, Staff food is awesome, the wait was a quaint restaurant “Jamacian” me crazy, man Writer for the food can be way called Kabab Hut. Ka- By Skye Parham, Staff which are actually pigeon Whenever the word Indian very long and is also a little bab Hut can be visited Writer peas or kidney beans. is mentioned, people gener- pricey. However, if you at 880 Indian Trail Rd Out of the different Junior Audyssey Wil- ally think of spice. Lots of have twenty minutes or so NW Lilburn, GA 30047. cultural cuisine around liams expressed her love it. Indian food is a cultural to spare, the food is worth Kabab Hut is known for the world, Jamaican food for Jamaican food, com- food that has dimensions the wait. their bullet naan and their is one of the most fa- menting that it is “the beyond spice, despite Another place is Shahi Paneer Tikka Masala. The mous. best food known to man” the association with it. A Grill Indo-Pak Cuisine, restaurant has wonder- Jamaican food has after her mother intro- variety of amazing blends which can be found at 851 ful soft naan, except this been around for a long duced her to the cultural of vegetables and diverse Oak Rd Lawrenceville, naan is different. This time, and many dishes are food of Jamaica in 2005. spices are mixed together GA 30044. The place has naan has spices and green well-seasoned and give a She explained that the to form mouthwatering a dark green carpet with and white fl ecks of pepper delicious, ethnic, Carib- food generally has a spicy delicacies. yellow leaves, which cre- and garlic. The Paneer’s bean taste. It is infl uenced taste that makes it harmo- A great place for such ates intricate patterns. The seductive, red color draws by the indigenous people nize with just about any tastes is Lal Qila, which is best thing on the menu is attention toward it, since on the island of Jamaica, side dish. “Every time located at 4771 Britt Rd, the scrumptious Shaami it is the best curry on the as well as the Spanish, I take a bite, it reminds Norcross GA 30093. This Kababs. menu. When paired with British, African, Indian me of the islands and my restaurant has a great blend Whether it be lime- the bullet naan, the fl a- and Chinese people who people,” Williams said. of Indian with a special soaked or full of spice, vors combine to produce a have lived there. From the sea breeze kick. The food there is not these kabobs are the best savory taste, which leaves Much of Jamaican to the people traveling to specifi cally catered for ones around. The warm, your tastebuds begging food contains many or- and from, being reminded vegetarians; it appeals to crispy, tender naan has a for more. Even though ganic spices and is grown of the islands is always all. It serves some of the light crunch without the the food is amazing, the with natural ingredients the best feeling in the best dishes to eat. I would kabob. When eating the service is not great since such as sugar cane, garlic, world. recommend the Biryani, kabob rolled in naan, it takes a long time for the and ginger. Some of the The food will bring veg or non-veg, because the kabob melts in your food to be made, and the most renowned Jamaican back memories people the bursts of fl avorful color mouth, and the naan gives workers are not the most dishes include curry, rice never knew they had. with a hint of lemon zest it a kick of fl avor. Al- pleasant. with peas and oxtails. With all of the infl uences makes it an exceptional though the food is great, The Indian cuisine They are typically tradi- it has, Jamaican food experience. The food, the meals can be a little is very diverse and has tionally eaten at family offers traditional bursts when it meets the tongue, greasy, so make sure paper many options from which gatherings and festivals. of fl avor to tourists and a has a sensational taste, towels are nearby! In other to choose. The appetizing The national dish of delicious bursts of fl avor and every bite feels almost words, this food is best for food will always leave you Jamaica is fried plantain, for anyone looking for a like fi reworks exploding mid-day cravings. craving curry, and these “jerk,” steamed cabbage, great dish to chow down in your mouth. While the The last place I visited restaurants are close by. and “rice and peas,” on! OCTOBER 2016 PANTHER’S PLAYLIST PANTERA PAGE 20 Music Midtown rocks out in Atlanta Ray Rockman Got the immediate area; how- ever, organizers said they a Music Column took this action out of an abundance of caution. “I By Josh Farber was kind of bummed out when they delayed us on Bird’s in the Trap Sing Mcknight Sunday,” said Paige Har- Travis Scott has fi nally gotten the recognition he rison, a junior at Parkview. deserves. Since his debut mixtape “Owl Pharaoh” (re- This delay caused more leased in 2013), people haven’t been sure of the new and than a few peeved fans to radical producer and artist. Now only a short three years skedaddle and not return. after his debut mixtape, his much anticipated sophomore Music Midtown’s name album “Bird’s In the Trap Sing Mcknight” has fi nally changed into Music Mud- been released, debuting at #1 on the Billboard Hot 200. Fans gathered to enjoy a performance at Music Midtown town by many disappointed in Piedmont Park in Atlanta. (Photo by Liya Patel) fans. The fi rst thing I noticed from pulling the album up This was the fi rst time was the lack of listed features. This all changed in the By Liya Patel, Entertain- formed a double-whammy since 2013 where the fi rst track as Andre 3000 came from nowhere to surprise ment Editor tribute of David Bowie’s weather didn’t fully co- and enlighten all listeners, especially the ones from the “China Girl,” Prince had Beyond the pesky operate. On the bright South or had anything to do with 90’s hip-hop. The very Sunday rains that caused a an energetic performance side, most of the perfor- of “1999.” The Lumineers wavy “Way Back” came on and made everyone listening roughly one-hour evacua- mances were electrifying vibe out and enjoy an absolutely terrifi c hook. “Coordi- tion of Piedmont Park and nailed both Bob Dylan’s and genuinely enthused, nate” was the next track and the perfectly psychedelic pushed back sets, Music “Subterranean Homesick as always, to be playing Midtown was beyond suc- Blues” and Credence Clear- such a setting. Leila Grist, melody made everyone want to go out and buy some cessful as it has been since water Revival’s “Have You a junior at Parkview High “Rockstar skinny’s,” and made all surroundings seem 2003. With an audience Ever Seen The Rain?”. Big School, says, “It was the to slow down. As “Through the Late Night” came on, ranging from 13 to 25 years Boi’s had a playful take best weekend ever! Ke$ha I was delighted to hear Kid Cudi on the same track as old, this music festival has on “We Will Rock You.” was my favorite part. She is Travis. Having watched most of Travis’s interviews, I been ranked #1 for music However, these are only the a major inspiration and an have learned that Kid Cudi was Scott’s most infl uential festivals in the southeast. highlights. amazing singer.The week- Saturday’s crowds were artist. He even took Cudi’s real last name to be one half A lively Music Midtown end was amazing, and the of Travis’s stage name, and literally listening to some- crowd was treated to The massive, and Sunday’s atmosphere was continu- one’s dream come true on a song was mindblowing. Killers’ cover of Elvis’ crowd was fi lthy. Around ously energetic and hyped “Can’t Help Falling in 4:30 p.m. the event orga- even with the bumps with Skipping over some notable tracks such as “ Biebs Love.” Leon Bridges had nizers decided to evacuate the weather along the way.” in the Trap”, (surprisingly not featuring Justin Bieber),“ a sassy rendition of Ginu- Piedmont Park. There were Needless to say, the week- Sweet Sweet,” and “Outside” (featuring 21 savage), wine’s “Pony.” Beck per- no severe weather threats in end was a success. we go into my personal favorite and probably the most melodic song on the album, “Goosebumps.” This is the Songs to Inspire the Halloween Spirit type of song that can make someone feel good even By Abby Harvey, Staff from the movie A Nightmare intended to be a Halloween on their worst day. As I was listening through the song Writer before Christmas. Known type song, but it certainly is. for the fi rst time, it was to my surprise and shock that I and loved by many, this song Released in 1972, “Super- was listening to Kendrick Lamar on the second verse. Halloween is right around was written for a movie but stition” by Stevie Wonder The element of surprise and the amazing hook make the corner, which means it’s became a remarkable and un- became a successful hit but this song a no brainer for best song on the album. Break time to get in the mood with forgettable Halloween favor- did not hit the charts until the out singles “Pick Up the Phone” and “Wonderful” give a special Halloween playl- ite. Written by lyricist Danny early months of 1973. Now it the rest of the album a commercial push and an ending. Elfman and sung by Marilyn is considered a great Hallow- ist. Music always makes the “Birds in the Trap Sing Mcknight ” is a modern day holidays a little more special. Manson in the movie A Night- een classic. masterpiece. So here are the top fi ve songs mare before Christmas, “This 5. “Ghostbusters”- The to get you in the mood for the is Halloween” has come to be original song “Ghostbusters” Positives: Features include Kid Cudi, Kendrick upcoming holidays! a favorite by many. was released in 1984 by Ray Lamar, Young Thug, Quavo, The Weeknd, Andre 3000, 1. “Monster Mash”- Here 3. “Thriller”- One of Mi- Parker Jr. There have been Bryson Tiller, and 21 Savage. Producers include Mike we have at the top of the chael Jackson’s most memo- many later covers and remixes Dean, Tm88, Wondagurl, and Travis Scott himself. The charts a Halloween classic, rable classics would defi nitely of this song along with the hooks on all of the songs were complete bangers, and which is thought by many to have to be “Thriller.” This movie it was premiered in. all had Travis Scott’s mystical, gothic fl ow. Even with be the best song to get into the song, being so famous, is usu- Being known as one of the Scott’s success, it didn’t feel like he was selling out and Halloween mood. The song ally thought of when thinking most unforgettable festive made all classic fans plus the mainstream world happy. “Monster Mash” was released about Halloween, has been on Halloween classics, “Ghost- Negatives: Birds in the Trap had too many teasers multiple top ten charts, and is busters” is still a huge success by Bobby Pickett in 1962, on and way too long of a time before a release. It still felt “The original Monster Mash” loved because of the amazing today. rushed in terms of mixing and mastering. album. The festive song is artist who wrote it. Michael Enjoy these great songs! known to be on top of the Jackson released “Thriller” Hopefully this will help you Songs to check out: (if not all) “Way Back,” charts for popular holiday in 1982, holding a record for get in the mood for Hallow- “Through the Late Night,” “Goosebumps,” “Pick up the songs, making it an obvious being #1 on The Billboard 200 een, if you’re not already. Phone,” and “Wonderful.” choice for number 1. charts for 37 weeks. Don’t forget to listen and Ray “Rock”man’s Rating: 4.75 out of 5 “Rocks” 2. “This is Halloween”- 4. “Superstition”- This enjoy these great hits on your This is such a famous song song may not have been special holiday. ...iPhone 7, continued from p.6 A plus to this release says this phone is defi nitely will even let people edit though, is its hardware safe to use in the pool, but and post even quicker than capabilities. Sporting a new only in the shallow end, before with 40% better 12 megapixel camera on and probably for about 20- speeds. And, with their the standard iPhone 7 and 30 minutes: The ‘7’ in IP67 new LTE WI chip with up a reported 20+ megapixel ensures “ingress of water to 25 bands, you can post camera on the plus model, in harmful quantity shall from almost everywhere. this phone is defi nitely go- not be possible when the If the post happens to be a ing to get compliments on enclosure is immersed in video, the audio will sound Snapchat. On top of that, water under defi ned condi- great to others with a new an Ingress Protection 67 tions of pressure and time microphone. If the video water and dust resistance (up to 1m of submersion)” is played on an iPhone 7, rating from the Internation- according to the IEC. the new dual speakers will al Engineering Consortium Apple’s new 10 processor produce stereo sound. OCTOBER 2016 PHS SPORTS IN THE NEWS PANTERA PAGE 21 Matt Olson goes pro for Oakland Volleyball season ends

Varsity Volleyball working hard at practice. (Photo by Thuy Pham)

By Candler Clark, Staff good having tough compe- Writer tition. It made us a better team,” said Ope Adenikinju, Coach Michelle Bowden’s the setter on the Junior Var- girls volleyball season sity squad. fi nished up in October with The players constantly Olson getting ready to bat for the California Oakland Stompers. (Photo courtesy of Lee Olson) the Varsity team fi nishing practice together after school, 15-20 for the season. Ten and have worked hard to By Liya Patel, Entertain- Olson will fi nally get the er and average. Olson hit of their wins for the season achieve the results from ment Editor opportunity to make his some of the farthest home were at home, four on neutral this season. Zoe Parker, the With the Nashville major league debut. runs in the State Champion- ground, and one away. sophomore manager of the Sounds having been elimi- With countless numbers ship games that people still The season ended in Varsity squad, agrees. “Not nated from the Pacifi c Coast of home runs in his baseball talk about,” Brown says. the playoffs when the the every game was won, but the League playoffs, Parkview career at Parkview, Olson The left-handed hitter, who Parkview girls lost fi rst to team has worked and grown alumni of 2012, Matt Ol- is known as a power hitter. has played fi rst base and Norcross and then to Etowah. together to build a strong son, enters Major League Coach Chan Brown person- right fi eld, hit .235 with 17 Early in the season, bond, which is important Baseball for the Oakland ally witnessed this young home runs, 60 RBIs and 34 Parkview fought to beat both on and off the court.” Athletics’ sports. He was athlete’s growth in his base- doubles in 131 AAA games several of the neighboring This constant pushing drafted the same year he ball history. Brown’s been this past season. His aver- schools, including Berkmar, for greatness rewarded the graduated, so he was able to with Olson through it all. age steadily rose during a Shiloh, Daculah, South squads towards the end of the pursue his dream right after From Olson’s career on the strong second half at the Gwinnett, and Discovery. season. Parker says, “Tech- high school. This year, is Parkview baseball team to plate. September proved to be niques have seemed to im- his fi rst year with the Ath- his state and national cham- Olson had 17 homers a tougher schedule with prove and so have the number letics, and he is an active pionships, being drafted and 75 RBIs last year in AA losses to Mill Creek, Moun- of kills, aces, and digs over player on the roster. into the MLB and playing after crushing pitching in tain View, and Brookwood. the season. Mistakes and er- The Athletics’ are mak- his fi rst minor league game, two levels of A baseball the Even during their hard- rors seemed to have decreased ing an effort to look at their and fl ying out to Kansas previous two seasons. He est games, they played as based on stats from recent younger players during this City to watch Olson’s fi rst had 23 home runs and 93 a team, and this team bond games as well,” she said. last month of the season, major league game, Coach RBIs in 2013, following up really helped them to play Atta Herbert, a freshman so there’s a decent chance Brown has never been a 2014 season when he led well. “We had quite a few player, explains, “I love vol- the 22-year-old could fi nd prouder. the minors in walks (117) tough games; some of them leyball because it’s team ori- a good amount of play- “Matt was an all around and fi nished third overall in we ended on top, others ented, and we have to work ing time down the stretch. great hitter. He hit for pow- home runs (37). didn’t go our way, but, it was together to win.” Varsity softball players hit the ball out of the park

two teams in Softball, Var- skills, and hitting skills. sity and Junior Varsity. Not only are the play- Senior Mikayla Dormin- ers doing well, the coach ey currently leads the team’s feels like this is strong team. batting average with a .556. “Every game they are get- Junior Allison Barfi led tops ting better. They work really the charts with her 27 RBI’s hard. We have the hardest for the season. working girls around, and The team has worked you can see the improvement consistently hard throughout from the start of the season the season to perform at their to now and every single day best. “Practice is needed they are getting better,” said for success on the fi eld. To Coach Moon, the Varsity prepare for the game, play- and Junior Varsity softball ers have to spend time in the assistant. batting cages,” explained Is- rael Gaines, a sophomore on the Junior Varsity team .“We The Varsity Softball team practices hard to prepare for games and succeed in the fi eld. (Photo by run, stretch, throw, hit, mass Kalee Wiley) fungo, drill, and have fun.” By Kalee Wiley, Staff state by MaxPreps. syth, and they move on to The “mass fungo” is a The season is far from Writer play North Cobb. drill where players practice over. After a recent vic- The head coach for the catching balls from the outer The Girls Varsity Soft- tory over rival Brookwood, girls is coach Justin Bishop. fi elds. ball team has had a winning the team entered the 2016 The assistant coaches are The team spends a lot season, going 24-9 overall at GHSA Fall Fast Pitch Play- Matt Moon, Kevin Spivey, of time working on softball press time. As of October 19, offs. So far in the play-offs, Kendra Bensch, Katie Block, drills in order to increase they were ranked 36 in the they have beat North For- and Eryn Strepp. There are a player’s speed, throwing OCTOBER 2016 PANTHER SPORTS PANTERA PAGE 22 Panthers beat the Patriots 48-12 at the Homecoming game

The Parkview Panthers take another smashout victory against the Berkmar Patriots on home turf at the Homecoming game. (Photo courtesy of Abby Cobb)

By Danielle Franklin, thers have kept the green battle of the green fl ag,” while the Patriots scored team performed well. We Staff Writer fl ag, given to the winner stated Mikey Henderson, an only six. let a lot of young guys play The pressure was on of the yearly Berkmar vs. assistant coach at Parkview. During halftime, quar- – a lot of J.V. and freshmen. for the Parkview football Parkview game, fl ying for Despite the pressure, the terback Caleb Mitchell was It was a good chance to see team at the Homecoming the past sixteen years. The Panthers pulled out a win announced as Homecoming them get to play in a Varsity game against Berkmar on stakes were high for the and continued their now King and Abby Everett was game,” commented Coach Saturday, October 14th. A Panthers as this game’s seventeen-year-long win- crowned as Homecoming Henderson. win was not only needed score determined either the ning streak against Berkmar Queen. Continuing into the Looking to the future, to build excitement for continuation or the end of with The Panthers defeating second half, the Panthers the Panthers have yet to the Homecoming dance this beloved winning streak. the Patriots with a score of fi nished off the Patriots face their number one rival the following night, it was “There is always a lot of 48-12. with fourteen more points, Brookwood. Along with also needed to keep the pressure to keep a winning During the fi rst half only allowing the Patriots Brookwood, Parkview will Panther’s winning streak streak going, especially of the game, the Panthers another six. soon play Meadowcreek against Berkmar. The Pan- when it’s Berkmar – the scored thirty-four points, “Overall, I think the and Central Gwinnett. Colorguard syncs up with the marching band Cross country runs its course By Hannah Campbell, Demarest commented,“I Online Editor want to get to state. I really want the boys to get to podi- As the year speeds on, um, which is top four; how- so does Cross Country. ever, we’ve not yet shown The team has already had that we’re good enough. We a great race in the county need everyone to step up a championship on September little to accomplish this. For 19th, with the boys team the girls, we can fi nish top placing 4th overall, and 10, but we need everyone to the girls team placing 6th run well and stay healthy.” overall. The last race that the In order to be this good, Cross Country team compet- they have to practice hard. ed in was in North Carolina Coach Demarest, head on October 1st. Demarest The Color Guard performing their favorite set at competition. (Photo by Jordan Frederick) coach of Cross Country, said, “Up in North Carolina, noted, “We practice every three hours in the boiling for the performances, yes, there were some of the best By Josh Hurst, Staff day after school. Practice teams that we have faced.” sun, and even on days that but also for the friends I Writer usually runs anywhere from The next race for the they don’t have practice, have made.” two to two and a half hours, Cross Country team will be On October 1st, the PHS they still practice at home, The central purpose of which usually consists of on Saturday, October 31st. marching band, one of the dedicated to mastering their the color guard is to accen- tempo runs and long dis- They will be competing in largest in the county, won routines. tuate the movements of the tance runs.” the 6A Cross Country cham- fi rst place in the Lake Lani- However, it’s not just band. While the choreogra- While discussing his pionships, which is for all goals for the year, Coach er Tournament of Bands harsh training and little phy of the band is amazing, the runners. Competition. Parkview also sleep. Color guard, like the color guard splashes Solutions to the puzzles on pg. 11 won best Flag Performance, band, is a highly social color and fl uid movement which was very exciting event. Beyond the fact that to the otherwise rigid for- for the Color Guard. While these kids train together for mation of the band. the band is playing, they hours at a time, they also The color guard have do elaborate performances have a host of other social been integral to several with fl ags, which is much events; after performances wins for the band, includ- more impressive than it they all eat together, and ing the EJHS Contest of sounds. every other Thursday they champions. This has been They train at every band go to one of the member’s the best year the band and practice, which are on house for dinner. As guard the color guard have had in Tuesdays, Thursdays, and member Jessie Hurst put it, a long time, and the future Fridays. They practice for “I’m part of the color guard looks optimistic. OCTOBER 2016 WORLD WIDE SPORTS PANTERA PAGE 23 Canada wins bragging rights at the World Cup New England Sports By Meagan Gabrielson, as recent NHLers who Chara of Slovakia in the on the Meagatron Sports Editor left the league to play for fi rst period. The next two By Meagan Gabrielson Before the 2016-2017 their country’s league, like goals were scored by Brad NHL season kicked off, Pavel Datsyuk. Marchand and Patrice the best professional Besides team Canada, Bergeron, both forwards Red Sox miss the World Series by a hair hockey players played in team North America was of Canada. The Boston Red Sox are a Major League Baseball fran- the World Cup of Hockey the team to watch for. Marchand and chise that was founded in 1901 and are a part of the American in Toronto. The World Cup Team North America was Bergeron played a big role League. They have won the World Series eight times and been of Hockey is a two week an all-star team made up in Canada’s success in in it 12 times. They last time they won was 2013 against the tournament that occurs ev- of the best American and this tournament. March- Saint Louis Cardinals. ery four years. There were Canadian players who did and scored fi ve goals in The Red Sox play at Fenway Park on Yawkey Way near eight teams competing: not play for Canada or the four out of the six games Kenmore Square. The most famous feature of ballpark is “The team Canada, team USA, United States. The play- they played. He scored Green Monster”, which is a huge green wall and scoreboard team North America, team ers that made up this team two goals against Rus- in the back of the park. All the Red Sox players that have Czech Republic, team were 23 or younger as of sia, one against the Czech played at Fenway and any famous or signifi cant person that Russia, team Sweden, October 1st, 2016. The Republic, and three goals has visited Fenway, have signed the inside of the wall. Fen- team Europe, and team most well-known names against Europe. He scored way Park is the only ballpark in the MLB that does not have Finland. The World Cup on Team North America one goal each time Canada a sponsored named ballpark. It opened on April 20, 1912. began on September 17th, were Connor McDavid, played Europe. Bergeron Before Fenway opened, the Red Sox played at Huntington with Europe defeating the Auston Matthews, Dylan scored four goals out of Avenue Grounds. United States, and Canada Larkin, Jack Eichel, the six games they played. At the end of the 2015 season, David Ortiz, or better crushing the Czech Re- Brandon Saad, and Johnny He scored one goal against known as “Big Papi”, announced his retirement from baseball public. Gaudreau. the US, one against the after a 20 year career. His teammates were very shocked when During the pre-tourna- Canada and Europe Czech Republic, and two they found out their teammate and leader was retiring. Ortiz’s ment exhibition games, were the last teams stand- against Europe. He scored retirement had not set in for anyone at the beginning of the Pittsburgh fans went crazy ing in the World Cup of one goal in each cham- season, and it still hasn’t. Big Papi is a Boston legend who has when Sidney Crosby, Hockey championship. pionship series against made an impact on every Red Sox fan. captain of the Pittsburgh They both fought hard Europe. They already He is the face of the Red Sox. After the Boston Marathon Penguins and 2016 Stan- in the fi nal champion- had great camaraderie as in 2013, he said, “This is our [freaking] city, and nobody is ley Cup Champion, was ship, but Canada took they are teammates and going to dictate our freedom. Stay strong.” Ortiz’s speech announced as captain of the win after the second line-mates for the Boston had a huge impact on the Boston community, as well as the team Canada. Hockey fans championship game on Bruins. Mike Babcock, baseball community. He even repeated after the Red Sox won were most excited to see September 29th winning coach of Canada said, the World Series later that year. the San Jose Sharks and 21. Europe was the fi rst on “In the biggest moments, Ortiz’s Boston Marathon speech is defi nitely one of his Pittsburgh Penguins team- the board, with an amaz- they’re better. They can’t most memorable moments, but he also has many other memo- mates compete with and ing goal by one of their help themselves. They’re rable moments with agitating other players and losing his against each other as well assistant captains, Zdeno addicted to winning.” temper during games. Three years ago, Ortiz broke the phone in the dugout over his teammate, second baseman, Dustin The new amazing Atlanta Falcons’ stadium Pedroia, while playing a game against the Baltimore Orioles. Sadly, Big Papi’s last season came to a devastating close after the Red Sox lost all three games to the Cleveland Indians in a three game series during the post season playoffs. The Red Sox fi nished the 2016 with 93 wins and 69 loses. They were the leaders of the American League with the Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays trailing closely behind.

A map of the plan for the new Atlanta Falcon stadiums. (Photo courtesy of Google Maps)

By Amy Kim, Staff Writer Super Bowl LIII, which joy the experience in is expected to bring the new stadium; any Bright LED lights, approximately 125 mil- football fan is likely 63,800 square feet, and lion dollars’ worth of to appreciate the new a roof that stretches its an economic impact. innovations and design. way across 14.5 acres. The new innova- Though Sahil Khatri The Atlanta Falcons tions to the stadium are is not a Falcons’ fan, fans were delighted also likely to attract he, when expressing to hear about the new more fans. Some of the his feelings about the Mercedes-Benz sta- new features that the new stadium, said, dium. It is scheduled to stadium has to offer “The atmosphere of the be open in time for the include a roof that can stadium would be a lot 2017-2018 NFL season, open to reveal the sta- better. On a good day, with all of its 305 feet dium, an external fan the roof could open and of glory. Though one plaza, and a 100-yard the sun would be shin- would assume that the bar on the top floor that ing. It would add to the 1.5 billion dollar con- plans to serve a variety experience.” struction would put a of food and beverages. Atlanta Falcons fans dent in the economy, Falcons’ fan Garrett should get ready for the sponsors of the sta- West expressed, “The a whole new football dium believe that over Mercedes-Benz Stadi- watching experience time the stadium will um seems more family by 2017’s NFL season. bring more benefits friendly and more ap- The Mercedes-Benz than it will possible pealing for me to want stadium is open for harm. The Mercedes- to go.” family and friends alike Benz stadium has been Fans aren’t the only to provide good memo- chosen to host the ones who would en- ries for years to come. Dress-up days display school spirit op- tions for the days leading up to Home- coming.

TheseThTheesse fiesty dalmations and friends were “spotted”“sspopotttt on Disney Day. Mr. Mangano was the winning administrator who was “pie’d” in the face during the Pep Rally!

2016 Homecoming Queen Abby Everett & King Caleb Mitchell pose with last year’s Homecoming queen and king.

Student Council gives a warm “aloha” while decorating for Saturday night’s dance.

Remember Charlie’s Angels? These dangerous girls are prepared to shake upp the dance floor.

With clean-pressed suits and elegant dresses, this group was ready for the night!

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