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Issue Number 6 http://somersschools.org/domain/995 Fall 2018 Popular Halloween Fads By Sara Hanford tume you want to wear Tusker Tribune Staff this year, consider October 31 is an exciting day for these costumes as op- kids in several countries. This wonderful tions. day is known as Halloween. Traditions like Another dressing up in a costume and collecting candy are awesome tradition is possibly the most popular out of all the Halloween trick-or-treating. Most fads. kids walk around their Dressing up in a costume is one of neighborhoods, house to the most popular Halloween traditions. People of house collecting free candy from their neighbors. all ages like to have a little fun and dress up. As we all know there are many kinds of candy. Therefore, you will see babies, kids, teenagers, According to Forbes.com some of the most popular and even adults wearing all sorts of different cos- Halloween candies in the U.S. in 2017 are Reese’s tumes on Halloween. Peanut Butter Cups, Snickers, Twix bars, Kit In 2017 the most popular Halloween cos- Kats, and M&M’s. In 2017 the most popular Hal- tumes in the U.S according to a TIME magazine loween candy in New York according to Peo- survey were Wonder Women, Harley Quinn, ple.com are Sour Patch Kids. When you are choos- clowns (Pennywise), Moana, and a unicorn. This ing what Halloween candy you will buy for your year the most popular costumes predictions ac- trick-or-treaters or for yourself, use these facts to cording to Buisnessinsid- help you out. er.com for 2018 are Tonya Halloween is an awesome holiday Harding, a Riverdale celebrated by many ages. Traditions like trick-or- character, a 90’s icon, a treating and dressing up in a costume are enjoya- warrior of Wakanda, and ble ways to commemorate this cool holiday. If you a flamingo. If you are ever need a costume idea or a candy recommenda- having a hard time choos- tion this information can help you find just what ing what Halloween cos- you are looking for.

FC Somers U-14 Downs Mahopac

By Kaeleigh Picco however, 8th grader and offen- Tusker Tribune Staff sive player Ava Rourke The wind was blowing, the temper- drilled a hard shot write past ature below forty-five degrees Fahrenheit, the Eagles’ goalie. Renewed the anticipation growing. and reenergized, Somers soon Sunday, October 21st is a day that will be scored again off a free kick af- remembered for quite some time by the members ter Mahopac had a hand ball of the FC Somers 14-U Nighthawks. After a five in the penalty box. However, game losing streak, the team, composed of 7th and the Nighthawks were slowly 8th graders from Somers Middle worn down by Mahopac’s School, came back in one incred- strength and power. The Ea- ible game to beat the number gles soon tied the game with five minutes to go in one team in the league, the Ma- the second half. With one last effort, the Somers hopac Fierce Eagles. mid-field and offense pushed the ball up the The game was tough, but field… and scored! The Nighthawks are ecstatic not as tough as the players. The with this win, and hope to gain another at their first half was scoreless, with home game at Van Tassel Park against Port Ches- both teams showing incredible ter this coming Sunday, October 29th. Please come endurance and strength. In the show your support for this inspiring team. Go beginning of the second half Somers! The Tusker Tribune Page 2 The Student Newspaper of Somers Middle School

Video Game Review: Call of Duty Black Ops 4

By Jesse Manginelli large plane and deploy a parachute when you get Tusker Tribune Staff close to the ground or building you want to land Black Ops 4 was released on the at. You could pick up different guns from shot- 12th of October. Black Ops guns to assault rifles. 4 has many different fea- You could also tures than the previous Black Ops pick up meds. You can game. Black Ops 3. In Black Ops 4 also take another per- there is no campaign. Many COD son's loot after you kill fans are not happy with this but them. Their loot will one thing that significantly makes spawn in a box. You can up for the campaign is the Black- search the box and get all out Event. The Blackout Event is the enemies’ “loot “which a battle royale game mode. Battle could be guns, ammuni- Royale is a game mode that starts tion, and medications. with a certain amount of people There is also a way of fighting to come in first. After everybody dies in quick transportation which is very new to the the game you win. In Blackout Event the game Black Ops Series. They are drivable helicopters starts with 80 people. There are solos, duos, and and drivable quads to use for speed and transpor- squads. tation. Black Ops 4 will be a great addition to the In the Blackout Event, there is large map Black Ops Series which consists of Black Ops, with different named locations. You jump out of a Black Ops 2, and Black Ops 3. Steelers Make Impact in AFC Due to the Varsity Playoff game this Friday, 10/26, By Jesse Manginelli Foot- Tusker Tribune Staff ball the 7th grade (Fright James Conner con- games. Night) Social has tinues to shine in Pitts- Along been canceled. burgh’s 28-21 win in with Week 6 over the Bengals. Con- The social will be Conner rushed for 111 yards and ner’s rescheduled. As soon as a got two touchdowns. He also amaz- caught four passes for a total of ing new date is set we will let 18 yards. He was about to have a games, the Steelers are 3-2 and everyone know. third touchdown but was marked are on a two-week win streak Thank you for understand- down at the 1-yard line. (WS2). ing and LET'S GO Even when star running Records were also set SOMERS! back, Le’Veon Bell, returns, Week 6 for Pittsburgh. Wide re- Steelers QB Ben Rothlisberger ceiver, JuJu Smith-Shuster says that James Conner will stay played in his 20th game and got as a prominent role. James also his 100th catch. Smith-Shuster had 100+ yards in Week 5. He got his 100th catch in the fewest even got a 135 yard game in games for Pittsburgh. Le’Veon The Tusker Tribune is the online Somers Middle School Student Newspaper. Week 1! Bell caught 100 passes in 23 It is published weekly (except during Conner was diagnosed games, Courtney Hawkins school vacations) on the Somers Middle with cancer caught his 100th in 27 games, and School Website. It is entirely student- th written by 6th, 7th and 8th grade stu- in 2015 but Antonio Brown got his 100 dents from: had an catch in 28 games. Somers Middle School amazing The Steelers also keep 250 Route 202 Somers, NY, USA. comeback stealing yards! They will put up a Any SMS student is eligible to write and is now good fight the following week in stories. If interested, please e-mail Advi- getting Week 8 against the Cleveland sor 100+ yards Browns. Dean Pappas at in NFL [email protected] The Tusker Tribune Page 3 The Student Newspaper of Somers Middle School

Fortnite Season 6 Storyline Said to be Best Yet!

By Aryan Sath Tusker Tribune Staff The Fortnite season 6 has been off to an interesting start. It all started with a massive lightning cube coming out of a crack in the sky last season. The cube has rolled around the map coming to the stop at loot lake. (see map for details). The cube sunk into Loot Lake and made it purple. There is a house in the middle of the lake that the cube sank under. (purple glow at the bot- tom) The cube pushed the house out of its place in the lake and was floating around the island (entire Fortnite island), picking up the ruins of the anti-gravity fields it left last season. took a direct flight right back to Loot Lake. Mean- On the last ruin, it picked up all the other while, inside the house, miniature versions of the ones and joined forces with them. After about an cube were growing inside the doing absolutely hour, it dropped the Mini Islands to the ground. It nothing currently. slowly moved towards Titled Towers, which has Recently, an energy beam has appeared on been a favorite drop spot and popular place for top of the house. It also is doing nothing, but it many players since the first season. has gotten higher. That is all the storyline for Popular twitch streamers such as now. It will continue throughout the season for a CouRageJD, Ninja, tfue, myth, cizzorz, pokimane while. Fortnite is full of unexpected results. Liter- ,etc. were worried that their favorite drop spot ally anything is possible at this point in the For- would be gone, but they were wrong. It simply nite World. Music Report

By Noah Volkman party cups. WRLD ON DRUGS is the beginning of Tusker Tribune Staff a great rap friendship. Genre: Hip-Hop WRLD ON DRUGS – Future and Juice WRLD If Juice WRLD’s Goodbye & Good Riddance Nuthin’ 2 Prove – Lil Yachty was his coming-out, his mixtape Lil Yachty could have cruised on his fa- with Future, WRLD ON mously bright personality but, as the maxim goes, DRUGS, details the lost after- a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. After party. Gone are the sad feelings taking a more aggressive tack on Lil Boat 2, the that drove the Chicago rapper colorful Atlanta rapper adopts a more balanced into the emo hip-hop world. In approach with his third full- their place are triumphant end- length album, Nuthin’ 2 zone celebrations with his new Prove, amplifying his BFF, the godfather of the wave strengths. of Auto-Tuned rappers cosigning Through the project’s one of his upstart branches. first half, he checks doubters Together, they form a dynamic tag team (“Gimme My Respect”) and whose melodic styles complement and often play flexes like a room of jealous off each other. They go boast-for-boast on “Fine bodybuilders (“Yacht Club,” China” and count money with Young Thug on “I’m the Mac”). Cardi B and “Red Bentley.” Songs like “Oxy” and “Ain’t Livin Offset help turn “Who Want Right” echo the rebellious tone set by Gooodbye & the Smoke?” into a sweaty Good Riddance tracks “Lean Wit Me” and “Black locker-room chant, and on “SaintLaurentYSL,” & White.” And when the drugs wear off, Future is Boat and Lil Baby recount their bumpy road to left with blurry-eyed moments of clarity success over a minimal Earl the Pearll beat. (“Afterlife”). Then on “Hard Work Pays Off,” the two tally the wins and losses and toast with red Continued on Page 4 The Tusker Tribune Page 4 The Student Newspaper of Somers Middle School Music Report From Page 3 Support Somers

Special Olympics With all the stress out of his system, Yachty turns his attention to carnal desires, letting loose his inner romantic through the album’s second half (marked by the return of the robot- ic Auto-Tune voice heard on earlier projects). “Worth It” may be his most thoughtful love song yet, commenting on how media perpetu- ates impossible body goals. Yachty loves you just the way you are. Genre: Hip-hop/Rap

Major Lazer Essentials – Major Lazer Major Lazer’s animated “frontman” might be a bearded, beret-wearing soldier-cyborg who ap- By Natalia Tellez pears to have been lifted from a lost G.I. Joe Tusker Tribune Staff episode, but the group itself is so much more. Beyond core members Diplo, Jillionaire What It Is: Special Olympics is an international and Walshy Fire, Major Lazer is a moveable organization that provides competitive sports to feast—the product of all its principals’ musical athletes with disabilities. influences, their collaborators, and the places to which they’ve traveled Program in Somers High School: In Somers, the in their decade of exist- Special Olympics program has two groups at Som- ence. ers High School. Volunteers work with the Leo’s Essentials is a Club to raise money to support Special Olympic sprawling introduction to Programs in New York state. For example, they the band’s biggest tracks participate in the “Polar Plunge” every year and and a glimpse into the last year raised about $20,000. vast array of cultures it folds into its cohesive mu- Program in Somers Middle School: The Somers sical vision. Recorded at School District also participates in a Pioneer league Bob Marley’s Tuff Gong against 15 teams in Putnam Westchester. The Studio in Jamaica, 2009’s league has several seasons including Unified Bowl- “Pon de Floor” mixes dancehall and Brazilian ing, Indoor Soccer, Floor Hockey, and Basketball. baile funk with a few choice lines from King- Athletes compete weekly at either Somers High ston deejay Vybz Kartel. A languid house beat School and Middle School as well as traveling to the underpins “Lean On,” their 2015 team-up with competitors’ schools. Practices are mostly after France’s DJ Snake and Danish singer M.O. school. And Bruno Mars, Tyga and Mystic feature on 203’s more-than-suggestive, hip-hop-inspired Volunteering Information: Along with the ath- dance track “Bubble Butt.” letes many students volunteer to support the pro- In addition to those and plenty of other grams. Their roles include mentor coaching at prac- key singles, Essentials also includes four newer tices, publicity for games, fundraising, and attend- tracks: Collabs with Mr. Eazi, Burna Boy, Kizz ing home and away games to cheer the teams on. Daniel, and Babes Wodumo weave Afrobeats Volunteers are required to commit to a full season and gqom vibes seamlessly into Major Lazer’s since consisting and commitment is important to borderless sound. develop friendship and trust. Genre: Electro Dance/Club/Reggae

The Tusker Tribune Staff

Co-Editors Copy Editors Reporters Noah Volkman William Underkoffler Jesse Manginelli Joseph Melillo Andre Possante Aryan Sath Michael Aiello Sara Hanford Feature Editor Noah Volkman Samuel Sanz Photography Editor Kaeleigh Picco Allison O’Connor Natalia Tellez Sports Editor Jesse Manginelli