THE HAWKINGTON OCTOBER 2019 Herndon Middle School, Herndon, Virginia Welcome back! MUSIC AND ARTS As we start another school By Abdullah M. year at HMS, I would like to welcome Welcome to the Hawkington Post Music section! This is the sec- back all the readers of our school’s tion where we talk about the latest music, not just rap. We have a newspaper. diversity of songs. We also will talk about famous artists! Alright! It is exciting to see more than Let's get into it! 20 young minds work hard to come up Spanish music has blown up! with a colorful, informative, and crea- In a recent summer week, the most popular tive journal about our school, our Music video on YouTube was not from big community, and our world. names like Taylor Swift or Lil Nas X, but from The Hawkington Post has a LOT of international musicians leading waves of Spanish-language music. “Con Altu- been the stage for our students to ra,” by the Catalonian singer Rosalía, with J share news, articles, pictures, opin- Balvin and El Guincho is now approaching ions, surveys, and many other inter- half a billion views for its Music video on esting pieces of news. It’s our newspa- YouTube. It has another 155 million plays on Rosalía. Spotify, and as it topped the YouTube chart in per! late June, it led a crop of eight Spanish songs in its Top 10. We’re delighted to share that this school year, the Hawkington Post Continued on page 4. will be issued every month, and that its pages will be printed in full color SPORTS and displayed at four different loca- tions of our school, in addition to the By Brody B. conventional online edition. THE NFL’S 100th SEASON I look forward to reading and The National Football League kicked off their 100th season on Thurs- enjoying all the reports, interviews, day, September 5th, with a matchup putting the Chicago Bears against and interesting articles about music, the Green Bay Packers. It was the 199th time the two teams played sports, science, movies, fashion, lan- each other, with the Packers leading the all time series 97-95-6. Since guages, and other topics that will ap- the first season back in 1920, these two have formed a rivalry which pear on its pages. Continued on page 10. Since the newspaper embrac- es our spirit of collaboration, equity, diversity, and high standards, you are MOVIES by Sidney I. all invited to participate and write for Horror has been around for a long time. In 1890, the first the Hawkington Post: students, teach- "horror" short film to be made was by a french pioneer ers, counselors, admin, parents, and filmmaker Georges Melies. The short film was about three all other members of our community. minutes long and was called 'Le Manoir Du Diable' which I can’t wait to read your arti- in English translates to 'The Haunted Castle' or 'The House Of The Devil', the film is about a devil who appears in a medieval cles. Go Hawks! castle and harasses the visitors. Justine Klena, Principal Continued on page 12. 1 NEWSPAPER DIRECTORY Harper F. Maggie L. Ben F. Abdullah M. FOOD SCIENCE GAMING MUSIC Noah E. Adam K. Makenzie P. Brody B. POLITICS LANGUAGES FASHION/TRIVIA SPORTS REPORTERS: Madi L. -MOVIES Sidney I. -MOVIES Gavin T. - SPORTS Olivia P. -FOOD ADVISOR: Roberto Porta-TEACHER THE HAWKINGTON POST, Herndon Middle School, 901 Locus St, Suite 219, Herndon VA 20170, Tel. (703) 904-4935 2 Do you LOVE food? Are you a foodie? Well, this is the sec- Food tion for you! Welcome By Harper F. to the Hawkington Olivia P. Post Food Section!! Makenzie P. Maggie L. EDITORIAL: CHEF GETS A SAY As we walked into the school’s vacant cafeteria, we were appalled by the still- ness of the lunchroom, usually replaced by the tu- multuous clusters of students clamoring for their meals. There was but one staff kitchen member out- side of her working place: Ms. Pulliam. Despite her lost voice, all our questions were eagerly replied to with a sweet smile. Everyone, at one point of anoth- er, takes for granted these hardworking and diligent people who quietly and efficiently serve those around them to make our world a trouble-free place. We adore our celebrities and the attention-seekers of the world, but, do we ever stop and look at those who pave the ways of our lives, such as our kitchen staff? According to Ms. Pulliam, she and the rest of the kitchen staff start their day off at 6:00 am, to accept food deliveries for the day’s meals and leave around 1:30 pm. Four hours before lunch is even served, the chefs are working away on the food that feeds hundreds of students at 8:00 am. Though it’s hard to appreciate now, we must be thankful for the school kitchen staff, and everything they do to keep everyone well fed at HMS. But, just being thankful is not enough. Expressing your attitude includes sim- ple acts of kindness like verbally thanking our cooks. Ms. Pulliam says that she loves her job and that one her favorite parts about it is when students are polite and kind to the lunchroom staff. “It makes their week!” -Ms. Pulliams states. Finishing your food with gratitude and only buying what you need are two of the best ways you can show appreciation to the chefs. As you move through these middle school and high school years, remember all those who gave you the fuel to do so. 3 MUSIC AND ARTS SCIENCE The future of “Smart” Continued from page 1. A threat to Old town road? contact lenses A new unreleased song called “Blueberry faygo” By “Lil mosey” By Maggie L. Has been rising over a long period of time. An unknown person has leaked the song, and the song now has a lot of attention on With new technology on the rise, it. As old town road continues to grow old, this may overtake the the demand for wearable tech has in- song. creased as well. Wearable tech includes Mac Miller’s killer? devices that can be worn convenience; Last september, prosecutors charged a 28 year old man named examples include smart watches, fitness Cameron James Pettit in connection with the death of rapper Mac Miller last year. His arrest came almost a year after Millers trackers, and head-mounted displays. death on Sept. 7, 2018. With more of these wearable gadgets the world is starting to look like a spy movie! There is one new gadget being invented that might just take the cake for the wearable tech era: ‘smart’ contacts. Smart contacts are contact lenses that will include a camera in order to videotape and record anything in eye’s view. Your most precious memories could be recorded forever by a simple blink of an eye. That time you scored the winning goal of your soccer tournament, or met the celebrity you’ve always idolized can be easily video-taped and stored for a lifetime to come. Many compa- nies are in the race to produce these Smart Contacts including Sony, Sam- sung and Google. While Sony and Sam- sung are focusing on the camera part of the contacts, Google is designing Smart Contacts for medical purposes. Their contacts will do everything from assisting people with serious eye conditions, to helping diabetics measure their glucose levels. Com- panies are even creating contact lenses that will cure color blindness. Though en- chanting to think about, Smart Con- tacts may still be very theoretical, es- pecially when it comes for Sony and Samsung design- ing their virtual reali- ty products. Engi- neers still have to work out many detail pertaining to eye movement, and because some smart contact lenses focus on videotaping and photography, they need to be able to tell the difference between a natural blink (for necessity) versus a purposeful blink to activate the camera. Another issue with this new idea is that smart contacts would make it very to spy, or record and send out data that is top secret or classified. Smart contact lenses will send information straight up into our vision and would be extremely hard to control. These devices could be hacked and send the virtual reality data right to us. Just imagine the endless forms of mind control and virtual reality you read about in Science-fiction. Recording exactly what we see might be just be one of the hundreds of new technology that will change life on Earth for future generations. 4 POLITICS THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE By Noah E. GAMING In this article we have current news about the 2020 elections. So far in this election we have 20 Democratic runners and 4 Republicans. I have chosen four to talk about in this article: Bill Weld, How to create a game in Joe Biden, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. Bill By Ben F. Weld (Republican) is strongly pro-choice, is a consistent sup- First you open a Google slide, porter of LGBT rights and be- Then, you make a question, lieves that Military funds Then, you provide an answer: should be reduced and troops should be pulled from foreign countries to focus on domestic issues. Joe Biden (Democrat) believes that climate change is Weld “An existential threat to our future”, supports LGBT rights, believes that people should be able to immigrate to America, thinks that everyone should be able to serve our country and has worked closely with Obama when he was in office.