THE ACADEMY A CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACADEMY NEWS PUBLICATION APRIL 2019 ISSUE THE HISTORY OF THE COMIC BOOK MOVIE Also in this issue: A Visit to ESPN PLUS THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SCANDAL Letter from the Editor / The Academy Torch Spring Issue / April 2019 senior class. PUBLISHER The senior class has experienced Ms. Biloholowski this change in the season while at CBA EDITOR IN CHIEF too many times to count. We have Ms. Biloholowski been through it all together. As the year is coming to an end for not just CREATIVE DIRECTOR the seniors, but for the other grades as Ms. Biloholowski well, take time to enjoy this issue of the Academy Torch. Like your witnessing EDITORS the change in seasons during your time Brian Hack at CBA, there will only be a set number Kieran Leister of times you will be able to pick up a Francisco Roig LETTER FROM THE EDITOR new edition of the Torch as it comes Matthew Vaccaro KIERAN LEISTER out. We are nearing the end of the work STAFF of the 2018-2019 Academy Torch staff. Shane Brennan Working on this publication is Gary Fletcher something I will never forget as I move Michael Goddard on from my time at CBA. Use this Alistair Hackett publication to reflect on something you Jonathan Heite have done at CBA you enjoy and will Conor Morris pring is the air. After a few, cold not forget. Just like reading your favorite Joshua Scharf Smonths here at CBA, we have finally high school news magazine, witnessing William Seijas reached the home stretch of the school the change from winter into spring, or Michael Sullivan year with Spring. With this exciting your time in high school, all good things change in the momentum of the school do come to an end. Seniors, enjoy this days comes a sad realization: there is a April issue of the Torch while you can, single digit amount of days left for the because this is one of the last issues you will be able to experience in the short time you have left as a student of Chris- tian Brothers Academy. Below and Cover Photos by Larry Levanti #WE ARE CBA 2 ACADEMY TORCH / April 2019 / cbalincroftnj.org In This Issue 4.2019 4 13 10 8-9 11 5 13 4 APRIL FOOLS 8-9 HISTORY OF THE 12 NETFLIX ORIGINALS: 15 SUPER CONTRACTS SHENANIGANS COMIC BOOK GOOD, BAD, AND OF PROFESSIONAL MOVIE UGLY SPORTS 5 COLLEGE 10 AVENGERS: 13 CBA VISITS 15 THE BROWNS AS ADMISSIONS: ENDGAME REVIEW ESPN SUPERBOWL Fighting Back? CONTENDERS? 6 DEBUNKING 11 END OF FORTNITE? 14 GETTELMAN’S PLAN FINDING Does He Have One? NEVERLAND 7 THE FANDOM OF 11 EPIC CONCLUSION GAME OF THRONES OF GAME OF THRONES ACADEMY TORCH / April 2019 / cbalincroftnj.org 3 Top 10 April Fools Shenanigans Gary Fletcher ‘20 We may attend a Christian school, but Chrome Web Store transforms every It doesn’t taste good. Grab a few Oreos, that’s no reason you couldn’t appreciate picture loaded onto Google Chrome remove the white cream, and replace it a little tomfoolery this past April 1st! into a picture of Academy-Award-win- with white toothpaste instead. Repack- If you want to get in on the action but ning actor Nicolas Cage. Simply launch age them and serve them to your friend don’t know where to start, then this the Chrome browser on the victim’s and watch hilarity ensue. This is a article is for you. Ranked below are the computer. This hilarious and random perfect treat for April Fools Day! ten great April Fools Day jokes to pull joke is sure to be a hit! 4. Insects in Lamps throughout the year. 7. Nail Polish and Soap No, we don’t mean actual insects. 10. Autocorrect Shortcuts For this prank, it is better if you pull Print a silhouette of a cockroach and A simple but effective prank, these it on someone whom you live with, so cut it out. Tape it into the inside of a shortcuts will leave your friends believ- you will be able to hear his or her frus- lamp shade, and wait. Within no time, ing their phones are broken. If your tration. First, grab a bar of soap. Coat you’ll be sure to give somebody a nice friend has an iPhone, go to the Settings a layer of clear nail polish on the soap. jump followed by a sigh of relief when app, and then the Keyboards setting. Place it in the shower and you’re done! he or she figures out it’s fake. Nothing Under Text Replacement, add shortcuts The next time he or she uses the shower, like getting the heart pumping! to swap in words for their antonyms. the soap will never lather, much to his or 3. Water “Magic” Trick The next time your friend tries to type her dismay! An annoying but harmless For this one, you will need a water anything, he or she will be faced with an joke to be sure––perfect for April Fools! bottle and a penny. Tell your friend that autocorrection of the opposite of what 6. Put Possessions in Gelatin you can do magic by placing a penny in- he or she is trying to say! Popularized by television hit The side of a water bottle. Unscrew the bot- 9. Pie in the Face Office, this prank is sure to elicit a tle and tell them to close his or her eyes. Nothing is better than throwing a pie reaction. Put something of that belongs When he or she does, place the penny in the face for April Fools Day; it is a to the victim in a batch of gelatin. under the water bottle. When he or she classic. Fill a tin pie pan with whipped Just make sure whatever you use isn’t opens his or her eyes, tell him or her to cream and eagerly hide until a friend a technological device or some other look closely into the bottle. When he or approaches. Surprise them at the last non-waterproof product. Refrigerate she does so, squish the bottle and splash second with a messy surprise! Just make it, and place it in a noticeable spot and water in his or her face! This prank has sure he or she doesn’t try to get you that’s it! Double points if the victim eats a large build up, and an equally large back! all the gelatin! reward. Enjoy! 8. Nicolas Cage Google Chrome 5. Replacing Oreo Cream with 2. Post-it Notes Extension Toothpaste They may be Post-it Notes, but they A more light-hearted prank, this Have you ever had an Oreo cookie can do so much more. Buy a bunch and Google Chrome extension from the with toothpaste instead of Oreo cream? stick them anywhere on a possession of a friend. Some options include his or her: car, desk, bed, kitchen, or entire house (you’ll need a lot). Like the previ- ous prank, the more setup you do, the more the joke pays off! 1. Rick-Roll This is it, the mother of all pranks. A Rick-Roll is when someone sends a link to something seemingly normal, but when the victim opens it, it is a link to Rick Astley’s 80s phenomenon “Never Gonna Give You Up.” The prank has been going around for years, but April Fools Day is a perfect time to send it to all your friends! 4 ACADEMY TORCH / April 2019 / cbalincroftnj.org The great college admissions scandal Brian Hack ‘19 Very recently, a massive scandal broke out in college realize that the spot that their kids are taking is in fact a spot. admissions across America. It has been revealed that wealthy Someone who worked tooth and nail to get to a good school families, especially those of celebrities, have been paying fought to try to get that spot, only to have it taken from them third parties as well as college athletic coaches to get their by a person without the merit. What’s probably even more kids into the top schools in the nation. According to the New frustrating than this is the fact that some of these rich kids York Times, “Thirty-three well-heeled parents were charged who bought their way into college completely ignore their in the case, including Hollywood celebrities and prominent education. Lori Loughlin’s daughter, Olivia, would spend business leaders, and prosecutors said there could be addition- her college days skipping classes, posting on Instagram, and al indictments to come.” Even scarier than the prospect of heading out for a night on the town. While she did this, there buying spots, however, is the lengths to which some achieved were many people of her generation who would have loved to this end. A girl’s family paid for a third party to photoshop have had that college spot to actually further their educational her face onto a soccer. player. Another family faked their son’s careers instead of lavishly squandering their life. mental disorder so that he could get a special proctor to give Luckily, people haven’t been sitting idly watching this un- him the answers to the SAT. While many were shocked by this fold. Two Stanford students have launched a multi-billion dol- revelation, many others were not surprised that these wealthy lar lawsuit against the colleges involved with the scandal which people have been doing this. they applied to and attended for devaluing their education by As a high school senior, I am completely baffled by this being a part of this crime, and rightfully so.