Rogue One Opens December 16Th

Rogue One Opens December 16Th

Plugged In Issue Three • the official school newspaper of Speedway Senior High School • December 9, 2016 Rogue One opens December 16th Standalone film extends the Star Wars universe Many may remember last De- the infamous cember as an important month for Death Star, fans of George Lucas’s Star Wars the Empire’s film franchise with the release of great weapon Star Wars Episode VII: The Force of destruction. Awakens. This December, those fans The antago- of a galaxy far, far away will return nist of the to see the highly anticipated addi- story is the tion to the saga, Rogue One: A Star reckless and Wars Story. rebellious Jyn Set shortly before the events of Erso, a young 1977’s Star Wars Episode IV: A New woman whose Hope, Rogue One centers around origin will the formation of the Rebel Alliance be unknown and its efforts to steal the plans for to fans until the film is released. This blurred line in A FACE OF THE REBELLION. A newcomer to the Star Wars Franchise, Felicity Jones stands strong in her Jyn’s back- role as rebellious Jyn Erso in this still from the highly anticipated upcoming film, Rogue One: A Star Wars ground closely Story. Photo courtesy of Lucasfilm, 2016. resembles that which has yet to be named, will give inside look at the workings of the of Rey in The Force Awakens. Some fans more on who Rey is and how Rebel Alliance to destroy Darth fans speculate that the two might she came to be who she is. Vader’s Death Star, and information be related, thanks to the similarities While Rogue One is officially a on the new characters joining the they possess: close in age, brown part of the Star Wars universe, it galaxy. For SHS junior Chad Sparks, hair, and even their English accents. isn’t affiliated with the sequel tril- a fan of the franchise, the film has A major component to the story ogy, the original, or the early-2000s him “excited about the expansion of in Episode VII was the question of prequels, but it is the first of several the ‘Empire vs. Rebellion’ story, and Rey’s origin, as the story simply ex- confirmed standalone films in the a different perspective of that plot- plains her as having been abandoned franchise, and is seen as some to the line.” Chad also thinks this film will J O A N N A on the desert planet Jakku, with film that will tide fans over until the bring in more longtime, diehard fans B E R R Y little else to reveal. The hope is that December 2017 release of Episode Plugged In Reporter The Force Awakens’ follow-up film, VIII. It will provide an exciting See GEARING UP on page 2 Awareness Month of Awareness Months Month Inspiring awareness and celebration every month Happy Awareness Month of Awareness Months Month! Try saying December is National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month. Be- that five times fast. Low and behold, it’s December and everyone is excited cause of this, anyone who reads this article is now thinking about this cause. for the holiday season. However, this month is not all candy canes and Drunk driving alone killed or injured 300,265 people in 2015, according to menorahs. December is national Awareness Month of Awareness Months the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Prevention of drunk Month. To put that simply, this month is dedicated to celebrating the strange and drugged driving is a cause well worth a thought during this month. titles given to every month. So, before the end of the day on December 21st, Maybe a person who hears what this month is will take a couple extra sec- winter break, arrives, we Speedway students can celebrate some very strange onds and choose to take an uber instead of drive. celebrations. Many of these months give us reason to celebrate. In our society, Every month has multiple titles. Some are well known, such as Black with all the bad in the world, Americans need a reason to hold their heads History Month in February. Others are weird, for example, August is Na- high and smile; we crave justification to laugh and enjoy life. Some of these tional Crayon Collection Month. Some are important, but don’t get enough month titles were put into place to simply give a reason to relive our old credit, e.g. April is Autism Awareness Month. The fact that every month is an childhood memories or make new memories. We can always use more awareness month, is no doubt weird. Nevertheless, naming these months is laughs. significant because it brings to light problems Because it’s December, and the holidays are enough reason to cel- that need to be dealt with and gives us a rea- ebrate, this month doesn’t have a nonsense funny name. However, we are son to take a break from normal life. coming off of November which is Banana Pudding Lovers month. November Many of these months raise awareness of rolls around and it’s time to make banana pudding, smiling, laughing, and social issues and diseases. October, which making a huge mess just for the fun of it. has the highest number of titles (114), is In conclusion, Awareness Months are a benefit to society. They known as Dropout Prevention Month, AIDS bring important social issues and diseases into light. They also give cause for Awareness Month, Breast Cancer Awareness celebration, which is something our society craves. Marlo Anderson, founder Month, and so many others. Dedicating a of NationalDayCalendar.com told me, “Having a National Month is impor- month to learning the significance of these tant to causes and organizations as it builds awareness. News agencies also issues brings them to light. When attention is become aware of these causes and tend to create stories around them.” Next called to diseases and causes, it is more likely month begins the new year. Let’s find some new causes to support and a new to be talked about and possibly, have more reason to celebrate. K A I T S E A R S money raised. Plugged In Reporter 2 Opinion/News Enhancing expression New AI-based messaging app from Google a big hit Since the inauguration of Google, the and provide search results when company has strived to stand at the cusp of asked. Google Assistance is built to technological advancement, priding itself on emulate a real conversation with a ease of use and functionality in its products. person and by opening a chat with Google has once again perfectly exemplified Google Assistant one can ask for ev- its principles in its latest messaging app: Allo, erything from jokes to handy search “the smart messaging app,” as flaunted by the results from the Google search company after its release two weeks ago. engine. The goal of Allo as a messaging app is to But Google Assistant can be make instant messages more expressive than called upon in conversations mere text. First and foremost, Allo has taken between users as well. In a private inspiration from apps such as Snapchat by chat users can use “@google” to ask integrating an easy to use image editor which questions and receive answers with- A L E X allows the user to doodle over images before out ever leaving the chat window. J E N S E N sending them and a vast library of “stickers” For example if two people are plan- Plugged In Reporter with various phrases and cartoons very simi- ning a trip to Chicago and want to lar to the ever popular Bitmoji. know what the weather is like there, Allo also gives the user the ability to one of them could send the message change text size to allow for further expression, in addition to “yelling” in all “@google what’s the weather like in caps, users can now easily make their message a large font by sliding up on Chicago” and Google Assistant will the send button or “whisper,” making their text miniscule by sliding down reply in the same conversation with on the send button respectively. But what makes Allo “the smart messaging a human-like response describing app” is the addition of “Smart Reply” and “Google Assistant.” the current weather in Chicago. Google Smart Reply analyzes the conversation and gives three possible re- Ease of use and comfort are plies. For example if someone sends a message saying “how are you today?” not the only strengths of Allo. The the user who receives that message might have “good (: ”, “not so great” , and messaging app also has height- “alright, what about you?” as suggestions. As users send messages through ened security with the ability to send encrypted messages between users in Allo, Smart Reply will analyze grammatical patterns in the messages and “Incognito Mode.” Encrypted messages are kept strictly secret and cannot be provide more personal replies, such that the Smart Reply suggestions use accessed by any outside source or the service provider of the user. Allos also tone and word choice that very easily could be used by the one messaging. allows for expiring conversations which will delete after a certain amount of The other major advancement made by Allo is the functionality of Google time, further securing private messages between users. Assistant, a new Siri-like artificial intelligence which will answer questions Gearing up for intergalactic discourse Latest Star Wars release opens in time for the holidays Continued from page one fans more than new ones because Rogue One is “a new take on an old story.” Felicity Jones, who plays Jyn Erso, is joined by newcomers Diego Luna, Mads Mikkelsen, and Donnie Yen, who perform as Captain Cassian An- dor, Galen Erso, and Chirrut Imwe, respectively.

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