Seniors Say Goodbye to KDS

Seniors Say Goodbye to KDS

The Sun Devils’ Advocate Volume XLI, Number 6 Kent Denver School, 4000 East Quincy Avenue, Englewood, CO 80113 June 4, 2019 Seniors Say Goodbye To KDS Soul band SOUL’D OUT plays “I Want You Back” at Coffee House. Photo by Mika Fisher Student Run Continuation & Crisis in Service Commencement Venezuela Organization Awards See Page 5 See Page 11 See Page 13 Arts & Entertainment Winter. Is. Here. enemy to Winterfell after bending the knee to Bran out of a tower window many seasons ago. by Rachel Wagner warrior Christina Aguilera (thank you, Jona- Slightly awkward. than Van Ness). The northerners are quite con- *Spoilers ahead! You’ve been warned.* Tormund and his Wilding friends take a servative because they want their borders shut quick jaunt to the Least Hearth and find the Alright, “Game of Thrones” fans. Season and sealed. Even after Bran informs everyone White Walkers have beat them there. There is a seven left us with several cliff hangers. Jon that the Night King is about to stroll in with his big Fibonacci-like display of dismembered hu- and Dany were in some kind of relationship, undead army, the Winterfellians are still wary man arms surrounding an undead boy. Cheer- but we found out some disturbing information of their “guests.” A few reunions that are rather ing, right? about their familial relationship. All of the ma- sweet are that of Sansa and Tyrion and Jon and jor camps of people came together in King’s Arya. Some people have complained that this Landing in an attempt to get everyone to fight first episode was disappointing. I understand Now we run on over to King’s Landing together to defeat the Night King and his army this because it was not an action-packed epi- where Cersei is pretending she is the queen of Wights. This convening did not go ideally, sode, but some important foundations were with a demented sailor at her beck and call. to say the least. We’re looking at you, Cersei. laid for the rest of the season. Game of Thrones Yes, I am talking about Euron Greyjoy (boo). tends to save the action for the end to keep the The eighth season opens with Danaerys, Knock-off Liev Schreiber (Euron) brings with viewer interested. A lot of tension is built up in Jon, Tyrion, Jorah, Varys, and the unsullied him the Golden Company, an army that is this episode, and of course that tension will be walking into Winterfell in some fierce fur 20,000 strong. released later in the season in an epic fashion. clothing. I am sorry to “Game of Thrones” Cersei and Euron consummate their al- Trust me, just watch the Battle of Winterfell. writers if I forgot anyone, but your show has liance while Theon and his men rescue Yara This episode also showed us how dire the situ- too many characters for us to keep up with ev- from Euron’s ship. Oh yeah, that’s also a thing. ation really is. Even Brienne said that it goes eryone. Bran and Jon reunite in a somewhat “beyond loyalty,” which is saying something. awkward fashion, seeing as Bran is now ba- The writers bring us back to Winterfell Dany needs to preserve her alliance with the sically the Oracle of Delphi mixed with Orin where Jon and Dany take a romantic dragon north to survive and also to help with the leg- from Parks and Rec (see photos). Sansa and ride, and Arya sees the hound and Gendry for acy of her father. This episode is a stark (get Danaerys initially seem to have an amicable the first time in a hot minute. More important- it) contrast to the finale of the last season in relationship, but very quickly we see the ten- ly, Dany tells Sam that she killed his family, King’s Landing. Everything is cold and grey, sion build up between the two. The shifting but he can claim a reward for curing Jorah of and we see the people of Winterfell looking power dynamics of Dany, Breaker of Chains Greyscale. Sam then runs crying to Bran and up at the arrivals in suspicion. Everyone is on and Mother of Dragons, overhauling Sansa’s tells him that Jon has to know the truth. Dany edge because now the great war is upon them. position as Lady of the North doom their re- is his aunt. Ew. So you know Sam tells Jon lationship from the start. Also, Jon is not re- because he’s sad that his new queen murdered This is it. Winter is here. ceived well because he has literally brought the his family. Then Jaime shows up, who pushed Graphic by Annie Manassee Page 2, THE SUN DEVILS’ ADVOCATE, June 4, 2019 Arts & Entertainment Keeping Up With Coachella by Drew Filerman shook and could not believe I was actually on After Zedd, we shoved our way through the the festival grounds. Day one was an incred- sea of people to get even closer. We ended up ible blur filled with music, laughter, art, lights, in the very front of GA for the last two sets. dust, and so many bandanas. Some artists I saw Khalid was incredible, and he even brought that night were Ella Mai (7/10 rating), Diplo out guests like Billie Eilish, Halsey, and Nor- (8/10 rating), and of course, headliner Childish mani to perform his hits with him. The night Gambino, whose performance was super wack was coming to a close and the only one left and kind of scary, but cool nonetheless (9/10 was Ariana Grande. I was SO excited to see rating). her. She began her set with “God is a Woman” When we arrived at the festival for day and even brought oout special guests, such as two, only one person was on my mind. That NSYNC and Nicki Minaj, who was right in person was none other than Billie Eilish. Bil- front of me and made me shed a few tears. Af- lie is one of my favorite artists of all time, so ter Ariana performed “Thank U, Next,” Coach- I was anxious to see her set. We started out ella 2019 came to a close. The swarm of people the day vibing in 90-degree weather to Mac began to fill the fields and parking lots. Demarco (10/10) and later saw DJ Gryffin This festival was one of the most incred- (10/10), whose performance was super fun and ible experiences of my life, and if you ever get crazy. Even though we were having a fantas- the chance to go, I would 100% recommend it. tic time, it was now time for the main event: Although the dust and long walks were a pain, Billie! We left Gryffin early and arrived at the the overall experience was one I will never Graphic by Harrison Davies outdoor stage two hours early to get as close forget. as possible. Somehow we managed to make it It’s that time of year again! “What time of to the very front of the General year?” you might ask. It’s time for Coachella Admission (GA) section! My 2019. It’s a time of year when celebrities and friend, Tate, was extremely tired influencers stress about their outfits and Ins- and decided to take a seat under tagram photos while everyone else who isn’t me to rest. We were minding our actually going gets to sit back and watch the business when all of a sudden I Coachella vlogs. This year, however, I got the heard, “JAMES?!” I looked up incredible opportunity to attend the festival. In and my heart skipped four beats. this article, I will give you the rundown of my In front of my very eyes was overall experience at Coachella. James Charles. I was so shocked; Friday, April 12: Coachella, day one. I I had absolutely no words. After was absolutely ecstatic to be attending my first this shock, even more celebrities Coachella and couldn’t wait to see what it was appeared. These people included all about. We left our hotel room dressed to the Nikita Dragun, Kendall Jenner, nines and ready to hit the festival. This was Frankie Grande, and more. when we encountered our first issue: the car The lights went out and Billie ride. At first, everything was going fantastic, Eilish (10/10) took the stage per- until we discovered there was a large car ac- forming some hits like “When cident on the exact street we had to turn on to the Party’s Over” and “Ocean enter the festival. It was an absolute nightmare. Eyes,” as well as some new After thirty minutes of aimless driving in the songs like “Bury a Friend” and hot desert, we finally found another entrance. “Bad Guy.” It was absolutely Then, it was happening. I couldn’t believe my insane. The positive vibes that eyes. Every Instagram post and YouTube video filled the air left me speechless couldn’t compare to the actual beauty of the and on cloud nine. We ended the festival. That is, until we discovered the long night at Kid Cudi (8/10), which walk that awaited us. was the perfect last act for the After walking for what seemed like miles night. Photo courtesy of Drew Filerman (and quite possibly might have been), we de- After a long two days, day three was upon cided that enough was enough, and we wanted us. I could not wait for this day. I was so excit- to take a bike.

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