The Tusker Tribune The Student Newspaper of Somers Middle School Issue Number 28 http://somersschools.org/domain/995 Spring 2018 Get Set for Welcome Student Council To Clearpool! Elections! By Juliana Spano By: Michael Aiello Tusker Tribune Staff Tusker Tribune Staff Attention all students! There are upcoming elections for Editor’s Note: This is a story regarding the SMS 6th student council. Grade Trip to Clearpool Camp at Green Chimneys. These elections will determine who will be student council officers Clearpool, the place of team building and low-rope for the 2018-2019 school year. So challenges. The low-rope challenges are meant to be at the that means 7th graders who are run- point when you get frustrated. Why? The reason is simple. ning are running for 8th grade officer The directions of the challenges are made to sound simple positions. but, they are difficult. This also means that 8th grad- You assume that the directions are easy, so you try er who will campaign will be running a little bit, or you don't really think deeply. When you try for Somers High School student it, it is hard, so you do have to think deeply and try a lot. council positions. The low-rope challenges are hard while the team Sixth graders can also join in building is easy, but it requires teamwork. For example, th you must put your finger under a hoop, and then you must the fun and run for 7 grade class lift it up. The twist is that you must keep it even and bring officer positions. The campaigns will it up to shoulder height. You must be in sync with your be starting soon so get ready if you team and try to make it to shoulder height. are interested. In general, the team building is easy, but you need See Mr. Arnett in room 123 if to be more in sync with your team while the low-rope chal- you have any questions. lenges are challenging and hard. To conclude, Clearpool is challenging, hard, and a place full of teamwork. Click on the link below for a slide show of Clearpool Photos: http://viewpure.com/UWgd_h2cGgM? start=0&end=0 Slide show by Joseph Melillo SHS Art Show Video! Check out this video of the Somers High School Art Show that was recently held. The video is by Tusker Tribune Staff Writer Joseph Melillo: http://viewpure.com/wYTK0wxcRAE?start=0&end=0 The Tusker Tribune Page 2 The Student Newspaper of Somers Middle School No Man’s Land Plenty of Options Author: David Baldacci For Sports Enthusiasts By Chris Salierno By Nick Cirillo Tusker Tribune Staff Tusker Tribune Staff From baseball to skiing, there are In David Baldacci’s No Man’s many sports out there. Sports are always a Land, something’s not quite right. The good thing to participate in. They help you disappearance of CID agent John stay healthy and help keep you busy. Puller’s mother happened thirty years ago, For example, track is a great sport even but the case is stirring once again. John’s fa- though I hate it. It gets you in shape and gets your ther, an old man with Alzheimer’s, has been heart pumping. Run- accused of murdering Mrs. Puller all those ning a few laps may years ago. But there’s something more sinister not be the best feeling going on. in the world but you At the same time, Paul Rogers is re- will feel great after leased from prison. Paul isn’t a normal guy – you have run them. with no fingerprints, the Plus, track helps you strength of a monster, and the get faster by slimming inability to feel pain. But as he down and losing journeys on a quest of revenge, weight. Being fast to destroy the person who helps with many made him a killer, he faces a sports such as basket- choice: To kill, or to save? ball, baseball, soccer, football, and so much more. Whether driven by his own Track is a great for pretty much anyone. selfish motives or not, this Another example of a good sport is basket- question could drive him in- ball. Your sane. constantly The plot thickens as moving Paul meets the lying Suzanne Davis and the around up sneaky Helen Myers, who are engaging in a and down the huge act of fraud to transfer government se- court trying crets to terrorists. And once Rogers’ and Pull- to score and er’s stories collide, everything explodes, and steal the ball. the mystery behind the disappearance of Plus, watch- John’s mother – and the ominously linked ing it on the murders of four women, who worked at a se- television is cret government lab – is blown wide open. also fun. I did not initially know that No Man’s Highflying Land was the fourth book in a series, but I dunks, ankle had a full understanding of the book. The breakers, mad rejections, and buzzer beaters. Hit- John Puller series seems to be linked only by ting that clutch shot or making a great play always the characters, and not by the plot, and while make you feel good afterwards. Basketball is a fun I may have understood some character traits sport to get into. more in-depth, I still had a good grip on the Lastly you have tennis. Tennis is a sport that book and would still recommend it on its own. almost anyone can With deeply intertwined plots and self- play. Even in your ish motivations, No Man’s Land is a thrilling old age, tennis is a ride of a book, and I can’t wait to go back and great sport to play read the rest of the series. because its not com- plex and does not require you to run that far. Tennis The Tusker Tribune is featured online and is might not be the published weekly (except during school vaca- most fun sport but tions) on the Somers Middle School Website. It is entirely student-written by 6th, 7th and 8th The Tusker its lots of fun once grade students from Somers Middle School Tribune Staff you start a match 250 Route 202 Chris Salierno with friends. Its re- Somers, NY, USA. Michael Aiello Any SMS student is eligible to write stories. If Juliana Spano laxing but its also helping you get into shape. interested, please e-mail Advisor Dean Nick Cirillo Pappas at In conclusion, there are many sports out DPappas Noah Volkman there for you to try and for you to have fun with. @somersschools.org The Tusker Tribune Page 3 The Student Newspaper of Somers Middle School Music Report By Noah Volkman Tusker tribune Staff Shawn Mendes – Shawn Mendes Shawn Mendes released 2 tracks called "In My SR3MM – Rae Sremmurd, Blood" and "Lost in Japan". Mendes later said in Swae Lee & Slim Jxmmi an interview that "In My Blood was my favorite It has finally come out! SremmLife 3, song to write and record because I had or SR3MM, is being released as a 3- all my heart in it." Later in April, he album compilation of Swae Lee's de- put Shawn Mendes on pre-order. This but album Swaecation, Slim Jxmmi's week, he's releasing a new song off the debut album Jxmtro, and the Rae Sremmurd al- project with superstar Khalid called bum SR3MM. With features from Travis Scott, The "Youth". I wonder how Mendes will go Weeknd, Future, Juicy J, Young Thug, Pharrell, about his self-titled third album. and more, SR3MM, I'd say, is the best of the 3. Ye vs. The People (feat. T.I.) - Kanye West beerbongs & bentleys - Post Malone "Ye vs. The People" ('Ye' short The long-awaited Post Malone sopho- for Kanye) is Kanye West creep- more album is here. With lead tracks ing me out. I think back to late "rockstar", "Psycho", and "Candy 2015 when during a concert he Paint", this album is full of bangers said "I'm runnin' for president in like "Ball for Me" with Nicki Minaj. ". 2020". At first, I thought it was "Girls, cash, anxiety – songs about the just something he was saying, ups and downs of the good life." Says but this is a signal that he might run for president. Plus Premiers, a music sharing site. He starts the song by saying "I know Obama was heaven-sent, but ever since Trump won, it proved Simi – BlocBoy JB that I could be president." He also discusses about First titled "SUMI", "Look Alive" police brutality, African-Americans and what polit- and "Shoot" rapper BlocBoy JB ical party they should side with, Make America sophomore album "Simi" is out at Great Again, white supremacy, and other political 9PM tonight. Earlier today JB re- topics. I'm not saying it's a good song, but it is the leased a new track off the album first song he's put out since his 2016 mixtape The with "Gucci Gang" rapper Lil Pump Life of Pablo. It is going to be part of his project called "Nun of Dat". I have big ex- coming this June, Love Yourself. pectations for his come-up. 6th Grace Locker Mystery Adds Some Drama to Spring By Michael Aiello the 6th grade hallway lockers. There will be more Tusker Tribune Staff information posted once we get more information. For several days, students were find- However, this mysterious individual’s ef- ing magnets in their lockers! There were forts did lead to a sort of rescue for one sixth grad- many suspects and so far, almost half of 6th er.