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OCTOBER 2016 Volume XLL, Edition INEWS AROUND PHS

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PanteraNEWS (2-3)

FEATURES (5-8)

OPINION (9-14)

FINE ARTS (15-20)

SPORTS (21-23)

Parkview HS

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Heidi Cooley is 2017 Teacher of the Year

Heidi Cooley motivates sophomores Melanie Moua and Nyla Morris to prepare for the fu-ture beyond Parkview. (Photo by Anika Akbar)

Ritz, glitz, and a bit of a switch

PHS band takes Grand Champion

The Marching Band celebrates its trophies after winning their competitions on October 1st and 8th. (Photo courtesy of Jason Atha)

Anticipation raises. Even as a spectator, the tension be-gins to build, and it’s not lost on the judges or the master of ceremonies. “The winner is...” the MC stops and looks around; everyone is holding his or her breath. He decides to crack a joke to relieve the tension, futher extending the anticipation before he an-nounces the winner. The new Parkview Pag-eant director, Laury Morse, has taken the Parkview Pageant in a positive, new direction, starting with its name. Previously known as Miss Parkview, the pageant

is now called the Parkview Scholarship Pageant. “I pro-posed calling it the Parkview Scholarship Pageant so that it would be more understood to be a scholarship pageant, which it is,” Morse ex-plained. Morse not only changed the name to create a better understanding of what the pageant is really about but also increased the scholar-ships awarded to the contes-tants. The pageant also now includes male participants to create a broader eligibility for scholarships. The scholarship pageant is the only fundraising for Parkview’s PTSA, which distributes money to school

programs such as drama, pho-tography, band, student schol-arships, special education, and the literary magazine. The contestants were judged in three sections. On October 2nd, the contestants convened at the Mayor’s house for their interviews, which accounted for forty percent of their score. “The interview was the most challenging part of the competition because it was nerve-wracking,” said junior Rachel Harp. Although most of the contestants found the interview to be the most chal-lenging component, many agreed that it was the inter-view skills that they learned from the experience that

would be their most impor-tant takeaway of the pageant for them. Twenty percent of the contestants’ fi nal scores came from their onstage introduc-tion at the pageant on Octo-ber 8th, which included the contestant’s favorite quote. The last forty percent came from the contestant’s evening wear, which included poise and onstage presence. Awards for each class included an academic award and a community service award, as well as awards for raising $200, $500, and the most money from that class. Each class had a fi rst and sec-ond runner up and the overall class winner. A “Most Pho-togenic Award” was awarded to Sean Anderson and Alayna Guthrie based on the pho-toshoot done on the school campus with the contestants, and an award was also given to the contestant who raised the most money—this year by senior contestant Syd-ney Poole, who raised over $25,000. This year’s Miss Parkview is Mckay Wilcox. After the competition, Wilcox said, “Competing was meaningful because it taught me a lot of things like being confi dent. Winning meant that I’ve become a role model for other girls at the school.”

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Parkview Scholarship Pageant teaches boys and girls confi dence. From left to right Naya Singleton, Sean Anderson, McKay Wilcox, Kamryn Ashby, and Kate Jenson. (Photo courtesy of Laury Morse)

OCTOBER 2016 PANTHER PULSE PANTERA PAGE 2

Among Parkview’s variety of recreational activities emerges a fun, new contender. With its rapid-fi re paddle action and intense play, the com-pact sport of ping pong is making a name for itself at Parkview High School. The Ping Pong Club meets up every other Thursday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. in the cafeteria. As its name would sug-gest, it allows students of both professional and novice experience to come together and play ping pong. During these meetings, the tables are set up and members are offered the opportunity to participate in singles and

doubles matches or merely to spectate the game. They have hosted an exciting student-staff tournament this October, wherein both students and teachers were able to play each other in an intense duel of ping pong prowess. The club has gained tremendous momentum since its fi rst meeting on August 18th, having accu-mulated over thirty mem-bers. The club has also successfully united the student body through its friendly atmosphere and sportsmanship. Junior Jo-seph Benkin, the founder of the club, commented on the game’s unique ability to bring students together, “I really like ping pong, and I just fi gured that other people in the school

Ping Pong bounces back into popularity

like ping pong too, so I formed the club as a cool way for the students to have fun after school and also socialize with each other.” Sydney Nguyen, junior and Ping Pong Club mem-ber, credited the club for helping her release stress from the school workload, “Ping pong helps me relax, especially since my stress levels have been building up a lot in these past few weeks.” The club is great for fanatics as well as people just looking to make some friends or have a good time. “I want to promote having fun—teach some people about ping pong and also show some ap-preciation for the game,” Benken said.

The Ping Pong club practices include games against each other. (Photo by Jenny Nguyen)

From the start of slavery to modern day America, injustice has plagued Af-rican Americans. Issues such as discrimination and racism that people had previously thought were long gone have been brought to the surface as the nation becomes more technologically advanced. Black Student Union, a new club at Parkview, aims to increase the awareness of relevant issues in the black community as well promote education amongst the black youth. “There are so many issues facing the black com-munity that no one wants to face, it’s important that we have [a black student union] to empower the black youth here [at Parkview] and en-courage them to succeed,” said co-president Fasica Mersha, “ We want to in-spire students to know they can make a difference.” Black Student Union meets every other Friday at various locations, de-pending on the topic of the meeting. Topics such as racism and education have been discussed dur-ing the previous meetings. Mersha commented, “We plan on having some guest speakers from schools like

Morehouse to talk about their college experience at an HBCU.” Dues are $20 and pay for a club t-shirt, food at meetings, and some of the socials. Huskers, the Pink Hotel, and Apple But-ter sponsor the club, and the offi cers plan on hosting an event at each of the three businesses. Black Student Unions are common at colleges and universities, but before start-ing the club at Parkview, junior co-presidents Fa-sica Mersha and Brianna Wood, nervously anticipated students’ reactions. The number one question that offi cers have received is, “Is this club only open to black students?” Fortunately, the club is open to any and everyone who is interested. “I think it’s important to promote a sense of unity in the community… the main premise of BSU is educa-tion, and we want to educate people and bring in other voices,” said co-president Brianna Wood. There is hope that this club will continue to address racial issues and ultimately promote growth within the community. Any students who have not paid dues but are interested in joining should contact a club offi cer for more information.

Black Student Union unites

Sign Language is fun. Come have some fun.

Meeting times: October 27 @ 2:30

~Ms. Baug

Guitar ClubMeeting Times: Every 1st and 3rd Friday

~Mr. Spires

Come jam! Learn , improve , have FUN!

MJROTCGetting a PULSE on the BEATS

WrestlingConditioning: Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:30-4Practice starts October 24

For more information contact:~Coach Elakatt in room 1.220 or~Coach Bonnett in room 3.138

Impact TeensMeeting times:The 2nd Wednesday of every month at 2:15-3:15 in 3.178

Our club gives students with special needs the opportunity to interact with their peers (people just like you)

For more information, contact:~ Mrs. Heier

Relay for Life Team Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday morning @ 6:45 in lab D424Dodgeball Tourney coming Nov 10th - info coming soon!

~Ms. Bolton

FBLAFBLAMeeting times: 2:40 in the Chorus Room

Offi cers-President: Judy LiuVP: Pratima BajajVP of Membership: Fatema MominVP of Community Service: Sandhya Ramachandran VP of COY: Kareen Udeshi Secretary: Savannah LarkinHistorian/Reporter: Kasfi a KaziTreasurer: Willy WuState Reporter: Maliha Wahab

~Ms. Jackson

By Jenny Nguyen, Copy Editor

By Hydiah Sylla, Editor-In-Chief, Content


november 5th:the marine corps ball

november 12: feed the vets -feed the vets @ atlanta va hospital

“toys for tots is a donation project that collects about $80,000 in cash and toys each year to be donated,” -sar-gent major tootle

To send in club news or events for the next is-sue, email [email protected]

november 17 through december: toys for tots donation drive

OCTOBER 2016 GLOBAL NEWS PANTERA PAGE 3

Both Clinton and Trump face a more challenging road to the White House

The election appears to be getting closer, accord-ing to the latest forecasts by The New York Times’ Upshot and FiveThirtyEight, de-spite both candidates having historically low approval ratings.

According to the Up-shot, Hillary Clinton has a 73% chance of winning the election, whereas Don-ald Trump has only a 27% chance of winning, based on the latest state and national polls. However, FiveThir-tyEight gives a far more conservative estimate on their prospects of winning: Nearly 60% for Clinton, and just over 40% for Trump. FiveThirtyEight bases its projections on a combination of what the polls, the econ-omy, and historical data tell us about November 8th.

In both The Upshot and FiveThirtyEight, Clinton’s chances of winning have decreased; meanwhile,

Trump’s chances have increased, though it is not enough to surpass her.

The results may appear surprising to some because the two candidates both have some of the lowest approval ratings in decades, according to data from The Huffi ngton Post track-ing hundreds of polls from dozens of pollsters. Hillary Clinton’s favorability rating is about 42%, compared to her roughly 56% disapproval rating; Donald Trump’s ap-proval rating is only a little over 38%, compared to his nearly 60% disapproval rat-ing.

The main contributing factors to Clinton’s low ap-proval rating have been her perceived lack of transparen-cy with regards to her time as Secretary of State and her perceived inauthenticity among millennials and other young voters, many of whom voted for Senator Bernie Sanders before he conceded defeat to Clinton.

For Trump, the reason why he has such low favor-ability ratings among voters is due to his radical stances on immigration and the po-lice in addition to his per-ceived lack of political tact; he often says things off the cuff and without preparation.

According to a New York Times/CBS News poll, when asked to “describe elect-ing Hillary Clinton/Donald J. Trump as president as a safe or a risky choice for the country,” more voters de-scribed Clinton as the safer choice, 47% to Trump’s 30%. However, 51% de-scribed Clinton as risky, and 67% said Trump was the risky choice.

Voters’ apprehensions are understandable when con-sidering the two candidates’ low approval ratings but also how their individual charac-ters are perceived, especially by independent and unde-cided voters.

When asked whether either candidate was honest and trustworthy, only 33% responded Clinton and 35% answered Trump. In stark contrast, 63% said Clinton is not honest and trustworthy, and 60% said the same for Trump.

With all these facts in mind, both Clinton and Trump face a challenging road to the White House.

Clinton speaks at a rally in Tampa, Florida, while Trump holds a campaign rally in Clive, Iowa. (Photo courtesy of Doug Mills and Damon Winter [CC BY-NC-ND 2.0]).

The Special Relationship

The United States has a history of making “friends” with

particularly unsavory people, including Latin American dicta-

tors, African warlords, and Middle Eastern princes. But it is the

“Special Relationship” with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that has

remained one of the United States’ most bizarre — and dangerous.

Alliances between countries, and especially “Special Relation-

ships,” are typically made because those two (or more) countries

share similar social, cultural, and political values (e.g. human

and civil rights, the rule of law, political, social, and religious

freedom). Canada and the United States, for example, are allies

because both countries have a representative system of govern-

ment and amendable constitutions.

What is concerning is that Saudi Arabia shares almost nothing

in common with the United States. Whereas the United States is

a liberal, secular, democratically-elected republic with a Bill of

Rights and an amendable constitution, Saudi Arabia is an ultra-

conservative, theocratic, absolute monarchy with the Qur’an as

its constitution, whose royal family is irremovable from power,

except via violent revolution or abdication from the throne.

The United States is on the frontline in the battle against terror-

ism, but Saudi Arabia remains the most prolifi c sponsor of interna-

tional Islamist terrorism, according to the Brown Political Review.

In fact, Wahhabism, the ultraconservative version of Islam that is

the ideology of both ISIS and Al-Qaeda, as well as other Islamist

terrorist organizations, fi nds its origins in Saudi Arabia.

While the United States respects the rights of the LGBT com-

munity enough to allow them the right to marry their lovers, Saudi

Arabia has no such concept of LGBT rights, preferring instead to

punish them with death for simply being gay or lesbian.

The United States recognizes the autonomy and rights of

women; Saudi Arabia disallows its women from wearing what

they want, marrying whom they love, and the privilege of driv-

ing cars. How could the United States possibly agree to a mar-

riage made in Hell with such a loathsome, repressive antithesis to

everything it values?

Remarkably, despite all these differences, the United States

and Saudi Arabia have been allied with each other since the Roos-

evelt Administration in 1933. It leaves one to ask, “Why?”

Why has administration after administration maintained this

sickening, toxic mixture of false pragmatism and hypocrisy to

preserve an alliance based almost entirely on oil? Considering that

the United States has made great strides in researching and devel-

oping clean energy, such as solar, wind, and geothermal power,

and moving away from coal, oil, and natural gas, I see no reason

why the United States has any economic interest in Saudi Arabia

beyond trade. How can the United States be at the forefront of the

War on Terror when one of its apparently closest allies is the origi-

nal Islamic State, before the current so-called Islamic State? It is

the height of hypocrisy to maintain this “Special Relationship.”

The United States needs to quit pretending on the reliability of

its oldest Middle Eastern ally and end its alliance with the King-

dom of Saudi Arabia.

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By Miroslav Georgiev,Columnist

The International Spectator

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what that magic might be. Over the course of the next few weeks, I had classes with math tournaments and everything. The math tournaments were not what I expected at all: they were like Jeopardy or Family Feud. The funniest format was Whammy. When someone hit a whammy, our teacher would give them a punishment. Our teacher wore a hero cos-tume and played Frozen’s Let it Go whenever he doled out punishments. It turns out that the magic was all in the people. I’ve never met such a diverse and wonderful group of people before like I had at GHP.

Senior Frank Hu is feeling sentimental.26 minutes ago • C Building

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When I fi rst went to GHP (Governor’s Honor Program), I had a lot of seminars about the “magic” of GHP. At that time, I was wondering and thinking about

was invited to contribute in the classes too. I saw a lot of tourist-y stuff during my trip, which was kinda annoying since I was there to see and experience the culture. You know...day in the life of a German not day in the life of a tourist in Germany. After going there though, I’d defi nitely say that I would want to live in Germany. For the most part, Germany has more public transportation. However, it’s a lot prettier [in Germany]. There’s a lot of nature that hasn’t been touched. The food there is healthier (unless you want soft pretzels) and tastes so much better. It was such a great experience.

Senior Sergio Haab is feeling refl ective.47 minutes ago • G Building


ful at times though. I’ve pulled two all-nighters just last week and the other nights I slept at around 3 AM. It’s hard, but I think it’s worthwhile because I can enjoy myself and do the things I like. I enjoy Model UN; I enjoy Mock Trial. These sort of things I’m planning on doing in the future.My far-reaching, ultimate goal is to be the Secretary General of the United Nations. I always thought that I would be the President or something, but I enjoy working with people all around the world. The world is just so diverse and so interesting.

Senior Kiara Harding is feeling determined.52 minutes ago • D Building


I have to juggle 5 APs, take care of my brothers, and serve as president of two clubs. It’s a lot of work, but I enjoy it because it’s fun. It can defi nitely get stress-

Chinese don’t have marching bands so they were pretty fascinated with our shows. On one of our domestic fl ights in China though, we hit an air pocket. Our plane dropped about 15,000 feet. Oxygen masks dropped out, and food was fl ying everywhere. I thought I was going to die. About fi fty Redcoats were thinking they were about to die. Afterwards there was an announcement...but it was in Chinese. As far as I know they could have been saying, “I’m sorry everyone, but you are all going to die.”

Teacher Mr. Atha is feeling bemused.3 hours ago • E Building


I’ve been to China before, touring for about three and a half weeks. We went to all the major cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Chengdu, so on. The

how we met. For our honeymoon, we went to Israel. That was really interesting because as a Christian, I got to walk all the places Jesus walked at. I got to learn the culture of the Jewish people since I have family there now because I’m married. After 30 years of marriage, I’ve actually been able to pick up some Hebrew here and there. Whenever I go to visit family, I never want to leave because I love the land. My favorite place in Israel to go is Jerusalem.

Secretary Ms. Kroll is feeling happy.1 day ago • M Building


Well, an interesting story is how I met my husband. He’s Jewish and I’m Christian and we both worked at a Christian television station in Miami, Florida. That’s

decided to move onto C so I could make more complex apps. I’ve been learning from online resources throughout my time in high school. I have made a 3D game engine which I actually abandoned because it became a little too bloated. I wasn’t ready to work on that sort of scale yet. Since then, I’ve made a very effi cient, compact 2D game engine with a very easy to use API. I’ve made quite a few games with it and I’m actually working on a commercial product that I could sell on Steam. I’ve used the engine in TSA projects too.

Senior Seth Carter is feeling “just alright.”1 hour ago • B Building


I started out [learning programming] with a kid’s game called Roblox in middle school, and with that I learned Lua, a scripting language. In 9th grade, I

ing to the zoo. When we got there, she asked me, “Why is it so smelly here? Do elephants poop or something?” I just laughed at her. Anyway, she loved the elephants even if they pooped or not. We also saw tigers. Unfortunately, the tiger at the very front of the enclosure pooped right at that moment. “What is that big kitty doing, Steven?” she asked me, “Oh, is it eating it’s poop? Eww! Get me out of here! That was so gross!” I don’t think she liked the tigers.

Junior Steven Nguyen is feeling snarky.10 hours ago • H Building


So one time when I was younger, I went to the zoo with my little sister. She was so excited to see the elephants because she saw an episode of Barney go-

that I might’ve left my laptop in my car, and it had gotten stolen or something. I tried to go back into the school to see if I could get it, but it was all locked up. I couldn’t see if I had maybe left it on my desk or anything since the window was too high up, so I drove home and got a ladder and came back. I propped that ladder up next to the window of my classroom and looked in. There it [the laptop] was, sitting on my desk. Even after all that I went through, the APUSH kids were just happy that they got their test delayed by two days.

Teacher Mr. Aldrich is feeling motivated.5 days ago • F Building


The weekend before a test, I lost my laptop. The test was on my laptop, and I wanted to take it home to revise it. I was kinda panicking because I thought

Over the summer I got selected to go on a trip to Nuremberg, Germany. I had seminars every day. I sat in on one about Ancient Greece; it was pretty cool. I

OCTOBER 2016 FEATURES PANTERA PAGE 4

OCTOBER 2016 FEATURED PROFILES PANTERA PAGE 5

Girl Up advocates more than feminism Painting the way to fame

The societal preference towards males has created degrading and illogical social standards for females, caus-ing many to feel as if they don’t have a voice in the predominantly patriarchal society. Fortunately, there are those who know that women are more powerful than they are told to be. These women are known as feminists. At Parkview, they are renowned as the Girl Up club. Girl Up is a non-profi t organization founded by the United Nations in 2010 that looks to empower girls while raising money for other girls in third-world countries. Under the sponsorship of gifted sophomore language arts teacher, Diane Benja-

min, Parkview’s Girl Up was formed by students passionate about learning what they can do to change the inequality women face for themselves as well as future generations to come. President Fasica Mer-sha explains that she wanted to start the club because she recognizes the dilemma, “Everyone always tells you about these problems and no one ever tells you how to fi x it. That’s what I love about [Girl Up]. It recognizes the problem and actually does something about it.” Although Parkview’s Girl Up club is only in its fi rst year, they have already participated in various events such as the International Festival and Lilburn Daze with the Lilburn Woman’s Club to get their message across in the Parkview com-

munity. To raise funds for the six third-world countries the club aids, teams were formed, and members established some friendly competition to raise as much money for their “teams” that they can . “It’s easy to get caught up in the privileges we have,” junior Briana Wood states, “[Girl Up] is a great way to look outside the U.S. and under-stand that women in other countries are going through a lot of stuff that we have the privilege of not going through and that they need help.” It seems as though the club strives to bring positivity in everything that they do, be it in their talks about femi-nism, or out in the communi-ty where they learn how they can help change the world. Members have described the feeling as a sense of familiar-ity with the other girls, even though there have only been a couple of meetings. Students don’t even exclusively talk to other members of their chap-ter. Through its global website, members may talk freely to other members all across the country and get ideas on how to advocate for their cause on a larger scale. As Mersha explains, “The more we do, the more we get known, the bigger we get, and it’s just going to be about girl power.”

The stadium roars. Fans are cheering along with the well-known paint crew. The Paint Crew is an elite group, generally juniors and seniors, who are in charge of painting the football fi elds before a varsity game. They also have the most school spirit attend all the football games and lead the crowd in cheer. Ju-nior Spencer Lail says, “We generally paint on Thursdays for the varsity games on Fri-day, but sometimes we paint on Wednesday so that the JV football team has a fresh painted fi eld to play on.” In order to be in the Paint Crew, students have to be asked by the previous Paint Crew members. Spencer is the second in his fam-ily to be on the Paint Crew. Spencer's brother Griffi n was a member three years ago. If one thing is for sure, he defi nitely lives up to the family name. There are many

others that are on the Paint Crew including Bryce Kel-ley, Bryan Markley, Peyton Dunham, Jacob O’Neil, Kedesh Chambers, Mathew Fleck, Caleb Crump, Robert Bennett, Carter Bliz, and Spencer Lail. The Paint Crew doesn’t only cheer at football games, they cheer at most of the sports that are played at Parkview. The crew is easily spotted by all the orange and blue they wear or when they wear their orange and white striped overalls. Accord-ing to Spencer Lail, “We don’t only cheer and sup-port football, we also go to soccer, baseball, tennis, and basketball games. We try to make as many games as we can.” Spectators at the next Parkview sport might now spot some of the members of the Paint Crew. Fans shouldn’t be scared to join them in some cheers to sup-port the Parkview Panthers at any sporting event.

The Girl Up offi cers lead a disscussion about female empow-erment during the monthly meeting. (Photo by Anika Akbar)

Paint Crew members cheer in excitement for Parkview at the Pink Out football game. (Photo courtesy of Carla Hamilton)

By Hannah Campbell, Online Editor

By Anika Akbar, OpinionsEditor

OCTOBER 2016 HEALTH, SCIENCE, & TECHNOLOGY PANTERA PAGE 6

A colorful plate is laid out—freshly chopped leaves of lettuce, spinach, and arugula with crisp cucumbers, carrots, and celery, juicy watermelon, strawberries, and oranges, all surrounding hummus, tahini, and tofu. This rainbow of food isn’t just some of the most beauti-ful food in the world; it can also be some of the most nutritious, diverse, and versatile diets on the planet. I hesitate at call-ing this a diet. This is not a fad diet. Reasons for going vegan usually stem from a few different areas, but the reason for staying vegan is usually this— it feels better. What is a vegan? There IS a difference between a vegan, a vegetarian, and a pescetarian. A pescetar-ian doesn’t eat any meat with the exception of seafood; however, they do eat animal products such as dairy. And yes, seafood is meat. A vegetarian does not eat any meat, but they do eat dairy products, and fi nally, a vegan does not consume any animal prod-ucts at all. So what do vegans eat? Whatever they want! `The less you eat meat, the

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less you want to eat meat. At fi rst, for most, it’s trial and error, and that is 100% okay. No one magi-cally becomes vegan in one day. Huge corporate companies, the govern-ment, and society have bred most people into thinking that humans need meat. That is a lie. On news.therawfoodworld.com it says there are 16 million people living on a vegan diet. So how does one go vegan? Transitioning to a fully herbivore diet may seem daunting at fi rst, but it can be relatively easy. For many, it starts with ‘Meatless Mondays,’ until everyday is a meat-less day, and then begins dairy free days, until one is immersed in a fully vegan diet. During those fi rst few months, research may have been needed to fi nd delicious recipes that work with the schedule of the transitioner but, after a few months, vegans have gained enough knowledge into the kinds of food that they like. Pinterest holds a plethora of recipes, inspi-ration, quotes, ideas, and honestly anything vegan related that one could ever hope to unlock. Most importantly, being vegan

doesn’t mean you have to miss out on anything. Anything can be substi-tuted with a plant-based product to produce a deli-cious new vegan choice. No, it won’t always taste exactly the same, but it will usually still be deli-cious. Opening up to new tastes and new food ex-periences will allow for new food memories that will be so much more satisfying. Even though your favorite food might be steak, trying a new, delicious dish every time steak would be eaten will be far more satisfying be-cause your taste buds will be opened up to a diverse, new world. At fi rst going vegan will be more work, but everything that is good for you is hard work, and going vegan can be one of the most satisfying experi-ences of one’s life. Just as every new experience is a journey, veganism can be a healthy, peaceful, and delicious journey for the tastebuds. The hardest part is truly the comments that meat eaters make. Go ahead, enlighten those meat eaters; they’re the ones that are missing out.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. About 1 in 8 women and 1 in 1,000 men in the US are likely to encounter symptoms for breast cancer in their life-time, according to breast-cancer.org. Any awareness month is a full month dedicated to holding events and fund-raisers for a something that needs awareness. October is an awareness month for breast cancer in the US. It is one of the most com-monly diagnosed diseases among women, so it is not an issue that is to be taken lightly. Being diagnosed with breast cancer changes the lives of the patients. Breast cancer survivor Christy Daunt openly spoke about how her life changed because of the diagnoses. When talking about her life during treatment, she said, “All the appointments... they took over.” Daunt also implied that even after being cured of the terminal disease, her life shifted drastically, “It inspired me to live a healthier life through exer-

cise and eating more fresh vegetables. It became very important to take care of myself.” Some people forget that the people around breast cancer patients are also affected. When Daunt re-called her thought process after hearing the news, she stated, “My fi rst thought was disbelief. After that, it was acceptance and a need to protect my son from the news.” There are different events held around the US during the month of Octo-ber that help raise aware-ness for the disease. As of 2016, 2.8 million women in the US have a history of breast cancer. These events support those women as well as their family and friends that have been af-fected by the life-threaten-ing disease. Anyone can fi nd local events to attend to lend their support for the sur-vivors and current breast cancer patients. For the ones who don’t have the time to actively go out and participate in the events, they can donate on the breastcancerfunds.org site.

It’s upgrade season and Apple is accommodating cus-tomers with something fancy this time around. Imagine a Nikon camera slapped onto a cell phone. Apple’s new release, the iPhone 7+, has done just that: the phone features two cameras working together on your phone to give the user the best photography experi-ence yet, with optical image stabilization and optical zoom up to 2x. This means that 2x zoom has the same quality as 1x, and the result is not just a cropped image. This camera technology is defi nitely not new, as shown by the LG V20 or the Huawei P9 Plus. However, it’s a big step for Apple and customers are less than ecstatic about the new release, and they have a good reason as to why. Every iPhone release doesn’t come without a setback. Last year, the iPhone bent and broke. This year

Apple ditched the headphone jack. Still, the phone is more expensive than the with no more screen real estate on ei-ther models, nor a headphone jack. Nobody can use their old headphones anymore. Instead, Apple will be in-cluding an adapter in the box to accommodate people with old headphones. In addition, the plus model no longer fea-tures a physical home button, but instead has a new taptic engine. Another downside to re-moving the port is being able to play music in a car via an auxiliary cable. This has been a popular subject on Twitter, prompting memes of show-ing anger when friends pass the auxiliary cord to play mu-sic, but the iPhone 7 doesn’t have the port to do it. Ramez Khoja, a sopho-more, said,”You get used to it. Just make sure you own multiple converters or maybe invest in some bluetooth headphones!”Continued on page 20


By Amy Kim, Staff Writer

By Candler Clark, Staff Writer

OCTOBER 2016 BEAUTY & FASHION

What your mother didn’t tell you

Comfy clothes, dark lips, crisp weather, an abundance of leaves on the ground, and endless amounts of pumpkin fl avored anything means fall has arrived. Fall is the perfect time of the year because the thoughts of scorching hot temperatures and getting dress coded for wearing minimal clothing to keep cool are few and far between. With a new sea-son comes the need for new skincare, new makeup, and a new wardrobe. Fall is a wonderful season of “in between.” Your skin may still have that summer glow, but not for long before fall’s sis-ter season, winter, makes a grand entrance, leaving your skin feeling dry and in need of some T.L.C. (ten-der, love, and care). During this time of the year, it is important to stick to a strict skincare regime, which may consist of weekly masks,

daily cleansing, and bi-daily moisturizing. As of lately, my go to mask are the Sweet Tea and Lemon Peel-Away Clay Mask and the Charcoal and Black Sugar Mud Mask by Freeman. Both masks can be found at Walmart for under $5.00. Cleansing can be a little tedious, and it is a step that is often skipped over, but when you feel like your skin needs a bit of a pick-me-up, reach for the Pacifi ca “Purify Coconut Water Cleansing Wipes” or the Formula 10.0.6 “Best Face Forward Daily Foam-ing Cleanser in Passion Fruit + Green Tea.” The two cleansers mentioned were purchased at Ulta Beauty for under $10.00. Moisturizing is a major key during the cooler months of the year. Every morning, try to use the Formula 10.0.6 “Daily Moisturizer with SPF 15 Broad Spectrum Sun-screen in Guava + Vitamin C.” Sometimes, you may want to moisturize at night using the Pond’s “Dry Skin

Cream,” depending on how dry your skin is. Fall is a great excuse to vamp up your makeup routine and have fun with darker, bolder colors. Lately, matte lips have been all the rave, and for those of us who cannot afford the Kylie Jen-ner Lip Kits, there are some cheaper Alternatives such as NYX Cosmetics and Color Pop Cosmetics. It is safe to go for neutral colors, and one popular one is NYX’s Soft Matte Lip Cream in “Abu Dhabi.” When you want something a little risky, go for Color Pop’s Ultra Matte lippie in “LAX.” Matte lip colors tend to be drying, so about 15 minutes before, try using the Milani Moisture Lock Coconut Oil Infused Lip Treatment to ensure that your lips do not end up looking crusty. Fall clothes are always something to look forward to before winter’s extremely cold weather. The perfect fall outfi t may consist of a pair of black jeans, taupe ankle booties, a thin white sweater, a denim jacket, and lots of cute accessories. During the fall season, all of the cute, once too expensive, summer clothes go on clear-ance. To transition those clothes into the new season, simply throw a chunky knit over a fl owing slip dress and throw on some boots or a put a cardigan over your favor-ite spaghetti sleeve top and opt for jeggings instead of shorts.

Since the fi rst day of 7th grade, I have worn makeup to school. Makeup is something that makes me feel pretty and powerful, but at the same time, it also represents my secu-rity blanket. A few weeks ago, I woke up feeling sick and groggy, and without really thinking, I went to school with-out any makeup. That day was defi nitely scary. I felt like people were going to judge me or tell me I look different in a “bad way.” In reality, no one even noticed my bare face. That day, I realized that makeup is a very powerful tool. Some girls wear makeup because it makes them feel good about themselves. I know for me, it makes me feel ready for the day, and I treat it almost like an accessory. Even in history, makeup has been a way for girls to get dressed up and express themselves. A common misconcep-tion about makeup is that it’s worn for someone else. While this is sometimes true, it’s usually not the case. Beauty vlogger and social media icon “Nikkie Tutorials” explains how most girls, including her, wear makeup simply because they love it. Makeup shaming is a big part of society today. Critics speculate that girls who wear makeup are not showing the real them. This is sad to me because I feel like makeup is something that doesn’t hide the real me, but enhances it. To try and disprove these misconceptions, girls all around the world have been participating in the “Power of Makeup” challenge. Girls will go full glam on one side of their face while leaving the other half completely natural. They talk about what the power of makeup means to them and why they decide to wear it. The girls concluded that they love makeup. Many wear it to add to their fashion statement, or they wear it because it makes them feel pow-erful and strong. Makeup is something that girls wear for their own reasons, and they shouldn’t be shamed for it.

This season’s hottest colors

BEAUTY BUSINESS

In the wake of New York Fashion Week 2016, it’s time to fall into fall with a brand-new series of colors and makeup trends. This season, make up is reaching new heights with bigger, bolder, and more vibrant colors. Models strode down the runway in a variety of color over the years, but this year proves to be the most diverse yet. Models sported the natural earth tones we know and love with blasts of color that took the fashion world by storm. Ten colors will make their mark on fashion in the next few months, and here’s the source to know what goes with what. Ac-cording to Pantone Color Institute, the theme of the year is the season itself: fall, a sharp contrast to those summer pastels that lined the

clothes racks. To start off this year’s set of extravagant colors, the blues take the lead. Mimick-ing the pure fall skies we know and love, the shades Riverside and Airy Blue give us a cool sense of recogni-tion. Any person clad in the color will easily radiate con-fi dence and a calm disposi-tion. These unique shades of blue provide a cold neutral-izer to the warm colors that dominate this year’s selec-tion. Next on the list comes the earth tones. Each color anchors the other, proving to be rich, warm, and all things autumn. This section of fall colors starts off with a dusty gray called Sharkskin. This can be a base for any color, including clothes and makeup. The risky fashion getters can fi nd an almost identical shade in Stone Fox Liquid Sudude lipstick by

NYX, which costs an afford-able $7.00. To follow up the earth tones, Warm Taupe, Dusty Cedar, and Potter’s Clay. All of these colors can be found in lipstick and eyeshadow shades by NYX, as well as Colourpop’s Ultra Satin Lip, and their Super Shock Shadows for a shock-ing $5.00. To round out this sea-son’s colors, Pantone has shown that vibrancy is the way to go. Ridiculous reds, yummy yellows, and pop-ping purples have taken a stand on the runways. Aurora Red, Lush Meadow, Spicy Mustard, and Boda-cious are the most evident colors we’ve seen. Each, while somewhat glaring on their own, can be paired with those anchoring earth tones and cool sky blues to give your makeup a sophisticated look with a shout to stand out.

Summer is over, but it’s not too late to explore some amazing, new beauty products this fall season. (Photo by Hydiah Sylla)

The Power of Makeup

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By Madison Johnson, Editor-in-Chief, Operations

By Hydiah Sylla, Editor-in- Chief, Content

By Marie Stanford

OCTOBER 2016 COMMUNITY PANTERA PAGE 8

OCTOBER 2016 OPPOSING SIDES PANTERA PAGE 9

Who should you vote for?

Vote Clinton

Vote Johnson

When the Constitution was written, delegates were under the impression that they were creating a document which would establish unity. Does anyone mind searching through a dumpster to fi nd where it went? Taking a step back and looking at the 2016 elec-tion from a foreign view, you see that this country has turned into a circus, and it’s too late to get the clowns back behind their walls for our safety.We’re left with the dilemma of choosing between two very different and more so, questionable candi-dates: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. “In God We Trust” to wake us up from this hor-rible nightmare, but what is left very alarmingly un-known to the vast majority of us is the third option of candidacy: former gover-

nor of New Mexico, Gary Johnson. The entirety of this cir-election is based on what one candidate has accomplished in the past and why the other candi-date needs to be stopped. I am a fi rm believer in one bringing up the past solely for the purpose of better-ing one’s future. Let’s just not talk about the time Johnson left New Mexico with a billion dol-lar surplus without raising any taxes, or all the jobs Trump created everywhere else but in America, or Clinton's case of the miss-ing email, and instead focus on what they have planned as president. We need to remember that the president doesn’t actually have the power to declare war. Seriously, the amount of power they have is extremely exag-gerated. So if Trump wants to build the Great Wall of America, he fi rst has to break down his Great Wall

of Ignorance. Let’s not even go there with all the promises Clinton is mak-ing without clear justifi ca-tions. I understand that she wants to do all these great things like ending gun violence or increasing the rights of women, but I just don’t understand how, and frankly, I’m concerned as to what she has planned.What does Johnson have? Clear, concise, and cor-roborated arguments. He wants to change the criminal justice system so that actual criminals are incarcerated by fi rst eliminating the war on drugs since it is expensive, unnecessary, and more effi cient to rehab rather than retain. Seriously, who doesn’t want a more pro-ductive society? What else is this Johnson planning? A metaphorical bridge for immigrants by allow-ing more work visas and keeping the focus on the threats, cutting wasteful spending without raising taxes by vetoing any un-

necessary spending, and a free market over student loan in education are just a few. One of the most con-troversial positions that just might work? Johnson is for allowing guns--and not for the reasons people may think. He wants a shooter to think twice before going into an area to hurt every-one by changing gun free zones so they’re not 100% gun free. Unlike Trump or Clin-ton, we know what, why, and how Johnson wants to implement policies. Seriously, someone must have taken the rational parts of the other two clo-candidates and given them to Johnson. America needs a woman for president to help put an end the patri-archy (yes, it still exists) and bring more attention to the wage gap, which is larger than seventy-fi ve cents for women of color, but we need to take a step back and think if we really want Clinton as the fi rst

woman president. There’s no doubt she has experience with poli-tics, but have her actions rather than her speech in her career advocated for feminism? Has she shown us that she’s morally credible enough? Trump, on the other hand, has no ex-perience leading a small town, let alone a nation. Sure he’s a success-ful business owner, but business and politics are two completely separate things. Yes, he can’t wage wars, but other coun-tries will want to, based on Trump’s inability to understand euphemistic speech. Be honest; are we re-ally in the fi nancial posi-tion to be at war with a country that Trump can’t avoid with a wall? Make America great again. Rather than voting for one candidate to stop the other, vote Gary John-son and stop both.

As a result of recent comments made by Donald Trump, the author of the article advocating to vote for Trump has chosen to withdraw their Opposing Sides article and will not appear in this newspaper. Thank you for your continued support.

The election is nearing, which means the United States is faced with a choice: who will be our next president? The choice should be an obvious one, yet to some, it's not. Trump supporters reign just as highly as Clinton’s supporters do, but for all the wrong reasons.Trump, while he is a business-man and the United States might just need to be run like a business, has de-clared bankruptcy more than once. The United States wasn't built like a busi-ness. Therefore, we can-not have a president who would consider that an option. While Clinton isn't exactly the most promis-ing candidate in the world, she can bring something to

By Anika Akbar, Opinions Editor

By Madison Johnson, Editor-in-chief, Opera-tions

this country that we don't have: equality. Clinton’s policies sup-port us-the student body, the younger generation, and the people who are going to inherit this world. Clinton is pressing for a debt free education, insur-ing a world in which we as a country can produce a generation of educated young people who aren't plagued by debt like our parents before us, who aren't constantly worried about how their futures will turn out with such a burden. Donald Trump is the candidate for the older generation: the generation that dreams of fortune and riches. Hillary Clinton is the candidate for us-the generation that is more worried about how we might be able to afford our basic needs after college rather than fame. Clinton has a plan for the future of the world we live in, and not just to keep the students out of debt.

Clinton has the environ-ment in mind. She has plans for clean energy and solar power, which are plans for a cleaner and healthier planet. Donald Trump has claimed that global warm-ing and the threat on our Earth is a thing of fi ction created by China to scam us all. Let’s face the facts: without the environment, without taking care of the world we call home, what's the point of having a president? When it comes down to it, I can completely agree where some people might think Clinton would make a bad president. We have had horrible presidents before. We've had our fair share of them; presidents who ruin the economy and presidents who don't do anything to help it. But, they all have one thing in common.

These ‘bad’ presidents have only been in offi ce for a single term. Worst case scenario, Clinton sits in the Oval Offi ce for four years be-fore we have a new elec-tion and vote in someone more qualifi ed. The worst scenario for Trump is practically nightmarish. Trump is not only the candidate for the people who want less equality for women and who are blatantly racist and have no care for the Black Lives Matter move-ment, but is a candidate who has publicly compli-mented Vladimir Putin of Russia. He has invited Russia to hack into our networks and invited them to par-ticipate in cyber terrorism. The dictator of Russia has shown his support for Mr. Donald Trump, a man who has publicly slandered people of diverse races and ethnicities. He has publically trashed the African Ameri-

can, Hispanic, and female communities of America. Donald Trump has been backed by the dictator of Russia, whose role model is Kim Jong-un, a man who has caused so much tyranny it's painful to even listen to. Donald Trump supports Putin, who thinks Saddam Hussein is brilliant. People like them don't leave offi ce after their term is over; people like Trump don't leave offi ce after they've been voted in. How could we possibly be stupid enough to have a president who’s intention-ally associated with these types of people? Clinton is by no means perfect. But Clinton is a person who wants to make a change for us. Not the adults of the world, but the young people. It's our turn, and Trump is taking that turn away. A vote for Clinton is a vote for Parkview. Anything else could sign our death sentence.

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OCTOBER 2016 PANTHER PRIORITIES

With fi rst semester in full swing, sleep, yet again, has taken a back seat to the school work, extracurricular activi-ties, sports, and social life that the everyday student has to juggle. To put it bluntly, it is hard being a student, but it is ever harder when one has to shortchange oneself unwit-tingly on sleep to keep up a 4.0 GPA and balance clubs and sports. The focus on stress facilitated by the criteria from the college admissions process has rekindled ongoing debates about the balance between academics and extracurricu-lars. Competitive colleges set a certain criteria for their appli-cants: well-rounded students who are exceptionally talented athletes, performers, or musi-cians with high SAT scores, leadership experience, and hundreds of volunteer hours. Selective colleges look for students who excel in all areas and showcase multifaceted personalities, so the pressure on students creates an unau-thentic standard for their high school career. As opposed to

engaging in activities they are passionate about, students are joining extracurricular activi-ties to strengthen their college applications. The issue of parents push-ing their children to join team sports or take music and dance lessons at a young age also surfaces. The extracurricu-lar practices are tedious and time-consuming, but dreams of multimillion-dollar contracts and scholarships encourage “tiger parents” to force their kids to participate, despite their children’s protests. This emo-tional and fi nancial investment clouds parents’ judgement from seeing the truth of their children’s burnout. In addition to participating in sports or fi ne arts activities, students spend eight hours a day in a restrictive school sys-tem still modeled on the basic mechanism from hundreds of years ago with a curriculum that refl ects rote memorization. Some core classes are extrane-ous and inadequately focus on analysis and reasoning. The classes are outdated, creativity restrictive, and the method of asserting the knowledge gained over the course of the semester does not adequately refl ect the individual’s cognitive abilities.

In reality, some curriculums hold no bearing on the future. Higher level classes also place more emphasis on independent learning, so students often study two to four hours for each class outside of school in order to grasp the content of the course or complete home-work. Admissions offi cers are also interested in the depth of a student’s extracurricular life including his or her leadership potential and charity work. Volunteer work demonstrates a student’s involvement in his or her community and passion about making a difference. It shows their ability to maintain a schedule. Leadership experi-ence in both organizations and the arts demonstrates students’ commitment to excellence. Students may be caught up in the competitive race for college acceptance by achiev-ing top grades and SAT scores, participating in team sports and the arts, and engaging in leadership and volunteer opportunities. However, the balance may vary from person to person. Success is based off of the individual, but their per-formance can be hindered by the stress and panic associated with “building a resume.”

Cartoon by Karen Ye, Ed. In Chief, Design

Well-rounded students reach breaking point

Morning traffi c has gone from bad to worse with no help in sight

Helicopter parents need to stop hovering

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By Abby Harvey, Staff Writer

“My mom goes to great lengths to make sure I’m passing Physics.”

Wisecracks in the Pavement

By Thuy Pham, Managing Edi-tor

By Madison Johnson, Ed. in Chief, Operations

It all began with a little thing called a retainment pond. One of only four entrances to our lovely high-school was closed off to make room for a place for water to collect. In theory, it was a great idea: build a pond, get the water off the fi elds, and make a cute little environment for

some wild life. Now, however it's just a fi eld with grass in it. There is no pond, and per-haps worse, there is no fourth entrance. The entrance was closed last year, and while it muddled the traffi c coming in right side of Cole Road. It was tolerable at the time. People found ways around it, found ways to manage their time, and quickly fell into a routine only mildly begrudged. One summer day, suddenly,

every student at Parkview High School received an email: school will be start-ing at 7:22 AM. Sharp. At the time, my fellow students and I were, in short, pretty ticked off. Fortunately, we had the summer to cope and some time to deal with the fact that we had to go to school for a whole eight minutes sooner. Little did we know, the traffi c would be backed up from Parkview High School to the

Georgia Coast. Because of the time change, students have been left confused, angry, and con-stantly late to class. Parkview is serving up tardy stamps like a plate of bland, steamed vegetables; they are always on the dinner table, yet nobody wants them. I have never got-ten more than two stamps at Parkview (since I to save them for important issues), and I have already received three of

the little slips that shows I'm tardy. These tardies are not the student body’s fault. The 7:22am time change puts traf-fi c at an all-time jam. Even if we leave our houses a whole thirty minutes early, were still sprinting to class because the lines get longer and longer every day. What's the deal, Parkview? It's only a minute on every class. What's the POINT?

One could say parents nowadays tend to be a little overprotective. Then again, who could blame them; with modern advancements like

social media and the internet, who knows what teenagers are up to? Devices such as cell phones and computers have a large impact on kids, allowing them to explore the world for what the internet says it is. This is where parents come in; deciding whether to let one’s child play in the ruthless world of social media is ultimately up to the parent. Usually if they don’t let their child participate in certain or all types of social media, parents are then labeled as “helicopter par-ents,” which refers to their overprotectiveness and inability to trust their children’s choices. . These parents do, however, have good reasons to sup-port their ban on social media. Snapchat is an app allow-ing users to send pictures and have them deleted in a time span of up to ten seconds. Obviously this can be misused. Parents must make the hard decision on whether to trust their teenagers with this app or forbid them. This may end in rebellion like most situations do where a parent prohibits something that a child wishes to have. Sophomore Ruby Cresswell comments on her mom’s leniency with social media, “My mom doesn’t know much about social media besides Facebook, so she doesn’t really care whether I have any social media or not.” These opinions differ with each parent. The opinion of sophomore Grace Maddox’s mother on social media is a popular one, stating, “My mom has trusted me with social media and the internet so far and will continue to until I give her a reason not to.” On the other hand, another parental view on social media is portrayed by sophomore Sarah Todd’s mom. “Even though my mom has a Facebook like most moms, she is not familiar with much else, so she restricts certain social media,” Todd, comments. These he-licopter parents show slight implications of being overpro-tective, but social media is not the only way parents restrict their children. Among the various views on what teenagers should be exposed to, helicopter parents seem to impose especially heavy restrictions on their children. Another ex-ample would be how parents are involved in their children’s education, monitoring their grades, and if they are involved with the school. These so called “helicopter parents” can cradle and baby their children so much during their childhood that the kids don’t know how to do anything by themselves when they grow up. As Ann Landers, a columnist, puts it, “It’s not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings.” Many parents need to take this to heart and learn to trust that their children will learn and take from their parents’ examples instead of having to force and hover over them. By parents doing everything for their children and hovering over them for all their childhood these kids are learning to rely on others for everything they need, as well as creating a multitude of issues such as depression, increased dependency, eating disorders, anxiety, low self-esteem, and emotional withdrawal. While in the real world this is unrealistic and can eas-ily be prevented; parents need to give their children the space they need in order to learn life lessons for themselves by making mistakes and by taking life lessons from those mistakes.

OCTOBER 2016 THINKING GLOBALLY PAGE 11

If one takes a trip back in time, one can see that women have come very far in the fi ght for equality. They have ascended from barely having any power and rights to winning the right to vote and making great strides to create equal opportunities in the workplace and education. Although this is great improve-ment from before, women are still being oppressed. Charlye Bly, a Parkview senior that is

very adamant about women’s rights says, “There are so many ways women are oppressed today, but society is trained not to notice them.” Although it’s shocking, some women still only make 78 cents to every dollar a man makes. In Georgia, on average women make only $36,650 a year, while men make $45,396, according to the AAUW. In addition to this, many workplaces continue to exclude women completely, according to American Civil Liberties Union. Even scarier is the fact that thousands of girls

are victims of sexual crimes and traffi cking each year. On aver-age, just in the US alone, there are over 5,500 cases of traffi ck-ing according to the NHTRC. Thousands of girls are raped and sexually abused and they have no say as to what happens to them. Furthermore, deaths related to pregnancy are horrify-ingly high and some girls and women are not able to have a choice of what happens to their bodies. Some are forced to have abortions while others go to desperate unsafe needs to have this operation done. In everyday

situations, women are catcalled and slut shamed for what they wear and what they do. These conditions only scratch the sur-face of gender inequality. There are countless ways women are still oppressed and unequal. “It’s scary to think that these sorts of things are still happening today and that people aren’t educated about it.” says sophomore Rylee Johns. A common misconception about our generation is that we can’t make a change, when in reality, we are the change. Even though barriers might be

discouraging, women are speak-ing about these injustices. “We have to do something if we want it to change” says Johns, a big supporter of women’s rights. Women are starting campaigns, protesting, educating, and inspiring everyone throughout the world. Everyone can get in-volved. Women can make their voice heard and speak out about what they want. They can use social media or start their own campaign. There are so many various ways women can speak out and voice their opinion. Ac-tion is crucial for a change.

Celebrities have so many more rights than ordinary citizens do. Being famous au-tomatically allows them to do whatever they want with fewer consequences, which is unfair to anyone who isn’t famous or well-known. There have been so many events occurring that have indicated this unfair advantage of celebrities. Brock Turner is a famous

swimmer who sexually as-saulted an unconscious woman. However, his sentence was only six months in jail. He was originally sentenced to six years in prison, but after several letters from judges, he ended up only serving six months of time in jail. This is very unfair to any-one else who has been in this situation. The usual jail time for a sexual assault is about fi ve to seven years worth of jail time. However, since Brock Turner is well- known, he is excluded from this sentence.

Sophomore Samir Wadi commented, “It is not right that celebrities get these privileges just because they are famous. Everyone is so worried that his or her careers will get messed up when a mistake is made, but celebrities don’t have to worry about getting the same conse-quences as anyone else. It is teahing a message to their fans that when doing something wrong, it is okay.” The Justin Bieber situation also refl ects the extra privileges that celebrities have. Justin Bieber was in Toronto and was

reported to be standing on his balcony while fans were cheer-ing for him below when he spit over the balcony. Reporters have different opinions and confl icting information on the situation; some say that there were no fans near the balcony but others claim that there were, in fact, fans under the balcony where he spit. Sopho-more Erin Gates noted, “Just because they’re famous doesn’t give them automatic rights to do whatever they choose. They need to be treated like everyone else, and there should be no

The advent of Pokémon Go, a mobile reality game featuring virtual creatures that players can capture and battle, is luring peo-ple beyond the comforts of their homes and encouraging players to explore their surroundings, and contemporary critics even praise the game for immersing the younger generation in the natural world. The game was developed by Niantic for iOS and Android devices on July 6, 2016 and is blurring the line between digital and reality. The popular franchise with a twenty

year history has become a global phenomenon and renowned as one of the most downloaded apps worldwide. The augmented reality game built on Niantic’s Real World Gaming Platform promotes physical activity and socializing by encouraging players to search far and wide for wild Pokémon. As players move in the real world in search of different Pokémon, their avatars move in the game. During an encounter with a Pokémon, players can capture the creature by fl icking a Poké Ball from the bottom of their screen to the top of the screen toward the Pokémon. When the Pokémon is success-

fully caught, it will register in the Pokédex, the Pokémon database. Players can travel to Poké-mon gyms, typically places of interests including historical markers, monuments, and land-marks, to battle their Pokémon against other trainers in an attempt to take control of the gym and assign their Pokémon to defend it. In their quest to be the very best like no one ever was, players are exercising and discovering their real world sur-roundings. The sheer number of players engrossed in the game stimu-lates interaction among players based on their shared interest.

Trainers are more likely to strike up conversation with strangers. This in turn encourages fellow trainers to bond and develop new friendships. However, the game is mired in controversy for contribut-ing to accidents and has been accredited as a public nuisance by some. Junior Saaby Simons explained, “It’s dangerous when people put their lives at risk whenever a random Pokémon spawns. It’s an unnecessary danger because it adds no value to your life academically or socially.” People fail to acknowledge that since the release of Poké-mon GO, people suffering from

anxiety, depression, and agora-phobia voluntarily leave their homes to explore their surround-ings and socialize with others. Moreover, people are exercising on a daily basis thus promoting positive health habits such as reduced stress levels, endor-phins, and relief in depression and anxiety symptoms. Pokémon GO also alleviates social anxiety by encouraging players to confront social situa-tions rather than avoid them. Pokémon GO is indicative of the interconnectedness between the digital and physical world in ad-dition to potentially harnessing positive effects on the physical and the psychological functions.

exceptions.” Being a celebrity may be great and all because of all of the fame and fortune, but their titles should not make them invincible to the law. It refl ects badly on the celebrities. When someone famous does something wrong, others will follow their example and think that they will not have any consequences when they do something bad. Celebrities should not be excluded from the law. The consequences they deserve should refl ect their actions.

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By Thuy Pham, Man-aging Editor

By Jennaya Montoya, Staff Writer

By Marie Stan-ford, Business Manager

Pokemon Go dominates the globe with real-time interactive gameplay

Celebrities should suffer the same consequences for their wrongdoings

Girls just want to have to have fundamental human rights

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OCTOBER 2016 PHS BOOK NOOK PANTERA PAGE 15

Allegiant receives mixed results from fans

Banned books return again

Crimes have been commit-ted by students, not because of participating in illegal activities, but by reading banned books. The last week of September is the time to celebrate the right to read books; it’s called Banned Books Week. “This is a week when we celebrate the free-dom to read,” explains Lisa Newberry, Parkview’s media specialist. Banned Books Week ob-serves books that are wrongly prohibited from schools, libraries, and even entire cit-ies because of explicit con-tent. Banned Books Week has been around since 1982, and this year was its 34th anni-versary. Librarians, teachers, and students are standing up against ignorant laws; they’re reading these books. “Banned book week celebrates our fi rst amendment rights,” says Kim Hill, Parkview’s Media Clerk. Luckily, the students aren’t the ones causing all the prob-lems; most of the time, it is the parents. Parents have been complaining about the books in school and libraries for centuries, saying that they’re not appropriate for the young minds. In response, teachers and librarians have united against the attack of many beloved and classic books. “We get the American Library As-sociation’s list of 100 books that have been most chal-lenged. We pull the books that we have in our library and we put them on display,” explains Newberry. “Students who see these books often ask if they are ‘allowed’ to check out the banned books on our displays! We happily tell them yes!” Parents want to ban the books because of their perceived explicit nature. Ac-cording to American Library

Association, many adults feel they should protect their kids’ innocence from the crude languages in books. Once a person complains about the content in a book, the next course of action it depends on where the complaint happens. If the book is in the school, the administrators and media committee decide whether or not the book is a bad infl u-ence for the children. Yet if more school libraries start banning a particular book and there is still a protest against the book outside of school, then public libraries can decide to get rid of the book. “Here at Parkview, we have a committee that must approve everything in our library,” explains Newberry. “The committee includes teach-ers, parents, administrators and students. Every single book is agreed upon.” Two years ago, Looking for Alaska by John Green was banned because of sexually ex-plicit and offensive language. Unfortunately, Looking for Alaska is not the only banned book. There are countless other books. The top fi ve include Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L James, I am Jazz by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings, Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teen Speaks Out by Susan Kuklin, and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Hadden. “The number one banned book is Harry Pot-ter,” says Newsberry, “The Great Gatsby is the number one banned classic.” Ultimately, Banned Book Week is about getting the mes-sage out to the people that ban-ning books is against people’s fi rst amendment, and they have the right to read what they want. “I thought it was inter-esting that The Very Hungry Caterpillar was banned in England for a while,” shares Hill, “for promoting child-hood obesity.”

Nineteen years after the Battle of Hogwarts had been fought and Voldemort had been conquered, Harry and his friends have all gradu-ated, married, and now hold jobs. However, the trio has gotten themselves into just as much trouble as they did as students. Their children are struggling with living in their famous parents’ shad-ows and the fi ghting against evil. The eighth installment of the Harry Potter series, the rehearsal script for the new play, The Cursed Child, has received mixed responses from its viewers. It seems that the most impressive aspect of this play is its stag-ing, which for most Ameri-cans, will never be viewable. The play’s faults can mostly be boiled down to the simple fact that it was not created by the original author of the Harry Potter series that we all grew up reading and watched mature and improve. Despite these faults, however, for many devoted fans, a look, no matter how fl awed, into the lives of the beloved series’s characters after the story’s end is a treasure. J.K. Rowling, true to her word, did not continue the series after the story of Harry Potter was over; however, almost a decade after the release of the fi nal book, she decided to allow others to

expand on and publish prose based on her stories. The play, written by the play-wright Jack Thorne , who is most known for his show Skins, was based on a story written by Rowling, but the translation to play format seems to show that Rowling had little involvement with the creation and develop-ment of the play. According to First Post, “in the series where women have some of the strongest character arcs, their portrayal in the play is atrocious.” While in the original series, all characters had strong personality traits and partici-pation in the story, Cursed Child relies primarily on male protagonists and only uses female characters either to speed up the plot or add romantic interest. It seems that, even in the theatri-cal wizarding world, “it’s a man’s world.” Incompetent female char-acters aside, all of the char-acters that appear in Cursed Child from the original series seem inconsistent with their original personalities. True, a lot may change from graduation to midlife, but an entire personality shift for all of the main characters seems a bit unreasonable. Many fans are under-standably upset about the format of The Cursed Child. It’s not a novel. It is a script and therefore does not have the writing and imagery that fans have come to expect from Rowling. Many fans

claimed after its release in July that “Rowling [owed them] a book;” however, she doesn’t. Rowling already promised that she wouldn’t write another Harry Pot-ter book. The story is over. Although the experience is appreciated, reading The Cursed Child reminds one of fanfi ction not quite a part of the story, but not capable of standing alone either. In fact, a basic knowledge of the Harry Potter world is required to understand the story since much of it is in-corporated without the con-text of the previous series. All of this doesn’t neces-sarily cancel out the play’s merits. The play itself received excellent reviews in Great Britain, and the incorporation of a more di-verse cast showed that Harry Potter has always and will always stand for doing what is right. As a script, it has a captivating plot that leaves readers desperate to know what happens next- as the New York Times dubbed it, “a compelling, stay-up-all-night-read.” Overall, the play fell short of expectations and ul-timately shattered the image that most fans had crafted of the Wizarding World after “the chosen one’s story” had played out. However, it did leave people talk-ing; it opened discussions about acceptance and moral righteousness and gave fans a new view of their beloved characters.

The Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth has fl own off shelves, and their block-buster counterparts have made millions in revenue. The most recent movie of the series to be released was Allegiant part one opens on March 18th 2016. The dystopian thriller is a New York Times bestseller, and the movies are currently being hailed by critics. Part one opens on Tris and Four

climbing buildings in the abandoned and dangerous Chicago. When they start their fi rst conversation, a message broadcasts around Chicago, reminding them of the ever- present danger. Director Robert Schwen-tke tries to capture the inten-sity of Tris the protaganist, Four, and many other char-acters as they fi ght to free their society from factions. Friends and foes are intro-duced in the book and now brought to life on screen. Actor Jeff Daniels emerges

as the face of David, and Bill Skarsgard takes on the role of Matthew. No need for fans to fear though because ac-tors Theo James (Four) and Shanilene Woodley (Tris) are back on the screen in all of their Divergent glory. However, reactions are mixed since the fi lm doesn’t hit the major points from the book. They’ve glossed over what makes Allegiant the thriller that had fans so ex-cited to see it adapted to fi lm. There are complaints of too many new faces introduced in the fi lm, which overshad-ow existing characters. Due to this, reactions from fans have been on the low side. Critics from IMDb gave the fi lm a 5.8/10. Rotten Tomatoes, another popular movie review site, has given it a 4.1/10, and reported that about 43% of visitors enjoyed it. Regard-less of mixed reviews, part two of Allegiant is due to come out June 7th in the summer of 2017.

New Harry Potter book fl ies into the light

With a cast of familiar and new faces, Allegiant hits as a box offi ce success. (Photo courtesy of LA [CC BY-NC-ND 2.0])

By Hermela Assefa, Staff Writer

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Parkview’s Media Center raises awareness for banned books. (Photo by Anika Akbar)

OCTOBER 2016 PANTHER FINE ARTS PANTERA PAGE 16

Passion for drawing began early for new art teacher Susan Duncan

Ms. Duncan, the new art teacher, has been around the world and back. (Photo by Sarah Khora-si)

With the fall semester in full swing, it’s important to appreciate all the wonderful hard work and dedication of Parkview’s teachers. The new art teacher, Ms. Duncan, is one of many. There’s a lot to Susan Dun-can behind her warm laugh and kind eyes.

She is from Fairfax County, Virginia. Despite growing up her years in Virginia, Ms. Duncan was infl uenced by a multitude of different cultures. “I lived in Brazil until I was 8 years old. I was born in Finland. I spoke Portuguese fi rst, then English, but when I moved to the states, I forgot how to speak Portuguese because

I’d been speaking English. We then moved to Virginia where my older sister was born. My other sister, how-ever, was born in Uruguay. We were all born in different places because my dad was in the foreign service and lived in different countries, but I went to high school in Virginia.” Ms. Duncan also has a

deep wanderlust to explore different areas of the world. “I loved my time in Brazil. I wouldn’t want to necessarily live there again, but I want to live overseas somewhere in another country. I might go to Chile. I was also think-ing about going to Europe. I love teaching art, but there’s other things I also want to do.” Looking for a change, she came to Georgia. “I just wanted to move. I was living in Florida for about 6 years, and I wanted a change of pace and some different weather. Even though it’s been really hot here, and it’s not been very different, I wanted weather like Virgin-ia. I wanted fall and winter and spring and summer, so I just arbitrarily picked At-lanta and moved here.” Before Ms. Duncan invested in arts, she tried other professions. “I’ve been a waitress and a bartender, and I currently also teach

yoga. It’s like the other thing that I really love to do. I’ve been teaching for a year, but I’ve been practicing yoga for almost 10 years.” Ms. Duncan was tied to art from a young age. “We always had art in our house, and I didn’t know what it was. I used to just sit around, and I would start copying all the paintings around our house or start drawing them. I was exposed to a lot of art as a young child.” Soon, she grew attached to art and learned she liked her space a certain way. “I need a big room. Somewhere I can be really messy, with concrete fl oors, and no one else around. Big tall ceilings, loud music, music depending on my mood preferably.” Mrs. Duncan is happy with her current life, and her ambition and eagerness to explore the world has given her some amazing experi-ences, and they will continue to guide her in life.

Scott Hague directs new tunes

Hague reviews music with the orchestra. (Photo by Anika Akbar)

With melodious tunes, magnifi cent posture, and a genuine passion for music, nothing less would be expect-ed of Parkview High School’s orchestra. For as long as any Parkview student can remem-ber, former director Kristine Sampson has led the orchestra to great profi ciency. However, following her retirement last spring, Parkview’s orchestra acquired Scott Hague as their new director. Originally from southern Florida, Hague’s interest in music stemmed from learning the piano at a young age. His involvement in orchestra be-gan in the sixth grade, similar

to any other student currently in the fi ne art-with the violin. However, Hague switched to the viola as he went into high school because there were not many playing the instrument. Hague always knew that he wanted to make a career out of music. After high school, he received his Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, and later his Masters as well as a Specialist Degree in Music education from the University of Georgia in Athens. Hague states, “I didn’t just like per-forming and practicing twelve hours a day and becoming a performing artist. When you get to teach, you get to share music with people and share

how excited you get with other people.” With Sampson’s departure, students such as junior Nicole Otolorin, were excited to experience a different style of learning. Otolorin feels that Hague is building a friendly relationship with them, and this them to feel more confi -dent as players. She explains, “If I have a good relation-ship with my teacher, then I trust them and feel like less nervous during concerts and competitions because I know they wouldn’t put me out there to fail.” Individually, Hague has played for a vast amount of symphony orchestras in the Florida-Georgia-South Caro-lina area and is currently in two string quartets. As a high school director, he has been able to take his students to various parts of the country to compete, and he has plans to do the same with Parkview’s orchestra explaining how impressed he is with them and how “they’re so respect-ful and kind and excited to learn.” Throughout the school year, the orchestra is sched-uled to play many concerts and competitions. There is no doubt that they will return with more accomplishments, confi dence, and a stronger connection to Hague and make him proud. As Otolorin explains, “We just want to do well because he’s created that environment where we want to be doing well.”

Band takes on exhibition

Late Friday nights and early Saturday mornings—the life of a marching band student. While it may sound hard, it can be extremely fun. On September 24th, the Marching Panthers had their fi rst marching band exhibi-tion of the year. This exhibition was a very important day for them. The band performed their show, Parkview Horror Story, for the fi rst time in front of a large crowd. Jason Atha, the head band director, felt confi -dent about the show. “I love that we have the opportunity to be artistic and creative, and that we have a lot of elements to be diverse in the way that we pres-ent ourselves on the fi eld,” Atha commented. Atha feels proud of the show that he and the assistant band director, Lance Kindl, have produced. On Saturday, both band directors and the Marching Panthers traveled down to Mill Creek and showed all of Gwin-nett County marching bands their show. They also watched other bands while being cri-tiqued on their performance.

Kindl noted, “There’s a lot of great things happening in the band, and I am excited to see them on the fi eld.” Many of the band students were jumpy for the exhibition as well. “Being at exhibition is great for the band as a whole. We all work really hard and from the exhibition we can im-prove our weaker points,” says Bailey Cathey, one of the two band captains in marching band. Tanya Diaz, a clarinetist in the band, was eager as well. “I was excited for exhibition. It was our fi rst time performing our show in uniform. It felt like an actual competition,” she said. The show itself features many memorable visuals plus incredible movements and music. The band had been practicing endlessly to do well on this performance and the rest to come. The drum majors and soloists had also been work-ing tirelessly to do well at the exhibition and performances. “I thought it was good! It was our best run, but we still had a lot of work to do,” said T.K. Allen Randolph, one of the three drum majors.

By Sarah Khorasi, Staff Writer

By Anika Akbar, Opinions Editor

By Jordon Frederick, Staff Writer

The marching band at the Parkview stadium on September 24. (Photo by Jordan Fredrick)

Chorus gets back into the sing of things

Dancers thrive on opportuni-ties in programs outside PHS

While the school year hesi-tantly rolls in, the Parkview chorus groups are not so shy. The groups prove their un-bridled enthusiasm and craft in the daunting face of this year’s choral schedule, which bursts at the seams with bus-tling activity. The chorus is divided into two distinct groups. The fi rst class is the Intermediate group, which is comprised of 35 freshmen, all of whom are girls. The Advanced Mixed group, a larger class of 45 students, consists of both boys and girls and also encom-passes all of the sophomore, junior, and senior students.

By Jenny Nguyen, Copy Editor

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Considering the various concerts planned throughout the year, all of the chorus students are working espe-cially hard to meet the year’s ambitious schedule. On October 11th, the choruses hosted their fi rst performance of the year in the school’s theater—a pop concert with several musical selections from the acapella group Pentatonix. Among their vibrant selections were “Let It Go,” “Save the World/Don’t You Worry Child,” “Say Something,” “White Winter Hymnal,” and “Can’t Sleep Love.” Later on in December, the groups also anticipate a winter concert at the Eastminster Presbyterian Church.

In light of the groups’ hard work, chorus director Richard Magner expressed his high hopes for the year. “This is the fi rst time I’ve just been directing chorus because I’ve also usually been the band director, so I’ve been able to do a lot more planning to get everything ready for the con-certs. Things have been going great so far, and the experi-ence has been fun,” he said. Meanwhile, the chorus stu-dents share similarly positive sentiments. “I have a feeling that this year is going to be the choruses’ best year. We’re going to do our very best, and we won’t stop until we give it our all,” said Gabriella Gor-dillo, a Parkview junior in the Advanced Mixed group.

By Jennaya Montoya, Staff Writer

Dancers from the Taylor Academy participate in numerous parades. (Photo courtesy of Aye Kadsup)

After chorus teacher Rich-ard Magner took his fi nal bow as the head band director at Parkview, Jason Atha stepped into his shoes and became the head band director. Atha then hired an as-sistant band director: Lance Kindl. Kindl has an extensive and impressive background. He has been a percussionist ever since he was in the 5th grade. He ended up getting into percussion when he heard that someone in his elemen-tary school was offering

free percussion lessons. He decided to take up his offer, and the rest is history. He described this experience by saying that he always listened to the drums and has been fascinated by them. After getting out of high school, Kindl decided to venture into a career in per-cussion. After he found his passion, he explored Blast!, a Broadway production mainly featuring brass and percussion instruments. Mr. Kindl describes Blast! as a life changing experience. He noted, “For me, Blast! was a time for me to really fi gure out who I was, I want to help other people to know what it feels like to have a complete and total purpose in life.” While Kindl was on stage for Blast!, he had a realization that performing and being a musician was something that he was born to do. After eight years of work-

ing on Blast!, he traveled around the country helping younger people with percus-sion. In the future, Kindl would also like to help judge march-ing band competitions around the country; however much he loved judging at competitions for marching band though, he enjoyed teaching more. This encouraged Kindl to get a job at Parkview as the assistant band director. The kids in band also really enjoy him. “I love Mr. Kindl, he is so funny. He also knows what he is talking about and what he teaches.” says Clayton Carlsen, a junior in concert winds. At Parkview, Kindl not only teaches band but also helps out with percussion and marching band. He said “Parkview is different from other schools I have taught at, though Parkview is one of my favorites.”

Lance Kindl is the new face of PHS band

By Jordon Frederick, Staff Writer

There is more to dance outside of school than what people think. Dance in school offers great opportunities and even opportunity await danc-ers after school. Dancers who dance with a company outside of school are open to video shoots and even chances to dance with big name or upcoming artists. The outside experiences, like dancing at a fundraiser or even a pride festival, is marvelous for a resume pertaining to dance. Many dancers begin danc-ing in elementary school as a fun activity to pass the time. As the years pass, dancers become serious and many contemplate dance as a future career. Taylor Academy of Fine Arts is a local com-petitive dance company that teachers dance to students from numerous schools. Their style ranges from ballet and lyrical to tap, jazz, and even hip hop. Throughout the year, their dancers perform shows as well as do side activities, such as parades or festivals, and get ready for competi-tion. Competition, besides the stressful practicing, can also

be very fun. Being a company dancer is defi nitely not easy. “Discipline, focus, endurance, perseverance, and diligence goes into being a success-ful company dancer,” Coach Thad, who coaches dance, stated. Dancers with companies outside of school also ben-efi t from many opportunities throughout the year. Just this year alone, Taylor’s dancers have been offered chances to fi lm in video shoots, dance at different parades and festi-vals for recognition, and one dancer got to be in an up-coming artist’s music video. One Taylor Academy dancer, Krystin, described the level of dance at school to the dancing experience with a company. She said, “Dance outside of school is more advanced because they have to worry about competition and going against different people, but at school they’re with the same people all the time.” Dancing, overall, is a tre-mendous sport. It is a fantastic way to discover new oppor-tunities as well as gain more recognition. Even though a lot of work goes into dancing, dancers can still have fun in the process.

Lance Kindl inspires students at Parkview. (Photo courtesy of Blake Tyers)

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Marvel fans eagerly await Dr. Strange

On November 4th, yet another relatively obscure Marvel character will become insanely popular because of a movie: Dr. Strange. Stephen Strange was a brilliant but arrogant neuro-scientist. His successful life changed forever when an ac-cident robbed him of the use of his hands. He desperately used every means available to him to repair his crippled limbs. When modern medicine failed him, he turned to miraculous medicine in the Tibetan moun-tains. When he travelled there, he was greeted by the Ancient One, an incredibly old woman who was the most powerful magical practitioner in the world. Strange was desper-

ate enough to ask for magical assistance. The Ancient One trained him for years in the ways of magic until he almost rivaled her in power. Dr. Strange’s powers are vast and powerful, and include energy projection, teleporta-tion, healing, limited fl ight, and astral projection. He is regarded to be one of the most powerful Marvel characters and is only matched by a few heavy hitters, such as Hulk or Thor. His main limita-tions are his relative fragility in comparison to everyone else, and anyone with any form of magical resistance, such as Scarlet Witch or Ghost Rider. Speaking of Ghost Rider, Dr. Strange may have some connection in the upcom-

In what is widely known as the best comic book movie, Christopher Nolan weaves an expertly crafted crime drama with one huge idea in mind: duality. The Dark Knight is a fi lm about the idea of order versus chaos. Its duality exists in its ideas, its characters, and the ultimate payoff delivered by the fi lm’s plot. Of course, what would a Batman movie be without Bat-man? The answer is surprisingly good. Batman only appears in 18% of the fi lm’s screen time. This is around 3% less than the time Heath Ledger’s Joker receives. So why do the hero and his antagonist both have around the same screen time? The answer is simple: they are perfect opposites, yet they’re more similar than Bruce Wayne would care to admit. Batman is a fascist; he forces his order upon the city of Gotham and reduces the crime rate along side the district attorney, Har-vey Dent. The Joker is a nihilist: one who doesn’t believe in anything, including order. His intent is to prove that behind the order that is forced on society by the government is only a facade, and without it, men would turn into savages. Both operate outside the law, on their own whim. The contrast is prominent in the infi nitely infamous “inter-rogation scene.” The Joker is captured and locked in a room, defenseless from Batman. Although the vigilante attempts to take control of the situation with brute force, his titular nem-esis retains control of the situation through emotional means. The Joker can’t defeat Batman in a one-on-one fi ght, but he uses our protagonist’s morals against him in order to maintain the power of the scene. These characters have antithetical means of domination; their contrast through duality is made even more apparent. The greatest example of duality in The Dark Knight is neither Batman nor Joker, but Harvey Dent: a.k.a. Two Face. Dent is the last legal barricade between Gotham City and its crime infested innards. He makes his own decisions, and uses a cheat two-sided coin to mask the direct control he has over his life as chance; he even states, “I make my own luck.” This concept is fl ipped on its head when the “White Knight of Go-tham” loses his future wife and half of his body to a gasoline explosion caused by the Joker. His coin is now burned on one side creating a fair 50/50 chance. Dent realizes chance in now the only fair force in life, and uses the now-fair coin to decide the fate of those he blames for his misfortune. His actions, personality, and physical appearance are literally split in two. This fi lm is about the effects of two opposite ideals on a city overwhelmed with crime. It is apparent throughout, but Nolan drives this point home with Dent’s swing from will-power to chance. The Dark Knight is a crime drama as much as it is a psychological endeavor into the philosophical prin-ciples of the infl uential. Ultimately, this fi lm had the perfect antagonist for its plot and protagonist, and it worked because the Joker’s point to the Dark Knight was driven home: “You complete me.”

ing seasons of the TV show, “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” giv-en the fact that he and Ghost Rider are the only two ‘magic’ characters in this Cinematic Universe. This would not be the fi rst time the show has crossed over with the movies, namely Captain America: the Winter Soldier and Avengers: Age of Ultron. The movie is being met with caution, given that most people are limited in knowl-edge of the character, his unique powers, and origin. The widely held view is that it will probably be good, but no one is ready to commit yet. I am optimistic, but I would watch a movie where Squirrel Girl and Night Thrasher fi ght Stiltman, so I may be biased.

Netfl ix is defi ned as a teenager’s distraction from daily life. It is used constantly as a stress reliever. However, Netfl ix has caused teens to binge-watch. Binge-watching is the practice of watching television for a long span of time, usually of a single tele-vision show. Netfl ix has over a thousand shows to watch, from movies to old Disney movies. There’s a fl ick for just about anyone. Here are some possible shows to binge-watch that have fl own under the radar:

1. “American Crime” When it comes to recent anthology series, the show that comes to people’s mind is surely “True Detective,” although it really should be “American Crime.” Though both series focus on an in-vestigation following a grisly murder, “American Crime”

concerns itself more with the emotional and socio-logical damages that the crime brought on, rather than with “True Detective’s” obsession with the occult, fl at-circles, and little Beer Can Dolls. Though the fi rst season of both “American Crime” and “True Detective” are modern-day masterpieces, “American Crime” has something that (fair or unfair; based on air dates) “True Detective” does not: an unblemished record. 2. “X-Files” At their core, Dana Scully and Fox Mulder are funda-mentally different. Mulder believes in aliens and Scully does not, yet the two FBI agents are charged with inves-tigating cases related to para-normal and supernatural ac-tivity. The show is immensely satisfying because somehow the duo always manages to solve the mystery, no matter how bizarre. Despite initially

garnering a cult following, the show transformed into a ’90s classic. The show even inspired other shows from Lost to Fringe.

3. “Sense8” Normally people have fi ve senses, but with the brilliant science fi ction minds of Andy and Lana Wachowski comes “Sense8,” a sci-fi drama concerning eight strangers who suddenly fi nd themselves strangely connected to one another. After enduring an awak-ening of sorts, these strang-ers now have the ability to communicate and share knowledge and skills with one another. A much differ-ent take on the sci-fi genre and one featuring a diverse lineup of characters, “Sense8” continues to show Wachowski and J. Michael Straczynski’s incredible knack for dense storytelling and mind-bending visuals.

FX’s newest show “Atlanta” hustles its way into the television limelight The soul of Atlanta has been captured and contained in FX’s newest hit show, sim-ply titled after the city it takes place in. A nearly homeless college dropout discovers that his estranged cousin, Alfred, is on his way to becoming Atlanta rap game’s next big thing. The desperate Earnest seeks out his newly famous cousin to chase his dreams into fame so he can provide for himself, his daughter, and his disappointed girlfriend. Ultimately, the show is a comedy, but its writers expert-ly weave real world problems in and out of each subtle joke. Each location shooting trans-ports the viewers to Atlanta’s

streets. The fi rst few episodes had a lot of ground to cover, which presents the problem of doing too much too fast. “The show lacks focus. The latest episodes have really trailed off,” said junior Jaiden Dosani. No piece of art worth viewing has dispassionate people behind it, and this sentiment holds true for “At-lanta.” Donald Glover is the mastermind behind the show; he created the idea, helped pen each episode, and used the money he’s garnered from his music career to produce his brainchild. Glover is widely known by his moniker, Childish Gam-bino. He has passion for the

project due to the amount of time and funds he has put into it; Glover even put his rap ventures on hold to pursue the show’s creation. His knowl-edge of the show’s premise adds even more authenticity to the life of his fi ctional char-acter, Earnest Marks. Our protagonist alternates living spaces between his parents and his girlfriend after he drops out of Princeton. Art is valued by the dollars their monetary worth to Glover’s character, which contrasts with Alfred’s focus on his music’s artistic value. It’s no coincidence that the main character’s named can be shortened to Earn. This idea is ripe for the show to capitalize

on, but this confl ict has yet to be elaborated on in the fi rst few episodes of the season. Though the price of art is still a topic to be fl eshed out, Atlanta hasn’t pulled its punches when it comes to controversial topics. In the second episode, titled The Big Bang, Earnest is waiting in an Atlanta police station for his involvement in a shooting to be processed. During this time, he interacts with many of the regulars that come through the station. Many of these encounters are comedic, including one with a mentally handicapped man. Earn questions the mo-rality of letting an insane man rot in the police station in-

stead of giving him help. The laughs from audiences are cut short when the man is sud-denly brutally beaten by the police after unintentionally spitting water in an offi cer’s face. “The content of the fi rst two episodes was very real, very gritty,” said Dosani. “Atlanta” is an entertaining and thought provoking show that deserves the love it is has been receiving; the show has already been renewed for a second season just a few weeks after the pilot episode’s air date. Any form of art that can conjure laughs from its audi-ence while inspiring them to think about real issues is worth viewing.

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OCTOBER 2016 FOOD FOR THOUGHT PANTERA PAGE 19

General Tso’s chicken, fortune cookies, and egg rolls all have something in common: they were all created as knockoffs catering to an American audience. Although it is a surprise to no one, Chi-nese food in America is a major departure from the cuisine seen in mainland China. If one were to go to China, he or she would not be able to fi nd Gen-eral Tso’s chicken on any menu. In fact, the major-ity of “Chinese” food you would see at Panda Ex-press ap-pears to be purely western in origin. That isn’t to say that American Chinese food is not valid in its own right. It’s simply just not Chi-nese food. However, it is diffi cult to defi ne Chinese food as a whole. China has many ethnic groups and regions with their own respective tastes and dishes. Sichuan (known for their spicy dishes),

Cantonese (sweet fl avors), and Shandong (fairly salty) are only a few dif-ferent varieties seen on the mainland. The diversity is virtually nonexistent in American Chinese restau-rants. “Authentic Chinese food has a lot more vari-ety and tastes better [in comparison to American Chinese food]; it’s less oily,” noted junior David Xu. Down to ingredients and cooking methods, it is very easy to see that Americanized Chinese food is simply not an accurate depiction of Chinese food. “In fact, if you knew what [Chi-nese people] really ate at home, you’d probably turn green,” commented Mary Kong, Girl Meets Food editor. Some family-owned Chinese restaurants have two very different menus on hand because of the in-gredient discrepancy: one menu for Asians and one menu for non-Asians.

The “Asian” menu might have chicken feet, pig ears and pig blood curd, and an abundance of other ingredients many Westerners would con-sider unpalatable. It might also contain Mapo tofu, Xiang su ya (crispy duck), spring rolls, and other dishes that are all fl avorful and commonly consumed. The “non-Asian” menu, on the other hand, is considerably more conservative with its ingredients and does little to wander off the existing stereotypes. Whether it might be a simple peasant’s dish of scrambled eggs and toma-toes (a personal favorite), scallion pancakes, or red-braised pork, it is certain that one would fi nd some Chinese dish that appeals to his or her taste. Make sure to skip the sweet and sour chicken and ask for the other menu sometime.There’s certainly some-thing delectable waiting to be tried.

Chinese food has us “wonton” more “Wot” about Ethiopianartwork depicting women serving coffee, which is a trademark of Ethiopian culture. Along with this, much of the seating is placed in a group manner. On some weeknights, there are live performances that vary from smooth jazz to Ethio-pian music. A memorable meal from Queen of Sheba is the “Vege Combo” for $10.95. After 10 to 15 minutes of waiting, the plate arrived. The meal contained yesimer wot, yekik alitcha, gomen, tikel gomen, and a side of salad. These are all vegetarian meals and differ slightly from those made in a traditional sense. Injera is usually prepared from scratch, so the taste differs from home-cooked to the type used in restaurants. Aside from this, the wot was similar to tradi-tional preparations aside from a few ingredients that have become common in Ethiopian-American food. Overall Queen of Sheba accomplishes its goal and stays true to tra-ditional Ethiopian cuisine.

food is awesome, the wait for the food can be way very long and is also a little pricey. However, if you have twenty minutes or so to spare, the food is worth the wait. Another place is Shahi Grill Indo-Pak Cuisine, which can be found at 851 Oak Rd Lawrenceville, GA 30044. The place has a dark green carpet with yellow leaves, which cre-ates intricate patterns. The best thing on the menu is the scrumptious Shaami Kababs. Whether it be lime-soaked or full of spice, these kabobs are the best ones around. The warm, crispy, tender naan has a light crunch without the kabob. When eating the kabob rolled in naan, the kabob melts in your mouth, and the naan gives it a kick of fl avor. Al-though the food is great, the meals can be a little greasy, so make sure paper towels are nearby! In other words, this food is best for mid-day cravings. The last place I visited

Indian foods turnin’ everyone “naan”

Whenever the word Indian is mentioned, people gener-ally think of spice. Lots of it. Indian food is a cultural food that has dimensions beyond spice, despite the association with it. A variety of amazing blends of vegetables and diverse spices are mixed together to form mouthwatering delicacies. A great place for such tastes is Lal Qila, which is located at 4771 Britt Rd, Norcross GA 30093. This restaurant has a great blend of Indian with a special kick. The food there is not specifi cally catered for vegetarians; it appeals to all. It serves some of the best dishes to eat. I would recommend the Biryani, veg or non-veg, because the bursts of fl avorful color with a hint of lemon zest makes it an exceptional experience. The food, when it meets the tongue, has a sensational taste, and every bite feels almost like fi reworks exploding in your mouth. While the

On the horn of Africa lies Ethiopia, a country fi lled with history, tradi-tion, and pride. One of the greatest prides of Ethio-pia is its cuisine, and like many other things, Ethio-pian cuisine has made the transition to America. The main Ethiopian dish is wot. On a plate, injera, a fl at sourdough bread, is folded to pick up wot with. Wot comes in a variety of forms. It is a broth-like substance that can contain meat, lamb, or more depending on what is served. The wot is placed on top of the injera. This plate is served to the consumers in a communal matter. People reach for the injera and wot and eat to their heart’s content. One of the more popu-lar, traditional Ethiopian restaurants is Queen of Sheba, located on Wood-cliff Drive. Queen of Sheba offers an authen-tic Ethiopian experience through its ambiance, food, and staff. Upon entering the restaurant, one can immediately see

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which are actually pigeon peas or kidney beans. Junior Audyssey Wil-liams expressed her love for Jamaican food, com-menting that it is “the best food known to man” after her mother intro-duced her to the cultural food of Jamaica in 2005. She explained that the food generally has a spicy taste that makes it harmo-nize with just about any side dish. “Every time I take a bite, it reminds me of the islands and my people,” Williams said. From the sea breeze to the people traveling to and from, being reminded of the islands is always the best feeling in the world. The food will bring back memories people never knew they had. With all of the infl uences it has, Jamaican food offers traditional bursts of fl avor to tourists and a delicious bursts of fl avor for anyone looking for a great dish to chow down on!

Out of the different cultural cuisine around the world, Jamaican food is one of the most fa-mous. Jamaican food has been around for a long time, and many dishes are well-seasoned and give a delicious, ethnic, Carib-bean taste. It is infl uenced by the indigenous people on the island of Jamaica, as well as the Spanish, British, African, Indian and Chinese people who have lived there. Much of Jamaican food contains many or-ganic spices and is grown with natural ingredients such as sugar cane, garlic, and ginger. Some of the most renowned Jamaican dishes include curry, rice with peas and oxtails. They are typically tradi-tionally eaten at family gatherings and festivals. The national dish of Jamaica is fried plantain, “jerk,” steamed cabbage, and “rice and peas,”

was a quaint restaurant called Kabab Hut. Ka-bab Hut can be visited at 880 Indian Trail Rd NW Lilburn, GA 30047. Kabab Hut is known for their bullet naan and their Paneer Tikka Masala. The restaurant has wonder-ful soft naan, except this naan is different. This naan has spices and green and white fl ecks of pepper and garlic. The Paneer’s seductive, red color draws attention toward it, since it is the best curry on the menu. When paired with the bullet naan, the fl a-vors combine to produce a savory taste, which leaves your tastebuds begging for more. Even though the food is amazing, the service is not great since it takes a long time for the food to be made, and the workers are not the most pleasant. The Indian cuisine is very diverse and has many options from which to choose. The appetizing food will always leave you craving curry, and these restaurants are close by.

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OCTOBER 2016 PANTHER’S PLAYLIST PANTERA PAGE 20Music Midtown rocks out in Atlanta

Beyond the pesky Sunday rains that caused a roughly one-hour evacua-tion of Piedmont Park and pushed back sets, Music Midtown was beyond suc-cessful as it has been since 2003. With an audience ranging from 13 to 25 years old, this music festival has been ranked #1 for music festivals in the southeast. A lively Music Midtown crowd was treated to The Killers’ cover of Elvis’ “Can’t Help Falling in Love.” Leon Bridges had a sassy rendition of Ginu-wine’s “Pony.” Beck per-

formed a double-whammy tribute of David Bowie’s “China Girl,” Prince had an energetic performance of “1999.” The Lumineers nailed both Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues” and Credence Clear-water Revival’s “Have You Ever Seen The Rain?”. Big Boi’s had a playful take on “We Will Rock You.” However, these are only the highlights. Saturday’s crowds were massive, and Sunday’s crowd was fi lthy. Around 4:30 p.m. the event orga-nizers decided to evacuate Piedmont Park. There were no severe weather threats in

Ray Rockman Got a Music Column

Travis Scott has fi nally gotten the recognition he deserves. Since his debut mixtape “Owl Pharaoh” (re-leased in 2013), people haven’t been sure of the new and radical producer and artist. Now only a short three years after his debut mixtape, his much anticipated sophomore album “Bird’s In the Trap Sing Mcknight” has fi nally been released, debuting at #1 on the Billboard Hot 200. The fi rst thing I noticed from pulling the album up was the lack of listed features. This all changed in the fi rst track as Andre 3000 came from nowhere to surprise and enlighten all listeners, especially the ones from the South or had anything to do with 90’s hip-hop. The very wavy “Way Back” came on and made everyone listening vibe out and enjoy an absolutely terrifi c hook. “Coordi-nate” was the next track and the perfectly psychedelic melody made everyone want to go out and buy some “Rockstar skinny’s,” and made all surroundings seem to slow down. As “Through the Late Night” came on, I was delighted to hear Kid Cudi on the same track as Travis. Having watched most of Travis’s interviews, I have learned that Kid Cudi was Scott’s most infl uential artist. He even took Cudi’s real last name to be one half of Travis’s stage name, and literally listening to some-one’s dream come true on a song was mindblowing. Skipping over some notable tracks such as “ Biebs in the Trap”, (surprisingly not featuring Justin Bieber),“ Sweet Sweet,” and “Outside” (featuring 21 savage), we go into my personal favorite and probably the most melodic song on the album, “Goosebumps.” This is the type of song that can make someone feel good even on their worst day. As I was listening through the song for the fi rst time, it was to my surprise and shock that I was listening to Kendrick Lamar on the second verse. The element of surprise and the amazing hook make this song a no brainer for best song on the album. Break out singles “Pick Up the Phone” and “Wonderful” give the rest of the album a commercial push and an ending. “Birds in the Trap Sing Mcknight ” is a modern day masterpiece. Positives: Features include Kid Cudi, Kendrick Lamar, Young Thug, Quavo, The Weeknd, Andre 3000, Bryson Tiller, and 21 Savage. Producers include Mike Dean, Tm88, Wondagurl, and Travis Scott himself. The hooks on all of the songs were complete bangers, and all had Travis Scott’s mystical, gothic fl ow. Even with Scott’s success, it didn’t feel like he was selling out and made all classic fans plus the mainstream world happy. Negatives: Birds in the Trap had too many teasers and way too long of a time before a release. It still felt rushed in terms of mixing and mastering. Songs to check out: (if not all) “Way Back,” “Through the Late Night,” “Goosebumps,” “Pick up the Phone,” and “Wonderful.” Ray “Rock”man’s Rating: 4.75 out of 5 “Rocks”

Songs to Inspire the Halloween Spirit

the immediate area; how-ever, organizers said they took this action out of an abundance of caution. “I was kind of bummed out when they delayed us on Sunday,” said Paige Har-rison, a junior at Parkview. This delay caused more than a few peeved fans to skedaddle and not return. Music Midtown’s name changed into Music Mud-town by many disappointed fans. This was the fi rst time since 2013 where the weather didn’t fully co-operate. On the bright side, most of the perfor-mances were electrifying and genuinely enthused, as always, to be playing such a setting. Leila Grist, a junior at Parkview High School, says, “It was the best weekend ever! Ke$ha was my favorite part. She is a major inspiration and an amazing singer.The week-end was amazing, and the atmosphere was continu-ously energetic and hyped even with the bumps with the weather along the way.” Needless to say, the week-end was a success.

Fans gathered to enjoy a performance at Music Midtown in Piedmont Park in Atlanta. (Photo by Liya Patel)

Halloween is right around the corner, which means it’s time to get in the mood with a special Halloween playl-ist. Music always makes the holidays a little more special. So here are the top fi ve songs to get you in the mood for the upcoming holidays! 1. “Monster Mash”- Here we have at the top of the charts a Halloween classic, which is thought by many to be the best song to get into the Halloween mood. The song “Monster Mash” was released by Bobby Pickett in 1962, on “The original Monster Mash” album. The festive song is known to be on top of the charts for popular holiday songs, making it an obvious choice for number 1. 2. “This is Halloween”- This is such a famous song

from the movie A Nightmare before Christmas. Known and loved by many, this song was written for a movie but became a remarkable and un-forgettable Halloween favor-ite. Written by lyricist Danny Elfman and sung by Marilyn Manson in the movie A Night-mare before Christmas, “This is Halloween” has come to be a favorite by many. 3. “Thriller”- One of Mi-chael Jackson’s most memo-rable classics would defi nitely have to be “Thriller.” This song, being so famous, is usu-ally thought of when thinking about Halloween, has been on multiple top ten charts, and is loved because of the amazing artist who wrote it. Michael Jackson released “Thriller” in 1982, holding a record for being #1 on The Billboard 200 charts for 37 weeks. 4. “Superstition”- This song may not have been

intended to be a Halloween type song, but it certainly is. Released in 1972, “Super-stition” by Stevie Wonder became a successful hit but did not hit the charts until the early months of 1973. Now it is considered a great Hallow-een classic. 5. “Ghostbusters”- The original song “Ghostbusters” was released in 1984 by Ray Parker Jr. There have been many later covers and remixes of this song along with the movie it was premiered in. Being known as one of the most unforgettable festive Halloween classics, “Ghost-busters” is still a huge success today. Enjoy these great songs! Hopefully this will help you get in the mood for Hallow-een, if you’re not already. Don’t forget to listen and enjoy these great hits on your special holiday.

By Josh Farber

A plus to this release though, is its hardware capabilities. Sporting a new 12 megapixel camera on the standard iPhone 7 and a reported 20+ megapixel camera on the plus model, this phone is defi nitely go-ing to get compliments on Snapchat. On top of that, an Ingress Protection 67 water and dust resistance rating from the Internation-al Engineering Consortium

says this phone is defi nitely safe to use in the pool, but only in the shallow end, and probably for about 20-30 minutes: The ‘7’ in IP67 ensures “ingress of water in harmful quantity shall not be possible when the enclosure is immersed in water under defi ned condi-tions of pressure and time (up to 1m of submersion)” according to the IEC. Apple’s new 10 processor

will even let people edit and post even quicker than before with 40% better speeds. And, with their new LTE WI chip with up to 25 bands, you can post from almost everywhere. If the post happens to be a video, the audio will sound great to others with a new microphone. If the video is played on an iPhone 7, the new dual speakers will produce stereo sound.

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By Liya Patel, Entertain-ment Editor

By Abby Harvey, Staff Writer

Bird’s in the Trap Sing Mcknight

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Matt Olson goes pro for Oakland Volleyball season ends

Varsity Volleyball working hard at practice. (Photo by Thuy Pham)

Coach Michelle Bowden’s girls volleyball season fi nished up in October with the Varsity team fi nishing 15-20 for the season. Ten of their wins for the season were at home, four on neutral ground, and one away. The season ended in the playoffs when the the Parkview girls lost fi rst to Norcross and then to Etowah. Early in the season, Parkview fought to beat several of the neighboring schools, including Berkmar, Shiloh, Daculah, South Gwinnett, and Discovery. September proved to be a tougher schedule with losses to Mill Creek, Moun-tain View, and Brookwood. Even during their hard-est games, they played as a team, and this team bond really helped them to play well. “We had quite a few tough games; some of them we ended on top, others didn’t go our way, but, it was

good having tough compe-tition. It made us a better team,” said Ope Adenikinju, the setter on the Junior Var-sity squad. The players constantly practice together after school, and have worked hard to achieve the results from this season. Zoe Parker, the sophomore manager of the Varsity squad, agrees. “Not every game was won, but the team has worked and grown together to build a strong bond, which is important both on and off the court.” This constant pushing for greatness rewarded the squads towards the end of the season. Parker says, “Tech-niques have seemed to im-prove and so have the number of kills, aces, and digs over the season. Mistakes and er-rors seemed to have decreased based on stats from recent games as well,” she said. Atta Herbert, a freshman player, explains, “I love vol-leyball because it’s team ori-ented, and we have to work together to win.”

Olson getting ready to bat for the California Oakland Stompers. (Photo courtesy of Lee Olson)

Varsity softball players hit the ball out of the park

The Girls Varsity Soft-ball team has had a winning season, going 24-9 overall at press time. As of October 19, they were ranked 36 in the

The Varsity Softball team practices hard to prepare for games and succeed in the fi eld. (Photo by Kalee Wiley)

With the Nashville Sounds having been elimi-nated from the Pacifi c Coast League playoffs, Parkview alumni of 2012, Matt Ol-son, enters Major League Baseball for the Oakland Athletics’ sports. He was drafted the same year he graduated, so he was able to pursue his dream right after high school. This year, is his fi rst year with the Ath-letics, and he is an active player on the roster. The Athletics’ are mak-ing an effort to look at their younger players during this last month of the season, so there’s a decent chance the 22-year-old could fi nd a good amount of play-ing time down the stretch.

Olson will fi nally get the opportunity to make his major league debut. With countless numbers of home runs in his baseball career at Parkview, Olson is known as a power hitter. Coach Chan Brown person-ally witnessed this young athlete’s growth in his base-ball history. Brown’s been with Olson through it all. From Olson’s career on the Parkview baseball team to his state and national cham-pionships, being drafted into the MLB and playing his fi rst minor league game, and fl ying out to Kansas City to watch Olson’s fi rst major league game, Coach Brown has never been prouder. “Matt was an all around great hitter. He hit for pow-

er and average. Olson hit some of the farthest home runs in the State Champion-ship games that people still talk about,” Brown says. The left-handed hitter, who has played fi rst base and right fi eld, hit .235 with 17 home runs, 60 RBIs and 34 doubles in 131 AAA games this past season. His aver-age steadily rose during a strong second half at the plate. Olson had 17 homers and 75 RBIs last year in AA after crushing pitching in two levels of A baseball the previous two seasons. He had 23 home runs and 93 RBIs in 2013, following up a 2014 season when he led the minors in walks (117) and fi nished third overall in home runs (37).

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state by MaxPreps. The season is far from over. After a recent vic-tory over rival Brookwood, the team entered the 2016 GHSA Fall Fast Pitch Play-offs. So far in the play-offs, they have beat North For-

syth, and they move on to play North Cobb. The head coach for the girls is coach Justin Bishop. The assistant coaches are Matt Moon, Kevin Spivey, Kendra Bensch, Katie Block, and Eryn Strepp. There are

two teams in Softball, Var-sity and Junior Varsity. Senior Mikayla Dormin-ey currently leads the team’s batting average with a .556. Junior Allison Barfi led tops the charts with her 27 RBI’s for the season. The team has worked consistently hard throughout the season to perform at their best. “Practice is needed for success on the fi eld. To prepare for the game, play-ers have to spend time in the batting cages,” explained Is-rael Gaines, a sophomore on the Junior Varsity team .“We run, stretch, throw, hit, mass fungo, drill, and have fun.” The “mass fungo” is a drill where players practice catching balls from the outer fi elds. The team spends a lot of time working on softball drills in order to increase a player’s speed, throwing

skills, and hitting skills. Not only are the play-ers doing well, the coach feels like this is strong team. “Every game they are get-ting better. They work really hard. We have the hardest working girls around, and you can see the improvement from the start of the season to now and every single day they are getting better,” said Coach Moon, the Varsity and Junior Varsity softball assistant.

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As the year speeds on, so does Cross Country. The team has already had a great race in the county championship on September 19th, with the boys team placing 4th overall, and the girls team placing 6th overall. In order to be this good, they have to practice hard. Coach Demarest, head coach of Cross Country, noted, “We practice every day after school. Practice usually runs anywhere from two to two and a half hours, which usually consists of tempo runs and long dis-tance runs.” While discussing his goals for the year, Coach

Demarest commented,“I want to get to state. I really want the boys to get to podi-um, which is top four; how-ever, we’ve not yet shown that we’re good enough. We need everyone to step up a little to accomplish this. For the girls, we can fi nish top 10, but we need everyone to run well and stay healthy.” The last race that the Cross Country team compet-ed in was in North Carolina on October 1st. Demarest said, “Up in North Carolina, there were some of the best teams that we have faced.” The next race for the Cross Country team will be on Saturday, October 31st. They will be competing in the 6A Cross Country cham-pionships, which is for all the runners.

Cross country runs its course

Panthers beat the Patriots 48-12 at the Homecoming game

On October 1st, the PHS marching band, one of the largest in the county, won fi rst place in the Lake Lani-er Tournament of Bands Competition. Parkview also won best Flag Performance, which was very exciting for the Color Guard. While the band is playing, they do elaborate performances with fl ags, which is much more impressive than it sounds. They train at every band practice, which are on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. They practice for

three hours in the boiling sun, and even on days that they don’t have practice, they still practice at home, dedicated to mastering their routines. However, it’s not just harsh training and little sleep. Color guard, like band, is a highly social event. Beyond the fact that these kids train together for hours at a time, they also have a host of other social events; after performances they all eat together, and every other Thursday they go to one of the member’s house for dinner. As guard member Jessie Hurst put it, “I’m part of the color guard

for the performances, yes, but also for the friends I have made.” The central purpose of the color guard is to accen-tuate the movements of the band. While the choreogra-phy of the band is amazing, the color guard splashes color and fl uid movement to the otherwise rigid for-mation of the band. The color guard have been integral to several wins for the band, includ-ing the EJHS Contest of champions. This has been the best year the band and the color guard have had in a long time, and the future looks optimistic.

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Colorguard syncs up with the marching band

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The Parkview Panthers take another smashout victory against the Berkmar Patriots on home turf at the Homecoming game. (Photo courtesy of Abby Cobb)

The Color Guard performing their favorite set at competition. (Photo by Jordan Frederick)

The pressure was on for the Parkview football team at the Homecoming game against Berkmar on Saturday, October 14th. A win was not only needed to build excitement for the Homecoming dance the following night, it was also needed to keep the Panther’s winning streak against Berkmar. The Pan-

thers have kept the green fl ag, given to the winner of the yearly Berkmar vs. Parkview game, fl ying for the past sixteen years. The stakes were high for the Panthers as this game’s score determined either the continuation or the end of this beloved winning streak. “There is always a lot of pressure to keep a winning streak going, especially when it’s Berkmar – the

battle of the green fl ag,” stated Mikey Henderson, an assistant coach at Parkview. Despite the pressure, the Panthers pulled out a win and continued their now seventeen-year-long win-ning streak against Berkmar with The Panthers defeating the Patriots with a score of 48-12. During the fi rst half of the game, the Panthers scored thirty-four points,

while the Patriots scored only six. During halftime, quar-terback Caleb Mitchell was announced as Homecoming King and Abby Everett was crowned as Homecoming Queen. Continuing into the second half, the Panthers fi nished off the Patriots with fourteen more points, only allowing the Patriots another six. “Overall, I think the

team performed well. We let a lot of young guys play – a lot of J.V. and freshmen. It was a good chance to see them get to play in a Varsity game,” commented Coach Henderson. Looking to the future, the Panthers have yet to face their number one rival Brookwood. Along with Brookwood, Parkview will soon play Meadowcreek and Central Gwinnett.

OCTOBER 2016 WORLD WIDE SPORTS

Canada wins bragging rights at the World Cup

Before the 2016-2017 NHL season kicked off, the best professional hockey players played in the World Cup of Hockey in Toronto. The World Cup of Hockey is a two week tournament that occurs ev-ery four years. There were eight teams competing: team Canada, team USA, team North America, team Czech Republic, team Russia, team Sweden, team Europe, and team Finland. The World Cup began on September 17th, with Europe defeating the United States, and Canada crushing the Czech Re-public. During the pre-tourna-ment exhibition games, Pittsburgh fans went crazy when Sidney Crosby, captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins and 2016 Stan-ley Cup Champion, was announced as captain of team Canada. Hockey fans were most excited to see the San Jose Sharks and Pittsburgh Penguins team-mates compete with and against each other as well

as recent NHLers who left the league to play for their country’s league, like Pavel Datsyuk. Besides team Canada, team North America was the team to watch for. Team North America was an all-star team made up of the best American and Canadian players who did not play for Canada or the United States. The play-ers that made up this team were 23 or younger as of October 1st, 2016. The most well-known names on Team North America were Connor McDavid, Auston Matthews, Dylan Larkin, Jack Eichel, Brandon Saad, and Johnny Gaudreau. Canada and Europe were the last teams stand-ing in the World Cup of Hockey championship. They both fought hard in the fi nal champion-ship, but Canada took the win after the second championship game on September 29th winning 21. Europe was the fi rst on the board, with an amaz-ing goal by one of their assistant captains, Zdeno

Chara of Slovakia in the fi rst period. The next two goals were scored by Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron, both forwards of Canada. Marchand and Bergeron played a big role in Canada’s success in this tournament. March-and scored fi ve goals in four out of the six games they played. He scored two goals against Rus-sia, one against the Czech Republic, and three goals against Europe. He scored one goal each time Canada played Europe. Bergeron scored four goals out of the six games they played. He scored one goal against the US, one against the Czech Republic, and two against Europe. He scored one goal in each cham-pionship series against Europe. They already had great camaraderie as they are teammates and line-mates for the Boston Bruins. Mike Babcock, coach of Canada said, “In the biggest moments, they’re better. They can’t help themselves. They’re addicted to winning.”

The Boston Red Sox are a Major League Baseball fran-chise that was founded in 1901 and are a part of the American League. They have won the World Series eight times and been in it 12 times. They last time they won was 2013 against the Saint Louis Cardinals. The Red Sox play at Fenway Park on Yawkey Way near Kenmore Square. The most famous feature of ballpark is “The Green Monster”, which is a huge green wall and scoreboard in the back of the park. All the Red Sox players that have played at Fenway and any famous or signifi cant person that has visited Fenway, have signed the inside of the wall. Fen-way Park is the only ballpark in the MLB that does not have a sponsored named ballpark. It opened on April 20, 1912. Before Fenway opened, the Red Sox played at Huntington Avenue Grounds. At the end of the 2015 season, David Ortiz, or better known as “Big Papi”, announced his retirement from baseball after a 20 year career. His teammates were very shocked when they found out their teammate and leader was retiring. Ortiz’s retirement had not set in for anyone at the beginning of the season, and it still hasn’t. Big Papi is a Boston legend who has made an impact on every Red Sox fan. He is the face of the Red Sox. After the Boston Marathon in 2013, he said, “This is our [freaking] city, and nobody is going to dictate our freedom. Stay strong.” Ortiz’s speech had a huge impact on the Boston community, as well as the baseball community. He even repeated after the Red Sox won the World Series later that year. Ortiz’s Boston Marathon speech is defi nitely one of his most memorable moments, but he also has many other memo-rable moments with agitating other players and losing his temper during games. Three years ago, Ortiz broke the phone in the dugout over his teammate, second baseman, Dustin Pedroia, while playing a game against the Baltimore Orioles. Sadly, Big Papi’s last season came to a devastating close after the Red Sox lost all three games to the Cleveland Indians in a three game series during the post season playoffs. The Red Sox fi nished the 2016 with 93 wins and 69 loses. They were the leaders of the American League with the Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays trailing closely behind.

Super Bowl LIII, which is expected to bring approximately 125 mil-lion dollars’ worth of an economic impact. The new innova-tions to the stadium are also likely to attract more fans. Some of the new features that the stadium has to offer include a roof that can open to reveal the sta-dium, an external fan plaza, and a 100-yard bar on the top floor that plans to serve a variety of food and beverages. Falcons’ fan Garrett West expressed, “The Mercedes-Benz Stadi-um seems more family friendly and more ap-pealing for me to want to go.” Fans aren’t the only ones who would en-

joy the experience in the new stadium; any football fan is likely to appreciate the new innovations and design. Though Sahil Khatri is not a Falcons’ fan, he, when expressing his feelings about the new stadium, said, “The atmosphere of the stadium would be a lot better. On a good day, the roof could open and the sun would be shin-ing. It would add to the experience.” Atlanta Falcons fans should get ready for a whole new football watching experience by 2017’s NFL season. The Mercedes-Benz stadium is open for family and friends alike to provide good memo-ries for years to come.

The new amazing Atlanta Falcons’ stadium

A map of the plan for the new Atlanta Falcon stadiums. (Photo courtesy of Google Maps)

By Meagan Gabrielson

By Meagan Gabrielson, Sports Editor

By Amy Kim, Staff Writer

New England Sports on the Meagatron

Bright LED lights, 63,800 square feet, and a roof that stretches its way across 14.5 acres. The Atlanta Falcons fans were delighted to hear about the new Mercedes-Benz sta-dium. It is scheduled to be open in time for the 2017-2018 NFL season, with all of its 305 feet of glory. Though one would assume that the 1.5 billion dollar con-struction would put a dent in the economy, the sponsors of the sta-dium believe that over time the stadium will bring more benefits than it will possible harm. The Mercedes-Benz stadium has been chosen to host the

Red Sox miss the World Series by a hair

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Student Council gives a warm “aloha” while decorating for Saturday night’s dance.

Dress-up days display school spirit op-tions for the days leading up to Home-coming.

With clean-pressed suits and elegant dresses, this group was ready for the night!

2016 Homecoming Queen Abby Everett & King Caleb Mitchell pose with last year’s Homecoming queen and king.

These fiesty dalmations and friends were “spotted” on Disney Day.

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Remember Charlie’s Angels? These dangerous girls are prepared to shake up the dance floor.

Mr. Mangano was the winning administrator who was “pie’d” in the face during the Pep Rally!

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