Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Get ‘Ready Player One’ To Be Blown Away


by Meagan Kinney

Steven Spielberg’s newest creation, Ready Player One, hit the box office on March 29, 2018. The movie made $53 million over Easter weekend and now made over $400 million world wide. 

Ready Player One takes you to a future of dystopia in 2044. A man named Halliday created a video game universe called the Oasis. The story follows the lives of 5 gamers involved with the Oasis and their journey to win Halliday’s Oasis.

Ready Player One is about a kid named Wade Watts who lives with his poverty-stricken aunt in a place called the stacks in Columbus, Ohio. He and everyone else in the world logs onto the Oasis to escape reality on a daily basis. Wade and his best friend, Aech, met on the Oasis as well. After Halliday dies, he leaves 3 keys in the Oasis and whoever can find all 3 first, wins the egg which contains complete control of the Oasis. 

Was it a good choice to move the U.S Embassy to Jerusalem?



by Aya Zubi and Jacob Barnes

On Monday, May 14, the United States inaugurated its embassy in Jerusalem, recognizing the city as Israel's capital. Jerusalem has deep historic, religious and emotional ties for both Palestinians and Israelis, and both claim it as their capital. 

President Trump, who initiated this campaign, but didn't attend the ceremony, sent in a video which was played to the crowd. Trump said, "May there be peace," but the total opposite happened. The day was marked by violence and bloodshed, as tens of thousands of  Palestinians protested the embassy opening and Israeli army forces killed more than 50 protesters.

Friday, May 11, 2018

Say it with a Smile!



by Taylor Ephraim & Harpinder Kaur

Get ready to be thrown off your chair with this intense party game. The game Speak Out brings friends and family together for laugh-out-loud fun as people try to say different phrases while wearing a mouthpiece that won’t let them shut their mouth.

Hasbro promised a funny and family appropriate game and they indeed delivered on that promise. Speak Out is one of a few really funny games that requires very little effort and involvement yet brings so much energy.