West Hempstead has Talent, Images from the Art Show

Senior Jovan Delavandel with two of his monochromatic paintings done in Studio in Art class on display at the Art Show on May 15th in the gymnasium.

Photo credits  Alhaji Kargbo

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.