Culture & Tech

Apr

14

2023

The Future for The Avatar Pentalogy

Odds 'N Ends, Reviews

By McKenna R. “Avatar 2: Way of Water” dominated the box office. After only 4 weeks, the movie generated $517 million in North America and $1.19 billion overseas, standing at the highest-grossing film released in 2022. This epic science fiction film was directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron. James Cameron is regarded as one of the post-New Hollywood era's most inventive directors, frequently pushing the limits of cinematic capacity with his use of cutting-edge technology. The first Avatar film was released in 2009 earning $2.922 billion at the box office becoming the highest-grossing film of all time. Sam…

Apr

13

2023

What is Buhurt?

Culture & Tech

By Garrett Vorisek The name Buhurt probably doesn’t mean anything to you, or the annual event called Battle of the Nations. If so then have no fear, this article will bring you up to speed about this thrilling sport involving menacing medieval armor and weaponry. The true start of medieval style fighting for sport was actually devised in the 1200’s, but was soon phased out around 1340. This was because it was against the church's rules and was considered sinful. Another reason was because people just got bored of watching others beat the tar out of each other for fun.…

Apr

12

2023

The Life Of A Federal Hocking Bus Driver

Odds 'N Ends, People

By Haley K. You may think that our bus drivers have it easy, I mean all they have to do is pick kids up and drop them off right? Wrong! First of all, to even become a bus driver you have to take a written test which includes information on common knowledge, air breaks, and passengers. After passing that portion you have to go over the bus, which means remembering every part of the bus, as well as, doing an air break test in under 30 minutes. To even begin this process, they must pass a drug test, take a…

Apr

11

2023

A Blind Seer

Odds 'N Ends

By Mia Basim Have you heard about the “Blind Seer '' from Bulgaria who lost her sight at the age of 12 due to a bad storm? Baba Vanga was a Bulgarian mystic and herbalist known as a powerful force in the spiritual realm predicting world historical events. Gathering followers with her psychic abilities, Vanga predicted our world's natural disasters, and political upheavals. Vanga passed away in 1996 at the age of 85, but not before making tons of predictions about our world's greatest historical events. In one of her predictions, Vanga said the world would suffer from droughts and…

Mar

31

2023

Addressing Fed Hock’s Changes (2023-2024)

In the Classroom, Odds 'N Ends

By Todd Bonzalez It is no secret by now that Federal Hocking has had what some would say are controversial changes in mind for the next year. Our very own principal, Mr. Amlin, along with Mrs. Wright, had pulled aside our students a few weeks back to discuss some of these changes planned for next year. These conversations were pulled by groups, a separate session for each high school class. The goal of these meetings was to address the new schedule, as well as any questions and concerns among the students. In this article, these new changes will be discussed.…

Mar

28

2023

Should Tik Tok Be Banned?

Culture & Tech

By Danielle Rymer Tik Tok is a popular app used to post videos to the internet. This app allows teens and young adults to connect and communicate across the world. There are many things you can learn from Tik Tok; life hacks, recipes, crafts and more. This popular form of social media has an estimated one billion users per month. Each user is required to upload their personal information when creating an account, this could potentially be dangerous for the U.S. population. There are also many concerns that Tik Tok could be detrimental to our mental health due to the…

Mar

22

2023

Slaughterhouse-Five: Student Perspective

Reviews

By: Jaden “War never changes.” This infamous quote that the 18th president, Ulysses S. Grant, said quite often. And to his credit, this statement at its base value often seems to be true. As long as people will disagree with each other, there will always be war, and there will always be people foolish enough to engage in war, or even wage it. The most foolish of these people will always glorify war, and believe themselves heroes of their people, often not realizing how horrible war is. Slaughterhouse Five, or Schlachthof-Fünf is a famous novel by the late Kurt Vonnegut,…

Mar

13

2023

What is Biathlon?

Odds 'N Ends

By: Dalton Bartlett The name Biathlon most likely means nothing to you, but if you like cross-country, skiing, and/or shooting, this would be the sport for you! The meaning of “Biathlon” is Dual Event. The definition of biathlon is “a Nordic skiing event in which competitors combine cross-country skiing and rifle shooting.”-Google. The first biathlon competition happened in 1767 between ski-runner companies on the Swedish-Norwegian border. In 1861, a ski club formerly called “Trysil Rifle and Ski Club” was formed to promote national defense on a local level. This club set the standards for more to be found across Northern…

Mar

08

2023

Poetry Out Loud!

Odds 'N Ends

By Jozlyn B. To read or not to read: that is the question... Or is it? For Jozlyn Bew, it sure isn’t. On February 11th, Jozlyn competed in the regional Poetry Out Loud competition, following a schoolwide victory. She selected two poems, committed them to memory, and spoke them as performance pieces for an audience of teachers, poets, and family members. Her first poem was Author’s Prayer by Ilya Kaminsky - a short, while meaningful poem about an author’s images of tragic death and beautiful life. Jozlyn considers herself a writer, one who enjoys heavy themes such as the ones…

Mar

07

2023

Why Is AI Generated Art So Controversial?

Tech & Gaming

By Garrett V. The answer to this question isn't very straight forward, instead it relies on many different opinions, and beliefs. This article’s purpose is to shed some light on this controversial subject. To start, how does an AI image generator work? AI, Otherwise known as “Artificial Intelligence” is a program that tries to replicate the learning brain patterns of a human. When you type something into the image prompt, the AI takes the words that you have submitted, and uses its programming and memory to make an image of the words that you have typed into the program. Ever…