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Entertainment

Many watch Victoria’s Secret fashion show

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By Dema Obaid

One of the most glam nights of the whole year on television happened on Dec. 8. 

Victoria’s Secret hosted their annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion show, and they did not only model lingerie, but they told a story while doing so.

The show had six themes to it: Boho Psychedelic, Portrait of Angels, Exotic Butterflies, Ice Angels, Fireworks and Pink USA. These six themes consisted of 75 looks that the 44 genetically beautiful models showed off down the runway. One model this year was favorite Kardashian, Kendall Jenner. Her mom, Kris Jenner, was there front row cheering her on and taking pictures. 

To kick off the show,  The Weeknd performed “In the Night” and “Can’t Feel My Face” on the runway while the models strutted by and danced along.

“I think The Weeknd performed very well considering it was live. [It was] Definitely one of the best live performances I’ve seen,” freshman Bissan Obaid said.

Next, the very graceful Ellie Goulding preformed her song “Army” off of her new album which was perfect for the theme “Ice Angels”.

“Ellie Goulding was the perfect performance choice for the show. Her singing fit the theme [Ice Angels] perfectly,” sophomore Theresa Parr said.

To finish off the show, Selena Gomez performed her new songs, “Can’t Keep My Hands to Myself” and “My Girls.” 

She got a lot of hate towards her live performance, but she did not let the comments get her down.

On one of the Victoria’s Secret’s post on Instagram of Selena Gomez performing, there were many comments about her singing with autotune and lip syncing. Selena commented back and told her haters off.

Overall, the show was very pleasing to the eye and each and every model looked beautiful in their own ways.

Reviews

“Go Ask Alice”: Influential novel for teens

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By Maeonne Phillips

    “Go Ask Alice” is a book composed of real life journal entries written by a teen drug user. Certain names, dates, places, and events were changed in the making of the book, and the author remains anonymous.

    The book is meant to inform readers on the dangers of addiction and the consequences of drug use.

    The horrors begin when the 15 year old narrator takes a drugged drink during a party and ends up loving the experience. From then on she begins trying all kinds of different drugs and before she knows it she is addicted.

    The drug use puts her in bad habits and, throughout the book, she becomes a struggling on and off user. Her life is thrown in different directions, and her bad experiences haunt her to want to end her addiction.

    From what I read, it was pretty obvious the book takes place in the 1960s. The narrator talks about her use of records, letters and visits to malt shops after school along with her 50s and 60s slang.

    The book truly demonstrates the horrors of drug use and the struggle to refrain from use once you start, when only one experience can get a person hooked for life.

    “After you’ve had it, there isn’t even life without drugs,” is the most influential quote of the book because with so many teens being exposed to drugs in high school, they need someone to tell them they will get hooked, and there is no “I’ll only do it once.”

    Teens rarely ever listen to adults and health classes; both give barely any effect other than dragged on awareness and scolding. The true horrors of the journal entries will put a reader in the first person perspective of the narrator, leaving one with a fearful impression of drugs.

     “Bill pulled me down, and my head rested in his lap as I watched the pattern change to swirling colors, great fields of reds, blues and yellows. I tried to share the beauty with the others, but my words came out soggy, wet and dripping or tasting of color,” the narrator describes during her first use of drugs by accident.

    She is blinded by beauty and has no idea of what terrors were to follow.

    The writer’s use of vivid colors, shapes and feelings provide an unbelievable and realistic picture for the reader who feels they are taking their own trip as the narrator takes hers. It is really a well written and effective diary.

    I think the book really had an effect on me because the narrator’s life really went downhill, and it was terrifying how highly effective just one mistake at a party led to such disaster, especially since she was the same age I am now. Her story is kind of unforgettable.  

    I think this book provides the perfect scare for all teens in this generation along with the high exposure of drugs that comes with high school.

     The novel is a great read, and I would definitely recommend it: I could not stop reading from the second I started.

Sports

College Cup to be held in Kansas City

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By Sophia Boris

The Men’s Akron soccer team will be facing eighth-seeded Stanford in the College Cup semifinals this Friday in Kansas City at 8:30 p.m.

This year will mark the 56th annual College Cup. This tournament has been held since 1959, and is conducted by the Collegiate Athletic Association. Since 1959, it has been a 48 team, single elimination tournament.

The Akron Zips will advance after a 3-2 double overtime victory over Creighten University on Saturday.

University of Akron has also participated in the College Cup in 1986, 2009 and has brought home a national championship in 2010.

Stanford beat Wake Forest 2-1 in overtime on Saturday.

This will be Stanford’s fourth time competing in the College Cup and will aim for the college’s first national championship this year.  

The other teams participating in the College Cup semifinals are number two Clemson and number six Syracuse. These teams will kickoff the first NCAA semifinal at 6 p.m.

This will mark 10 years since Clemson has made an appearance in the College Cup. Clemson’s competitor, Syracuse, has never been to the NCAA semifinals.  

The championship game will be at 2 p.m. on Sunday based on the winners of both semifinal games.

         

 

Sports

Bengals prove to be the better NFL team from Ohio

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By Dylan Astor

The Cleveland Browns and the Cincinnati Bengals faced off in Cleveland’s FirstEnergy Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

Coming into the game, the Browns had named Austin Davis the starting quarterback, due to the injury Josh McCown suffered last week. This game was Davis’s first career start with the Browns, and while Davis looked promising, the rest of the team was a let down.

After the first offensive drive, the Browns knew that they were in for a ride. The Bengals had constant pressure on Davis. They had found a weak spot in the Browns’ offensive line, and it was Cameron Erving.

Erving is a rookie out of  Florida State who was taken nineteenth overall in the 2015 NFL draft. He was originally a backup for the starter, Joel Bitonio, but he left the game early with an injury. The Bengals singled him out and threw their best pass rusher at him, Geno Atkins. Atkins put pressure on Davis almost every single play; however, it was not just Atkins who put pressure on Davis. Many other defensive linemen beat Erving off the block and got to Davis.

Injuries played a key role in Sunday’s game against the Bengals. Two of the Browns’ wide receivers were ruled before the game began, yet to prepare for this, they brought up Darius Jennings from the practice squad to play. They also resigned Terrelle Pryor, who did not see a snap. In the first quarter, wide receiver Travis Benjamin jumped up to catch a ball over his head and was dragged down onto his shoulder. The Brown’s ruled him out of the contest. The two-time pro bowler Joe Haden was inactive again with a concussion. Haden has only played once since week five of the season. With Haden’s absence, the Browns cornerback Charles Gaines was removed off of the injured reserved list,and was starting in place of Haden.

The Bengals offense torched the Browns’ defense. More specifically, it was the matchup of the Bengals wide receiver AJ Green, going up against the Browns cornerback Tramon Williams. During this first quarter, Green was on a streak route to the endzone and ran right by Williams. Luckily for Williams, he dove at the perfect time and tripped up Green. Unfortunately, however, Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton scored on a three yard run. Green also had a wide open touchdown against Tramon Williams, going for 23 yards. Green finished the game with five receptions, 128 yards and a touchdown.

It was not only the passing game that torched the Browns, it was also the run game. The Bengals running back Jeremy Hill, had one of his best games of the season against the Browns. He only rushed for 93 yards and a touchdown, but this was a bounce back week for Hill. He still has not managed to rush for 100 yards in a single game, but this performance was the closest to it.

Many believe the game was not very entertaining to watch, unless the individual was a Bengals fan. The Browns only managed to put up three points, coming from a field goal by kicker Travis Coons, as time expired before the half. He attempted another field goal later in the game, but the kick was blocked.

The Bengals on the other hand, found it rather easy to score off of the Browns defense. Quarterback Andy Dalton threw for two touchdowns and ran for another. Kicker Mike Nugent managed to go three for three on field goals, and running back Jeremy Hill ran for a touchdown.

Here the team is again, with another disappointment; they got pummeled by the Bengals for the second time this year, 37-3. The Browns fell to 2-10, and the Bengals improved to 10-2.

Now many critics speculate if it is the players or the coaching staff to blame.