BY SAMUEL ELLINGSON
STAFF WRITER
In my freshman year, I discovered a really cool website called Online Sequencer. After adding a few notes from my limited knowledge, I made my first song. Proud of my work, I saved it and shared it with friends and family. Little did I know, this was the start of a musical journey that inspired me for the next four years.
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BY TAHLIA CAPPS
STAFF WRITER
This year, I am in seventh grade, and I am doing really well in school. I understand if all the sixth graders here are scared and feel like they want to cry. I was like this too and it was EXTRA hard for me as I graduated from a Montessori school. As this is a science school, I had mainly failing grades by the end of the semester! But now that I know the lay of the land, I am a confident, happy, and smart young woman. If you want to know how to push through as I did, keep on reading. If you are pretty confident, this will still be there when you need it.
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BY ALETHEA LO
STAFF WRITER
Are you bored during autumn? Do you need something to do? Then this article is for you to get some ideas for autumn activities with family, friends, and yourself. Some activities you can do by yourself include knitting, making a turkey out of leaves, and making butternut squash soup. Another classic would be baking an apple or pumpkin pie. You can also create a pinecone bird feeder so the birds can be well fed this season!
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BY ALICE FONTANESI
STAFF WRITER
Character design is what completes a character by representing them through a physical form. It’s important because it can make a character memorable and easy to recognize. So hopefully, I can tell you all the basics of a good character design.
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BY ALICE FONTANESI
STAFF WRITER
Do you ever wonder why a ship so good and pure in your eyes never becomes canon? Does it always irritate you that whenever there’s a show with two characters who are obviously meant for each other never kiss? Well, I have the answer for you!
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BY ALICE FONTANESI
STAFF WRITER
If you’ve ever written stories, then chances are that you made one of your characters a Mary Sue (or Gary Stew for masculine characters). As most people know it, a Mary Sue is a perfect character with no flaws, everyone likes them, and the world basically revolves around them. What people don’t realize is that Mary Sue is honestly a term that is thrown around quite loosely. There is no dictionary definition of a Mary Sue, but there are definitely defining characteristics of one.
BY ALICE FONTANESI
STAFF WRITER
TERRIBLE WRITING TIPS
Just like with everything, there are bad writing tips that exist… for some reason. Welcome to another session of me writing about writing at two in the morning. Here are a few bad tips for writing I’ve heard of.
BY PRISHA RATHORE
STAFF WRITER
Have you ever used a walkie talkie? If you have, do you really know how to use it? If your answer is yes, you may need to rethink your answer. This article will teach you that a walkie talkie is more than just the talk button. We will cover each part of the walkie talkie. You can follow along with a real walkie talkie if you would like to.
BY PRISHA RATHORE
STAFF WRITER
The chinchilla is a small rodent that is commonly found with gray fur, and with “velvety rounded ears” (San Diego Zoo). There are two types of chinchillas, domestic, and wild chinchillas. Wild chinchillas live in herds that contain 100 animals; Surprisingly when chinchillas have kits, male chinchillas can help raise them. Also, when kits are abandoned, “another female may come and rescue [the kits] and feed [them] (San Diego Zoo). The long-tailed and short-tailed chinchillas are two different chinchilla species. Sadly, Chinchillas are endangered and their numbers drop day by day.
BY ALICE FONTAENESI
STAFF WRITER
Hi, you’ve read the title and know what’s going to happen. I just want to say before I start that depending on the art program you use you might not be able to use some tips. I use ibisPaint X on android for digital art and most of the tips here can be applied to the program.
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