THE VERITAS
May 2, 2019
Covenant Christian High School
Issue 5
WALKING IN THE HALLWAY: IT’S A LIFE SKILL
Article by Tatum Julian (‘20) “It’s discouraging how people don’t know how to pick up their legs and walk.” Walking. This is something I would hope we all know how to do; after all, most of us have been doing it for at least the last 14 years of our lives. Yet, walking down the crowded two hallways that our school consists of, I see that, apparently, we do not all understand how we are supposed to pick up our left foot and then our right foot, and our left foot again to quickly and swiftly move us to our next class. Coffee is almost spilled, books are nearly dropped in a rear end accident as someone abruptly decides to change course without first checking their surroundings. The not-so-pretty and very much impatient side of our students threatens to come to the surface as the clusters of
Photo courtesy of Brie Schleinz (‘20)
social butterflies block the path to the doorways at the end of the school day. This issue leads to creative problem solving from those more interested in life outside of school than loitering in their free time. Although not the most humane solution, an upperclassman advises us to “Just grab a freshman and use them to plow through. Or use them as a shield.” To avoid the shoving, yelling, and not so kind words that may come about due to the frustration of hallway traffic, I am going to give a how-to for something I never thought I would write a how-to about: How to Walk (in the hallways). To keep the first step simple, let’s use a rule we all know and apply it to the hallways: no texting while driving. Or in this case, no texting while walking.
Secondly, although we may not have that convenient rearview mirror like our cars do, check your blind spots before stopping or turning around. No one wants the collision your sudden change of direction will create. Lastly, do not cluster. Picture one of those signs in your head anytime you’re in the hallway that says no stopping or parking. Imagine if cars randomly stopped on the highway to chat with each other. It would not be good. I hope that with these tips we can all work together to improve our hallway walking experience and minimize the number of tragic collisions, awkward encounters, and rising frustrations. Good luck.
HYPE & THEORIES OF ENDGAME (*written before the release) Article by Joann Ncube (‘21)
Grab your comfy pants, a huge bucket of popcorn, and a bunch of snacks. Also, don’t forget a smallsized drink, because you CANNOT take a bathroom break during this movie or you will miss something in these three hours full of important details. Everyone, it’s here! The biggest movie of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is here. It’s time, everyone! This is not a drill. For those of you who have no idea of what I’m talking about, you must have been living under a rock for the past year. Avengers: Endgame came out last week on Friday. Before we talk about the hype and theories about what happens in Endgame, let’s discuss what happened in Infinity War. **Disclaimer: I am about to spoil this movie for you. If you haven’t seen Infinity War, put this article down, open your computer or phone, open your Netflix, and look up Infinity War! Take that 2 hours and 30 mins to closely look at and examine all aspects of the movie. Trust me on this, you’ll thank me later :)** All our favorite superheroes, including Spider-Man, the Avengers, Black Panther, the Guardians of the Galaxy, etc., come together to achieve one goal: defeat Thanos before he wipes out half of the population of the whole universe *insert gasp*. Since the universe suffers from resource limitations, like lack of food and water Thanos sees it as his duty to save the universe by wiping out half the population in order to solve the universe’s resource limitation issues. Throughout the movie we see Thanos doing everything in his power
to obtain all six infinity stones. These stones, when put together, give Thanos the power to do pretty much whatever he wants *more gasps*. In the end of the movie, the guy we think that can kill Thanos, Thor, throws his new weapon, the Stormbreaker, at Thanos, but unfortunately Thor throws the axe at Thanos’ chest instead of his head. ( I don’t know about you, but being a god, I thought he would’ve known where to kill Thanos. I am kind of happy it didn’t happen, because seeing Thanos decapitated would have been really scary and very gross, and I’m not up for that. ) Since Thor missed his shot to kill Thanos, Thanos uses this opportunity to snap his fingers and erase fifty percent of the universe’s population. Unfortunately for the Avengers and the Marvel fans, we see half of our favorite superheroes disintegrate into thin dust and blow away in the wind. Marvel has made us to believe that some of our favorite superheroes like Bucky, Black Panther, Scarlet Witch, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Groot, etc. have died. In my personal opinion, like other students, I believe that these superheroes aren’t dead, but somewhere else or can easily be revived. Junior Emma Hunt states, “The thing that I like about the Avengers is them coming together in one movie instead of individually, that comradery and that all are together to accomplish one goal. I like having them all together, because it’s like finding out that all your favorite celebrities are friends, like ‘wow, they’re friends too!’” Many people also agree with this about the Avengers, which is why the superheroes dying was such an upsetting moment. Emma continues
to say, “so I want them all to be back and have that connections, and I want that to be expanded upon, but that can’t happen if more than half of them are dead.” Senior Sari Strayhorn comments, “I’m anticipating that they aren’t actually dead. I feel like they went to a whole other world, or somewhere else we don’t know. I feel like they’re not actually dead dead because they are too important to just die like that, but I do feel like some of them are actually dead, especially the ones that seem misleading.” Junior Brie Schenliz stated an interesting theory about what she hopes to see in Endgame: “So, I am really into Marvel, and I have read a bunch of fan theories and articles of what ‘endgame’ really means, and it means, in chess terms, where you give up the most important piece in order to win. If Marvel is going that route to give up their most important piece, then I want to see who they are going to determine to give up and how the loss of that person affects everyone else.” Though we may have theories and hopes on what will happen in Avengers: Endgame, as all Avengers fans would know, Marvel producers aren’t always predictable and may go in a completely different direction than what the audience thought. This direction may upset or surprise fans, but either way be ready for whatever Marvel will throw at you. Be prepared for anything!! I mean it’s Marvel; who knows if Thanos is actually going to die, or if the Avengers will actually know how to beat Thanos. They might have the Avengers lose, or they could be setting us up for another movie, that may be even bigger and better than Endgame. Who knows...