![Adding a tray of canned corn to the pile, junior Michael Collop assists in transporting donations for the Holiday Food Drive. The event, hosted schoolwide from Dec. 10-17, raised over 5,000 food items to deliver to the Parkway Food Pantry, helping several families in need. [The drive] is a great thing for us to do because you're giving to those who are less fortunate, and it helps provide for people who can't provide for themselves. [The] competition is always fun, too. It was fun to be in [social studies teacher Jess] Chazen’s class, because he always gets worked up over [the competition]. He made it exciting, and was always convincing us to turn in cans for the drive,” Collop said.](https://bestofsno.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/feature-photo-unsung-2.png)
![NEW CHALLENGE, NEW TEAM MEMBERS: Every season, VEX creates a new game that robotics team members are faced with and have to build a robot to compete in. This year’s game forces students to create a robot that is able to stack rings onto mobile goals in order to score points. The change in games each season is something that robotics teacher Audrea Moyers appreciates.
“One of the things that I like about VEX is that they have a new problem to solve every year,” she said. ¨Even though the equipment’s the same, they have to analyze the game, and they have to come up with solutions that are unique that year. They are using their knowledge from prior years, but they have to kind of redesign a problem.”
As returning teams were faced a new game, some new teams and members had to adapt to a uncommon playing field and game.
“Three of our four teams were competing for the first time this year, and they had very different experiences match to match, so I think they learned a lot,¨ she said. ¨It’s hard just watching a video online to know how it’s actually going to be in person, so they all learned a lot about what gameplay is like, how to work with an alliance partner [and] how to adapt during the day to changes.”](https://bestofsno.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_9283-1-1200x800.jpg)
October means Halloween time, and rapper KSI definitely came up with some spooky stuff of our own. In early October, KSI (and Trippie Redd) took America by storm, releasing their notoriously new song “Thick of It.” This a few months after his unrelated Lunchable knock-off, Lunchly, which is rumored to have been recalled due to mold.
When his social media-based song dropped, he instantly received plenty of backlash for previous allegations of harassment charges. Alongside of his connection to the Prime drink as well as his affiliation with the Sidemen, KSI has certainly made himself a known commodity.
KSI has quickly grown from being a no-name to a big name, moving from internet fame to mainstream success. “Thick of It” adds to his recognition, though many people believe the song is one of the worst ever on the Internet.
“It’s trash, it doesn’t belong on the internet, and he should feel bad for posting it because that’s 2013-2014 music. That should be in the past. Before he released his song I didn’t really care about him, but now he’s [a] no,” said 6th grader Alea W.
The tune is confusing and unrelatable on many levels, and will not make The Howl’s fall playlist. Though “Thick Of It” has a moderately interesting beat, it won’t be what KSI is known for because his pop culture success is much better defined through his drink line and Youtube content.
“Thick of It” has repetitive lyrics that are mushed together to make a jumbled and confusing song. Cliché is the name of the game, even at the start of his song, which begins dreadfully: “This is how the story goes,” and never gets much better.
While we applaud KSI for trying something different once again, he’d probably be best off sticking to Youtube and Minecraft content.
Rating 4.5/10
This story was originally published on The Day Creek Howl on October 25, 2024.
