Author Archives: Skylar Rodriguez

Cinderella Pre-Review

For the first time ever, the Apex High School theater, Peak Players, is performing Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, a musical retelling of the timeless masterpiece, Cinderella. This production is lead by Mrs. Levine, lover of cats and graduate of Appalachian State University. Levine has been hard at work for the past two months, often staying after-school five to six days

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The Wake County Public School System Could be Seeing Some Major Changes

Lawmakers in North Carolina are considering separating the Wake County public school systems. Wake County is the fifteenth largest school system in the U.S. and holds roughly one-hundred and sixty-thousand students, as of 2017. For an official documentation and history of this bill, click here. The separation could have many adverse effects for schools in Wake County including loss of

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ASMR, THE MOST RELAXING PART OF YOUTUBE? (+ AUDIO)

Sleep, relaxation, and a tingling feeling. These are all characteristics of autonomous sensory meridian response or, as it is commonly shortened to, ASMR. This means experiencing a sensation of tingles, or as some people call it, pleasurable goosebumps, due to visual or auditory stimulation and the most common triggers of this are whispering, tapping, scratching, crinkling sounds, and hand movements.

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Cuphead Review

*This review is written from the standpoint of someone who rarely plays platformers and played Cuphead on a laptop PC.* Cuphead is an  indie run-and-gun platformer developed by StudioMDHR and was announced in 2013 to be released in January 2014. However, it wound up being delayed until 2016 and then even further to the official release date of September 29,

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Colorful Connections and Preceptions (Synesthesia)

See sound as color? Associate letters with random colors? Sounds like a hallucination but really it is far from it. Synesthesia is a condition that is not very common and an estimated one out of two-thousand people, have a diagnosable form of it. People who experience synesthesia (synthetes) are usually very creative and in fact, famous Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky,

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A Brief History of Adidas

Adidas is one of the most popular brands of 2017 and is completely dominating the clothing market. Seriously, if look around a public area, and you will probably see multiple people wearing the Adidas brand whether it is their signature pink logo hat, their white striped track pants, or even their triple stripe shoes called ”Superstars.” The Adidas brand was

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is very common in movies/TV shows and was a crucial part of season two of “Stranger Things,” but as we know, TV shows are not the best at explaining disorders. PTSD is a very popular topic, and most people associate it with war veteran,s but it can affect just about anybody, especially if they have experienced

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