Have you ever picked up a book and escaped to another world? Reading can be an escape for people to experience another world where unimaginable things become a reality. When I asked, sixteen out of twenty Apex students said they liked to read. Even though I found out that a lot of people like to read, I know that there
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Have you ever found yourself stuck watching a scary movie with your friends, clutching a bucket of popcorn, and peeking out to watch through the cracks between your fingers of the hand covering your eyes? If you have, do you ever wonder why you put yourself through watching these movies? Many people all around the U.S. enjoy watching scary movies,
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I don’t know. But that’s intentional because of what the picture is: a cursed image. These pictures are a recent Internet trend that revolves around pictures that instill uneasiness in the viewer. Although there are many different arguments as to what specifications must be met in order to make a cursed image, the general consensus is that it has to
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The love for musicals has been revived greatly over the past few years with reruns of fan favorites and the addition of new musicals that turned the world upside down. Songs from the shows have slowly crept from the school auditoriums into hallways and beyond, connecting students in ways like never before. Art is a medium that loves company and
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Based on the novel, A Dog’s Way Home came to theaters this January and captured the emotional and heartwarming storyline from the book perfectly. The movie follows a dog named Bella, beginning with her time as a puppy and eventually meeting her loving owner, Lucas. They bond, and Bella comforts Lucas’s mom, a war veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder
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Over the years many video games have shaped the face of how we play them today. Beginning with “Pong” in the early 1970’s- the first video game to ever be widely played, and “Donkey Kong”- the game that popularized platformers and introduced the character, “Mario.” Though the 1980’s saw video games’ initial rise to prominence, less than forty years later
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Whether you have gone out to support the Cougars or have been roped into going to a game with your family, you might not know how soccer is actually played despite its overwhelming popularity. In fact, soccer is the fourth most popular sport in the U.S. and is estimated to surpass baseball in popularity within the next few years. Because
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