November 8, 2016 marked a monumental day that will rewrite history books. To many it was a tragic day as the nation found out that the winner of the 2016 presidential election, and the 45th President of the United States, was none other than businessman turned politician, Donald Trump. I, for one, took the…
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A Victory Speech To “Make America Great Again”
Despite my preference for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump since last year, I was happy for Donald Trump today because he behaved like a respectful person during his acceptance speech at around 3:00 AM on November 9, 2016. He was focused on the American citizens and people abroad at the same time. He said, that he…
Election 2016 Editorial: Why I Fear For The Future Of This Country by Andy Chrvala
When I began this editorial, I thought that I should write about why I thought an overall poor choice of a candidate, Donald Trump, isn’t a completely awful choice. I don’t believe that either of them should be picked as a viable choice to manage a concession stand much less the presidency. Yet, we have…
Election 2016 Editorials from Carrie Haney and Ethan Trent: How Did Clinton and Trump End Up The Candidates?
Hillary Clinton: Bernie Sanders, while very popular with the young voter demographic, was unappealing to many moderate Democrats because of his Democratic-Socialist agenda. Martin O’Malley did not make much headway during the primaries because he could not compete against the revolutionary qualities of the other two candidates. Hillary gained support from past Obama supporters, particularly following…
Concert Review: LANY Takes Fans By Storm
If it was a normal day and you were driving through the streets of Millvale, you would never notice anything different about an old church a couple blocks up from the center of town. For anyone who doesn’t usually go to concerts in Pittsburgh, that old church is now a club, and Friday, October 21,…
Avonworth Girls Soccer Wins Playoff Game Against Derry
The Monday night lights lit up the sky at Franklin Regional High School soccer field as Avonworth and Derry High School got ready to face off on October 24, 2016. The girl’s soccer team, who ranks eighth in the region, had their first playoff game against Derry, who holds the ninth seed, was a nearly even match. Derry’s…
Ryan’s Metal Reviews: Children of the Korn: The Serenity of Suffering
The alternative metal band, Children of the Korn is back in the music game as they released their 12th album, The Serenity of Suffering on October 21, 2016. The album, according to guitarist Brian Welch, “is heavier than anyone’s heard in a long time” and it contains their most intense music vocally they have been in a…
Scream Queens Review
“Over my rich, hot, dead body” is one of the many infamous quotes from Chanel Oberlin, ex- president of the sorority house Kappa Kappa Tau. Chanel, being the main character of the TV show Scream Queens on FOX, has the audience engaged in her ridiculous and over the top personality. The show first aired last…
Pirates Fan Perspective on the World Series
Now that Pirate fans are watching two other teams in the World Series, most fans are rooting for the underdog Cleveland Indians. Because even though Pittsburgh as a whole doesn’t like Cleveland, the Chicago Cubs are one of the Pirates biggest rivals. The Cubs batters 1-9 have a loaded lineup but the Indians have one…
Avonews Board Under Construction ~ What is to Come?
Few of Avonworth students know this board even exists, let alone how it can effect them. And as of now, it seems to be under construction. Rather than sporting the usual red background filled with copies of the popular newspapers from either past or current years, it has been cut to large letters reading…