The Red Press

The Red Press
2014-15 Issue #7
What’s in this issue?

Thoughts from a Red Press Senior
Thoughts from Red Press
Senior—Page 1
Hello my fellow Red
Press readers, my
name is Josh Olney.
 Editorials—Page 2
If you don’t know
 Game Review: Warhammer
me, I’m the
40,000—Page 3
Assistant Editor of
 Short Story: “Sharp Seas”— The Red Press. I do
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the band reviews and
 Movie Review: The Shining– some entertainment
portions of The Red
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Press. And this is
 Constitutions Day and Book
my final issue with
Review—Page 6
The Red Press. I’ve
 Band Review: The Color
been with The Red
Morale—Page 7
Press ever since my freshman year of high school. At my freshman
orientation, I picked up my first copy of the school’s newspaper
 Character Review: Blade—
only to see that we could do album reviews, and that’s what I
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wanted to do. However, I wasn’t the fastest typist, so I had Mrs.
 Retro Game Review:
Schonewetter help me with my typing the first year. As time has
Doom—Page 9
progressed, my typing has gotten a lot faster and more efficient;
plus my grammar and punctuation have greatly improved since then
 Red Waves, Yay or Nay?—
as well. I would like to thank all The Red Press reporters Michael
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DeNova, Alec Virgil, Lizz Freeman, Zack Williams, Olivia
Mussachio, Juliana Nouza, Brandon Parry, of course Savannah
Congratulations …
Lanz our Editor-in-Chief, and most of all Mrs. Schonewetter our
Ms. Reina—Spanish
advisor. And before I go and let you read this issue, I want to thank
Mrs. Hawikins—Art
all of you, the readers of The Red Press for making The Red Press
Mr. Burton—Math
worthwhile. Without you guys, we would be nothing but just an
We hope you
unread school newspaper. After graduation, I’ll be gone but
enjoy your
hopefully not forgotten. Thank you all, enjoy, and so long.
retirement!
~Josh Olney
Best Wishes!
P.S All of you “Stay Positive” and follow your dreams!
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2014–15 Issue #7
Editorials
Dear Reader,
Wow, it certainly has been an interesting year. I will keep my farewell short.
Being the Editor of The Red Press has definitely been a learning experience for
me and something I will never forget. While I will still be on the staff next year, I
will not be continuing my Editor duties. Instead, I would like to welcome the new
Editor for the 2015–16 school year, Zack Williams! I know Zack will do a
fantastic job being the Editor of the paper. Zack will be a junior next year, and I
believe he will take this paper to new heights.
I am not one for goodbyes, so I will just say, “So long VVS.” It’s been real.
Savannah Lanz
Editor-in-Chief
Greetings, Red Press readers! As the school year
finally reaches its end, we see people signing
yearbooks and studying for tests. This school year has
been filled equally with both fun and stress (more so
stress, but it’s pretty close in comparison). Next year,
we will lose our awesome senior, Josh Olney.
Also next year, I will be taking over as the new
editor of The Red Press. I hope to see more input from
our readers so that we know what you think about our
paper and what you would like to see in future issues.
Hopefully, all goes well next year, and until then, have
a great summer.
Dr. Zack Will-i-ams
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Warhammer 40,000
Hello P.C dwellers and welcome to another Game Review. For the last review of the year I wanted to
show interested readers a game that’s not as relevant in this age. The game I will be reviewing is called
Warhammer 40,000. This is a very fun strategy game. Players can pick from six different races: Chaos, Eldar,
Imperial Guard, Orks, Space Marines, and Tyranids. To save time I will be talking about the multiplayer
settings because the campaign can get confusing, and it varies between races. The multiplayer mode has many
different options and games; however, you mainly start the same way. Players start off with a race leader and
another unit with a home base. From this base you can make new units with the resources you collect from
capturing requisition points and power nodes. The goal is to win whether it is from controlling every victory
point, to destroying the other players’ HQ. That said, there are a lot of tactics in this game, whether it’s how
you make your army or how you use cover. The graphics of the game are very cool, giving players a perfect
visual of the difference in class and race. From my experience, there aren’t many bugs and lag isn’t a real
issue either; it’s just that the game is really difficult and complicated at times. This game relies a lot on new
and prior strategies. Even with a strategy, your foes will still find a way to ruin your stuff. And spamming
doesn’t work in this game either. That being said, I rate this game 6/10 because it’s a lot of fun but is very
complicated. If you don’t like strategy games, this will definitely not be for you. But if you enjoy strategizing,
then I highly recommend it. Hey, on the bright side, it’s not turn based. Alright, that’s all I have space for this
time, so thank you so much for reading, I think we had a good year, and we’ll definitely have another one. But
for now, this has been Mike, signing off.
~Michael DeNova
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Short Story: “Sharp Seas” Part 2 by Lizz Freeman
As the mast toppled over, a wave smashed it over the edge of the boat and into the
roaring waters below. The men I’d seen go overboard were no longer in the water; I hoped the
Diaboli Mare had rescued them.
“Men, furrow the sails!” I ordered the remnants of our crew as I ran for the wheel. The
wheel spun wildly out of control, moving with the winds and aiming us straight for the Diaboli
Mare. I spun the wheel hard to port and the ship teetered for a moment, threatening to spill
sideways before righting itself back up on the choppy, churning waves.
“Miss Sharp!”
I whirled my head around to see Luke running up to the helm, “All sails furrowed. I
recommend we keep minimal crew on deck.”
“Aye, I want you, Phineas, and Templeton out here. Secure your life lines, and send the
others below; we shift off in four hours.”
Luke nodded and saluted before running down to carry out the orders.
Luckily, a Trireme Adaptation such as ours wouldn’t need a mast to operate properly.
New Thebes owned two-hundred fully automated, Trireme trade/war ships, and the
Dauntless, being the oldest, saw many upgrades before falling to our crew. The mast was
replaceable, and until the storm calmed down, all three-hundred automated oars were retracted
safely.
The storm lasted for a week, but when we finally broke free of the rain and swells, the
coast of the African West Desert, formerly known as the Sahara, glistened on the horizon.
“Land ho!” Templeton shouted happily as I initiated the oars and gave Luke our new
heading.
“Alright, I want this ship in its best shape when we get into port!” I ordered everyone,
“Keep lively!”
By the end of the night, we were only a few hours off the coast of Somalia, our
destination. The traders of the Western Desert and from nearly every nation south of it staged
themselves there for bartering and markets. With any luck, we could pay for the repairs to our
Trireme and supply necessary goods to the markets of New Thebes until the next voyage in
July.
“Fine morning to sail,” Phineas noted as the others got to work.
I smiled, “Yes, it is, but I do recall giving orders that everyone ought to work.”
“And who made you Captain?”
“Nobody did,” came a firm reply, “because I am the Captain, and for your actions Miss
Sharp, I’ll have you confined to the brig.”
(Continued on page 5)
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I turned around to see Captain Duvrai, Mica, and James all swoop over from the Diaboli
Mare, so I quickly retracted the oars to prevent more destruction before putting a hand on my
sword.
“I saved your sorry ship and everyone remaining on it, not to mention captained it out of
that bloody storm!”
“That is a challenge,” Duvrai growled. “Swordplay is your game I take it?”
I drew my sword, “Why, you don’t even know how many lives you nearly lost, do you?”
“This crew is well aware of the dangers of the ocean, and I beg of you not to make a fool of
yourself. You’ll either sit in the brig until we get to New Thebes, or you’ll walk the plank to
Davy Jones’s locker when I beat you.”
I glared daggers at Duvrai and swung my sword blade at him, “Pleasant of you to give me
a choice really, but I’ll have you know I’m the best swordswoman in the entire New Theban
port.”
We fought like madmen all across the deck of the ship. I even saw little Gertie cheering
me on, but as I began to tire, from days of little food or sleep, it occurred to me that I could very
well end up at the bottom of the ocean anyway.
Duvrai sliced through the sleeve of my tunic, cutting the faded blue material and my
tanned skin beneath before hitting the butt of his sword handle against the back of my knee.
“You lose,” Duvrai growled as my sword flew into across the deck and into a barrel.
“I do? I’m afraid I don’t understand,” I called, hoping to stall what would probably be my
demise.
Duvrai just pushed his sword to my throat
and grimaced, “To the plank.”
I swallowed hard before walking to the edge
of the plank.
“Wait,” Duvrai called after me, “Bind her
wrists and ankles.”
I tensed, but as Luke brought a rope over he
winked, leaving the ropes very loose.
“Now, jump, or my blade will push you off.”
I took a deep breath and jumped off the edge
of the ship, splashing down into the freezing water of the Mediterranean Sea.
(more next issue…)
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2014–15 Issue #7
Movie Review: Stanley Kubrick’s, The Shining
Jack Nicholson in his prime!
In this film, Stephen King’s loveable, disturbing, and
terrifying novel is brought to Hollywood as Stanley
Kubrick creates a stunning movie filled with modernday horror! In The Shining, unemployed, middle-aged
husband and father, Jack Torrance, desperately needs to
get a job to support his family of three. At his chance to
clean his violent past job record and to support his
family, Jack Torrance takes the job as the Overlook
Hotel’s winter caretaker for half a year. Not many
people want the job as the winter caretaker since it is
rumored to be haunted. Jack doesn’t care. He doesn’t
believe in ghosts, and he NEEDS the job!
For the first month as the Overlook’s winter caretaker,
everything seems great for Jack and his family. They
have all the food they can eat, and Jack Torrance spends
more time with his wife, Wendy, and his son, Danny.
Wendy gets to relax, and Mr. Torrance begins his new
writing project, hoping to make money as an author after
his current job ends. But after their first month in the
Overlook, things start to change. What things you ask?
You need to watch the movie to find out!
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This movie is filled with stars like Shelly Duvall, Danny
uzB0eY4Ri_aitCdvpBDB8zd8ve53AA7EptxANdN5ovgCkLTjPut-qsroG2sgLloyd, and one of my favorite actors…Jack Nicholson!
Jack Nicholson played a great killer in this horror movie.
Mr. Nicholson has also played the main role in several other movies like Batman, The Bucket List, Anger
Management, Wolf, and many more! I liked how this film chose to use veteran actors who have been in
movies before, so this cast knew what they were doing. The movie brings a great view on the powers and
influences of the supernatural as well!
This is one of my favorite 80’s movies, and I think you’ll like it, too!
~Brandon Parry
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The Color Morale
Photo courtesy www.riserecords.com
The Color Morale is an American metalcore/post hardcore that formed in 2007 at Rockford, Illinois.
The makeup of the band includes Garret Rapp on lead vocals, Steve Carey on drums, Aaron Saunders
on rhythm guitar and backing vocals, Devin King on lead guitar, and Mike Honson on bass and
backing vocals. The band grabs the listener’s attention with their post hardcore and metalcore
influences from bands such as Glassjaw, Beloved, Misery Signals and Poison the Well. However, it’s
not the sound that gets our full attention, but it’s the lyrics that the band writes that gets others and
listeners like me inspired. The lyrics talk about finding hope and being positive, while also talking
about religion and mental illness. The lyrics are enhanced by Garret Rapp’s vocals as he lets out the
true emotion of all The Color Morale’s songs’ intended meanings.
My personal opinions about this band are that they truly inspire me to be a musician who puts
emotion in a song and to let it all out on a piece of paper. I truly believe that all the bands and solo
artists of today should do the same instead of being lazy and let someone else write a song for them
that talks about nothing but nonsense. Overall, The Color Morale knows how to grab the attention of
listeners of their music genre not just by sound but by the heart and emotion of the lyrics they put out
in their songs. I highly recommend this band to listeners of the genre or those who enjoy lyrics that
deal with tough times and perhaps need a boost of positivity.
~Josh Olney
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2014–15 Issue #7
Character
Review
Blade
By Dr. Zack Will-i-ams
Hello Red Press
readers, and welcome to
another edition of character
review. Today we’ll be
reviewing everyone’s
favorite badass, Blade. First
appearing in The Tomb of
Dracula #10, Blade, born
Eric Brooks, was born to a
prostitute mother, who gave
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birth to him after being killed
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by a vampire. Somehow,
through deus ex machina probably, Eric was born and survived, gaining strange, vampire
abilities. When he grew up, he went in search of the vampire that killed his mother, and
successfully does so. He continues hunting other vampires after taking vengeance though, and
lives on, kicking ass.
Blade is known as a “daywalker,” a vampire who can survive in sunlight. Aside from
vampire powers, he carries a sword that for some reason, only he can handle, unless the person
trying to use it can survive having his or her hand chopped clean off. Blade has also mastered
various forms of martial arts and street fighting techniques.
As with almost every comic character, Blade has had a few videogames, and a movie
series.
That’s all for now. If you have any requests, contact me on Twitter, @ezzzdealwithit.
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Retro Game Review
DOOM
By Dr. Zack Will-i-ams
Hello, and welcome to another exciting Retro Game Review!!! As you could probably
tell by the title, today we’ll be studying the grandfather to fps’ DOOM. DOOM was created by
John Romero and John Carmack, and published by id software, which also made Wolfenstein
3D and later, Quake. After the success of Wolfenstein 3D, Carmack started working on DOOM.
Originally, the story was uber long, and can be found in The DOOM Bible, a book telling about
the history of the development.
In DOOM, a player competes as a nameless space marine wandering around bases on
Mars, killing zombies, and demons from Hell. “Doom guy,” as most people refer to him, can
carry a plethora of weapons at once, his most powerful being the Big F**king Gun 9000, and
the Un-maker. He is also reported to be a descendant of the protagonist of Wolfenstein 3D.
The series of games in this franchise include (official games only) DOOM, DOOM II,
and DOOM 3. There are others, I know, but those are unofficial, kinda. The first two have been
released on many platforms, first MS-Dos, Atari Jaguar, Gameboy Advance, and 3DO.
DOOM3 was released on PS3, Xbox 360, and PC.
If you have any suggestions for next year, please tell me so in person, or on Twitter
@ezzzdealwithit.
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Red Waves, Yay or Nay?
By Dr. Zack Will-i-ams
Hello Red Press readers, the members of the school newspaper staff
are thinking of doing a podcast on the school website and hopefully on
the screens around the school. Before we ask permission from Mr.
Brown to do this, though, we’d like to hear the opinion of the people. So
if you’re in favor of the local news staff reporting verbally, see a Red
Press staff member to give your input. Also, if this idea gets approved,
should we have a theme song? And if so, what should the theme be? But
definitely, if you could tell us what you think, that’d be great.
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