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Girls slip to 3rd place; Langley wins 2-1
Photo Credit: Brandon Hutton
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Written by Brandon Hutton, The Eagle Staff Reporter
“We failed to put it in the net, but we did what we were supposed to do,” said Obama girls soccer coach Marlon Woods after the game against Langley on Wednesday evening.
Even with their stars back, USO seemed to be having trouble. Maybe they were just warming up, I thought. But that didn’t seem to be the case as Langley took a 2-0 lead about fifteen minutes into the game. Langley’s defense was set so that Obama would go off sides without even realizing it. This happened many times and it clearly frustrated the Obama girls. Langley had control of most of the first half but USO had a couple of drives. There also were quite a few trips and pushing throughout the half, some called and some not.
The second half the girls came out looking different. I don’t know if it was the coach that got to them or if they realized they were down 2-0, either way they stepped it up. Leeza Tokarski scored a goal just a few minutes into the second half. It looked like the game was going to turn around. USO had plenty of more drives down the field but they just couldn’t put it in the net. Most chances were by Merce Pierce and Danielle Akrie but Langley’s goalie always seemed to be in the right spot whenever USO shot. USO plans to redeem themselves against Perry this Wednesday.
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Penguins put on show for Obama, local hockey players
Photo Credit: Emma Embar
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Written by Tarika Embar, The Eagle Staff Reporter
Note: Tarika and Emma Embar are not only journalists for The Eagle and fans of hockey, they are also ice hockey players for Allderdice, along with Sam Conturo. While Obama does not have enough hockey players to form its own team, a number of students enjoy the sport.
On Saturday, September 24 at the Consol Energy Center the Pittsburgh Penguins faced the Minnesota wild in the second annual “Free Gore for Kids”.
The Pittsburgh Penguins gave out 18,000 tickets for their game to the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League, the tickets for kids foundation, Hill District youth and over 10 other hockey and non hockey related groups, with the tickets given out to fans between ages of 8-21 the area was packed with a variety of jerseys from local youth hockey teams, and some people went just for the game, others thought of this as a chance to learn, especially the coaches. This game was nothing near a disappointment with the Penguins winning 4-1 and the Pittsburgh Children’s Festival Chorus who sung the national anthem before the game. From the friends and family just enjoying the game, to the hundreds of hockey teams attending to watch and learn, it was clear that the game was appreciated and enjoyed by Penguins fans throughout the area.
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Ash’s Aspects: Droid Encyclopedia
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Written by Ash Lanith, The Eagle Senior Columnist
The first mini-series of the Star Wars weekly column will be a Droid Encyclopedia. In this series, I’ll go over the most well-known droids of the Star Wars universe, as well as some that only true Star Wars geeks will have heard of. Issue 1 (this issue) will go over droids from the original movies (IV, V, and VI).
C-3PO (Protocol Droid): If you’ve never heard of him, then you obviously haven’t seen the movies and you definitely need to be reading this column. C-3PO is a protocol droid who worked on the Princess Leia Organa’s Blockade Runner (a protocol droid is a droid that is used for translations. C-3PO, for example, can translate over 6 million forms of communication). He plays a crucial role for the Rebel Alliance, both as his intended function as translator and as technical support (such as helping R2-D2 hack into the Death Star’s computer systems to prevent the trash compacter from killing Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Leia Organa, and Chewbacca. C-3PO worries very much, coming off as a sort of babysitter to R2-D2.
R2-D2 (Astromech): Also, you should have heard of him. R2-D2 is an astromech droid, which are mainly used for in-flight support on both cruisers and fighters. He is often the more helpful and less cautious/paranoid than C-3PO. He was also working on the Blockade Runner at the beginning of the fourth movie. Instead of speaking in words, he uses a series of beeps and screams to communicate. He is Luke’s in-flight assistance on his X-Wing fighter.
Interrogation Droid: Interrogation droids (as seen in Episode IV) are small, spherical droids (called the IT-O Interrogator) used on Princess Leia on the Death Star. They can also be used for torture when needed. Another torture droid is EV-9D9, who was in charge of torturing the droids on Jabba’s Sail Barge.
Medical Droid: 2-1B: The surgical droid who tended to Luke’s wounds in Episode V. This is a humanoid medical droid.
FX-7: This is the spherical medical droid, also appearing in Episode V, and also helping Luke to heal after his encounter with the wampa. (FX-6, a very similar droid, was mostly responsible in the reconstruction of Darth Vader).
Scout Droids: The only probe droid in the original movies were the Viper probes. These come out of a Star Destroyer at the beginning of Episode V, one of which was destroyed on Hoth by Han Solo and Chewbacca.
Gonk Droids: Actually called GNK Power Droids, these are like walking batteries. The only other real important fact is that they randomly say “Gonk” all the time.
Mouse Droid: MSE-series droids. Only ever seen in the halls of the Death Star. They are programmed to perform a single task and then do nothing else until reprogramming.
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Walter’s Gamer’s Corner–Alien Syndrome
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Written by Walter Robinson, The Eagle Columnist
Alien Syndrome: this game was a complete disaster. The game was shot from a bird’s eye view it gave me a massive headache. Before I got a chance to realize how absolutely awful this game was I thought it was going to be a game about having/making gold, excitement, and an actual story. THIS GAME HAD NONE OF THAT IN IT. I wish I had the time I spent trying to play this game back. This game should be condemned even though it once was an arcade game of the 80s. This game makes me want to buy all the other ones, melt them down into one big game, place it in box, then place it in a bigger box, and SMASH IT WITH A HAMMER. I can imagine the world starting an all out war with the creator of that awful game. I really would rate this game as almost as bad as or just as bad as Speed Racer. Even as I’m typing this up I can feel myself getting enraged by the fact this is an actual game with five chapters/ levels (just what in the world did people think of during the making of this game…. AAARRGGHHHHHHHH!!!).
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Caz’s Comments: The top 10 lame “superheroes”
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Written by Lewis 'Caz' Tidrick, The Eagle Senior Columnist
Top 10 Lame Super-Heroes/Villains
10. Cable (Nathan Christopher Charles Summers)-Marvel Comics
He’s the son of Scott Summers (Cyclops) and Jean Grey (Marvel Girl/Phoenix) from the future. And for some reason he has a random cyborg arm. He was pretty much created as part of the 90’s XXXXXXXX-TTTTTRRRRREEEEEEEMMMMEEEEE theme of comic books. Which leads me to the next character…
9. Bane-DC Comics
He’s the guy who snapped Batman’s spine and left him for dead in the mid-90’s, the guy who also is the main villain in “Dark Knight Rises” and ends up looking 10 feet tall. All he really is is a dude juiced up on steroids.
8. Vulture (Adrian Toomes)- Marvel Comics
Adrian Toomes was never even close to being considered a “good character.” He’s an old dude with fake wings. There you go. That’s all he is. That’s all.
7. Riddler (Edward Nigma)-DC Comics
I have nothing to say. All it really is is this dude wearing green and purple. What a clash.
6. Captain America (Steve Rogers)-Marvel Comics
I know he’s one of Marvel’s “front men” and was the main character in “Captain America: The First Avenger” movie over the summer, but honestly people…he’s just a dude with a shield.
5. Iron Man (Tony Stark)-Marvel Comics
He’s basically Marvel’s wanna-be version of Batman in a high-tech suit of armor. And what happens if you see him without the armor? He’s helpless, unlike Batman who can fist-fight.
4. Ahsoka Tano-Star Wars
Anakin’s padawan in the “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” which are both failures of a movie and TV show.
3. Superman-Prime (Clark Kent)-DC Comics
He is a whiny, brat version of Superboy from the parallel Earth known as “Earth-Prime” where every other super-hero is only from comic books.
2. Young Omni-Man (Oliver Grayson)-Image Comics
He is the alien half-brother of the main character of Invincible and a young, wanna-be version of Omni-Man, basically.
1. Squirrel Girl (Doreen Green)-Marvel Comics
…need I say more?
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Pierotti’s Point: Missing the net
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Written by Cathy Pierotti, The Eagle Senior Columnist
My freshman year I found something I enjoyed. Something I longed for. I ruined it for myself, but the thing I committed to the most was volleyball. I miss it so much, and I know running wasn’t the most fun part, but being able to work with a supportive team and playing for fun is something I completely long for.
I have played basketball, softball, baseball, football, and it just doesn’t add up to all of the things I enjoyed about volleyball. The warm ups, rotations, serving, sets; I miss everything about that sport. I know it may seem like just a sport, but when you like something as much as I like volleyball, it feels like a complete addiction. I couldn’t play this year, but I practice almost as much as the team does at my local gym. Why does it have to be so hard to give up something you like? I remember when I didn’t go to championships last year, I cried. No lie, I literally cried for an hour. I worked really hard, and I had to give up a day before we went.
The thing I miss the most is the team. That volleyball team last year was supportive, and it took me five weeks to learn the left, right, left maneuver, and I got it. Now I am not even able to use it. I miss doing blocks, sets, and everything. I miss finding notes from the opposing team on the floor, and reading about how they “plan” to beat us. I miss laughing about something I did stupid during the game, but something I miss the most is learning something new every day, about the team and sport. My history of volleyball was very weak when I first started, but my tallness came in handy. I hated it when people used to recommend me for their sport just because I was tall, but Mr. Vitti saw something past my height.
He is a good coach, and one of the best I have ever had. He doesn’t yell at you, and doesn’t call you stupid or weak. He leads you, and if you need help he will teach you until you get it. I learned that being tall, weak, strong, or popular doesn’t matter. Just being there makes it worth it.
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