The award-winning voice of North Cobb High School in Kennesaw, Georgia.

The Chant
The award-winning voice of North Cobb High School in Kennesaw, Georgia.

The Chant
The award-winning voice of North Cobb High School in Kennesaw, Georgia.

The Chant
Michelle Lin

Michelle Lin, Staff

Michelle Lin is a junior at North Cobb’s Magnet program, who is joining The Chant as a photographer. She joined newspaper hoping to continue doing what she loves: writing. “I think joining The Chant is going to be one of the best decisions I make because it’s really going to help improve my writing skills and prepare me for the future,” Lin said.

Being in magnet has been a lot of work for her but she enjoys the challenges and is grateful to be able to experience her high school memories with her friends. Lin wants to graduate high school and attend her dream school, NYU, to pursue a career in the business field there.

In her free time, she loves to lay in bed all day and binge-watch shows on Netflix. When she is not watching Netflix, she’s either listening to music or watching sports on TV. Lin, as a member of The Chant since junior year, is looking forward to writing articles leaning more towards the Entertainment category like music and TV show reviews, as well as some articles where she can express her opinions. She is very excited about the upcoming year and is planning to graduate very soon and go to college.

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After a video of Chase Hudson, also known as Lil Huddy, surfaced on the internet where he dropped the N-word, the media broke into a controversial debate. Those who have “canceled” the TikToker seem to neglect his African bloodline. However, the photo shows young Lil Huddy and NC Senior Ashu Ebot-Tabi posing together as a family, which proves his actual race.

The truth about TikTok’s African King: Lil Huddy

Michelle Lin, Staff
March 31, 2020
Introducing a new podcast series on The Chant: Conspiracy Court, where the staff comes together to discuss conspiracy theories. This series provides an opportunity to discuss the different mind-blowing conspiracies and judge the accuracies of each. In this episode, seniors Haley Kish and Michelle Lin discuss the infamous John F. Kennedy assassination theory, as well as the possible holes of the story of Helen Keller.

Conspiracy court: JFK and Helen Keller

Haley Kish and Michelle Lin
March 9, 2020
What is more dangerous: Coronavirus or Racism?

What is more dangerous: Coronavirus or Racism?

Michelle Lin, Staff
March 6, 2020
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TikTok: survival of the prettiest

TikTok: survival of the prettiest

Michelle Lin, Staff
February 5, 2020
After five years of mental health struggles, heartbreak and a kidney transplant, artist Selena Gomez finally releases her third solo album, Rare, on January 10, 2020. The album mimics a diary of all the emotions that Gomez has experienced during her journey. All 13 tracks on Rare follow a similar theme of self-confidence for listeners to dance and sing along to.

Selena Gomez “Rarely” Disappoints

Michelle Lin, Staff
January 16, 2020
Even though over the past years, Walt Disney has improved its representations of international characters, however, the company still struggles to accurately portray each culture. Inaccurate depictions of racial stereotypes in several Disney movies such as Mulan, Aladdin, Pochahontas, Dumbo, Moana, Princess and the Frog, Aristocats, and The Little Mermaid, cause our society to view other races negatively. With the lack of deeper research, Disney continues to westernize and stereotype foreign characters to satisfy their western audiences.

Disney’s stereotype misinterpretations

Michelle Lin, Staff
December 19, 2019
As the Christmas season quickly arrives, Christmas shoppers start making their last-minute runs to the stores. To avoid the nightmare of pushing through crowds and crowds of shoppers, gifters can now do all their shopping completely online. Websites such as GOAT (top left), Best Buy (top right), Overstock (bottom left), and Walmart (bottom right), will help complete that Christmas list the quickest and easiest way possible this holiday season.

Christmas Shopping Gone Digital

Michelle Lin, Staff
December 13, 2019
NC contains a great diversity of students: depending on their characteristics and personalities, every classroom could include at least one person who sleeps through lectures (The Sleepers), another that loves to talk (The Teacher’s Pets/Class Clowns), or yet another that constantly stares at their phones (The Slackers). No matter what type of stereotype group the students belong to, they play a huge part in the high school experience.

Types of students at NC

Michelle Lin, Staff
December 3, 2019
The mass media company, 88rising, consisting of artists such as Rich Brian, Joji, NIKI, the Higher Brothers and August 08, released their second album, Head in the Clouds II on October 11, 2019. The collaborative group gave fans a total of sixteen songs, ranging from rap, pop, and R&B. The album features other hit artists, Jackson Wang, Gold Link, and Swae Lee.

The rise of 88rising’s Head in the Clouds II

Michelle Lin, Staff
October 16, 2019
The reason why 13 Reasons Why should not make another 13 reasons why

The reason why 13 Reasons Why should not make another 13 reasons why

Michelle Lin, Blogs Editor
October 8, 2019
Let’s get down to business to defeat the haters of a live-action Mulan

Let’s get down to business to defeat the haters of a live-action Mulan

Michelle Lin, Blogs Manager
September 18, 2019
HBO’s first teen drama, Euphoria, premiered its season’s first episode in June 2019 and aired its last episode in August 2019. Interested viewers can stream all episodes of the show on Hulu’s website online. The show portrays Rue, a 17-year-old teen who struggles with drug abuse and her friends who each struggle with their own coming of age stories.

Euphoria: taking teen issues to the TV screen

Michelle Lin, Staff
August 28, 2019
YouTube celebrities Jake Paul, PewdiePie, James Charles, and the ACE Family constantly create controversies with their videos and social media presence, yet, the controversies rarely deal a huge blow to the number of views they receive. Although controversial, their popularity helps them gain millions of dollars in profit.

YouTubers: controversial, entertaining, or both?

Michelle Lin, Staff
August 24, 2019
The Future Shop, stores all the college information available for students to discover and research. Banners and posters hang around the room advertising prospective colleges for their futures. “The future shop is a great place to go when I’m in need of direction. I often visit the room when I’m looking for advice on what to do after I graduate high school,” said junior magnet student, Katie Word.

Your hardest decision: Dream school or cheap school?

Michelle Lin, Reporter/Photographer
May 15, 2019
Coming back from the weekend, students arrived in the computer lab early in the morning, prepared to take their English EOC. All English EOCs take place during either first, third or fourth period, and students receive up to 90 minutes of time to complete their test. The end of course tests measure the student’s knowledge of everything they learned during the semester and usually accounts for a major portion of their grade.

Let the EOC testing begin

Michelle Lin, Reporter, Photographer
April 29, 2019
NC’s Standing Ovation presents Shrek the Musical, a play based on the Dreamworks animated movie. The play will take place on April 25, 26, and 27 in the Performing Arts Center and offers a chance for seniors to show off their theatrical talent for the last time of their high school career. Come see the production that promises to give the audience a night to remember.

Come watch Standing Ovation’s production of Shrek!

Michelle Lin, Reporter, Photographer
April 15, 2019
NC bathrooms remain one of the most controversial topics of the school. The Chant helps the students narrow down their choices of which bathroom to choose by ranking the main building bathrooms from smelliest to cleanest.

Bladder clean it up: NC’s most disgusting bathrooms

Michelle Lin, Reporter, Photographer
March 31, 2019
NC seniors declared Monday, March 25 as this year’s Senior Skip Day by not showing up to school. The seniors celebrated their last prom in high school on Saturday, dancing and partying the night away. They decided not to go to school on Monday, leaving the lowerclassmen to take all the empty seats.

Where did all the seniors go?

Michelle Lin, Reporter, Photographer
March 25, 2019
NC’s Japanese foreign exchange students arrived from Kochi, Japan yesterday and spent their Monday attending classes with their hosts. In the Magnet lounge, junior Isabel Daez introduced her foreign exchange student Nonoka Sakita to her lunch buddies juniors Ketzel Greve and Vicki Zitsch. They sat at their table laughing and chatting away, making sure that Sakita felt welcomed. “She likes it here so far. Her favorite part so far was the Welcome Ceremony where she tried a Chick-Fil-A biscuit,” her host and translator Daez said.

NC welcomes Japanese exchange students

Michelle Lin, Reporter, Photographer
March 11, 2019
NC varsity baseball hopes to continue their four game winning streak tonight at Lassiter High School. “I really don’t want to let down the team or the school tonight. We’ve been doing so good and I hope we can continue,” sophomore catcher Harry Ford said.

[Photo] Will the winning streak continue?

Lainey Devlin, Reporter, Photographer
March 7, 2019
These four students sit around the table discussing what they did during last week’s winter break. Winter break took place from Monday the 18th to Friday the 22nd, allowing students to catch up with their friends and families, travel for college visits, relax at home, and do their homework. The next break will not happen until the first week of April.

Students return from much-needed February break

Michelle Lin, Reporter, Photographer
February 25, 2019
Who needs a boyfriend/girlfriend when your friends can spend Valentine’s Day with you? For all those single ladies and gents out there, you no longer need a date to enjoy your February 14th when you can spend it with your friends and family.

Guide to being single on Valentine’s Day

Michelle Lin, Reporter, Photographer
February 14, 2019
Spotify offers a wide array of undiscovered and up-and-coming artists, especially in the K-pop genre.

Listen to this: An introduction into the world of K-pop

Michelle Lin, Reporter, Photographer
February 13, 2019
The representations of Asians in the film industry and media has come a long way since the 1930s with actress Anna May Wong in the film The Good Earth. Media entertainers like Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, K-pop group BTS, and Constance Wu all helped give the Asian community an opportunity in the Hollywood industry.

Asian Invasion: Asian representation in film industry on the rise

Michelle Lin, Reporter, Photographer
February 11, 2019
Students who have a low A (90-94%) before taking the final could possibly end up with a B after the final. A single bad score on the final can bring down the student’s entire semester’s worth of hard work, which is why NC should allow their students who meet special requirements an opportunity to exempt finals.

Finals: Hit or miss?

Michelle Lin, Reporter, Photographer
February 5, 2019
Junior Tanner Corbett wore his Tom Brady sports jersey to celebrate the New England Patriots’ win during Sunday’s Super Bowl LIII. The Patriots won against the Los Angeles Rams 13-3. “I knew from the beginning the Patriots were going to win, however, I was surprised about how well the defense was played from both teams,” Corbett said.

Yes, the Patriots won…again

Michelle Lin, Reporter, Photographer
February 4, 2019
Benefits of foreign language study

Benefits of foreign language study

Michelle Lin, Photographer
December 28, 2018
These four orchestra violinists give up their lunch time to practice for the upcoming Tree Lighting Ceremony. The students hope to master their Christmas music pieces before performing on Thursday, November 29 at 5:30 p.m. at the Wellstar Acworth Health Park.

Practice makes perfect

Michelle Lin, Reporter, Photographer
November 26, 2018
Gotta little time? Watch a little rom-com!

Gotta little time? Watch a little rom-com!

Michelle Lin, Photgrapher
November 14, 2018
Mrs. Tamara Rankerburg’s AP US History class began working on their comprehensive project today. The project involves creating a Powerpoint or Weebly to show an understanding of the causes and effects of the Great Depression during the 1930s. The students hope to finish the project by Thursday to receive an opportunity to bring up their grades in the unit test category in the gradebook.

Not depressed about their grades!

Michelle Lin, Reporter, Photographer
November 5, 2018
The recent season premiere of the hit show Riverdale came out on Wednesday October 10 with a new storyline emerging from the series. The show focuses on a new supernatural theme distinctive to the suspense from previous seasons. Riverdale releases new episodes featuring drama, romance, and mystery every Wednesday night on the CW.

Third season’s the charm

Michelle Lin, Photographer
October 25, 2018
NC’s Standing Ovation will present two shows of the comedic play, Suite Surrender, on October 24 and 25 at 7 p.m. The show will take place at NC’s new Performance Art Center for only $5 at the door. “I’m so excited for this performance because we worked really hard on it. The set turned out beautiful and the actors are hilarious. This is definitely my favorite show yet,” tech crew member Niara Minnifeld said.

Open the curtains!

Michelle Lin, Reporter, Photographer
October 23, 2018
On the first Thursday of every month, UNICEF holds a meeting in Angela Milani 3067 to discuss fundraising plans for their new awareness theme. For September’s education theme, they held a school supply drive, and for October, they plan on raising some extra donations for the club.

UNICEF hopes to increase club membership this year

Michelle Lin, Reporter/Photographer
October 19, 2018
NC Marching Band members prepare for the annual Cobb Exhibition happening later tonight. Junior Vicki Zitsch studies the schedule, as she mentally plans out how to finish all her homework before arriving to the event. “Cobb Exhibition is really cool. They split it into two days where half of the marching band performs on the first day, and the other half performs on the second day. You get to go and watch other school’s marching bands perform, and then we’re going to perform our own marching band show in front of judges who give us feedback on how we can improve,” Zitsch says.

Cobb Exhibition anticipation

Michelle Lin, Reporter/Photographer
October 8, 2018
Top ranked colleges Yale, Brown, UChicago, and Columbia came to Marietta High School to present a college info session for students on Monday, September 7. Students and parents gathered together in the high school's auditorium to learn about each school’s admission procedures. Each representative took turns discussing their school's beneficial offerings and curriculums.

Four for the price of one: Brown, Columbia, UChicago, and Yale visit Marietta HS

Michelle Lin, Photographer, Reporter
October 2, 2018
At the Politiclub meeting, Democrat Andy Clark, runner for Senate in District 37, chats with the NC students, engaging them in the conversation. The audience asks interesting questions to keep the discussion going as Clark introduces himself and goes over his campaign goals.

Senate runner Andy Clark visits NC

Michelle Lin, Photographer
September 18, 2018
Standing outside the main cafeteria in the hot sun, these ROTC students shine their shoes and prepare for their Annual Military Inspection (AMI). The AMI will be held on Wednesday, September 19 in the New Gym.

Shoe shine time!

Michelle Lin, Reporter, Photographer
September 17, 2018
This intrigued NC student examines Andy Clark’s campaign brochure while he listens to Clark talk about his plans on changing the community as Senator. Clark hopes to convince the young community to spread the word and vote for him in the upcoming election.

At the Politiclub meeting, Democrat Andy Clark, runner for Senate in District 37, gets close with the NC students through engaging them in the conversation. The audience asks interesting questions to keep the discussion going as Clark introduces himself and goes over his campaign goals.

Senior Anthony Rodriguez watched from the sidelines as his team dominated Woodstock, 35-21. Rodriguez trained extremely hard for the position as a kicker on NC’s varsity football team. As a result, the Air Force Academy offered Rodriguez a spot on their team and a full scholarship for his dedication.

Anthony Rodriguez: Kicking off a new future with the Air Force

Michelle Lin, Photographer
August 31, 2018
At the Lake City Animal Hospital, these students surround the shelter dog, Pickles, as they take turns petting him. Pickles steals the hearts of many as he jumps around giving kisses to his new friends. Interacting and socializing with the dogs at the shelter brings smiles and joy to both the dogs and the students.

Paws up for the Rescue Warriors

Michelle Lin, Photographer
August 31, 2018
These six juniors start off their week in the Magnet lounge by socializing and studying. To prepare for the day ahead, these students come together every morning to discuss homework and other class assignments. The quiet and peaceful environment of the Magnet lounge provides the ideal location for Magnet students to study and get their work done.

Magnet Lounge encourages early birds

Michelle Lin, Photographer
August 20, 2018
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