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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

Lainey Devlin

Lainey Devlin, Copy Editor

Lainey, a senior at North Cobb, enjoys learning about almost anything, except math. She also enjoys hiking, working out, and has picked up a new hobby in film photography. Over the months spent in quarantine, she has explored her artistic side, and also found a love for poetry books, her favorite being Chameleon Aura. While Lainey enjoys being outside, she also lives for rainy days where she can get cozy in her bed and binge her favorite show, Criminal Minds, which she cannot watch after 9 pm. Lainey loves music and podcasts and listens to both constantly. Her favorite podcast right now is Scam Goddess, hosted by Lacey Mosley, and her favorite artist is Local Natives. She has two younger siblings who she loves more than anything, as well as two incredibly supportive parents who have given her an amazing childhood and continue to inspire her and others. She is lucky to have so many incredible people surrounding her and supporting her and cannot express how thankful she is. Lainey hopes to go to college after high school and hopefully continue working in the journalism field. She is very grateful for the opportunity that The Chant has provided to her for the third year in a row to write and edit stories and cannot wait to see what the school year has to offer. She is excited to make The Chant the best it has ever been. 

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Music holds a special place in all of NC’s heart, despite personal opinions differing when it comes to genre, artist, and song choice. But today NC students allow others to take a peek into their playlists.

A peek in our playlists

Lainey Devlin, Copy Editor
March 24, 2021
While positive influencers exist on social media, the majority of the biggest platforms consist of size 0’s, fitness trends, and harmful diets. The new age of social media continues to impact the younger generations by promoting a skinny ideal not always achievable by everybody. The lack of attainability of this perfect body type can cause harmful habits such as body checking, overexertion, and disordered eating. “Social media has probably increased disordered eating because everyone is on social media. The problem is that it’s in-your-face 24/7. Without social media you might have a day or a week to just be with yourself, to focus on your hobbies, to build resilience, to realize your value lies in connecting with family, with kindness, humor, art, schoolwork, creativity, etc. But now there is no break. The comparisons are relentless. The inner critic gets louder. The sense of inadequacy grows like wildfire. The need to diet spikes. The devastation of failure follows. Self-esteem sinks deeper,” licensed nutritionist Betsy Thurston said.

Eat.

Lainey Devlin, Copy Editor
December 14, 2020
Recently it feels like CBD stores continue to pop up on every corner. This booming business leaves people questioning if CBD shows any real benefit. The potential miracle supplement both intrigues and confuses people as they wonder how this little plant has expanded into a multibillion-dollar industry. “I feel like it’s an industry that has really just exploded and with all new things, there is always that element of excitement. But I do feel like this is something that came out because there was a need for it, people needed to have other health options to explore,” Roya Rajabnik said.

CBD; Let’s talk about it

Lainey Devlin, Copy Editor
November 2, 2020
The crazy women in politics

The crazy women in politics

Lainey Devlin, Copy Editor
October 27, 2020
The issue with influencers

The issue with influencers

Lainey Devlin, Copy Editor
September 3, 2020
Dear Americans

Dear Americans

Lainey Devlin, Sports Editor
April 2, 2020
Teachers receive a new obstacle to tackle as the administration’s new policy falls into place. After establishing private stories for each class, teachers excitedly show off their quarantine classrooms and maintain student-teacher relationships. “We’ve had this plan in the works for a long time. With schools being out due to the virus I feel like it is an even better plan now because Warrior Nation will stay connected,” NC Principal Matt Moody said.

Snapping Students?

Lainey Devlin, Sports Editor
March 31, 2020
Magnet senior Josh Dixon slides into second in the 2019 playoff game against the Newnan High School Cougars. Despite impressive plays from the entire team, the Warriors, unfortunately, got knocked out of playoffs after this first game, however, this year the Warriors plan on improving all aspects and coming back with vengeance. “I actually don’t think we had major weaknesses or strengths. We were generally good in all areas, but when it comes to our regions and Georgia baseball in general, ‘generally good’ is only going to get you so far,” Assistant Coach Micheal Turchan said.

Warriors swing into 2020 season

Lainey Devlin, Sports Editor
January 26, 2020
On September 19, NC students involved in The Chant and the Panorama received the opportunity to adventure to the “Home of the Dawgs” in Athens GA to attend the semi-annual GSPA conference. The conference boasted speakers who graduated from the UGA Grady program and students from successful publications around the state. Students learned useful information from qualified teachers that they hope to take back to NC in order to improve it’s press outlets.

Journalism students converge at GSPA

Lainey Devlin, Sports Editor
September 22, 2019
“I’m just here for the good times, man. I want people to have the best time ever, especially if they’re around me,” Scott said. He portrays this energy clearly in his documentary, Look Mom, I can fly by providing the viewer with exciting concert footage complete with bright lights, dancing, and mosh pits. However, the documentary lacks the substance that some fans desired.

Look, mom! I can flop

Lainey Devlin, Sports Editor
September 6, 2019
NC Varsity baseball comes to a bittersweet ending with NC being kicked out of the playoffs by the Newnan High School Cougars. The Warriors played in a two day series, winning one game 7-4 and losing the other two which resulted in the end of their season. However, Warriors looked forward to their banquet held on April 30th to celebrate the accomplishments achieved throughout the season.

Baseball banquet and senior farewells

Lainey Devlin, Reporter, Photographer
May 8, 2019
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