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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

Elijah Pacis

Elijah Pacis, Sports Editor

Elijah Pacis, a senior at NC, joined The Chant to broaden his skills needed in college and beyond. He enjoys playing volleyball and basketball, having played basketball in middle school. Elijah’s favorite pastimes include playing video games, watching anime, and listening to music. He also likes theater and improv, having played major roles in middle school along with flourishing on its improv team, although stopping his involvement in theater for other pursuits. 

 

Pacis lived in California’s Bay Area until entering his freshman year at NC. He plans to attend college to pursue a career in computer science and astronautics.  He wants to visit different countries in the future, including Korea and Japan. He hopes to learn multiple languages and work internationally one day. 

 

He’s excited to begin his second year with The Chant to provide info and outlooks on multiple topics.

 

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Born to Vietnamese parents, keshi adds to a growing collection of popular Asian-American artists; his name comes to mind alongside Rich Brian, Jhené Aiko and Olivia Rodrigo. Fans can stress the ethnicity of their favorite artists as part of why they enjoy their works, but keshi tries to distance himself from this branding on his identity. “I think that when you try to stress that you are an Asian-American artist, it’s almost like you’re trying to carve out a space for yourself that says, ‘Hey, this guy is an Asian artist so you should give him attention because of that when the real reason you should be giving someone attention is that their art is just good.,” Keshi said.

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Elijah Pacis, Sports Editor
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If students cannot attend their desired school, they can attend a different college first, then transfer later in their college career. For example, Georgia Technical Institute (Georgia Tech) accepted just below 40% and 20% of Georgian and non-Georgian applicants respectively in 2020. On the other hand, the college accepted 53% of Georgia resident transfers and 31% of non-Georgia residents. So an option exists where one could attend Kennesaw State University (KSU) at first, then transfer into Georgia Tech later on.

Embracing college realities

Elijah Pacis, Sports editor
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	The Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals will face off in a match-up of old versus new in Super Bowl LVI. The Rams aim to secure a second Super Bowl title since their win in 2000, while the Bengals set their sights on a first-ever Super Bowl trophy, cutting down the number of teams that failed to accumulate the title from 12 to 11. Both teams boast powerful rosters offensively and defensively, indicating a close championship.  The game will commence on February 13, 2021.

Superbowl LVI prediction

Elijah Pacis, Sports Editor
February 8, 2022
Resulting from the advent of a Japanese cultural explosion in the US, an array of foods, shows and movies found a welcoming, multicultural society in America. An attractive culture constitutes one that can spread through America’s consumer society at a low cost to allow interested companies to profit. Japanese culture ticks all the boxes, offering affordable cuisines through sushi and low-cost entertainment through anime and manga. The Japanese club brings these things close to NC students, allowing attendees to appreciate these cultural aspects for themselves without leaving the school.

Japanese club unites NC students

Elijah Pacis, Sports Editor
December 21, 2021
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Taking a peek at past marketing productions by Riot Games reveals a focus on marketing their mainstay esports titles, including original music videos promoting its annual World Championship events. Imagine Dragons performed a few of the songs used in those music videos, and also created the opening song of Arcane alongside JID titled Enemy. Arcane serves the same purpose by introducing League of Legends to a widespread audience on Netflix.

A look into the Arcane

Elijah Pacis, Sports Editor
November 30, 2021
New anime not on this list include currently-airing “The Faraway Paladin” and “Platinum End”, and the modern-classic “Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean”, which will release later into the season. Viewers can watch “The Faraway Paladin” and “Platinum End” on Crunchyroll, along with Funimation for the latter. “Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure” came across major success, reaching over 100 million total printed copies, and will release December 1st on Netflix.

Delving into late-2021 anime releases

Elijah Pacis, Sports Editor
November 12, 2021
KSU paused a large number of on-campus activities in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Concerts and other annual public events no longer take place, while any sports still commencing enforce several limits and restrictions. KSU keeps students safe and engaged in the 2020-21 semester by incorporating an alternate rotation schedule, where students participate in online classes one week and attend in-person classes the following week.

Life at KSU

Elijah Pacis, Reporter
October 26, 2020
Local communities and businesses praise healthcare workers at hospitals in their area. Especially during the early months of quarantine, people showed their support by writing letters, posting on social media, and making signs showing their gratitude to hospitals and their workers. Helping to flatten the curve by wearing a mask and maintaining social distancing supports hospitals too.

Local hospitals amidst pandemic

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