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
Evan Fernandez

Evan Fernandez, Reporter

Evan Fernandez, a new sophomore and new NC student, joined newspaper to improve his writing skills. He enjoys playing his guitar and has hopes of joining band. Fernandez enjoys listening to rock music, watching movies and hanging out with friends. He not only participates in newspaper, but is a player for the NC boys tennis team. He is excited for his first year in newspaper and wants to see what the future holds.

 

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Scientists ponder over the possibility of life in other parts of the universe. With the discovery of possible life on Europa, Jupiter’s fourth-largest moon, scientists at NASA wasted no time and decided to send a probe to look for life that will launch in 2024. The discovery of life on another celestial object rather than the Earth would act as the discovery of the century.

Life on Europa

Evan Fernandez, Reporter
May 24, 2023
After the success of Mammoth WVH's first album, the band and fans feel excited about the release of their second album: “Mammoth II”. Lead guitarist and singer Wolfgang Van Halen claims he put a grandiose amount of effort into the making of the album. The success of Mammoth's first album will drive fans to buy and listen to their new album, “Mammoth II” when it releases in early August.

Mammoth WVH walks in Van Halen’s footsteps

Evan Fernandez, Reporter
May 20, 2023
Tensions between Taipei and Beijing grow as China applies military and political pressure on Taiwan. If the two countries declare war, The United States would view the conflict as Democracy vs. Communism war. If China attacked Taiwan, disputes over whether to aid Taiwan would rise in the United States similar to the Vietnam War in the 60s.

China-Taiwan conflict

Evan Fernandez, Reporter
May 19, 2023
NASA’s plan to travel to the moon after decades will continue as planned if these piloted Artemis missions occur successfully. NASA wants the crew to test and perform trials aboard the ship that will eventually fly to the moon. Similar to the early Apollo missions, the purpose of this first manned Artemis mission to circle the moon and slingshot back to Earth after 10 days, will act as a great step toward NASA building a moon base.

Artemis Crew

Evan Fernandez, Reporter
May 19, 2023
Record collecting and the decoration aesthetic provided by record collecting, allow consumers and music enjoyers to collect physical music disks and enjoy the music on a record player. The genres featured on records and CDs vary from rap to heavy metal and even pop.

The growing trend of collecting records

Evan Fernandez, Reporter
May 15, 2023
Eddie Van Halen and the rest of the noteworthy rock band Van Halen changed the sound of rock and pop forever and influenced thousands of musicians. Van Halen received six awards with 11 total nominations, received a Grammy in 1992 for Best Hard Rock Performance and several MTV awards.

The best music artist of the past century

Evan Fernandez, Reporter
May 14, 2023
For adult animation fans “South Park” plays a vital role in the industry alongside other shows such as “Family Guy”, “Rick and Morty”and “American Dad” in the adult animation industry. With the 26th season released, South Park covers modern and relevant topics and controversies such as Kanye West and his remarks on his interview with Alex Jones. Fans continue to love and support the creation of new episodes for the series.

South Park season 26

Evan Fernandez, Reporter
April 30, 2023
People love all different kinds of races— from the races in Europe, Africa and America. The race community continues to emit fun and positive energy. Fans go crazy when they hear the engines start, and watch a bunch of cars go in a circle for three hours.

My Top 3 Favorite Races

Evan Fernandez, Reporter
March 31, 2023
Pink Floyd and their famed “Dark Side of the Moon” live on in history as one of the best rock albums of all time. The relaxed vibe and unique sound of the album let each track exhibit a chill and calming rock sound. Fans rejoice and feel excited for the band and its 50th anniversary.

“Dark Side Of The Moon”: 50th Anniversary

Evan Fernandez, Reporter
March 28, 2023
Kaleidoscope, created by Eric Garcia, provides an interesting way to portray the story of a heist crew and all the factors that lead to their decision to steal. The show follows several different characters and their various backgrounds, explaining their thought processes and lives.

Kaleidoscope: Netflix’s new heist show

Evan Fernandez, Reporter
February 8, 2023
The various governments in charge of areas inside the Amazon forest need to fix infrastructure and offer jobs to the people that live around the forest. Doing so will help limit the number of people helping to cut down trees and kill animals and endangered species. Unsupervised burning and livestock continue to ruin the terrain within the forests, making it harder for the forest to regrow and sustain itself.

Deforestation in the Amazon

Evan Fernandez, Reporter
January 26, 2023
Several schools across the United States switch to four-day weeks to save money and let the students take a day of rest. The experience schools endured during the COVID-19 pandemic enlightened several school districts to keep their schedule of four-day weeks for students to make up work and study.

The four-day week trend

Evan Fernandez and
January 13, 2023
The idea of ordinary citizens going to space will attract the younger generations to space exploration, potentially blasting off the industry. It has grown exponentially in the past 20 years after the Space Shuttle program ended. Private companies, such as Elon Musk’s SpaceX, took over the industry, developing their own technology and rockets. Commercial space travel will entice and help the idea of space for younger generations.

Commercial space travel blasts off

Evan Fernandez, Reporter
December 7, 2022
Paul Whelan remains in custody in Russia at an old World War II prison camp under charges of espionage. Persistent in their goal to bring Whelan back, the United States government hopes to arrange a prisoner swap with Russia successfully, but continues to fail to achieve that goal. For now, Whelan will stay in an old Russian Gulag until US officials find a way to bring him home.

Russia Continues to Hold Paul Whelan Prisoner

Evan Fernandez, Reporter
November 20, 2022
The Red Hot Chili Peppers released 13 studio albums and made nearly 54 million dollars in revenue. They sold a total of 54,420,198 albums with the majority of the sales in the United States, and the success of the band put them as the top successful alternative rock bands ever to exist.

Red Hot Chili Peppers: the return of the Dream Canteen

Evan Fernandez, Reporter
October 28, 2022
The “Halloween” slasher series acts as a staple of Halloween and pop culture. The movies inspired the start of numerous other movies such as Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream. These movies popularized the slasher genre and gained billions in revenue and merchandise.

“Halloween” ends

Evan Fernandez, Reporter
October 26, 2022
The National Aeronautic and Space Administration’s (NASA) Artemis project will accomplish the next step to research Mars in the upcoming decades. NASA also hopes to build a moon station to easily and efficiently travel the solar system. Ultimately, Artemis will likely make travel to Mars.

NASA skyrockets as Artemis blasts off

Evan Fernandez, Reporter
October 21, 2022
Visitors of the annual haunted house reflect on their time at Folklore as an amazing experience for friends and family during the Halloween season. By hiring trained post-college students, using professional FX artists, state-of-the-art FX, props and costumes, Folklore makes the experience immersive and horrifying. The establishment receives hundreds of visitors each night during the Halloween season. Folklore also hosts several special events during winter and spring for Christmas and Valentine's Day.

Folklore: a haunting experience

Evan Fernandez, Reporter
October 7, 2022
Addiction to the hormone dopamine becomes prevalent as time progresses. People who restrict dopamine-stimulating activities feel happier and find joy in life’s simple aspects. Hormonal balance takes importance, especially with dopamine. Excessive dopamine can cause depression and feelings of emptiness.

Dopamine: essential to life

Evan Fernandez, Reporter
October 7, 2022
Newer music veers away from traditional instruments that take passion and skill to play. Nowadays, a computer makes basic beats repeatedly, with the artist singing over it. Music diversity has grown homogeneous over the years, bringing less creativity in rhythms and beats released by artists.

Music in a diminuendo of quality

Evan Fernandez, Reporter
September 2, 2022
So-called “metal” music ranges from classical-sounding songs to death metal, making it a diverse genre. The deeper meaning behind the harsh and energetic vocals brings the community together. People misjudge metal, but if people give it a chance, they might find that they enjoy it.

The most misjudged genre of music

Evan Fernandez, Reporter
September 2, 2022
“Breaking Bad”, with its release in 2008, became a staple in modern TV. The show gained millions of fans during and after its original runtime and rated the top three of the 100 greatest TV shows of all time. The bronze statues placed in honor of the show created drama in the Grand Old Party (GOP) for glorifying meth makers.

Breaking Bad: the epitome of TV shows

Evan Fernandez, Reporter
August 31, 2022
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