''Review of News'' by Caroline Gibbs

Madison Academy News: The Chorus  Concert Choir

    So, would you like to know about what’s going on in our school’s Chorus Concert Choir right now and see what we’re up to? Well, if you do then let’s take a trip down the road and let me tell you all about it right now?So let’s get started shall we? The Chorus Concert Choir has been extremely busy lately like a bee in a honey hive, because, we have all been working on/preparing our music ( besides video for our Disney Trip over Christmas break ; and we have to send it in soon, so that Disney can approve of us also, let us come/sing for them in Disney World over that break!!

We are all doing very well but all we need is to keep practicing, and  to get better besides to prepare ourselves for our important approval of the video from Disney if they pick us/ So lots of hard work and dedication is being put into it from the whole entire choir and we couldn’t have done it without Mr.Whitaker’s help now would we?! Everyone is very excited about going on this trip and enjoying fun times with their choir on this trip of a lifetime is what I heard that people have called it!! So keep up the good work everyone and never give up so that we can all make the very best of it and make it a great trip for all! So that’s what the Mustangs Chorus Concert Choir is up to right now and we will get back to you soon! And that’s our Madison Academy’s News!! 

Thank you for listening/reading and we shall get back to you all soon!!(:

"Review of Katy Perry"

It seems like Katy Perry and John Mayer are NOT doing what ever it is they were doing. Though Katy’s and John’s personal reps are keeping quiet. The reports are saying that the NEVER official couple are NOT dating anymore. Now that Katy is single and John is a free man, does that mean that we will soon see “PART OF ME PART 2?” 

The source says that they’ll end up as friends though.The source says that :“They were honestly having fun. People made it more than it really was.” The source states that friendship can NEVER be love! But there are questions about it if they were NOT having a romance why is Katy so upset? And why does John miss her bikini malfunction at a water park?

Katy’s news of the sudden togetherness shocked every one on august 2. Source says that “they were seen eating dinner together after which followed a beautiful evening together.” Katy who just not so long ago divorced her husband Russell brand was having a lot of free and fun time as well as “sleepovers” with john mayer.

"Review of The 2012-2013 NBA Season" by: Melissa MIlton

There has been huge controversy over the trades that the NBA has made this year, such as Dwight Howard going to the Los Angeles Lakers, and leaving the Orlando Magic, also Ray Allen leaving his beloved Boston to go to the Miami Heat. We also have Steve Nash who was traded to the Lakers. The big talk is who do we predict to win the 2012-2013 NBA title. The Los Angeles, with a starting line up consisting of Pau Gasol, Steve Nash, the forever amazing Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard and MWP (Metta World Peace), or will it be the defending champs! The Miami heat, they have a starting line up of Ray Allen, Lebron “all-star” James, Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh, and Mario Chalmers. And the very young but, very talented Oklahoma City. With Kevin Durant, Thabo Sefolosha, Serge Ibaka, Kendrick Perkins, and Russell Westbrook. Which team will come out on top?

Now, the main two are The Lakers and The Heat, but will Oklahoma come out as as an underdog? Most polls suggest that Miami will win, but each team is stacked. It will be a very close call indeed, but whoever wins between the three it will be bitter sweet. All the main players of each of the three teams played together in the London Olympics, they all won the gold metal together and shared that happiness and now they are playing against each other. All in all this is the best the NBA has been in a while, with Kobe leading his team a 34 years old (his birthday was august 23rd) and Durant, Westbrook and Harden who are all 23, and 24 they are one of the best generations of basketball we will see. So I hope you take all that I have said in this article and when you watch the NBA you will know what’s going on, but first we have college football to get through!

                 

"Review of Volleyball" by: Cassie Naff

I don’t usually like sports very much.  My mom and dad try to get me to watch football with them, but it seems boring to me.  I never really became interested in soccer, tennis, or softball.  The only sport that seemed fun to me was volleyball when we played it in PE.  It was a little crazy with all those kids on your team trying to keep the ball in the air.  Getting the ball over the net was even harder because I wasn’t tall enough to spike it over the net.  The way I thought about volleyball changed when I saw the Olympics and watched beach volleyball.  Now that’s the way to play volleyball!

First of all, you play beach volleyball outdoors in a bikini in the sand.  What could be more fun?  If you fall while trying to make a shot,  it doesn’t hurt as much or bruise you up like in a gym.  There are only two people on a each team, so there aren’t as many people to bump into.  The best part is that women are really great at this sport.  The U.S. teams won the gold and silver medals at the Olympics.  I think everything, even sports, is better at the beach.

"Chad Johnson" By: Drew Bates

In recent news Chad Johnson was arrested for a misdemeanor battery charge. He head butted his wife and left a cut on her fore head.  He said that they leaned down at the same time and bumped heads.  He was a wide receiver for the dolphins this year, but the coaching staff decided to let him go.  His judge will be Ian Richards who grew up in the same neighbor-hood as Johnson.  The judge is known to be a tough man.  He once tackled a suspect in the court room who was about to start a fight.

I am interested to see how this case unfolds.  He was a very very good football player, but he has wasted his life away.  He was not a very good man at all.  The only thing that he had going for him was his talent.  He was a star athlete he just made some bad choices in his life.  If he would straighten out his life he would have so much more going for him.

"Review of Justin Bieber's new album", By: Mary Kathryn Lawrence

           MUSIC BLOG                                                              

                               MUSIC BLOG                                                              

        I was chosen to do music and I chose the one and only Justin Bieber. Now I had chosen Justin Bieber’s new album called “BELIEVE”. I chose that album because I love the meaning of Believe. It tells you that in life you may think that you can’t, believe that you can get over that struggle, or think you can never be somebody or do something. I always think of that word and it makes me think I can do this if I would just believe.

I also like the songs on the album it gives me hope and makes me happy to listen to those words and trust that God will do the right thing. It also has a picture of Jesus in the background and that just means a lot to me, that a star would do that. It tells me that he could not be in the position he is right now if we didn’t believe in him and help him get where he is right now. He grew up without anything, and now he has everything. One video led to the next and went viral and now he is famous. I think that is cool but he only got this far is cause he,”BELIEVE”d. So when you think it not possible all you have to remember is to BELIEVE.

"Review of Bourne Legacy" By: Josh Benner

 The movie, The Bourne Legacy, was very interesting.  In this movie, the audience meets a new main character, Aaron Cross, who is a CIA assassin and member of Operation Outcome.  All members of Operation Outcome are consistently given pills called “chems” to enhance their physical and mental abilities.  After too much about their work is uncovered, it is recommended that all participants in Operation Outcome be killed.  An attempt is made on the life of Cross, who we meet in Alaska.  However, he escapes.   All agents, as well as the scientists who inject the “chems” are killed, except for Cross and scientist Dr. Morta Stearing.  Stearing, scared but unaware of her part in Operation Outcome, plans on visiting her sister to escape the horrible memories of having watched her co-workers die. 

     Upon finding that she was not killed along with her colleagues as previously thought, CIA assassins attempt to murder Stearing, but she is rescued by Cross.  He convinces her to help him locate the “chems.”  While working together, he discovers that his body has been genetically wired to only need the pill that enhances his psychological abilities.  Cross and Stearing set out for the Philippines where the pills are produced.  They discuss and come up with a painful plan to lower the dosage of the blue-colored “chem” until Cross no longer needs the drug.  Cross goes through horrible withdrawals but is finally free of his dependence.   In the meantime, those in charge of the CIA’s clandestine forces send another secret agent, Larx. to kill both Cross and Stearing.  Several intense chase scenes follow, but in the end Cross and Stearing escape.  The movie ends with the two main characters peacefully sailing the Pacific Ocean together.

     I liked this movie and would recommend it to others who like action movies with lots of twists and turns.