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FLUME: A PERFORMER WHO DOES NOT DISAPPOINT
HANNA WOOLF
STAFF WRITER
I was about an hour Uber
car ride away from Boca Raton
when my friends and I stepped
out of the car into the humid air of
South Beach. With the sound of
bass bumping the floor under my
feet and my friends by my side,
I stepped into the Fillmore venue
where Flume was about to per-
form. Flume, whose real name is
Harley Edward Streten, most cer-
tainly lived up to his expectations
as a music icon for all electronic
dance music fans.
After getting our tick-
ets scanned, we walked through
the doors into the venue where
we were immediately faced with
hundreds of excited fans shuffling
around trying to find the nearest
entrance to the stage. I managed
to sneak my way into the VIP sec-
tion where I had a clear view of
the stage and where Flume would
soon appear.
All I could hear at this
point was the loud conversations
of the hundreds of fans patiently
waiting for something to happen.
I Survived A Donald Trump Rallyand Liked It
STAMATINA COPULOS
STAFF WRITER
Unlike the attendees of
senior Boris Cherneys bar mitz-
vah, I never met Donald Trump
in person until this summer.
Rather than celebrate a friends
coming of age with Trump, I wit-
nessed him officially announce
his running mate, Mike Pence,
Governor of Indiana.
The perks of being
Greek include being related to
Trumps front man. George Gigi-
cos is plans all of Trumps events
and rallies. Without this position
on the campaign team, Trump
would have few opportunities to
express his controversial sound
bites that we all know and love
on a platform other than Twitter.
My journey to this his-
toric event began after running
into George at JFK airport just
days before the announcement.
As any good cousin would, he
invited me and my family to the
Hilton in Midtown where Trump
would be announcing his run-
ning mate. As any good cousins
DARK SKY: A MUST HAVE APP FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
ANDERSON BISHOP
STAFF WRITER
Hurricane Matthew
hitting on Thursday and Friday
pops up on the home screen of
your phone and you know its
time to evacuate. Having the app
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other day of school and possibly
a flooded home.
Not only does the
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you minute-by-minute forecasts
for the hour. Using GPS to find
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forecast predictions, Dark Sky is
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During Hurricane Mat-
thew where the storm, accord-
At 10:30 the lights shut off, subtle
music started to play to hype up
the crowd, and everyone started
screaming and jumping around.
As the taunting music
started to get louder, the entire
crowd had their phones out await-
ing the drop. Then BOOM, the
drop exceeded expectations and
sent a chilling and satisfying rush
throughout my body. From the
VIP section, I could see Flume
smiling and bouncing to the beat.
My favorite song from
his set was Smoke and Retribu-
tion, which is one of his more fa-
mous songs. The neon light boxes
hanging over his DJ booth that
would change colors as the mu-
sic shifted fit perfectly with his
music. A large screen behind the
booth on the back wall displayed
pictures pertaining to the theme
of Flumes latest album and for-
mer classics. With every
song, pictures that resembled
his album covers and the lyrics
swiftly transitioned to captivate
the crowds attention.
It was my first time see-
ing Flume perform live, and it
would, we accepted.
Fast-forward a couple
days and I am now in the main
ballroom of the Hilton, only
five rows away from the
stage that Donald Trump
would be speaking on. In
front of me is a podium
with Trumps campaign
logo, TRUMP PENCE
2016 plastered across the
front. Behind me is a hoard
of press from all different
news stations, liberal and
conservative. To my right
is my father receiving text
messages from people all
over the country that had
seen my family on TV.
The guests of this
event included passionate
capitalist fraternity brothers
decked in Vineyard Vines
and extremely successful,
extremely old businessmen. Half
of the room conversed through
silent handshakes and small talk
about how millennials are ruin-
ing everything, while the other
ing to the news
and weather.com,
showed this super
storm coming
straight for Boca
Raton, that could
result in destroyed
homes and even
some deaths, Dark
Sky predicted it
would move a little
more east, putting
people in the area
at much less of a
risk, which later
was proven to be
correct.
In South
Florida, where
weather can be
very unpredictable, I find Dark
Sky to be the most useful weath-
was truly breathtaking. His music
is so unique and unlike any other
EDM artists. ple. These songs resonated well
He portrays a message
with each song, for example the
song Never Be Like You fea-
turing Kai. The song resembles a
relationship and the feeling of be-
half chanted U S A for a good
forty-five minutes.
Two hours later, the
event started. Both Donald
Trump and Mike Pence spoke for
about a half hour. I tried so hard
to listen to their political points,
rallying cries, and controver-
er app around. As a previous
user of Weather Bug and other
weather apps, which provide in-
FALL 2016 8
ing deeply in love but also being with the crowd still chanting, and
blinded by the lust of other peo- Flume once again failed to disap-
point by playing two more songs
with the crowd because, after his that kept the crowd moving and
last song of the set, the whole jumping. Flume had an unbeliev-
audience repeatedly screamed, able set, and delivered an unfor-
One more song! gettable experience.
A few minutes went by,
sial comments that make these people, I inched my way to the
events so infamous, but I could barrier that separated him and
only focus on how much Trump the crowd. As my hand met
resembled the Annoy- his, I noticed the legendary tiny
ing Orange. The only digits were nowhere to be seen.
person he should not Though pudgier and more orange
be paying for his or her than most, Donald Trumps fin-
services is the tanning gers are not short.
salon. Donald Trump raced
Finally, the through the crowd with Ivanka
speeches were over and Trump trailing behind him She
the part of the event I made up for his haste by shaking
had awaited all morn- hands and sharing smiles with
ing for came: picture all. She even said, Put me on
time! For the next your story! which I did, mul-
twenty-four hours, my tiple times.
Snapchat story would Even though my experi-
consist of at least five ence with Donald Trump was no-
selfie-videos of me and where near the level of dining as
Donald Trump, one of party guests together, I enjoyed
which made Snapchats every minute of running around
national campaign trail the ballroom like a crazy person,
story, an accomplish- recording every glimpse of the
ment I will forever ~future~ president I could get.
cherish in my heart. And I assume he did too since
I eventually put my he gifted our school with a new
phone down and turned my wall (or fence, rather) around the
focus to shaking Trumps hand. library in remembrance of our
Pushing through at least twenty shared moment.
correct predictions of ing one of the most popular
the forecast, Dark Sky weather apps available. The
only cons of this app are that
provides every user
it does not provide users with
with exact location
more than a seven day forecast,
predictions of the cor-
unlike other apps that can give
rect weather forecast.
up to two weeks of weather. The
Dark Sky
other downfall of the app is that
never lets me go a
it only notifies people about their
day of school without
current location. Although users
warning me about
can go into the app and view
possible lightning
the weather of other locations,
alarms. For just $3.99,
this small inconvenience can
this app notifies users
be troublesome at times, such
5 minutes before rain
as when you wanted to know if
or snow falls and will
Uncle Randy was okay in South
also notify users 5
Carolina during the Hurricane.
minutes before rain or
Taking everything into
snow stops.
consideration, I would rate this
With a four
app with a 4.5 out of 5. Dark Sky
star rating on the app
is a resource that all iPhone and
store and thousands of users
Android users should purchase.
daily, Dark Sky is easily becom-