Uncategorized – OH BearPause

by Emme DeMilt

Beauty and the Beast is over. No more practices, no more shows, no more makeup. It’s sad, yes. Especially since I now have all this free time. Since I do year-round sports, I always have some time devoted to doing something. Also, Newsies is starting soon as well. But the question still remains: What am I going to do when I don’t have anything? It is so weird to get all my homework done before 9 and not have to practice lines or song lyrics. At first, it feels weird but then you get used to it and you LOVE all the free time. Now I have so many things I can do after school! Relax watch some T.V, get some exercise. It is so weird to be able to sit down and be home before 4. It’s depressing at first to feel like you have nothing to do, but then you get used to it and you never want to go back again. It is amazing to think that months of practice can go away quicker than a snap but it sure does feel good to kick back and relax. I will miss Beuty and the Beast and all my friends and the fun times. But hey with Newsies practices starting I will not even have time to think about how uncomfortable it felt not to be at rehearsal. Because I will be just with a lot of older high school students… Fun! But then again it will be fun to dance and jump around and flip in a costume that will be hard to break and that you can sit down in, so not so bad after all.

AirPods: Hot or Not?

by Ali Sediqe

We all know the newest craze. Everybody wants them and there are thousands of rip-offs on the market. AirPods. The thing that people who don’t have them like to complain about and make jokes, and the people who do have them spent $180 on not bad earbuds without wires and clearly love to flex on all of us broke people. Now it’s time to determine if they’re hot or not. Let’s go through the facts. Surprisingly, AirPods sound quality is actually pretty good, though compared to some of the other products out there, it isn’t the best. Furthermore, AirPods have an overreliance on Siri to change volume, skip tracks, play different songs, etc. So you can either pull out your phone to change tracks or you can look like your talking to yourself in public, saying, hey Siri, play “Hotel California” by the Eagles. We also have to look at the design. AirPods leave the trend of Apple’s technology always looking fashionable. They have a larger than normal piece sticking out of the bottom of the earbud unlike the wired ones, which are very slim and sleek. AirPods also believe in one-size-fits-all. While it does fit well for some people, others complain about how it never feels like it truly fits. They always feel like it’s eventually gonna fall off or something like that. And now, for the moment we have all been waiting for. The section that I’m going to talk about why most people don’t buy AirPods before reading the Tech Insider review. THE PRICE. Seriously guys, $160. Or wait, I got it wrong sorry, $159. AirPods cost only $53 to make. That means they make a $109 profit on all AirPods. And you know who that goes to. Apple CEO Tim Cook’s fat paycheck. $159 for wireless earbuds, really? You can buy just as good wireless headphone on Amazon for less. Taking all of this into consideration, I think you can figure out what I’m going to pronounce AirPods as. Say it with, I certify AirPods as NOT.

BearPause Treat or Trick DIY Bag Contest

BearPause hosted its first ever Trick or Treat DIY Bag Contest this month. Students either were able to pick up a bag from Miss Under-wood or purchase their own to decorate. The rules were that the bags must be decorated by hand, we were not allowed to buy already decorated bags to submit. We loved to see the creativity and excitement for Halloween. To the right are some pictures of our lovely submissions