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Singing in the Rain at Music Midtown

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Thousands of fans and music lovers gathered at Piedmont Park to scream at the top of their lungs with their favorite bands and dance in the rain at Music Midtown. With the festival kicking off on Saturday, Sept. 17th, the headliners to see were Twenty-One Pilots, ColleGrove, Beck and G-Easy.

Senior and third time attendant of Music Midtown, Kelsey Strott, expressed that she was most excited to see Twenty-One Pilots on Saturday because she’s “obsessed with them.” Some of Twenty-One Pilots well known songs are “Stressed Out”, “Car Radio”, “Tear In My Heart” and “Ride”. Keep Reading

Wesleyan Math Team Competes in Conyers

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According to the Wesleyan newsletter, “the Twelfth Annual Rockdale Mathematics Competition at Rockdale Magnet School for Science and Technology was attended by the Wesleyan Math Team on Saturday, September 24th.  There were 53 schools and 576 students from across the state of Georgia participating in this event.  This is the first time the Wesleyan Math Team has sent three complete teams. The varsity math team members consisted of Daniel Baisier, Sara Carmichael, Ethan Moon, and Angela Yang.  There were two JV teams to represent Wesleyan. The JV-B members consisted of Lauren Oakes, Katie Tanner, Braden Thorne and Daniel Woods while the JV-A team consisted of Matthew Plunk, Cameron Potter, Dylan Sullenberger and Andy Yang. Daniel Baisier received the Top School Individual Award with the highest points and the JV-A team won 2nd place in the Independent School Division.”

Mrs. Brown holds the JV second place trophy.
Math teacher Deborah Brown holds the JV second place trophy. BROOKS LALLEY

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Changes are Coming for SLW

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Four years ago, Student Led Worship (SLW) entered its first year as an independent student run ministry with only 20 students. Held on Wednesday mornings in the McKeever Room, this year’s first SLW had around 150 students, showing significant growth.

This year, the team does not want to focus on statistics and numbers, but rather “focus on the lives that can be changed through SLW,” said Katie Newman, senior and SLW director.

Authentic, Life-Giving, Fulfilling are a few adjectives that would describe SLW, but this year, changes are taking place. Keep Reading

New Town Center Brings Excitement to Wesleyan

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The Peachtree Corners Town Center is in motion. The town center is planned to be built across from the Forum, by where Sprouts and Zoës Kitchen is located.

When interviewed, Jennifer Howard, the Volunteers Administrator of Peachtree Corners, said “The town center is going to begin construction in December and it is expected to take 18 months; so that means by spring 2018 we should see the town center finished.” The town center will hold restaurants, shops and an outdoor amphitheater. “[It will be] a family-friendly community,” Howard said.

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The Phone That Does it All

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Finally, the moment we have all been waiting for has come: the release of the iPhone 7. The new and improved iPhone was available for purchase on Sept. 16. It has a new design featuring a refined camera with a cutting edge, enhancing experience and without a headphone jack.

The one aspect that people have mainly been talking about is the lack of a headphone jack. What Apple wants the customers to do is buy the new “air pods,” which are Bluetooth headphones that come at a costly price.

Sophomore Kat Saylor said, “Honestly, I don’t like it having no headphone jack because I don’t want to spend $200 on headphones that I’m probably going to lose.”

Although the phone comes with an adapter, it has to be plugged in to the charging port if you ever need to charge your phone while listening to music.

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