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The world has had their eye on the most famous boy band that has caused this "British Invasion". One Direction's movie This Is Us hits theaters everywhere tomorrow morning, August 30, 2013. Critics have given this kid friendly film a 2 and a half star rating out of four. Compared to Justin Bieber's movie that released a few years ago, Never Say Never, this movie is not necessarily focused on each boy's individual lives and how they reached stardom. The film is more a snippet of concert scenes, surprise interactions with flabbergasted fans, and hilarious moments that the group has shared. Even though, I myself am not a HUGE One Direction fan, I am interested in this film and how people will react to it in the days to come. As USA Today states, " It's 90 minutes of One D in vivid 3-D. Sure, the content is slick, one-dimensional fluff, but it's enjoyable and moderately captivating, not unlike their music."

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Trinity Christian Academy has high expectations awaiting them from the crowd and community. Led by Junior quarterback Kyle Akin, the Lions have a tough and unique schedule to compete with this season. After putting up 21 points against Northside at the Southside Jamboree, the whole city is anxiously waiting to see how they will do tonight against the 2011 Division II-A champions, St. George. The Lions have to be cautious about all this hype they are receiving, however. The Northside game didn't really matter, but this one does. Head Coach Blake Butler says, " we’ve got a good team coming in that we’ll have to play well for.” He all says that he has coached around St. George since he was at Evangelical Christian School, and that they have always had a good program. The boys have to remain focused and play as a team to ensure a victory tonight on their home field. Myself and the whole town will be rooting for the Lions tonight at 7:00 at TCA. GO LIONS!
 

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We have all heard of the mysterious Area 51: the home of the aliens. Now the CIA has lowered their guard about the seemingly fictional place that is supposedly located 90 miles from the all too familiar Las Vegas, Nevada. CIA project director Richard Bissell and Air Force commander Osmand Ritlandt first spotted the sight from the air. Originally they wanted the little airstrip place as a testing sight for pilots and U-2's. President Eisenhower later confirmed to the discovers that it was the secretive Area 51.

To gain workers, Kelly Johnson (Skunk Works founder) renamed the sight Paradise Ranch which was later shortened to just "The Ranch". In 2009, the public workers of Area 51 came together for a reunion. When people would approach these workers and ask if they worked for a CIA, they would simply respond, "I've never heard of them." Ultimately, this reunion proved that Area 51 exists.