![Holding up T-wolves, the tour group poses for a picture in the Chinese classroom. Sophomore Lydia Ou, junior Phu Trung and senior Yushan Pan gave a tour to Taiwanese diplomat Andrea Yang on Nov. 8. “I was so excited when I heard I would get to give the tour because it’s a big deal,” Ou said. “She’s from the US embassy for Taiwan, so she’s really important. I’m so privileged [to get this opportunity] and I’m so excited.” Photo by Skyler King](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Main-Taiwan.jpg)
![Students drew chalk art in honor of Veterans day. This is just one of many things the school does to show appreciation to veterans, and the art will remain in the courtyard as a reminder of all of the veterans who served their country. “On veteran’s day, I think it’s a great thing we do at school to honor people that served [who are] at our school or family members,” English teacher and cheer coach Nadira King said. “It makes me feel proud, and it makes me remember the [veterans].”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Capture.png)
![Sucking in a breath of air, freshman Lily Pope competes in the 200 yard individual medley. On Oct. 25, the swim team competed in the AISD Swim Invitational. Overall, the girls team took second place and the boys team came in eleventh. “My favorite stroke is butterfly because I do the best in that stroke,” Pope said. “I feel like [butterfly] can test how [your ability] to convince yourself to keep going. The hardest part of swimming is convincing yourself to stay strong and keep pushing during a hard race [when] everything is tired.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/POPE-1200x804.jpg)
![Smiling at the camera, Author Ehigbor Okosun, members of Page Turners, and other students reflect on the author's visit. “I thought the visit was great,” Senior Amia De Leon said. “It was interesting talking to her and [getting to know] her process and her thoughts and books in general. But I think the reason it went well [was that] people got to ask questions. I'm glad that she said so much in response to the questions and it wasn't just one and done. [The author’s responses] felt very articulate.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Sebastian-5-1200x800.jpg)
![Standing in front of the field at a freshman football game, cheerleader freshman Jacob Gaudreau along with teammate freshman Bella Gibson pose for a photo during halftime of game. “[Cheer has] definitely given me a much more outgoing personality,” Gaudreau said. “I used to be very introverted, so it's definitely made me more extroverted towards people.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ingrid-204-1200x800.jpg)
![Holding a wooden pizza toy, senior Taylor Peterson plays with small children in Bucaramanga, Colombia. During the summer, Peterson traveled to Colombia to help build an elementary school that only had two classrooms but five or six grades with one teacher. “We add[ed] two more classrooms,” Peterson said. “It’s kind of hard when you have two or three grades in one classroom and you only have one teacher. It’s very hard to actually get some beneficial learning. [The extra classrooms will give the students] a better quality of education because they’ll actually have a place specific for their learning.” Photo by Taylor Peterson](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Taylor-P.png)
![Swinging with his arm extended, senior Nolan Park hits the ball smoothly over the net and to the opponent’s side. Park is one of four varsity tennis captains and helped the team win district championships. “Winning district champs was a pretty awesome feeling,” Park said. “We had lost to Liberty Hill a couple of weeks before, but when we played them [again], we came out and really took care of business. We took them out and it was just a really awesome night.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Kassidy-419.jpg)
![Standing proud, varsity senior athletes Rafael Escobar, Griffin Jacobs, Jakob Martin, and juniors Jackson Springer and Jack Morris pose with their newly earned medals. The varsity team finished third out of 14 teams on Sept. 25. “The team's primary goal is to win the district championship,” head coach Cody Price said. "We're confident that with our action plan in place, we can accomplish this mission. [For the next tournament], our preparation involves assessing our strengths and weaknesses, celebrating milestones and creating individual development plans." Photo courtesy of Cody Price](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/golf.jpg)
![The cross country team poses for the camera after finishing the district meet. The varsity boys, JV boys and JV girls all placed third and the varsity girls placed fourth. “Coach put in the right training for us for this season, so I think we will be peaking this week and the next couple of weeks,” varsity runner and junior Nathan Kukla said. “The chances of making it to state are very high, but we don’t settle for the lowest and there is always going to be that chance, so [we] race for the best.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Heidi-831-1200x900.jpg)
As an Ariana Grande fan for many years, I have always kept up with and followed her music. After she announced her new album, “eternal sunshine” in January, I knew that I was going to be listening to that album nonstop. Even now, as the album has been out for weeks already, I have not been able to stop listening to it.
On Jan. 12, Grande released the single for this album titled “yes, and?” and it definitely received some feedback from listeners. I had seen a lot of negative reviews about it on TikTok about how the intro to the song was too long, how the message of it wasn’t good and also about the production overall not being so great. Instead of these reviews turning me away from this album, I was instantly curious as to what the album was going to sound like, and was impatiently waiting for it to come out.
On Mar. 8, “eternal sunshine” was released and I had honestly forgotten all about it. On the day that it was released, I kept putting off listening to it because I was a little nervous about it. I really didn’t want a bad album because Grande has never disappointed me. But I finally sat down to listen to it over that weekend, and instantly regretted having not listened to it as soon as it came out.
The album begins with the track “intro (end of the world)” that totally swept me off of my feet. I felt as if it really set the mood for how the rest of the album was going to sound, and it completely dispelled my nervousness. The track has this melodic almost angelic sound to it, and adding Grande’s vocals made me not only impressed but also so excited to listen to the rest of the album.
Jumping ahead to her fourth track in the album is the “saturn returns interlude.” This interlude was sampled from astrologer Diana Garland, who was describing the Saturn Returns period of a person’s life, when Saturn is in the same position as when the person was born, causing them to go through changes and transitions in their life. I think that this is such a powerful thing to have in an album because it alludes to the changes that Grande was going through in her own life. The instrumental over Garland’s descriptions, the way that the audio echoes around itself and the constant repetition of “wake up” gives me full-body chills. Another aspect of this interlude that I love is the way that it fades into the next track, “eternal sunshine,” because it’s such a satisfying thing to listen to.
The tenth track in this album is “we can’t be friends” which came along with a music video. I not only love the song, but I think that the music video is perfect too. Grande’s album was inspired by the movie “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” and the idea of wiping away painful memories. The music video goes through that process of her opting to get her memories taken away, and actually forgetting the memories of that lover. I thought that this was such a clever move to do for this music video because of the idea of the song being about waiting for love, and the music video being about forgetting that love. I also love how she took that inspiration from the movie, and applied it to her own music.
The last track in this album is “ordinary things” and it features Nonna, Grande’s grandmother. I love this song because I think that it not only has a nice sound to it, but it also just feels like the perfect way to end this album, especially with her grandma giving advice at the end. Not only does this song sound good, but it has broken records. Grande’s grandmother is now the oldest person to debut on the Hot 100 chart. I also think that it’s such a sweet thing to feature on an album because it really shows how much Grande loves and appreciates her grandmother.
The most underrated tracks of this album in my opinion are “supernatural,” “true story” and “imperfect for you.” I feel like all of these songs are not only so catchy, but also really showcase Grande’s amazing vocals. I also think that the lyrics in all of these songs are so profound and complex, and I feel like they add so much to the rest of the album.
Overall, I absolutely love this album. I went into it thinking that it was going to be disappointing, and came out not being able to stop listening to the album. I think that everything about it is so addicting and enjoyable to listen to.
I give this album 9/10 stars.
