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By Annisa Ahmed

Staff Writer

This year, the zombies are taking over.

SLA is home to many fans of the popular drama series The Walking Dead. Many students also used the half day on Thursday, Feb. 14th to catch a showing of a more humorous take on those soulless corpses, the newly released film Warm Bodies.

Senior Marley Utzig wants to keep the dead times coming. Her Capstone project is hosting a zombie prom for all the students of School District who are eighteen years of age or younger.

The plan has been in the works since sophomore year.

“There is an adult zombie prom and I have never been able to go to it,” said Utzig. ”And since I am going to college in a different state next year, I probably will never be allowed to go to.”

She simply wishes that there were more opportunities for minors because the nightlife of city as a whole is geared to adults. Only those old enough to drive without a permit or those who can consume alcohol with any repercussions are allowed into most events in Philadelphia.

”There is only a few nightclubs that open to teens normally and even then, it’s very rare,” mentioned Utzig. “It’s a big market that is not being tapped in Philly. “

By holding this event, students from Central, Roman Catholic, CAPA and beyond will have the chance to experience a truly gutsy and gruesome event in harmony.

Junior Isabela Supovitz-Aznar attended a zombie affair once a year before she arrived at SLA. It was a concert of sorts and she and her friends has a blast, covered in splotchy black paint and all.

“It was really odd, but fun,” Supovitz-Aznar said.

Mingling in bright lights with music pounding all around, she said, was a theme she wished there was more of, especially if it came in the form of a prom.

Utzig is working to secure a venue, and says it depends on the pricing. However, she says that the cost will probably not exceed twenty dollars. The date is set for sometime in May and she plans to have special features available like face painting booths for anyone who is unable to do their own makeup.

As for a costume, Utzig has a simple solution.

”You just have to put on your prettiest dress and throw blood on it,” she said.

After all, you can never be wrong with faux blood.

To contact the author: aahmed2@scienceleadership.org

By Nomi Martin-Brouillette

Staff Writer

New apps have been floating around lately, Temple Run 2, Ruzzle, Snapchat, etc.  So many new apps keep popping up that it’s very likely that apps will start to look very similar.

The app Subway Surfers, a popular free gaming app, is one of these apps. and the point of it is to run along the subway, and not get hit by a train, or any other roadblocks along while you collect coins to get a higher score.

Sound familiar? That’s because it bears very strong resemblance to the popular app Temple Run, where the point is to run along a path and not let creepy creatures catch you, or run into any other roadblocks, as you collect coins to get a higher score.

Sophomore Aaron Tang, who likes the app, rating it an  out of 10, admits that “It’s like temple run because you have to get the highest score, but instead of the monkeys its a subway where things are coming towards you.”

Sophomore Gabriel Mussleman, who would only rate it a 6 out of 10, say’s “I think it’s all hype, its not that great of an app. It’s not even that fun.”

While there are some neat apps out there, it is likely that this one is a passing fad, and will fade into oblivion, as many others have done in the past (think Tap Tap).

The question remains, what is the point of these new apps? Are any of them even worth downloading? And are the so low on ideas that apps are being created that are just variations on a theme?

Download the app Subway Surfers and decide for yourself.