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Cat Talk

The student news site of Millbrook High School

Cat Talk

The student news site of Millbrook High School

Cat Talk

Olivia Burnette

Olivia Burnette, News Editor

Hi, Cat Talk readers! My name is Olivia Burnette, and I'm a senior here at Millbrook. I love reading, hiking, yoga, playing with my dog KJ, and getting snow cones with my friends. My favorite TV show is Parks and Rec, and my favorite book is Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. I love Millbrook, and I have loved being involved. I am secretary of Senior Class Council, secretary of National Honor Society and Vice President of English Honor Society. I started a fundraiser last year with my friend my Meghan Canard from Sanderson that raised over $6,200 for Make-A-Wish Eastern North Carolina; I hope to raise that same amount of money this year for UNC Children's Hospital. This past summer I got the privilege to serve as a US Senate Page in Washington DC. I got to work on the Senate floor during the Healthcare vote and meet all 100 senators--I even got to meet Joe Biden!! I go to Grace Community Church, and I spend a lot of time there playing in the youth band, volunteering in the daycare and Sunday School and attending youth group. Thank you for taking time to get to know me, and I cannot wait for you to see what Cat Talk has in store this year!

All content by Olivia Burnette
Sitting on a jungle gym, Peter Parker, also known as Spider-Man, awaits his next mission. Spider-Man: Homecoming, the most recent remakes in the Spider-Man franchise, was the fourth top grossing film of 2017, raking in over $880.1 million dollars, helping to perpetuate the nostalgic cinema movement even more.

The death of Hollywood

Olivia Burnette, News Editor
May 22, 2018
Witnessing a book burning, Ray Bradbury perpetuates this radical form of censorship. Fahrenheit 451 is a novel by Ray Bradbury that was written in 1953, but it is still relevant today.

Unravel the Pages

Olivia Burnette, News Editor
May 22, 2018
Preparing for an NCAA game, college basketball players huddle to discuss game strategy and get pumped up. On Friday, March 16, for the first time in history, a No. 16-seed men’s basketball team beat a No. 1-seed team.

The incredible madness

Olivia Burnette, News Editor
March 17, 2018
Hugging classmates Leah, Bram, and Abby, title character Simon shows his love for his friends. On March 16, the movie adaptation of the novel Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda, written by Becky Albertalli, will be released.

Unravel the Pages

Olivia Burnette, News Editor
March 15, 2018
Spiraling all over the page, the orange figure is meant to represent the protagonist, Aza’s, thoughts surrounding her mental illness. In John Green’s latest book, he explored OCD and anxiety by pulling from his own experiences.

Unravel the Pages

Olivia Burnette, News Editor
January 10, 2018
Holding up the title of young adult novel The Hate U Give, protagonist Starr Carter stands her ground against all of her internal and external struggles. The Hate U Give is a novel written by Angie Thomas that centers around the Black Lives Matter movement.

Unravel the Pages

Olivia Burnette, News Editor
October 24, 2017
Positioning his arms, NBA basketball player Steph Curry readies himself to make a shot at the net. Curry has recently caught negative attention from President Trump after speaking out against his opinions on NFL players protesting during the national anthem.

Curry speaks out against Trump

Olivia Burnette, Section Editor
September 25, 2017
Showing off their social media accounts, juniors Jack Saundercook and Mark Malloy participate in the spread of information through social networking. Social media can be a great tool to share news and opinions, but also an easy way to spread unreliable and false information.

Fakebook

Olivia Burnette, Staff Reporter
February 3, 2017
Sitting on the canvas mannequin, this hand beaded Madrid Choker retails for twenty-eight dollars on JV Jewels Foundation’s Etsy site. All profits from JV Jewels Foundation’s sales go towards The Brain Research Foundation.

Ultimate 2016 holiday gift guide

Olivia Burnette, Staff Reporter
November 25, 2016
Presented in a caricatural fashion, this image shows presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump as dislikable figures. Both of these candidates have encountered a variety of scandals during this election period, causing many American citizens to lose hope in our current governmental state.

Scandal before Shonda Rhimes

Olivia Burnette, Staff Reporter
October 22, 2016
Staring into the camera, Harambe begins to familiarize himself with humans. Harambe was recently shot and killed at the Cincinnati Zoo after allegedly attacking a young boy named Isaiah Dickerson.

A death and its consequences

Olivia Burnette, Staff Reporter
June 1, 2016
Deleting my Twitter app, I readied myself for my five-day-long excursion without social media. Over 5,700 tweets are sent on Twitter by over 560 million users around the world every second.

#SocialMediaShutdown

Olivia Burnette, Staff Reporter
May 23, 2016
Dancing in the International Festival, senior Cameron Riddick shows off her skills as an entertainer. Riddick is involved in dance at Millbrook and is even the President of the National Honor Society of Dance.

Cameron Riddick

Olivia Burnette, Staff Reporter
May 13, 2016
Books set in past time periods, like the ones pictured above, provide great insight on how people used to live, while expanding the reader’s vocabulary with its semi-foreign dialect.

Pride and preoccupied

Olivia Burnette, Staff Reporter
February 29, 2016
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