Archives for November 2019

Disney+: The New Netflix?

November 21, 2019 by Moriah Mitchell

“To infinity and beyond…” The Disney company is surely doing its best to live up to Buzz Lightyear’s adventurous words by adding a new feather to their hat: An all-new, never-before-seen television subscription that lets you have access to all of Disney’s movies, tv shows, and more.

Disney + is Disney’s brand new subscription program that lets you watch all sorts of shows and movies you can name – all within the Disney brand. This program appeals to kids and adults alike, and it has already taken the media by storm. It launches on November 12, 2019, the day that many people have been waiting for. Let me tell you what Disney+ includes. With Disney+, you will have the accessibility to Pixar, Star Wars, Marvel, National Geographic and even all 30 seasons of The Simpsons. Of course, users will also be able to watch Disney media, including its shows and movies. Disney will also be releasing new originals that will only be available on Disney+. These include the live-action remake of The Lady and the Tramp, as well as High School Musical: The Musical The Series. You can also enjoy beautiful documentaries and Disney’s old classics brought to life. All of this can now be brought to your home screen – without paying anything extra. Yup, you heard right: without paying anything extra.

“Coming from a person that was sincerely considering getting Netflix, I see which subscription stands out from the crowd, and that is definitely Disney+.”
Moriah Mitchell, (Disney+: The New Netflix?

This brings me to the reason why Disney+ stands out from all the other tv and movie subscriptions out there. First of all, you pay one price. With Netflix, you have to choose which price out of three you would like to pay depending on how many devices you want to stream at once and the quality of your content. However, with Disney+, you needn’t choose, for there is only one price you can pay. That price is 6.99 a month, or 69.99 a year. When you pay this price, you are allowed to download content on up to ten devices at one time, and you can stream four different shows on four different devices at one time as well. On Netflix, the lowest price you can pay is 8.99 a month, and you can only stream on one device at a time when you pay that price. On top of that, you do not get HD quality or Ultra HD quality with your content with that 8.99 price. What’s more, you do not get the option to pay once a year. You may only pay once a month. Then considering all the other tv subscriptions like Hulu and Starz, which one is especially geared towards all kid-friendly content? This is what makes Disney+ special. Coming from a person that was sincerely considering getting Netflix, I see which subscription stands out from the crowd, and that is definitely Disney+. I have already decided that Netflix is not for me, and I can’t wait for my family to try out all the new trimmings that come with Disney+.

The Return of the Owl

November 7, 2019 by Luke Fisher

Luke Fisher

This week marks the long awaited return of ODE’s very own newspaper. The ODE Owl.

Last year students Danny Amador, Oscar Caudell and Luke Fisher had the idea to create an ODE newspaper for students and their families. The paper ran for four issues publishing one every two weeks. When the 2019-2020 ODE year started it was revealed that it had a small chance of coming back. But now we can exclusively reveal that on November 8th they will be releasing a six page Special Edition paper. This behemoth issue will pick up where it left off with news from both the last session and news on what’s to come. The paper, ODE To Journalism can reveal, has lost the majority of its staff and is on the hunt for new members to join. This means that any student who wishes to submit articles to their paper or even join the ODE Owl have a much better chance.

So why are they even coming back? Don’t they know that they have some healthy competition in the form of us? Odetojournalism.com and the ODE Owl are not rivals. They have two completely different formats, articles, and ways of distribution. We are planned in class. Written over the week and published on Thursdays. The ODE Owl are planned during the week, Written during the week, and handed out on fridays. The ODE Owl does have a website but for completely different reasons.

What is the point of actually reading their newspaper? For one they sort of put all their eggs in one basket, so to speak. On average they put over a dozen articles in a single copy of their paper. They have class recaps, opinions and editorials, recent news, comics, games, and more. All of this content for free!

Please go check out the ODE Owl and support their hard work. Their website is odeowl.wixsite.com/paper and if you have any questions or comments their email is odeowlnews@gmail.com

Costume Day Recap

November 7, 2019 by Luke Fisher

On October 11th it was announced that the first of many new spirit days would be Costume Day. Costume Day gave students a chance to dress up and use their Halloween Costumes at ODE. At the time of this going public, Costume Day was just two weeks ago and I got to see the results for myself. I saw everything from an awesome home-made spiderman costume to an evil witch to a ghost capturing ghost-buster. The sad thing is that only around 30% of ODE students actually dressed up. Some had reason like no costume because they don’t celebrate Halloween. Some people had costumes but they were too fragile to wear. Those two reasons combined make up a good portion of ODE but there were still others with costumes the could wear and celebrated Halloween who still didn’t wear theirs. On the bright side it made the people who did wear costumes have there’s stand out from the crowd. These select students pictures are down below.