The Black Panther is the ceremonial title given to the chief of the Panther Tribe of the African nation of Wakanda. In addition to ruling the country, he is also chief of its various tribes (collectively referred to as the Wakandas). The Panther uniform is a symbol of office (head of state) and is used even during diplomatic missions.

T’Challa is the son of T’Chaka, who was the Black Panther before him. In the distant past, a massive meteorite made of the (fictional) vibration-absorbing mineral vibranium crashed in Wakanda, and was unearthed. Knowing that others would attempt to manipulate and dominate Wakanda for this rare and valuable resource, T’Chaka concealed his country from the outside world. He would sell off minute amounts of the valuable vibranium while surreptitiously sending the country’s best scholars to study abroad, consequently turning Wakanda into one of the world’s most technologically advanced nations. Eventually, however, the explorer Ulysses Klaw found his way to Wakanda to covertly create a vibranium-powered, sound-based weapon. When exposed, Klaw killed T’Chaka and other Wakandans, only to see his “sound blaster” turned on him by a grieving T’Challa, then barely a teenager. Klaw’s right hand was destroyed, and he and his men fled.

During his youth, T’Challa also met and fell in love with apparent orphaned child Ororo Munroe, who would grow up to become the X-Men member Storm; the two broke up over T’Challa’s need to avenge his father’s death.

T’Challa earned the title and attributes of the Black Panther by defeating the various champions of the Wakandan tribes. One of his first acts was to disband and exile the Hatut Zeraze — the Wakandan secret police — and its leader, his adopted brother Hunter the White Wolf; later, to keep the peace, he picked dora milaje (“adored ones”) from rival tribes to serve as his personal guard and ceremonial wives-in-training. He then studied abroad before returning to his kingship. T’Challa invited the American superhero team the Fantastic Four to Wakanda, then attacked and neutralized them individually in order to prove himself worthy as his people’s defender and to test the team to see if it could be an effective ally against Klaw, who had become a being made of living sound. After the ruler made proper amends to the superhero team for the incident, they befriended and helped T’Challa, and he in turn aided the heroes against the supervillain the Psycho-Man.

T’Challa later joined the Avengers, beginning a long association with that superhero team. 

Black Panther leaves the Avengers to rule over his kingdom once again. Black Panther gets back together with Storm and later marries her in Black Panther #18 (Sept. 2006)

By: Mike Ward

People say that video games are bad for you; sometimes I can’t help but agree with them. I know that you won’t believe me, heck, from time to time I can’t help but  not believe it myself, but this is the story of how I, Mike Ward, got sucked into a video game. Literally!

It all started a few months ago, a Saturday I think. Anyway, I was just chilling out on the couch in my basement playing some Halo 3. The level was the Ark. I remember because that’s where my life changed forever. I had just gotten to the part in the game where Master Chief just cleared an LZ (Landing Zone) for Commander Miranda Keys, a woman in charge of a squad in the UNSC, (United Nations Space Command) after her father, Commander Jacob Keys, died in Halo 1.

As I was playing, something happened that I really can’t explain. Sergeant Johnson came out of the Pelican and started walking toward me. “This isn’t part of the game,” I thought to myself. When he came up to me, he screamed, “hey maggot, there’s a war being fought and your sitting there like a fat by with a bag of popcorn!”

After seeing this, I thought, this can’t be real, so I walked over to turn off the X Box 360. I looked at the TV and saw a hand coming at me. I tried to jump away, but I was too late. I was pulled into the TV. It felt like forever but when I finally came to, I saw the world of Halo.

“What the heck is going on” I said, I looked at myself and saw that I was wearing an ODST (Orbital Drop Shock Trooper) uniform. “I can’t believe it,” I said in pure amazement. “Believe it,” said Johnson handing me a Battle Rife, “and by the way” he added, this ain’t a game anymore. You’re playing on a difficulty higher that Legendary, you’re playing on life.”

I jumped on the Scorpion Tank and we went on toward our next objective. I’ve beaten the game plenty of times, so I knew what lied around every corner, making life a lot easier for the other Marines. Once we got to our objective point, Master Chief went to access the bridge so the tanks can go through.

Once we got out of the building, we arrived on a steep hill with Covenant all over the place. We fought our way down the hill until we got to the bottom. “Well” said Master Chief, “now what?” all of a sudden, a huge vibration shakes the ground. “Scarab!” screams a Marine. Before I knew it, I saw myself staring at this huge metal death tank. “We’ll draw their attention; Chief, you and Ward take that thing down.”

As I watched the chief take our swarms of covenant on that tank, I was amazed. In the time, it takes me to kill five of them, he killed 15. When we reached the core of the Scorpion, Master Chief starts to set a bomb. We go to make our escape, and as we do, a Brute come around the coner and starts to open fire. One of the rounds hits me in the arm and Chief in the leg.

As I watched the Brute aim his gun at Master Chief’s head, I knew what I had to do. I tan toward the Chief and took the rounds of the Brutes Spikier Rifel in my chest. In my final view of the world, I see the Chief kill the Brute. Before I could say anything, I fell a force start to full me and the next thing I can remember is me being thrown on my couch. To this very day, I have never played that level in Halo 3

The End.

To fully understand an ODST, click the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IklqPx3unjs

2. at the top of the page, click the link that says Downloads.

3. click the downlad button next to the word Windows.

4. after the download is complete, drag the Vusual Boy Advance (VBA) icon to your desktop.

5. to play games there are many websites to download these games, the best site, in my oppion, is called http://www.doperoms.com/

6. in the search bar, type the VBA game you would like.

7. when you see the picture of the game you would like, click the picture.

8. scrole down to the green arrow button entitled: Download Rom.

9. scrole down to another green arrow entitled: Download

10. once the download is done, enjjoy your games!

1. The movie “The Naked Gun” is hilarious and has very random moments.

1. The movie “Pulp Fiction” is another great movie, though I do not recommend it for people who are not a fan of foul language.

1. The TV show “Scrubs” is my favorite show. It is full of comedy and laughter.

1. The famous internet pictures “LOL Cats.” If anyone has seen these pictures, than you will know what I mean.

ANSWERS:

1. List 10 new facts that you did not know before.
2. What is CTD?
3. Why do CTD’S occur?
4. What is Egronomics?

ANSWERS:

1. back problems can be caused by typing
2. Cumulative Trauma Disorder
3. Motion or movements holding there for a long time can cause pain, tightness, stiffness, tingling.
4. Ergonomic is the environment that is suitable for people that are typing like a suitable chair for u to keep our posture.

Plus: Mrs. Fagan is THE best teacher EVER!!!!!