You can blame Michelle Obama or the hippie moms in your local Whole Foods, but either way, the pressure is on for school lunches to get healthier. What does that mean for students? The next five-letter word parents are banning from their households is sugar. You’ve witnessed battles for nutritionContinue Reading
At eighteen, now in my final year of high school, I’ve found myself with no real applicable life skills. Sure, I’ve taken a personal finance class, but I couldn’t say with 100 percent certainty what a W-2 form is (or why it’s really necessary). I can’t cook, I can’t swim, I’mContinue Reading
When Chef Eddie Huang wrote his autobiography Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir, he couldn’t have known that his Taiwanese family would win the hearts of television viewers across America just two years later. He couldn’t have known this fact nearly two decades earlier in his formative childhood (when the book-turned-showContinue Reading
Senior Suzie Butterfield was one of 23 students in Fairfax County to receive the Student Peace Award for her work raising awareness of teen depression and suicide. The issue was personal for Butterfield, who lost a close friend this summer. The loss was a driving motive behind her campaign. ButterfieldContinue Reading
Quills to Keyboards, the creative writing club, gave students an opportunity to share their writing with the local community by hosting an open mic night at Caffe Amouri in Vienna. Preparations for the event, which took place on Feb. 6, began in September after club president and founder Olivia Dabich, junior,Continue Reading
It has been well over half a century since Nelle Harper Lee first published To Kill A Mockingbird, which made waves in American literature. The book remains her sole published work. That is, until July. Go Set A Watchman will be a sequel of sorts to its predecessor, and theContinue Reading
After its riveting premiere and dramatic (if awkwardly placed) plot twists in seasons three and four, Masterpiece’s production of Downton Abbey is finally meeting middle ground. Season five starts five years after the war. The Grantham family continues its struggle to maintain the estate while adjusting to the new socialContinue Reading
Though you might be deterred by the dingy outside appearance, the interior of Viet Aroma is warm and inviting. We were greeted by painted murals and Christmas lights decorating the walls. The menu is almost overwhelming; there was a variety of traditional Vietnamese dishes for us to choose from. TheContinue Reading
I am writing this on Martin Luther King day (far past the due date of first drafts), in part because I have struggled to put into words what I want to convey, and in part because there is a particular poignancy to his memory today in light of recent events.Continue Reading
It’s not what you typically see on teacher workdays. There is a lot of bustling about; counselors sprinkle in last-minute handfuls of cheese, while teachers unload tubs of guacamole and sour cream. Someone is slicing a loaf of bread, and later, Principal Jeff Litz’s 10-year-old son wheels in a cartContinue Reading