In Mexico and Haiti, around 40 disadvantaged children and teens recently received handmade portraits of themselves in a collaboration with Marshall’s National Art Honor Society. Students in NAHS were given photographs of Mexican and Haitian orphans, then recreated them as paintings and drawings.  The completed portraits were then sent toContinue Reading

I’ve always been baffled at the number of parents willing to shell out thousands of dollars to send their teen on a two-week trip to Africa or Asia. Whether it’s a mission trip or a non-religious service project, the result is the same: teens come back to the U.S andContinue Reading

You probably know about the current movement towards legalizing marijuana. But many teenagers also use hookahs, or water pipes that are used to smoke flavored tobacco. There are some popular misconceptions surrounding hookah use; for example, many believe that it’s healthier for you than cigarettes. Here are six facts thatContinue Reading

With mediocre computer graphics and semi-decent acting, the Halloween flick Carrie falls at about the same level as the original movie. While the storyline was intense and captivating, the rest of the movie fell short of my expectations. Based on author Stephen King’s first novel, the movie tells the storyContinue Reading

Marshall mourns the loss of sophomore Luke McGuire, who passed away on Sept. 11 after a three-year battle with Ewing Sarcoma, a malignant form of bone and tissue cancer. The Marshall Mob remembered Luke at the Sept. 20 football game against Freedom High School by wearing gold. School boulders outsideContinue Reading

Foreign exchange students and teachers from Copenhagen, Denmark visited Northern Virginialast week. They stayed with the families of Marshall students. They experienced the American educational system by shadowing their host students for a day. They attended their classes as well as extracurricular activities and sports practices. According to Danish studentContinue Reading

“I can’t believe Matt pulled this off,” sophomore Greer Gabor said as she mingled with students at the The Fresh Selection benefit concert at Jammin Java on May 5.

The concert, organized by sophomore Matt Colwell, featured the area’s most well-known rap artists such as Genie and Lyric as well as smaller acts such as DJ Ryan Feng from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.

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Following in the footsteps of the book series by the same name, the movie The Hunger Games was an overnight success. It is third in the box office for most money made on an opening weekend.

Despite this success, the movie has received unnecessary controversy from fans due to casting choices. Rue, a character described in the book as similar to the main character Katniss’ fair skinned sister Prim, but with dark skin, is played by African-American actress Amandla Stenberg. Over Twitter, some fans expressed discontent and shock over this casting choice.

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“Even though I didn’t know you, I always saw you as the kid who never stopped smiling.”

As students filled out notes in the cafeteria last week memorializing freshman Sam Solomon, they remembered a classmate who, despite his two-and-a-half year battle with leukemia, did not want to be defined by his disease.

Instead, friends, family and teachers will remember him as an excellent student, an avid reader and someone whose positive demeanor was acknowledged throughout the Marshall community, both by students who knew him and those who merely passed him in the hallways.

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