A Rank&File editor breaks down green days, yellow days and blackout periods The most intense elements of every sport take place during competitions and practices during the season. But for every sport that competes for a single season, there are three other seasons left, providing time to train and prepare.Continue Reading
Banned Books Week takes place annually from Sep. 23 to 29. The event celebrates freedom of speech and expression, and fights against the censorship of books in communities. The theme of Banned Books Week for 2018 is “banning books silences stories.” According to the American Library Association, there were 356Continue Reading
Singers competed in the Vienna Idol performance competition for the chance to win prize money and time at a recording studio. Participants auditioned in front of a panel of three local musician judges. The auditions began on Apr. 10 and ended on May 16. The competition takes places in threeContinue Reading
Technology use in school environments has increased since 2015, but the computer inefficiency prevents students from maximum productivity. Although Fairfax County Public Schools ensures in their policy that each student has access to reliable technology, according to a recent poll, 64 percent of students at Marshall believe that the currentContinue Reading
West Virginia teachers and public school employees began one of the only statewide walk outs in American history on Feb. 22. This walk out became a strike, which led to a five percent pay raise for the teachers. The success of the West Virginia strikes has spurred similar movements acrossContinue Reading
The Third Floor Gallery featured junior Samantha Feldman’s artwork as a part of their Artists Against Gun Violence series from Mar. 22 to Apr. 9. Photography teacher Patrick McDonough approached Feldman about creating a piece for anti-gun violence exhibit. “I immediately had an idea,” Feldman said. “Gun control is anContinue Reading
The yearbook staff took the senior panoramic photo on Jan. 31. The panoramic displays the entire class of 2018, serving as a momento for graduates to look back on. This year, multiple seniors created symbols with their hands in the photos. Yearbook advisor Daniel Reinish said those gestures took awayContinue Reading
Next year, Film Study teacher Pierce Bello will phase out Film Study II, and the course will be condensed into one year. Previously, IB Film was a two year course offered as both a standard level and a higher level course. For the 2018-2019 school year, HL will be reservedContinue Reading
The winter track and field team hosted Marshall’s first invitational track meet in honor of alumni David Cannon last Saturday, Dec. 2. Cannon was a two time cross country team state champion in 1971 and 1972 and he still holds the two mile school record. In 2016, Cannon diedContinue Reading