“And a war will be won,” concluded CIA Director Leon Panetta’s email to the CIA last Monday, following the capture and deadly shooting of Osama Bin Laden, the leader of the international terrorist organization Al-Qaeda and a man considered by some to be the most dangerous extremist of the 21stContinue Reading

FCPS Superintendent Jack Dale proposed ten modifications to the county’s disciplinary procedures after “listening to … parents and members of the community,” Dale said in a press release late March. The school board subsequently adopted Dale’s proposals in principle, though the specific implementation has yet to be determined. “It prettyContinue Reading

About a month ago, I went to my car with a friend to grab my laptop and a sweatshirt. On the walk back from my car, I noticed that there were two administrators waiting at the door. As I got closer, they began lecturing me and other students trying toContinue Reading

In its last stretch, varsity baseball rounded out its regular season play with a record of ten wins and seven losses after facing Stonebridge and Madison high schools last Tuesday and Friday, respectively. “We’ve had a couple of tough losses in the district,” junior Ryan Medric said. Teams that gaveContinue Reading

As storms and tornadoes ravaged through Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and North Carolina, residents were left without shelter, staring at what remained of their homes. More than 300 people were reported dead, making this one of the worst disasters since Hurricane Katrina and the 1974 Hurricane Carmen that killed 310 people.Continue Reading

” I enjoy drawing unconsciously as a way to keep my thoughts and ideas flowing,” senior Caroline Goh said. Goh won a silver medal for digital art on the national level of The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Goh’s work was a digitalized self -portrait of herself titled “Look atContinue Reading

Things going on in the world only come to my attention on Sundays when I watch Fareed Zakaria’s GPS on CNN with my cup of tea and apple pie. However, it was my friend who had brought to my attention a certain statement that exists in the leadership application ofContinue Reading

  The Royal wedding. The sensational event that had people waking up at four in the morning all over US and around the world to see.   The wedding that had an estimated expenditure of 35 million in preparations must have been a pompous affair.   We have all seenContinue Reading

After its recent first place win at the Spring trip in Chicago, band is back and preparing for its spring concert taking place next Tuesday. The preparations for the spring concert have been slightly skewered because of the strange timing of the spring trip to Chicago and the spring breakContinue Reading