In order to increase safety measures for the upcoming spring season, the athletic department installed new nets and backstops on the athletic fields. The athletic department, Vienna Youth Soccer, Vienna Youth Incorporated Lacrosse and athletic boosters collectively funded the new nets that help make the fields and areas around themContinue Reading
The Gryphon Robotics team began the year with planning, designing and building a robot to compete in the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) with a new module. FIRST is an international organization that facilitates robotics competitions for grades K through 12. Under strict rules, limited resources and limited time, FRC challengesContinue Reading
Apple’s new iOS Screen Time feature allows users to track phone usage and set limits, which leads to an increase in awareness and improved productivity among students. Screen Time allows Apple users to see their phone usage based on productivity, social networking, entertainment, games and creativity. The feature also providesContinue Reading
Senior members of the swim and dive team don parkas instead of traditional team jackets, but this spirit wear is exclusive to seniors only due to budget limitations. Senior and swimmer Grace Grossmann said only the seniors wear parkas because there is a limited supply, and the team typically recyclesContinue Reading
Junior Robert Chitic Patapievici and freshmen Bharat Karla and Will Tedesco represented the Marshall Quiz Bowl team, placing second on the game show “It’s Academic” against Hayfield secondary school and James Hubert Blake High School on Jan. 12. The final score was 610-400-250. “It’s Academic” is a game show thatContinue Reading
On Jan. 13, @world_record_egg officially became the record holder for the most liked picture on Instagram with over 47 million likes. The picture consisted of a brown egg with thousands of little brown spots covering the entire shell in front of a white background. It is the only picture onContinue Reading
The bell rings and lunch ends. Hundred of students push back their chairs and rush out but the wreckage they leave behind doesn’t disappear nearly as quickly. I am appalled each day as I leave the cafeteria by the sheer number of entire lunch trays, containers of food, trash, andContinue Reading
The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington D.C. successfully mixed theatrics with classic holiday music, in a modern and comedic performance at Lincoln Theatre on Saturday. This singing group is unique in its mission, as its website says they try to “inspire equality and inclusion with musical performances and education promotingContinue Reading
“I took down two top 10’s on the FBI counter-terrorism list.” “[I want] to retire at the beach.” “I was working counter-terrorism operations with the FBI.” Continue Reading
What were you doing before you came to Marshall? Grad school mostly, I had a plethora of different jobs when I got out of college. They inevitably led me to grad school, which inevitably led me here. What’s something no one here knows about you? I hate the mercator projectionContinue Reading