Access to necessary feminine hygiene products during the school day is limited. This issue was not addressed in the school’s remodel, but better late than never. One major step into easing the stress surrounding periods in school would be installing feminine hygiene product dispensers in the bathrooms and providing painContinue Reading

When a patient with dissociative identity disorder, otherwise known as multiple personality disorder, abducts three teenage girls, one of his personalities emerges as violent and uncontrollable. This is the plot of the newly released psychological horror film Split. Despite its success, generating nearly $250 million in revenue as a $9Continue Reading

Through the eyes of an average student, winter break could arguably be the best time of the school year. Not only are they free of anything academic for two weeks, but the break brings constant speak of everything related to Christmas. Though the hype surrounding the Christmas season is completelyContinue Reading

The History of the Americas classes have recently stopped their use of wikis, a shared online studying tool, for their essential knowledge assessments, which has many frustrated. This frustration is ultimately because wikis were many people’s main form of study for the classes assessments. However, I don’t have a problemContinue Reading

After school, I find myself waiting until 3:15 before leaving so I can avoid the mess and chaos of the parking lot. Unless you are one of the first people out of the building, or you parked in the front couple of rows, you are destined to be stuck inContinue Reading

Going to community college is often unnecessarily looked down upon by the student community. As college applications approach deadline, more often than not, students want to leave this area purely because they dislike northern Virginia. This area may not be what everyone is searching for, but it is a shameContinue Reading

In a campaign marked by outlandish promises, President Donald Trump won a wide voter base by appealing to diametrically opposed viewpoints. His most famous promise, to build “a great wall along the southern border” of the United States serves as a microcosm for what his campaign philosophy entailed; xenophobia, AmericanContinue Reading

One distinct memory of freshmen orientation was sitting in the auditorium as an eighth grader and hearing the words “IB diploma” and “IB classes” over and over again. Even as a senior, I still hear these phrases all the time. I was never on board to take part in theContinue Reading

A common misconception many people have is that hearing loss is only prominent in the elderly, but in reality, every age is capable of a lack of hearing. As a person with hearing loss, I strongly believe that everyone should keep in mind and respect that others may not beContinue Reading