While it is early in the 2016 Presidential race, conversations regarding it already dominate both the media and our community. Not a day goes by where there isn’t discussion about the latest in Trumpmania or whether your fellow classmates are “feeling the Bern”. However, ask any student what their opinionContinue Reading

Senior year is stressful. Your entire high school career accumulates into one application that decides your immediate future. Although most kids are pretty knowledgeable about college and the whole process, since this is Northern Virginia, some aspects are just left up to kids to figure out. College applications, although somewhatContinue Reading

The school day now begins at 8:10 a.m., a whole 50 minutes later than previous years. Yes, this new start time helps, but it could be a lot better. It has been obvious for years that school bells ringing at 7:20 a.m. were a problem. Students could barely keep theirContinue Reading

Before downloading iOS9 to my iPhone, I was rather excited by the prospect of this new software. What new features would I be able to use? How would this update improve my phone and by extension, my life? The first thing that greeted me upon updating was not a life-changing,Continue Reading

Every year, multitudes of freshmen are unceremoniously thrust into high school, left to fend for themselves with a multitude of questions, ranging from social to academic. The answer to this issue has come in the form of a mentoring program, a process in which select seniors visit freshmen intermittently throughoutContinue Reading

Even Anne of Green Gables suffered under unfair stereotypes. Redheads have been the target of Even Anne of Green Gables suffered under unfair stereotyping. Redheads have been the target of derogatory jokes and ridiculous generalizations for generations, in both literature and real life. I remember a particularly infuriating occasion inContinue Reading

As this final semester comes to a close, I constantly find myself reflecting on my time as a freshman and the changes that have occurred along the way. I have come to learn that high school really is nothing like middle school, especially for both a new freshman and aContinue Reading

I’ve rewritten the first sentence of this about 15 times. Proof that being an editor has infiltrated my very being. It’s difficult to put four years into words. Newspaper has helped to define my experience here. And now, something that has been a constant in my life for four years,Continue Reading

With hundreds of summer nights to look forward to after school gets out, one should be able to look up into the night sky and be awestruck by the sight of constellations. However, as we are located just outside of D.C. and in the bustling suburbs, the night sky isContinue Reading