The complaints, the hashtags, the jokes, the roars of success and the cries of defeat—the prospect of snow days in FCPS has become an event. Each potential snowfall sends thousands of students to their social media accounts, pleading for a cancelation. Many put more effort into their campaign for cancelationContinue Reading

With nightmares of college rejection emails and dreams of impressing admission committees, a new sector of the high school population has emerged: club hoppers. Club hoppers are students who join as many clubs as possible for the purpose of seeming involved with the community. While doing so may seem toContinue Reading

American Sniper recently took home an Oscar from the Academy Awards and made over $300 million in the box office. But despite the praise from film critics and the general public alike, it fails to tell the real story of the Iraq War, instead glorifying a man who considered the IraqisContinue Reading

I am writing this on Martin Luther King day (far past the due date of first drafts), in part because I have struggled to put into words what I want to convey, and in part because there is a particular poignancy to his memory today in light of recent events.Continue Reading

Leelah Alcorn was a 17-year-old transgender girl who committed suicide. This story gained attention in the national media because of a note left on her personal blog in which she wrote that she blamed her depression on her parents for having sent her to conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is aContinue Reading

As an animal lover, mistreatment of animals just crushes my heart. Confining an animal into a small space or cage, beating it to perform properly, stealing it from its natural habitat and neglecting it are some of the many cruel things humans do to animals, sometimes on a daily basis.Continue Reading

As a student, you become accustomed to a repetitive class structure that involves a lesson from the teacher. Then, you go home and write about what you learned or apply the lesson in a homework assignment. But today’s classrooms offer something more invigorating and technologically advanced to simulate students’ curiosity,Continue Reading

You probably know at least one teacher with a tattoo. Maybe you even know a couple. In socially liberal Fairfax County, tattoos don’t have to be a secret, and smaller ones—especially those located on places like the feet or fingers—are often visible, even in the white-collar workplace of a highContinue Reading

‘Esports’ are video games that are played competitively all around the world. You might have heard of a few of the more popular competitive games like Dota, Starcraft, Counter Strike or League of Legends, but dismissed them as silly games. However, you’d be wrong: they’re just like traditional sports. EsportsContinue Reading

One thing many people fail to realize is that cheerleading is not just cheering for the football team. Members must also practice and train for competitions. Competitions can be compared to an inter-school game. Teams must prepare a routine that is around 3 minutes long. During this span of time,Continue Reading