Slugging textbooks to and from school can be a pain, both figuratively and literally, and in a new world immersed in technology, tablets should be allowed in classrooms in order to fit modern culture.
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Winter break comes once a year, a time when students can hang out with their friends, play video games, go on vacation, and most of all, relax from the excessive amount of schoolwork that they have. Unfortunately,...
By Sammi Silber, Observations Editor
• January 8, 2014
MCPS Superintendent Joshua Starr started a campaign against cyberbullying on Dec. 13, when he published an open letter to parents about cyberbullying titled “Cyber Civility.” However, Joshua Starr...
By Jamie Lescht, Online Editor-in-Chief
• January 7, 2014
Art students often take field trips to "traditional" art museums like the Smithsonian and are taught to appreciate the more classic forms of art. In this culture, one form of art is neglected: graffiti....
Improved security creates safer school environment
When tragedy occurs, survivors and spectators are constantly left asking: what more could have been done? Was security too weak? Were there flaws in...
By Ana Faguy, Production Editor
• December 6, 2013
Catcher and the Rye, The Odyssey, and To Kill a Mocking Bird are just some books that fall on the classic high school reading list, but arguably the most important piece of high school literature is F....
By Yash Nigam, Production Editor
• November 26, 2013
The SAT is one of the main factors that affect the college admissions of nearly 2 million students yearly. However, College Board, the creator and sole administrator of the test, unfairly and hastily grades...
By Greer Smith, Opinions Editor
• November 26, 2013
There is no law against being a jerk, at least there should not be.
According to an April 11, 2013 Baltimore Sun article, bullying a minor through a computer or smartphone is now a criminal offense that...
By Fiona Asbury, Advertising Manager
• November 26, 2013
The list is up. You move your trembling finger down the alphabetically ordered names until, finally, it reaches your own. Congratulations! You are a member of a 2013-2014 CHS varsity athletic team. If...
A student comes into school on a Saturday for Homecoming preparations and brings in a Swiss-Army knife on his keychain with his keys. Another student, completely unbeknownst to the knife owner, starts...
Last week, while attending an event at CHS, I witnessed an upsetting public display of homophobia. This display took the form of a plethora of what I thought were offensive and insensitive jokes about...
By Fiona Asbury, Advertising Manager
• October 30, 2013
The Board of Education (BOE) ended the period of public comment on the proposed changes to Policy JEE, Student Transfers on Sept. 30. The proposals include making middle school students reapply for a Change...
