CHS gets new computers

Online Opinions Editor, Emilie Plesset
September 8, 2011

With every new school year come changes and this year CHS students discovered new flat screen computer monitors in place of the old CRT monitors and an upgrade to the computer program Windows 7. According to Media Services Technician Scott Selman, MCPS schools receives new technology every four years.... Read more »

Wi-Fi, new computers welcomed at CHS

Lauren Price Sonia Shekar Staff Writers
March 22, 2011

Looking at the ceiling recently, students may have noticed new little white boxes with green lights on the ceilings. They’re not smoke alarms, but rather one of 50 Cisco Wi-Fi Hotspots that were recently installed as a part of “Tech-Mod,” a renewal of CHS’s technology in order to meet educational... Read more »

Food trucks serve up cheap, delicious treats

By Jane Zankman, Staff Writer
March 21, 2011

Listening for the faint jingle of the ice-cream truck has become a thing of the past. Restaurants on wheels, otherwise known as food trucks, offer tasty and exotic food at a low cost. Hungry people can receive text messages from Twitter and Facebook directing them to where they can enjoy deep-dish pizzas,... Read more »

The ‘Look at Me’ Generation

By Andrea Mirviss, Editor-in-Chief
June 3, 2010

A typical teenager girl turns on her computer, signs on to Facebook and updates her status with what she did that day and what she will do for the rest of the day. She may spend the next hour or two flipping through her friends’ Facebook pages, and she will probably check the top of the screen constantly... Read more »

The ‘Look at Me’ generation

Andrea Mirviss, Editor-in-Chief
May 28, 2010

A typical teenager girl turns on her computer, signs on to Facebook and updates her status with what she did that day and what she will do for the rest of the day. She may spend the next hour or two flipping through her friends’ Facebook pages, and she will probably check the top of the screen constantly... Read more »

3D technology could have unwanted side effects

Dina Khatib Online Observations Editor
March 22, 2010

Ever since 3D technology was first developed in the movie industry, filmgoers have flocked to select theaters, museums and entertainment venues showing movies and digital shorts using this revolutionary technology. With the increasing popularity of 3D movies in the past devade, this craze will only... Read more »