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Hot chocolate, peppermint mocha, and a cocktail?

Hot chocolate, peppermint mocha, and a cocktail?

By Julia Reagan, Staff Writer February 22, 2012

Over the next few years, Starbucks, a warm and cozy coffeehouse, may be changing its image to a trendy bar. Starbucks released plans in late January to introduce alcoholic drinks in 25 of its locations...

CHS alumna now award-winning local reporter

By Emilie Plesset, Online Opinions Editor February 22, 2012

Tisha Thompson, a 1995 CHS alumna, never planned on becoming an award-winning journalist. Coming from a line of journalists five generations long, she thought she would take a different path. “I have...

Morning routines shorten with stick-on makeup

Morning routines shorten with stick-on makeup

By Jane Zankman, Sports Production Editor February 22, 2012

After countless mornings of having to get up 20 minutes early to put on makeup, new single-use instant makeup applicators turn those 20 minutes into five. Products such as ColorOn Professional Instant...

Students punishable for tobacco on school grounds

Students punishable for tobacco on school grounds

By By Dana Youngentob, Online News Editor February 21, 2012

In the state of Maryland, it is illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to use or possess cigarettes. However, every day after school students are smoking them across the street. At CHS, the punishment...

Reddit builds a following in CHS community

Reddit builds a following in CHS community

When it comes to using the power of the Internet, a website called Reddit is rapidly gaining popularity at CHS. Founded by Steve Huffman and Alex Ohanian in 2005, Reddit is a website that allows users...

Countdown to 2012 with Top 11 of 2011

Countdown to 2012 with Top 11 of 2011

By By Allison Srour, Features Editor December 22, 2011

It has been one crazy year, CHS. As we kiss 2011 goodbye and ring in the new year of 2012, the Observer looks back at some of the most memorable moments of 2011. Here are what our staff believes are...

Texts From Last Night

By By Nicole Weltmann, Staff Writer December 22, 2011

It is 3 a.m., and you just sent your friend a text message without knowing it. According to the Ohio Sleep Medicine Institute, sleep texting is when someone texts while sleeping, most likely during...

<3 iHeart my iPhone <3

<3 iHeart my iPhone <3

By By Emma Crutchfield, Sports Production Editor December 22, 2011

You are on a date, and she keeps checking her phone. She is not only texting all of her friends but is also on Facebook and Twitter. You can’t keep a conversation with her because she is too interested...

Four-day school week not in MCPS’ future

By By Jane Zankman, Features Production Editor December 21, 2011

  School districts around the nation are looking for new ways to reduce spending, and according to a Oct. 28 Washington Post article, at least 292 school districts nationwide have implemented a four-day...

Students pass the APs, but fail basic geography

Students pass the APs, but fail basic geography

By By Spenser Easterbrook, Opinions Editor December 21, 2011

  Do you know where China is? Can you name the capital of Russia? OK, that one may seem easy, but CHS students would be surprised how little some students know about geography. How about the capital...

At CHS, CPUs get donated, but overheads live forever

At CHS, CPUs get donated, but overheads live forever

By By Jordan Maser, Staff Writer December 21, 2011

  CHS classrooms are filled with technology for teachers to use in their daily lessons. The TV hangs in the corner with the VCR below, the overhead projector is shoved in the other corner, and the...

Ghosthunting Bulldogs seek the supernatural

Ghosthunting Bulldogs seek the supernatural

By By Sushen Thiyagarajan, Online Features Editor December 20, 2011

  My friend and I were skeptics. Ghosts were not supposed to be real, and as we expected, nothing appeared, moved, or caught our attention—until we went back and looked at the pictures. What we...

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