By Jake Herman, Production Editor/Video Team
• October 21, 2016
The 2016 presidential election is rapidly approaching, and Americans will head to the polls and vote Nov. 8 to choose their next president. Any U.S. citizen who will be age 18 or older on Nov. 8 is eligible...
The start of school comes every year without fail. New classes, loads of homework and the numerous “con- tracts” students mindlessly sign on the first week of school in order to get out of...
With the advent of the smartphone, we now carry mini computers in our pockets. But other than taking selfies and posting that “insta”, phones do not serve any purpose in learning how to type. In fact, since...
You go out for dinner with friends but finds it difficult to enjoy yourself. You spend the whole time nibbling at your food and trying to stay active in conversation,but your mind wanders. All you can...
CHS was ranked number three on The Washington Post’s Most Challenging High Schools in the D.C. Area list, following Washington International, a private school, and Poolesville High School, located...
Two suicides in three months. This simple sentence cannot even begin to describe the pain and suffering felt by the entire CHS community. Why did this happen? What could have been done to prevent it? What...
A sophomore is in their homeroom class, staring aimlessly at the clock as the second hand makes its way around. Tick-tock, tick-tock: he wonders why he’s wasting time there in the first place.
If...
CHS has had a difficult year. With two suicides, CHS is in need of some bonding, and the SOS Field Day is the way to accomplish that.
When the CHS community was in need, the sophomore class held the...
The FBI found a third party to un- lock an encrypted iPhone which belonged to a suspect of the San Bernardino terrorist attack, without the help of Apple.
The FBI should have the right to open...
By Jake Herman, Video and Public Relations Editor
• May 6, 2016
Investigating terrorists, such as the San Bernardino shooters, is essential for the FBI and other federal agencies to strengthen national security, but just how far is too far when the privacy of citizens...
Senioritis: the mythical allusion that all seniors have an excuse to not do their work, not show up to class, and frankly, to just not try anymore.
However, it’s not a myth. Senioritis is very real....
So here’s a problem that has stu- dents burning up—what’s up with the fire drills?
Students may remember the fire drill that they were forced to suffer through on the freezing morning...
