By Pablo Roa, Production Editor
• December 23, 2014
For hundreds of years, immigrants from around the world have come to the United States in search of a better life and to live the “American Dream.”
In recent years, however, strict deportation laws...
Since I was 4 years old, my parents have been teaching me not to talk to strangers. Don’t interact with anyone you don’t know. Don’t let someone take you somewhere without us. Don’t accept anything...
CHS is an extremely diverse school. Starting in Kindergarten, students are taught to understand and respect other cultures, until acceptance becomes second nature. However, the obsession with being “politically...
By Fiona Ashury, Opinions Editor
• December 23, 2014
The typical school day includes going to class, listening to lectures and taking notes. But what if that giant backpack full of papers and notes disappeared and was replaced with one computer?
This is...
Hey, anybody know when Easter is this year? No? Oh, you do? Well, unless you’re the pope you probably just had to check Google to find out. Wouldn’t life be so much easier if we just had a fixed...
Voters in D.C. recently passed Initiative 71, which allows for adults over the age of 21 to cultivate at most six marijuana plants and possess up to two ounces of marijuana in their home for personal use.
Other...
By Balbina Yang, Advertising Manager
• December 8, 2014
Since starting high school, many students have opened countless books but have read none.
With quizzes, tests and homework constantly on their minds, it’s not a surprise that students are not reading...
Students often have sudden cravings during the school day for a nice, tasty snack or a cold, refreshing drink. Imagine students’ surprise when they discover that their favorite snacks and drinks are...
Superintendent Joshua Starr recommended that the MCPS Board of Education remove the names of all religious holidays from the calendar.
On Starr’s proposed 2015-2016 school calendar, all religious holiday...
With college application season upon us, students channel their frustration at the perceived roots of their strife. Recently, Affirmative Action has become one for some white students who feel cheated...
When I first heard about the use of biblical allusions in AP Literature, I was incensed. I would need to read the Bible to pass? I’m not Christian, so why should I have to? Why should anyone have to?
Students...
It is the first Tuesday of November; people line up inside schools, churches and community centers to cast their vote in the midterm election. Election day comes around every two years, and allows American...
