Tough cookie rankings for this Girl Scout season
By Jordyn Green, Online Editor-in-Chief
March 5, 2020
You see them outside of supermarkets, in town squares and around the community. You can smell them from a mile away. The season of sweetness is upon us, a season when the lure of gluttony is too hard to resist. Girl Scout Cookies are flying off of the tables of troops in the WCHS area, so The Observ...
Teamania-c students found their new study spot
By Fatima Yazdi, Editor-in-Chief
March 3, 2020
Rockville is known to have a plethora of eatery options—from Qdoba’s Mexican Eats to Sadaf’s Middle-Eastern staples, you can get a taste of just about any cuisine you’re craving. Since opening this past June, a new Asian-European inspired sit-down bakery and cafe has garnered lots of buzz and h...
“Radium Girls” radiates strong messages with female leads
By Ela Jalil, Assistant News Editor
March 3, 2020
The WCHS drama department promises a “jaw-dropping” performance with the spring play “Radium Girls,” which opened on Feb. 14. Highlighting a true American story that is often forgotten in history, the show has a strong message of female empowerment and fighting for what is right, similar to t...
Netflix says “you belong with me” to Taylor Swift
By Sacha Feldberg, Arts Editor
March 3, 2020
You don’t control what people think of your story, but you do control what you believe about yourself and how you tell your story to the world. Having spent half of her life in the spotlight, Taylor Swift knows what it’s like to watch her reputation get shattered over and over again, but sh...
“Two Sentence Horror Stories” spooks watchers
By Charley Hutton, Advertisement and Subscription Manager
February 4, 2020
What is the best horror story you can come up with in two sentences? This prompt sparked a Reddit thread in 2013, accumulating over 15,000 comments. Inspired by the thread, Vera Miao created the new-to-Netflix series, “Two-Sentence Horror Stories.” Similar to the popular Netflix show “Black...
Roddy Ricch’s new album gives excuses “for being antisocial”
By David Malament, Promotions Manager
February 4, 2020
On Friday, Dec. 6, 2019, Grammy Award nominee Roddy Ricch released his first album since being named a member of the 2019 XXL Freshman class in the summer of 2019. His album Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial contains 16 songs, three of which are on the Billboard Hot 100. The first song on t...
Netflix show addresses real problems from social media
By Sapna David, Features Editor
February 4, 2020
Released less than a month ago, Netflix show “You,” has already gained over thousands of viewers that have spent countless hours binge-watching this addicting and twisted show. Although the show has captured the attention of many teenagers across the country, it points out a dark truth of social medi...
Selena Gomez’s new album is a rare hit
By Sacha Feldberg, Arts Editor
February 1, 2020
It’s 2020, and everyone’s hoping for better vision and a better year, including pop singer Selena Gomez. After breaking up with Justin Bieber in 2012, dating The Weeknd in 2017 and learning more about herself in the span of four years, Gomez has decided to deliver a gift to the world to hear, he...
Post Malone “Hollywood’s Bleeding” Review
By David Malament, Promotions Manager
October 28, 2019
This Sept. 6, Post Malone released his new album Hollywood’s Bleeding and currently has 14 of his 17 songs of the newly released album on the Billboard Hot 100! Though it is hard to say if this is his best album since Beerbongs and Bentleys, his last album, was nearly the same level of captivating...
Tall Girl falls short on the charts
By Jordyn Green, Online Editor-in-Chief
October 17, 2019
She’s smart, kind, pretty, blonde, a talented pianist and popular with two best friends. Jodi Kreyman (Ava Michelle), the main character in “Tall Girl”, appears to have it all. However, she does quite literally have one thing over the rest of the characters of the 2019 Netflix film: about a foot...
IT 2: the comeback of Pennywise
By Andrew Chan, Sports Editor
October 1, 2019
If you are looking for scary with a side of comedic, then IT 2 is the movie for you. Picking up 27 years after the first IT movie, IT 2 combines horror and a bit of dry humor to create yet another Stephen King novel blockbuster. The movie starts off with a violent bout of homophobia to show viewers the...
Ted Bundy docuseries accurately depicts his life
By Emma Chen, Assistant Observations Editor
April 1, 2019
A simple guy next door, with striking blue eyes and suave confidence, Ted Bundy often used his natural appeal to his favor. At first sight, nobody would have thought anything about the man except for that he obviously had a bit of an ego. Netflix’s new “docuseries” exploring the life of Ted Bundy...