Warrior Staffers Play March Madness Pick ‘Em

March Madness is in the air, and Warriors staffers took their shot at creating the “Perfect Bracket.” Staffers are competing to get the most points (using standard ESPN scoring) and be named the March Madness champion. Kyle Melnick Predicted NCAA Champion: Indiana Unlike past years, there is no dominant team in college basketball this season. There have been five different teams … Read More

Warrior Club Hosts Campus Cleanup

by Michael Natelli ’14 The Warrior Club held it’s annual Mulch Sale/Campus Cleanup this past weekend in order to raise money. Students helped load mulch bags onto trucks for transportation, and also helped spread mulch, rake leaves and perform other gardening activities to help keep Sherwood clean.

Oz, the Great or Pitiful?

by Cal Wilson ’14 An attempt at a prequel to the “Wizard of Oz”, “Oz the Great and Powerful” follows the magician Oz (James Franco) as he travels through the similarly named Land of Oz, in which he partakes in a quest to save the Emerald City from its evil rulers and become king. The experienced cast and high quality … Read More

Media Center Makes Best Use of Resources

by Annie Augustine ’14 A few years ago, Montgomery County had a budget crunch due to the recession, requiring the school system to decrease its spending. An easy target for cuts, MCPS’ media centers have had to make due with less, and media specialists such as Sherwood’s Joe Reiff have put much thought and consideration into their spending to make … Read More

Questionable Value 10 Years After Invasion

by Alex Porter ’13 Ten years ago this month, the United States invaded Iraq, handily toppling Saddam Hussein’s government in weeks. President George W. Bush announced victory 42 days later on May 1. Eight years later, the United States ended this war that was seen as a simple task. The Obama administration is moving toward complete withdrawal from Afghanistan after … Read More

It is Time to Consider an Open Lunch

by Daniel Hatfield ’13 Sherwood students have never been allowed to leave school grounds during lunch, even though the benefits of an open lunch policy outweigh the drawbacks. First off, if an open lunch policy were put in place, the privilege should only be given to upperclassmen (with parental consent for students under 18). Since most underclassmen are unable to … Read More

Only an Idiot Could Miss the Lum Connection

Q: What do Madonna, Dick Cheney, Whitney Houston, Prince Charles, Ted Kennedy, Jay-Z, Al Gore and Bill Clinton have in common? A: Yes that’s right; they’re members of the Illuminati! by Diana McDermott ’13 I am scared just writing this article. One of them might read it and come for me. What I am about to tell you is a … Read More

Math Teachers Treat Pi Day Like Christmas

by Andrew Wasik ’13 On the night of March 13, all across America, math teachers will fall asleep tucked into their beds after a long day of teaching and grading an endless stream of papers. But this night, unlike any other, they will have trouble falling asleep. March 14 is Pi day, 3.14. A day that math teachers, and only … Read More

A Day in the life of ‘Identical’ Twins

by Michael Crooks ’14 Juniors Tommy Carswell and Jack Sadler wake up at 6:07 every morning. The next-door neighbors each hop in their red Ford Explorers and follow each other closely as they drive to eat their daily breakfast at Panera. Both get “the usual” (a toasted everything bagel with cream cheese), and sit down at a two-seat table in … Read More