Archive for April, 2012
Sherwood’s Party Scene
Survey Results *201 students surveyed 46% of Sherwood students drink. In what grade did you start partying with alcohol? Never: 34.3% 8th or younger: 16.9% 9th: 27.8% 10th: 15.9% 11th: 4.4% 12th: .04% How many drinks do you usually have in one night? I don’t drink: [Read More]
Teenagers of America are not all on Drugs, Pregnant, or Preforming Illegal Activities as the News Would Make it Seem
Parental Quandary: A Daughter’s Pregnant Teenage Friend. Teenager jailed for refusing to give police his computer password. Driver who fled fatal Olney crash gets 20-year sentence. Most alcohol, drug abuse starts in teen years. These are just a few of headlines that [Read More]
Rediscover the Magic
by Leah Schroeder ’13 Every Friday, I spend two hours teaching girls, ages four to seven, the fundamentals of dance. Each week, I ask them to become “ballet princesses,” and I hear them gleefully declare that “Belle is my favorite” or “I [Read More]
The Infamous ‘Pink Slime’ Returns
by Olivia Snyder ’12 “Pink slime” may indeed be coming to a lunch tray near you. It sounds more like a movie villain than a lunch item. This mixture known more technically as “lean finely textured beef trimmings,” was initially made famous in [Read More]
Amazing Turnout for Incredible Race
by Taylor Fernandes ’14 “The Olney area is teeming with dozens of charity events each year, but the Incredible Race is something out of the ordinary that really hasn’t been done before,” said junior Emma Kennedy, a participant in The Incredible Race, a [Read More]
Seniors Give Insight To Underclassmen
by Nick Mourtoupalas ‘13 The college admissions process has been over-analyzed by so many fixated students that dozens of myths and rumors have been passed down over the years. Now that the admissions process is over for most graduating seniors, many of these students [Read More]
Threats to Global Security Persist
by Alex Porter ‘13 and Robel Wondimu ‘13 In his 2002 State of the Union Address, President George W. Bush coined the term “axis of evil” to describe governments that sought weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and aided terrorism; he declared Iran, North Korea [Read More]
Cartoons From April 19 Issue
4 Stages of Senioritis cartoon by Michael Wagner ’12 Phobias cartoon by Andi Hopkins ’14 Marijuana Legalization cartoon by Michael Wagner ’12 [Read More]
‘Stooges’ Is Slapstick at Its Best
by Will Gavett ’12 “The Three Stooges” manages to maintain the spirit of the vaudeville comedy routine from the mid-twentieth century and its slapstick wackiness thanks to excellent acting and clever directing decisions on the part of the Farrelly [Read More]
Looking at Discipline: Is Expulsion a Myth?
by Becca Stussman ‘12 In Montgomery County, students who are recommended for expulsion by their school administrators go through two county appeals processes before facing the rare conviction of expulsion, usually reserved for crimes of alcohol/drug distribution or severe [Read More]
