By Katie Mercogliano ‘14 Recently, President Obama came out and told The New Yorker magazine that he believes, “… [marijuana usage is no] more dangerous than alcohol.” He is getting an absurd amount of backlash for the comments from several different news outlets about how he irresponsibly condoned marijuana use. Obama actually took the route most parents should take in … Read More
By Cal Wilson ‘14 Sherwood’s second CAST performance of the year, previously known as Dinner Theatre, underwent new changes such as the deduction of the dinner and a renaming to Winter One Act. This comes from an executive decision from sponsor Andrew Dodge to focus less on the food and more on the student based acting, directing, casting and playwriting. … Read More
By Hunter Moore ‘15 It is long past-due for The Warrior to cover one of the most exciting leagues in all of sports: OBGC rec league. Played mostly on Sundays in the Sherwood Main Gym, all types of young men in the Olney area gather together on the basketball court. Eight teams embark on a journey for the prestigious championship … Read More
By Emma Hierholzer ‘15 In the grocery store just the other day, I saw something that seriously made me consider an important point in my future as a professional woman in the work force. My cashier, a young man, was struggling with the cash register when his supervisor, an older woman walked over to help him. She scolded him for … Read More
By Joy Zhang ‘14 Many took to social media to criticize Seattle Seahawk Richard Sherman’s post-game interview with Fox Sports reporter Erin Andrews. “Fool,” “barbaric,” “thug” and much worse names were used to describe Sherman’s behavior. Some even apologized on behalf of Sherman to Andrews, starting the hashtag “#imsorryrichardshermanscaredyou” on Twitter. This entire backlash is completely unjustified. Sherman may have … Read More
by Steven Witkin ‘16 America is not as healthy as it used to be. It may not be so evident in the halls of Sherwood, but one in three adult Americans are obese. These adults are more prone to deadly diseases, cancers and diabetes. The average obese adult has an annual medical expense that is $1,429 higher than those with … Read More
By Sammie Spillman ‘16 The girls’ basketball program at Sherwood has long struggled, enduring many consecutive seasons of losing records. First-year coach Chris Campbell entered this season hoping to change the team’s legacy, and the Warriors already are making the turnaround with a record of 5-7. The girls started the season losing to Magruder 46-39 but then won three straight, … Read More
By Sean Kang ‘14 When you think of Kevin Hart, you think “funny.” When you think of Ice Cube, you think “gangster.” Well, what happens when you put the two together in a buddy cop movie? Boring. “Ride Along” merely offers a mediocre plot, bland characters, and a plethora of clichés, with a few gunfights and car chases here and … Read More
By Joohyun Kim ’15 According to an article in November 24 Washington Post, the Maryland’s exclusion rate of reading scores of some English Learners (ELs) and Special Need students inflates the state’s national rankings of NAEPA reading test conducted in selected fourth and eighth-grade students in U.S. public schools. Maryland is one of the states with high reading scores among … Read More
By Katie Mercogliano ‘14 It seems absurd to “lightly suggest” to some of the most esteemed directors in film history, such as Francis Ford Coppola (“The Godfather Part I, II, III”), Quentin Tarantino (“Pulp Fiction,” “Inglorious Basterds,” “Django Unchained”) and Darren Aronofsky (“Requiem for a Dream,” “Black Swan,” “The Wrestler”), to cut parts of their movies to make it more … Read More