by Joohyun Kim ‘14 Last month, $15 billion was made available for transportation due to Maryland’s gas tax increase. This 52-percent increase from last year is the highest funding increase the state has received for decades. The transit plan is expected to receive most of the funding. The project contains funding for eight more car trains on the Red Line, … Read More
Is it parents’ responsibility to pay for their child’s college tuition? Is there an extent to which parents can give too much financial support to a child? In the past 30 years, the average cost of college tuition at a four-year public school has increased 1,120 percent. Today, the average tuition per year (not including room and board) for an … Read More
By Ashley Nnabue ’16 Rock ‘n’ Roll is a big deal in the Sherwood community. A really big deal. For six performances over two weekends, audiences will fill the Ertzman Theatre to witness the forty-third year of a Sherwood tradition. More than 200 students auditioned to score a spot on the cast this year. The long process of creating a … Read More
By Emma Izzo ’15 The animals have run out of space and need a new home. To accommodate an ever growing stray animal population, Montgomery County has built a new state of the art facility in Derwood to house the animals and replace an almost 40-year-old aging animal shelter in Rockville. The ribbon-cutting ceremony took place March 1. The new … Read More
By Allie Pino ’15 The newly released film “Son of God,” directed by Christopher Spencer, is one of the best movie versions of the story of Jesus. Unlike the graphic “The Passion of the Christ” and controversial “The Last Temptation of Christ,” “Son of God” is aimed more at a Christian audience wanting to see the traditional Biblical story and … Read More
By Alec Perez ‘14 Founded by Shawn Marie Edgington “The Great American No Bull Challenge” is a nationwide competition between high school students. After her 16-year-old daughter was cyberbullied and stalked for numerous years Edgington pledged to raise awareness about bullying. The challenge is to create either a 40 second public service announcement or a 3 minute video about bullying. … Read More
By Brian Hughes ‘15 After barely tolerating the concussion screening that every student athlete has to go through, I went home just to be greeted with the news that major league baseball confirmed that it will limit deliberate collisions at home plate this season to avoid head injuries among other possibilities. While this may be in the best interest of player safety, … Read More
By Sammie Spillman ‘16 On Thursday February 27, the girls’ basketball team played Blake in the first playoff game, losing 67-56. “Because we lost to them [Blake] two times in the regular season, we didn’t want to let them beat us for a third time. We prepared for them a lot and we knew we had a very good chance … Read More
By Ashley Nnabue ’16 Click here to buy tickets to Rock ‘n’ Roll! This year’s 43rd Rock ‘n’ Roll is set to kick off Friday night, March 7. The show’s theme is friendship and togetherness. This year’s Rock ‘n’ Roll consists of 42 songs in total, and both Act One and Act Two contain 21 numbers. Come out to support this … Read More
By Joy Zhang ’14 Rapper Schoolboy Q dropped his third studio album “Oxymoron” on February 25, after multiple delays. The California rapper repeatedly changed the release date so he could perfect his work, and he assured his fans that the album would be better than fellow rapper Kendrick Lamar’s critically acclaimed “Good Kid, M.A.A.D City.” To say that “Oxymoron” was … Read More