By Bryse Thornwell ’16 By now, most students are aware of the mobile messaging app, Snapchat, that allows both Android and iPhone users to send pictures or videos to their friends on a contact list. Snapchat Inc. promises to delete those photos or videos after a designated amount of time set by the sender. The company also promises to do … Read More
By Ben Cooper ’16 Over the past few years, the NFL has been in the news for what has happened off the field almost as much as for what has happened on it. Former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice was suspended for domestic violence. Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson was suspended for child abuse. Most recently, Tom Brady, … Read More
By Maya Koeppen ’17 Each year students and teachers crowd the halls in awe at the extensively decorated and highly anticipated hallways, while those who worked on them nervously await the results. This year will prove to be no exception. Next Friday, students will leave the real world and enter into the sets of some of the most crowd-pleasing, top-grossing … Read More
By Will Van Gelder ’16 Many high school students imagining the college life, envision dorm rooms, new friends, and professors in large auditoriums. But for other students, the first image that might come to mind when thinking of college is football on Saturday afternoons. College football is a tremendously popular sport that, in some parts of the country, is watched … Read More
By Kira Yates ’16 Football has an ongoing reputation as being a violent sport in which players risk their safety each game. While many injuries are serious, the most dangerous and prevalent injuries are concussions, or any trauma to the head. On the opening Sunday of the 2015 season, almost every game had at least one player out with a … Read More
By Ashley Nnabue ’16 The Hall of Fame Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman said, “I think that we’re at a real crossroads, as it relates to the grassroots of our sport, because if I had a 10-year-boy, I don’t know that I’d be real inclined to encourage him to go play football, in light of what we are learning from head … Read More
By Danielle Tobb ’17 Fans of the Washington Redskins are a long-suffering bunch and they have reached the point where they expect this season to be the worst for their team. At the beginning of the season, the team demoted Robert Griffin III who went from hero to zero since being the Redskins’ second draft pick overall in 2012. On … Read More
By Milan Polk ’16 Warrior Wakeup Live, Sherwood’s morning show, went live in late September. It is mainly run by students, who are trained to do everything from recording audio to filming the show. The school year begins with a small group of students working on the show. It is instructed by John Williams, the school’s media services technician, and … Read More
By Steven Witkin ’16 Being over 100 years old, this school faces a common dilemma with each construction project and renovation. How can the building be upgraded without destroying its historic aspects? Compromises have been made in the past, but when this summer’s project of covering the roof with solar panels threatened the existence of the third-floor pool, the teachers … Read More
By Madison Dymond ’16 Near the end of every school year, Sherwood sophomores take a personality test that leaves them with four basic letters and a description of themselves. If taken correctly, the description will be terrifyingly accurate and make students marvel at how a computer can know so much about a person from many seemingly simple questions. They do … Read More