by Noah Bair ’24 On October 27, the girls varsity soccer team was defeated by Wootton in the second round of the 2023 Maryland Girls Soccer State Championship by a score of 2-1. The defeat comes after the team defeated Watkins Mill by a score of 2-0 in the first round of the playoffs just two days before on October … Read More
by Noah Bair ’24 In a country where the average age of an American is just under 39 years old, it is unacceptable that the average U.S. Senator is 64 years old and the average age of a member of the U.S. House of Representatives is 57 years old. Now more than ever, members of Congress are anything but most … Read More
by Noah Bair ‘24 After their dominant win against Northwood on Monday, the girls varsity soccer team is now 6-2, outscoring opponents 28-7 through their first eight games. After only winning five games last year, the team has already surpassed their win total from the 2022 season. Captain Marley Hillman attributed this success to an increase in team chemistry compared … Read More
by Noah Bair ‘24 As Paul Simon once sang, “A man walks down the street, he says ‘Why am I short of attention? Got a short little span of attention.’” Now more than ever, this statement holds true. The current average attention span is 47 seconds, compared to the 150 seconds that it used to be just two decades ago. … Read More
by Noah Bair ‘24 Last month marked five years since the Supreme Court ruled that states had the power to allow legal sports gambling in their state. Now, half a decade later, 33 states allow legal sports betting on almost any sport imaginable. There are limits, however, to who can bet on certain sporting events to prevent bias or game … Read More
by Noah Bair ‘24 Over the last decade or longer, fans of the Washington Commanders have watched their team go through controversy after controversy ranging from Dan Snyder’s workplace harassment scandal to multiple team rebrands. The team hasn’t won a playoff game since 2005, and they haven’t won the Super Bowl since 1991. With fans eager for a revival of … Read More
by Noah Bair ‘24 In the last decade, movie and TV studios have seen their profits rise by 36 percent, while writers’ pay has gone down by 4 percent in the same period. On May 2, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) announced that they would be going on strike. The WGA represents over 11,000 film, radio, televisions, and online … Read More
by Noah Bair ‘24 With The Flash releasing later this month, the actor playing the titular speedster, Ezra Miller, is more in the spotlight than ever. Miller will earn upwards of half a million dollars for the film, in addition to a tremendous amount of publicity from the film. But, it is an understatement to say that Miller not only … Read More
by Noah Bair ‘24 Even though the first movie in the series, Into the Spider-Verse, saw a 97-percent score on Rotten Tomatoes and numerous awards including the Best Animated Feature Film at the 2019 Golden Globes, Across the Spider-Verse may have topped it. Shameik Moore and Hailee Steinfeld provide incredible voice performances once again as Miles Morales and Gwen Stacy, … Read More