Techniques for Catching the Elusive Lucky Leprechaun

By Cal Wilson ‘14 Everyone knows that St. Patrick’s Day is a leprechaun’s favorite time of year. It’s their time to run around, throw four leaf-clover seeds and pinch people who are not wearing green. Playful and fun as they are, they refuse to let anyone get close to them. Don’t let that deter you from trying; there still are … Read More

The Struggle to Find Love Online

By Mike Crooks ‘14 Lately, users of Internet dating sites, like E-Harmony, BlackPeopleMeet, and Christian Mingle, have been complaining that the sites are ineffective. They claim that the sites don’t match them with compatible partners because the criteria for creating a profile aren’t narrow enough. Some may say that these people should actually go out and try to form a … Read More

Feeling Nostalgic for the Good Old Days

By Becky Ewing ’14 When I complain about doing homework, my parents always scold me. “At least you have the internet! We had to use textbooks!” “At least you have a computer! We had to use typewriters!” “At least you have a car! We had to ride dinosaurs!” Blah, blah. I never understood why old people say things like that. … Read More

Students Fight for Regulation

By Catherine Jou ’15 Since the beginning of the school year the temperature at Sherwood has fluctuated from what feels below freezing to excruciatingly humid. This has caused students to ban together and form the Temperature Regulation Organization (TRO); students have expressed their irritation in anonymous surveys handed out by the TRO. Senior Lauren Langston has seen an increase in … Read More

Confessions of a Superhero

By Brooke O’Connell ’14 Prompt: The John Doe University Honors College is not your typical honors college. Here, we encourage students to be curious, open-minded, imaginative, and adventurous. Tell us how these adjectives would work to describe you.             I am not your typical person. I am so curious that I counted the licks to the center of a tootsie … Read More

ESPN Boxing Commentary

Com. 1: Ladies and Gentlemen, boxing fans, holiday partygoers of all ages, welcome back to the 2013 Winter Holiday Boxing Tournament. I’m Jim Davis, here with Mike Miller, looking ahead to tonight’s matches, which some folks have predicted to be the most gripping, unbridled display of pent-up wrath we’ve ever seen. Com. 2: Unbridled is right, Jim. With this group, … Read More

Rec League Rendezvous

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

The Ballad of Brian Griffin

For those that aren’t aware, “Family Guy” is about an overweight,  dim-witted, lovable father, Peter, who messes up in everything he does, married to an uptight red-head with a bit of a wild side, Lois. Peter and Lois have three children, Chris, Meg and Stewie. Chris is an overweight teen who is often depicted as a loser, Meg is often … Read More