by Jared Schwartz ‘18 Almost everything you buy is a product of exploitation. The clothes you wear and your iPhone are probably made by child laborers under horrible, repressive conditions. Even supposedly “good” corporations exploit their workers taking the profit of their labor for their owners instead of giving it to the workers. No matter what, odds are that whatever … Read More
by Elizabeth Lanning ‘20 On the night of November 7, 2017, Danica Roem became the first openly transgender person elected to state legislature in the United States. Her election is a monumental event, and will likely be known as a landmark achievement for the LGBT+ community. Roem’s opponent, the 13- term incumbent Robert Marshall, had previously dubbed himself “Virginia’s chief … Read More
by Katherine Sperduto ’19 Sherwood students have very long and tedious days with loads of homework to follow, so a good mental break is beneficial for us students. This is what lunch should provide. The time allotted for students to eat lunch in MCPS varies from school to school and range from 30 minutes to 50 minutes. Lunch is 45-minutes … Read More
by Brynn Smith ’19 Americans have been asking for months whether Russia hacked the 2016 presidential election. It has been the focus of investigations, a number of which are still ongoing. Whatever the level of Russia’s actual infiltration of computer systems, there is no question that the country had an influence on last year’s election. Americans’ outrage over Russia’s meddling … Read More
by Anika Mittu ’19 The new app TBH, currently boasting over 4 million downloads on iOS, seeks to provide teenagers with a format to anonymously deliver compliments to their peers. Questions such as “Who has the best smile?” arise for users to answer, presented through a poll in which the player must select which classmate out of four given individuals … Read More
by Natalie Murray ’18 In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue, murdered and enslaved countless Native Americans in their own country, and began an American tradition of disrespecting and mistreating minorities that still exists today. Nonetheless, America celebrates him every second Monday of October. Though Columbus Day may seem innocent, in commemorating a man who committed genocide, we’re also celebrating … Read More
by Riley Whelan ’18 Sherwood celebrates its diverse student body. We pride ourselves in the wide variety of clubs and activities offered here, accepting and incorporating everyone’s interests. Recently, however, the nominated homecoming court was anything but diverse. Seven out of the ten female nominees are white and eight of them are members of the cheerleading or poms teams. Although … Read More
by Lucy Kuchma ’18 Take a second to ask yourself the following: When is the last time you saw a Melissa McCarthy movie that didn’t feature a single joke or reference about her weight? A Samuel L. Jackson movie where he didn’t rip out a weapon while continually spewing the f-bomb? Although it sometimes goes disguised as actors merely serving … Read More
The Rockville High School community was rattled in mid-March by the unthinkable; a 14-year old freshman was allegedly grabbed from a hallway and raped by two older students in a secluded bathroom. The incident easily can be described as too horrific for words. However, that hasn’t stopped the deluge of public opinion on the matter from every corner of the … Read More
by Lauren MacFadden ‘17 Most students will quickly say that they reject bullying in all of its forms. Yet bullying still occurs every day at Sherwood and many let it happen right in front of them. I am guilty of this because of something that happened earlier this year. I was sitting in class when I heard a group of … Read More