Stand Against Silence, a FCPS based student organization with representation in six schools, aims to spread awareness of sexual assault on college campuses. Their mission, as stated on the SAS website, is to keep the conversation going. One in six women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime, ninety-seven percentContinue Reading
The Young Democrats club hosted at-large school board member Ryan McElveen on Apr. 15 to discuss his leadership in the school system and his passion as a public servant. Passing around a 2004 issue of the Rank & File, McElveen showed students that it is never too early to make change. TheContinue Reading
The film Insurgent was released March 27, just as we began spring break. It is the second film of the Divergent series based on the books by Veronica Roth and starring Shailene Woodley (whom some might remember from The Fault In Our Stars) and the British heartthrob Theo James. Personally,Continue Reading
Lockers have long been a major icon of the American high school. But their popularity has declined to such an extreme that if you ask any student in the hallway where their locker is, they most likely won’t know where to start looking. One of the scariest (but also oneContinue Reading
Cider club had its first meeting on January 17th, with a larger than expected attendance. The club, a celebration of apple cider, is expected to increase in its following in the coming meetings. Cider Club was started by sophomore Patrick Brinza and junior Sarah Boyle. The origin of the clubContinue Reading
After finishing their IB exams, now-completed IB classes lapse into some combination of stupor, laptops and movies. Those teachers who try to continue teaching in their previous style are met with massive resistance. However, as IB exams wrap up, seniors and some juniors still have a full six weeks of school left. Why let this time go to waste?
As the minute hand quickly approaches the ending time, you experience a small panic attack as you fill out the remaining bubbles on the SAT. The proctor then calls time and you rush to bubble in one more. The question is not how well you did, but rather how wellContinue Reading
The dance team won two second place trophies with its hip-hop and pom routines at the national cheer and dance competition in Hershey, Pennsylvania on April 21.
“It was really great bonding time for all of us,” sophomore Annie Bryan said.
The team performed two routines at the competition. Pom routines include elements of jazz dance, with the addition of pom-poms.
“We were judged by a panel of about ten judges who based their scores on our moves, our technique, our facials, our energy and our cohesion as a team,” junior Lexie Tsantes said.
Throughout the season, baseball’s batting lineup evolved so that the crowd saw the same starting four players lead the team during the first inning.
Beginning with three left-handed hitters, each player had been carefully selected by his abilities to play a specific role in the lineup.
Senior Michael Nassoiy, the starting center fielder, batted first in the lineup.
Nassoiy, a third year varsity player for Marshall, undoubtedly set the offensive tone for the rest of his team.
Recognizing this pressure, he took the outlook that “failure is not an option.”
People skip class to go. Others say they went before anyone else did.
No, this isn’t Chipotle. It’s Unique. The massive store located in Merrifield is a mecca for serious thrifters, but students are increasingly going to find their own clothes.
However, the store still elicits mixed reactions because of varying responses to buying secondhand clothes.