The Mosaic District has the feel of a small tourist town, but in Northern Virginia. It’s the kind of place you find when you go to the beach: open, small, with one main attraction. In this case, everything is centered around an indoor and outdoor theater. Stores and resturants areContinue Reading
Though you might be deterred by the dingy outside appearance, the interior of Viet Aroma is warm and inviting. We were greeted by painted murals and Christmas lights decorating the walls. The menu is almost overwhelming; there was a variety of traditional Vietnamese dishes for us to choose from. TheContinue Reading
When sophomore Katie DeLong discusses the eight years she spent living with her family on their 43-foot sailing vessel the Alouette, she speaks of elements of timelessness and freedom that are hard to imagine in the context of our demanding and rigorous school-dominated lives. Living free on the open seasContinue Reading
A system that enables parents to constantly track their students’ grades in a live, up-to-the-minute snapshot seems like a nightmarish feature of a future society. However, starting in the 2015-2016 school year, Marshall parents will have access to such a feature. Fairfax County Public Schools is in the process ofContinue Reading
I am writing this on Martin Luther King day (far past the due date of first drafts), in part because I have struggled to put into words what I want to convey, and in part because there is a particular poignancy to his memory today in light of recent events.Continue Reading
Leelah Alcorn was a 17-year-old transgender girl who committed suicide. This story gained attention in the national media because of a note left on her personal blog in which she wrote that she blamed her depression on her parents for having sent her to conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is aContinue Reading
As an animal lover, mistreatment of animals just crushes my heart. Confining an animal into a small space or cage, beating it to perform properly, stealing it from its natural habitat and neglecting it are some of the many cruel things humans do to animals, sometimes on a daily basis.Continue Reading
As a student, you become accustomed to a repetitive class structure that involves a lesson from the teacher. Then, you go home and write about what you learned or apply the lesson in a homework assignment. But today’s classrooms offer something more invigorating and technologically advanced to simulate students’ curiosity,Continue Reading
You probably know at least one teacher with a tattoo. Maybe you even know a couple. In socially liberal Fairfax County, tattoos don’t have to be a secret, and smaller ones—especially those located on places like the feet or fingers—are often visible, even in the white-collar workplace of a highContinue Reading
As the student population rapidly increases to record- breaking numbers, the administration has been forced to get creative in terms of dealing with the availability of the classrooms. In order to accommodate acceptable class sizes, teachers have paired up to share classrooms, becoming something resembling “roommates.” One such teacher isContinue Reading
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