That time of year has come again when students are in a fluster about prom, arguably one of the most eventful dates of the year. Some students urgently start looking for a date, others start rushing into the mall for the right outfit. Prom dresses become a headache for mostContinue Reading

Environmentalism is a philosophy on which clubs like Earth force and classes like environmental systems are founded. Moreover the term “going green” and “leave only footprints” can be heard in almost every household. Nevertheless, the distance between the environment and students has grown through the years, Due to recent budgetContinue Reading

Taking influences from Chinese, Japanese, West African, Spanish, Italian and native cultures, Peru has more dishes than any other country in the world. As a result, it is a difficult endeavor for any restaurant to try and capture the full extent of Peruvian cuisine. Although Super Chicken only offers aContinue Reading

“Expect the unexpected,” IB economics teacher Katherine Peyton said as she and her colleague, theatre teacher Trena Wiess-Null, dined on the culinary arts students’ latest creations.

Walking into the makeshift dining room, Peyton headed toward the dessert table and first sampled a brownie drizzled with homemade chocolate sauce and ice cream, which was topped off with whipped cream.

Senior Andrew Rampy, an academy student from McLean High School, described the creation of desserts as a “canvas for a work of art.”

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Elephant Jumps, a Thai restaurant in the Yorktown shopping center across from Luther Jackson Middle School, has been in business for a year. It had gone unnoticed by us until now. The restaurant features a variety of traditional but innovative Thai dishes.

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Marijuana: The word and plant have been used amongst high schoolers for decades and are, in some cases, some of the hotter points of conversation.

Synthetic marijuana: This man-made drug is new to our generation. We know little about it, and it remains a mystery even amongst its users.

Use of synthetic marijuana, frequently known as K2, is on the rise. It has been used as a back-up for the real thing or sometimes when a user has been on probation or in drug rehabilitation. In some cases the user is just looking for a change of pace in their high.

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The following is an edited transcript of an interview between Rank & File and substance abuse counselor Patrick Lawton.

Rank & File: There’s been a recent spike in the trend of teenagers and young adults smoking synthetic marijuanas, including the substance known as K2. Are you aware of this at Marshall or around the county?

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On Feb. 3 and 4, IB Film Study will be holding a film festival in the auditorium during Lunch & Learn where IB Film students will be showcasing their own trailers as a part of their film study project. The objective of the project was for students to make aContinue Reading

The physics department was greeted by a new face at the beginning of the year: Nimel Theodore. Theodore, who teaches Active Physics, IB Physics I and II SL, has already fallen in love with Marshall in his first half year here. “You really feel like you belong when your studentsContinue Reading

La Caraquena is definitely not somewhere you go for the ambiance. Connected to a decrepit, sketchy motel, the restaurant’s interior was dark, cramped, aged and uncomfortable. There were only a few seats, crammed so closely together that some booths only had one bench. However, the surprisingly delicious food made upContinue Reading