An Open Letter to FCPS: The necessity of adding a non-binary option on school-related forms
by Beau Cameron, Co-Editor-in-Chief
January 22, 2019
Dear FCPS: In 2019, the District of Columbia’s public school system will apply a third gender marker on their enrollment forms, allowing students to select “non-binary” rather than male or female when indicating the child’s gender. Almost all public school districts in Maryland and the D.C. region include gender identity as a protected class in their non-discrimina...
Student by day, Rockstar by night: Pare plans concert to kick off new album
by Lily Weaver and Catie Jo Tansey
January 7, 2019
Junior Nicholas Paré has his hard rock debut album, Memory, set to release on January 11. He has been busy selling t-shirts and posting flyers to prepare for the upcoming release. Memory consists of eight tracks and one instrumental bonus track. The album has been in the works for the past ...
The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: What makes it magic?
by Beau Cameron, Co-Editor-in-Chief
November 8, 2018
On October 26, Netflix dropped its newest, spookiest show, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. I had planned to review it, so I sat down with a pen and pad of paper, ready to tear it apart. Sometime during Episode 5, I forgot to take notes. The show’s creator, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, works ...
Screen Time: Will iOS 12 really limit our phone obsession?
by Rachel McCoy, Reporter
October 17, 2018
Let’s face reality. You are on your phone for hours every day, but do you know exactly how many hours? On September 17, Apple released IOS 12, which is a software update that is available to download on newer Apple devices. This update includes a new feature called Screen Time. Screen Time tracks the time a perso...
$1,000 for a cake? How sweets bring a community together
by Alex Dembeck, Reporter
October 5, 2018
Buying a cake at the local fair may cost $15. At the cake auction for the FFA, you'll need to shell out up to $1,000. From September 30 to October 2, Linganore hosted the 45th Annual Linganore-New Market Community Show. The community show supports the Linganore FFA Chapter and the communities sur...
Unpopular opinion: My love affair with Pandora
by Brianna Dellavalle and Bridget Murphy
January 24, 2018
All I need is an app that plays songs I enjoy, without charging me a monthly fee and without having to check my phone every two seconds to choose the next song. Many music listeners lean toward SoundCloud, Spotify or Apple Music as their ‘go-to’ source for their daily tunes. My unpopular opinio...
Give us a break! Seniors beg for a weekend off from homework
by Bridget Murphy, Opinions and Layout Design Editor
October 27, 2017
This is my open letter to the Board of Education. I'll send it as soon as I finish my college applications. In mid-October, I read in The Washington Post that senior students in the Washington, D.C. region have been granted one weekend homework-free, so they can work on their college applications. ...
The Seal of Biliteracy: Frederick County plans to recognize language proficiency on diplomas
by Yesenia Montenegro, Reporter
October 27, 2017
Adopted by Maryland in April 2016, the Seal of Biliteracy is an award given by a school district for students who have studied and are competent in two or more languages. The recognition encourages students to continue studying higher levels of a language and makes graduates more employable, since em...
Tunneling under Capitol Hill: My adventure interning for Congressman Hastings
by Kelsey Ward, Editor
September 29, 2017
Do you think that the government doesn’t work? It is very easy to believe this with the headlines that appear in the news every day. However, I think that I might have a solution for you… become an intern in a congressional office! I am sure that you’re thinking that you can’t be an intern f...
This is IT, the horror triumph of the year
by Nicholas Stephan, Reporter
September 15, 2017
The 2017 adaptation of Stephen King’s classic blood-soaked thriller novel It hit theaters on September 8th, its opening day box office record, devouring even Deadpool’s for an R-rated movie. As a young child, I was always fascinated by book’s like King’s. It follows seven kids in the Losers Club as they try and thwart an evil clown-sha...