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Black Christmas Movies often display acts of colorism. Featuring a lighter complexed cast over more deeply melanated actors and actresses. This is typical in females over males. Where the females would be casted lighter, because they are seem as more attractive.

Red, Green, Bright, and Merry: The colorism problem in Christmas movies

by Maya Apau, Editor in Chief December 23, 2020

All is merry & BRIGHT. Each year during the holiday season, networks and streaming services roll out the typical Christmas love stories and dramas with couples in red and green. . . white couples...

Election 2020: Biden and Harris are tickets confirmed winners.

2020 Presidential Election: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris gives hope for a bright future

by Lexli Nicholas and Maya Apau December 22, 2020

The Electoral College confirmed on December 14, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the United States' next President and Vice President. On Election Day, Democratic popular votes surpassed the Republican...

5 year old Emily McNally plays in the snow on her day off.

New protocol for snow days leaves me to watch my childhood flurry away

by Emily McNally, Managing Editor December 18, 2020

I remember the excitement of waking up to see schools are closed because of the snow. And I remember trying to add luck to canceling school the night before.  December Forecast: Chance of snow, ice...

Yard signs show support for Joe Biden

Joe Biden promises a better future for Gen-Z

by Lexli Nicholas, Reporter December 17, 2020

Although the election is over, almost half of the population voted for Donald Trump. The other half was hoping for Biden. Now that it's been announced that Biden won many people, including president Trump...

Is 80 minutes too much time to be in virtual class or just enough?

Long Google Meets: Do they crush or help student learning?

by Emily Lotito, Managing Editor November 30, 2020

Burning eyes, stiff neck, and wandering attention. Eighty minutes can seem like five hours when students are in a Google Meet. While sixty minute Meets were do-able, 80 minutes is too long. Frederick...

The Electoral College, give the vote back to the people.

Undemocratic, Outdated, Useless: The Electoral College must go

by Emily McNally, Managing Editor November 26, 2020

If you are old enough to vote in the presidential election, you probably think that you’re voting for the president directly. Heads up: the people don’t elect the president: it’s the Electoral College...

Jenny McCoy uses The Covid Risk app to see the risk of having a covid friendly Thanksgiving.

My Covid Risk App: Lower your risk one click at a time

by Rachel McCoy, Managing Editor November 24, 2020

Let's face reality. Every time you step outside of your house, you are putting yourself at risk for exposure to Covid-19. We need to be smarter to stop the spread.  As Governor Hogan of Maryland recently...

My bitmoji standing at the outside of the poll site where they have a sign for election workers needed.

Election 2020: No easy money being an election judge

by Rachel McCoy, Managing Editor November 18, 2020

On Nov 3, 2020, more than 3,000 citizens voted at my polling location. This election was under extraordinary circumstances, with Covid-19, but, as a first-time poll worker,  I (and my fellow volunteers)...

Snow days are school days in our future educational world.

A smaller, kinder future for education: 5 ways school will change forever

by Collin Grover, Reporter November 5, 2020

Everyone expects to "return to normal" at school after there's a vaccine and the dangers of the pandemic are past.  Consider this.  Virtual school has permanently changed the way we learn, especially...

Unlike the rest of my peers, Id rather stay at home online than go back to in-person education.

Why I’ll be staying virtual when school’s back in person

by Joshua Todd, Editor November 2, 2020

This is my senior year: my final year of high school. It’s supposed to be filled with school dances, extracurricular activities, senior pranks, and a dreaded case of senioritis. Instead of that, however,...

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