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The student news site of Oakton High School

Oakton Outlook

The student news site of Oakton High School

Oakton Outlook

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DIY Dog Halloween Costumes

Maddie Flickinger, Staff Writer | October 17, 2018

Halloween is just around the corner, and for the dog lovers in Oakton, time is running out to find the perfect costume for your pooch. Don’t worry if you haven’t found the costume fit for you and your dog. I have just the thing for you! A DIY Halloween...

The Popularity of Haunted Houses

Veronica Preaskorn, Editor in Chief | October 17, 2018

Halloween is a time for candy and costumes. It’s a time for trick-or-treating with friends and parents. For little kids, it means staying up late and eating too much candy, but for teenagers and young adults, it means parties and haunted houses. What...

The Fitting Design

Claudia Messina, Editor in Chief | October 17, 2018

It’s that time of year again where you need to start thinking about how to decorate for spooky season. Luckily, there are many things to decorate your home with that are fun to make. One of those decorations is carved pumpkins. Carving pumpkins is a...

The Death of Snapchat

The Death of Snapchat

Courtney Te, Editorial Board, Publicity Manager | October 16, 2018

Take a moment and think back to 2015—well, you probably don’t want to considering you were most likely an awkward, embarrassing middle schooler at the time, but just bear with me for a second. Odds are in 2014, you and your friends held an incredibly...

How Bout Them Apples?

How ‘Bout Them Apples?

Haley Longfellow, Editorial Board | October 11, 2018

With the essence of fall upon us, we are just beginning to be caressed with the artfully drifting leaves and chilly skies the season is adored for. Something about autumn seems to stir up a sense of magic; it winks at the promise of new beginnings and...

Cardi B Arrested

October 11, 2018

    On October 1 of this year, rapper Cardi B turned herself into the police and was charged with reckless endangerment and assault. In late August, the 25-year-old rapper, was seen in New York at a club. She was allegedly throwing heavy objects such...

Halloween costume ideas

Katie Le, Editorial Board | October 11, 2018

  Every year Halloween comes around and people dress up as anything they want, but some people have a hard time deciding what to dress up as. Halloween is coming up and you’re probably trying to figure out what you should go as. Well, here are...

Choose Your Own Adventure Story Coming to Netflix

Aubrey Harrell, Editorial Board | October 9, 2018

  A general rule in the entertainment industry is in order to maintain popularity, impressive new ideas and innovations are necessary to keep relevance. A recent example of this is Netflix, which has begun to release interactive specials. So far...

Lyrical rap vs Mumble rap

Lyrical rap vs Mumble rap

Sebastian Osea | October 9, 2018

It’s the age old debate—lyrical rappers versus mumble rappers. Many ask if rappers like Future, Desiigner and Lil Uzi Vert are mumbling or they just lack the lyrical prowess of rappers like Kendrick Lamar or J Cole. Mumble rap is undoubtedly the ultimate...

The costumes that are not silly or terrifying are outright bizarre, photo courtesy of Brands On Sale.

The History of Halloween

Andres Gonzalez, Staff Writer | October 9, 2018

Oh Halloween, what's not to like about this spine-tingling holiday? For those who live under a rock, this marvelous festivity allows for one to receive tasty treats, preferably candy, by dressing up in a costume that is either delightfully silly or nightmarishly...

The story behind Tha Carter V

October 9, 2018

A project five years in the making, Tha Carter V shows Lil Wayne in a much better state artistically and mentally than he has been recently. Due to his recent label troubles and the music he’s outputted, along with some ignorant comments about racism...

Fall DIYs

Sarah Jeffries, Staff Writer | October 9, 2018

The revolution of DIYs have taken over the nation, sweeping over social media, websites, videos, and blogs. DIYs, or Do-It-Yourselfs, are meant to be crafts or projects that you can, in fact, do yourself. Some DIYs, however, have a reputation of being...

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