This is the sixth extinction
Wendy Gao, Staff Writer
May 12, 2019
Filed under InDepth, News, Politics
This past Monday, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) released their global assessment on the current ecological state. In their report, the committee of scientists revealed the obvious - humans are, indeed, killing the Earth. Their stateme...
Is Stress Stressing You Out?
Payton Wozny, Editorial Board
May 12, 2019
Filed under InDepth
Many people are constantly looking for ways to manage their stress. Although stress affects us in many obvious ways, like causing procrastination, it actually has major effects on our physical health, so it’s critical to avoid stressors and manage unavoidable ones. With finals season swinging into ful...
How too much screen time affects your health
Aubrey Harrell, Staff Writer
May 6, 2019
Filed under InDepth
There are warnings everywhere about the dangers of technology. Starting in elementary school it’s preached to us through guidance counselors health classes that technology can be a dangerous tool used to bully and a field day for suspicious strangers to deceive impressional youths, but perhaps less discus...
Why it is impossible to be systematically racist to white people
Sally Park, Staff Writer
May 6, 2019
Racism. It’s something that occurs ever so frequently even in such a modernized, industrialized, and developed nation as America. However, as we grow as a society, the meaning behind racism seems to have been misinterpreted and twisted. Debates about reverse-racism, police brutality, and other correl...
The Stress That’s Trying to Help
claudia messina, staff writer
April 26, 2019
Filed under InDepth, Lifestyle
Every student knows or has experienced the stress related to the end of the school year. With final exams, end of year projects, AP testing, and keeping up with classes, there's a lot to stress over. On top of that, there are also the SOL’s. SOL stands for standard of learning, it is a state inst...
Has media made it easier to forget?
Courtney Te, Editorial Board
April 21, 2019
Filed under InDepth
Media has a habit of looking for the newest trends or news and forgetting about other stories they deem irrelevant. It is the age we live in—refreshing the page over and over again until something new sparks our interest. The internet has molded all of us into having short attention spans; typically...
FAQs About Starting the College Process
Olivia Garrone, Staff Writer
April 11, 2019
Filed under InDepth, Web exclusive
Questions about college cross every Oakton student’s mind. For juniors especially, the time has come to get serious. Even for sophomores and freshman thinking, it’s never too early to start researching college! If you have questions about how (and when) to start the process, have no fear. All of t...
Can you buy your way into college?
Courtney Te, Editorial Board
March 13, 2019
In the midst of college admission season comes the question of the role of meritocracy in the process. While all colleges claim that their admissions department is fair and fully based on wholistic review (let's be honest, there's no real college who would say otherwise), there have been numerous cases...
Daylight Saving…More Like Daylight Ending
Payton Wozny, Editorial Board
March 11, 2019
Filed under InDepth, National News, News
At 2:00 A.M. EST on March 10, we all time traveled. Not actually, but we set our clocks forward seemingly traveling through time. What I’m referring to is daylight saving time(DST), which is everyone’s favorite day of the year in which the entire country essentially gets one hour of jet lag withou...
Stress in High School Students
Veronica Preaskorn, Staff Writer
March 11, 2019
Filed under InDepth
Many adults look back on their high school days with fond memories and fun anecdotes, but they don’t remember how much stress is involved. As children, students are taught the 95210 rule: nine hours of sleep, five servings of fruits and vegetables, two hours or less of screen time, etc. For younge...
Why the attention surrounding the Jordyn scandal is unnecessary
Sally Park, Staff Writer
March 11, 2019
Filed under A&E, InDepth, Movies & TV, Opinion
The recent cheating scandal regarding Tristan Thompson, Khloe Kardashian, and Jordyn Woods has gained much public attention. For those who are unaware, Tristan Thompson was engaged with Khloe Kardashian, however, he allegedly cheated on her with Khloe’s sister’s best friend, Jordyn Woods. This web ...
The Student Agenda
Payton Wozny, Editorial Board
March 1, 2019
Filed under InDepth
High school is a very competitive environment with students all battling for, seemingly, the same thing; colleges. Although there are schools for everyone, students still feel immense pressure to take on extra curriculars and difficult classes to do anything that will set them apart from the rest of...
