Climate change takes a turn for the extreme
Wendy Gao, Staff Writer
October 23, 2018
Filed under Local News, National News, News, Web exclusive
It seems as though recent headlines are flooded with stories about tropical storm activity, the latest hurricane death toll, how to be prepared for inclement weather, evacuation warnings, and the bleak storm season ahead. Last year, the Atlantic basin saw 17 named tropical storms, 10 hurricanes, 6 of...
Atlanta Now Ranks as the City in America With the Highest Income Disparity
Connor Maloney, Staff Writer
October 23, 2018
Filed under National News
Atlanta now ranks as the city in America with the highest income inequality. This study comes from Bloomberg, who defined large cities as cities with over 250,000 people living in them based on the U.S. Census Bureau. Two of the largest causes of this income inequality include the high...
Therapy Dogs at Oakton
Asher Tankel, Staff Writer
October 23, 2018
Filed under News, Oakton News
Have you ever wanted to meet a therapy dog? If the answer is yes, come to the cafeteria after school on Wednesday, October 24th to meet some local therapy dogs. Students will get a chance to meet the dogs and play with them. This is a great opportunity for students to relieve stress, as it has been ...
Techtober Continues
Brendan Bellingham, Staff Writer
October 23, 2018
Filed under News
The time of the year referred to as Techtober is when smartphone manufacturers push out their latest flagships before the holiday season hits. With the iPhone keynote announcing the new iPhone in September, and Google unveiling it’s latest Pixel device in October, the kings of the industry have made...
Crimea Attack in Kerch
Sahithi Jammulamadaka, Editorial Board
October 21, 2018
Filed under News, World News
Twenty people, majority college student are confirmed dead after a student went on a shooting spree and detonated a bomb at a college in Crimea, state-run Russian news agency TASS reported Thursday. The suspected perpetrator who Russian officials have identified as Vladislav Roslyakov shot himself at...
Kanye West’s Trip to the White House
Aubrey Harrell, Staff Writer
October 18, 2018
Filed under News
Although 2018 is almost over, its trend of providing us with unpredictable and almost unbelievable events continues. The most recent one being Kanye West, armed with a “make America great again” hat, going to the oval office and delivering a lengthy monologue to the president following the signing...
A violation of sovereignty
Jake Neuffer, Editor-in-Chief
October 17, 2018
Filed under News, World News
Jamal Khashoggi was a well-known Saudi born journalist. He often worked with the Saudi government, acting as a of mouthpiece for the royal family. But, his sympathy for the West made him a uniquely independant voice in the cohort of Saudi spokespeople. This made him well liked among the journalistic an...
Woman calls police on man for babysitting kids.
Amira Bashir, Writer
October 17, 2018
Corey Lewis, 27, who runs a youth mentorship program in Marietta, Georgia was babysitting two white kids on Sunday, one who attends Lewis’s afterschool program, took them out to Subway™, to get something to eat. When they were finished eating Lewis walked with the two children to ...
Teenage Trick-or-Treaters
Pari Abdollahi, Staff Writer
October 17, 2018
Filed under Local News, National News
Halloween is here and people are getting ready for it. Many have started decorating their houses and buying candy for the kids that will be going trick-or-treating. However, no candy for teenagers. A lot of people think that teens are too old for trick-or-treating and in fact, some have taken drasti...
Saudi Arabian Journalist Disappearance
Portia Dai, Staff Writer
October 17, 2018
Filed under National News, News, World News
A Saudi Arabian journalist went missing two weeks ago on October 2nd and it is now speculated that he was murdered. Turkish officials have investigated the situation and say that Jamal Khashoggi entered a building to conduct an interrogation and that there was no evidence that he left the buildin...
The Causes & Consequences of Young Adults Not Voting
Andres Gonzalez, Staff Writer
October 17, 2018
Filed under National News, News
One of most important aspects of the U.S. is the fact that it is democratic republic, a form of government that functions on the principles from a democracy and republic. Because of this, voting is an essential part of America since it gives people the opportunity not only to influence their own liv...
The Debate Season Commences
Riya Jain, Editorial Board
October 17, 2018
Filed under Feature, News, Oakton News, Oakton students
With debate season beginning this month, the Oakton debate team had a great start at the first tournament of the year. The Public Forum debate team had two varsity teams leave the Georgetown tournament with outstanding records of 5-1 and 4-2. The captain of the Public Forum debate team, Lawrence Zhu...
