On April 10th, astronomers announced that they were able to capture a picture of a black hole. A black hole is a body with intense gravity where nothing can escape it, not even light. Thus, capturing an image of the hole was of extreme difficulty and...
On Wednesday, February 27th, Michael Cohen, Trump’s former personal attorney, provide an open-doors testimony to Congress. The whole ordeal seemed to be fighting fire against fire. During the testimony, Cohen provided physical evidence to support his...
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...
For the longest time students have had to take 9 SOL’s in order to receive their nine credits to graduate. The SOL stands for standard of learning exam, which means it is testing standard knowledge the student learned for that respective class. Not...
Our phones are undoubtedly the most important technology we depend on. Their design continues to get thinner and their processing power continues to increase, but the data service that connects them to the internet must also be progressed. Current data...
The season of presidential campaigns for the upcoming 2020 elections is nearing and as of now, there are already a superfluous amount of Democrats running for President or considering it, and only a handful of Republicans who have announced that they...
Known as the melting pot of the world, America as a country has many different and distinct cultures and ethnicities. Especially in our home of Northern Virginia, representation from other countries is at the highest it has ever been. Now, that statistic...
Last week was National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, started by the National Eating Disorder Association to bring awareness to different types of eating disorders. Eating disorders aren’t commonly talked about in schools, and are only brought up briefly...
Airbnb’s success in its field has been unparalleled. Started as a way to make rent money by two struggling roommates, it has grown into a gigantic business worth well over $31 billion. It’s among of a new wave of hospitality apps with Uber, Lyft,...
Shamima Begum left the UK for Syria when she was 15. She quickly married Dutchman and ISIS fighter Yago Riedijk. Together, they had three children. Only one remains, and, now, Shamima wants to come home. There is one problem, though. Begum has no legal...
Spring sports, such as lacrosse have started. Oakton spring sports tryouts started the week of Presidents Day and some tryouts are still ongoing due to weather delays. Many people attended the spring tryouts including those who are new to the school as...
China’s Communist Party has long been subject to western criticisms of human rights abuses. From the party’s widely-covered suppression of internet freedom to off-the-record torture cases in ‘black jails,’ or extralegal prisons that house political...
