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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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Intel needs more intel

Intel needs more intel

Ishika Jain, Editorial Board Member | January 17, 2018

Technology has become something that almost everyone lives with and relies on. Most people store their whole lives on their phones and if an outsider were to ever get access to someone’s device, then confidential personal information is risked being...

YouTube’s demonetization problem

YouTube’s demonetization problem

Aubrey Harrell, Editorial Board | January 17, 2018

Over the past few months, it’s apparent that the widely popular video sharing platform YouTube has experienced some tribulations regarding both its YouTubers and the website itself. One consistent problem that has been negatively affecting the website’s...

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The Toyota E-Palette: Autonomous vehicle platform like no other

Brendan Bellingham, Staff Writer | January 17, 2018

 The Consumer Electronics Show is an annual convention held in Las Vegas that provides companies with a platform to announce products. Tech journalists flock to the convention every year and geek out about the products announced for the coming year....

All You Need To Know About the 2018 Women’s March

All You Need To Know About the 2018 Women’s March

Amy Dai, Staff Writer | January 15, 2018

On January 21, 2017, a day after President Trump’s inauguration, a crowd gathered at the base of the Capitol in Washington D.C. in a peaceful protest for human rights, including women, LGBTQ, immigrant, workers’, and reproductive rights, as well as...

Private Sector Space Race?

Private Sector Space Race?

Brendan Bellingham, Staff Writer | January 10, 2018

  The race to put a man on the Moon in the 1960s was one of the most profound rivalries between two countries ever. The conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States was heavily publicized during the 1960s, before it came to a close when...

Net Neutrality, are we losing it?

Abel Berrocal, Staff Writer | December 19, 2017

    $8 a month for social media. $15 for video-streaming services like Netflix and Hulu. Add $20 more for access to online games. These are all things we can expect if on December 14th, the FCC, The commission that regulates interstate and...

Speaking Up: the #MeToo movement is changing the workplace and empowering women

Jessica Marshall, Editor-in-Chief | December 16, 2017

In recents weeks, the #MeToo movement has sparked a huge national conversation about sexual harassment in the workplace, different industries, and throughout office culture. The hashtag was created by famous actress Alyssa Milano so that women could share...

To the Moon and Back

Katie Thompson, Editorial Board Member | December 14, 2017

This past Monday, President Donald Trump announced that NASA’s new goal would be to return NASA astronauts to the moon and then Mars.  The point of this announcement was to “refocus America’s Space program on human exploration and discovery”...

Why is declaring Jerusalem the capital of Israel so controversial?

Jake Neuffer and Sahithi Jammulamadaka | December 14, 2017

What is the controversy over the city? Both Palestinians and Israelis claim Jerusalem as their political capital and sacred religious city. Their history of dispute goes all the way back to 1000 BCE when King David established Jewish control over the...

How to Find Your PSAT Scores

Olivia Garrone, Editorial Board | December 12, 2017

The PSATs. The only test that causes equal amounts of stress, excitement, and memes. It’s been so long since we’ve taken it that you may have forgotten. And that’s okay, because your score doesn’t count for anything! But if you do remember the...

Fighting the Fires

Lindsey Katsaros, Editorial Board Member | December 12, 2017

Wildfires across the state of California have already damaged an area greater than New York City and Boston combined, and there does not seem to be an end anytime soon. Although there were a total of six wildfires recorded in California last week,...

Tehama County shooting

Sahithi Jammulamadaka, Editor-in-Chief | November 25, 2017

Parents were busy dropping their kids off early Tuesday morning at Rancho Tehama Elementary School, a small school in rural Northern California, when the first shot was heard. Almost immediately, two more gunshots cracked through the morning air. Minutes...

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