It was the day after Halloween, the leaves on the trees were almost gone, and you could feel in the air the transition from warm autumn activities to ones of more wintry spirit. November 1st, a day that is usually a time when we begin to see Christmas...
A group of tutors from the Oakton Center for Collaborative Learning attended a tutoring conference at George Mason University on Friday, Nov. 11. CAPTA (Capital Area Peer Tutoring Association), a nonprofit tutoring organization, hosted the conference....
A new president has been elected and will take office come January 20th. He will have many challenges to confront; terrorism, crime, immigration, and healthcare just to name a few. As Oakton students, the issue that affects us the most will be education....
The nation is still in shock from Tuesday night’s election results. Leading up, most major news outlets made it seem as if Hillary Clinton had already won the election. Little did they know that on November 9, 2016, Donald Trump would surpass 270 electoral...
I walk into the journalism room ready to start my work day. The bell to start the period won’t ring for another 2 minutes, but I figure I’ll get an early start on the day. Our news cycle for the most recent issue of the school paper had just ended,...
SafeTrack is the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority program's (WMATA) massive repair program that launched in June to expand maintenance time on weeknights, weekends, and midday hours, thereby significantly impacting rush hour commutes.
SafeTrack...
The national debate on transgender issues always seems to die down until the next inevitable inflammation, or otherwise, controversial comment or policy is proposed. But that doesn’t mean that the issue hasn’t made great strides locally in the past...
Monday’s presidential debate set records across the board, attracting as many as 100 million viewers to the rhetorical brawl.
Observers across the country critiqued the two candidates from their social media platforms, and as Oakton students tried...
Whether it be building walls along the border or exposing private emails, this year’s presidential election has not been a stranger to drama and scandal. However, just recently the spotlight has been shifted onto another major topic - the health of...
On the night of Saturday, Sept. 17 at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax, an event called “Finding Common Ground” took place, whose focus was to bring gun owners and non-gun owners (both congregation members and members of other congregations)...
Throughout the last couple of months, Russian hackers have been suspected of creating chaos all over the world. Since the mid-2000s, there have been politically motivated attacks against the United States. Russia's first target this year was the...
Former Republican Politician Dennis Hastert served as house speaker from 1999 to 2007. Now, Hastert is set to serve 15 months in federal prison and two years of supervised release. His official indictment states that he is being arrested for...
