With the popular winter holidays approaching, many are hoping for some snowfall to make the season special. Virginia weather is hard to predict because of the diverse landscapes and above average sea-level. However, meteorologists predict that Virginians...
On November 16, 2022, the Artemis rocket (a next-generation space capsule) launched from NASA's Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida at 1:47 am. Artemis was sent to the moon. This rocket’s purpose is to see if it can...
Tragedy struck the University of Virginia Charlottesville campus on November 13th after a school field trip. A student by the name of Christopher Darnell Jones Jr, shot several students leaving three dead and several injured. According to CBS News, the...
On October 28, 2022, Elon Musk officially bought Twitter for 44 billion dollars. Musk is now known as the richest man on Earth and the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX. Now, he is also known as the CEO of Twitter, or as he named himself in his Twitter profile...
What’s going on in Parkland?
On 2/14/2018, one of the most deadly high school shootings took place in Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. There were reports of 17 deaths and 17 injured in Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The gunman,...
Clare Lincoln, Opinion/Design Editor
| September 18, 2022
What is the James Webb Telescope?
The James Webb Telescope has recently been spoken about all over the news, but what exactly is it and how does it work? To begin, the telescope is about as tall as a three-story building and as wide as a tennis court....
Oakton’s Current Hall Pass Policy
The current hall-pass policy at Oakton has been the subject of much controversy. While it is clearly more strict than previous years, there are many reasons why it has proven inefficient for our...
What is Polio and when did it first originate?
One of the most deadly and infectious diseases to ever hit the U.S, Polio may be back. Though it was thought to have been eradicated around forty years ago in the United States, an unvaccinated person...
January 6th 2021. On this day in history, Trump claimed the opposite of what was concluded by congress and the voting process, prompting hundreds of his supporters to barrel down to the capitol to “fight like hell” for their victory. Together, they...
On September 7, 2022, a new exoplanet (now named LP 890-9b) was discovered by NASA's satellite. LP 890-9b is estimated to be 30% larger than Earth and orbits the sun in 2.7 days. Utilizing Speculoos telescopes in Spain and Chile, Uliège researchers investigated...
The sovereignty of Taiwan is a heavily contested topic. But ever since its inception in 1949, many of the world’s countries have become reliant on Taiwanese industries, especially the microchip production industry. The People’s Republic of China,...
