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NASA Mars Perseverance rover has successfully landed on the red planet

NASA Mars Perseverance rover has successfully landed on the red planet

Rania Shah, Editorial Board | March 10, 2021

NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover securely settled on the red planet at 3:55 p.m. on February 18, 2021 after the 292.5 million-mile expedition from Earth. The spacecraft returned a high-definition glimpse of the rover's shadow upon the surface of...

Why Everyone Should Take The Race IAT at Least Once in Their Life

Claudia Messina, Editor in Chief | March 9, 2021

This summer citizens across the world witnessed and participated in a powerful demonstration of civil rights in America. The Black Lives Matter Movement inspired many people of this country and called for immediate reform of several institutions to make...

Small Business, Big Pandemic

Charlie Williams, Editorial Board | January 19, 2021

  Image courtesy of Mike Petrucci on Unsplash The start of COVID-19 saw a multitude of closures, from schools to workplaces, sweep through America, and no industry was hit harder than small businesses. These local businesses, so long acting as the...

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Croatia’s first earthquake in over a century

Veronica Preaskorn, Editor in Chief | January 17, 2021

Over one hundred years after their last deadly and damaging earthquake, Croatia was struck with a 4.4 magnitude earthquake. According to UNICEF situation reports, 8 people have been killed, 36 injured, and 30 pulled from the rubble. The Croatian Government...

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What the Capital riot means for the new Congress and the Biden administration

Anna Allred, Staff Writer | January 14, 2021
The ramifications of Wednesday’s assault on the Capital will no doubt be far-reaching, particularly for the new Congress, already sworn in, and President-Elect Biden, whose inauguration is on the 20th. 
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The Future Musicians Club

Harriet Limkin, Staff Writer | January 14, 2021

While the music and arts are a thriving community at Oakton through band, chorus, and orchestra courses, there hasn’t really been a place for musicians to connect outside of taking a class. Music classes at Oakton can be fun and rewarding, however at...

United Kingdom Second Lockdown Due to Covid Mutation

Emma Dennis, Staff Writer | January 14, 2021

Hospital Mania The United Kingdom unfortunately received a second wave of the Coronavirus recently. Not only does it have several new characteristics than the previous outbreak, it seems to have brought more people into the Emergency Room in such a...

Operation Warp Speed

Lucy Holt, Editorial Board | January 14, 2021

At this rate, Operation Warp Speed, a partnership led by Vice-President Mike Pence made to combat rising Covid-19 cases in the country, would take 10 years to overtake the unfaltering spread of Covid-19 in the U.S. Out of the 29 million doses of the vaccine...

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New Coronavirus Strains

Serena Hirani, Staff Writer | January 14, 2021

Like any other naturally forming product in this world, the coronavirus is not perfect. Over time, genetic mistakes are bound to be made, leading to new mutations in the virus itself. According to Pfizer, however, it seems that COVID-19 mutates almost...

Trump's response when Pence told him that he can't do anything about the votes

Trump Social Media Ban and Investigation

Kaleb Steele, Sports Editor | January 14, 2021

President Donald J Trump was holding a rally outside of the White House. Donald J Trump first said to his crowd, “We will stop the steal!” He continued to say, “We will never give up, we will never concede.” “We won it by a landslide,” he...

A timeline of the Capitol riots

Addison Becker, Staff Writer | January 13, 2021

On January 6, 2021, rioters stormed the nation's Capitol in DC. Here's a breakdown of how these events transpired. 

The Chronology of the Insurrection

January 13, 2021

“Be there, will be wild." On January 6, several thousands of protestors gathered at Freedom Plaza for the third major protest in D.C. since President Trump lost to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. And with raging fire, fueled by a Twitter invitation...

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