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Oakton Outlook

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The Heart of Paris in Flames

sebastian osea | April 30, 2019

   Just recently, on Monday April 15th to be specific, a huge inferno engulfed the Notre-Dame Cathedral in France. The Cathedral, which has major civil and national significance, symbolizes the city of Paris. It is possible the cause of the fire may...

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Protests erupt in Hong Kong

Jake Neuffer, Editor-in-Chief | April 29, 2019

“Step down, Carrie Lam!” shouted protestors, challenging a new plan that would make it easier to extradite suspected criminals to the Chinese mainland, where they could be prosecuted in secretive courts. Carrie Lam, the city’s Chief Executive,...

Sri Lanka Attacks

Sri Lanka Attacks

Zoe Sauger, Editor-In-Chief | April 26, 2019

On the 21st of April, 2019, a small island in South Asia, near India was hit with a horrible terrorist attack. This terrorist attack hit Sri Lanka on Easter in multiple locations killing 253 people. The attacks consisted of six suicide bombers who were...

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Notre Dame Donations Spark Anger with Philanthropists

Payton Wozny, Editor-In-Chief | April 26, 2019

With the recent burning of the Notre Dame, a world-famous cathedral in Paris many have quickly organized funds to help with the restoration process. Although it’s a good effort, many argue that there are more pressing issues that this money could fund. According...

The Black Hole

The Black Hole

Riya Jain, Editorial Board | April 11, 2019

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...

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5G Speeds Coming to your Phone

Brendan Bellingham, Staff Writer | March 11, 2019

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...

Shamima Begum, courtesy of Al Jazeera

No Person Should be Stripped of their Citizenship – No Matter how Heinous their Crime

Jake Neuffer, Editor-in-Chief | March 6, 2019

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...

A Modern Day Holocaust: China’s Muslim Internment Camps

Emily Bach | March 2, 2019

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...

What We Know About the Kashmir Crisis

Connor Maloney, Staff Writer | March 1, 2019

   The border between India and Pakistan, particularly the Himalayan region of Kashmir, has been a cause of several conflicts between the two countries since the Partition of British India in 1947. India and Pakistan have fought three wars in the past...

Theresa May continues to deliberate on Brexit

Brexit brings more confusion

Jake Neuffer, Editor-in-Chief | January 22, 2019

Theresa May survived a no-confidence vote from her government on Wednesday, which would have forced her to resign from her position as Prime Minister. Leader of the ongoing Brexit, May’s continued leadership will see further deliberation and confusion...

Crimea Attack in Kerch

Sahithi Jammulamadaka, Editor-in-Chief | October 21, 2018

   Twenty people, majority college student are confirmed dead after a student went on a shooting spree and detonated a bomb at a college in Crimea, state-run Russian news agency TASS reported Thursday. The suspected perpetrator who Russian officials...

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A violation of sovereignty

Jake Neuffer, Editor-in-Chief | October 17, 2018

Jamal Khashoggi was a well-known Saudi born journalist. He often worked with the Saudi government, acting as a of mouthpiece for the royal family. But, his sympathy for the West made him a uniquely independant voice in the cohort of Saudi spokespeople....

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