October 9, 2018
Wendy Gao, Staff Writer
October 9, 2018
Filed under Local News, National News, News, Politics, Web exclusive
For the class of 2019 at Oakton, being a senior brings a number of new privileges. Senior privileges entail leaving school five minutes early on Fridays, going to the cafeteria for Cougar Time, standing at the front of the bleach...
Jacob Rutzick, Staff Writer
October 9, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Politics
Brett Kavanaugh was finally confirmed and sworn in on Saturday, which marks the end of the liberal witch hunt to prevent Kavanaugh from voting on the abortion issue. As this whole process comes to end, it is important to look...
Sahithi Jammulamadaka, Editorial Board
October 9, 2018
Filed under National News, News, Politics
USMCA, the new NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), is the United States Mexico and Canada trade agreement. According to Trump, NAFTA was “the worst trade deal maybe ever signed anywhere” and turned it into “a...
Jacob Rutzick, Staff Writer
September 18, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Politics
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Abortion is a very hot topic in the modern political sphere. Some people will say abortion should be acceptable at any point during a pregnancy. This is the official position in the democratic political platform, and it is disturbing. Abo...
aubrey harrell, Staff Writer
April 23, 2018
Filed under National News, Politics
On March 24, thousands from all over the United States came together in Washington DC to take a stand against gun violence. As of late, I have come to the realization that my peers and I are highly capable of making ...
Ashley Shepard, Staff Writer
April 4, 2018
Filed under Events, Feature, Politics
On March 24, the kids and families of March For Our Lives took to the streets of Washington DC to demand that their lives and safety become a priority and that we end gun violence and mass shootings in our schools. Student...
March 24, 2018
Jake Neuffer, Editor-in-Chief
March 23, 2018
Filed under Politics, Uncategorized
The threat of nuclear war hasn’t been so prominent in the national consciousness since the fall of the Berlin Wall. But Donald Trump’s tweet, where he cleverly uses the threat of nuclear war to imply that Kim Jong Un has ...
March 23, 2018
Ashley Shepard, Staff Writer
March 14, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Politics
A day after the Parkland Shooting, the CEO of the National Rifle Association (NRA), Wayne LaPierre, has already turned this tragedy into a way to pit the american people against one another. In his statement, LaPierre began to sland...
February 26, 2018
