Aubrey Harrell, Staff Writer
February 23, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Politics
None of us are strangers to school drills. Since kindergarten, the protocols designed to protect us in event of immense danger have been ingrained into our heads. In light of recent events in Parkland, Florida however, drills, more s...
Clare Sparling, Staff Writer
February 23, 2018
Filed under National News, Oakton News, Oakton students, Politics
The deadly shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School has shaken the nation to its core. Yet despite the horrors that have occurred, the students of Stoneman Douglas have risen up in the face of adversity and are ready to tackle the issue of gun control. Students such as Emma Gonzale...
Sahithi Jammulamadaka, Editorial Board
January 25, 2018
Filed under National News, Politics
Congress brought an end to the three-day government shutdown on Monday, January 21st as Democrats of the Senate scrambled to fund a short-term spending bill to fund government operations without addressing the fate of the youn...
January 17, 2018
January 15, 2018
Katie Thompson, Editorial Board Member
December 14, 2017
Filed under National News, News, Politics, Web exclusive
This past Monday, President Donald Trump announced that NASA’s new goal would be to return NASA astronauts to the moon and then Mars. The point of this announcement was to “refocus America’s Space program on human exploration...
Ashley Shepard, Staff Writer
November 14, 2017
Filed under Opinion, Politics
In 2016, November 8 was one of the hardest days of most americans lives. It sent a lot of America into a post-election depression. However this year, for most Virginians November 8 looked quite different. On November 7 Virginia had a gu...
October 19, 2017
Ashley Shepard, Staff Writer
October 19, 2017
Filed under Local News, Politics
This November, Danica Roem is hoping to make history as the first openly transgender politician in Virginia. Roem is an American journalist and politician from Northern Virginia. She was born in Prince William County where s...
Ashley Shepard, Staff Writer
October 15, 2017
Filed under Opinion, Politics, Web exclusive
As many people know, the Virginia Gubernatorial election is coming up this November. However, not many Virginians know what is at stake with this election. The candidates from all major parties are on very opposite ends of th...
May 30, 2017
Theo Meale, Journalist
May 15, 2017
Filed under Opinion, Politics
Just over a hundred days into President Donald Trump’s administration as his approval ratings hit a historic low, journalists and Democrats alike start to wonder if the Democrats can retake the Senate in 2018 given that they...
