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Oakton Outlook

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Missouri Moms Inspiring Battle with Deadly Infection

Missouri Mom’s Inspiring Battle with Deadly Infection

Asher Tankel | June 4, 2019

A mom from Missouri has had all ten toes and her right hand amputated after a deadly sepsis infection ravaged her body. The 32 year old, Rachael Acuff, first was alarmed after noticing blood in her urine in June 2018. After she was sedated at the hospital,...

Poverty’s Adverse Effect on Education

Jacob Rutzick, Staff Writer | May 30, 2019

Kids in poor communities, such as San Perleta, Texas and North Bolivar, Mississippi, often do not receive proper education from their local public schools, leaving them in a life-long cycle of poverty. A proper education is defined as education that fully...

Archaic Sex Ed Policies are Just Another Symptom of Heteronormativity

Emily Bach | May 26, 2019

  The term “sex” was first introduced to me in seventh grade. My teacher defined it as “sexual contact between two individuals involving penetration,” which to me, seemed like an appropriate phrase to define the topic I found utterly uninteresting....

The Clippers’ miracle season

May 10, 2019

As of right now, the teams in the NBA Playoffs that are still standing are battling hard, with each series between them being decided by razor-thin margins and late-game heroics. Players like the virtuoso playmaking center Nikola Jokic, deadly scorer...

What’s Up With the Royals?

Genevieve Bavisotto, Staff Writer | May 6, 2019

    On April 27, 2019, Daily Mail released a story about Prince William cheating on Princess Catherine. While this rumor has not been confirmed, it has been traveling its way around the media rapidly. This rumor started around March, when...

The Psychological Side of Sports

Will Locklin, Staff Writer | May 6, 2019

Aaron Hernandez, a former American football player for the Patriots, dealt with mental health issues his whole career.  In 2014, he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Four years later, he chooses to kill himself because of mental...

Burger King Prepares to Launch “Impossible Burger”

Connor Maloney, Staff Writer | April 30, 2019

   Burger King recently announced that the “Impossible Whopper”, a version of their classic Whopper burger made without any meat. It will be made available nationwide after the burger’s successful test runs in St. Louis. The restaurant chain released...

Stanley Cup Playoffs

Genevieve Bavisotto, Staff Writer | April 30, 2019

It’s almost summer which means it’s time for the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. Last year the Washington Capitals pulled out an amazing win against the Las Vegas Golden Knights. They won five games out of the seven-game series.   This round the Tampa...

Samsung Galaxy Fold Delay

Will Locklin, Staff Writer | April 28, 2019

The Samsung Galaxy Fold is the latest phone release from Samsung and it looks to change the phone industry forever.  The device was unveiled on February 20, 2019, at Samsung's yearly conference where they release information on their upcoming products....

Welcome back, The Old Taylor: ME! Single Review

Welcome back, The Old Taylor: “ME!” Single Review

Emily Richardson, Editorial Board | April 28, 2019

Apparently, The Old Taylor can come to the phone right now. Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie's "ME!" reminds fans of the bubbly pop that was once Taylor's calling card. Swift's most recent album, Reputation, was indisputably out of her typical style....

Crispr Approved for Clinical Trials

Veronica Preaskorn, Editor in Chief | April 26, 2019

CRISPR was recently cleared for cancer treatment trials. For those who don’t know, CRISPR stands for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat. It’s a genetic engineering tool used to edit base pairs of a gene. It can be used for editing...

Billie Eilish On Ellen

Genevieve Bavisotto, Staff Writer | April 22, 2019

On March 27th of this year, a clip was released of Billie Eilish on Ellen. In the clip, Billie was talking about how she always loved Justin Bieber and she really wanted to meet him. After joking back and forth about meeting Justin Bieber, a mysterious...

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