United Airlines just had their most recent horror in a recent string of bad luck procured by the Airline company. On March 14, 2018, a 10 month old French Bulldog was carelessly shoved into an overhead bin like baggage where it died later on the three-hour...
Below are a few helpful tips and tricks for furthering your impact in the activist community!
Reach out to your lawmakers - Most politicians are willing to meet with young people if you have a record of reaching out to them and a valid reason...
The March for Our Lives has undeniably beckoned a new era in teenage activism. Protests are gradually becoming integrated into pop culture, and are bringing with them a number of teenagers that are ready to get involved. But breaking into the activist...
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 an erectile dysfunction, has...
On Wednesday, Mar. 14, the students at Oakton and all across the nation got up and walked out of class to protest the National Rifle Association, or NRA, and to show our condolences for the victims of the Parkland shooting. This walkout was the second...
Ishika Jain, Editorial Board Member
| March 23, 2018
For many people, Toys “R” Us was their childhood heaven. It was a world where they could find anything and everything they wanted with the infinite amount of toys towering over them. Sadly, all good things come to an end. Toys “R” Us announced...
Though Oakton is known for sporting an impressive resume of clubs, particularly ones related to volunteering, over time a few have begun to stand out from the crowd. Spread a Smile, a club founded by sophomores Maya Benson and Kirsten Clements, centers...
Probably one of the most highly anticipated movies of 2018, dropped last week, and the record were crazy. It earned $370.5 Million in the first two days of it’s release! The question many may ask, is was it worth all the hype? “It should have had...
As 2017 drew to close and the Billboard 200 chart was released to the public, a particular thing about it stuck out: Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. was the highest-selling album of 2017. Lamar is regarded as one of the greatest rapper alive and even one...
In the age of new technology, we’re always looking at screens and holding a phone in our hand. Since having personal phones has become the norm, the way we use them has morphed into an entire aspect of our personalities. Taking one look at someone’s...
If you think of two veteran names playing in Major League Baseball, you may think of the icons of the game that have the most World Series rings. However, for true fans of the game, no matter the number of rings, players such as Evan Longoria and Andrew...
“Kevin durant has become the youngest player to hit 20,000 career points!” “LeBron James is playing the best basketball of his career right now!” “Steph Curry is back to his MVP self!” “The Boston Celtics are still one of the best in East!”
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