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Oakton Outlook

The student news site of Oakton High School

Oakton Outlook

The student news site of Oakton High School

Oakton Outlook

Zoe Sauger, Editor-In-Chief

Hi! I'm Zoe and am a senior at Oakton High School. I have been on the Outlook since my freshman year and am so excited to be an editor-in-chief this year. I am on Oakton's Cross Country and Track team and love to do anything athletic. I love to write stories about either politics or news and occasionally A&E.

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Is The 'Tampon Tax' and argument of gender inequality or economics?

Is The ‘Tampon Tax’ and argument of gender inequality or economics?

Zoe Sauger, Editor-In-Chief | January 14, 2021

Over the centuries women have fought long and hard to omit gender inequalities in every aspect of our lives. The suffragette movement brought about the right to vote, one of the biggest achievements for...

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Enola Holmes Review

Zoe Sauger, Editor-In-Chief | October 22, 2020

Enola Holmes is a movie that was recently put out on Netflix. It stars Millie Bobbie Brown, Helena Bonham Carter, Henry Cavill, and many other well know actors. The movie follows the main character, Enola,...

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Covid Has Hit the White House

Zoe Sauger, Editor-In-Chief | October 8, 2020

President Trump and First Lady, Melania Trump, contracted the covid-19 virus on October 2nd. The president quickly went to the Walter Reed Medical Center, and stayed in the presidential suite, or a mini...

All About Community Service

Zoe Sauger, Editor-In-Chief | January 14, 2020

Most students at Oakton High School strive to complete the required forty hours of community service for the advanced diploma along with extra hours for any honor societies they are in. At first forty...

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“Fine Line” Review

Zoe Sauger, Editor-In-Chief | December 15, 2019

One direction no longer exists, and Harry Styles has proven this by releasing an album that not only pushes limits, but takes the listener into a world that feels nothing like a teenage love song. The...

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The World is Ending, the Star Wars Plot was Leaked

Zoe Sauger, Editor-In-Chief | October 31, 2019

Star Wars. A meaningful term to many fans who have grown up watching the films, reading the books, and fantasizing about the fictional world. The new movie, Rise of Skywalker is supposed to be the last...

The Summer of a Lifetime

Zoe Sauger, Editor-In-Chief | September 15, 2019

The summer is a time for wild adventures, new memories, and gaining new experiences. Some students at Oakton had a packed summer, from going to camp to interning to going on a family vacation. Learn about...

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...

SOL is taking a turn

Zoe Sauger, Editor-In-Chief | March 11, 2019

For the longest time students have had to take 9 SOL’s in order to receive their nine credits to graduate. The SOL stands for standard of learning exam, which means it is testing standard knowledge the...

Healthy Eating? No Thanks

Healthy Eating? No Thanks

Zoe Sauger, Editor-In-Chief | March 4, 2019

Healthy eating isn’t a new idea to most people. The average person tries to eat healthy and live a healthy lifestyle… for the most part. However, many high schoolers tend to not eat nutritionally balanced...

How to Live Zero Waste

How to Live Zero Waste

Zoe Sauger, Editor-In-Chief | January 18, 2019

A zero-waste life… mmm seems too hard. Well, not actually, a zero-waste lifestyle becomes easy once you get started, but the key words are getting started, and that can be challenging. Like anything...

What is Cheese?

What is Cheese?

Zoe Sauger, Editor-In-Chief | October 17, 2018

Cheese. Some people love it, and some people may hate it. Cheese has always been a staple in people's diet, especially in Europe which transferred over to America during colonization. There is also a lot...

Flu Shots?

Zoe Sauger, Editor-In-Chief | October 8, 2018

So let’s talk about flu vaccines. Every year the media tells us whether or not we should get them. Some people are in favor for the shot and some are very against it. In my personal experience, it is...

Places to Eat in Vienna

Zoe Sauger, Editor-In-Chief | April 12, 2018

Everyone loves food. However, it can sometimes be difficult to find the trendy places you see on Instagram or Twitter. And, even if you do find them, they might not have good food. So, I tried to find...

Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking

Zoe Sauger, Editor-In-Chief | March 24, 2018

On March 14, 2018 Stephen Hawking passed away. He was seventy-six years old, which is a long life considering he was sick for most of it. In 1963, Hawking was diagnosed with a form of contracted motor...

Tennis Without a Court

Zoe Sauger, Editor-In-Chief | February 27, 2018

The tennis team’s court was taken away from them so the school could build Cougar Towne. Though, the team is not disappearing, they had to find a new place to practice. The team’s coaches decided on...

How Oakton Gymnastics is Preparing for Districts

How Oakton Gymnastics is Preparing for Districts

Zoe Sauger, Editor-In-Chief | January 25, 2018

A lot of people do not understand what high school gymnastics is. It is completely different from what you saw Simone Biles do at the Olympics. To begin with, high school gymnastics has a diverse mix of...

Figure Skating Nationals a Bust for Ashley Wagner?

Figure Skating Nationals a Bust for Ashley Wagner?

Zoe Sauger, Editor-In-Chief | January 17, 2018

On February 8th, 2018 the Winter Olympic Games will begin in South Korea. USA picks the individual figure skaters that will go to the games at Nationals. Typically, the top three finishers go and compete...

Oh mother-in-law

Oh mother-in-law

Zoe Sauger, Editor-In-Chief | December 14, 2017

Top Tips: The holidays are not about you The holidays are about being nice to everyone. So, even if someone is not being nice to you, be nice anyway. The season is all about giving and being...

WONDER how good this new movie is?

WONDER how good this new movie is?

Zoe Sauger, Editor-In-Chief | November 22, 2017

Wonder was originally a book by R.J. Palacio. Many people read this book for school and immediately fell in love with it. It is about a boy named Auggie; Auggie has a facial distortion and the book goes...

The Dark Side of Thanksgiving

The Dark Side of Thanksgiving

Zoe Sauger, Editor-In-Chief | November 14, 2017

Thanksgiving has been an American tradition since the Plymouth pilgrims and the Indians shared an autumn feast in 1621. They spent three days celebrating the first successful harvest. This feast soon became...

Las Vegas Shooting

Las Vegas Shooting

Zoe Sauger, Editor-In-Chief | October 13, 2017

  One person can kill fifty-nine people and injure more than five hundred people in only eleven minutes. The Las Vegas mass shooting was a devastating event. It was unexpected and hard to believe this...

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