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The student news site of Oakton High School

Oakton Outlook

The student news site of Oakton High School

Oakton Outlook

Jake Neuffer

Jake Neuffer, Editor-in-Chief

I’m Jake Neuffer, the 2018-2019 Outlook Editor in Chief. I try to write about politics, international relations, and culture whenever I can. I write about these things whenever I can, because these are the issues that I feel affect the most people. I also participate in political advocacy, Model UN, and am a captain on the Speech team. As this years Editor in Chief, I feel ready to redesign the Outlook and change it for the better.

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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, courtesy of Slate

President Refuses to Release Tax Returns

Jake Neuffer, Editor-in-Chief | May 7, 2019

On Monday, the Treasury Department announced that it would not be handing over President Trump’s tax returns to Congress. The announcement came after weeks of fretting from Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin...

Courtesy of Euronews

Protests erupt in Hong Kong

Jake Neuffer, Editor-in-Chief | April 29, 2019

“Step down, Carrie Lam!” shouted protestors, challenging a new plan that would make it easier to extradite suspected criminals to the Chinese mainland, where they could be prosecuted in secretive courts....

Mayor Pete Buttigieg, courtesy of the Washington Post

Pete Buttigieg enjoys meteoric rise among Democrats

Jake Neuffer, Editor-in-Chief | April 16, 2019

“It could never happen,” said political commentators in 2008, when Obama first ran for President. “American isn’t ready for a black President,” they said. Clearly they were wrong. In 2019, Democrats...

Courtesy of USA Today

Joe Biden Should Not Run for President

Jake Neuffer, Editor-in-Chief | March 14, 2019

Joe Biden has not announced candidacy, but it sure looks like he will in the coming weeks. At a speech, crowd members chanted, “Run Joe run!,” to which he responded, "Save it a little longer; I may...

Shamima Begum, courtesy of Al Jazeera

No Person Should be Stripped of their Citizenship – No Matter how Heinous their Crime

Jake Neuffer, Editor-in-Chief | March 6, 2019

Shamima Begum left the UK for Syria when she was 15. She quickly married Dutchman and ISIS fighter Yago Riedijk. Together, they had three children. Only one remains, and, now, Shamima wants to come home....

Theresa May continues to deliberate on Brexit

Brexit brings more confusion

Jake Neuffer, Editor-in-Chief | January 22, 2019

Theresa May survived a no-confidence vote from her government on Wednesday, which would have forced her to resign from her position as Prime Minister. Leader of the ongoing Brexit, May’s continued leadership...

Istanbul, Turkey. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia.

A violation of sovereignty

Jake Neuffer, Editor-in-Chief | October 17, 2018

Jamal Khashoggi was a well-known Saudi born journalist. He often worked with the Saudi government, acting as a of mouthpiece for the royal family. But, his sympathy for the West made him a uniquely independant...

Students at Columbia University in New York City protest the Kavanaugh nomination

The Republicans now control all branches of the US government

Jake Neuffer, Editor-in-Chief | October 9, 2018

On Saturday, October 6, Republicans successfully voted Brett Kavanaugh in to the Supreme Court of the United States. The confirmation passed after a dramatic week of theatrics and hearings, much of it...

Nukes aren’t terrible

Jake Neuffer, Editor-in-Chief | March 23, 2018

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...

Why are we so friendly

Why are we so friendly

Jake Neuffer, Editor-in-Chief | February 27, 2018

Imagine this: you're walking down the street with your earbuds in. You’re in the zone, thinking about all the things you have to do today. Suddenly, walking towards you on the same side of the sidewalk,...

Stop being surprised when Trump says something terrible

Stop being surprised when Trump says something terrible

Jake Neuffer, Editor-in-Chief | January 17, 2018

On Thursday, January 11, Donald Trump said in a meeting behind closed doors that he was fed up with people coming to the US from “sh*thole countries.” This was said in reference to a proposal that...

Why is declaring Jerusalem the capital of Israel so controversial?

Jake Neuffer and Sahithi Jammulamadaka | December 14, 2017

What is the controversy over the city? Both Palestinians and Israelis claim Jerusalem as their political capital and sacred religious city. Their history of dispute goes all the way back to 1000 BCE...

Ajit Pai, FCC chairman

A Blow to net Neutrality

Jake Neuffer, Editor-in-Chief | November 22, 2017

This week, the Federal Communications Commission announced that they would be rolling back a policy put in place during the Obama era. The policy stipulated that internet providers must treat all web content...

Confirming Our Worst Fears

Confirming Our Worst Fears

Jake Neuffer, Editor-in-Chief | October 13, 2017

“If it bleeds, it leads” goes the old saying. In news media, this can be translated to “if there’s violence, you can be sure people are going to want to see it.” This has been the mantra of news...

The Rise of the Ultranationalist Right

The Rise of the Ultranationalist Right

Jake Neuffer, Editor-in-Chief | May 15, 2017

Why? Vladimir Putin, in the last decade, has returned the old Soviet policy of interfering in the domestic politics of other countries. In 2015, the first government-sponsored International Russian...

The Oakton MUN team at UVA

Russian to Debate: What is Model United Nations?

Jake Neuffer, Editor-in-Chief | March 21, 2017

What is Model UN? In Model UN (or MUN, as it’s affectionately called by those in the club) students from different schools are assigned countries to represent. They are then assigned a committee where...

Trump’s Twitter Setting a Dangerous Precedent

Jake Neuffer, Editor-in-Chief | January 30, 2017

President Donald Trump’s Twitter activity has created international outrage, scorn, and anger. His use of Twitter as a tool of diplomacy has been noted by many as unprecedented for someone in the...

The Money in Mass Shootings

Jake Neuffer, Editor-in-Chief | January 19, 2017

The shooting at the Pulse Night Club in Orlando, Florida, left the nation in shock. It was the deadliest shooting in American history, and how someone bent on terrorism was allowed to slip through...

Scandal in South Korea

Jake Neuffer, Editor-in-Chief | November 12, 2016

I walk into the journalism room ready to start my work day. The bell to start the period won’t ring for another 2 minutes, but I figure I’ll get an early start on the day. Our news cycle for the...

The State of Oakton’s Mental Health

Jake Neuffer, Editor-in-Chief | October 3, 2016

Mental health is something that is increasingly on the minds of students and education professionals. But it’s still far from reaching the level of awareness it deserves. According the 2012 National...

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