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By Will Specht, Staff Writer The finale to the 44-year slasher series falls short of its recent successes. Halloween Ends despite having a successful opening weekend at the box office, isn’t the ending to the franchise that the fans have long awaited for. The story includes many new characters that are not even related in…
By Jasmine Born, Staff Writer What comes to mind when you picture a romantic comedy? Probably the classic tropes of love triangles, friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, or forbidden love, as found in The Notebook (2004), Pride and Prejudice (2005), and You’ve Got Mail (1998), right? Karen M. Lutz and Kirsten Smith elegantly capture…
By Benjamin Hong, Staff Writer Three silences. A shell of an innkeeper. An astonishing life story. Patrick Rothfuss’s 2007 novel (otherwise known as The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One) takes place in a fictional world called Temerant and follows the life story of a legendary musician, swordsman, and wizard named Kvothe (pronounced nearly identically to “quothe”)….
By Ryan Burnett, Staff Writer If you thought Pokemon couldn’t get any better, you’d be wrong. On November 18, 2022, Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet will be coming to the Nintendo Switch. With 191 new Pokémon, people are more excited than ever to play. Pokémon started out as nothing but black and white pixels on…
By Myah Hesselgesser and Connor Hawthorne, Staff Writers Throughout the nation every year over four million students spend over three hours struggling through the Preliminary SAT or PSAT. The test is intended to help students prepare for taking the real SAT, and many students hope to gain academic recognition for their scores on the SAT….
By Babiha Kaur, Digital Editor Although it is widely believed that high school is extremely demanding, there are definitely some fun aspects to it. With a variety of clubs and activities offered at River Hill, students are finding much joy and excitement while expanding their interests. There is definitely a place for everyone to come…
By Claire Fagan, Features Editor; and Riley Gonzales, News Editor Continuing an annual tradition, River Hill’s music department will present their Prism Concert on November 5th at 2:00 PM. In the weeks leading up to the performance, students are dedicating much time to preparing. The Prism Concert is the one chance a year that students…
By Ayah Hassan, Staff Writer
By Myah Hesselgesser, Staff Writer On June 30, 2022, the federal waivers that allowed schools to serve free lunch during the pandemic ended after 2 years. Therefore, lunch prices have returned to $3.30 in Howard County Schools. This change has inspired opinions about if the quality of the school lunches is really worth the amount…
By Carolina Alphonso, Staff Writer Thor: Love and Thunder, came out on July 8th this year and is now on Disney+, ready for all the Marvel fans who had been waiting for the second to last installment of Phase 4. The Thor movies had an extraordinary comeback in 2017 with the release of the movie…