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by Zachariah Summers, staff writer Much to the dismay of many, Google Drive and Photo Uploader will no longer be accessible by desktop applications starting this upcoming March. The news was first given to the general public on September 6th of this year, and it will be a shift of action for many companies and businesses….
by Nicole Wesche, staff writer On May 2017, Dr. Michael J. Martirano was named interim superintendent of the Howard County Public School System. Martirano believes that the students should be the center of all decision-making, and is committed to giving every child the opportunity to succeed. This coincides with his emphasis on ensuring equity for…
by Devin Hendrick, sports editor The first day of high school is always nerve-racking, especially for Freshman. High school is a brand new experience for incoming Freshman. The journey is immensely different than middle school, and for some, it takes a little while to adapt to the high school lifestyle. In high school, there’s much…
by Kendall Barker, staff writer Every student should appreciate the hard work and effort the teachers at River Hill put towards furthering students’ educations. As such, it is always upsetting to see favorite teachers leave. English teacher Christopher Kates has taught at River Hill since the school opened in 1996, however, during the 2016-2017 school…
by Ben Graham, editor-in-chief “Lazy.” “Apathetic.” “Careless.” Critics of the American voting population, which has often been seen as indolent, are quick to chastise the nation’s voters for taking for granted their right to participate in government. This criticism is not without justification. According to a Pew Research study, the U.S. ranks 31st out of…
by Sara Miller, features editor Homework: the weekend ruiner, time sucker, and mood destroyer. Students hate homework. Who wants to go to school for seven hours only to have to spend two-three more hours focusing on school again? Homework does however offer students more practice, allowing them to be successful in class. Where do we…
by Michael Borkowski, staff writer The Office has been one of the biggest events on Thursday nights for the last decade. Airing on NBC at 9 pm, The Office has been one of the best comedies on television during the last decade. (This 50-minute season finale took place a year past the penultimate episode) It…
by Ryan Brown, staff writer Not everyone believes in a second dimension that reflects the world we are familiar with, but in Stranger Things the truth of another world with deadly monsters becomes exposed. The viral Netflix original series, Stranger Things, is a breath-taking mix of science fiction and thriller that deserves to have all…
by Noah Brown, staff writer Yep, you guessed it. Two and a Half Men is back for another season. RUN FOR THE HILLS! Ha ha, just kidding. The season starts out with Walden (Ashton Kutcher) attempting to propose to Zoey, which backfired big time, something I suspect to be related to Michael Bolton in some…
By John Newhagen, Staff Writer Conspiracy theories about alien invasions and government plots fill some deeply held human need to know about plausible yet unlikely dark and mysterious forces controlling the world. The X-Files tapped into that need so deeply that it mesmerizes a new generation of views 23 years after it first appeared. The…