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…
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The Office finale: The end
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…
Stranger Things: A Netflix hit
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…
Season ten premiere of Two and A Half Men
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…
the Paranormal X-Files
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…
The Killing: Pilot
By Amalia Newhagen, Staff Writer The Killing will undoubtedly leave your mouth hanging open by the time you finish the pilot episode. It’s nothing like the stereotypical murder mystery, but instead focuses on the corrupt, shady part of a murder investigation involving not only the suspects of the crime, but the family members as well….
Shaping the world with The Godfather
by Luke Parker, sports editor “I said to my wife for justice, we must go to Don Corleone,” a desperate man tells the Don, who sits calmly in his darkly-lit office. The man wants vengeance on the two men who assaulted his daughter – he wants them dead. “That I cannot do.” The Don replies,…
Katie Murphy spreads love to Africa
by Natalie Cicala, staff writer Not many high school seniors are willing to take their own summer time to visit Africa and help children in need. Katie Murphy, however, went around Ghana and performed different types of testing to ensure everyone was healthy and living well. By balancing friends, family, and academics, this student is…
Hanna Silverman: sacrifices for the love of the sport
by Anna Shinn, staff writer How many 17 year olds can say that they were on national television, traveled all around the world to compete, and ranked nationally in a sport? Not many, but River Hill senior, Hannah Silverman can. Acrobatics may not be as popular as soccer or football, but it is respected just…
Broad City Moves to Comedy Central
by Emily Thornton, staff writer A hilarious, popular sitcom on Comedy Central, Broad City, was first aired in 2014. The show is about two 20 some year old Jewish girls, Ilana and Abbi, living in New York City. They face all different types of misadventures due to their carelessness and lack of maturity. No matter…