By Claire Burnett, Features Editor Every year, Advanced Placement (AP) classes offer exams in the spring to give students a chance to earn college credit for an AP class they take in high school. Registration just opened up on October 15th for the 2022 AP exams, so many students need to make the decision whether…
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As the opposition to Israeli PM Netanyahu expands, so does the danger to Netanyahu’s influential but controversial tenure
By Korey Moore, Current Editor-in-Chief Israel continues to be the subject of international press scrutiny, with new developments warranting the attention of leaders across the globe occurring rapidly. Just weeks prior, the Jewish nation was locked into a fierce conflict with its Arab neighbor and rival Palestine, with images of the accompanying missile exchange circulating widely across…
River Hill FBLA Wins Conference Championship at 2021 State Leadership Conference
Read to learn more about the awards they earned and events they won.
Congressional Democrats Introduce Proposal to Expand Supreme Court
by Korey Moore, Current Staff Writer A stunning new initiative has been introduced by a group of Washington lawmakers affiliated with the Democratic Party; one to reform the highest court of the nation. A bloc of Democratic congressmen has drafted a proposal to expand the U.S. Supreme Court, one of Washington’s most fundamental organs, from the…
Graduating During a Pandemic
By Emmy Ribero Class of 2021 has missed out on practically all of their senior year and were expecting nothing else for the rest of it until last Friday, when the school board announced officially that they would be able to graduate at Merriweather. River Hill’s graduation will take place on June 4th, at 3pm….
Angel’s Network Hosts The First-Ever Virtual Talent Show
by Claire Burnett, Current staff writer On March 4th and 5th, Angel’s Network hosted their 24th annual talent show as a fundraiser for Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center. Usually the talent show is held in-person at the River Hill High School auditorium, but due to COVID-19 restrictions, this year it had to be fully virtual. Grace Jiang, a…
Back To [In-Person] School!
By: Daniel Maiorana After a year of logging into Google Meets and having no social interactions, Howard County students are finally returning to in-person learning. The constant routine of waking up and turning on your computer will be changing for those returning to school, and yes, you will have to change out of…
Golden Globes 2021
By Jordan Jackson The Golden Globes this year did not go as planned and many popular and esteemed journalists have a lot to say about it, which didn’t include many positive comments. From the generally awkward and hard-to-watch show to the winning nominees who lacked diversity, not many people were pleased with the outcome. Additionally,…
Howard County Football COVID-19 Outbreak
By: Daniel Maiorana When Howard County announced that Fall Sports were finally returning, students were thrilled. It had been about 14 months since players hit the field to play the game they love. Fast forward to March 2021, a year after the world had been shut down, COVID-19 is still finding its way into…
Local Crimes on Lunar New Year
By Emmy Ribero At 2:00am, three beloved Asian-owed restaurants were broken into and looted on Friday, February 12, at the Columbia Mall. These included Kung Fu tea, Bonchon, and Urban Hotspot. The Corner Bakery and Coal Fire Pizza were also broken into, but neither reported anything stolen. More restaurants in Ellicott City, East Moon and…