Academic Choices
October 13, 2011 • Felipe De La Hoz, Staff writer
Filed under Opinion
It is not difficult to overhear conversations about what is commonly called a “complete education.” Typically, teaching professionals and many adults will preach the wonders of an all-inclusive system, with schools emphasizing each subject equally. Students, on the other hand, will most likely... Read more »
Students Express Their Opinions On The New Dress Code
June 1, 2011
Filed under Opinion
“With all these new dress code restrictions, almost every St. Andrew’s girl has to go out and waste money on a new wardrobe for clothes they would only wear in school.” –Emily Brockart “I have noticed that the new dress code enforcement is a little sexist. I have seen people girls in... Read more »
Open Letter to the President
February 14, 2011 • Jackson Sump
Filed under Opinion
An Open Letter To The President Mr. President, while we are only at the midpoint of your first term, it cannot be denied that we have blundered a great opportunity to fundamentally change a country that, at this current trajectory, has seen its greatest days. In 2008, the American public, especially... Read more »
College Application Process
December 15, 2010 • Jessica Figueroa
Filed under Opinion, Top Stories
Columbia University, University of Miami, Vassar College, University of Maryland, Duke University, Scripps College—this is a glimpse of some of the schools to which the class of 2011 is in the process of applying . Stress and anxiety befall the seniors of Postoak with the application process. On top... Read more »
Skits vs. Tents: A Brief Comparison
November 15, 2010 • Connor Buckley
Filed under Opinion
Once again, St. Andrew’s was flooded with rain, so for homecoming, all high school students had to switch gears from planning homecoming tents to planning somewhat elongated skits in Macdonald Hall. Many, myself included, stood against the switch last year, but over time the advantages and flaws... Read more »
DC Area Halloween Attractions
October 25, 2010 • Christina Farley, Staff Writer
Filed under Opinion
Markoff’s Haunted Forest, “Maryland’s original and greatest Halloween event,” is back this year, bigger and scarier than ever before. The Haunted Forest is an annual attraction, open during the Halloween season, in Dickerson, Maryland, just next to Poolesville. The entry fee, which covers the... Read more »
Head To Head: Should We Legalize Marijuana?
October 25, 2010 • Harrison Nealley & David Vogel
Filed under Opinion
JUST SAY NO, Harrison Nealley Dope, pot, weed, grass, hemp, ganja, Texas tea. No matter what you call it, marijuana is a drug and it needs to stay illegal. Cannabis is legal in certain states for medical use, but too many people are tricking the system into giving them marijuana without a legitimate... Read more »
A Change in Vending
October 18, 2010 • Connor Buckley
Filed under Opinion
As seniors finally able to enter the Senior Lounge, many were met by an unexpected surprise: the vending machines, once bountifully stocked with Lounge-exclusive snacks and various sugary sodas were replaced with high-priced, healthier snacks and Vitamin Water. Surprised by these changes, some sought... Read more »
What did 9/11 teach us?
September 2, 2010 • Jackson Sump
Filed under Opinion
On the hallowed day of September 11th 2001, we lost approximately 2,750 lives in New York alone at the hands of the extremist terrorist group Al-Qaeda. Fast forward to nine years later in the summer of 2010, when there has been more controversy over the attacks than at any other point in the last few... Read more »
The Tea Party Movement
June 17, 2010 • David Vogel
Filed under Opinion
I’m sure we’ve all heard of the Tea Party Movement by now, and if you haven’t, let me sum it up. They are a bunch of crazy Republicans who hate Obama are protesting his policies. Supposedly, they have now joined the ranks of George Bush, Glenn Beck, and the Republican Party as a whole... Read more »
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