On May 25, 2020, many people witnessed the final moments of George Floyd’s life; his neck pinned under a Minneapolis police officer’s knee. His death, along with many others, ignited a worldwide movement of protests…
Having lived through the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic for the past year, the distribution of a vaccine comes as a relief for many Americans. According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), both the Pfizer-BioNTech and…
We are in the concluding weeks of one of the most tumultuous elections in our country’s history. Throughout this election, there have been critiques on both sides as to how the candidates handled both themselves…
The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement was created in 2013 after 17 year old Trayvon Martin was murdered by neighborhood watch coordinator George Zimmerman. Zimmerman was part of a neighborhood watch party that had successfully…
Though students are stressing about returning to an online school year, could there be hidden benefits to seniors going virtual in the college and life readiness process? While the shift to virtual school has seemingly…
As of Jan. 31, the United States had been declared in a state of emergency by the Secretary of Health and Human Services due to Covid-19 (White House). Soon after many states have been put…
On March 23, Governor Ralph Northam declared that K-12 schools would be closed in response to the Coronavirus outbreak, because of this, the school system’s new online learning platform took effect. With online learning, school…
photo the New York Times Australia started the year in smoke. Towards the end of last year, the world watched as the Brazilian Amazon was engulfed in flames. Once more, the world watches as large…
photo vmfa On Dec. 10, 2019, the Rumors of War statue found its permanent home at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA). It stands 27 feet high and about 16 feet wide, and was…
On the night of May 12, 2019, two Godwin students spray-painted hateful symbols on the front of Godwin. The vandalism included racist and threatening symbols that shocked not only Godwin students but the community as…
