Marie Sequeira’s Painting Highlights Corruption in the Pharmecutical, Health Industry
Miranda Sandoval and Kristina Schwarzkopf
March 29, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Features, News, Student Life
Activism at South Lakes comes in many different forms. Senior Marie Sequeira uses her art as a creative way to draw attention to an ongoing problem. She is currently creating a painting that sheds light on how pharmaceutical companies exploit ordinary people that struggle with mental...
The Problems with Affirmative Action
Anthony Sun, staff writer
December 6, 2017
Filed under Features, From The Board, Opinion, Student Life, Top Stories
Affirmative Action has long been touted as a system that is meant to help end discrimination, yet it is fundamentally built on discrimination. Affirmative action holds people to different standards based on factors they cannot control, like their race. Such characteristics should be completely irrelevant...
Terraset Elementary School’s Recent Renovation
Raphael Chambers, guest writer
June 6, 2017
Filed under Features, QRUs, Top Stories
Terraset Elementary, the school neighboring Langston Hughes and our own has recently undergone a major reconstruction. Recently, I spoke to the principal, Lindsay Trout about her new school, its architecture, its environment, and its effect on the students and staff. Mrs. Trout: When...
An insider’s perspective on Auto Tech
Ali Said, staff writer
March 22, 2017
Filed under Features, QRUs, Top Stories
I had the opportunity of interviewing the only Autotech teacher, Mr. Magnusson. He is a teacher from Sweden who instructs Autotech 1-3. Ali:How long have you been teaching this course? Mr. Magnusson: Ever since I graduated from university, which has been a very long time. Ali: What is the most impo...
Halloween’s History
Leana Travis, staff writer
November 1, 2016
Filed under Features, Halloween 2016, Top Stories
Whether it’s the thrilling movies or the free candy, Halloween has something for everyone, but only a few people know how it came to be. It is known to be a holiday of creative costumes and chocolate enough to last months, but it hasn’t always been this way. It all began with a Gaelic Festival called...
QRU: Kaitlyn Smoot
Sophia Landeryou, staff writer
September 22, 2016
Filed under QRUs, Top Stories
Q: What do you teach? A: I teach Biology Q: Where are you from? A: Fauquier county, Virginia Q: Have you had previous teaching experience? A: Taught for 5 years in Fauquier Q: What college did you attend? A: Virgin...
Fairfax County Parks: Outdoors Can Be Fun!
September 16, 2016
Filed under Features, Top Stories
In a world where teens can’t live without cell phones, it’s great to get to experience the outdoors without having to travel too far. Virginia is filled with many parks that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. For example, Riverbend park is right here in Fairfax County, which is pretty conveni...
QRU? Senior member of STEAM Team Darya Kharabi
Pramod Mamillapalli, staff writer
October 30, 2015
Filed under QRUs, Top Stories
STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. These are some of the aspects of the STEAM Team. Started by a group of people, it expanded into a great club that includes many students and many accomplishments. One student in particular, Darya Kharabi, really stuck out from the crowd...
QRU? Webb Nims discusses his experience on the cross country team
Andrew Gabriel, staff editor
October 26, 2015
Filed under QRUs
Webb Nims gives insight on the school’s cross country program as a freshman on the team. How has been your experience on the team been so far? Well, it is a lot of fun, there are a lot of cool people on the team. How has your coach been and how does he conduct himself? I think Coach Shuler is a good ...
QRU? Cornerback Marvin Grunshie discusses the ups and downs of this year’s football season
Madison Evans, staff writer
October 22, 2015
Filed under QRUs, Top Stories
As the football season draws to a close, senior cornerback Marvin Grunshie reflects on the varsity team. What is it like to be on a team that has come such a long way from last year? “It feels good to be on a winning team, since last year didn’t go so well. There was a lot of distractions last y...