Opinions
Why Everybody Should be a Feminist
Gabby Christopher, 2015-2017 Opinions Editor
June 1, 2016
Time Magazine has been publishing an issue at the end of the year with someone they name the Person of the Year. Since 1927, the beginning of this tradition, there’s only been 4 women to ever be named this and Angela Merkel, Time’s 2015 Person of the Year, is the first woman since 1986 to receive...
Teen Dating Life Impacted By New Standards
Taylor Morton
February 2, 2016
Dating in high school has become more complicated than it used to be, due to new social norms and pressures for having the “perfect relationship.” However, you shouldn’t have to strive for the “perfect relationship” but rather strive for a healthy one. Having a genuine relationship in school...
Tardy Table Proves to be Inadequate
Gabby Christopher, 2015-2017 Opinions Editor
November 12, 2015
Every morning there are students who are just a few seconds or minutes late to school and instead of being able to quickly run to class, they have to stand in the tedious and long tardy table line. The tardy table was implemented as a way to make sure that kids who are late to school get consequences...
Cafeteria Staff Feels Disrespected
Taylor Morton
November 12, 2015
When a student walks into the cafeteria, they might notice a tense atmosphere, frustrated kitchen staff, and hungry, impatient students clumped together in the free and reduced line. There is an unorganized, large mass of students pushing and shoving to get to the front. While in the line, a student...
Be Proud to Play for Wilde Lake
Faith Leslie
November 12, 2015
Being a Wilde Lake athlete, you constantly see the stigma and the category that the rest of Howard County puts us into: ghetto. I saw this stigma even before I came here, with people’s faces dropping when I told them where I was districted to go. People I’ve known for years have moved or attend...
How Early is Too Early?
Rachel Lazris
June 16, 2015
According to Nathaniel Popper of The New York Times, in today’s sports world “coaches at colleges large and small” are recruiting 13 and 14 year old girls to fill future rosters, “despite NCAA rules that appear to explicitly prohibit it.” Rather than deciding which college to attend senior...
Perspective: Should Girl’s Lacrosse Continue To Wear Skirts?
Ashleigh Cameron
June 16, 2015
Can you imagine running down the field in a skirt that goes down to your knees? Some women athletes almost know what this feels like. In 1926, the first girls’ lacrosse team ever was created. Their uniforms were long, loose pleated dresses that came down to their knees and they wore long-slee...
The Important of Losing
Rachel Lazris
June 16, 2015
Loser. No one wants to be associated with that word. Perhaps that is why so many families want to send their children to schools that win in sports often, such as River Hill with its numerous state championships. What those families fail to realize, however, is that schools, such as Wilde Lake, where...
The Problem With Cell Phones
Jenny Lees
June 16, 2015
Have you ever had problems with procrastination, back pain, or fatigue? The source of the problem may be in the palm of your hand. Today, we are stuck in a cycle of constantly checking our phones, whether we are playing an addicting game, checking social media sites, or responding to what seems to be...
Make Your High-School Career Count
Ola Alli
June 16, 2015
Less than 40 percent of Wilde Lake students are involved in clubs and sports, according to the latest Gallup Poll. Despite the benefits of extracurriculars, Wilde Lake’s involvement is low. I would like to encourage the rest of you, the other 60 percent, to get involved. In school, some of your...
Communication is the Foundation of a Great School
Misbah Farooqi, 2015-2017 Editor-in-Chief
June 16, 2015
In order for a school to be successful, the students and administrators all need to understand one another’s perspectives and communicate those perspectives with one another. Unfortunately, we don’t always see this happening at Wilde Lake. While our administration and students all do an excellent...
Not All Superheroes Wear Capes
Christian Richardson, Writer 2015-2017
June 16, 2015
When people hear the word “hero,” they think of people like Superman or Batman. Many people picture a hero as someone who has extraordinary abilities and wears a bright and colorful costume. The dictionary definition of a superhero is “a figure of divine descent, endowed with great strength ...
