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Why Everybody Should be a Feminist

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...

Teen Dating Life Impacted By New Standards

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...

Tardy Table Proves to be Inadequate

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...

Cafeteria Staff Feels Disrespected

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,...

Be Proud to  Play for Wilde Lake

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...

How Early is Too Early?

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...

Perspective: Should Girl’s Lacrosse Continue To Wear Skirts?

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....

The Important of Losing

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....

The Problem With Cell Phones

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,...

Make Your High-School Career Count

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...

Communication is the Foundation of a Great School

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...

Not All Superheroes Wear Capes

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...

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