February 2010
WORD, Amnesty collaborate for human rights
Tomorrow, WORD and Amnesty International clubs will collaborate on the event Slamnesty. Slamnesty will be held afterschool in English teacher Laura Chu?s room, 233.
According to junior Caitlyn Greene, Slamnesty is a poety slam with a theme of human rights.
NHS collects 'Change for Haiti'
In response to the 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti, individuals and clubs have come together to raise money and show support the nation. In fact, there is a ?school wide effort coordinated through National Honor Society (NHS),? Principal Jay Pearson said.
County votes solution for snow days
In response to the eight snow days caused by the blizzard last month, Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) is faced the with dilemma of making up enough time to fulfill the state of Virginia?s school year time requirements.
The FCPS School Board is currently considering three options that would add necessary hours to the school year; the Board will vote on Thursday.
'Tongues' leaves bittersweet taste
The theatre department presented its one-act play on Saturday, Feb 20 at Lake Braddock High School in the Regional one-act competition. After winning second place only to Stonebridge High School against eight other high school teams in Districts, the group performed a modified version of ?Tongues? by Sam Shepard.
Red Cross hosts blood drive
On Friday, Red Cross club organized a blood drive in coordination with INOVA Blood Donor Services. Students 16 and older, as well as teachers, were eligible.
Foreign Flavors in your Own Backyard: Plaka Grill incorporates Greek and American cuisine
One of the unique qualities of Plaka Grill is its ability to successfully incorporate aspects of typical American cuisine with homemade, traditional Greek dishes, a feature that not many restaurants possess.
Groups make donating easy
When the earthquake first hit Haiti, relief groups had no time to lose. They immediately began to collect money to help get Haiti back on its feet.
Rank and Profile: There's no place like Rome for this Kansas native
Although he teaches two subjects with relatively few students, Latin and Theory of Knowledge (TOK) teacher Brian Kane has been an integral component of the faculty since 2005.
From students to soldiers, making the choice to serve
A select group of students have signed up for the opportunity to serve in the nation?s armed forces. President Barack Obama recently announced his plan to deploy 30,000 American troops to Afghanistan. For thousands of American families, including some that are part of the Marshall community, this means a loved one will be sent to war.
Senior Theresa Hackett?s father, Colonel Robert D. Hackett, was deployed to Afghanistan for six months in 2006, when Theresa was in the eighth grade.
Mass transit is key to solve traffic problem
During a trip to the mall during the holidays, I sat in a long line of cars waiting to enter Tyson?s Corner Mall. After circling the each floor of a parking garage, I reached the top level, only to realize that there were no more parking spaces. I figured the rush was simply due to the holidays and that it would die down in a few weeks. However, it didn?t. Even subfreezing temperatures and snow couldn?t keep hordes of shoppers from backing up the exits from 495 to the mall.
Teachers need to accept senioritis
Every year since elementary school, we?ve heard teachers telling us that our entire academic careers serve the purpose of building up to college. Getting into college, going to college, succeeding in college - everything we seniors have done for the past twelve years builds up to that fat acceptance letter (or, for some schools? more modern approach, email) that we hope to receive.
Letter: 'Don't ask, don't tell' must be cut
'Don't ask, don?t tell? is basically against the American political ideals of honesty and transparency, by asking someone who devotes their life to serving our country to lie about who they are from the day they begin to serve. Not only is it morally wrong to force a soldier to lie, but it is detrimental to the armed forces to limit who can serve to people who fit the extraordinarily limited ?traditional? definition of who should serve be allowed in the military.
GCM fails to renovate responsibly
If you had $69.06 million, what would you do with it? Would you spend it frivolously, or would you save it up and use it all to benefit something worthwhile?
If you choose the latter, then you?re already making better choices than Marshall. Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) has allotted us $69.06 million for our renovations. Instead of spending it on ways we could help the environment or new equipment for our students, we?re using it to cover the school in what appears to be yellow bathroom tiles.
Shutter Island bridges anticipation, boredom
Shrouded mysteries, harrowing challenges and shocking revelations are three of the components that make a psychological thriller, a film so involved that it nearly always requires a second screening. Shutter Island, the latest from renowned director Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas, The Departed), attempts to fit neatly into this complex genre. However, the result is something not worthy of the inevitable comparisons to mind-bending classics such as The Sixth Sense or Fight Club, two of the works that inspired the original novel and screenplay.
