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Yet Another Mass Shooting…Will This One Bring Change?
Ashar Farooq, Co-Managing Editor
April 4, 2018
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Ashar Farooq, Co-Managing Editor
April 4, 2018 • No Comments
Groundhog Day 2018, or February 2nd, has boldly set a prediction for the upcoming season. This annual tradition has been celebrated for many years. On Groundhog day, if Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil sees a shadow, then that theoretically...
Ashar Farooq, Co-Managing Editor
April 4, 2018 • No Comments
On Sunday, February 18th, 2018, the newly redesigned NBA All-Star Game between Team Stephen and Team Lebron featured great competition as Team Lebron eventually came from behind to win 148-145 in Los Angeles, California. The NBA All-Sta...
Nathan Blank, Guest Writer
April 4, 2018 • No Comments
The National Hockey League is looking to expand once again, but this time to Seattle. The league added their 31st team just this past season in Las Vegas with an expansion fee of 500 million dollars. The team has been a major success as it is ...
Ashar Farooq, Co-Managing Editor
April 4, 2018 • No Comments
Valentine’s Day is supposed to be a day of love. However, a horrible tragedy occurred in Parkland, Florida as Nikolas Cruz, a former student of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, gunned down 17 people at a high school now in utter grief...
Ashar Farooq, Co-Managing Editor
April 4, 2018 • No Comments
Have you heard about the XFL? It is an extreme form of the National Football League and it is set to make a thumping return in 2020. The XFL was around in the early 2000s before its demise shortly afterwards. While it is regarded as an extr...
Ashar Farooq, Co-Managing Editor
April 4, 2018 • No Comments
The wait is over. They are here[and now already gone]. The 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang are here in style as there have been plenty of medals awarded to well-deserving teams and individuals. Olympic history continues to be made as the 23r...
Are We Really Hearing Our Music?
February 18, 2018
Today, music is more accessible than ever before. The albums that were reserved by our parents for special occasions and dedicated listening sessions are now available at a moment’s notice, with nearl...
Celebrating World Pangolin Day
February 17, 2018
Mark your calendars: Saturday, February 17th is World Pangolin Day. That’s right—an entire day dedicated to the celebration and preservation of… pangolins? What even is a pangolin, and what is happen...
The Tide Pod Challenge: The Gateway to Your Grave
February 10, 2018
What started off as a convenient cleaning agent has now become one of the biggest trends on various social media platforms. The Tide Pod challenged has snowballed, landing numerous people on the hospital...
Efrain Citle Palestino and Ben Joseph
February 10, 2018 • 1 Comment
Cardboard does not often cross one’s mind. After all, it lacks much presence in our lives outside of the occasional boxed shipment. In the minds of children, however, the stiff material is often regarded quite differentl...
Ashar Farooq, Managing Editor
January 31, 2018 • No Comments
As we ring in 2018, it is time to reflect on 2017. This was for sure a year of great happenings. The year started out with the transfer of power in Washington as President-Elect Donald Trump took the oath of office on Frid...
Ashar Farooq, Managing Editor
January 31, 2018 • No Comments
With 2017 now over, here is what 2018 may hold for the world. The 2018 Winter Olympics are going to unite the world and feature great sporting events in Pyeongchang, South Korea. These games will be held in February, but will not featur...
Joseph VanGostein, Editor-in-Chief
January 31, 2018 • No Comments
Let’s face it: early American history is boring. The clothes are stuffy, everything is called the Treaty of Paris, and there are like six Johns. It’s easy to mix up our Federalist Papers with our Kentucky Resolutions, ...
Efrain Citle Palestino, Staff Writer
January 23, 2018 • No Comments
In 2017, many gaming companies released video games that have astonished fans. Nintendo released Super Mario Odyssey, and SEGA released Sonic Forces and Sonic Mania. However, Capcom has not released a main series game since 2010 ...
Efrain Citle Palestino, Staff Writer
November 16, 2017 • No Comments
With the Nintendo Switch console released in early March of 2017, The Nintendo Company realized that they needed a huge Mario game to show off the power of the Switch. So on October 27, the company released its biggest M...
Madison Fulcher, Staff Writer
October 26, 2017 • No Comments
Before we enter into the holiday season, we get to acknowledge last month's festivities in the world of designers and models in the form of fashion month. A highly-anticipated part of fashion month is the semi-annual clothi...
- It’s the Perfect Time for It October 22, 2017
- The Gaming Wildcat: Pokémon announces its next Sun & Moon set! March 5, 2017
- Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Divorce February 11, 2017
- “You’re Fired” February 11, 2017
Ashar Farooq, Managing Editor
January 31, 2018 • No Comments
As we ring in 2018, it is time to reflect on 2017. This was for sure a year of great happenings. The year started out with the transfer of power in Washington as President-Elect Donald Trump took the oath of o...
Ashar Farooq, Managing Editor
January 31, 2018 • No Comments
With 2017 now over, here is what 2018 may hold for the world. The 2018 Winter Olympics are going to unite the world and feature great sporting events in Pyeongchang, South Korea. These games will be held in February, ...
Ashar Farooq, Co-Managing Editor
December 3, 2017 • No Comments
Election Day 2017 has provided some significant results and outcomes. There is no doubt that the last election changed the course of the nation when Donald Trump was elected as the President of the United ...
Andrew Harrigan, Section Editor
November 6, 2017 • No Comments
In recent years, there seems to be a growing amount of contempt for speakers of many different ideological backgrounds on our nation's numerous college campuses. This past Friday, former-FBI dire...
Shaan Khan, Guest Contributor
November 6, 2017 • 1 Comment
It’s just a fact that when you unlock your phone you expect everything to work. Users today take this for granted. How would you feel if you tried to open FaceTime and it wouldn’t work? Woul...
Ashar Farooq, Politics Editor
May 2, 2017 • No Comments
With the Trump presidency now in full gear, many of Trump’s cabinet picks have been confirmed by the Senate. However, President Trump’s cabinet picks have raised many controversies. One major controversy...
Ashar Farooq, Politics Editor
May 2, 2017 • No Comments
It has become an axiom of history to oppose the opposite party in American politics. This has become relevant as the Democratic Party elects Tom Perez as its next chairman. Tom Perez has a tough task ahead...
- Trump’s CPAC Speech May 2, 2017
Ashar Farooq, Co-Managing Editor
April 4, 2018 • No Comments
On Sunday, February 18th, 2018, the newly redesigned NBA All-Star Game between Team Stephen and Team Lebron featured great competition as Team Lebron eventually came from beh...
Nathan Blank, Guest Writer
April 4, 2018 • No Comments
The National Hockey League is looking to expand once again, but this time to Seattle. The league added their 31st team just this past season in Las Vegas with an expansion fee...
Ashar Farooq, Co-Managing Editor
April 4, 2018 • No Comments
Have you heard about the XFL? It is an extreme form of the National Football League and it is set to make a thumping return in 2020. The XFL was around in the early 2000s b...
Ashar Farooq, Co-Managing Editor
April 4, 2018 • No Comments
The wait is over. They are here[and now already gone]. The 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang are here in style as there have been plenty of medals awarded to well-deser...
January 31, 2018
As we ring in 2018, it is time to reflect on 2017. ...
January 31, 2018
With 2017 now over, here is what 2018 may hold for ...
The Houston Train Arrives at Victory Town!
December 3, 2017
The 2017 World Series featured two heavyweight teams ...
This month, as juniors, sophomores and freshmen all selected next year's electives, we asked Whitman students about their favorite classes. Special...
January 23, 2017
With election season nearly over, we interviewed the students of Walt Whitman High School. We found out about the political issues they cared about most. Special...
November 8, 2016
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Ashar Farooq, Managing Editor
January 31, 2018 • No Comments
As we ring in 2018, it is time to reflect on 2017. This was for sure a year of great happenings. The year started out with the transfer of power in Washington as Presiden...
Ashar Farooq, Managing Editor
January 31, 2018 • No Comments
With 2017 now over, here is what 2018 may hold for the world. The 2018 Winter Olympics are going to unite the world and feature great sporting events in Pyeongchang, South Ko...
Joseph VanGostein, Editor-in-Chief
January 31, 2018 • No Comments
Let’s face it: early American history is boring. The clothes are stuffy, everything is called the Treaty of Paris, and there are like six Johns. It’s easy to mix up ou...
Kayla Sakayan, Section Editor
December 3, 2017 • No Comments
Do you find yourself looking forward to taking a nap or promising yourself that tonight you will try to get to bed earlier? The recommended amount of sleep for teens ages ...
Josh Joseph, Lifestyle Writer
June 12, 2016 • No Comments
After the advent of the modern smartphone over the past five years or so, tech giants have been struggling to find the next paradigm-shifting technology to hit the marketplace....
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June 6, 2016
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