Tailgating (Not the Fun Kind)
Julia Webster, Co-Editor
March 28, 2017
Recently, I drove to North Carolina. And by drove, I mean I sat in stand-still traffic for over an hour, stressed out about the speed limit (over 70), and resolved to never live more than two hours away from my mother. It was an experience to say the least. I’ve been driving on my own for about one ...
The Ethics of Cheating
Julia Webster, Co-Editor
March 28, 2017
Homework sucks. It’s a fact of life. It’s a certainty, along with death and taxes. It takes too much time and requires too much effort. It detracts from one’s social life, and ultimately causes much more grief than it should. Many of us have sports practice, band practice (nerds), dates to catc...
5 Ways You Can Be Politically Active
Megan Mattei, Senior Staff Writer
March 28, 2017
Due to the recent election, people are becoming more politically active. It is easier to become educated and voice your opinion more than ever before through quickly advancing technology. We have access to the news 24/7 and can put our opinions on any social media we want at any time we want. This past ...
How to deal when life starts killing you; An Expose
Katherine Cognard-Black, Senior Staff Writer
March 28, 2017
“You know what I’ve had…” says Hale, a senior at Leonardtown “it.” The collective body of the left side of Mr. Guffy’s 5th period class room, replies with confused head cocks and a “what” is uttered from a few mouths. “I'VE HAD IT.” she repeats again. A mantra for the month of March...
Growing Up Bad
Jason Ferris, Head Editor
March 28, 2017
Weaving our red minivan down the highway, my mother beat on her horn and muttered strange things under her breath. My brother was too busy reverse-engineering her phone to notice but I took note of every word and repeated my collection at the dinner table. When words like “f**k” and “b**ch” came...
Oh Moms
Jason Ferris, Head Editor
March 23, 2017
There is a reason why dads have this nifty little mantra: a happy wife, a happy life. Us spawn of these couples understand our fathers completely. That is not to say that fathers are tame by any stretch of the word; it is just that moms have this distinguishing brand of crazy that seems to be universa...
Take the Pledge to Become a Co-op Voter!
Megan Mattei, Senior Staff Writer
February 13, 2017
This past January, my Global and International Studies (GIS) program offered my peers and myself the opportunity to represent SMECO at Youth Tour, a week long conference sponsored by the NRECA in Washington D.C. SMECO is a cooperative (co-op), an organization run by its members. SMECO is an electric c...
The History of Santa
Cara Correll, Staff Writer
February 10, 2017
Santa Claus, St. Nick, Kris Kringle, Father Christmas; whichever name by which you know him, this Christmas staple is a jolly, white-bearded man who delivers presents on Christmas Eve. The bulk of people are unaware of the man who inspired Santa Claus and of all his positive contributions. Just who was thi...
Membean on the Loose
Joslyn Brodfuehrer, Senior Staff Writer
February 3, 2017
Each and every week the students of Leonardtown High School suffer, forced to undertake the horror of all horrors: MEMBEAN. Ok, maybe the situation is not so dramatic. Yet, there is a resounding dislike of this vocabulary practice mechanism. Membean is a silent killer. It foists its many levels on helple...
Happy Birthday
Julia Webster, Co-Editor
January 30, 2017
Birthdays are an integral part of getting older, being more responsible, and becoming an adult. Our culture places great importance on the day of your birth. After all, these changes come with newfound freedoms like drinking, driving, voting, and yes, starting careers. These are the tenets of an adul...
When I Grow Up…
Julia Webster, Co-Editor
December 9, 2016
If you had asked me eight, nine, ten years ago what I wanted to be “when I grow up,” I would have put on a goofy smile and spit out marine biologist, fashion designer, scientist. Normal, ordinary things that every kid dreams about. If you had asked me three, four, five years ago, I would have la...
Why Classic Books Are So Hard to Understand?
Julia Webster, Co-Editor
December 9, 2016
We’ve all been there. Your English teacher assigned you a novel that you just can’t wrap your head around, no matter how hard you try (or didn’t try). It’s the day before your comprehension test, you’re ten pages in and no closer to understanding what “the slings and arrows of outrageous...
