All of us want to be happy. Do you know anybody who doesn’t want to be happy? Then, why does a recent Gallup poll report that only 52 percent of Americans report being “very happy”? It is true that...
Megan Mattei, Senior Staff Writer
• March 31, 2017
Spring has not quite sprung, but it is prime cherry blossom tree season! The trees have made their appearance quite early. The bloom is one of the earliest according to the Washington Post. This is due...
I have had the honor of calling Jason Patrick Ferris a … “friend” for three years. And when I say “friend,” I use the term very lightly. Perhaps you have seen him meandering around the hallways,...
Hey y’all! Me here, telling YOU that I, Michael Wayne Miles Jr. have run out of ideas for articles! So what am I going to talk to you about for this article? Great question! I am going to talk about...
For introverts, getting up in front of a thousand (okay maybe ten) people is more like a nightmare than an extracurricular activity. But, for extroverts, it is a necessity. It is their sworn duty to argue...
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...
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...
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...
“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”...
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...
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...
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...
