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Tips for picking a major in college

Sierra Mask
March 12, 2010

Many college-bound students and college students face the difficult task of deciding what exactly they would like to major in while in college. Sometimes just are undecided about their interests, their interest might change, or they are stuck between two different majors. The last obstacle is overcome... Read more »

Earthquake Rattles Chile

John Reifenberg
March 12, 2010

On Saturday February 27th, 2010, an 8.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Chile leaving a death toll of 800 and rising. The earthquake was the highest ever recorded quake since the invention of the Richter scale. Following the original quake, there have been numerous aftershocks reaching up to 5.0 or greater.... Read more »

Global Warming: The Biggest Case of Fraud in History

Andrew Brimer
March 12, 2010

Has anyone else noticed that Al Gore has been very quiet lately? The former vice president and current Nobel Peace Prize winning environmental activist based much of his film, An Inconvenient Truth, off of the climate change data which recently has come into major controversy in what pundits have termed,... Read more »

Teens and their hobbies

Kate Sullivan
March 12, 2010

If teens aren’t posting to Facebook, surfing on My Space or texting one of their best friends, what are they doing? Today teen’s lives revolve around a digital reality; most everything they do is somehow connected with technology. “It seems to me that if we are not connected to any sort of telecommunications,... Read more »

Three stars make it to the top: Spotsy students compete in the Special Olympics

Mimi Richards
March 12, 2010

“Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt” – specialolympicsva.org. Courage, determination, and fun are key words to describe the Special Olympics; they are also what three young basketball stars at our school endeavor to attain when it comes to the sport they love. Sophomores... Read more »

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