Super Bowl Sunday: One of America’s most cherished traditions. Nothing screams America more than sitting on a couch, eating wings and chips while complaining that professional athletes aren’t playing as well as you did on JV Football during your junior year. This year promises one of the best Super Bowls in recent history, as the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers are set to … Continue reading Super Bowl LIV Preview: All You Need to Know
January 31st is the day of Winterfest. The main event is the 3 on 3 basketball tournament. This year, 28 teams look to take home the win (and also win Chipotle gift cards). Below, we have ranked the teams by tier, and also given a little bit of our insight into who we think will win. Our ranking system works as follows: Top Tier: We … Continue reading Previewing the Winterfest 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament
This past weekend, the Grammy Awards, the highest honor a musician can receive, were hosted. In recent years though, the Grammys have come under fire for favoring sales, personal narrative, and political agenda over musical quality. This slander goes all the way back to 2012, when Macklemore’s “The Heist” won best rap album over Kendrick Lamar’s masterful “Good Kid, m.A.A.d City”. Macklemore even wrote Kendrick … Continue reading The GRAMMY’s: Potomac Style
By Matthew Granovsky This past weekend, the Grammy Awards, the highest honor a musician can receive, were hosted. In recent years though, the Grammys have come under fire for favoring sales, personal narrative, and political agenda over actual musical quality. This goes all the way back to 2012, when Macklemore’s “The Heist” won best rap album over Kendrick Lamar’s masterful “Good Kid, m.A.A.d City”. Macklemore … Continue reading The GRAMMY's: Potomac Style
Currently, on rotten Tomatoes, JJ Abrams’ latest film in the final Star Wars Trilogy, The Rise of Skywalker, is rated at 52%. Critics are very much at odds regarding the film, with some citing the plot’s lack of continuity and brief explanations of major character developments as the film’s greatest weaknesses, while others found it’s exciting adventure feel and nostalgic content entertaining. However, in my … Continue reading Movie Review, Vol I: The Rise of Skywalker
“The opinion of the author does not represent that of the Potomac Pulse or the Potomac School. All views expressed by the author are their own.” The two of us were discussing Homecoming recently and brought up the idea of having a winter formal. It was on the basis that we wanted an event similar to Homecoming in the winter. Though this is a controversial … Continue reading The Case for Winter Formal
Ella Edwards and Hannah Bell The two of us were discussing Homecoming recently and brought up the idea of having a winter formal. It was on the basis that we wanted an event similar to Homecoming in the winter. Though this is a controversial topic at Potomac, we talked about how it would be a great way to bond as a community and take a … Continue reading Winter Formal? Our Case For It To Happen
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