Author: Mackie Repkie As many of us golf fans have heard, Jon Rahm has made his way to the LIV Golf Tour. While many notable PGA stars have switched to LIV, this one feels more than a little different. Rahm, the third-ranked golfer in the world, 11-time PGA Champion, and 2-time Major Champion, is one of the greatest golfers the PGA tour has ever seen … Continue reading Go, Jonny, Go: John Rahm leaves PGA for LIV Golf Tour
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Author: Mackie Repkie It is now December 2023 and, believe it or not, we are about one year away from the 2024 Presidential election. Some of us Potomac students will be able to exercise our Constitutional right to cast our first Presidential vote for the leader of the free world, which is just thrilling. Notwithstanding that inherent excitement, many questions are circulating during this election … Continue reading Opinion: The Failure of the Democratic Party in 2023
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Author: Arav Bhargava Yesterday, I was scrolling through TikTok and heard the unmistakable tune of Ice Spice and PinkPantheress’s smash hit, “Boy’s a Liar Pt.2.” As Ice Spice’s verse of the song began, however, I heard a different rapper’s voice: it was Kanye West’s, or, at least, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based simulation of his voice. Later, I came across a similarly AI-created song by The … Continue reading Is Artificial Intelligence the End of Humanity’s Art and Music?
Authors: Will Bennett and Jag Gioia Halloween is officially over, sadly. This year was pretty epic, and we wanted to share our list of this year’s top 5 Halloween costumes. If you wore any of these, you were sure to be the star of the night and got loads of candy. So, let’s get started. #5: Mario, Luigi, Wario, and Yoshi Coming in at #5 … Continue reading This Year’s Top 5 Halloween Costumes
Authors: Mackie Repke and Nathan Alexander We are all aware of the horrors of Hurricane Ian’s devastating impacts on Florida and Cuba. However, it is easy for those who are not directly impacted to sit back and watch, not realizing how damaging the hurricane has truly been. Hurricane Ian made landfall in Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane with winds up to 125 mph on … Continue reading Putting the Impacts of Hurricane Ian into Perspective
Author: Polina Helinski While you are all here, safe and living comfortably, 7 million people, or nearly one in every four Ukrainians, have been displaced from their homes. Unfortunately, these numbers are only increasing each day. On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin made the decision to invade Ukraine. Thousands of tanks have fired at Ukraine, bombs have been dropped on cities, buildings have … Continue reading A Safe Refuge From A War-Torn Country
Madeline Magielnicki “Every student in America deserves a high-quality education in a safe environment.” Joe Biden in his Executive Order on Supporting the Reopening and Continuing Operation of Schools and Early Childhood Education Provider, January 21, 2021 The COVID-19 epidemic has patently affected many aspects of our lives, from education to travel. The consequences of this have been far-reaching and impacted some individuals more than … Continue reading Reflecting on COVID-19’s Effect on Special Education
On any given day, walking through the crossroads, you may encounter a seemingly strange sight: students crowded around a computer, yelling assorted words at each other. To those unfamiliar with this strange practice, the passion involved in a silly word game might seem over the top. But to the people who play Wordle, every day is a glorious hunt. Wordle is an online word game … Continue reading The Best Starting Word in Wordle
One unexpected upside of a global pandemic for the United States was a reduction in mass shootings. Unfortunately, with our country beginning to open up again, mass shooting rates have skyrocketed. According to the Insider on April 16, mass shootings increased nearly 73% in just the first three and a half months of 2021 compared to the same time period last year. The Gun Violence … Continue reading Analysis: Recent Gun Violence Reinforces Need For Change
With gains greater than 700%, 300%, and 200%, respectively, in a matter of days you could consider that the GameStop, AMC, and Blackberry stocks truly have “gone to the moon.” But why? How could a video game retail company, a movie theatre, and former mobile cell phone giant stock explode when many consider these companies to be becoming obsolete? The answers lay in various new, … Continue reading GameStop, AMC, and Blackberry: To the MOON!
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