Inside the High School Mind: Senioritis

Erica Mimms, Guest columnists
April 29, 2013 • 72 views
Filed under Opinion, Top Stories

Senioritis (n) - a crippling disease that strikes high school seniors. The symptoms, laziness, excessive wearing of track pants, old athletic shirts, sweatpants, shorts and hoodies. Side effects include a lack of studying, repeated absences, and a dismissive attitude. Now here is the cure to this disease:... Read more »

I Am . . . Irish

Symone Newman, Searchlight staff writer
April 27, 2013 • 303 views
Filed under Opinion, Top Stories

At Oxon Hill High School, I’m looked at as the “mixed girl,” but what most people don’t know is that I have a very strong Irish heritage. My great-great-great grandmother was from Ballyhaunis , which is a town in County Mayo, Ireland and my great-great-great grandfather was from Castlerea ,... Read more »

Schools and their ability to copyright

The Searchlight Editorial Board
March 27, 2013 • 201 views
Filed under Opinion, Top Stories

The concept of copyright in the United States originated from the U.S. Constitution which included a clause in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8. This clause gave Congress the power to “promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive... Read more »

Stop the violence!

The Searchlight Editorial Board
March 27, 2013 • 105 views
Filed under Opinion

Eliezer Reyes, 14. Charles Walker, 15. Marcus Jones, 16. Amber Stanley, 17. Marckel Ross, 18. Aaron Kidd, 18. Andre Shuford, 18. These are all students of Prince George’s County Public Schools that have been pronounced dead due to senseless acts of violence. These students could have been doctors,... Read more »

I Am. . . Ethiopian

Meron Begashaw, Searchlight staff writer
March 11, 2013 • 416 views
Filed under Opinion, Top Stories

On a regular basis, I am asked “What are you?” Not a soul asks me of my ethnicity, heritage, culture or race. Instead they glance over me and ask me what, rather than who, I am. Identity is a fickle thing for teens, made all the more tenuous when you’re torn in two. My dual identity, although... Read more »

Inside the High School Mind: Distracted Driving

Marcel Adams, Searchlight staff writer
March 11, 2013 • 628 views
Filed under Opinion

You’re in a car with your friend as they text and drive. You’re on the highway and the car is going 60 mph. The car begins to swerve and suddenly you are in a deadly accident with an elderly woman. This is the scenario many teenagers put themselves in as they text and drive. Texting is one of... Read more »

Inside the High School Mind: Sex

Daryl Gardner, Guest Columnist.
March 1, 2013 • 483 views
Filed under Opinion, Top Stories

  Sex is needed to maintain the human race, but is not needed for youth of our age. Sex has many names –– intercourse, procreation, making copies and the more commonly used f— word. Sex surprisingly made its way into our lives since we were young children. It was put in as side... Read more »

I am… African-American

Michael Cooper, Searchlight Staff Writer
March 1, 2013 • 440 views
Filed under Opinion, Top Stories

I am African-American. There are other names for this (African-American), but the most common of them, as I’m sure all of you know, is black. With the title of African-American comes the constant reminder of hardships and advances throughout an eventful yet brief history of our race in the United... Read more »

Inside the High School Mind: Relationships

Erica Mimms, Guest columnist
February 13, 2013 • 330 views
Filed under Opinion, Top Stories

Among people our age, relationships are among the most important things to obtain while in high school. The romanticized image of being high school sweethearts is portrayed in most of the media outlets that surround us, but are relationships all that we crack them up to be? No, they aren’t. The... Read more »

Inside the High School Mind: Cliques

Armani Johnson, Guest Columnist
January 4, 2013 • 830 views
Filed under Opinion, Top Stories

Everyone has their group of friends, that exclusive group that you are either in or out with no in between--and in high school being in or out can make or break who you are. To be completely honest; cliques in high school are not fun and are unnecesviagra online without prescriptionsary. There is no... Read more »