Strange Holiday Traditions
With Christmas just around the corner (well, sort of), most of us are getting into the holiday season. However, millions of people celebrate their own holiday traditions, ranging from a KFC-Day in Japan and a…
November 2019
Hey Kiddo – A Tale of Addiction and Awareness
Hey Kiddo – a tale of addiction and awareness This year’s 1B1C choice by Loudoun County Public Library was unique in many ways. Hey Kiddo: How I Lost my Mother, Found my Father, and Dealt…
What’s Up in Mrs. Herrmann’s Class?
Students in Mrs. Herrmann’s room hunt for ancient Greek letters still used in math before class! provided by Mrs. Herrmann students photographed: Grace Martinez-Cora, Arjun Iyer, and Saanvi Gutta (left to right)
A Look Into VR Development – Part 3
It all began in 1838, when Sir Charles Wheatstone coined the term “stereopsis,” the perception of depth produced by the reception in the brain of visual stimuli from both eyes. In his research of building…
The VR Experience – Part 2
We’ve all heard of virtual reality, otherwise known as VR. VR for sick students to continue school, medical students to experience surgery and examination beforehand, airplane simulators for trainees, and just the appeal of it…
A Glimpse into Another Reality – Part 1
At first, all I see is a deep orange sky radiating into my vision, outlining the black precipice-like mountains before me. Woah. A red roller coaster track lies before me, looping up into the mountains,…
Dreams Make
They say clouds are made from dreams. But I don’t think that’s true. Colored white like lies and Covering a sky so blue? They never stay long, Always on the go. They bring…
Just Me, I Am
She just so happened to be there that day, as I was taking a stroll around Glenforest Bay. So I decided to go and greet her there, and I told her my name was Sally…
Snow
Snow, soft and white, blanketed every inch of the forest, yet snowflakes still fell incessantly upon the ground. The woods were perfectly still, save for the crunching of footsteps made by a girl in a…
Hot Spot All-You-Can-Eat (Restaurant Review)
Hot Spot is a self-serve restaurant. In Hot Spot, they give you broth where you can boil toppings (chicken, mushrooms, shrimp, scallops, ramen, etc.) you order. You can only stay inside the restaurant, but toppings…