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Girls’ lacrosse rolls on with seven straight wins

Goureesh Paranjpe staff writer After a shaky start to the season, the varsity girls’ lacrosse team has finally found their groove, and they are letting their opponents know it. In a tight-knit match up on April 24, the girls came out on top against their rival team Churchill with a win, to bring their overall [...]

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  • Students’ hard work pays off at Arts Festival

    Olivia Benzaquen staff writer Displays, paintings, and drama, oh my! Have no fear; the annual Festival of the Arts is here. From 7 to 9:30 p.m. on April 29 to May 2, the annual Festival of the Arts will celebrate the arts department while recognizing the many talented students the school has to offer. The [...]

  • Coachella festival comes to an end after two

    Courtney Pories arts editor The annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival concluded its 2013 run on April 21, bringing its longest streak in history to an end. Until 2013, Coachella lasted only one weekend. This year, the festival brought together 175 performers and thousands of dedicated fans to Indio, California, for two weekends of [...]

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  • Baseball secures winning record in conference play with two wins

    Nellie Allentuck staff writer Coming off of two strong wins over Churchill and Clarksburg, baseball has improved its record to one game under .500, sitting at 5-6, 4-2 at home.   Facing their rival, the Patriots went into the game coming off of their fourth win of the season. Senior pitcher Andrew Craig pitched the [...]

  • Tennis drops first match after 57 wins

    Eric Shumacher staff writer Game. Set. Match. These three words define the boys’ varsity tennis team’s 2013 season as they have dominated their competition with a record of 9-1.   In the Patriots’ biggest match up of the season, the team was handed their first loss when they played against Churchill away on April 24. [...]

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  • Without social media penalties, cyberbullies roam free

    Rebecca Jahnke features editor The Social Network (2010)—anguishing over his break-up with then girlfriend Erica Albright, Mark Zuckerberg creates a site for male students to rank female classmates. Upon encountering one another months later, Albright retorts: “As if every thought that tumbles through your head was so clever, it would be a crime for it [...]

  • College tuition is killing the American Dream

    Mia Saidel Editor-in-chief In order to experience the benefits of the American dream, education is the primary yet pivotal step toward achieving them. However, with steep university prices nearly doubling the rate of inflation, the prospect of higher education is becoming harder to obtain for many graduating high school students.   In 1970, a standard [...]

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  • All Grown Up: The End

    Ladies and gents, the end is here. Our final installment of “All Grown Up” has arrived. As our send-off, we’d like to leave our dedicated readers with a few gems of advice. As seniors who have experienced it all, we have seen everything from the glories of MCPS education to the scum of the system. [...]

  • J & J: March Madness

    March Madness. Every sports fan’s favorite event has lived up to the hype this year. In a first round that saw more upsets than the entire tournament did one year ago, nothing is certain. And this is what brings us to the worst part of the best sporting event of the year. Some call them [...]

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Common Sense Online is a student newspaper of Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, Maryland. Common Sense Online is run by students under the sponsorship of the faculty adviser and works closely with print counterpart Common Sense, established in 1970. Common Sense has won numerous awards, including the Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Crown and Gold Medal. Common Sense Online is a forum for community expression and invites letters and comments from our readers.

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