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Monthly Archives: September 2015

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Apple’s Big Bet on the Big Screen

Apple announced the new iPad Pro and Apple Pencil on 9/9/2015. Since its initial launch five years ago, the iPad has failed to prove itself a serious product. Due to its lack of multitasking capabilities and limited input controls, it has never posed a serious threat to traditional laptop and desktop computers.

Sports

Field Hockey’s Solid Start

On Tuesday, September 8, the Vikings faced Hilliard Club and had a big lead during the game, resulting in an outstanding offensive performance. The team put up 10 goals: 4 by Grace Geiger’16, 2 by Carolyn Bowman’19, and one by Katie Boeckman’16, Alaina Gwin’17, Callista Popp’19, and M

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HIV Cure Becomes Possible with Truvada

The AIDS-causing HIV virus has been one of the deadliest diseases over the past century, affecting millions of people every year. Over 1.2 million Americans have the life-threatening affliction. People have been searching for a cure for decades, much to no avail. Most of the HIV prevention technology to date has been unreliable. But two…

Sports

Cross-Country: McGowan Invitational

On Saturday, September 12th, the boys finished 2nd  with a score of 63, just behind Leesburg Fairfield, who earned 52 points, and the girls placed 7th as a team with 169 points. Audrey Grammel’17 had an amazing second-place finish individually, with a time of 20:17.47.

Opinion & Editorial Top Stories

Upstaging Trump

Enjoying a handsome lead in the polls, Donald Trump has been the beneficiary of a rhetoric that are equal parts alarmist, nativist, and racist, that has made manifest the latent sentiments of many Americans. Though seeming ideological opposites, the real estate mogul’s campaign and its supporters have striking similarities to those of a certain freshman…

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Guatemalan President Resigns Amid Corruption Scandal

With an arrest warrant issued in his name and the population in protest, Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina resigned on September 2 after accusations of corruption. Weekly protests have ensued throughout the country since April when the allegations first surfaced.