Today is Sunday, February 5, 2012. February 5, 2012 at 1:06 pm
Noah Fitzgerel, Editorials Editor
February 2, 2012
The Virginia Code is a document of violations. Among them is a violation of students’ religious freedom. At AHS, we walk by this violation every morning. It is manifest in a harmless looking framed document. It is the words “In God We Trust.” I am a proud adherent of Reform Judaism. However, my... Read more »
Gwen Levey, Arts Editor
February 2, 2012
We often hear the common cliché “true beauty and success is what lies on the inside.” It’s easy to let these words go in one ear and out the other, especially as a teenager on the brink of graduating from high school and really starting his or her life. As a teenage girl, however, I think I’m... Read more »
Chloe Loving, Staff Writer
January 25, 2012
As you walk around D.C. and enjoy the beautiful city, you notice a homeless man further up the street. You silence the change in your pocket and think to yourself, I’m sure lots of other people will help him out. While that is not always true, I discovered over the winter break, D.C. residents take... Read more »
Noah Fitzgerel, Editorials Editor
January 24, 2012
FCPS often prides itself as delivering the most “cutting-edge” education to its students. As the 11th largest school district in the nation, it should provide such an education. However, it seems as if FCPS is falling behind in one important front for students: technology-loan programs. Many school... Read more »
January 19, 2012
Ron Paul, the well know Republican congressman running for president, has been outspoken in his Libertarian views since becoming a congressman in Texas. His supporters avidly defend his pro-liberty and small government positions, espousing maximum civil liberties and less regulation. A major focus of... Read more »
January 19, 2012
Much to the horror of students, school may start even earlier in upcoming years. Legislators will debate for a bill that, if passed, would allow schools to open before Labor Day. This law would bypass the “Kings Dominion Law,” which restricts schools from starting and opening before Labor Day. However,... Read more »
January 19, 2012
Eighteen years old; the ending of childhood and the beginning of adulthood. The age when an American is allowed to die and kill serving their country, when they are allowed to vote and have a say in who will lead their country, but not allowed to drink alcohol? For years the United States’ rather old... Read more »
Noah Fitzgerel, Editorials Editor
January 11, 2012
His answers in debates always receive thunderous rounds of applause, he is the most popular candidate among the GOP youth and he is a fervent libertarian. He’s not Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, nor Rick Santorum. He is Ron Paul. Why the big hullabaloo over Rep. Paul? According to Harvard’s Institute for... Read more »
The A-Blast Editorial Board
January 11, 2012
Congressmen, please, enough rhetoric already. 60 Minutes has already shown us that you have made millions of dollars off internal stock trading and speculation, and have passed laws to clandestinely make it legal. We might be young, but we are not blind. In fact, many of us will be voting this coming... Read more »
Joe Sehrer, Staff Writer
January 3, 2012
It has become inevitable. You are sitting in class, listening intently to a lesson when suddenly you feel a quick buzz coming from your phone. Immediately your mind races, asking yourself who messaged you, what they said and when can you sneak your phone under the desk to reply. This has become a commonplace... Read more »
Video Recap of the 4th Annual STAND Benefit Concert that was held on January 20th, 2012. By the end of the night, $1,175 had been raised for STAND. Made By Troy Callahan, Videographer
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