On Tuesday, March 15, 2022, the Sunshine Protection Bill of 2021 passed the Senate by a unanimous voice vote. The bill would make Daylight Savings Time, which is currently in effect from March 13, 2022, to November 6, 2022, permanent. Daylight Savings Time, or DST, is a clock shift one hour forward in the interest...
When parents make the decision to end their marriages, kids react in different ways. According to Involvement, 40-50% of marriages in the U.S. end in divorce–more specifically 750,000 divorces in the U.S. each year. Children’s and teens’ depression, anxiety, and other problem rates have gone up due to having divorced parents or guardians. Teens from divorced...
On March 4, movie theaters were more crowded than they have been since the pandemic hit, as The Batman premiered on the big screen. With an 88% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes and a $150 million dollar budget, The Batman is climbing the ladder of success. According to Variety, The Batman has treaded ways to get to the top. The entertainment site...
The end of March marks the end of facial hair for students at NDA. A prominent rule at NDA is that male students must have a clean-shaven face, but at the beginning of March they were given the choice to buy a $20 pin to grow out their facial hair for the month. “It’s a...
Comic Con is one of the biggest pop culture events, but what if it was in a pandemic? I got to go see. The first thing that had to happen was everyone had to be vaccinated, or have a negative COVID-19 PCR test less than seventy-two hours before the event. If you couldn’t do that,...
Mental health right now can be very hard to deal with in many ways. A lot of teens often find themselves comparing themselves to others, whether it be someone on social media, someone at school, or just a stranger at the store. Teens now also deal with the added pressure of being enough for friends,...
Skateboarding, a relatively new sport invented in the 1940s, made a comeback throughout the spring months with students riding them to and from school. This sport has become mainstream throughout the last few decades, and it made a boom in 2021. Kids picked up their skateboards and rolled to school. The incredible feeling of this...
Over the course of two years, the girls of West Potomac have lost a safe space to exercise during school after an attempt at gender inclusivity backfired. Alana Yoder, senior, who took the girls P-fit class until it was removed from the course catalog, said that it was the “highlight of her day.. I used...
Be cultured, know where the exchange student lives and its culture. (Saying Europe doesn’t count). Also if you know the flag of his/her country, or just don’t say the wrong one. Be adventurous. The exchange student is only going to be here for a year and wants to have fun, don’t just sit in your...
For two years, COVID-19 has stayed ongoing and detrimental to the health of people, globally speaking. It remains lethal and, up to this day, has a persistent grasp on the lives of people who have been exposed to it. Anchorage’s COVID-19 Case Overview was recently updated January 24th with the help of data from Our...