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The official student newspaper of Walter Johnson High School

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The official student newspaper of Walter Johnson High School

The Pitch
Last years Cinderella team, UMBC, visits Maryland governor Larry Hogan after becoming the first 16 seed to beat a one seed when they took down the University of Virginia 74-54.

March Madness sleepers: the teams you should be watching

Zachary Meyers, Sports Editor
March 20, 2019
Danis Cammet speaking about the rise and fall of the American leftist parties for his NHD documentary. Him and fellow sophomore, Beri Gershwind, qualified for counties but failed to move on to states.

APUSH students and National History Day

Benicio Balignot, Staff Writer
March 15, 2019
Ashburton Elementary School teacher Daemon Dartouzos was charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography. Dartouzos taught at Ashburton for 20 years as a physical education teacher.

Ashburton teacher arrested: Possession of child pornography

Sophie Becker and Matt Garfinkel
March 8, 2019
The main character of Glass: James McAvoy speaking at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International. McAvoy spoke about previous movie X-Men: Apocalypse.

“Split” Movie Sequel: “Glass”

Ethan Oyeniyi, Staff Writer
February 26, 2019
MCPS has seen a sharp uptick in the amount of As and Bs in the years since final exams were eliminated and the new grading system was instituted. The percent of As in math classes rose from 16% in 2014-15 to 32% in the 2017-18 school year.

MCPS Board of Education meets to discuss issues in county

Will Cohen, Online News Editor
February 11, 2019
Jason Momoa’s Arthur Curry (Aquaman) fighting Black Manta aboard a submarine. The beginning of the film kicks off with Aquaman intervening in an attempted submarine takeover by Black Manta’s crew.

Aquaman movie review

Benicio Balignot, Staff Writer
February 8, 2019
In a poll with 136 respondents, rap/hip hop was the genre students were most excited for this year. Students specifically indicated they were excited for new music from artists like RIhanna and Sam Smith, as well as for music in the musical theatre and synth-pop genres.

2019: New year, new music

Jessica Silverman, Online Editor-in-Chief
February 8, 2019
Gillette’s iconic razor sits on a bathroom counter waiting to be used. Gillette was founded in 1901 and it’s controversial commercial has stirred up controversy.

Point/Counterpoint: Gillette ad

Sam Falb, Matt Garfinkel, Thomas Wolfson, Senior Editor-in-Chief, Online/Multimedia Managing Editor, Opinion Editor
February 7, 2019
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