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Meadowlark Gardens light up the holiday season

Meadowlark Gardens light up the holiday season

Camille Blakemore, Reporter December 14, 2018

Though the wind chill is bitter and the temperature well below 30 degrees, Meadowlark Gardens is swarming with the holiday spirit enthused. Every tree is swaddled in lights, with some arranged in creative...

Junior Zach Anderson joins the trend. (Photo by Katie Romhilt)

The rise of BitLife

Katie Romhilt, Reporter December 12, 2018

BitLife is a life simulator app that has quickly taken over McLean students. It gives one the ability to create a fictional life; in the end, the outcomes of the life could earn the player a medal. “At...

Holiday movies that sleigh the game

Holiday movies that sleigh the game

December 12, 2018

Your sitting at home, sweatpants on, hot chocolate in hand, looking for something to do. It's finally that time of year, but as a teenager compacted with homework and stress, you're struggling to feel...

Bad Vibes Forever

Rapper XXXTentacion’s album Skins is not so “BAD!”

Elizabeth Humphreys, Reporter December 11, 2018

A new addition to the ever-growing supply of posthumous music, Jahseh Onfroy, better known as XXXTentacion (X), had his album Skins released on Dec. 7. Tragically shot and killed last June, X is known...

Ariana Grande as Regina George reading her own "Burn Book" (Photo via Republic Records)

thank u, ariana

AnnaGrace Hopkins and Brooke Newell December 9, 2018

On Nov 30, singer Ariana Grande dropped her long-awaited “thank u, next” music video. Her video delivers revisited scenes of iconic movies that will make viewers nostalgic for early 2000’s teen movies....

Doctor Who?

Doctor Who?

Matthew Abbott, Reporter December 6, 2018

A blue police box appears out of nowhere with a whoosh. A mysterious person, who calls themselves the Doctor exits the box and goes to work on fixing any problems that they encounters. This scene instills...

New Fallout game lets down many

New Fallout game lets down many

Brandon Sauter, Reporter December 4, 2018

Bethesda Games is one of the world’s most popular game developers for all genres. One of their most notable game series is Fallout 4, a hit roleplaying game with an amazing open world. Unfortunately...

The rebel hoard lead by Bobby Strong, who is played by Junior Casey Prestidge. Picture courtesy of TheaterMcLean's instagram.

Urinetown made audiences wet themselves

November 30, 2018

From Nov. 16 through 18, TheaterMcLean put on Urinetown, a dark musical satire that shines light on important issues such as poverty, capitalist greed, and environmental sustainability. It was a stark...

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Trippie Redd’s A Love Letter To You 3

Elizabeth Humphreys, Reporter November 17, 2018

Two love letters later, Trippie Redd released A Love Letter To You 3 on Nov. 9. Having the same date as Lil Peep’s Come Over When You’re Sober Pt. 2 and XXXTentacion’s single “Bad,” the album...

Floptastic Busts: The Crimes of Greedy Producers

Floptastic Busts: The Crimes of Greedy Producers

Justin Kim, (Graduated) Reporter November 17, 2018

The Mad Hatter, having grown sick of Underland, has come to Europe in search of Alice. Along the way he recruits Barry Allen, who's currently on a journey of self-reflection along with Dr. Helen Cho. Meanwhile,...

Black Ops 4 Zombies Review: Almost perfect

Black Ops 4 Zombies Review: Almost perfect

Jackson Clayton, Reporter November 16, 2018

The fan favorite co-op Zombies mode returns in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, marking its 10th anniversary. The mode pits players against infinite waves of increasingly more difficult zombies, allowing them...

After convention comes "Mid90s"

After convention comes “Mid90s”

Alex Mandanas, Managing Editor November 13, 2018

Mid90s can be best summed by one song: “After Laughter Comes Tears”(the Wu-Tang Clan version). The song appears in the film’s trailer and in a critical part of the film and, in my opinion, it perfectly...

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