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Senior Chloe Zhu promotes her makeup looks on social media. [I took these photos] because I realized that the Band-Aid matched my makeup look, Zhu said.

Beauty industry diversifies

In recent years, inclusive beauty movements have redefined the standards for companies to include people of all shapes, sizes, colors, genders, and ages. With the creation of campaigns that embrace differences...

Olivia poses with her homecoming dress which she purchased from a business on Etsy.

Sophomore model expresses confidence through fashion

Dania Reza, Online Features Editor April 5, 2022

For most students, a typical school day outfit consists of sweatpants and a hoodie. But sophomore Olivia Pamas treats every day like a fashion show, whether she’s working the runway as a model or walking...

Crime Junkie focuses on a different crime case for each podcast episode. McLean students and teachers love hearing the different stories featured each episode.

Staff and student podcast favorites

Layla Zaidi and Mackenzie Chen March 31, 2022

Crime Junkie Via: Spotify Crime Junkie is a weekly true crime podcast that focuses on one new case each week. The host, Ashley Flowers, discusses a wide variety of cases including murders, serial killers,...

TheatreMcLean plans LGBTQ+ musical

TheatreMcLean plans LGBTQ+ musical

Isabella DiPatri and Josephine Phillips March 30, 2022

TheatreMcLean has begun promoting its upcoming musical, Head Over Heels, with the Instagram hashtags #mcleangotthebeat and #highlanderoverheels. The department's annual spring musical will feature...

Autographed posters line the hallways leading into the black box stage. The colors in each poster align with the colored lights used to illuminate each of the main air guitarists in the show, a clever inclusion that made the show feel well-planned and intricate.

Finding Airness: A play worth the hype

Tara Pandey and Makda Bekele January 29, 2022

TheatreMcLean’s’ newest show, “Airness,” opened on Jan. 27. With only weeks of preparation, a mere fraction of the months leading up to their preceding show “Little Women,” they put on a performance...

The cover art from Cordaes latest album

Cordae’s “From a Birds Eye View” album review

Paarth Soni, Reporter January 24, 2022

  Final Rating: 4.5/5 Local Maryland rapper, Cordae, explained the story of his life From A Birds Eye View, when dropping his sophomore album, January 14th. Although it is just his second album,...

Rapper Gunnas DS4Ever went viral for one songs phrase Popping P, but not all tracks live up to the sensational hype.

Gunna’s “DS4Ever” starts the year off well

Zachary Ammar, Reporter January 21, 2022

Sergio Giavanni Kitchens, universally known as “Gunna,” dropped his album “DS4Ever” on Jan. 7 and was ranked as the number one album in the country on the Billboard 200. Overall, the album is...

International pop songs to play on repeat

International pop songs to play on repeat

Vanessa Popescu, Designer January 10, 2022

レモン - Lemon - Kenshi Yonezu As one of the biggest hit singers in Japan during the 21st century, Kenshi Yonezu’s song “Lemon” has been streamed over 723 million times on Youtube. Although...

In typical Weeknd fashion, Abel Tesfaye dresses up and embodies a certain character in order to promote his album. For his previous album After Hours, he dressed up in a red suit and a heavily bandaged face. Now, he swaps the gore prosthetics for an aged version of himself, complete with wrinkles and grey facial hair.

Tune in to Dawn FM

Noah Barnes, A&E Editor January 8, 2022

Rating: 9/10 The Weeknd delivers listeners with an immersive experience in his latest album, curated to imitate being trapped in a dark tunnel alone with the radio channel 103.5 Dawn FM. The opening...

The Gramophone Award is given to the artist with the most votes in each category.

Vote for your favorite Grammy nominees

Dania Reza and Natalie Vu December 16, 2021

Nominations for the 64th annual Grammy Awards have been released to the public, and many students and teachers are excited to see the results. The awards will be presented on Monday, January 31, 2022 on...

Students compare their Spotify Wrapped statistics. Users can view their top artists, songs, genres and minutes listened to, as well as a percentile that describes where they place among their top artists listeners.

Spotify Wrapped returns

Scott Shields, Christiana Ketema and Sydney Gleason December 9, 2021

It’s that time of year again; as the temperature keeps dropping and the holiday season enters full swing, Instagram stories are flooded with shares of top artists, songs and minutes listened. It’s...

The Color Guard practices in the parking lot. The team was rehearsing the opener of the show.

Mclean Winter Guard kicks off

Valerie Paredes, Reporter November 23, 2021

As their fall season comes to a close, the McLean Color Guard is restarting their first real winter season since the beginning of the pandemic. Their season will continue until April, and anyone is eligible...

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