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2023 graduate Anvi Chitti helps get people registered to vote.  Photo courtesy of the Loudoun County Office of Elections.

Op-Ed: Voting is your responsibility

Sabry Tate, Managing Editor October 8, 2024

Ever since middle school I have been counting down the days until my eighteenth birthday. My birthday marks the beginning of being a legal adult, but more importantly it marks my ability to vote. Similar...

Once a quarter, Lightridge students practice locking the school down.

Op-Ed: How efficient are lockdown drills?

Sara Yusuf, Social Media Manager May 28, 2024

Lockdown drills in school are a normal occurrence throughout the school year. And yes, they may benefit you in the state of emergency. But are lockdowns actually going to save you from the threat in your...

In order to survive, country music needs to look at how it is hostile to some segments of its fan base.

Op-Ed: Country music’s diversity problem

Sabry Tate, Managing Editor May 9, 2024

It seems as if there are two types of people, those who hate it, and those who love it. I am an unapologetic country music lover. I fell in love with country music because of the storytelling....

Despite the administration and custodial staff's best efforts to maintain the restrooms, students continue to act like they have never been in a bathroom before.

Guest Op-Ed: Students need to be better in the bathrooms

Ajeet Sandhu, Chetan Vanga, and Anika Singh April 23, 2024

The bathrooms at Lightridge are one of the biggest problems in the school. They are often extremely dirty, filthy, and look war-torn. This problem can’t be ignored any longer, as the bathrooms have reached...

Trucks and full sized SUVs are a greater risk to pedestrians than standard sized automobiles.

Guest Op-Ed: Trucks and full sized SUVs should be banned from school lots

Srikrishna Cheruku, Guest Writer April 17, 2024

Imagine you are walking home from school. At the crosswalk, you glance both ways before crossing, noting that there’s a truck at the stop sign. You have the right of way, so you start to cross. Before...

Daunte Painter, Connor Moyssiadis, Alex Owellen, Sam Ruiz, and Brayden Zirkle celebrate during a game.

Op-ed: Sports are key to mental health

Reese Hwang, Staff Writer April 1, 2024

I was seven years old, getting ready to dive into the water for my first ever summer swim relay. I was the anchor person, so I would finish the race off for my team, and was shaking in fear that I would...

Parents are struggling to find time to connect with their kids.  Kids are connecting just fine with the internet.  All of it is because of a system that is failing both groups.

Op-Ed: Capitalism is killing the iPad kids

Max Allen and Cohen Wilson February 27, 2024

In this day and age, both parents of a household are needed to work long and hard hours in order to pay an ever-increasing mountain of bills and expenses. Tapped dry of all energy, these people come home...

The addition of several vending machines on campus has left students unsatisfied.

Op-Ed: Vending machines leave students with a bad taste in their mouths

Joaquin Raffy Dalugdug, Cooper Won, and Kurt Vaughan January 30, 2024

Starting this school year, Lightridge High School has seen the addition of a series of new vending machines scattered throughout the school. But with its discouraging restrictions on accessibility, they...

More and more students are cutting themselves off from real world interactions in favor of a life online.

Op-Ed: Social media isn’t social

Jenna Hong, Staff Writer January 26, 2024

When was the last time you checked your screen time? What apps are you using the most daily? Social media has become a normal part of being a teenager. It is easy to get sucked into the drama that happens...

 Lightridge lunch ladies Fakhar Nisa, Elizabeth Chaves and Shazma Taqeer may look nice -and, honestly, they are- but a new proposal seeks to bring them the knock out level of respect that they deserve.

Guest Op-Ed: Knuckle sandwich

Sophie Armstrong, Guest writer December 15, 2023

Sometimes, only by accident, I meet their eyes with my own. Glossed over, I make out my reflection distorted with a muted hostility. They feel nothing. I feel afraid. It's not any fault of their own, it's...

Olivia Washington and Will Adams  star in the must-see 2021 Hallmark movie "A Holiday in Harlem."

Op-Ed: Hallmark movies are holiday comfort food in video form

Sabry Tate, Managing Editor December 15, 2023

“Let's turn on a movie,” my sister says as the cookie dough forms in the mixing bowl. With those words somewhere in the universe a starter’s gun rings out, and the race begins. I run around the...

The traffic to and from school is a continuing source of stress for the student body and has only gotten worse as the school's population has risen.

Guest Op-Ed: More money, more roads

Akshara Jadala, Guest writer December 14, 2023

In the tenth grade, I was diagnosed with a rheumatic condition that undermines the strength of my lower half. It’s something I’ve learned to live with normally, but driving is a task that I can only...

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