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The third movie in the spin-off and prequel to the Harry Potter film series, "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore" was released into theaters on Apr. 15.

Warner Brothers’ ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore’: What’s next?

Olivia Smith, features editor emeritus
May 29, 2022
The Maryland basketball team plays earlier this year at the Baha Mar Hoops tournament.

ABC’s “Step into the Movies”: a leap into the past

Olivia Smith, features editor
April 29, 2022
The movie “Uncharted” starring Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg was available in theaters on Feb. 18.

Get nostalgic with Sony’s “Uncharted”

Olivia Smith, features editor
March 24, 2022
Celebrity cheerleader Gabi Butler doing a stunt in Netflix’s Cheer season 2.

Netflix’s ‘Cheer’ flips into new season following pandemic, controversy

Olivia Smith, features editor
February 23, 2022
Emily in Paris, season 2, came out Dec. 22 and is already one of the Top 10 shows on Netflix in the U.S..

Netflix’s ‘Emily in Paris’ sparks controversy once again after release of second season

Olivia Smith, features editor
January 19, 2022
A month ago people worldwide sat down to watch the highly anticipated trailer of Spider-Man: No Way Home.

Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home sparks extreme fan theories

Olivia Smith, features editor
December 23, 2021
Kara Zor-El, Supergirl, gets suited up in her cozy loft apartment.

CW’s Supergirl review: What comes next?

Olivia Smith, features editor
November 19, 2021
Jojo Siwa and Jenna Johnson are the first same sex couple on Dancing with the Stars; Ariana Grande joins Kelly Clarkson, John Legend and Blake Shelton as a coach on The Voice.

Shows come back in person with history-breaking additions

Olivia Smith, features editor
October 16, 2021
Freshman Madeline Eig uses the new Chromebook provided by the school.

Chromebooks getting good reviews

Olivia Smith, features editor
September 18, 2021
Whether to choose coffee or matcha

Whether to choose coffee or matcha

Olivia Smith, staff writer
May 29, 2021
Travis Montgomery, Robert Sullivan, Maya Bishop, Jack Gibson, Andy Herrera, Victoria Hughes, Ben Warren and Dean Miller star in the ABC show Station 19.

ABC’s Station 19 presents current events

Olivia Smith, staff writer
May 2, 2021
Judges John Legend, Kelly Clarkson, Blake Shelton and Nick Jonas are taking part of NBC's The Voice's 20th season.

NBC’s The Voice review: What to look forward to

Olivia Smith, staff writer
March 25, 2021
The Princeton Review and College Board both have study guides to help prepare students for the SAT.

Students left to decide if SAT/ACT is necessary

Olivia Smith, staff writer
February 23, 2021
Books build up: As a procrastinator it is hard to stay on top of your work.

Procrastination has benefits, despite bad rap

Olivia Smith, staff writer
January 21, 2021
Junior Carrie Wang

Carrie Wang leads Paper Bridge, takes on extracurriculars, schoolwork

Olivia Smith, staff writer
January 5, 2021
The main cast of The Vampire Diaries, Paul Wesley, Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder. The Vampire Diaries is popular with students. It first aired in 2009 and was taken off air in 2017, but is now available on streaming applications.

Students give insight to favorite movies, TV series

Olivia Smith, staff writer
December 4, 2020
Junior planning has adjusted to the new way of virtual school by meeting over Zoom.

Junior planning alters activities during pandemic

Olivia Smith, staff writer
November 21, 2020
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