Column: Have We All Gone Crazy?
By Maggie Gallagher UJW Staff Writer Has our world gone crazy? Is everyone just a violent person waiting to pop? Ever since James Holmes brought an AR15, Glock 40 Caliber, […]
Youth Involvement in STEM Beginning to Grow
By Tayah Harper UJW Staff Writer WASHINGTON D.C. — Have you ever thought of a way to get more than 325,000 youth and their parents in one room? The 2014 […]
After Breach, Student Data Privacy in the Spotlight
By Austin Chavez UJW Staff Writer After reports of a second data breach at the University of Maryland in late March and a similar breach at the North Dakota University […]
Local schools explore digitizing methods
By Gabby Brooks UJW Staff Writer ROCKVILLE, Md.– In Mooresville, N.C., students file into their classrooms, but instead of pulling out their notebooks and pencils, they have school-issued laptops. The […]
Culture Change Afoot on Eastern Shore
By Chloe Thompson UJW Staff Writer For years, Maryland’s Eastern shore has been balancing two conflicting stereotypes, a culture of coastal living, and a culture of hunting, fishing, and “living […]
School board member rises to internet fame through Twitter
By Arman Azad UJW Staff Writer FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — It was a cloudy day on December 8. With the temperature hovering around 29 degrees, and calls for precipitation in […]
Transgender Student Rights In Focus
By Austin Chavez UJW Staff Writer For many adolescents in the transgender community, bullying has become a major concern. A 2012 national study conducted by the Gay Lesbian Straight Education […]
Cherry blossoms on parade
By Sarah Metzel UJW Staff Writer WASHINGTON — The vivid pink blossoms that have appeared on trees in Washington mark the start of a new season. People from all over […]
Smartphones become a Parade must-have
By Anthony Joseph UJW Staff Writer Sheridan Radcliffe had worried that a foot surgery would prevent her from attending this year’s National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade. But armed with only […]
Performers Bring Spark to Parade
By Abby Duker UJW Staff Writer WASHINGTON–It took Toodles the Clown 45 minutes to put on makeup, and then came the petticoat, apron, bloomers and brightly-colored wig she picked out […]