Obama eats out by Hailey Arnold and Amelia Friedman
Features Editor and Managing Editor
Still new to town, President Barack Obama has only lived in the D.C. Metropolitan area for nine months now. And just like anyone else still settling in, he too has to figure out where he can get a good meal around here. On May 5, he and Vice President Joe Biden paid a visit to Ray’s Hell Burgers, a local Arlington burger eatery.
As you walk past Ray’s The Steaks signage and into the charming, rustic Ray’s Hell Burgers, the aroma of hamburgers catches your attention and the sound of ... full article
‘Lost Symbol’ brings serial character to the United States by Noah Yoo
Entertainment Editor
In 2000, Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon character excited readers with the story of his escapade in Vatican City, fighting an assassin threatening to destroy the entire city and its inhabitants in the name of a long-dead secret society in “Angels and Demons”. Six years later, Professor Langdon goes to Paris to investigate the death of the curator of the Louvre, and ends up on a quest for the Holy Grail, in “The Da Vinci Code”.
Now, nearly a decade after his first undertaking, Langdon returns into our minds’ eyes " ... full article
Rumberger returns to Jefferson by Joshua Baquedano, Mike Crumplar, Arya Dahal and Ha
Staff Reporters
When Dale Rumberger walks into a room, the first thing you notice is his piercing blue eyes. After cracking a few jokes and affecting his “Doctor Evil” alter ego, it’s clear he likes his act and has a rare talent for making everyone in a room know that he is both in charge and entirely comfortable with it.
Rumberger, new interim Director of Student Activities, is hardly new on campus. He returns to Jefferson after a 19 year absence. Rumberger was part of the original faculty to open the Governor’s ... full article
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Teachers pass the Colonial torch by Carlegh Stiehm and Euginia Yim
Features Editors
Math teacher Michael Auerbach returned to his alma mater 11 years after graduation because he felt he wasn’t making a difference by working as a defense contractor.
Auerbach, Class of 1995, is not the only Jefferson graduate to return as a teacher. Math teachers Jen Pierce, Marianne Razzino and Amy Luxenberg as well as chemistry teacher Ashley Jones all share the experience of being both a teacher and a former student at Jefferson.
“When you are lucky enough to go to the number one high school in the country, you’re ... full article
The Farmville phenomenon by Lio Kang and Tori Stringfellow
Features Editor and Entertainment Editor
Somebody has “just found a lonely black sheep on their farm. Would you like to give it a home?” A series of similar announcements have been appearing in students’ newsfeeds as they check their Facebook profiles. Further down the page somebody has found an ugly duckling that also needs a home. Where are all these animals coming from on Facebook? The answer comes from an Internet phenomenon that began over the summer. Farmville.
Farmville is a licensed gaming application developed by Zynga, a popular video game developer for social Web ... full article
Anders cycles through gap year to help Doctors Without Borders by Hailey Arnold and Abigail Xu
Features Editors
Class of 2009 graduate Brett Anders was cycling on a historical highway on an Apache reservation when he heard 3 dogs barking. At first he wasn’t worried. But then from his peripheral vision, he saw the dogs jump over the barbed wire fence.
“I pedaled as fast as I could, probably around 25 miles per hour. The dogs were at my tail and they were snapping and snarling at me,” Brett said. “One dog was closing in on me when a car appeared and the dog dropped back.” Luckily for ... full article
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