From the Classroom
In Depth Archive
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Senioritis runs rampant
Nation struggles to control spreading epidemic. -
Follow the path of Rachita Sangh
How does race affect your initimate relationships? How do you think our generation’s views on race have differed from our parents’? Me especially—and people I know—we’re more open-minded towards other races. My parents, they both were born in India and spent most of their lives there so I think they associate other races with stereotypes [...] -
Follow the path of Connor Sullivan
How does race affect your initimate relationships? How do you think our generation’s views on race have differed from our parents’? Just growing up in America where the environment we live in people are more equal—or at least around here people are more equal because of what we’re exposed to—but I mean growing up in [...] -
Follow the path of Kevin Sol
How has race affected your life? It’s easier to get into colleges. I can fill in that bubble saying that English is my second language. All the mail I get, it’s usually in two languages. My parents prefer having an English and Spanish thing and they always have to read the Spanish side. They speak [...] -
Follow the path of Caitlin Weirick
Stereotypes- how do you deal with them because every race has stereotypes that are associated with it. How do you deal with them and are they right? Are they wrong? I break every stereotype. I’m not a part of any of them. Because I am Asian, but I’m not playing piano or violin 24/7; I [...] -
Follow the path of Alex Le
How has race affected your life? Race has taught me a lot of things. It’s taught me about perspective, objectivity. Perspective in that stereotypes are, in a joking way, they’re all very true. My favorite ones are black stereotypes. Black names, I really like. My dad talks a lot about black people because he works [...] -
Follow the path of Alan Zhao
Do you believe we’re heading towards some sort of post-racial society where race won’t matter anymore? The thing is more of culture and most people have diverse interests. No matter what your friendship, it’s going to be bound by something you have in common. You can see two people who are friends, walking down the [...] -
Follow the path of Adria Davis
Stereotypes- how do you deal with them because every race has stereotypes that are associated with it. How do you deal with them and are they right? Are they wrong? Sometimes I guess, they’re kind of true. But then, that’s just one group of people. Not everyone’s walking around with the name Quaneesha or Lahtifuh [...] -
The Faces Of Oakton- A Symposium On Diversity
For many of us, matters of race are matters of the past, buried deep within the glossy pages of textbooks and far removed from the present. -
‘We Gonna Make It’
Junior Sagar Moktan raps. Senior Nathan Smith films and photographs. They’re two students with vastly different talents that they hope to one day make into careers. -
Inside Oakton’s Drug Community: Part 4
“Don’t have to look like a pothead” John* doesn’t stand out too much from the crowd. He plays a varsity sport, takes multiple AP classes and maintains a decent GPA. What his teachers and peers would probably be surprised to find out, however, is that he distributed marijuana for over two years. “[Selling] was such [...] -
Inside Oakton’s Drug Community: Part 3
Alex doesn’t remember much about his last day at Oakton, but he knows that the Cha Cha Slide had something to do with it. “I took some amount of Percocet, and a couple Soma… and then they mixed to form some sort of terrible combination that made it very obvious that I was intoxicated in [...] -
Inside Oakton’s Drug Community: Part 2
“I had one night where I think I had done cocaine, Oxycontin, Xanax, and I was drunk. And then every time I would snort a line of cocaine, I would throw up like two seconds after… I did that for like eight lines before I was like ‘this is probably bad,’” recalled 18-year-old Alex*. “Then [...] -
Inside Oakton’s Drug Community: Part 1
For many students, the high school years are all about the focus on academics, sports and clubs. For a portion of the student body, however, these years are all about pushing physical, biological and chemical limits. This In-Depth section focuses on the drug network underlying Oakton’s prestigious reputation. by Erica Wohlleben and Katie Smith, with [...] -
Snowpocalypse Strikes Oakton
The storm that defined all storms. The storm that swept through the DC Metropolitan area, wreaking havoc and frenzy as it ruthlessly unleashed two feet of snow and ice. -
A student-artist profile: Leaps, bounds and pirouettes
Sophomore Irene Arora dances, but not tap, ballet or jazz. Instead, she performs Kuchipudi style, an Indian form of dancing. Parents often put their children in classes that the children just don’t want to take like piano, dance and karate. Usually, that’s not what the child wants but it keeps them occupied. But every now [...] -
A student-artist profile: Painting and living an artful dream
Oakton junior Isabel Yun, a talented student artist, has launched an entire career based on passion and perseverance. “I feel most alive when I paint, and you know how others take yoga to get in touch with their spirituality? When I paint and do artwork, it’s my chance to get in touch with my spirituality,” [...] -
A student-artist profile: Strumming to his own beat
Ethan Schroeder has proved himself a renaissance man of the arts, mastering seven different instruments through his dedication and love for music. When it comes to music, Ethan Schroeder pretty much does it all. Ever since this self taught musician’s first performance in an elementary school talent show, it seems as if he cannot put [...] -
A student-artist profile: Putting it into words
Have writing, art, photography, music, or other original work of your own that you’d like to submit to Opus? Go to www.oaktonmedia.net to submit! -
A student-artist profile: Living at shutter speed
Starting in Africa in the 8th grade, Tim Collins knew what kind of creative medium he wanted to pursue: photography. Ever noticed someone following you around with a camera? Don’t worry, it’s probably not a stalker. Most likely, it’s be a photographer, doing something called “street photography.” By definition, “street photography” is a type of [...]
