by Shaj Mathew
Sam Howards, a Huntingtown senior, casually opens the door to her maroon Mercedes SUV on a dreary March afternoon. She puts the key in ignition, shifts into drive, looks out for traffic – and then whips out her neon blue LG Xenon cell phone.
Her slim fingers race along a full QWERTY keypad, which she places at bottom of her steering wheel as she begins to drive.  She furiously taps a text on the sleek silver pad, only looking down to read her completed message. Howards’ eyes dart around …

by Roopa Srivastava
Global warming. Pollution. Waste. These are just some of the many environmental issues occurring now.
Environmentalists have been working to limit these issues, but they aren’t the only ones. Some Huntingtown High School students have been doing their own share of helping the environment, making their own purses, pencil pouches and even lamps.

Caption: Patuxent High School Students eat — and do headstands — during their one-hour lunch.
by Mary Pomilla and Hannah Finlayson
Huntingtown High School practices the traditional 45-minute lunch schedule; however, a better alternative may be on the horizon.
As of late 2007, Patuxent High School has adopted a one-hour lunch schedule, in which the entire student body is free to eat anywhere on the grounds of the school. Although this concept may sound chaotic, the lunch runs smoothly. Patuxent students respect the lunch as a privilege, and are free to use their …