How-To: Have a Great Summer

June 10, 2010 • Charlotte Hagerman, Copy Editor  
Filed under How-To Column, Opinion

Step One: Don’t Let Yourself Get Bored With unlimited time and very few priorities, it’s easy to get into a slump—sleeping until 1 in the afternoon, watching TV all day, getting on Facebook all night. So keep active, and occasionally force yourself out of bed in the morning to call your friends.... Read more »

How-To: Guide to Camping

May 11, 2010 • Erin Hanratty, Sports Editor  
Filed under How-To Column, Opinion

Every year, history teacher Anthony Del Puppo takes a group of senior girls on a camping trip for a weekend, complete with a 4.5 mile hike up the Massanutten Mountain to the campsite.  This year, a few of my friends and I thought it would be fun to go on this camping trip.  I had expectations of the... Read more »

How-to: Save money

April 27, 2010 • Charlotte Hagerman, Copy Editor  
Filed under How-To Column

After withdrawing yet another 40 dollars from your account, the bank teller hands you the dreaded yellow slip stating your total savings. You cringe at the new balance. Where did all your money go? And how can you get it back? STEP ONE: GET A JOB (OBVIOUSLY) There are plenty of jobs out there, but don’t... Read more »

How-To: Plan a scavenger hunt

March 26, 2010 • Alex Bahr, Copy Editor  
Filed under How-To Column

Driving sporadically around Bel Air, we screeched to a halt on Route 22 in order to pull over and take a picture with a dead fox. Find road kill: our team wins another four points as we cross off one of our 40 tasks for the night. Next stop: McDonald’s. We experience walking through a drive-thru... Read more »

How-To: Schedule a perfect senior year

March 5, 2010 • Charlotte Hagerman, Copy Editor
Erin Hanratty, Sports Editor  
Filed under How-To Column

It’s that time of year again—the time when Honors and AP invitations come out, and current juniors meet with their guidance counselors to determine their schedules for next year. But with so many options, how is a student supposed to plan his or her perfect senior year? Here’s how. STEP ONE: DON’T... Read more »

How-To: Not procrastinate

February 18, 2010 • Alex Bahr, Copy Editor  
Filed under How-To Column

It is 6:30 on a Wednesday night. Suddenly, I remember the 300 page book I am supposed to have read by tomorrow morning. Unfortunately, this has happened many times before. As technology has increased, it seems that every day distractions have multiplied and procrastination is overwhelming more and more... Read more »

How-To: Plan a creative, inexpensive date

February 11, 2010 • Alex Bahr, Copy Editor  
Filed under How-To Column

You’ve found that significant other and you two are planning to hang out next Saturday. You can’t stop thinking about how much fun you are going to have, how much you like each other, and how comfortable you are together. You two are not the typical high school couple — it’s deeper... Read more »

How-To: Ask a date to Sadie Hawkins

February 4, 2010 • Charlotte Hagerman, Copy Editor, and Erin Hanratty, Sports Editor  
Filed under How-To Column

Sorry, boys. This how-to goes out to the girls. This time, girls get to pick their date instead of being forced to go with a boy who asked them and they felt bad for. That is…if their dates say yes. So how exactly are we girls, who are so uninformed on proper asking-out procedures, supposed to function... Read more »

How-To: Throw an impromptu surprise party

January 31, 2010 • Alex Bahr, Copy Editor  
Filed under How-To Column

Charlotte Hagerman’s blindfolded face met the curb.  I heard her call out and turned around to see her on the ground. Laughing, I helped her up, apologizing for not informing her of the presence of the curb. I continued leading her into La Tolteca, where, unbeknownst to Hagerman, over a dozen of her... Read more »

How-To: Survive physics

January 27, 2010 • Charlotte Hagerman, Copy Editor and Erin Hanratty, Sports Editor  
Filed under How-To Column

We know how lost you are. We know you’re searching for answers, mindlessly wandering down the halls.  Lucky for you, three seniors who’ve been through it all are here to help. Erin Hanratty, Charlotte Hagerman, and Alex Bahr, the blogging trifecta of how-to knowledge, will be working together to... Read more »