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Playboi Carti Drops 3-Hour Experimental Spoken-Word Album

Playboi Carti Drops 3-Hour Experimental Spoken-Word Album

Max Carpenter, Editor March 12, 2025

Thursday evening, renowned rapper and chronic procrastinator Playboi Carti surprised fans by releasing his third studio album several hours early. Elated supporters from around the world flooded popular...

Central Office Struggles to Keep Mandate of Heaven

Central Office Struggles to Keep Mandate of Heaven

Max Carpenter, Editor March 6, 2025

FAIRLINGTON PROVINCE — The divinely ordained empress and matriarch of the Cee-Howett Dynasty, Melon, has reaffirmed her and her royal court’s universal rule through heavenly correspondence with otherworldly...

SlimeGetEm takes a photo on junior Bruke Wonite's phone at a recent concert. / Image courtesy of Bruke Wonite

DMV Rappers Don’t Play: A Review of ‘GetEm’ by SlimeGetEm

Max Carpenter, Satire Editor March 6, 2025

SlimeGetEm (a.k.a. Slime Hundo) is a DMV "underground" rapper who began his music career in early 2023 and attained well-deserved recognition in the scene throughout 2024. His unfiltered, raw energy is...

Gaskins, in a jade green dress, is standing and looking up in crowded restaurant with people in the background who can be seen through a glass door.

“You can make change,” says Mayor Alyia Gaskins

Max Carpenter and Maxwell Jones-Lachance December 2, 2024

Two hundred seventy-four years. That's how long it's taken for Alexandria to elect a Black woman as mayor. Nationally, those 274 years represent a shameful past, one marred by the violence and oppression...

JD Vance stares nervously outside his window as children protest. (Rozalia Finkelstein)

Angry Children Rally With Lightsabers and NERF Guns Outside of V.P. Pick JD Vance’s House

Max Carpenter and Leo Maucieri September 11, 2024

Last Saturday, a large group of toddlers gathered outside of vice presidential candidate and Time magazine’s 2024 “Most Awkward Man in America,” JD Vance’s Alexandria residence. Protests erupted...

Jacinta Greene discusses concerns with a voter.

Local Candidates Come to ACHS for PTA Meet and Greet

Max Carpenter, Staff Writer June 5, 2024

With the Alexandria mayoral and city council elections coming up in November, candidates are attempting to secure their voter base. As always, education and the schools are a contentious topic, so candidates...

Album cover for Because the Internet. / Childish Gambino

Childish Gambino: A Discography Review

Max Carpenter, Staff Writer May 23, 2024

Donald Glover, whose stage name is Childish Gambino, is a rapper, producer, DJ, stand-up comedian, director, and actor. Glover began his rapping career in 2011, with the release of his debut album, Camp....

A photograph depicting a pin labeled “VOTE” on a ballot application

Candidate Scramble: Who Would You Vote For?

Max Carpenter, Staff Writer April 9, 2024

2024 is a presidential election year in the United States. Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee, the current President and the first president to refuse to take a cognitive assessment, is facing off against...

An illustration of a LGBTQ+ pride flag flying outside of ACHS.

Homophobia in ACPS: It’s Worse Than You Think

Max Carpenter and Rozalia Finkelstein February 12, 2024

Homophobia and anti-LGBT sentiments have permeated global society for centuries. It has become so deeply ingrained in society that homosexuality is “unnatural” that it sometimes goes unnoticed. Whatever...

Henry Kissinger pictured on the phone, 1975 / National Security Archive (public domain)

Ding-Dong the Witch is Dead: Henry Kissinger Deceased at 100

Max Carpenter, Staff Writer January 31, 2024

Henry Kissinger, known by many as Richard Nixon’s right-hand man, passed away on November 29th, 2023 in Kent, Connecticut. Kissinger knew many prominent world leaders in his lifetime, and his influence...

Organizer of the event Eliana Rougle speaks and officially begins the third annual Java Jive.

Photos From the 3rd Annual Java Jive

Max Carpenter, Staff Writer December 8, 2023

The third annual Java Jive took place on November 20, 2023 and saw great success. One organizer had high hopes for the event. “It’s always a really great experience,” they said. The Java...

One of the organizers gives an impassioned speech.

Photos: Palestine Walkout

Max Carpenter, Staff Writer November 16, 2023

On Thursday, November 9, 2023, ACHS students staged a walkout to show support for the citizens of Palestine.

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