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The movie adaptation of the Broadway play "Wicked" goes above and beyond, writes Rozalia Finkelstein.

‘Wicked’ Defies Gravity and Expectations

Rozalia Finkelstein, Editor January 10, 2025
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As students return from winter break, they will no longer be able to use their phones during the school day. That ban does not take today's digital world into account, Max Carpenter writes.

Phoning It In

Max Carpenter, Editor January 3, 2025
The phone ban will be ineffective, as it will be impossible to enforce, writes Max Carpenter.
ACPS Should Ban Football

ACPS Should Ban Football

Dino Drudi, Guest Contributor December 26, 2024

On Sept. 28, 2017, in public comments at a school board meeting, I became the first person in Alexandria to call on Alexandria City Public Schools to discontinue tackle football at all levels due to new...

English teacher Katherine Bentley, right, helps out junior Simge Gerdaneri on an essay. Bentley said she is pleased with the phone ban.

Pencils, Paper and Passion

Nadja Duss, Editor December 18, 2024

Every red day at roughly 8:45 in the morning, I wearily trudge into Katherine Bentley’s Duel Enrollment Composition class, not knowing what to expect and still half asleep. The only thing I have learned...

Black background with the words "Letter to the Editor" in white in a newspaper sans serif font above an image of a person holding a black cell phone from an aerial view above a silver laptop.

Why I’m Against The Phone Ban

Chase McKnight December 16, 2024

I recently read an article, “Virginia Bans Phones At School,” by Theogony’s Nadja Duss and I would like to express my thoughts on the topic. While I understand the governor's reasoning behind...

Why I Support The Walking Ban

Why I Support The Walking Ban

Dylan Reed December 6, 2024
Dylan Reed argues why an enforced closed campus is necessary
Stronger Together

Stronger Together

Alexander Duncan, Guest Contributor December 6, 2024
As challenges with intercampus transport persist, we recognize the need for continued change, ACHS Executive Principal Alexander Duncan writes.
Letter: The Intercampus Transportation System Needs Reform. Here's Why

Letter: The Intercampus Transportation System Needs Reform. Here’s Why

Haley Blickhahn December 6, 2024
Haley Blickhahn argues why reform to the intercampus transportation system is necessary
Portrait of Robert Smith, lead singer of The Cure.

Robert Smith Reminds Fans He’s Miserable: It’s Gloriously Gothic

Rozalia Finkelstein, Editor December 2, 2024

“This is the end of every song we sing,” so goes the first lyric to English rock band The Cure’s 14th studio album “Songs of a Lost World.” The album perfectly encapsulates a dreariness that...

The astonishing album cover for “Absolute Elsewhere” created by 1970s sci-fi artist Steve R. Dodd

Absolutely Extraordinary: Blood Incantation’s Absolute Elsewhere Sends Listeners on an Interstellar Journey

Michael Sweeney, Staff Writer November 21, 2024

The Denver-based technical death metal band, Blood Incantation, put out their fourth full length album on October 4, 2024. The band rose to underground stardom after their second full-length album, “Hidden...

Graphic by Rozalia Finkelstein for Theogony

On the Basis of Fear

Isabel Shultz, Staff Writer November 13, 2024

By granting Donald Trump an assertive win in last Tuesday’s election, both in the electoral college and popular vote, America has declared its values. In the coming four years, an abuse of people, lack...

Graphic courtesy of Titans Theatre Department

Fall Play Returns

Byron Libresco, Guest Contributor November 6, 2024
ACHS’s production of Twelfth Night has concluded.
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