College trips: why staying overnight is beneficial
Alex Krial, News Editor
April 4, 2013
Good for you! Apparently the college you’re looking at has a brand new, state-of-the-art stadium, a championship-winning football team and offers eight different kinds of psychology classes. But what about the actual students who go there? Where do you fit in? If you’re like me, you don’t... Read More
Internships: the truth about what colleges look for
Alex Krial, News Editor
February 27, 2013
“How have you spent your time outside of school over the past three years?” Oh, the age-long question that has accompanied every face-to-face college interview and application. What’s going to set you apart — distinguish you from the other hundreds of thousands of applicants that... Read More
Langley couples share the details of their Valentine’s Days
Alex Krial, News Editor
February 15, 2013
There are many “interesting” scents in the air at Langley—one of them being the scent of love this Valentine’s season. Yours truly, Alexandra Krial, brings you an inside look at what these couples did and got each other for Valentine’s Day. Click here to open this interactive... Read More
Langley Fashion Show reality check
Alex Krial, News Editor
January 18, 2013
The Langley Fashion show goes above and beyond each year to bring us the most popular trends on the runway, but how often are those trends actually appropriate to garb in the halls of high school? Our fashion team is known for their creativity and risk-taking, but in past years they’ve sometimes... Read More
Shooting for the sky: Senior enlists in the Air Force
Alex Krial, News Editor
December 3, 2012
Next September, senior Julie Jones won’t be packing her bags and leaving for college. Instead, she’ll be headed off to the Lackland Air Force base in San Antonio, Texas to start her career in the military. Raised in a military-oriented family, Jones grew up with the impression that serving... Read More
To leave or not to leave: Students leaving Langley
Alex Krial, Copy Editor
September 29, 2012
Apparently, Langley isn’t for everyone. High school is a time for change, and many students over the years have realized one thing: Langley may not be the school for them. Mostly because it’s so darn big, and pretty hard too. Seniors Tyler Fritz and Mike McCormick, who now attend Bishop... Read More
Scott Thuman from ABC 7 to address students on career day
Alex Krial, Reporter
May 17, 2012
That ever-looming question, “So what do you want to do?” is about to get a whole lot easier. Langley’s annual Career Day will be taking place on June 8 this year, and the Career Center has outdone itself to get many interesting, out-of-the-box presenters. “We increased the number of... Read More
Turf campaign update
Alex Krial , Reporter
March 16, 2012
Due to a recent anonymous donation of $100,000 by a Langley family, the Langley Booster club has now reached the halfway point of the $850,000 – $1,000,000 that it hopes to raise for the “Turf Langley” initiative. According to the Langley PTSA website, the Boosters need 100% of the... Read More
To link or not to link: the con argument
Alex Krial, Staff Writer
March 13, 2012
C+. It was the first time I had ever seen it on my transcript, and I was mortified. Yes, maybe it was a slight overreaction, but come on, I am a Langley kid after all. What caused this tremendous blow to my GPA? In my mind, the culprit was surely the punishment that comes with choosing to take... Read More
Play review: Two Gentlemen of Verona
Alex Krial, Reporter
January 28, 2012
Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies,” U2’s “Beautiful Day” and “With or Without You,” and club music – not something you would usually expect to hear at a Shakespeare play, right? That was just the scene during the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s performance of Two Gentlemen of... Read More
Play review: Much Ado About Nothing
Alex Krial, Reporter
January 3, 2012
Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, presented by the Shakespeare Theatre Company at Sidney Harman Hall from Nov. 25, 2011 to Jan. 1, 2012, proved to be a play full of wit, magnetism, and enthusiasm. Directed by one of Washington DC’s most notable directors, Ethan McSweeny, Much Ado left... Read More
FCPS is watching?
Alex Krial, Reporter
October 8, 2011
In the near future, you may have to smile whenever you’re at school. There could be cameras watching you, if the FCPS High School Principal’s Association has its way. In the first weeks of September, FCPS officials presented a proposal to the School Board that video surveillance cameras... Read More