Podcast: The Closet

Isabel Rockwood, Quinn McKenzie, and Elyssa Kelly

November 16, 2018

Filed under Entertainment, Opinions, Showcase, Social

FOOD PORN: Duck Donuts

Jarata Jaffa, Multi-Media Editor

October 24, 2018

Filed under Opinions, Showcase, Slider

If you’re looking for the best doughnut shop in all of Rockville, look no further: Duck Donuts is where you should be buying your doughnuts from. I know as a Dunkin Donuts fan, this is hard to come to terms with, but by far, Duck Donuts win, because of their creativity and style, and fluffy texture...

Foreign Stories: Enrollment what?

Caamila Cevedo, Staff Writer

October 11, 2018

Filed under Editor's Moleskine, Opinions, Slider

So, everyone knows (or at least can imagine) how hard and weird it can be living in another country, specifically if it is America that we’re talking about. At first, everything seems pretty cool, everything looks big and tidy, some places are incredibly clean, people are very friendly, even the ...

Do You Need to Relax? Read a book!

Risa Yasir, Staff Writer

September 20, 2018

Filed under Opinions, Showcase, Slider, Social

Summer is officially over so you know what that means: school! Assignments are already piling up, and the stress may or may not already be getting to you. Sometimes you may find yourself needing to lay down and just relax. Watch a sitcom. Maybe even read a book. There’s nothing like drinking a stea...

Already feeling stressed?

Jarata Jaffa, Assistant Editor

September 11, 2018

Filed under Health & Fashion, Opinions, School Survival Guide: College Edition, Slider, Social

Feeling stressed? Here are some tips to help you out this semester! Wake up early! Just because you don't have class on a specific day doesn’t mean you should sleep in. Save sleeping in for the weekends. When you wake up early, you can get a lot of your school work done and have a relaxin...

Saturn’s retrograde and how it affects you

Isabel Rockwood, Editor-in-Chief

September 5, 2018

Filed under Opinions

Something has been influencing us beyond our normal realm of consciousness, which is usually grounded in the people and actions surrounding us. Saturn is completing the rest of its cycle around the sun in its normal fashion, but to the Earth's eye, it appears to be moving backwards—this phase is called...

Avengers Infinity War Review

Samory Senh, Editor

May 1, 2018

Filed under Opinions, Showcase, Slider

Thor, Black Panther, Ironman, Captain America, Hulk and “friends”, team up to take L’s. A whole lot of them. I’ve never seen such a level of disrespect in a subtle punch. You wouldn’t understand it till you watch it but, “Homeboy could like get it.” -Bella Hadid Forget what you...

Review of Dulcinea Bar & Grill

Jarata Jaffa, Entertainment Section Director

April 5, 2018

Filed under Review Page, Showcase

Being on the hunt for the perfect taco is not easy. Nor has the advocate team come close to a perfect taco, but we have found good tacos in the Rockville/Gaithersburg Area in a little cute Mexican restaurant called Dulcinea Bar & Grill. If you like restaurants that are small and where the staff...

March for Our Lives- The Demand for Gun Safety comes knocking at Washington’s Door

Morgan Terry, Editor

March 30, 2018

Filed under News, Opinions, Showcase

On Mar. 25, Montgomery College students and faculty joined hundreds of others at the Silver Spring Civic Center, boarding buses bound for Pennsylvania Ave to accompany over 200,000 people to tell our lawmakers that #EnoughIsEnough. The march was organized by the students of Stoneman Douglas High school...

WCW: Dr. DeRionne P. Pollard

Arrey Mbutambe, Staff Writer

February 8, 2018

Filed under Opinions, Showcase

Can we please take a minute or two to brag about our president? Unless you have been living under a rock, you should know that Dr. DeRionne P. Pollard is the current president of Montgomery College. She has been in this position for about eight years now. Today, she is my woman crush. In fact, she is...

WCW: Ellen DeGeneres

Arrey Mbutambe, Staff Writer

December 13, 2017

Filed under Opinions

Ellen is one of the most marvelous, courageous and uplifting persons on national television. She does not only bring joy to the lives of her viewers, but she also inhibits hope, passion, and fearlessness into their hearts. The former President, Barack Obama, honored Ellen with America's highest civilian...

Food Porn Special: Review of Maketto

Jarata Jaffa, Staff Writer

October 26, 2017

Filed under Opinions, Showcase

Where do you and your 20 something-year-old friends go to hang out in D.C. on a chill Monday? Answer: Maketto. Maketto is the place to be. This place will make you rethink everything you already know about Washington D.C. It’s cool, creative, edgy, and definitely modern. The first thing...