SCO Fantasy Football Picks Week 3
Once a week, sports editor Nate Bodner and Op-Ed editor Ryan Handel will post their fantasy football predictions alongside those of a special guest teacher and one student from the general Blair population. Come back every week for our Fantasy Football advice and predictions!
NFL Predictions Week 3
Week 3 of the NFL season brings us a good slate of games, including Falcons vs Lions, Seahawks vs Titans, Redskins vs Raiders, and the first London game of the season. See what our writers have to say about all these games and more!
Songs of the Summer
Every summer has had a hit song, and whether you like it or not, you probably know most of its lyrics. In 2010 it was Katy Perry’s "California Gurls", in 2012 it was Carly Rae Jepsen’s "Call Me Maybe" and in 2016 it was Drake’s "One Dance". The "song of the summer" is usually a pop song that you may not love, wouldn’t find yourself listening to on your own, but it’s the one you always sing along to loudest when it plays on the radio.
STEM education for all
Everyone deserves to have access to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) resources, programs and opportunities regardless of their race, religion or gender. This should go without saying, but a recent event has demonstrated that even today, politics can come between girls and STEM opportunities by preventing an all-girls team from Afghanistan from entering the United States for an international robotics competition.
Why "13 Reasons Why" gets it right
It has been over 5 months since the Netflix original series 13 Reasons Why first aired, but the talk surrounding this teen drama shows no signs of wearing down.
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Keeping it in the family?
The turnover in Trump’s staff over the past six months has left American’s heads spinning. We have watched as Trump has fired staffer after staffer, replacing them as if they had no value. Most recently, Trump appointed Anthony Scaramucci as the new communications director by forcing the former director, Sean Spicer, into resignation. From this tumultuous start to the presidency, it appears the White House is crumbling from the inside (Trump’s most trusted circle of advisors), outwards.
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Trump backtracked on plan to partner with Putin on cyber security unit
On July 9, Donald Trump tweeted about his exchange with Vladimir Putin regarding a cyber security unit at the G20 summit. Several hours after the tweets were posted Trump backed off the idea after being faced with ridicule from policymakers.
Entertainment »
The Dark Tower Falls (Short of Expectations)
Oh, if only. After over 30 years of writing the mystical, mysterious Dark Tower series, the highly-anticipated film adaptation of Stephen King’s magnum opus has finally made its way to the big screen- only to disappoint viewers. Directed by Nikolaj Arcel, The Dark Tower, which should have inspired both avid book enthusiasts and action-oriented moviegoers alike, instead leaves audiences sadly wondering about what could have been.
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SCO Fantasy Football Picks Week 2
Once a week, sports editor Nate Bodner and Op-Ed editor Ryan Handel will post their fantasy football predictions alongside those of a special guest teacher and one student from the general Blair population!
