Out of nearly seven billion people in this world, only around five million have the privilege to say it is their birthday once every four years, according to Google.
Freshmen Mir Hwang and Zhen Huang...
Over the next few years, Starbucks, a warm and cozy coffeehouse, may be changing its image to a trendy bar. Starbucks released plans in late January to introduce alcoholic drinks in 25 of its locations...
By Emilie Plesset, Online Opinions Editor
• February 22, 2012
Tisha Thompson, a 1995 CHS alumna, never planned on becoming an award-winning journalist. Coming from a line of journalists five generations long, she thought she would take a different path.
“I have...
By Jane Zankman, Sports Production Editor
• February 22, 2012
After countless mornings of having to get up 20 minutes early to put on makeup, new single-use instant makeup applicators turn those 20 minutes into five.
Products such as ColorOn Professional Instant...
In the state of Maryland, it is illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to use or possess cigarettes. However, every day after school students are smoking them across the street.
At CHS, the punishment...
When it comes to using the power of the Internet, a website called Reddit is rapidly gaining popularity at CHS.
Founded by Steve Huffman and Alex Ohanian in 2005, Reddit is a website that allows users...
It has been one crazy year, CHS.
As we kiss 2011 goodbye and ring
in the new year of 2012, the Observer
looks back at some of the most memorable
moments of 2011. Here are
what our staff believes are...
It is 3 a.m., and you just sent your friend a text message without knowing it.
According to the Ohio Sleep Medicine Institute, sleep texting is when someone texts while sleeping, most likely during...
You are on a date, and she
keeps checking her phone.
She is not only texting all of
her friends but is also on
Facebook and Twitter. You
can’t keep a conversation
with her because she is too
interested...
By By Jane Zankman, Features Production Editor
• December 21, 2011
School districts around the nation are looking for new ways to reduce spending, and according to a Oct. 28 Washington Post article, at least 292 school districts nationwide have implemented a four-day...
Do you know where China is? Can you name the capital of Russia? OK, that one may seem easy, but CHS students would be surprised how little some students know about geography. How about the capital...
CHS classrooms are filled with technology for teachers to use in their daily lessons. The TV hangs in the corner with the VCR below, the overhead projector is shoved in the other corner, and the...
