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The student voice of West Potomac High School

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All content by Cooper Rosenberg
Persona 5: Game Review

Persona 5: Game Review

Cooper Rosenberg, Reporter May 23, 2017

Persona 5 is the latest installment of the Persona series, a popular JRPG series featuring turn-based combat. It was released on April 4th, 2017, by the publisher Atlus. The game takes place in a modern day Tokyo, where the main protagonist has been sent...

Princess for a Night gathers donations to give female students free prom dresses

Princess for a Night gathers donations to give female students free prom dresses

Cooper Rosenberg, Reporter May 23, 2017

Need a dress for prom? Don’t want to go and spend hundreds of dollars on a dress you’ll likely only wear once? Then Princess for a Night has you covered. Princess for a Night (PFAN) is a project that assists young ladies in the Washington D.C. and...

Movie Review: Ghost in the Shell

Movie Review: Ghost in the Shell

Hugh Moffitt and Cooper Rosenberg Apr 2, 2017

Ghost in the Shell was released on March 31st, 2017, and is the live action remake of the original animated Ghost in the Shell made in 1995. The film is directed by Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Huntsman), and boasts stunning visuals and beautifully...

Dark Souls 3 Ashes of Ariandel DLC Review

Dark Souls 3 Ashes of Ariandel DLC Review

Cooper Rosenberg, Reporter Feb 21, 2017

Ashes of Ariandel is the first downloadable content expansion for Dark Souls 3. It features 16 new weapons and shields, five new sets of armor, four new spells, a new ring and two new bosses, all wrapped within the new location, the Painted World of Ariandel....

Growing Pains: New Mentorship Program at West Potomac

Growing Pains: New Mentorship Program at West Potomac

The 2016-2017 school year at West Potomac High School introduced a multitude of new initiatives, one of which is the Mentorship Program. This project is designed to provide a welcoming, safe high school environment to ensure the comfort and success of...

Who Dat Boi: Meme of the Month

Who Dat Boi: Meme of the Month

Cooper Rosenberg, Reporter May 15, 2016

Memes evolve faster than humans can post them. New memes come out all the time, but seldom does a meme become huge. The recent big meme is “Dat Boi,” an animated frog riding a unicycle. The Dat Boi meme is usually accompanied by his slogan, “o sh**...

Game Review: Dark Souls III

Game Review: Dark Souls III

Cooper Rosenberg, Reporter May 9, 2016

Dark Souls 3, the third and final entrance to the Dark Souls series, continues on the tradition of extreme challenge in Dark Souls games, but adds further mechanics, such as weapon arts and the creation of a hub rather than one intertwined world. The...

Rollout of New SAT Marks New Era of Standardized Testing

Rollout of New SAT Marks New Era of Standardized Testing

Cooper Rosenberg, Reporter Mar 15, 2016

On Saturday, March 5th, students funneled into the main gym of West Potomac, ready to face the first of the new version of the SAT being offered by College Board. The new SAT planned to provide a standardized test which accurately measures what you learn...

Student Highlight- Alex Wells

Cooper Rosenberg, Reporter Feb 4, 2016

Everyone else on his team of five were killed by the Terrorists. Being the lone Counter-Terrorist, he set out to bombsite B. On his way there he was met with two of the enemies. He swiftly dealt with them with one tap to the head. He continued on to bombsite...

The Fall of Ziggy Stardust

The Fall of Ziggy Stardust

Cooper Rosenberg, Reporter Jan 24, 2016

vFans around the world are grieving the death of rock and roll legend David Bowie. He died Jan. 10, 2016, in Manhattan, surrounded by his family after battling cancer for 18 months. He died just two days after his 69th birthday, on which he dropped his...

Melee Club Brings Competitive Gaming to West Potomac

Melee Club Brings Competitive Gaming to West Potomac

Cooper Rosenberg and Daniel Rayder Nov 20, 2015

It is a Monday afternoon, and a dozen high school students are gathered in a circle around an old television. Sitting in two chairs in the center of the ring, two players concentrate on the screen, their fingers flying across the Nintendo Gamecube controllers...

Juniors Upset Seniors in Annual Powderpuff Game, 8-0

Juniors Upset Seniors in Annual Powderpuff Game, 8-0

Cooper Rosenberg, Reporter Oct 23, 2015

After practicing hard for this moment, Team Mario (seniors) and Team Luigi (juniors) were ready to rumble. Both teams showed up ready to struggle for the victory. With the pressure building up, both teams took to the fields ready to play some flag football.   But...

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What’s the Deal with Humanities?

Cooper Rosenberg, Reporter Oct 7, 2015

What's the deal with Humanities? Many students began this school year with a surprise: without having signed up for it, they were enrolled in the class. Or, more accurately, classes. Humanities is a combination of both English and History. It requires...