With prom quickly approaching, it is interesting to look back at how the event has changed throughout Roosevelt's history. Prom came to the then Eleanor Roosevelt Senior High in the late '70s. The decade of flower children, bell bottoms, and questionable hair decisions paved the way for Roosevelt's...

“Hey yo my man, where yo I.D. at?” Almost all students here recognize this catchphrase. Stories get passed around and exaggerated all the time. How could a security guard be so popular with students? How does he know so many NBA players? It seems surreal: if a freshman heard it on their first...

Dexter Carr Jr. is the author of Tower of Nirvana, the first installment in his 5-book series, The Trinity Trials. He is an alum of Eleanor Roosevelt High School (class of 2009), and went to Penn State University for both his bachelor's and master's degree (class of 2013 and 2017). Tower of Nirvana, his...

Women are gradually gaining prominence in politics. Ladies give yourself a pat on the back, but don't lean back and take a break yet. Representation in Congress has never been exceptionally diverse. Even today, representation is primarily male. Thankfully, the number of women in the political realm...

From December 22 through January 25, the nation's capital was a shell of its former self with monuments and museums closed to the public, trash cans overflowing, and more than 70,000 DC-based federal workers --- including many ERHS parents and student interns --- prohibited from making their daily commute....