Crowd Sourced Language Learning

By: Zachary Rosen '16      The world today is incredibly globalized, a result of both the international economy and the world wide web. Social media can let people from different continents speak casually to each other. One can read the news from papers of any number of nations. Agricultural products and industrial goods, the tech gadgets and designer clothing, can all be moved...

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From Paris with News

Photo by the Examiner.com By: Zachary Rosen '16 Most everyone has been made aware, in some form or another, of the terrible events in Paris not long ago. A group of armed men attacked a small satirical newspaper (Charlie Hebdo), killing a total of ten editors and two security guards and sparking the popular tweet "Je Suis Charlie" (or the English equivalent, "I am Charlie"). They were pursued...

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The Urban Image

By: Ben Carsley '18 Hello and welcome to The Anchor's Art column! This week's installment will be on an artist by the name of Richard Estes. Richard Estes is a photorealist (a movement of art which contains paintings so realistic they look like photos...seriously, look it up). Recently his life's work was compiled and curated into one single art exhibit at the American Museum of Art in D.C. I attended...

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The Life and Times of Agent Sot; Chapter 7: Puppy Problems

By: Zachary Rosen '16          Codename Sot hears a terrible growling noise coming from the stairwell. Slowly, she opens the door and looks in. The light flickers and the growling intensifies. Steadily, she takes a step in, looking up. A figure is hunched over, tearing at a trash can. Sotiropoulos takes out her pen and clicks it; the buzzing noise of a taser pierces...

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The Life and Times of Agent Sot; Chapter 6: A Murder of Crows

By: Zachary Rosen '16        Sot and Kaberline run as fast as they can towards the source of the chaos, which happens to be the cafeteria/nuclear bunker. Standing on a blood red table in the center of the space is a spectral figure, surrounded in a tornado of black feathers. The cawing is so loud it's deafening.        “Hey!” Sot shouts, sliding her stapler/sub-machine...

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The Adventures of Agent Sot; Chapter 5: Yelling At Kaberline

By: Zachary Rosen '16          Sotiropoulos storms into Mage Kaberline’s room without even knocking on the door. The councilor/level three sorcerer looks up with shock to see the history teacher carrying a crow. “Are you here to join our sacred society?” he asks, a smile breaking out over his face.          “This is William Fung.”   ...

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The Adventures of Agent Sot; Chapter 4: A Fowl Development

By: Zachary Rosen '16        There were black feathers scattered along the pavement, caught in the folds of a white oxford, red tie, and blue backpack. Sotiropoulos came upon the seemingly abandoned clothing and tapped it with her foot. It was cold outside, the winter chill making the hair on her arms rise. The last thing any student needed was to be walking around naked....

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The Life and Times of Agent Sot; Chapter 3: A Crazed Brit

By: Zak Rosen '16 Chapter 3: A Crazed Bit        The two women woke up tied on opposite sides of a thick doric column, a small lantern to the side of them. Though equally dark, this room was obviously much bigger than the chamber Sanders had taken Sot to. The light didn’t even reach the ceiling, and it felt like they were sitting under a starless sky. The air was so...

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Patriots Prevail, Exploit Baltimore's Rocky Secondary

(AP Photo/Steven Senne) By: A.J. Gersh '15 It was a game of back-and-forth offensive surges, all culminating in a thrilling battle of "who will make the least mistakes." The hometown Baltimore Ravens jumped out to an early fourteen point first quarter lead off of Kamar Aiken's first career postseason touchdown reception and an incredible grab by veteran wideout Steve Smith, who separated from...

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Theatre-Goers Club Review: Beauty and the Beast

By: Zak Rosen '16 On Sunday, December 7th, the Severn Theatre department arranged to take a group of students to the Synetic Theatre in Virginia to see their version of Beauty and the Beast. The show was very good, but far from what many of the students who signed up were expecting.  The purpose of the show was not to reenact the fairytale that everyone was familiar with, complete with...

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The Life and Times of Agent Sot; Chapter 2: A Torturous Teacher

By: Zak Rosen '16        CHAPTER 2: A Torturous Teacher         The sound of a chainsaw wakes Sotiropolous up. Her hands are bound with sailing rope. The words of dark romantic poetry are scrawled on the walls, illuminated with the light of a single candle. Looking around, her eyes fall upon Ms. Sanders, wearing a cloak as black as night and brandishing...

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Horoscopes: January 11-17

By: Annie Mott '16 ARIES: Your mood will change often this week and you will feel unsatisfied. You'll lack consistency in your decisions and projects, and every draft of that essay you have to write seems wrong. TAURUS: Your mind will be on point this week, answering questions with ease and speed in class. The week will seem to fly by, despite the obvious faulty school day that should have...

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Big Changes Coming Between U.S. and Cuba

Photo courtesy of "US News" By: Neel Lakhanpal '16 On December 17th, President Obama made a historic announcement regarding the relations between Cuba and our country. He told Americans and Cubans that a lot of change was coming for the two nations, and that he has a vision of bringing normalcy back to our ties with the communist island. Obama was acting to change actions taken...

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The Life and Times of Agent Sot; Chapter 1: A Strange Discovery

By: Zak Rosen '16 CHAPTER 1: A STRANGE DISCOVERY        “These readings are very strange. Some sort of space-time anomaly,” Cirillo said, staring confusedly at the computer screen.        “Any idea what it could mean?” Agent Sotirpolous asks, gently stroking her chin.        “Nope. Now your end of the bargain?”      ...

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2015 Musician in Residence: Preview

Photo by Lester Cohen By: Tricia Oxford '16 Eric Hutchinson, this year's Dillon Moran Musician-In-Residence, was born on September 8, 1980 in Takoma Park, MD (about an hour away from Severn). He started playing guitar when he was 15! He moved to Boston to attend Emerson College and, four years after, he moved to L.A. Over the years, he has toured with various mainstream musicians,...

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5 New Things to try in 2015!

By: Tricia Oxford '16 1. Try listening to a podcast One to try is "SERIAL!" It is a 12 episode podcast that follows Sarah Koenig as she uncovers the truth about a murder in Maryland 15 years ago. Start listening here: http://serialpodcast.org 2. Take up a new hobby Try a creative project or a new sport/activity with some friends! By letting your brain take a break from all the homework and...

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Anne Arundel County Public Schools Remain Open Despite Dangerous Conditions

Two teens involved in a car crash in Pasadena earlier today. Photo by Chuck Cochran. By: A.J. Gersh '15 This morning, many Severn School students arose to angry tweets and texts from friends as, despite a forecast of over 3 inches of snow, Anne Arundel County Public Schools made the "judgement call" to start schools at regular time this morning. Over 142 snow-related accidents have been...

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