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Track and Field looks to run ahead of the competition
St. Johns prestigious track and field program prepares for another great season. Last year SJC’s track and field team had many triumphs including the girls winning the WCAC championship and the DC State Championship. Last year, many of St. John’s track and field’s key athletes were seniors.
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Movie Review: Joker
Joker is the newest of the DC comic universe’s movies. Todd Phillips, director of The Hangover trilogy is at the helm for this iteration of the Joker. This is interesting to me, as he changed his normal directorial genre (comedy) to create this movie. The movie also features one
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Girls Cross Country completes 3-peat in WCACs
On October 26th, the SJC girls cross country team took the championship title at the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCACs) for the third year in a row. They then won the DC state championship November 2nd. The varsity team, led by Celia Chorzempa ‘21 and Cady Hyde ‘20, have trained
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Season Preview: Girls' Ice Hockey
The Sabre’s Kaia Anderson ’22 talked to members of the girls’ ice hockey team about their goals for the upcoming season.
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Cadets ground the Eagles, earn No. 1 seed in WCAC playoffs
St. John’s (6-4, 4-0 WCAC) spent nearly 46 minutes of the oldest Catholic high school rivalry’s 98th meeting without a lead. But, a late touchdown and defensive stand propelled the Cadets to the comeback victory against Gonzaga (DC, 8-2, 2-2 WCAC) 32-28 Saturday night at Catholic University. Set
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Editorial: Analyzing cancel culture
“Cancel culture”, as defined by the Urban Dictionary, is when a large mob of people come together to relentlessly attack a certain person over an accusation of some kind, which later on is usually proven false. Ask any millennial or Generation Z-er and they will most likely say it comes
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St. John’s dedicates new exhibit to the Christian Brothers
On Oct. 4, the St. John’s community dedicated a display outside the Mission and Ministry Center to the Christian Brothers that have worked at the school as part of this year’s celebration of the 300th anniversary of St. John Baptist de La Salle’s entry into eternal life.
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Halloween 2019
With Halloween just passed, it’s always fun to find the most ridiculous, outrageous, or funny costumes. The SJC students bring it every year without fail, and this Halloween was no different. From Barnacle Boy and Mermaid Man to a blowup alien, this year’s costumes were sure to entertain
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Film Club wraps up 'spooky season' and looks toward next meeting
On Friday October 28 the Film Club had another meeting in the Black Box Theatre. Since it was “spooky season”, they decided to watch a classic horror movie, Psycho, directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock. They provided pizza, drinks, and snacks. Ms. Brillante chose to show the Psycho because it
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Movie Review: Jojo Rabbit
Jojo Rabbit is a limited release film by independent studio Fox Searchlight. Roman Griffin Davis stars as Jojo, the son of a Nazi solider who wants to be just like his father. Along with his best friend Yorki (Archie Yates), he joins the Hitler Youth and trains to fight in
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Volleyball ends WCAC drought, knocks off rival Holy Cross
This slideshow requires JavaScript. St. John’s finished off powerhouse rival Academy of the Holy Cross 3-0 (25-14, 25-21, 25-19) Sunday night at Catholic University for their first WCAC championship since 2004. The Tartans had previously given the Cadets a pair of close five-set games, winning the first regular season