Lauren E. Wood

Nov 13, 2024 | mymetmedia.com | Lauren E. Wood

Four walls. Four white, boring, padded walls were all I ever saw for ten years of my life. The institution couldn’t even give me a window to look through. My cell is cold and dark where I miss the heat and light of the outside world. I miss the swaying of the willow trees I used to see outside my mother’s house and how her perfume wafted whenever she entered the kitchen. Now, all I smell is my own rotting decay. “Get me out of here…” a faint voice whispers. I shake it off.

Jul 18, 2024 | djournal.com | Lauren E. Wood

Mar 19, 2024 | thehighlandernews.com | Lauren E. Wood

First it was Subway Surfers, then Geometry Dash. Now, the mobile game “I Want Watermelon” is the newest online fixation behind McLean students’ procrastination. “I play [I Want Watermelon] all the time, even during class,” freshman Anna Polykoff said. “It’s so addicting. When I’m on my phone I [feel like I] have to play the watermelon game.”The basis of the game is to merge identical fruits to create new ones, being careful not to stack them above the red line at the top of the screen.

Jan 24, 2024 | thehighlandernews.com | Lauren E. Wood

After a victory last Wednesday at the Virginia High School League regionals tournament, the McLean quiz bowl team is moving on to states. “We ended up [doing] really well,” quiz bowl sponsor Jeffrey Brocketti said. “One of our matches was a little closer than expected so it was a little nerve racking at the beginning, but they stepped it up after that.”Regionals involved three rounds of 15 toss up questions and 10 specific questions per team.

Dec 15, 2023 | djournal.com | Lauren E. Wood

When Mississippi State’s men’s basketball team tips off against North Texas at Cadence Bank …