The Centreville Sentinel

Sweden And Finland – The New NATO Members?

Paul Siebert
May 31, 2022

On May 18, 2022, Sweden and Finland formally announced their wish to join NATO. This wish to give up decades of military neutrality quickly developed after Putin’s Russia attacked Ukraine on February 24th, 2022, leaving large parts of Ukraine in ruins. But we can’t be sure whether Sweden and Finland will actually be accepted into NATO since Turkey has already announced that it plans on vetoing the accession of the two Nordic countries. What exactly NATO is, why the Swedes and Finns have recently changed their views on it, and why Erdogan does not want them to join will all be discussed in this article.

Murder of Palestinian-American Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

Loor Elbedour
May 31, 2022

While covering an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed by an Israeli soldier while visibly wearing a press jacket. Abu Akleh has been reporting...

AR–new lens to reality.

Aadesh Khadka
May 26, 2022

The world that we perceive in today's contemporary era is mostly seen through the lenses of technology. It might sound unreal, but we are more captured in phones--camera--than we are in actual reality...

Book Review: All Your Perfects

Ashley Park
May 24, 2022

Yet another book review and are we even surprised that it’s another young adult romance novel by New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover? All Your Perfects, released in the summer of 2018, explores...

Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis

Paul Siebert
May 20, 2022

Sri Lanka is a south Asian island nation of 22 million people right off the coast of India. The British colonized the island in 1815 and it remained a dominion until 1972, when it finally became fully independent and subsequently its own republic. But since then, the people of Sri Lanka have been suffering from a civil war and corruption everywhere. Now, Sri Lanka is in its worst economic crisis since it gained independence. But how could it come to this and how is the Rajapaksa family related to it?

Newly Appointed Superintendent Dr. Michelle Reid Meets with Students

Loor Elbedour
May 20, 2022

During the week of May 3rd, five students from every high-school in Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) were invited to meet with the newly appointed superintendent, Dr. Michelle Reid at Thoreau Middle...

Protest on the Upcharge for Non-Dairy Milk

Julissa Guevara-Lopez
May 18, 2022

Starbucks customers in Seattle Washington super glue themselves to the Starbucks counter to protest upcharge for non-dairy milk. Two activists were protesting because they believe that the upcharge for...

Casey & Vicky White

Ariana Warner
May 18, 2022

A search continues for a fugitive inmate and an Alabama Correctional Officer. The two were last seen going to a “mental evaluation,” for the inmate, which later was confirmed to be untrue. U.S Marshals...

A Preview of The 2022 Hurricane Season

Kaeden Brown
May 12, 2022

In recent years, the amount of hurricanes has exponentially increased. Will these storms be more powerful this year, and are we prepared for what's to come? In a study done by CSU, we have no fewer...

The Pros and Cons of Social Media

Kevin Han
May 12, 2022

Everyone knows what social media is; it consists of many apps, ranging from chatting apps such as Discord to apps made to share videos, like YouTube. Many people of all ages use social media for various...

The Deforestation of Tropical Rainforests and its Effects

Paul Siebert
May 10, 2022

In the past century, humans have been continuously destroying rainforests to satisfy their hunger for industrial and agricultural success; in short: money. Today, two thirds of all original tropical rainforest cover around the world is either gone or severely damaged. That has led to many scientists exclaiming that it is too late for us, that we have gone too far. But why even are rainforests so important for the planet and the species living on it, including us? And is it really too late for us to change and save the rainforests?

New York City Subway Shooting

Ariana Warner
May 10, 2022

A regular morning subway trip ended in a deadly mass shooting. The shooting took place on the subway in Brooklyn, New York injuring 29 people. After a brief manhunt, tips even from the gunman himself...