Laghima Pandey

Laghima Pandey, Staff Contributor

Laghima Pandey is a Senior who is in her third year of Journalism. She took the class because she loves to write as well as work with other people. She enjoys reading books, playing guitar, drawing art, singing songs, and listening to music. Laghima is involved with the Computer Science Honor Society and the Nepali Students Club. In ten years, she sees herself having a job that pays well, owning a house as well as a car, and starting up her own family.

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Trump’s India Visit 2020

Laghima Pandey
March 9, 2020

President Trump arrived in India on Monday, February 24 for his first official visit to the world’s largest democracy. He started his day with a 36-hour tour with a mega-rally that drew about 100,000...

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Advisory Conundrum: No Easy Answers

David Vu and Laghima Pandey
February 21, 2020

For the last two years, Fairfax County Public Schools has implemented RULER lessons, but starting this year, CVHS has incorporated PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention System) RULER lessons into a new...

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Grammys CEO Deborah Dugan Exposes Grammy Irregularities

Laghima Pandey
February 4, 2020

When Deborah Dugan took her post as the chief executive of the Recording Academy, (which oversees the Grammy Awards) in August, she inherited an organization in meltdown and was tasked with getting...

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Youtube Star NikkieTutorials’ Coming Out Video

Laghima Pandey
January 16, 2020

Popular YouTube creator and makeup artist Nikkie de Jager revealed on Monday, January 13 that she is a transgender woman. The 25-year-old, who goes by NikkieTutorials, said in a video that while she...

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Disney Hit with Complaint in South Korea

Laghima Pandey
December 9, 2019

Frozen 2 earned over $127 million on opening day alone and topped the box office on Black Friday and over the Thanksgiving weekend. The movie earned $358.2 million within its first three days of opening,...

The Boba Generation

The Boba Generation

Laghima Pandey
November 20, 2019

The famous and trendy drink goes by many different names, Boba, Pearl Milk Tea, Bubble Tea. But no matter what you call it, this sweet, delicious drink has, since its creation, captured the hearts and...

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Scary Movies and Nightmares

Laghima Pandey
October 25, 2019

Horror movies affect everyone differently. Some people can sit through an entire marathon and it's no big deal, while others will be left with some very real feelings of fear and distress. Even knowing...

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A Little Late With Lilly Singh

Laghima Pandey
September 30, 2019

A Little Late with Lilly Singh is a late-night talk show on NBC hosted by Canadian comedian and YouTuber Lilly Singh. The show premiered on September 16, 2019, as a replacement for Last Call with...

New Teacher Spotlight: Katie Salzman

New Teacher Spotlight: Katie Salzman

Laghima Pandey
September 24, 2019

Katie Salzman is an English teacher who teaches 10th and 11th graders. This is her first year at Centreville High School. Mrs Salzman had taught 8th graders for 14 years before joining CVHS; it is her...

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2019 MTV Video Music Awards

Laghima Pandey
August 30, 2019

The 2019 MTV Video Music Awards was held on August 26, 2019, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, the first time the VMA ceremony was held in New Jersey. Sebastian Maniscalco, an American...

Times When Billy Porter Slayed Everyone

Times When Billy Porter Slayed Everyone

Laghima Pandey
May 28, 2019

Billy Porter is an American stage performer, pop singer, and actor. Porter is best known for his leading role as Pray Tell on the FX drama series Pose. He is openly gay and is married to Adam Smith since...

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Scooby Doo – How Did it Originate?

Laghima Pandey
May 9, 2019

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Scooby-Doo, an animated franchise, comprising of a multitude of animated television series produced from 1969 to the present day. This beloved children's series...

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Celebs Who Are in Love With Disney

Laghima Pandey
April 29, 2019

It’s always delightful when celebrities are just like the rest of us, especially when that commonness extends to being in love with Disney. Sometimes a celebrity is so infatuated with Disney that they...

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Bad Boys 3 Is Officially Happening

Laghima Pandey
April 3, 2019

Bad Boys is a 1995 American action-comedy film directed by Michael Bay starring Martin Lawrence and Will Smith as two Miami narcotics detectives, Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey. The movie also had...

Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo

Laghima Pandey
March 22, 2019

One of the most iconic artists of the 20th century was Frida Kahlo, whose life story is almost as popular as her art. Frida Kahlo was one of the most famous Mexican artist who was known for her self-portraits,...

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Born This Way – Lady Gaga

Laghima Pandey
February 28, 2019

Co-founded by Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, the Born This Way Foundation is an American non-profit organization founded in 2012 with the goal of creating a kinder and braver world. The...

Celebrating Black Excellence: Taraji P. Henson - About To Break The Ageism Glass Ceiling

Celebrating Black Excellence: Taraji P. Henson – About To Break The Ageism Glass Ceiling

Laghima Pandey
February 26, 2019

Taraji Penda Henson is an American actress, singer, and author who began her Hollywood career in guest-roles on several television shows, before making her breakthrough in the movie Baby Boy (2001). The...

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The 61st Annual Grammy Awards

Laghima Pandey
February 13, 2019

The 61st Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held at Los Angeles' Staples Center on February 10, 2019 and was aired live on CBS. Camila Cabello and Young Thug opened the ceremony by performing their...

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A New “Toy Story” Hotel

Laghima Pandey
January 15, 2019

We thought that Toy Story Land at Walt Disney World and Toy Story 4 were the only new projects starring Woody, Buzz, Jessie, and all of their pals. But now the Oriental Land Co., Ltd. has announced that...

Orchestra Winter Concert

Orchestra Winter Concert

Laghima Pandey and Bianka Brianna Balcazar
December 12, 2018

Centreville High School’s upcoming orchestra concert will be performed on December 13th at the school Auditorium from 7-8:30pm, but be sure to stay for cake! The Liberty Middle School students will be...

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Places That Look Even More Beautiful in Winter

Laghima Pandey
November 30, 2018

When winter is upon us, we choose to retreat to our homes for cozy nights in. Some people are enchanted by winter's first snowfall, while others are eager to escape the season's cold weather. But all around...

Mickey Mouse 90th Birthday

Mickey Mouse 90th Birthday

Laghima Pandey
November 19, 2018

Mickey Mouse is a funny animal cartoon character and the mascot of The Walt Disney Company. He was created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at the Walt Disney Studios in 1928. A humanlike mouse who typically...

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Terrifying Tales Inspired By True Events

Laghima Pandey
October 26, 2018

Our imagination can come up with different horror stories to tell other people and present in a creative way. But these tales or novels get twice as scarier if they are based on true events. There are...

Musicians Who Died Way Too Soon

Musicians Who Died Way Too Soon

Laghima Pandey
October 18, 2018

Death is of course a horrible thing, only made worse when someone is taken at a young age, in or before their prime, leaving an incomplete legacy behind them. Countless musicians and artists have passed...

The Funeral of Aretha Franklin

The Funeral of Aretha Franklin

Laghima Pandey
September 11, 2018

Aretha Franklin, the self-taught piano prodigy, vocalist and songwriter who first conquered the charts in the late ’60s and became known as the "Queen of Soul," died on August 16 after her long battle...

Stranger Things Season 3

Stranger Things Season 3

Laghima Pandey
May 25, 2018

Stranger things season 1 was an amazing blend of  '80s pop-culture references & startling performances from a young cast. Season 2 may have lacked the element of surprise but it was still good enough...

CVHS Student to Compete in Miss Teen USA 2018

CVHS Student to Compete in Miss Teen USA 2018

Laghima Pandey
April 19, 2018

Himanvi Panidepu, a CVHS student who was crowned Miss Virginia Teen USA 2018, will be competing in the national Miss Teen USA pageant this summer in Shreveport, LA. She is a senior and loves competing...

Sam Smith and Adele : A Conspiracy Theory

Sam Smith and Adele : A Conspiracy Theory

Laghima Pandey
February 16, 2018

  To date, there have been a lot of rumors and theories explaining the things that would have never crossed our minds. For example, the conspiracy of Avril Lavigne's death and a duplicate replacing...

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