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Wordle Wednesday

Wordle Wednesday

WSS Staff May 15, 2024

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Credit to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production company. "Challengers" is a tennis-centered movie that stars Zendaya, Mike Faist and Josh O'Connor.

Challengers: the relationship of tennis

Defne Bayman, Communications Coordinator, Artist, Reporter and Photographer May 1, 2024

Content Warning: This movie review contains spoilers and references to sexual themes. “Challengers” is a movie leading up to the tennis game between Mike Faist’s Art Donaldson and Josh O’Connor’s...

Procrastinated on prom prep? Here’s a comprehensive guide to making last-minute plans for a perfect prom.

Mapping out prom

Anna Greenlee, Design, Entertainment and Opinion Editor April 30, 2024

Both excitement and nerves are in the air with less than a week until prom. On Saturday, May 4, West’s upperclassmen will put on their glitz and glam for a night of fun from 7:00 pm to 1:30 am. However,...

"Dune: Part 2" early fan showing at IMAX theaters. Image credited to Legendary Pictures.

‘Dune: Part Two’ in review

“Dune,” an original science fiction novel published in 1965 by Frank Herbert, had been deemed “un-adaptable” for the film until the release of " Dune: Part One" in 2021. There was a 1984 adaptation...

Spring Crossword

Spring Crossword

Ginger McCartney, Artist, Designer April 18, 2024

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Some of the most famous franchises have fallen off hardest.

Downfall of the franchise: five series that fell off

Eleanor Weitz and Jules Keranen April 17, 2024

Have you ever watched a show that’s so good you’re left waiting in anticipation for the next season to come out, fingers crossed that it doesn’t turn into a hot mess? Chances are you have. Why do...

Ending the year with Film Club.

Ending the year with Film Club

Jules Keranen, Entertainment Editor April 16, 2024

Following the last meeting where West High Film Club showed “Grave of the Fireflies,” Film Club has opened up to requests from members for specific movies to be shown. Some possibilities include:    “La...

Behind the curtain of “The Secret Garden”

Anna Greenlee and Evelyn Kraber April 15, 2024

When people think of "The Secret Garden," they're probably thinking of the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett they may have read in elementary school. But there's also a movie and a musical adaptation of...

Synesthesia can range from extreme cases like hearing shapes to more common cases like associating symbols with color.

Sensory remix: synesthesia

Samuel Rosenthal and Haneen Eltyeb April 15, 2024

You likely had to choose a notebook color for a school subject at some point in your life. Such a simple choice can cause the utmost controversy, as we see with the classic math is red versus blue debate....

Some of the teachers who are featured in this quiz along with some hints to which answers they picked.

Which West High teacher are you? Part two

Eleanor Weitz, Managing Editor April 11, 2024

To students, teachers might feel like an isolated or abstract role more than an actual human being. However, teachers are people too! Every teacher at West High has their own specific interests, hobbies...

The only question is: whodunnit?

Choose your own adventure: the disappearance of Ronald McDonald

Nicole Lee, Opinion Editor April 11, 2024

You walk into school one morning to find a crowd gathered in the journalism classroom, and you head over to find out what the commotion is about. Turns out, to everyone’s surprise and horror, West Side...

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