Sisterhood through the ages: an interactive timeline
Ting Gao, Reporter
March 7, 2019
When the Founding Fathers set out to create a new country under the declaration that all men are created equal, the phrase "all men" didn't apply to many demographics of people, including women. Due to laws and stigmas, women have been left out of the workplace and political office. Women have had to fight...
Going green
Marta Leira, Reporter
March 6, 2019
Filed under Feature
From new weight rooms to Chromebooks, West High has experienced a multitude of changes over the past few years. However, there is one thing that remains unchanged — the school and district’s carbon footprint. After researching the successful results of other school districts providing every stude...
Cut
Natalie Katz, Print Feature Editor
February 28, 2019
Filed under Award winners, Feature
A lot can be done with $6 million. It can provide over 8,500 villages in underdeveloped countries with clean water, give over 700,000 children school supplies, purchase over 1.2 million drinks at Starbucks and even buy everything in your local Target. Six million dollars is also something schools...
Seeking help while facing stigmas
Natalie Dunlap, Online Feature Editor
February 27, 2019
Draped across a couch, a person heaves the woes of their childhood and innermost thoughts, as a man in a tweed jacket with glasses takes notes. This is how a stereotypical therapy session is portrayed in New Yorker cartoons or on television, but such generalizations are a burden on people who benefit from this treatment. While many te...
A different type of language
Lucy Polyak, Opinion editor
February 27, 2019
Filed under Feature, Profiles, Showcase
English, Spanish, French and Mandarin are just some of the languages one hears while walking through the hallways of West High. However, Ty Waters ’20 speaks in an entirely different sort of vernacular: jazz. When he was a fifth grader at Mid-Prairie East Elementary School, Waters decided to pick u...
Friend crush: Doroteo Ortiz Cruz ’21, Evelyn Correa Longino ’21 and Roberto Machado Guzmán ’21
Deniz Ince, Print Editor-in-Chief and Co-Sports Editor
February 27, 2019
High school celebrity
Jenna Wang, Editorials Editor and Reporter
February 25, 2019
Filed under Award winners, Feature, Profiles
It was just four years ago when singer-songwriter Abbie Callahan ’20 picked up her classic black Fender guitar and posted her first singing cover on Instagram, armed with nothing but a big dream and a huge passion for singing. Since then, the 17-year-old pop artist has accomplished what few could. One ...
In the minority
Anjali Huynh and Jessica Moonjely
February 22, 2019
Filed under Award winners, Feature, Showcase
Teachers. Coaches. Lunchroom staff. Paraeducators. Janitors. These individuals are integral to shaping student futures and partake in a process that impacts society. While in these positions, each acts as a role model for many generations to come. As students nationwide obtain their education...
The Selemani sisters
Natalie Dunlap, Online Feature Editor
February 21, 2019
Filed under Feature, Profiles, Showcase
A sibling can play many different roles depending on the family. Sisters Jacqueline Selemani ’19 and Mami Selemani ’20 have separate personalities, but they relate to each other through iJag, their childhood, college and being the oldest of their other siblings. The two are the oldest of five chil...
Friend crush: Eric Doorn ‘19 and Dylan Gesell ‘19
Lily Meng, Online Copy Co-Editor
February 14, 2019
Filed under Profiles, Showcase
The friendship began with a pair of running shoes. Seniors Eric Doorn and Dylan Gesell met as freshmen while running cross country and bonded over having the same shoes. “Basically I saw that he had the same shoes as I did, and I went over and was like ‘Hey, we have the same shoes,’” Doo...
Course of advancement: comparing West’s college-level courses
Ting Gao, Reporter
February 13, 2019
As non-seniors prepare for the upcoming year, some more academically motivated students will seek classes providing them with a college experience and offering more challenges than the normal curriculum. College-level classes offer high schoolers the ability to earn college credit, often at a fraction of ...
Broadcast Editor-in-Chief
Ian Prescott is going to be a senior this year, and it will be his third year on staff. This year Ian will be the Broadcast EIC, responsible for managing all the videographers and their shenanigans.
