West’s Best Buddies chapter helps foster one-on-one friendships, provide job opportunities and teach leadership development skills to individuals with intellectual or developmental disorders. This collection...

She woke up excited; it was Valentine’s Day, after all. Gordon picked out a nice outfit and went to school, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The day started off full of joy, as students milled about...

There exists a class that is practically unheard of among West students even though it has been around for four years. The class is called Iowa Jobs for America’s Graduates (iJAG), a program whose...

West High is home to many diverse groups of students. Despite this, the celebration of Christmas is overwhelmingly apparent in the school. From students talking about the holiday, singing and listening...

They knew something was wrong when she couldn’t eat her burger. On Oct. 21, 2017, their one year anniversary, Noah and Sydney sat down like any other teenage couple to eat at Chili’s. However, after...

From “The Fosters” to the “Annie” remake, adoption is portrayed more and more often as a sensationalized portion of media pop culture. However, these stereotypical Hollywood images do not encompass...

You walk down the social studies hallway early on a Wednesday morning, a pleasant buzzing sound reverberating down the corridor. You curiously turn the corner into room 230, encountering a scene that can...

James Pinter '20 has been in pools since he was seven years old. This may be due to his family having no shortage of swimmers with his mom, Sheila Pinter, who was a national champion, and his three siblings...

From Facebook leaking user data to the Russia investigation, technology scandals have catapulted into the spotlight, raising questions about data security and privacy. As accessibility to technology becomes...

Education was not a guarantee for Veronica Kharunda ’19. The first school she attended was at a refugee camp in Kenya when she was 10 or 11. Children ranging from five to 20 years old attended before...

While most students and teachers are asleep, head custodian MJ Plank wakes up at 4:00 a.m. and arrives at school at 5:30 a.m. to prepare for the day. “I do a route around the building and the grounds...

ICrazy Rich Asians t has been more than 25 years since an all-Asian cast was seen in Hollywood, last seen in “The Joy Luck Club.” Since then, in 2017, only 4.8 percent of all characters in the year’s...