Cameron Cook, Reporter / Videographer
• May 19, 2016
At West, a belief in white privilege and its detriments are common among students of color.
“White privilege is like having a torch over every other race,” said Suha Suleman ’16. “[White people]...
Music is said to connect people in an unspoken way, and heal the soul through its expression of emotion and reality. Lexi Williams '18 knows this healing process all too well. Her story is one of pain...
Aaron Carter, Writer and Sports Editor
• May 8, 2016
Richard Zepeda ’16 is a future Marine, high school graduate and hopeful boxing extraordinaire. Zepeda has overcome many struggles in his life: grades, parental pressures, self-loathing and even lack...
Dysthymia, or chronic depression is a relatively common diagnosis with approximately four million cases documented annually in the U.S. according to the National Institute of Mental Health. For some, dealing...
Nina Elkadi, Print Editor-in-Chief
• April 15, 2016
Joe Desy:
When former science teacher Joe Desy isn’t searching for fossils, listening to music, aspiring to be a vegan or observing birds at the raptor center, he’s taking care of his Quaker parrot:...
The high school experience is a nuanced thing; depending on the subject matter you’re consuming, it can be anything from a constant party to literally the worst four years of your life. But the movies...
Millions of people around the world enjoy bottles of Coca-Cola every day. However, senior Mary Li’s Coke tastes just a little bit sweeter. This past March, Li was named a Coca-Cola Scholar, a prestigious...
Layla Hannaford, Video Editor and Broadcast Manager
• April 7, 2016
The Spanish students returned home after two weeks overseas in Spain. Juniors Marissa Mead, Orion Staskal and Dylan Gao arrived last Thursday night after an eleven and a half hour flight home. While there,...
Lauren Katz, Copy Editor, Editorials Editor
• March 28, 2016
In the summer of 2015, Lauren Ernst ’18 went on a field study to Sicily, Malta and Cyprus to learn about the migrant issue. She was the only one out of the fourteen people selected who was not from California....
WSS: How did you meet?
Angie Zirbes '18: We met last year and we just really clicked. We kind of lost contact until this year when we had classes and lunch together. Now we are really great friends....
