I refreshed my Twitter feed while sitting in front of my living room TV on midterm election night, trying to get results as soon as they were available. I felt a growing sense of hope. At long last, it...
The NBA season is almost at the unofficial halfway point with the All-Star Weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina this year. The official awards, however, are only for the regular season. Here are my picks...
Iowa has been a top state for agriculture, ranking number one in the production of pork, corn, soybeans and eggs. With 85 percent of Iowa’s land being farmed, it is no wonder that West High is getting...
Kara Wagenknecht, Online Editor-in-Chief, Co-Sports Editor
• February 8, 2019
As the night sky grows darker, the stadium lights begin to illuminate. Fans of all ages cheer at the top of their lungs. Football players fill the sidelines. The sounds of clicking fill the silence as...
Everything you do in high school has the chance of being noticed, questioned and even judged. No, West High isn’t an institution that breeds “mean girls,” popularity contests or anything else that...
Back when I was an underclassman, my bookishness was all people knew me for. For 11 years it was my defining characteristic and something that I was very proud of. I was almost never without a book. I...
I have a vivid memory of when I was in middle school. A guy was saying to a new friend of mine, “Thank God you didn’t know her when she was in elementary school. She was a total dork.” I also remember...
For many students, the first day of school signifies the beginning of a new grade, the chance to begin a period of educational promise and renewed social growth. While these feelings remain true for me,...
Will Conrad, Assistant Sports Editor
• December 27, 2018
As low-income students apply to college, at each step there seems to be another obstacle. When the first colleges in the United States were founded, they were mainly for the wealthy. Although today American...
In Charles M. Shultz’ It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, overly-earnest Linus Van Pelt states, "There are three things I've learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great...
My least favorite backhanded compliment is, “Never change.” When people say this, they never mean it to be backhanded. What they’re trying to say is that they like you so much that they never want...
The debate over privilege is a staple of the political divide in the United States. The word itself has become a battleground of ideologies and worldviews that has stretched far beyond the world of politicians...
