Lauren Katz, Copy Editor, Editorials Editor
• May 27, 2017
In April, Earth Day came and went, although, only four months into Donald Trump’s Presidency, the Trump administration showed there wasn’t much to celebrate. Despite being ineffective in certain areas...
Fenna Semken, Online Editor-in-Chief
• May 17, 2017
Define happiness. Just try. What comes to your mind? I’ll give you a couple paragraphs of white space to fill with what you see in your personal happiness.
Okay. What was on your mind? Did it...
Ala Mohamed, Digital Profile Editor
• April 17, 2017
I first heard the term ‘selling the Negro’ in the film “I am not your Negro,” which came out in February. In the 1800s, the term referred to the slave trade, but nowadays the term associates...
Dear Westina,
I have two friends, a guy (let's call him nacho), and a girl (let's call her strawberry). Nacho and Strawberry don't really know each other that well. They've talked maybe like once. Still...
English 10 Honors. Two sophomores, Daniel Stewart (left) and Steven Yuan (right) wrote competing research papers about gun control, diving into the details for each reason gun control is good...
High school athletics are traditionally seen as a way for students to stay active, become part of a team and to find their niche. Hard work and a relentless will were the makings of a good athlete. Sports...
Like a freshly cut honeydew melon, the United States has been sliced on the rind, leaving our once burgeoning nation susceptible to the pests. These poor pests, instead of strengthening our nation’s...
Lauren Katz, Copy Editor, Editorials Editor
• February 25, 2017
Dear Westina,
The other day, I was walking down the hallway and saw my history teacher from freshman year. Two years have passed since then, but I still pop in to chat about life/the election/existentialism--you...
When I hear anything about running, I listen in a little closer. Recently, what I've been hearing hasn't been about the health benefits of running, or a story about a high school cross country meet. Instead...
West Side Story is home to students of varying cultural backgrounds. Our staffers have family who were refugees, immigrants, and Holocaust survivors. But we are defined by more than that; we are also Christians,...
