Just Blog It
Abby Becker - Staff Writer
January 20, 2010
Along with texting, Facebook, Twitter, and e-mail, blogging is another way for people to communicate with each other in this era of fast paced instantaneous news. Blogs enable all people to become authors who are able to express their ideas and opinions for other people to read and ponder. Blogging... Read more »
Touching Souls in Seoul
Kelsy Cline - Staff Writer
January 19, 2010
A selective group of students will travel to South Korea this summer to serve as missionaries to a group of students in Seoul. Thousands of miles over seas, in one of the largest cities in the world, Matthew Baldwin, Rachel Bates, Abby Becker, Lizzie Blackwell, Stephen Lillenberg, Chelsea McConkey,... Read more »
Fresh Faces
Margaret Moore
January 15, 2010
With an excited heart, and a constant worry of figuring out the Westminster Smart Boards, Laura Pettay arrived to teach for the second semester of the school year. Pettay came to Westminster to substitute for Bob Vass’s position, as the Literature Western Civilization teacher. Pettay was contacted... Read more »
“I Don’t Really Care” Means More Than You Think
Christina Dohr - Features Editor
January 12, 2010
Few teenagers are stranger to the nonchalant shrug of the shoulders and cool mutter of “eh, I don’t really care” that is a trademark characteristic of their generation. There are a handful of stereotypes that have marked teens for years, but the image of a lazy, apathetic American high schooler... Read more »
Back to School
Laura Tarantino - Staff Writer
January 11, 2010
“This is where God brought me,” says Emily Roig, upper school Spanish teacher. Roig graduated from Westminster in 2004. When she graduated Roig was not thinking of teaching. She was planning to be an occupational therapist or a counselor. While in college, Roig studied abroad in Spain and discovered... Read more »
Prestige Does Not Equal Popularity
Danielle Cicka - Associate Editor
January 11, 2010
College is on the minds of most Westminster students and is taken into consideration in their course choices, but an issue can be raised as to whether Westminster students choose to attend highly selective schools at the same rate as their counterparts at comparable high schools. After high school, students... Read more »
2009: The Year in Review
Christina Dohr - Features Editor
January 11, 2010
Michael Jackson, Swine 09, Soccer Champions, Health Plan; Michael Phelps is smoking pot, Susan Boyle sings a lot, New Moon breaks a record, careful with your credit card; Mr. Vass bids school farewell, a second summer seminar, Carnival takes place inside, tennis sweeps the state in stride….. We didn’t... Read more »
Cafeteria Goes Green… Yellow and Red
Parker Briden - Staff Writer
January 11, 2010
You may have noticed something different in the cafeteria over the past few days. A little more color in the menus and some smarter choices available when you journey through the line. This is all due to a new plan to help the student body be healthier. This program called “Healthy is Food for Me,... Read more »
Bring New Meaning To Fashion Forward
Mari Knehans
November 30, 2009
Each year the young women of WCA spend large amounts of money on Christmas Banquet dresses and accessories. These beautiful gowns are more like one hit wonders: they experience an instance of fame and then retire to the back of a closet awaiting another opportunity to shine like a washed-up pop star. The... Read more »
Meet the Browns
Melinda Oliver - staff writer
November 18, 2009
A young woman sits by her husband’s side as he receives cancer treatment. His battle with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma has been lengthy and exhausting. It has been seven long years and the love of Gina Zakovec’s life is not getting better. She experiences the same emotions as any wife in her situation... Read more »
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