Polishing Up Your Paper
Emma Harris, Staff Writer
8:50 am
I get it: sometimes you’re just not happy with your paper. You can’t trace this feeling back to anything in particular, you just don’t like it. And here’s the cherry on top: it’s due tomorrow. Panic ensues because it is simply too late to rewrite whole chunks, but you need a good grade, whet...
Study Hall: Hard Work or Hindrance?
Lauryn Rhodes, Staff Writer
October 20, 2019
It’s no secret that the average teenager is under a lot of pressure. After spending hours shifting from class to class at school, students are expected to go home and dedicate even more of their time to school-related work - which takes up three and a half hours on average according to the Los Angeles...
Into the Woods
Ava Hollmann, Opinions Editor
October 14, 2019
It’s Monday morning, and as YouTuber Cody Ko says in his “Epic Morning Routine” video, “Rise and Grind.” At 5:00 a.m. sharp, I wake up ready to run. After devouring some energy gels, lacing up my bulky trail running shoes, and strapping on my headlight, I head out the door to do my easy earl...
Book Review: Peace Like a River, by Leif Enger
Emma Harris, Staff Writer
October 11, 2019
One of the beautiful things about life is the millions of books at disposal. The downside of this, however, is that some of the most important books disappear amongst the sea of published stories. Fortunately, I have been lucky enough to discover one of the most provocative and elegantly written books...
Tackle Your Problems: Take a Hike
Ava Hollmann, Opinions Editor
October 7, 2019
Anxious thoughts about school, sports, and college ricocheted around in my head, transforming my conscious into a pinball machine. After a month and a half of my senior year, I was already more stressed than I thought possible. And as an introvert, my way of processing it is to internalize, which the...
Is There Something to Pop?
Ava Hollmann, Opinions Editor
September 25, 2019
Recently, I decided to attend my first Friday night football game, at Parkway West. While at the game, however, I was much more focused on the atmosphere of the event than the game itself. This was because, for a solid couple of hours, I felt a sensory overload\; the sights and sounds were different...
Thrown into the Deep End
Ava Bidner, Content Editor in Chief
September 25, 2019
Have you ever seen someone struggling to keep their head above the waves in the ocean or desperately pumping their legs to stay afloat in the deep end of a pool? Maybe you have experienced this battle yourself — the physical and mental game of keeping yourself from being dragged into the undertow or...
5 Life Skills Every High School Student Should Know
Lauryn Rhodes, Staff Writer
September 9, 2019
High school is, arguably, the most pivotal time in any teenager’s life. In just four years, through exciting moments and interesting experiences, students can learn just as much outside of the classroom as they do within it. While many highschoolers are convinced that school is pointless, they are o...
How 15 Minutes a Day Can Change Your Life
Emma Harris, Staff Writer
August 27, 2019
Picking up an instrument for just fifteen minutes a day, whether it be the guitar or the trumpet, has been proven to substantially improve people’s math skills and problem solving abilities, along with alleviating some struggles of memorization. But that’s not it: athletes can benefit from this ...
Who Are You Wearing?
Ava Hollmann, Opinions Editor
August 20, 2019
Visions of navy, plaid, and khaki come to mind when initially considering what students at Westminster wear on a normal school day. However, with more concentration, images of Chacos and checkered Vans materialize as well. Suddenly, it is obvious that, despite the semi-homogenous Land’s End uniforms,...
Reclaiming Character
Lea Despotis, Design Editor
April 2, 2019
What a sad moment our society has witnessed when corruption, deceit, and fraud surge through the distinguished campuses of America, forcing people to ask the troubling question: who got in where—and how? Last week, a nation-wide college-admissions scandal dominated news headlines, ensnaring CEOs,...
The Fall of Feminisim
Isabella Francois, Managing Editor in Chief
April 2, 2019
To say that the word “feminism” is a controversial word, in 21st century America, would be an understatement. In fact, the debate over what feminism is or is not has become a topic of debate among people of all ages, especially within high school students. Students often take a stand for one side...