Sometimes You Get What You Pay For
Luci Hilboldt, Staff Writer
April 4, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Top Stories
In St. Louis alone, there are 175 private high schools. The average tuition for all St. Louis Private schools is $16,809. Many parents insist they put their children in private schools for the religious benefits and a better education. While it is clear that children enrolled in public schools often...
A Lost art
Caroline Hinrichs, Staff Writer
April 3, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Everyone enjoys music. Although we may appreciate different styles and genres, music is constantly in the background of our lives whether we are driving to school, doing homework, or sitting in a restaurant. It is something that brings strangers together and eases tensions while also helping us to exp...
The Fall of Snapchat
Nicole Chelew, Staff Writer
March 21, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Top Stories
Whether it’s Kylie Jenner’s tweet bashing the app or the new update, Snapchat’s popularity is rapidly declining. Recently after Kylie Jenner tweeted, “Sooo does anyone else not open Snapchat anymore? Or is it just me….ugh this is so sad,” Snapchat’s stock went down more than 8%. With 24.5 mi...
Why I Won’t be Walking Out
Samantha Huber, Opinion Editor
March 20, 2018
Filed under Opinion
The recent school shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida has sparked protests and calls for lawmakers to make significant changes. Demonstrations have been happening around the country and are expected to continue to happen at schools, even Westminster. Although Westminster set aside a t...
The Future Written in Red
Ava Bidner, Staff Writer
February 20, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Your heart starts to thump quicker and quicker in your chest as you squirm in your seat, anxiously waiting for the letter scribbled in red at the top of your test. Your body is filled with adrenaline, the kind that forces you to strive for success as a student and desperately fear failure. You experience th...
Followers Don’t Equal Voters
Samantha Huber, Opinion Editor
February 13, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Top Stories
“You get a car! You get healthcare! Everybody gets government healthcare!” So far, Oprah Winfrey’s main qualification to run for president in 2020 is a good speech at the Golden Globes. It seems people don’t care about or pay attention to policies anymore, but rather focus purely on peopl...
A Step Towards Service
Ava Bidner, Staff Writer
January 23, 2018
Filed under Opinion
As students in a Christian school, we are expected to use our God-given gifts and abilities to serve in our school, our churches, and our communities. Many of us are required to fulfill a certain number of hours for various teams or organizations we are a part of, but as Christians and teenagers wit...
“It Will Only Take a Minute”
Kara Galakatos, Staff Writer
January 12, 2018
Filed under Opinion
People might think they do not spend much time on their phones and catch themselves saying “I’m just checking my phone” or “I’m just gonna have a five minute break.” Well, all of those breaks add up. Most would be surprised how long they spend on their phones on a weekly basis. It might ev...
A Step in the Right Direction
Samantha Huber, Opinion Editor
December 15, 2017
Filed under Opinion
A new school year means new stipulations for Westminster students and teachers. The hot topic this year is the changes to the semester final. Finals are now required to be cumulative (this includes having cumulative semester finals for AP classes), ninety minutes long, and students have to stay in th...
Decking the Halls…in November?
Ava Bidner, Staff Writer
December 1, 2017
Filed under Opinion
As a child, the Christmas season was hands-down my favorite time of year, and I have no doubt that Christmas will remain “the most wonderful time of year” for the rest of my life. The happy and familiar music, the mouthwatering food, the sparkling decorations, the time off school, and the occasi...
O Come to the Controversy
Ava Bidner, Staff Writer
November 29, 2017
Filed under Opinion
Christian music used to only be slow, gentle hymns sung in worship to God on early Sunday mornings, and many believe that is the place it still belongs. However, today, Christian music has worked its way into top charts, huge concert venues, and even some of the top radio stations all over the cou...
NOT MY FAULT BY: HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
Samantha Huber, Opinion Editor
November 28, 2017
Filed under Opinion, Top Stories
With the release of her new book, What Happened: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Clinton expertly outlines how her 2016 election loss was an obvious product of everyone being pitted against her. She cannot be held accountable for her comments about the “deplorable” Trump supporters and her blatant neglect ...
Ava Bidner, Staff Writer
April 16, 2018
Teachers often seem like perfect, busy people that are always at ...
Amanda Berry, Staff Writer
April 13, 2018
The cry for more women in STEM fields remains nothing new in o...
Ava Bidner, Staff Writer
April 12, 2018
On Mar. 16 while the rest of Westminster students sit in cla...