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The Wildcat Roar

The Student Newspaper of Westminster Christian Academy

The Wildcat Roar

The Student Newspaper of Westminster Christian Academy

The Wildcat Roar

Tony Wagner’s view of the essential skills to be gained from education.

Don’t Get Good Grades

Ava Hollmann, Opinions Editor January 24, 2020

For much of my educational career, I, like many students, have held the expectation that good grades = good college = good career. Even as a pre-teen, I would drive past campuses like WashU and Mizzou...

Another look at Baby its cold outside

Baby, It’s Called Context

Rebekah Sems, Feature Editor January 11, 2020

At Westminster, students have become very familiar with a phrase repeated in each grade: “context is king.” Most often this phrase refers to Scripture and determining what the passage from...

The Superior Season

Ava Bidner, Content Editor in Chief January 11, 2020

Listening to “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” in the car as I drive down snow-dusted roads. Carefully hanging my handmade ornaments from kindergarten on the evergreen in my living...

A firm thumbs down in the Christmas section of a retail store.

Chill Out

Ava Hollmann January 10, 2020

As a Christian in America, the Christmas season is blown way out of proportion. While of course this means that the “reason for the season”- the birth of Jesus - is usually muddied in this...

It’s Your Choice

Ava Bidner, Content Editor in Chief January 7, 2020

“And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place...

The debate on the enumerated right to freedom of speech in the First Amendment.

Supporting/Opposing: Freedom of Speech

Ava Bidner, Content Editor in Chief November 28, 2019

Unnatural hair colors at Westminster may encourage more creativity and individuality.

The Suppression of Creative Expression

Emma Harris, Content Editor November 24, 2019

At Westminster Christian Academy, hair colors that aren’t naturally occuring are banned. This means no bubblegum pink hair, no bright teal hair, and no emerald green hair — if your hair is dyed any...

College as the path to an uncertain career.

The Road to Success

Ava Hollmann November 19, 2019

For months, seniors are focused on standardized testing, writing, and then, once everything is submitted, waiting. In every class, “Where are you applying?” and “Did you get in?” are questions...

Bob Dylan, one of the greatest song writers of all time.

Bob Dylan is Disappearing: Here’s Why He Shouldn’t Be

Emma Harris, Content Editor November 13, 2019

There is one person who has dominated the music industry like no other, and his name is Bob Dylan. A folk artist, rock artist, and even a folk-rock artist, this Nobel Prize in Literature winner is insightful...

The Joker  is made into a real person with feelings and severe emotional damage in this new film.

Descent into Madness

Grace Skiljan, News Editor November 2, 2019

Everyone knows and loves the malevolent character that is the Joker. The antagonist to Batman, Joker’s insanity has not had an explanation until today. Making his first debut in Detective Comics in 1951,...

The four stages of a WCA students day, with the most amount of effort put into the night study time, as depicted by the Beige Cycle.

The Beige Cycle

Ava Hollmann, Opinions Editor November 2, 2019

  From 7:55 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., we are zombies on steroids. We walk around the beige hallways in a lifeless haze, chugging coffee for a semblance of alertness, and buzzing about the stress of the...

Old School

Old School

Ava Hollmann, Opinions Editor October 23, 2019

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