November 11, 2016
Filed under Opinion, Staff Editorial
Two weeks ago, the newspaper staff spent half of a class period brainstorming questions for the upcoming questions chapel. With the discussion of race relations and minority groups at Westminster, the Newspaper class decided that ...
October 14, 2016
Filed under Opinion, Staff Editorial
The phrase “listen before you speak,” is pretty well known amongst most of us, even almost overused. Yet the phrase couldn’t be more relevant to the problems surrounding our culture today.
With so many issues keeping our coun...
Staff Ed
September 13, 2016
Filed under Staff Editorial
Hello friends. Welcome to issue one of the Wildcat Roar. This year, the Roar has an all new team of editors and staff writers, and we are ready for everything that this year has in store for us. Ever since the beginning of the Wildca...
April 5, 2016
Filed under Staff Editorial
We were all created with unique passions, and our individual interests are part of what make us different from each other. As Dan Parris from Speak Up Productions said in chapel on January 27, we must find “what breaks our...
March 21, 2016
Filed under Staff Editorial
Wednesday, February 3 was a day that left the entire Westminster community with heavy hearts. Hallways and classrooms throughout the campus were silent as students and faculty tried to understand the tragedy that had just been...
January 25, 2016
Filed under Staff Editorial
5, 4, 3, 2, 1… Happy New Year! After the parties, noise makers, and fireworks, we find ourselves in the midst of 2016. The switching of the calendar year marks the transition from the painful and eventful 2015 into t...
December 14, 2015
Filed under Opinion, Staff Editorial
“Christmas break is way too short!” A complaint every teacher and student hears at least ten times on Monday after break. However, I’d argue that the problem is not the actual length of the break we get, but the amount of...
The Roar
November 23, 2015
Filed under Opinion, Staff Editorial
In the aftermath of the attacks in Paris, the world watches in fear to see what happens next. Over 100 people died in this devastating event, and the whole country of France and the surrounding world feels the weight of the traged...
October 16, 2015
Filed under Opinion, Staff Editorial
Fall is here, and with it comes the usuals: Halloween, Thanksgiving, and absolute exhaustion. We are about to reach the two month mark of the school year, and school is starting to get really tiring. With exhaustion comes procras...
September 22, 2015
Filed under Opinion, Staff Editorial
Over a month into the new school year, post-summer depression seems to be slowly but surely wearing off. But don’t let that discourage you—classrooms will only feel like prison cells if you let them. Each new school day ha...
Chrissy Talent, Executive Editor
October 28, 2014
Filed under Opinion, Staff Editorial
Many people in this day and age seem to walk around feeling entitled to things. We feel entitled to a good grade if we work hard on an assignment. We feel entitled to be complimented if we spent a long time dressing up and looking...
Megan Galvin, Editor-in-Chief
October 1, 2014
Filed under Opinion, Staff Editorial
Unlike Hester Prynne, for most students the scarlet letter that lends its shaming tinge to their life is the F, not the A. It is unfortunate that these letters, along with B, C, and D lend so much shape the rest of their lives....
