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The Wildcat Roar

The Student Newspaper of Westminster Christian Academy

The Wildcat Roar

Two middle school students bond together by playing smash bros.

Westminster Community Struggles With Addition of Esports

Cutler Fricke, Staff Writer September 13, 2024

The addition of Esports to Westminster has brought a divide of opinion among students and teachers around the school. Many people vouch for Esports, but at the same time, some teachers and students question...

Student contemplates the negative effects of hookup culture.

The Gaping Hole: How Hookups Leave People Empty and Unsatisfied

Mary Hathaway, Staff Writer September 6, 2024

The term ‘hookup culture’ may bring different emotions to your mind. Whether it be disgust, anger, or mere sadness, the term typically doesn’t tend to be a positive one. Indeed, the issue of hookups...

A group of students pose in Saemmul, some abroad and some at home.

Leadership Around the Globe at WCA

Joseph Moore, Staff Writer August 29, 2024

Westminster is a large and bustling school where something is always happening. Amidst the hustle and bustle it can be difficult to keep track of all that is happening on the campus so it is understandable...

Sketch of Liu Yi Fei as Mulan in the 2020 live-action movie

Rabbits and Muslims: What You Do Not Know About the Story of Mulan

Ivey Wang, Design Editor May 6, 2024

One of Disney’s highly acclaimed movies is Mulan, grossing over $304 million worldwide with a production budget of just $90 million. Since its original release in 1998, Disney proceeded to remake the...

Kenneth Eugene Smith's final words before his execution by nitrogen gas

Live and Let Die

Elise Snyder, Staff Writer March 5, 2024

At 8:15 p.m. on January 25th, 2024, the curtain to the witness room was closed on the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith, signifying the end of the first nitrogen hypoxia execution and the rise of a new...

Nuclear energy is an extremely controversial topic in modern politics.

The Nuclear Energy Survival Plan

Gideon Schwamb, Staff Writer February 9, 2024

Whenever the word “nuclear” comes up, whether attached to either of its partners “bomb” or “energy,” the same image comes to mind. Irradiated land, radioactive fallout, and deadly diseases...

Mr. Knerr, a History Teacher at Westminster, Walks Away From Sub Plans

“Sub”-Traction: Westminster’s Struggle To Find Substitute Teachers

Bella Thies, Content Editor December 14, 2023

At the academy, just like any other school, it’s inevitable that there will be some days when teachers get sick or have urgent matters to attend to. On days like these, substitute teachers typically...

A very full class of older students.

Providing a Vision: African Vision of Hope

Carissa Mitchell, Staff Writer November 16, 2023

One of Westminster’s most significant international partnerships is African Vision of Hope, an organization based in Zambia with the mission of bringing education and the Gospel to hopeless children...

Students unload and organize ITSOG donations in the Grand Entry.

In the Season of Giving – to Who?

Elise Snyder, Staff Writer November 9, 2023

Nearly every student contributes items to ITSOG, Westminster’s yearly holiday season item donation. Some are motivated by competing against other grades; others by this year’s new reward of a day off...

Image of a girl reading "The Crucible" surrounded by other controversial books such as "Heart of Darkness"

To Ban a Book

Sadie Schmidt, Staff Writer October 30, 2023

If you’ve taken any Westminster English classes, it's likely that you have come across a book with some controversial content. To name a few, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Crucible, and Heart of Darkness,...

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