April 1st marked the beginning of Autism Awareness month, a time dedicated to supporting autistic folks, raising awareness and creating acceptance for people who have autism.. It can be hard to find autistic...

It’s been a pleasant March here at West. The weather is beautiful, and for our LGBTQ+ readers, we’re officially halfway to pride month. Unfortunately, with America’s current attitude regarding LGBTQ+...

Happy Valentine's Day, students. As of Feb. 1st, 2022, women in North Carolina no longer need a prescription from their doctors to purchase birth control. Plan B and other emergency contraceptives have...

Now that a date for Prom has been set- May 14th, everyone can start scrambling for their dresses and suits, their corsages and boutonnieres and their “prom-posals.” We can all hurry for tickets for...

From the time we’re young, we’re taught that you need to dress a certain way to fit in. At the same time, though, we’re taught that you need to dress a certain way to be allowed into school. Sometimes...

Having had trouble with gaining membership in the past, the German Club has officially changed its name to German Honors Society. Effective Sep 16, German teacher, Mark Reierstad, had proposed the idea,...

I can’t be the only one sick of this, right? For the past year and a half now, we have been in the middle of a pandemic. For a few months there, it kinda looked like things were getting back to normal....

With being halfway through October already, Halloween is right around the corner. Parents and children everywhere are thinking about how to spend the holiday- or how they would be, if not for the circumstances...

The gaming industry may be a male-dominated one, but that doesn’t mean girl gamers don’t exist. Of course, with the amount of misogyny plaguing many gaming communities, it’s easy to see why they...

Cringe culture is defined by Urban Dictionary as “the culture of making fun of people and/or insulting them by calling them ‘cringe’ or ‘cringy’ for doing something which doesn’t harm or insult...

When looking at entertainment from other countries, it’s easy to tell when a script is changed. However, this change is often useless, incorrect to the source and downright harmful to the source’s...