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The Zephyr

The Student News Site of West Forsyth High School

The Zephyr

Lee Krebs

Lee Krebs, Opinion Editor

Lee is the editor for the opinion staff. They’ve been writing creatively for years now, and this is their third year on the staff. They focus on topics related to LGBT+ issues, as well as minor politics, bullying and more. On the more fun side, they enjoy video games, movies and their multiple pet fish.

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Spongebob and Spock in front of the autistic infinity symbol, two characters who have a lot of common autistic traits.

Autistic coded characters are important

Lee Krebs, Opinion Editor April 8, 2022

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...

A photo of a rainbow pride flag, waving in the wind.

We’re Going Back In Time: The anti-LGBTQ+ bills keep coming

Lee Krebs, Opinion Editor March 10, 2022

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+...

Less control on birth control

Less control on birth control

Lee Krebs, Opinion Editor February 15, 2022

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...

Prom: Overrated and overpriced

Prom: Overrated and overpriced

Lee Krebs, Opinion Editor December 13, 2021

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...

Carrie Was Ahead Of Her Time: A message against bullying

Lee Krebs, Opinion Editor November 5, 2021

In the year of 1976, the movie Carrie was released. I had never seen this movie until recently, but I knew the general plot- a girl is relentlessly bullied by her classmates, and she gets revenge on them...

Fast Fashion Needs To Slow Down: Finding school appropriate clothes is a pain

Fast Fashion Needs To Slow Down: Finding school appropriate clothes is a pain

Lee Krebs, Opinion Editor October 21, 2021

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...

The German Honors Society working on their poster for homecoming.

Honor of all Honors: German Club changes to German Honors Society

Lee Krebs, Opinion Editor October 7, 2021

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,...

A man getting a vaccine.

Quit being selfish: Get Vaccinated

Lee Krebs, Opinion Writer September 15, 2021

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....

Straight people don’t need a pride month

Lee Krebs, Opinion Writer May 28, 2021

Happy pride month! Or, to you straight and cisgender folk, happy Kia Summer Sales Event. Pride month is the one month of the year in which the queer community can fully enjoy the queer experience, without...

A Horror Freak’s Guide to Scary Movies: Ranking the Slashers

Lee Krebs, Opinion Writer May 10, 2021

Horror movies. Some might say that you can only watch them around Halloween, but the truth is that there’s never a bad time for a good scare and some cheesy deaths. My ratings for these slasher movies...

Laminated signs don’t stop bullying

Lee Krebs, Opinion Writer April 9, 2021

Last year, another Anti-Bullying October came and went. You might have noticed, but you probably didn’t. After all, it’s not like much really gets done in this month, compared to others The school...

Political debates are not football games

Lee Krebs, Opinion Writer February 16, 2021

The past four years have been, what some people would like to call, bad. We have been living with an ineffective president at best, and at the end of his reign, we saw the worst of his followers. Only...

Good games to take away the sorrow of quarantine

Lee Krebs, Opinion Writer November 21, 2020

Quarantine has been a seven-month nightmare. We’ve been trapped inside with not much to do, and the things we've been doing have become monotonous. So why not play some video games? Here’s a list of...

Many families will decorate their houses to celebrate the holidays, but with COVID-19 being an issue, there won't really be a reason to this year."

No monsters this Halloween- just Corona

Lee Krebs, Opinion Writer November 3, 2020

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...

Online learning and its social impact

Lee Krebs, Opinion Writer September 25, 2020

The world is more digital now than ever before. Coronavirus has condemned us to a life of solitude, but how bad is it, really? With so many forms of communication, it shouldn’t be too hard to stay in...

COVID-19 from the eyes of an extrovert and an introvert

Gabrielle Jenkins and Lee Krebs April 3, 2020

Extrovert: The COVID-19 outbreak has caused millions of people around the world to shelter in their houses and self-quarantine. Without much worry about the pandemic initially, the U.S. has now also...

Internet Connection: Online friendships aren’t always untrustworthy

Lee Krebs, Opinion Writer March 11, 2020

From the time we’re young, we’re all told the same thing: “Don’t talk to strangers on the internet.” But if you’re someone who has trouble making friends, the internet can be a good place to...

Lee Krebs play a Nintendo game on their Nintendo 2DS. Anyone who isn't male is usually discriminated against within the gaming community.

Sexism in gaming isn’t an epic win

Lee Krebs, Opinion Writer December 19, 2019

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 has become rampant in society, but it can be very harmful.

Cringe Culture: Bullying has been rebranded

Lee Krebs, Opinion Writer November 14, 2019

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...

The many examples of westernization in foreign media. Did the United States needlessly get too involved?

It’s Not All About Us: Westernization in media has to stop

Lee Krebs, Opinion Writer September 11, 2019

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...

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