IPLE team travels to D.C. for national competition
The Institute for Political and Legal Education (IPLE) class found out three months ago, after competing at the statewide “We the People” competition, that it would be going to nationals […]
Boys’ basketball team looking for first win
“All of our games have been very close,” senior boys’ basketball captain Kevin Murphy said. The Knights started the season 0-10, and have struggled to find success thus far. But the […]
Bill Corgan’s voice electrifies Monuments to an Elegy
I consolidated pretty much every Smashing Pumpkins song on a Spotify playlist and listened to it for three days. The band’s new album, Monuments to an Elegy, is not at […]
Selma makes the civil rights struggle feel real
1965…that’s 50 years ago. I’ve learned about the Civil Rights Movement in American Studies, engaged in class discussions, written essays, and taken tests, but it never felt real until I […]
How Superintendent Aderhold decides whether to call a snow day
The bright red text on the ww-p.org homepage is the text of triumph, of relief, of salvation, of snow days. It appears during grueling weeks of school, or after long […]
Why does North ban playing cards? No good reason.
Remember when you used to pace in circles around your mom and repeat, “I’m BOOOOOOOOREDDDDDD!” And for some reason you used to expect a helpful response but would only ever […]
Humans and zombies get even scarier in season five of The Walking Dead
Walking Dead Season FIVE. Wow, we’ve come a long way since the apocalypse began. Where to begin? Season four ruthlessly left us with the cast locked in a train car, […]
New carpet straight looks like Laser Park
I like my schedule this year. I was actually able to choose classes that I wanted to take. You know what I wasn’t able to choose? The carpet. I hardly […]
Student athletes juggle academics and sports
In the words of boys’ soccer captain David Perron, school sports are a “double-edged sword.” On the one hand, they improve productivity and motivation by dominating the leisure time during […]
U2 is reborn in new album Songs of Innocence
I’ve been listening to U2 since my dad played their first album, Boy, to me in my crib, and I’ve always worshipped them. One of their recent albums, No Line […]
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