Fires continue to burn in the Amazon Rainforest
Clara Johnson, News Reporter
September 27, 2019
Alongside millions of others, students and faculty at Westminster remained shocked by the news circulating about the Amazon Rainforest fires. The Amazon Rainforest, what many consider to be the “lungs of the world,” is slowly being reduced to ash and smoke. It is difficult to discern what is causing these billowing...
Spotlight on Anna Bradford’s Trip to China
Toby Liu, News Reporter
September 27, 2019
While most of us spent our summers in relaxation, senior Anna Bradford was hard at work on a government-run immersive language program in China. Bradford was one of 18 students from all over the country to be chosen for the selective program. Funded by the state department, she spent six weeks with a host family in the city...
Eleanor Knight, News Reporter
September 27, 2019
Emmett Wright Jr. passed away on August 26, 2019, in Orange, Virginia. During his time at Westminster, he taught Advanced Placement American History and coached varsity basketball for The Westminster Schools and West Fulton High School. Before entering teaching, he served two stint years in the U.S. Navy and received...
Reparations may not be the solution we’ve been looking for
Jonas Du, Columnist
September 27, 2019
As the 2020 election intensifies, many Democratic candidates are embracing the idea of slavery reparations, that is, providing financial compensation to descendants of slaves. According to a recent Young Democrats poll, left-leaning students at Westminster overwhelmingly support reparations at a rate of six to one. Even as someone who considers themselves liberal,...
Emre Duvenci, Columnist
September 27, 2019
When the Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro won the popular vote in October 2018, the nation’s status as the world’s fourth largest democracy began to waver. The sixth most populous country in the world was under internal attack from demagoguery. Bolsonaro abused the process of democracy to secure a pervasive grip on Brazilian politics, and through appealing...
Virginia governor receives calls to step down among racism scandal
Charlie Benedict, News Editor
February 28, 2019
On February 1st, the right-wing website Big League Politics leaked a picture of two men at a party, one wearing blackface and the other sporting a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood. The picture was on Virginia Democratic Governor Ralph Northam’s page in his 1984 medical school yearbook. Shortly after the picture surfaced, Northam admitted and apologized for his apparent involvement....
What are we learning? Do you ever ask yourself this question? What kind of knowledge are schools supposed to equip us with? Is it their responsibility to make us go...
Hadley Foust, Arts Reporter
September 27, 2019
As the new school year kicks off, WAC members prepare for the upcoming year by participating in the annual WAC retreat. Though planned mainly by parents of WAC members,...
AP Art students adjust to changes in curriculum
September 27, 2019
Students push themselves further in Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony
September 27, 2019
Faculty showcase artwork in Broyles
September 27, 2019
Matthew Cha, Sports Reporter
September 27, 2019
Within the next year, Westminster will receive updated locker rooms under Alfred Thompson Stadium, a renovated and enlarged Campbell Hall, and a revamped Kent Field...
September 27, 2019
Braves poised to make deep playoff run in 2019 season
September 27, 2019
Senior J.D. Blitch Breaks Guinness World Record
September 27, 2019