Westminster Celebrates Valentine’s Day in Lovely Fashion
Mason Arbery, News Reporter
March 5, 2018
As February rolls around each year, students look forward to Valentine’s Day with increasing anticipation. The holiday conjures up beautiful heart-shaped decorations, spending time with loved ones, and of course boxes and boxes of chocolate. However, along with the typical pink-and-red decorations seen all across the country on ...
2018 Welcomes Historic Flu Season
Phoebe Liu, News Reporter
March 5, 2018
Whether it be homework, sports, performances, or standardized tests, it’s easy to find something that occupies Westminster students. However, 2018 has seen the rise of a completely new concern for students: staying healthy. This year’s flu outbreak has been one of the worst in history, with millions of Americans affected ...
U.S.-North Korea relations grow icy amidst Pyeongchang Winter Olympics
Annie Kong, News Reporter
March 5, 2018
On Feb. 9, nearly 3,000 athletes from around the world gathered in the Olympic stadium in Pyeongchang county, South Korea, for the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics, kicking off 16 days of competition between 92 countries. The participating nations filed into the 35,000-seat stadium in order of the Korean alphabet...
The war on capitalism: Why we should not support socialism
Will Wallace, Guest Columnist
March 5, 2018
In recent years in the United States, capitalism has come under attack. The primary opposition or “solution” presented to capitalism is socialism. I am here to explain why socialism is not only impractical but utterly greedy and inherently evil. The fact is, no single economic system in the history of the world has provided a society with sustainable prosperity in...
U.S.-North Korea relations grow icy amidst Pyeongchang Winter Olympics
Annie Kong, News Reporter
March 5, 2018
On Feb. 9, nearly 3,000 athletes from around the world gathered in the Olympic stadium in Pyeongchang county, South Korea, for the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics, kicking off 16 days of competition between 92 countries. The participating nations filed into the 35,000-seat stadium in order of the Korean alphabet, Hangul, with the exception of Greece leading...
Grammys, Golden Globes reach new heights of politicization
Meimei Xu, News Reporter
March 5, 2018
On Jan. 7, actors and actresses appeared in all black at the 2018 Golden Globes awards in solidarity with the Time’s Up movement for victims of sexual assault. In her acceptance of the Cecil B. DeMille award, entertainment icon Oprah Winfrey delivered a speech about sexual abuse that brought the audience to its feet. Twenty-one days later, musicians and other attendees o...
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...
Sarah Street, Arts Reporter
March 5, 2018
Each spring, hundreds of accomplished high school musicians congregate together in an environment flowing with talent to do what they do best: make music. These performances,...
March 5, 2018
Ella Collier’s fast-paced music career
March 5, 2018
Rains Draper expands his music passion
January 26, 2018
Kate Zeising, Sports Reporter
March 5, 2018
Although it is sometimes thought of as an individual sport rather than a team effort, the Westminster track team’s close bond and team spirit helps carry them to victory. A...
PRUMC brings athletes together over friendly competition
March 5, 2018
CatFish win first state championship of 2018
March 5, 2018
Eagles defeat Patriots for Super Bowl LII victory
March 5, 2018