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...

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...

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...