On October 25th, 2019 Kanye West released Jesus is King. After much anticipation Kanye released his ninth album which has 11 tracks and is 27 minutes long. First of all, this album is not that good. Some of the songs are good, but some of the songs are just really bad. It’s honestly worse than […]

The third episode of Speak of the Devil, a sports broadcast hosted by HoJun Yun, Joey Gavin, Kiersten Wood, and Ava Doty, features varsity volleyball players Tori Woods and Alaina Omonode. The two talk about their second year coach Katie Champion, the team chemistry between the upper and underclassmen, and their first sectional championship in […]

VPNs have long been a common method for West Side students to access websites blocked by the school filter. They’re incredibly easy: simply download a VPN app from the App Store or Google Play and connect to it when you want to access a blocked website. Once you’re connected, the VPN “tricks” the network you’re […]

We took an Instagram poll to determine what some students’ favorite places in our town are. With a total of 185 Votes, the results were clear

The most talked about movie of this year is undoubtedly The Joker, which came out October 4th, 2019. The movie stars Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck (Joker) and focuses on the life of the Joker and why he is the way he is. The movie throughout is quite dark because it revolves a lot around […]

On this episode of Speak of the Devil, the hosts will be joined by cross country runner Alec Meister, golfer Reagan Castens, and tennis player Aaron Morris. They will talk about their season so far and comment on their postseasons. Also mentioned are team dinners, SoundCloud rappers, and entrepreneurship. They also talk about game-day traditions, […]

With a smaller school comes a smaller student section, but what our student section lacks in number is made up in spirit. Students look forward to Friday night lights and getting the perfect outfit to fit the theme. Fall is a busy season with football games on Friday nights and soccer and volleyball games during […]

Over the past month we have conducted a poll to determine who is the most popular Hip-Hop/Rap artist this year. 25 random students submitted their votes as to who their favorite hip-hop/rap artist is. Juice Wrld was an overwhelming favorite with 8 votes. Coming is second and third were Post Malone and Young Thug with […]

Cross country team rewarded for their hard work “I think this was the team’s best performance of the whole season,” said Mrs. Melissa Joest, a cross country coach. “We were super pleased with all the girls. We had 5 out of 7 PR (Personal Record) at sectionals, and two of them basically tied their PR. […]

Click the link to take this quiz to learn how well you really know classic movies, the actors/actresses, and plots. Questions start out easy, but don’t be cocky. If you get 12/15, you are a certified old movie buff!    

When it comes to construction Courtney FitzSimons, the head of the new cafeteria, says it best, “The biggest thing is, anytime you’re working with construction there’s so many moving pieces that it doesn’t always come together when it’s supposed to.” And that’s exactly what happened to the highly anticipated cafeteria. The cafeteria was supposed to […]

PE Students Break Out Of Routine It’s one of those days where a teacher is absent for a day and a substitute teacher is called in to take over the teacher’s classes for a short period of time or the whole day. During seventh period on October 21st, most of P.E. teacher Shane Fry’s class […]