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Mining the moon
ACSL team of six earns fourth in Zero Robotics competition. Last fall, sophomore Jerry Ma received an offer he couldn’t refuse. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) would be holding its annual Zero Robotics competition and invited Ma to participate. The ACSL club member rounded up some of his fellow clubbers, recruited Mr. Watson as […]
2011 is a year to remember
The beginning of the new year brings with it a reflection on the previous. We make resolutions to try and fix the bad things and continue the good that carried over from the preceding year. 2011 was an eventful year, with an unequal proportion of good things in comparison with the bad. The world experienced […]
West Side Saves Lives
By Roseanne Page On Wednesday, January 11, 2012, personnel from the Indiana Blood Center arrived at West Lafayette High School to conduct the school’s bi-annual blood drive. Students, teachers, and parents alike banded together to donate blood. West Side’s blood drive was organized and run by Ms. Huckstep, […]
Republican race down to four
BY GUEST WRITER SAMEER MISHRA Mitt Romney and…? The search for what analysts dub the “conservative alternative” continues as the Republican field continues to narrow. Romney, a moderate, has been the frontrunner from the very beginning of the race. However, many of the more conservative voters—specifically the Tea Party movement—have looked for a candidate that […]
All-State orchestra is a success!
On January 21st, West Lafayette High School was well represented in the All-State Orchestra performance in Fort Wayne. The school is very proud to have nine of our very own talented students perform in a concert containing the state’s finest musicians. At the performance all the songs were played beautifully, and members of the audience […]
Departure Time
Retirement incentive set to lure teachers. Many students were shocked when they came back to school this year and found nine new teachers. Some of these new positions were due to retirements, and others because the school is offering some new classes and needed teachers for those spots. With so many new teachers, it […]
Christopher Park wins Keller, again
Last month the stage of the Long Center was lit for the Annual Keller Concert, showcasing three youth musicians.Among these was West Side’s very own Christopher Park The Keller Competition is a competition in which students up to twenty-two years of age prepare a concerto that they play in front of a panel of three […]
Gotta get down on Black Friday
For most, Thanksgiving means a delicious meal filled with family and fun, usually followed by a food-induced coma. For some, however, the Thanksgiving meal is just fuel for the main event of the weekend: Black Friday.Black Friday is the culminating event of weeks of advertising on the part of the retail world, and days of […]
John vs. John
Incumbent John Dennis defeats John Polles in the West Lafayette mayoral race. Republican incumbent John Dennis won the West Lafayette mayoral race last week in a landslide victory, capturing over 70 percent of the vote. The voter turnout, however, was startlingly low–only 11,816 out of 45,067 registered voters (that’s 26.2%) showed up at the polls […]
Where are the waving flags?
By Abby Bien Last year, before the junior high lockers were moved and replaced with the commons area, rows and rows of flags from different countries were displayed on the ceiling. Recently, many students have noticed their absence and were curious if and when they are coming back. When the flags were added around […]
