Madison Staten
May 15, 2013
David Hume Kennerly, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in photography and the official photographer to President Gerald Ford, Olympian Dan Browne, and professional baseball player Mitch Williams are examples of exceptional West Linn High School graduates. Expectations for WLHS students are high when it comes... Read more »
Belle Cogan
May 15, 2013
On a Tuesday afternoon in December, loud sudden bangs were heard inside the Clackamas Town Center Mall. Many people in the mall misunderstood the noises for balloons popping or racks falling, but it was the sounds of gunshots. Two people were killed in the shooting and it affected many people in our... Read more »
Shana Feltham
May 14, 2013
Tests are a common occurrence in many high schoolers lives, but as standards are being raised and the pressure to pass is growing, more and more students are beginning to feel stressed. The Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT), Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), and the American College Test (ACT)... Read more »
Madeline Marshall
May 14, 2013
When we think of North Korea, what do we think of? Political unrest? Dictatorship? But have we ever thought of them as a nuclear threat? Kim Jong Un, President of North Korea and the son of the late Kim Jong-Il, has made nuclear missile threats against the United States. North Korea has also been testing... Read more »
Madison Staten
May 13, 2013
David Hume Kennerly, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in photography and the official photographer to President Gerald Ford, Olympian Dan Browne, and professional baseball player Mitch Williams are examples of exceptional West Linn High School graduates. Expectations for WLHS students are high when it comes... Read more »
Sarah Oliveras
April 30, 2013
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” One of our country’s most important documents, the Declaration of Independence, clearly... Read more »
Rachel Porche
April 30, 2013
“Oh, its a poster making class. They don’t really do anything in that class.” Every year, the Leadership classes are bashed by students not in the class. No one realizes how much is accomplished by the leadership and Associated Student Body members and their work to bring the students together... Read more »
Ashlyn Miller-Sanders
April 29, 2013
Have you ever walked around and seen a child under the age of 13 with a phone? When I see this, I wonder why that child needs a phone. What is the point of having a phone? I asked my parents this question when they told me that my 7-year-old sister was going to have a phone. They said it would be a good... Read more »
Shreya Nathan
April 16, 2013
Most people would like to think that with every new product, Apple is taking another step in the direction of future technology; but they have recently fallen into the habit of reinventing the same thing over and over again. The company that has gone through many ups and downs in its lifetime came to... Read more »
Jaime Sullivan
April 15, 2013
For some reason, it is easier to take a free throw shot at the garbage can, rather than actually walking five feet to toss it in. Although it probably takes more energy and concentration trying to make it in, we can all admit to doing it anyways. What we don’t realize though, is that someone else is... Read more »
