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Craig Wright
April 17, 2013
In the early 2000’s The Strokes burst out of the New York garage rock scene with the hugely successful album “Is This It” (2000), which led many people to believe that The Strokes may become one of the defining bands of the generation. Unfortunately, due to egos and outside criticism, The Strokes... Read more »
Jaime Sullivan
March 19, 2013
Constructing the new police station has been needed for quite sometime now, and according to the head committee manager, Bob Galante, the old building could go down with the push of a finger. However, with the new building comes the necessity to hire more police officers. For some this means a safer... Read more »
Craig Wright
March 19, 2013
The girls tennis team looks to rebuild after graduating seven seniors and losing coach Justin Carrier to an assistant coaching position at Pacific University. The team is now led by Coach Linn Beswick and captains Mackenzie Coronel, Emmalee Scheid, Emily Borne and Nicole Campbell, all seniors. “We... Read more »
Kara Ghorbani-Elizeh
March 11, 2013
After the hype of the Oscars from February has died down, March is a relatively quiet month for movies. The following are the more noteworthy movies that are coming out this month. Opened on March 8 “Oz: The Great and Powerful” Starring James Franco, Mila Kunis, and Michelle Williams, “Oz: The... Read more »
Walker McCrae and Craig Wright
February 22, 2013
Standing four stories high and bursting with over one million books from to choose from, Powell’s City of Books is a perfect place for shoppers to seek out the perfect book. For years, Oregonians and people from all over the world have flocked to the world-famous bookstore which first opened in 1971. The... Read more »
Mary Earp
February 20, 2013
Shelbi Wescott, Class of 1998, released her debut novel called “Virulent” on Feb. 2. Wescott credits her success to her time at WLHS. “My teachers at West Linn, especially my English teachers, [Anna] Druse (retired in 2012) and [Barbara] Murray [English teachers] in particular, helped facilitate... Read more »
Alex Sisca
January 29, 2013
After Brian Gutowski, volunteer coach of the Speech and Debate Team, stepped down due to a changed work schedule, two WLHS employees stepped up to lead the team. Tonya Dailey, social studies teacher, and Jan Bosson, instructional assistant, are the team’s new coaches and administrators, with Dailey... Read more »
Meredith Bowers
January 23, 2013
The orchestral music flowed throughout the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland. On New Years Eve, Pink Martini, a local band with international ties, took the stage. The audience greeted the self-described “little orchestra” members with loud applause as the performers walked onstage. The group,... Read more »
Elise Brown
January 16, 2013
Dr. John Kitzhaber, governor, expressed great pride in Oregon’s citizen legislature in his State of the State address on Jan. 14, and the 77th assembly of that legislature he feels is off to an exciting start. Kitzhaber hopes to focus the representatives’ and senators’ attentions on redirecting... Read more »
Walker McCrae
November 15, 2012
The 2012-2013 season for the National Basketball Association is finally underway a hectic summer. The 2012 NBA offseason was one of the most chaotic in recent memory. Raymond Felton had been traded from the Portland Trail Blazers along with power forward Kurt Thomas, and in return the Knicks sent forward... Read more »
