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Teacher Feature: Mrs. Parrett

Teacher Feature: Mrs. Parrett

Jordan Otabil, Website Staff February 1, 2024

Meet Jennifer Parrett! She is a part of the history department and teaches CP US History. This is Mrs. Parrett’s first year at the main campus. Keep reading to learn more about Mrs. Parrett and the adaptations from the freshman building. When Mrs....

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Baseball Through the Years

Baseball Through the Years

Shahed Al Ali February 1, 2024

The term baseball can be dated to 1744, in John Newbery’s children’s book: A Little Pretty Pocket-Book. The book has a brief poem and a picture explaining a game called baseball. A fun fact: the bases in the picture book are marked by wooden posts...

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How to Lie to The American People: Media Censoring Edition

How to Lie to The American People: Media Censoring Edition

Ameenah Syed January 31, 2024

Mainstream media is witnessing an epidemic of carefully selected, blatantly misconstrued language in it’s reporting – the bulk of which is working to conceal the facts of the ongoing Gazan Genocide, beginning in 1948 after the Nakba (illegal colonization...

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11-Year-Olds in Sephora

11-Year-Olds in Sephora

Christina Tran January 31, 2024

In 2023, the “clean girl aesthetic” has become the newest trend, with skincare and makeup being the main things that achieve the look. A brand called Drunk Elephant has become super popular because of this trend for their expensive skin care in cute...

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Police Beat: Tenth Edition

Police Beat: Tenth Edition

Sandra Philip January 31, 2024

Hotel Stabbing Kirsten Battle is being held in the Butler County Jail for stabbing a man at a West Chester hotel on Mulhauser Rd. She’s charged with domestic violence and felonious assault. Battle allegedly stabbed the victim with a 4-inch blade...

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Teacher Feature: Mrs. Corcoran

Teacher Feature: Mrs. Corcoran

Jordan Otabil, Website Staff January 31, 2024

Meet Monica Corcoran! Miss. Corcoran is a first-year teacher at Lakota West. She teaches American Sign Language (ASL) levels I & II. Continue reading to learn more about this beloved teacher and her commitment to the job.    Although this...

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The Ocean, a Mystery to Mankind

The Ocean, a Mystery to Mankind

Shahed Al Ali January 31, 2024

The ocean is a huge body of salt water that covers over 71 percent of Earth’s surface. The planet has one global ocean, however, because of oceanographers and global politics, the ocean has divided it into four different regions: the Pacific, Atlantic,...

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Music 24: January Edition

Music ’24: January Edition

Noah Grayson January 31, 2024

Song of the Month: The title of January’s song of the month goes to “yes, and?”, the latest single by Ariana Grande. The song reached No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has remained on the charts ever since its release on January 12th. The song...

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Shocking Head Coaching Departures in the NFL World

Shocking Head Coaching Departures in the NFL World

Nikos Stollenwerk January 31, 2024

Josh McDaniels, Las Vegas Raiders Josh McDaniels got fired in October for his abysmal tenure in Las Vegas. With a 5-4 record to close out the season and the respect of all of his players, interim head coach, Antonio Pierce, was brought back for the...

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A Message to Our President

Ameenah Syed January 31, 2024

January 14th 2024 marked 100 days of incessant bombing in the Gaza strip. 1.9 million people have been forcibly removed from their homes, nearly 23,938 Palestinians reported dead, 60,582 Palestinians injured, 10,000 Palestinian children dead, 160,800...

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Police Beat: Ninth Edition

Police Beat: Ninth Edition

Sandra Philip January 30, 2024

Ross Township Car Jacking  A woman was assaulted after someone carjacked her in Ross Township. She was buying lottery tickets at a local Marathon gas station when she saw a man running towards her as she exited the gas station, and that’s when...

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Changing for the Worst: Lakota Does it Again

Changing for the Worst: Lakota Does it Again

Thomas Price, Website Manager January 30, 2024

Since the first day I can remember attending Lakota West, there have always been changes made throughout the year to things we are oftentimes familiar with. Whether it be the XH schedule change from last school year to this school year or the most recent...

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