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Saniya Taylor
Saniya Taylor
Editor

Saniya is a junior and is in Journalism II. She loves to write about pop-culture, controversy, and issues within school. Saniya’s hobbies consist of track, cross country, bedazzling, and playing the...

Juliana Wilkes
Juliana Wilkes
Editor

Juliana is a junior at West, and this is her second year in journalism. She has been dancing for 13 years now, and for 10 years at her current studio, Z Company Arts. She hopes to go to college for dance...

Andrew Odle
Andrew Odle
Lakota West Broadcasting

Andrew is a senior in Journalism III at Lakota West High School. He loves sports, and he loves to write about certain topics in sports. His favorite sport is basketball, and he enjoys playing with friends....

Ruby Hutchison
Ruby Hutchison
Editor

Ruby is a Junior in her second year of Journalism. Outside of the school walls, she is a drummer and keyboard player for School of Rock. In addition to that, Ruby enjoys reading, listening to music, and...

Izabella Smith
Izabella Smith

Izzy is a junior in Journalism II at Lakota West High School. She has been in Lakota since 6th grade and has become very fond of her school and friends. Izzy would like to write about entertainment, travel,...

Amira Scherzinger
Amira Scherzinger
Social Media Manager

Amira is a junior, currently in her second year of journalism. Amira loves sports, especially volleyball. She hopes to bring a broader perspective on sports, not just focusing on popular sports, and showcase...

Lma Abdoh
Lma Abdoh

Lma is a junior at Lakota West High School. This is Lma’s 2nd year in journalism. Lma would like to write about politics, news, and opinion articles because she's very "opinionated" (just has feedback...

Nikos Stollenwerk
Nikos Stollenwerk
Lakota West Broadcasting

Nikos is a senior in Journalism 3. He loves sports and hopes to go into sports journalism as a profession, but is currently working just to make some extra cash. He is in Lakota West Broadcasting and is...

Izabella Smith
Izabella Smith

Izzy is a junior in Journalism II at Lakota West High School. She has been in Lakota since 6th grade and has become very fond of her school and friends. Izzy would like to write about entertainment, travel,...

Juliana Wilkes
Juliana Wilkes
Editor

Juliana is a junior at West, and this is her second year in journalism. She has been dancing for 13 years now, and for 10 years at her current studio, Z Company Arts. She hopes to go to college for dance...