A vacation to New England can be filled with exploration of nature, history, and art. Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island have a wealth of visual art, food, and historical values. Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire have vast parks across rolling...

        A twist on Horton Hears A Who, Ant-man And The Wasp: Quantumania deviates from its predecessors, Ant-man and Ant-man And The Wasp. The film is flawed similar to other more recent Marvel films. The story was incohesive and filled with exposition....

No one wants to get into a college major, trade school, or job only to realize they hate their career path. Internships and shadowing allow students to test the waters of their career interests and steer toward better career investments. An internship...

As athletes receive offers to play collegiately, more athletes will be leaving the sports they’ve played competitively for year.      The first commonality I noticed is that many seniors will try to continue to play their sport. Whether...

A Sony stand alone, the movie Morbius feels like Halloween. Swedish director Daniel Espinosa, who has directed darker films before like Safe House, directs Jared Leto (in the title role role) and several other accomplished actors in Marvel's first “horror”...

The first Batman movie came out in 1960 and since then, the Caped Crusader has worn many faces. The Batman (2022), starring Robert Pattinson (former annoying vampire) as the lead, has created a Batman in a new, low light using a team of several accomplished...

Death on the Nile is a refreshing, cultured movie. The movie, based on a line of Agatha Christie novels featuring Hercule Poroit was adapted by Michael Green, who is experienced in film writing. Other people working on this project have an equal amount...

Many West students read The Lord of the Flies as sophomores, and Yellowjackets is a Hulu series with a similar theme, picking up popularity for its psychological horror and somewhat relatable content. Before I get into it, It should be said that Yellowjackets...

The tenth Spiderman to date, Spiderman: No Way Home, is a hit, both in the box office and the bullseye of our hearts. The movie features talents such as Tom Holland (well… no s+*^), Tobey Miguire, Andrew Garfield, Williem (yes, it is spelled like that)...

House of Gucci is a movie based on the scandal that ended Gucci. It was produced by Ridley Scott, Giannina Facio, Kevin J. Walsh, and Mark Huffam, Directed by Ridley Scott, and stars Lady Gaga and Adam Driver. Most of the sets are in Milan, Italy and...

The newest sci-fi hit is out. Dune 2021 offers a vast world to get lost in. It should be said that Dune originated as a space sci-fi novel written in 1965, and people who fell in love with the deep lore of the book have been striving to make a worthy...

When: Monday, Wednesday, and Tuesday via zoom Where: room 114 Advisor: Miranda Cockrell   The Academic Quiz Team looks to compete --   not physically but mentally.  The Quiz Team is a club that lets its members’ confidence shine through...

When I mention the Renaissance Festival, many people comment that either they have never been or that it is ‘weird’. As an avid fan of the Renaissance Festival, I set out to do it some justice and explain the spectacles one can find at our annual...

If there's one thing we all want, it’s money. And what’s the easiest way to obtain more money? That's right --  getting a job. As teenagers, getting a job is normal, even sometimes expected. Where should you apply to? What kind of jobs are out there?...

From old fashion parties to formal dances, through history, every regular student would try their hand at polite adult society.  The word prom originated in the word promenade.  Formerly, “Promenade” was practiced by college students in eighteen...

Every year, a few seniors have their extreme effort go unnoticed. Their hard work doesn’t just take place in the world of school -- in the classroom or on the sports field -- but rather it extends into nearly full-time employment. Some seniors work...

Underneath this year’s student body lies a grading period unlike any other, marked by a sinkhole of percentages. This past semester,  Lakota saw its highest number of failing students. Over 118 students at West failed three core classes.  School leaders,...

A pufferfish wearing a hat, a praying mantis, a literal pickle. Christmas ornaments can represent a world's worth of memories.   Walking through a German Christmas in Covington, Kentucky market, the vendors are closely packed under plastic tents....

A shortplay that I never heard of before, Squad Goals,  impressed me. It displayed a subject that countless people appreciate and they executed it fully. Comedy is an age-old principle that needs to be handled correctly or else consequences like “cringe”...

Can you remember the day when West Chester was still farmland? Many of us who call this pocket of Ohio home cannot. Even though I have lived here since I was born, I cannot fathom it being a one-stoplight town, but at one point it was just that. Over...