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Is school getting progressively harder?

by Carsyn Owens
Is school getting progressively harder?
Jessica Hill sits at her desk while her history students work on their homework. Some adults believe that our generation have it easier because of the technological advances. Photo by Katie Baker.

Story by Katie Baker

The National Center for Education Statistics studied high school transcripts from 2009 and found high school seniors were taking an average of 27.2 credits, a jump from the 23.6 credits high schoolers were taking in 1990.…

Season of influenza shots begin

by sarahmelchert
Season of influenza shots begin
Getting a flu shot may have benefits on preventing having influenza for this upcoming fall and winter. Photo by Katie Britton-Melisch.

Story by Sarah Melchert

Fall may be the season for cooler weather and pumpkin spice, but it also can signify the start of the flu season. As flu season approaches, shots and vaccines are destined to follow.

According to the …

How to fight rising college prices

by McKenna Rex
How to fight rising college prices
Photo By Heather Heil

Story By Heather Heil

As students start to get older many of them will start thinking about college. Most students start to really think about college when they first get to high school. For some seniors, they have been saving …

Libertarian party runs for presidency

by McKenna Rex
Libertarian party runs for presidency
Photo From USA TODAY 2016 Twitter.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump seem as though they are the only candidates for President.

Gary Johnson is running with a third party, The Libertarian Party. Johnson, governor of New Mexico is running with Bill Weld governor of Massachusetts.

When …

This year’s Olympics experience sexism

by Carsyn Owens
This year’s Olympics experience sexism
Sophomore Audrey Ahrens is a volleyball player here at West. She said, “I did notice in volleyball it was the first year that people were allowed to pick what uniform they wanted." Photo by Katie Baker.

Story by Sophie Berning.

Controversy over the environmental, political and economical conditions of Rio caused the Summer Olympics of 2016 to hit the spotlight of the world.

Before the Olympics had even began issues were being raised with whether or …

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