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Guest Columns · Top Story · West Word

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Alumni Blog: Make the Most of College

  • May 9, 2013

A while back, I was asked to write an alumni blog for Niles West News to inform all of you about what college is like. So, the first, and perhaps [...]

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Junior Fatima Farha on the conflict between Palestine and Israel.

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Conflict in the Middle East: The Palestine Perspective

  • May 6, 2013

The conflict between Palestine and Israel is nothing new; it’s been going on for decades now. The conflict is deep, filled with so many aspects that an entire history book will be [...]

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Junior Breana Brill on the conflict between Palestine & Israel.

Staff Columns · Top Story · West Word

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Conflict in the Middle East: The Israel Perspective

  • May 6, 2013

 Before I start this column, I’m not going to claim that I know a ton about this subject. This is an extremely sensitive topic to which I personally feel connected, [...]

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Toga Tuesday Forced to Unwrap

  • May 1, 2013

We should have seen this coming. Our generation has become a gap generation, stuck between two very distinct eras. We are transitioning into a much more sensitive society,  and while [...]

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The ACT: Students Are More Than Just a Test Score

  • April 23, 2013

Well, juniors, here we are. The time that everyone has been dreading has finally come: the ACT.
For some of us, that means that we’ve been preparing for weeks, maybe even [...]

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Junior Fatima Farha on the conflict between Palestine and Israel.

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Why “Bindis” Should Not Be a Fashion Trend

  • April 22, 2013

Fashion trends are ongoing. One day it’ll be something, and the next day it will be something else, and that is completely fine. There is nothing wrong with fashion, and [...]

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Staff Columns · West Word

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Class of 2013: Remembered for the Wrong Reasons

  • April 19, 2013

Well, Niles West, here we go again. Unfortunately, this is my second time writing a denouncement of a spirit assembly, the prior one being the winter assembly. It’s not deja [...]

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    1. Yearbooks will be distributed this Friday, May 17, after school--those students who get out after 8th period will be allowed to pick them up at that time; no one is allowed to miss any part of any class--even study hall--to get his or her book.
    2. Students must have their IDs and will be asked to sign for their books; no one may pick up anyone else's book under any circumstances.
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