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Unimpressed: New Finals = Hot Mess

  • January 24, 2013

Final grades went up on Pinnacle last night.  How did the new system work out for everybody?  Not so great?  Well, you’re hardly alone.
This past Tuesday, freshman and sophomore English students spent approximately 45 [...]

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On Birth Control, Rush, and Double Standards

  • April 2, 2012

“It’s a double edged sword isn’t it?  If you say you haven’t, you’re a prude.  If you say you have, you’re a slut.” -The Breakfast Club
Girls in high school are [...]

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Facebook Timeline is Forced Upon Us

  • February 6, 2012

High school students act brave, but if anything can put us cowering in corner in a matter of seconds, it’s the past.  It’s the idea that thousands of people will [...]

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Finals, Finally

  • January 13, 2012

Finals.  The next week of my life will be consumed with studying for tests and then studying for finals and then studying some more.  And the reason for this?  I didn’t study for [...]

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Picking Colors is Hard

  • October 20, 2011

It’s been a long night of homework, and I still have some more notes to study over.  I’ve been doing pretty well, so I tell myself: it’s okay, log on [...]

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Cut the Neon Lights

  • September 14, 2011

The themes for dances are always a controversial subject.  Homecoming is the biggest dance at Niles West every year, and so the pressure is on the Homecoming Committee to come up [...]

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Taking Things a Bit Too Slow

  • September 8, 2011

Niles West has never been known for its timeliness, but this year has gotten off to a particularly rough start.  Between the torn down tiles on the staircases and the South Lobby construction, getting around [...]

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