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Category: Guest Columns

colene

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 Rand Jassar on life in Irag.

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Living through War in Iraq: What You Don’t Hear on the News

  • April 18, 2013

I am a 10-year-old girl in Baghdad sleeping in the guest room with my parents and sisters. We gave up our rooms to my uncle, aunt and their families. Our neighborhood [...]

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beyza

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Illinois and Gay Marriage: A Match Made In Heaven

  • April 16, 2013

Among the nine states that recognize same-sex marriage as legal, Illinois is surprisingly not one of them — not yet, anyway. I say surprisingly because Chicago is the third most LGBTQ ranked [...]

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Alyssa

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Bundle Up, Niles West

  • March 15, 2013

A few weeks ago, junior Breana Brill wrote a column about the most common complaints about Niles West.  The very first  grievance on the list was how cold the school is.
At least once a [...]

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Merrill

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Passes Fresh from the Restroom

  • February 20, 2013

If there’s one thing I find to be completely unnecessary in this school, it’s the hallway and bathroom passes.   I can safely say that I have not used one of those [...]

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President Barack Obama returns to the White House in Washington

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Celebrating America’s Greatest Presidents

  • February 18, 2013

Monday, Feb. 18, this year, is Presidents’ Day.
Created in 1879 to celebrate George Washington’s birthday on Feb. 22, it was later moved to the third Monday in February to fall [...]

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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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