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Cleansing the World

March 30, 2020

This world can be a hot mess. We, humans, like to ensure that. We fight wars between nations over land and money. We fight wars inside our own countries through slandering tweets, racist, sexist, homophobic, or other discriminatory comments. We continuously invade and destroy habitats that aren’t our...

Coronavirus x American Students

Niharika Sapra, Staff Writer

March 16, 2020

A global pandemic. Over 800,000 affected. 40,000 dead. The first case of this deadly new virus, that attacks human respiratory symptoms and is spread by person-to-person contact, was discovered at a fish market in Wuhan, China. Since then, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has spread to over 185 countries arou...

Groundhog Day

Marlyn Gajek

February 11, 2020

This passing February 2nd was the popularly known Groundhog Day, and the groundhog predicted that that spring will come early this year. But what does Groundhog Day signify? Where did Groundhog Day come from? And why a groundhog? Well, Groundhog Day comes from a Pennsylvania Dutch tradition, where if the ...

Mayor of Gurnee: What Will She Do about ETO?

Emely Castrejon, Staff Writer

February 3, 2020

Ethylene Oxide levels are currently being tested in the Gurnee and Waukegan Area. Ethylene Oxide (EtO) is a carcinogen that causes cancer if exposed to at high rates. Two places within the Lake County area have been found to be releasing ETO. At Medline, ethylene oxide is used to sterilize equipment, and Vant...

What can be done? Ban Production of Cancerous Gas (EtO) in Lake County

Niharika Sapra, Staff Writer

December 5, 2019

What is Happening? Ethylene Oxide gas is being released in our community in large amounts by two companies in Gurnee and Waukegan. In 2014, these companies released over 9,470 pounds of this gas. Who is Releasing It? Vantage Specialty Chemicals in Gurnee, IL and Medline Industries in Waukegan, I...

Chicago Teacher Strike

Marlyn Gajek, Staff Writer

November 12, 2019

The assembly on Friday October 25 that featured Warren Township on Fox 32 news excited the school to a new level. Everyone wishing to be featured on TV and to have their club shown off. The drum line got the biggest feature, but why did a school in Gurnee even get featured? Well, the school was not ...

A Day With the Crew of FOX 32

Ellie Frier, Contributor to Scratch Paper

November 7, 2019

When I walked into school, on Friday the 25th, I was immediately bombarded with Warren spirit. Now, this isn’t unlike every other game day Friday, usually the halls of Warren are spirit filled the day before the games, but something about the atmosphere on this day felt different then usual. That's when I remembered the Fox 32 news wa...

FOX NEWS VISITS WTHS

Ellie Frier and Evan Detina, Contributors to Scratch Paper

November 5, 2019

Check out this video featuring FOX news and their PEP RALLY FRIDAY coverage at WTHS! Ellie Frier and Evan Detina capture all the sights and sounds of the day!

A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Warren Theater

Riley Schroeder and Danielle Gleason, Contributors to Scratch Paper

October 24, 2019

Check out this terrific video recapping the Warren Theater's production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream by Riley Shroeder and Danielle Gleason

2019 9/11 Memorial

Marlyn Gajek, Staff Writer

September 30, 2019

On September 11, 2001 there was a terrorist attack. This terrorist attack shocked the nation and the world and had damaged homes by taking the lives that live in them. This past year was the eighteenth anniversary and Warren Township High School made a memorial for it. The Young Americans for Freedom...