What Even Was The Government Shut Down?
Damaria Finley, Staff Writer
February 12, 2019
Filed under News
“Will the Wall be built?” Each year the government negotiates 19 appropriation bills set to be finalized by October 1st. In 2018, Congress could not come to terms on bills, so they passed time by agreeing on short extension bills to get the US by. But then Trump demanded that any further extension ...
Educating Voters
Athirai Ambikkumar, Staff Writer
November 27, 2018
Filed under News
On November 6, 2018, an estimated 113 million Americans turned out for the midterm election, a startling increase from past years (Vesoulis). The driving force for this change? The record number of 18-24-year-old voters that made it out to the polls. This was unexpected considering the inclement wea...
Encore Performance of “And Then They Came For Me” To Support Pittsburgh Victims
Jessica Lim, Chief Editor
November 1, 2018
Filed under News
Ms. Janice Zimmerman, Director of our Fall Dinner Theatre program would like students to be aware of a very special event. "This Sunday, November 4, the WTHS Theater Department will be performing once more the play And Then They Came For Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank. The performance ran ...
CLC Offering Guaranteed Transfer Admission To 20+ Universities
Jessica Lim, Chief Editor
October 1, 2018
Filed under News
With many of our seniors now applying to colleges, a common concern is the often exorbitant cost that comes with attending. One alternative may be studying at a community college for a few years before continuing undergraduate education elsewhere. Located nearby, the College of Lake County enables students to f...
Up and Coming at Six Flags…the Maxx Force
Lena Groth, Staff Writer
October 1, 2018
Filed under News
Get ready, because Six Flags Great America’s up and coming Maxx Force is not a roller coaster for the faint of heart! It is a triple record-breaking and thrill-filled launch coaster coming in 2019. Reaching 78 miles per hour in under two seconds, it has the fastest launch in North America! But that...
The U.S’s bombing of Syria
Brianna Thompson, Staff Writer
April 16, 2018
Filed under News
On Friday night, the United States, Britain, and France bombed Syria. Together, all three countries hit three of the following targets: a research center, a storage facility, and an equipment facility and command post all believed to be related to Syria's chemical weapon's program. Russian Presid...
The Talk
Sophia Diaz, Staff Writer
April 9, 2018
Filed under Home, News, Perspectives, Student Life
While watching a recent Blackish episode on ABC, "The Talk" was drawn to my attention for the first time. In this specific episode, the show teamed up with P&G in their My Black is Beautiful initiative to spread awareness of "The Talk," presented as a dialogue between African American parents and...
This Be March Madness, Yet There’s Method in It
Jack Berens, Co-editor
April 2, 2018
Filed under Home, News, Perspectives, Sports, Student Life
Yes, I'm aware. Number one ranked Villanova hasn't lost since late February, and in fact, they've won by double digits in every game since late February as well. Their starting five all racked up double-digit points in its rout of the #1 seeded Kansas over the weekend. The Wildcats tied the record...
The Austin Bomber
Brianna Thompson, Staff Writer
April 2, 2018
Filed under News
In his recorded confession, Anthony Conditt labeled himself as a "psychopath" and showed no signs of remorse for those who were killed in the explosions. Police are still looking into the case and trying to find clues that may have led to these violent acts of terror. Investigators are looking to see...
The Rohingya Refugee Crisis: A Genocide in 2018
Hannah Jaros, Staff Writer
March 22, 2018
The most persecuted minority in the world. The Rohingya are a Muslim minority group who have been forcibly evicted by Buddhist extremists from Myanmar, a country bordering Thailand. They are now living in refugee camps in Bangladesh in hopes of seeking refuge away from the terrorizing government. In ju...
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This Be March Madness, Yet There’s Method in It
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Where Do You Stand? [TGB Quiz]
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