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Coach’s Corner: Colts look to bounce back against 2-0 Harborfields
After a disappointing 33-7 loss to Westhampton, I caught up with Coach Madden for his weekly spot. Enjoy…. Your team ran into a real buzzsaw last weekend in Westhampton. How’s the psyche of your team right now? It’s pretty good. I think they realized that they have to stop reading their press clippings and actually go […]
Columbia Comes to West!
Highly esteemed Columbia University Professor, Robert G. O’Meally, paid High School West’s AP Lang students a visited on September 13, giving them an entirely incomparable experience. Professor O’Meally held a lecture, during which he discussed the intricacy of Mark Twain’s renowned The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, followed by a question and answer session. The students were […]
Coach’s Corner: Defense unable to stop the run in loss to Westhampton
Week 2 of the 2017 season didn’t go as Coach Madden planned. The Colts were soundly outplayed in all three phases in a disappointing 33-7 loss to Westhampton. The Hurricanes star running back Dylan Laube rushed for 216 yards on 25 carries and also had a 92 yard punt return for a touchdown in the […]
I Got 95 Problems and AP Euro is Now One
It’s a cutthroat society we exist in today. Compelled by the constant, ubiquitous presence of college, we push ourselves past our limits and keep on going. And it’s exhausting. We can complain about stress all we’d like, but that won’t get us into our dream school. Thus, we fill our schedule with every AP under […]
Beyond the 13 Reasons: Why We All Need to Change
Since its Netflix release in March, 13 Reasons Why has taken the media by storm, teeming in both praise and criticism, compliment and controversy. This comes as a surprise to nobody, being that it tackles the hugely current yet incredibly difficult issues of bullying, teenage suicide, and the effects they have on an entire community. […]
Hidden Juuls: E-Cigarette Use on the Rise Among Teens
While their parents’ generation were sneaking cigarette breaks, post millennial teens have found a new and unexplored way of ingesting nicotine: electronic cigarettes. Known by many as “vaping,” the use of electronic cigarette products has skyrocketed among the high school demographic in the past few years as an estimated 20 percent of students nationwide have […]
Man Travels Around the World on A Bike
On Saturday, April 22nd, Leigh Timmis, a 35 year old British man, will be returning home from a seven year long bike ride through the heart of each continent in the world. Many may be wondering what could possibly possess a young man to waste so much time in his life simply riding a bike. […]
