VOLUME 27
The Harvard Westlake choral concert was a wonderful way to enter into winter break and a good ending to the stressful few weeks beforehand. The different choral groups performed a teaser in front of the whole school during assembly which was a good way to get students interested into going to see the concert. The
“Knives Out” is a thrilling mystery film filled with deception, compelling characters, and intriguing motives. The story centers around the Thromby family, a wealthy East Coast family that garnered its fortune through writing. Harlam Thromby, the head of the family, was a successful crime novelist and started his own publishing company. Although the family comes
While scanning the syllabi for their new courses on the first day of school, Harvard-Westlake (HW) Middle School students learned of a new assessment postponement rule. Students can now postpone one assessment in each class per semester. This amounts to five assessments postponed per semester – one for each academic class. This rule is a
With the upcoming presidential election off to a dramatic start, many students are tuning in. “It’s going to be very interesting seeing the race play out and finding out who the candidates are. I think democrats are focusing on who they think could beat Trump a little too much, as most all of the democratic
In its second season, Netflix’s “You” expands on its story in a pretty big way, managing to be wildly entertaining but at the expense of its high quality. Though not at all bad, the second season of “You” becomes extremely soapy at times, while seeming totally oblivious of its unbelievable state. This new storyline follows
Harvard-Westlake (HW) welcomed educators from the organization Freedom from Chemical Dependency (FCD) during the week of November 11-15. All ninth-grade students were required to participate in FCD for the four days the educators are on campus. FCD teachers engage with students during their English or Biology class periods, sharing statistics, slideshows, and data relating to
The word concept of being perfect is being implemented more and more in society without being labelled as such. While most of the human population is aware that being ‘perfect’ is an unattainable and, therefore, painful goal, we still find ourselves trapped in a bubble of wanting and expecting more and more in our lives.
Katherine Luna ‘01, a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Apple, spoke to the HW Venture Club about her life experiences at break on Tuesday, Nov. 26. Luna spoke about her experience at HW, her time abroad, her PhD years and her career choice. While at HW, some of Luna’s hobbies included painting, varsity cross country
In an article written in The Athlete, former Astros pitcher Mike Fiers admitted that the Astros cheated in the 2017 World Series by stealing the catcher’s signs. Fiers’ confession prompted a probe of the team by Major League Baseball, as well as an uproar by fans and the media. Fiers’ confession was verified by the
Welcome to Spectrum Daily Impeachment Updates! We will be posting daily updates about impeachment, so you can easily keep track of impeachment news. So much has happened so far. Here’s the TLDR: Democrats in the House of Representatives have started impeachment proceedings because Trump allegedly pressured Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden, a political opponent of
