We’ve all heard about it or experienced it: stress. That feeling when you have too much to do and not enough time or energy to get it all done. It isn’t uncommon, in fact, it is actually a good thing for our brain to experience stress, according to Middle school (MS) psychologist Kelly Decker. Stress
Drug specialists from Freedom from Chemical Dependency (FCD) visited ninth grade students to talk to them about the damage caused from drug use and prevention strategies from Jan. 7 to 11. These lessons were given during students’ English or Science periods. The effort is part of FCD’s nationwide campaign against drug usage. The three representatives
“It was exciting, it was thrilling and it is the future. There is no longer an NFL of 6-3 games, this is the new NFL so buckle the f*** up because if you aren’t ready than the new NFL is going to hit you like a tsunami,” Good Morning Football and NFL Network Analyst Peter
The Harvard-Westlake (HW) soccer season has begun, and varsity, JV and middle school teams are preparing for their upcoming games. The Varsity squad played their first game against Agoura High School, winning in with a convincing 5-0 victory. They then went on a four game unbeaten streak against Beverly Hills, Crespi and Dos Pueblos, until
Kareem Hunt, the Kansas City Chiefs’ Pro Bowl running back was released because of a video surfacing from TMZ, showing him kicking and harming a woman on Nov. 30. Immediately after the video was released, Hunt was released and placed on the NFL’s Commissioner’s Exempt List, making it so no teams can pick him up
Harvard-Westlake faced off against Beverly Hills High School in a league match on Dec. 21, 2018, winning 58 to 53. It was a close game from beginning to end. The leading scorer was Mason Hooks ‘20 with 29 points. The fantastic point guard Cameron Thrower ‘22, the only freshman on the Varsity Basketball team, also
The United States government was partially shut down after Congress and President Trump failed to reach an agreement on federal spending Dec. 22. The partial government shutdown is officially the longest in United States history. Now in its fourth week, the shutdown has impacted about 800,000 federal employees, furloughing 380,000 federal workers and 420,000 working
With the Rams beating the Cowboy and the Saints coming out victorious against the eagles, the NFC Conference Championship is set. The Saints and the Rams both finished with a 13-3 regular season record, but the Saints clinched home field advantage throughout the playoffs with a Week 9 victory over the Rams. When the two
The Harvard-Westlake (HW) boys freshman basketball team started off their season strong with an overall record of 12-5 and a league record of 4-0. The boy’s team didn’t start off very strong this year, as they opened up the season with a record of 4-4 in the beginning. Their season quickly turned around halfway through;
New ninth grade students have been adjusting to the school year since they began Harvard-Westlake. These students are entering an environment that has already been developing for two years, so their adjustment is bound to be challenging. The new students have to break through the mold and make all new friends, even after everyone has