Ella Yadegar, Assistant Features Editor
• November 16, 2022
As Henry Mass ’20 prepared for his first Chemistry exam at the University of California, Los Angeles, he anxiously pored over the pages of his textbook, reviewing for hours into the night. When he walked...
As Andres Alas '25 walked through a costume store to buy his Halloween costume, he looked at the materials discovering that one of his favorites was made of 100 percent synthetic—non-biodegradable—material....
As Chris Weng '24 sat at his desk, Zooming into his English class during quarantine, he was stunned: rather than discussing the assigned reading, his teacher had suddenly begun a rant about her personal...
Averie Perrin, Assistant Features Editor
• September 28, 2022
As “Under the Sea” from “The Little Mermaid” boomed on the speakers, Jack Austen ’23 stood on the Quad in a red, inflatable lobster costume in front of Head Prefect Yoshimi Kimura ’23. Next...
Ella Yadegar, Assistant Features Editor
• September 28, 2022
On a summer night in 1984, Judy and Norman Millar walked along manicured grass under beaming floodlights and a warm Studio City breeze. It was their first date in Norman Millar’s hometown. Judy Millar...
Students discuss the responsibilities gained when getting a license.
Josh Barnavon ’24 said his heart pounded as he walked into the Winnetka Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). After six months of...
The sun beamed down on the North Faring campus as Head of School Nathan Reynolds spoke proudly about the achievements of the Westlake School for Girls class of 1992. Pacing excitedly in the dress she had...
A lawsuit against the affirmative action policies at Harvard University and The University of North Carolina at Chapell Hill aims to eliminate the consideration of race, gender and ethnicity in admissions....
Averie Perrin, Assistant Features Editor
• August 25, 2022
Students discuss the work they have done over the summer for college
Brooke* spent her last Sunday like any other during her summer engineering internship at the University of Southern California:...
Jocelyn Medawar walks through her recommendation writing process
Every morning during the final weeks of summer, Upper School English Teacher Jocelyn Medawar wakes up at 6 a.m. to make herself a cup...
After she was told it was unlikely she could conceive children, Paula* said she engaged in meaningless hookups, unconcerned about a possible pregnancy. Weeks later, she found herself staring at an ultrasound...
Cynthia* spent weeks researching and writing her United States History paper, but she did not know then that some of her classmates were acquiring fully written research papers from an alumnus who became...
