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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Have a little faith

Chronicle Staff December 19, 2012

After eating her lunch fifth period, Mintis Hankerson ’14 treks from the lower quad to St. Saviour’s Chapel. The door opens with a creak, and in silence she takes a seat in one of the pews. Pulling...

Risky Business

Sydney Foreman December 19, 2012

Lenny* ‘14 placed the white strip of blotting paper on his tongue and 75 micrograms of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) began absorbing into his system. Within 30 minutes he relaxed and noticed the trees...

Photo III explores rock n’ roll through art

Aaron Lyons October 10, 2012

As visual arts teacher Kevin O’Malley slowly walked through the "Who Shot Rock and Roll" photography exhibit at the Annenberg Space for Photography, one image immediately captured his attention. It...

Lineman receives 10 offers

Michael Aronson September 5, 2012

At the start of the summer, offensive lineman and center Thomas Oser ’13 had four offers. By the middle of August,  ten Division I programs were knocking on his door. Oser, who is currently the 39th...

Girls’ golf prepares for League opponents

Aaron Lyons September 5, 2012

As the fall season gets underway, the members of the girls’ golf team are gearing up for their season’s biggest challenge when they face Mission League powerhouse Notre Dame on Oct. 11, according to...

Tennis seeks 5th straight Mission League title

Lizzy Thomas September 5, 2012

Starting with tomorrow’s match against Marlborough, girls’ tennis looks to break a habit that has become familiar to them – smashing success in the Mission League tempered by speedy exits from CIF...

Girls’ volleyball rallies to victory over Santa Barbara in opener

September 5, 2012

After dropping game two against Santa Barbara on the Dons’ home court, the girls’ varsity volleyball team played with energy and stormed back to take games three and four to win its first match of...

Take out the trash talk, please

September 5, 2012

By Michael Sugerman On Aug. 14 around 5 p.m., the Head Fanatics sent out a Facebook invitation to "Harvard-Westlake vs. Boyola Football." Roughly 2,300 students joined the event. And the trash talking...

Cross country copes with loss of record holders

September 5, 2012

By Grant Nussbaum Following five days of training in Big Bear, this year’s varsity cross country teams strive to prove themselves tomorrow in their first league meet at Balboa Park at 3:30 p.m.....

Athletic department hires new director and swimming coach

September 5, 2012

By Leila Arzy and Rebecca Katz The Athletic Department hired Vince Orlando to serve as Harvard-Westlake’s new athletic director and Jonathan Carroll to head the swimming and diving program. Orlando...

Water polo player fails to capture 2nd medal

September 5, 2012

By Eric Loeb After winning a silver medal in Beijing, Peter Hudnut ’99 returned to the U.S. Olympic water polo team for one last run with his sights set on a gold medal. However, his hopes were...

Junior creates 3-D pictures of brains

September 4, 2012

By Jivani Gengatharan Only hours after walking into a neuroscience lab for the first time, Liza Woythaler ’14 was bombarded with new tasks and scientific procedures. Although it took four weeks...

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