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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School

The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Friends play on a field in the lens of the newly released Apple Vision Pro.

Beware of technology taking over our lives

William Liu, Assistant Opinion Editor March 20, 2024

Apple has stepped out of its comfort zone. In a stark departure from their annual update in iPhone camera size, the company released its highly-anticipated Apple Vision Pro on Feb. 2. Despite its hefty...

A house damaged by flooding in the Los Angeles area.

Address issues with local infrastructure

Hannah Shahidi March 20, 2024

The school canceled in-person instruction due to flooding and heavy storms in the Los Angeles area on Feb. 5. Intense rainstorms throughout February made the month the wettest in more than two decades,...

Fix the admission system

Olivia Phillips March 20, 2024

It was March 8, 2021. I anxiously paced around my room, attempting to stay calm as 5 p.m. ticked closer. In just a few minutes, I would learn not only where I would go to school for the next four years...

A line of cars waits on Ventura Boulevard.

Pardon all recent tardies

Max Turetzky, Assistant Opinion Editor March 20, 2024

I sat in my car, fidgeting in the driver’s seat as the clock on my dashboard flashed 8:00 a.m. I was late again. I had been sitting in the left-turn lane on Ventura Boulevard, a major collector road...

The AI music issue

Eden Conner, Assistant Opinion Editor February 5, 2024

In the 1988 case Midler v. Ford Motor Co., actress Bette Midler sued Ford for impersonating her voice in a commercial and won the appeal. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals claimed that because a voice...

Require a dedicated environment class

Require a dedicated environment class

Sasha Aghnatios February 5, 2024

Humans are the only organisms on Earth that create unusable waste, and the effect this has on the environment is disastrous. Light pollution, air pollution, water pollution, land pollution — how much...

The renovated silent study of the library.

Make the new library less isolating

William Liu, Assistant Opinion Editor February 4, 2024

On Dec. 12, a long awaited email arrived — Mudd Library was about to reopen after months of renovation. This email marked the return to a once-beloved space at the Upper School, where I had spent so...

Illustration by Eva Park

End the semester before winter break

Sabrina Hamideh February 4, 2024

The first weeks back from winter break are filled with anxious chatter as students gather in the library and teacher offices, struggling to relearn material from before the break. The end of the first...

Illustration by Iris Chung

Start the school day at 8:30

Max Turetzky, Assistant Opinion Editor February 2, 2024

It is 8.00 a.m., and students are trudging to class, chugging their caffeinated drinks in the hopes it will keep them alert for the next 75 minutes. This scene is all too familiar, but it does not have...

Political conversations are hard, but necessary

Political conversations are hard, but necessary

William Liu, Assistant Opinion Editor December 21, 2023

With the countdown to the presidential election ticking away, politics will inevitably be somewhere on everyone's mind. Disagreements are inevitable, but whether they're civil discussions that provide...

College isnt the end goal

College isn’t the end goal

Eden Conner, Assistant Opinion Editor December 20, 2023

It’s a Friday night, and the stands around Ted Slavin Field are empty. It's Wednesday, and the dinner table has an open spot as a computer keyboard clicks upstairs. It’s winter of senior year, and...

Kyivs Clock

Kyiv’s Clock

Jackson Tanner, Opinion Editor December 20, 2023

Oct. 7th has dethroned Feb. 24th. Since Hamas’ brutal attack upon Israel, it is news about Israel that has been grabbing attention — not Ukraine, relegated to yesterday’s paper. This waning interest...

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