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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Letter from the Editors: Better Together

Letter from the Editors: Better Together

Lindsay Wu August 29, 2019

BREAKING NEWS. It seems as if the words flash across our phone screens, laptops and television sets every other minute. In this current day and age, often the only constant is the endless stream of new...

Boycotting for Change

Boycotting for Change

Lucas Lee August 29, 2019

America is rooted in liberty, and although many claim that large corporations hinder our freedoms, consumers’ purchasing power illustrates the strength of our democracy. Large corporations still depend...

Skidding Out of Halkirk

Skidding Out of Halkirk

Austin Lee August 29, 2019

Starting this fall, the school will strictly enforce its policy prohibiting students from parking on neighboring streets, including Halkirk Street. Students caught violating the rule will be punished...

Opposing Elite Hypocrisy

Opposing Elite Hypocrisy

Jessa Glassman August 29, 2019

The royal family is always in the news, from tabloids fixated on Queen Elizabeth’s hats to Pippa Middleton’s romances to even Prince William’s receding hairline. Recently, however, a less light-hearted...

Moving into the new school year with a peaceful mind

Moving into the new school year with a peaceful mind

Ethan Lachman August 29, 2019

“Try to let go of expectations for this practice, your day and even your life.” The yoga instructor said each word slowly, emphatically—I can still hear the mantra to this day. Nevertheless, in...

Prioritizing important issues

Prioritizing important issues

Chronicle Staff August 29, 2019

We live in a time when fewer and fewer people wake up Sunday morning to rolled-up newspapers, still damp from their sprinklers and delicately folded up on their driveways. Seemingly, technology brings...

Legislating abortion

Legislating abortion

Sophie Haber June 1, 2019

We have both grown up in families that are filled with strong women who have actively promoted women’s rights and gender equality. Through their example and through our own experiences in the world,...

Speaking about the schedule

Ethan Lachman June 1, 2019

In an email sent to the entire community, the school announced its plan to implement a schedule change beginning in the 2020-2021 school year, when current sophomores will be seniors. The most prominent...

A Grateful Goodbye

A Grateful Goodbye

Chronicle Staff May 31, 2019

It’s easy to read this paper and imagine a few reporters and editors in Weiler late at night writing, editing and designing the entire paper. We work in a hierarchical staff structure, and, as such,...

Dear Saba: Last Day

Dear Saba: Last Day

Saba Nia May 30, 2019

Dear Seventh Grade Saba, Today is my last day of high school. While I drive down Coldwater Canyon for what will be one of the last times ever, dodging the familiar potholes and sliding instinctively...

Testing Trump and the term limit

Testing Trump and the term limit

Emma Shapiro May 30, 2019

The 22nd Amendment, calling for a two term presidency, has been in effect for over half a century, but under President Donald Trump, a debate about the term limit has been reintroduced. Trump has spoken...

Building beliefs

Jessa Glassman May 30, 2019

Being opinionated is usually considered to be a negative characteristic. Opinionated people can be seen as picky, dogmatic or even pompous. Despite how often it is overlooked, there is immense value in...

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