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How about a little respect?

Angela Chon February 13, 2015

After three hours of a summer practice, I’m sweaty, bruised and have gone to see trainer Milo Sini about getting my wrist wrapped at least twice. My teammates and I have gone through 7 a.m. morning runs,...

Don’t let labels limit your personal growth

Marcella Park February 13, 2015

Pandas irritate me. It’s not the animals themselves, or even the abundance of Internet GIFs they occupy. It’s the species’ close, tangled connection to Asian stereotypes that irritates me. Pandas...

We should be informed voters

Scott Nussbaum February 13, 2015

As I look forward to graduating from Harvard-Westlake and entering my adult life, I realize that I am completely unprepared to be a voting citizen. The 2016 presidential election is approaching and most...

Living in the present

Leily Arzy February 13, 2015

It is only natural to want a change of pace: to experience new things, try different foods and embark on adventures. More often than not, this desire to break with the monotony of our daily lives can be...

Losing time to read for fun

Lexi Bowers January 14, 2015

reading for funI would stay up for hours, sometimes well into the early hours of the next morning, engrossed in a book. Now that I am in high school, I find myself in a similar position: neck craned over...

Define your own success

Eugenia Ko January 14, 2015

One month into the seventh grade, I auditioned on a whim, with no prior experience, for the part of Rizzo in the fall musical, "Grease," only to come out laughing at myself (with no role) having learned...

Accepting others in the wake of tragedy

Aimee Misaki January 14, 2015

I scrolled past a photo that my Parisian friend had posted earlier that day of a man who seemed to be dead with spectators standing around him. As I scrolled further down, I saw posts from my other French...

Not just cheap thrills

Jonah Ullendorff November 19, 2014

Names like Mike Meyers, Freddy Kruger, or Jason Voorhees need no introduction. They’re iconic figures of the often-misunderstood horror movie genre. Other movie genres just give you feelings you experience...

Appreciate your teachers

Jessica Spitz November 19, 2014

The last issue of the Chronicle each year includes a senior supplement, and within the supplement, senior columns. Usually, the writers either reminisce about significant aspects of their high school careers,...

Putting tedious schoolwork into a larger perspective

Pim Otero October 14, 2014

Bzzt. Another mosquito adhered to my skin, preparing to give me yet another wonderful product of its nature: a big, red, itchy bug bite. I think that might have been my 20th bite that week. Even though...

Venturing into the big world

Haley Finkelstein October 14, 2014

With college applications looming and the unavoidable anxiety to press "send" ending, I can’t help but feel nervous. While being Jewish has never posed a problem for me in the Harvard-Westlake community,...

Crossing the line

Jessica Spitz September 26, 2014

"You run like a girl!" "You hit like a girl!" "You throw like a girl!" We’ve all heard these taunts. Coaches, parents and children often equate a boy’s bad performance with femininity. However, we...

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