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Ignorance isn’t bliss

Lauren Sonnenberg December 19, 2012

Why do I care?” This is a question asked by many as they sit in classrooms, contemplating when they will ever need to know how to graph a polynomial, or wondering who will ever quiz them later in life...

Applicants to make gingerbread houses

Elizabeth Madden December 19, 2012

The Admission Office will hold an event for prospective female applicants and their parents at the Middle School campus tomorrow, Director of Admission Elizabeth Gregory said. The applicants will decorate...

Six debaters qualify for national championship

Claire Goldsmith December 19, 2012

Six members of the debate team have qualified for the Tournament of Champions, which will be held April 27-29 at the University of Kentucky for the top debaters in the country. This is the greatest number...

Students attend diversity conference

Cherish Molezion December 19, 2012

Five students and three faculty members attended a diversity conference held in Houston, Texas from Dec. 5-8. This is the second time in five years that Harvard-Westlake students have attended the annual...

Senior helps schools form radio stations

Rachel Schwartz December 19, 2012

School radio station KHWS inspired students at four other schools to start their own school-wide radio stations in recent months. A mix of students and faculty from Oakwood, Brentwood, Marlborough, and...

Club helps build house in Vietnam

Scott Nussbaum December 19, 2012

The Vietnam Initiative Club’s fundraising led to the building of a house in the Quang Nam province in Vietnam during the week of Nov 26. The club partnered with the non-government organization East...

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...

English offers new senior options

Marcella Park December 19, 2012

The English Department will offer two new, non-Advanced Placement courses next year for seniors, Shakespeare as a year-long course and Senior Practicum. Senior Practicum "will be a literature-centered...

Boys’ basketball captures an overtime win to win the Palos Verdes Tournament

December 19, 2012

Four straight wins clinched the Palos Verdes Tournament title and with it, momentum for the boys’ varsity basketball team as it approaches league play. The Wolverines earned double-digit victories over...

Jazz band pays homage to late jazz legend Dave Brubeck in winter concert

Jensen Pak December 19, 2012

Jazz groups performing in "An Evening of Jazz" on Dec. 8 paid homage to recently deceased jazz legend Dave Brubeck and Sir John Lennon on the 32nd anniversary of his death. Before a packed Rugby auditorium,...

History reconfigures World Politics course

Erina Szeto December 19, 2012

The history department will remove the semester-long elective World Politics from the curriculum next year and introduce many of its components to a new year-long course called AP Geography and International...

Fall teams finish playoff competition without CIF titles

Grant Nussbaum December 19, 2012

All seven fall teams made it to the playoffs, but zero received a CIF ring. In its first season under Head Coach Scot Ruggles, the varsity football team made CIF playoffs for the first time since 2009....

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December 2012