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The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School

The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School

The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Rower competes in first Olympic Games, ousted by Swiss in preliminary heats

September 5, 2012

Alex Osborne ’05 competed in his first Olympics at the 2012 London Games, rowing for the United States men’s quadruple scull team. Osborne’s team finished six seconds behind France to take fourth...

New editors to take charge of yearbook

Elizabeth Madden September 5, 2012

Emily Persky ’13 and Alex Ravan ’13 will serve as editors-in-chief of this year’s edition of Vox Populi. "Alex is our technical expert, and Emily’s expertise is leadership," yearbook adviser Jennifer...

New faces on campus: Caroline Miller

Haley Finkelstein September 5, 2012

After teaching Freshman Composition, Intro to Poetry, and Intro to Literary Studies at the University of Michigan, former professor Caroline Miller will begin this school year as a new Upper School English...

Sophomore puts song on iTunes, releases music video on Youtube

Elana Zeltser September 5, 2012

Singer Claire Nordstrom ’15 released her first single "Yet…" last week. The song was one of several that she wrote herself in January, after receiving a ukulele as a present. Nordstrom spent several...

Intern helps build mouse brain database

September 5, 2012

As the only high school intern at UCLA’s Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, Molly Cinnamon ’14 spent her summer conducting and observing experiments that will contribute to neuroscience research. Cinnamon...

Senior builds acoustics models for physics lab

Lauren Sonnenberg September 5, 2012

When Head Prefect Michael Wagmeister ’13 contacted physics teacher Antonio Nassar looking for a summer internship, he expected data recording, but instead found himself discussing the Higgs Boson discovery...

High Stakes: Starting the Application Process

Rachel Schwartz September 5, 2012

Courtney* Courtney spent her summer going to tournaments and camps for her sport. She has met with coaches and has received offers from several schools including eight division three liberal arts colleges...

Riemer will head foreign language department

Lucas Gelfen September 5, 2012

Spanish teacher Margot Riemer is set to begin her new position as foreign language Department chair this year. Riemer, who is entering her 21st year of teaching as a Harvard-Westlake Spanish teacher, accepted...

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...

Rower competes in first Olympic Games, ousted by Swiss in preliminary heats

September 5, 2012

By Grant Nussbaum Alex Osborne ’05 competed in his first Olympics at the 2012 London Games, rowing for the United States men’s quadruple scull team. Osborne’s team finished...

Programmer builds a team of robots

Jensen Pak September 5, 2012

Programming a robotic arm and other systems, Josh Lappen ’13 researched polymorphic robotics as an intern at the University of Southern California this summer. Lappen worked under Professor Wei-min Shen,...

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September 2012