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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School

The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School

The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Milla Ben-Ezra

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Character Tropes, Red Velvet Ropes

Milla Ben-Ezra
May 31, 2021

Wrapped in a fuzzy blanket with a bowl of buttered popcorn on his lap, a 10-year-old Tom Baker ’22 snuggled alongside his parents as they shuffled through films on their family movie night. From animated...

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Controversial Contraception

Teenage girls discuss how taking birth control has impacted their personal lives.
Milla Ben-Ezra and Kate Burry
May 30, 2021

5 million women around the U.S. take some form of the birth control pill. Whether it be for contraception, acne prevention or menstrual regulation, "the pill" assists women in having control over their...

Day in the Life: Holden McRae '20

Day in the Life: Holden McRae ’20

Milla Ben-Ezra
February 11, 2021

Sitting at his piano, chords humming, beats tapping, Holden McRae ’20 shifts between music production, college work and a self-owned takeout business. Even amid the COVID-19 pandemic, McRae fills his...

Credit: Caroline Jacoby/Chronicle

Same city, completely different worlds

Milla Ben-Ezra
December 10, 2020

Although many perceive Los Angeles as a diverse and culturally welcoming city, we Angelenos face a critical problem: we are segregated into geographically distant communities based on race and socioeconomic...

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No Planet B

Milla Ben-Ezra
December 9, 2020

Wildfires blazed across California, torching over 2.1 million acres of land in 2020 alone. The year's hurricane season consisted of 30 named hurricanes, greater than any year in history. Global sea levels...

Fitness Fantasy

Fitness Fantasy

Milla Ben-Ezra
October 14, 2020
As the rise in fitness culture floods social media platforms, students reflect on how it negatively affects their eating habits and body image.
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