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Georgia Goldberg, Opinion and Satire Editor

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The Official Chronicle Curriculum Guide 2: Electric Boogaloo

It's like the first one, but worse!
Georgia Goldberg
March 22, 2023

Alright you asked for it, so here it is (for the second time): the Official Chronicle Curriculum guide. But I know a lot of you are sitting there saying, “Georgia, didn’t you do this very same article...

The Official Harvard-Westlake Rice Purity Test

The Official Harvard-Westlake Rice Purity Test

Georgia Goldberg, Opinion Editor, Satire Editor
February 12, 2023

Get quizzin!

New York Times Guild Inspires Chronicle Strike

New York Times Guild Inspires Chronicle Strike

Georgia Goldberg, Opinion Editor, Satire Editor
December 18, 2022

Inspired by the brave New York Times strikers, a group of Chronicle staffers have taken to the streets of Studio City. We are fed up with the long hours, brutal labor and toxicity of this work environment.  Here...

In case you missed the Activities Fair...

In case you missed the Activities Fair…

Georgia Goldberg, Opinion Editor, Satire Editor
October 4, 2022

Speech Team: Benched debaters. Science Bowl: Guarantees admission to Santa Monica College. Environmental Club: Teaching me to recycle everything, including jokes. Venture: Boy bosses and Sophia Rascoff...

Separate Harvard and Westlake once again

Separate Harvard and Westlake once again

Georgia Goldberg and Carter Staggs
September 2, 2022

------------TIFFANI------------ 31 years ago, Harvard and Westlake came together in holy matrimony to form Harvard-Westlake (because ladies first means nothing here apparently), and they’ve been together...

Summer Activities

Georgia Goldberg, Opinion Editor, Satire Editor
September 2, 2022

During the school year, the students of Harvard-Westlake — the school known for its widespread Prozac consumption, mediocre football team and parking lot often mistaken for an Audi dealership—ever...

Unpublished Chronicle Headlines

Georgia Goldberg, Assistant A&E Editor
May 26, 2022

New student dating app matches students based on GPA HW Venture to collect and resell water from the LA River back to Studio City Residents Op-Ed: Your wife makes your bed for you, and there’s...

The official Chronicle curriculum guide

Georgia Goldberg, Assistant A&E Editor
March 26, 2022

Science AP Chemistry: So hard that you get free merch... Just kidding, they stopped doing that. It's just hard now. Honors Chemistry: You don’t actually like Chem, you just like Dr. Cardin. Chemistry:...

Photo Illustrations by Alexa Druyanoff of representations of culture groups on campus.

Appreciation or Appropriation

Students engage in discussions regarding the sensitive boundary lines between cultural appreciation and appropriation on campus.
Allegra Drago and Georgia Goldberg
March 24, 2022

As Savannah Shaub ’23, who identifies as white, examined this year’s new clubs list, she  said she noticed few spaces for students to discuss Chinese culture at the Upper School. Seeing this as an...

Best Flicks at Westflix

Best Flicks at Westflix

Westflix organizers and filmmakers discuss the film festival and the role that high schoolers play in cinema.
Georgia Goldberg, Assistant A&E Editor
March 24, 2022

The lights of the TCL Chinese Theatre shine upon actor and filmmaker Jordan Peele as he announces the 11 student films about to be showcased at Westflix. Westflix is a student-organized film festival that...

Although many welcome the rise of cryptocurrency, its volatility and contribution to climate change have sparked discussion.

The Cost of Crypto

Community members discuss the social, economic and environmental impact of the rise of cryptocurrency and non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

After unlocking her phone and scrolling through unread emails, Shoshie Bernstein ’22 logged onto her Coinbase app to check the status of her Bitcoin holdings. Bernstein, who used a mixture of birthday...

"Spring Awakening" follows a group of repressed teenagers discovering their sexuality and journeying through the emotional turbulence of adolescence.

A Controversial Awakening

The cast members of “Spring Awakening” discuss its controversial material in anticipation of its opening night.
Georgia Goldberg, Assistant A&E Editor
February 17, 2022

Gisele Stigi '22 gasped as a blue notification darted across her screen in late august of 2021, accompanied by an email announcing her senior year musical. Her jaw dropped as she read the title, "Spring...

Teen Dream

Teen Dream

Georgia Goldberg, Assistant A&E Editor
January 23, 2022

As rumors swirled around the auditorium, Emily Malkan ’23 said she noticed that the culture of the school's theater department resembled that of McKinley High from the TV show "Glee," which centers around...

Best and Worst of 2021

Best and Worst of 2021

'Don’t Look Up' 7/10 Leonardo finally-dates-a woman-his-own-age-DiCaprio and Jennifer woman-in-STEM-Lawrence star as astronomers who spot a comet set to hit Earth in six months. Their efforts to alert...

New Romantics

New Romantics

Students reflect on whether media in the holiday romantic comedy genre has made progress in representation and inclusivity.
Georgia Goldberg, Assistant A&E Editor
December 16, 2021

Scrolling through the ‘New & Popular’ section on Netflix, Samuel Hines ’24 said he stumbled upon “Single All the Way,” a new holiday romantic comedy about a biracial gay couple. Looking at...

Printed with permission of Baxter Chelsom

Still Processing: A Skillful Showcase

Georgia Goldberg
November 17, 2021

Juniors and seniors showcased their artwork in the Visual Arts exhibit Still Processing, which premiered in Feldman-Horn Gallery on Nov. 2. Visual Arts Teacher Conor Thompson said a group of students...

Illustration Credit: Alexa Druyanoff

Reconstructing the Honor Board

Georgia Goldberg, Assistant A&E Editor
October 15, 2021

Our student government is tasked with the unique role of sitting on the Honor Board. The Honor Board was established to adjudicate academic and social infractions, often through enforcing disciplinary...

Illustration by Sydney Fener

“Survivor” Season Preview

Georgia Goldberg
October 14, 2021

A new era of “Survivor” has begun. “Survivor” is a reality game show on CBS where players are divided into ‘tribes’ and have to survive off of natural resources with the only supplies provided–bags...

Live performances to resume

Live performances to resume

Georgia Goldberg
August 25, 2021

Performing arts return in-person this school year, though there will be modifications in rehearsal due to COVID-19. Classes and performances will remain as they previously were. Performing Arts Teacher...

‘Zoom Bombings’ increase

Georgia Goldberg and Melody Tang
October 16, 2020

As the school transitioned to virtual learning through Zoom, the number of 'Zoom bombings' has increased, in which anonymous individuals take students' names and interrupt online class sessions. Upper...

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