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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

The Student News Site of Harvard-Westlake School

The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Alumna hops on Trump Train

Anthony Weinraub February 16, 2017

Julia Hahn ’09 has joined the Trump administration as a Special Assistant to the President after leaving her previous job as a Breitbart News reporter Jan. 24. Hahn works directly under President Donald...

Graphic by Kristin Kuwada

Seeing Red: Alumni in Conservative States Notice a Shift in Political Atmosphere

Jesse Nadel December 6, 2016

Sitting in the lounge of her dorm at the University of Michigan, Katie Kreshek ’16 felt her stomach sink as she watched Donald Trump’s electoral votes rise. Around her, she heard the cheers of some...

Asher Lowe 17 protests Donald Trumps victory in the presidential election. Printed with permission of Liz Yount

Presidential election reveals school strife

Emily Rahhal November 23, 2016

In a mock election conducted by AP government students, 72.19 percent of 543 Harvard-Westlake students polled voted for Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine, while 14.73 percent of 543 HW students polled voted...

Alum’s position as Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief sparks controversy

Danielle Spitz November 23, 2016

When President-elect Donald Trump named Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen Bannon his senior counselor and chief West Wing strategist, news surrounding the right-wing publication, which many critics...

Words come with impact

Danielle Spitz November 22, 2016

Anonymous quotes heard around campus involving offensive language regarding race, gender and sexuality flashed against a black screen at assembly Nov. 2. Student club leaders presented the video to spread...

Carmen Levine 17, Daniel Varela ’18, Sohni Kaur 17, Anya Andrews 17 and Dana Anderson 17 (left to right) present a video including anonymous quotes heard around campus that use offensive language. These students are working to combat this kind of language on campus. Credit: Maddy Daum/Chronicle

Advocacy clubs strive to combat microaggressions

Danielle Spitz November 2, 2016

Anonymous quotes heard around campus involving offensive language toward race, gender and sexuality flashed against a black screen at Wednesday’s assembly. Student club leaders produced the video to...

Photo illustration by Kitty Luo

Third Party Or No Party: Third Party Candidates in the Presidential Election

Jesse Nadel October 11, 2016

When Asher Low ’17 found out that his favorite presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders, did not win the Democratic nomination, he knew that he could not support either major party candidate. “I’m...

Angela Chon

Discourse from all walks of life

Angela Chon November 24, 2015

As I sat in my left split, stretching for our usual Monday practice, a fellow cheerleader hushed the entire team and said she wanted to tell us about her day at school. During her math class, her friends...

Josie Abugov

The N-word all the way in Russia

Josie Abugov October 7, 2015

I was eating lunch this summer in Ozh Purga, a village of fewer people than there are students at Harvard-Westlake, in Udmurtia, Russia, an unknown province to most Russians. Katarina*, a twenty-something-year-old...

Liberal views dominate political climate

May 29, 2012

By Rachel Schwartz Bringing up money, religion or politics may be a dinner party sin, but at school there is no such rule against discussion of politics in or out of the classroom. While such potentially...

Where are you from?

November 10, 2009

  By Michelle Nosratian Did you find everything okay?" the store clerk asked. "Yeah, just fine," I answered, as I handed him a copy of "Thank You for Smoking." We stood in silence for a few moments...

The great debates

October 1, 2008

  By Emily Friedman and Candace Ravan In a politically conscious environment like Harvard-Westlake it is only natural to expect students of all political backgrounds to voice their opinions in class,...

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