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![Phage grown by senior Rio Naghibi Harat sit in petri dishes. Through Webster University, Naghibi Harat was given the opportunity to develop phage as a potential remedy for tuberculosis. “Phage are everywhere. I got mine from a soil sample. I'm not kidding; I picked [it] up from dirt. They're harmless, unless you code them to do something, and they can evolve. Virus antibiotics can't. They're one solid molecule. A strain of this bacteria [can evolve] that is resistant to [a] particular drug, [but] phage will evolve with the bacteria. They can see the changes, and they can be the change,” Naghibi Harat said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Flag-2.png)
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![Hosting a meeting for Women’s History Month, co-president Bethany Liao converses with club members of Women in Healthcare. The event fostered discussions about women in medicine and included a third year medical student from Bosnia as a guest speaker. “Creating this club has been a net positive experience for everyone. After we present [or a guest speaker], we [also] usually have snacks for everyone and it gives people an opportunity to generally talk or discuss,” Liao said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/DSC0032-1-1200x800.jpg)
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![Scrolling on eBay, sophomore Ryder Williams searches the app for different shoe styles. Williams credits the impact his completion of business and finance courses have had to gain his financial success, as well as his Personal Finance teacher, Andy Croley. “Croley helped me a lot in getting to know more about profit and where to put the money. [He] also [taught me] how to store my money, ways to invest it [and] that I should always have emergency funds,” Williams said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ryder-fea-3-1200x800.jpg)
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![Alongside club sponsors Andrea Horn and Tim Burkard, assistant principal Kate Piffel prompts a discussion at the first Black Student Union (BSU) meeting. She accepted suggestions for BSU from members like BSU Leader and junior Tanatswa Zirengani, who moved from Zimbabwe in 2021. “Moving here and transitioning into a new school [and] lifestyle, [BSU] became [a place] where I could be myself and talk about issues that I felt comfortable talking about back home. BSU [also] gave me the opportunity to venture into the post-high-school experience, telling me [some] things to expect,” Zirengani said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/DSC_0120-1-1200x800.jpg)
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![Junior TJ Polack plays his saxophone solo at halftime for the 2024 marching band show, ‘Coloring Book.’ This year, Polack was one of two soloists in the marching band. “[Polack] is very hard on himself. [His saxophone solo] sounds amazing [and] everyone [cheers] for him; [still], somehow, he thinks it’s a bad performance and he's down. What he does is not easy. It takes a lot of confidence as a person [and] a lot of musical skill to be expressive, and he's doing an amazing job,” drum major and senior Dominic Perez said. (Courtesy of Christina Block)](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/462488499_2973926416100522_5057718068659607183_n-1200x925.jpg)
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About the Contributor
Macky Kavanaugh, Staff Writer
Grade: 12
Extracurriculars: hangin’ with the squad, looking at cool rocks, yoga, socializing, painting, skateboarding
What do you like about The Pathfinder? There is always coffee in the newspaper room which is rad.
How would you describe yourself? pretty chill and more or less creative
Favorite Quote: “Macky is the homie.” -Probably Someone
Where do you want to go to college? Wherever the wind takes me
Extracurriculars: hangin’ with the squad, looking at cool rocks, yoga, socializing, painting, skateboarding
What do you like about The Pathfinder? There is always coffee in the newspaper room which is rad.
How would you describe yourself? pretty chill and more or less creative
Favorite Quote: “Macky is the homie.” -Probably Someone
Where do you want to go to college? Wherever the wind takes me