Meet the meat scientist
Sarah Lashly, Staff Writer
September 20, 2017
After graduating from high school in 2009, alumnus Jordy Berger felt lost without much direction for the future. “I ended up meandering through community college for the next couple years, when I realized I needed a fresh start. I chose to go to Iowa State University to study animal science,” Ber...
From tending eggs to giving children a voice
Sydney Kinzy, Photo Editor
September 18, 2017
In modern high school child development classes, students often take care of robotic children for a day. Back when 1988 alumna Shireen Kinzy was in high school, students would take care of an egg. “We had to keep an egg and take it wherever we went. If we went out, we were supposed to leave ...
Emmy award winner and alumnus Brad Schiff brings puppets to life
Sydney Kinzy, Photo Editor
September 15, 2017
Throughout high school, alumnus Brad Schiff felt like he was living in his father’s shadow. His father had won three Emmy awards, and little did Schiff know, the interests he picked up in high school would lead him to win an Emmy for himself. “My dad was a local celebrity. I was always referred to as ‘S...
Danna Albright offers options for families in crisis
Sabrina Bohn, Features Editor
September 13, 2017
Danna Albright, a 1982 alumna of West High, works with families in need as a Therapeutic Placement Consultant, helping patients navigate the mental health system.
James Czajkowski makes a career of writing
Nell Jaskowiak, Opinions Editor
September 5, 2017
Intensely researching for 90 days straight, then immediately beginning to write for four hours a day, this man works until each book is done, then jumps into the next. Such is the life of best selling author and 1979 graduate James Czajkowski (pen name James Rollins). “[In high school] I was quiet, an introver...
Alumna Mary Matus flies through life
Sabrina Bohn, Features Editor
September 1, 2017
When a neighbor talked to Matus about her job as a flight attendant, she became inspired and began applying to different airlines because of her desire to move out of St. Louis and travel.
