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The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

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With summer less than a month away, students and staff explore music for the summer. “During the summer, I tend to switch up my taste in music a little bit,” said sophomore Omaz Omeini.

Songs of the summer: What would you listen to for the rest of the summer?

Opal Kadam, Staff Writer 4 days ago

With the start of summer approaching quickly, many students start to curate their summer playlists. These playlists represent multiple changes in music taste as music choices tend to get more upbeat and...

Sunglasses, Bath & Body Works body spray, floral earrings and a seashell necklace set sit on top of three chiffon head scarves, ready to complete a look.

Beating the heat in style

Ayah Zayed, Staff Writer 4 days ago

As summer rolls in, the days start to grow longer and hotter. While most students start to pull out shorts, tank tops or T-shirts, hijabis and other women who dress modestly often struggle to find outfits...

Pantone’s selection of the 2025 Color of the Year is revealed: Mocha Mousse. Ceramics teacher Ashley Drissell enjoys this year’s selection. “Maybe it’s the name but [Mocha Mousse] reminds me of chocolate and coffee. It makes me hungry. It’s very rich and decadent,” Drissell said.

A mocha moment

Yein Ahn, News Editor February 27, 2025

On Dec. 5, 2024, Pantone unveiled the 2025 Color of the Year: Mocha Mousse, a soft, luxurious brown hue. For over 20 years, Pantone has selected a Color of the Year to welcome the new year through a celebration...

Standing in front of a Buick Grand National Experimental, rapper Kendrick Lamar appears on the cover of his album “GNX.” The album references and builds upon Lamar’s spring 2024 rap battle against fellow rapper Drake and set the stage for Lamar’s performance at Super Bowl LIX.

The count of Compton

Will Gonsior, Opinions/A&E Editor February 13, 2025

Reincarnated The story of titular protagonist Edmond Dantes in Alexander Dumas’ “The Count of Monte Cristo” may sound familiar. In Dumas’ story, a talented young man spends years honing his mind,...

Sixpence None The Richer guitarist Matt Slocum met vocalist Leigh Nash in New Braunfels, Texas. Their new EP, “Rosemary Hill,” is named after the street Slocum grew up on and takes inspiration from his and Nash’s childhoods.

Return to roots

Will Gonsior, Opinions/A&E Editor October 23, 2024

When guitarist and lyricist Matt Slocum, singer Leigh Nash, drummer Dale Baker and bassist Justin Cary named their Christian alt-rock band after a C.S. Lewis theological treatise, it would have been hard...

On “The Joshua Tree,” U2 expressed their love for the ideals that founded the United States — and their disappointment with our country’s efforts to live up to those values. The album outlines the stark difference between America as popularly conceived and America in reality, reminding the country that we have a long way to go but delivering a hopeful message about our ability to get there.

The two Americas

Will Gonsior, Opinions/A&E Editor September 24, 2024

Political. Religious. Activist. “The Two Americas” renamed as a National Park. U2’s career-defining album “The Joshua Tree” has a message that transcends their music — but also music that transcends...

Throughout the year, the Pathfinder has welcomed an excellent addition of new stories to our site. Certain stories have especially caught viewers’ and writers’ eyes: take a look at this year’s extraordinary articles in the 2023-2024 Pathfinder Wrapped.

2023-2024 Pathfinder Wrapped

Pathfinder Editorial Board May 30, 2024

All good things must eventually come to an end, and as the 2023-2024 school year finally draws its curtains closed, students reflect on all the memories that they forged this year. Likewise, it’s time...

Resting on a map of Gaza, surrounded by a littering of lyric cutouts from the recently released diss tracks from rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar, sits a phone playing rapper Macklemore’s newest single “Hind’s Hall.” Dedicated to student protesters in the United States and current victims of the conflict in Gaza, the song addressed national leaders who ignore the current conflict as well as the public community in a message of resistance. “Art, in its purest form, is resistance. Art, in its purest form, is from the heart, and it connects with people. It brings people together. The day that I stop following my heart and talking about things in the world that matter is the day that I don’t need to be on stage anymore. Today is not that day,” Macklemore announced at a live concert in Wellington, New Zealand on March 13.

Music for a movement

Risa Cidoni, Editor-in-Chief May 29, 2024

Disclaimer: Some links in this article contain explicit lyrics or profanity.  The age of peak modern hip-hop controversy has begun.  Arguably, the most thrilling topic in music news amidst the...

Hidden Corners: Uncovering the murals of West

Hidden Corners: Uncovering the murals of West

Sravya Reddy Guda, Staff Writer May 28, 2024

Parkway West High is home to countless students and nearly six decades' worth of history. While much of its history has been lost over time as students and teachers leave and move on to the next chapter...