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The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

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The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

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People of West: Bailey Goughenour

Susie Seidel, Convergence Media Editor April 19, 2018
Junior Bailey Goughenour reflects on her development as an artist and how it made her who she is today.

Hamilton: the American phenomenon

Katie Spillman, PHOTO EDITOR April 19, 2018

Six long months after purchasing my tickets, I waited in a crowd of around 300 people outside of the Fox. They, like my family, had heard all the raving about this new musical and decided that the...

Love, Simon review

Carly Anderson, Conceptual Editor-in-Chief April 16, 2018

  Since its release March 14, “Love, Simon” has earned over $43 million in worldwide box office sales, more than double its $17 million budget. As one of 20th Century Fox’s first gay coming-of-age...

Lorde’s “Melodrama” World Tour Review

Gabe Davis, STAFF WRITER April 11, 2018

Almost four years after the release of “Pure Heroine,” Lorde unveiled her long-awaited sophomore album “Melodrama.” It distinguishes itself from “Pure Heroine” in several ways. Thematically,...

Senior Jonah Hathaway and junior Noah Wright perform at the Jazz Coffee House concert. Both students are members of the jazz band led by band director Brad Wallace and choir director Brian Parrish. “Jazz was a genre of music that I wasn’t familiar with,” Wright said. “Being in Jazz Band has made me a better musician and has helped me to enjoy music even more.”

Jazz Coffee House Review

Maria Newton, FEATURES EDITOR March 30, 2018

The annual Jazz Coffee House concert is one of the best showcases of the music program. This year, the casual event, intended to be more of a social gathering than a formal concert, featured the Jazz Choir,...

Quiz: What is your dream vacation spot for spring break?

Andrew Li, STAFF WRITER March 23, 2018
With spring break right around the corner, find out your ideal destination by taking this quiz!

Spring break staycations

Susie Seidel, Convergence Media Editor March 23, 2018

It’s that time of year again: classes are either slowing down or hitting hard, all in preparation for a long awaited spring break. Unfortunately, between spring sports practices, unaligned breaks between...

This internet meme, dubbed “Dog wearing a mask at dino park” (c. 2017) came as a new exhibit to the Parkway West cafeteria earlier this year. While some find this meme–and most any meme–humorous, some artists become irked with other artists who do not pour effort into their craft. “You get some people who just screenshot instagram posts without cropping them, and that’s just annoying. Then a majority of memes are actually just really bad and not funny,” sophomore Quinn Davies said.

Lunchroom memes: an AirDrop Phenomenon

Justin Cupps and Katie Spillman March 23, 2018

With iPhones rife throughout the student body and the rising popularity of internet memes, the cafeteria is a hotbed for a new Postmodern-Surrealism communal art exhibit of AirDroppedTM lunchroom memes. “I...