Risa Cidoni
I didn’t have the typical start to Convergence Journalism of joining freshman year and falling in love with the program immediately. In fact, while I was a freshman debating taking the...
In 1979, after growing concerns about resource depletion, pollution and lack of environmental awareness, the Pennsylvania Soil and Water Conservation Districts looked to encourage high school student involvement...
Following a rise in the unhealthy consumption of unleaded gas, inefficient automobiles and air pollution, activist Rachel Carson authored “Silent Spring” in 1962. This book inspired environmental change,...
As problem-solvers, engineers often design solutions to help improve people’s quality of life; in fact, the device you are using right now to read this article was designed by an engineer with these...
Will Gonsior, Opinions/A&E Editor
• April 11, 2025
A coming crisis
Humanity’s age-old fight against bacterial disease has come with successes and setbacks. The advent of antibiotics, starting with penicillin, struck a vital blow for the forces of sapience,...
Women’s History Month, founded in 1987, occurs every March to celebrate women’s rights, activists and innovation. But before Women’s History Month was founded,, a week-long celebration called Women’s...
Originating in Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day is a celebration of Irish culture, history and heritage, widely known as a day of green costumes, parades and the iconic leprechaun. Although the holiday has...
On the floor of the stadium, a bubbling current floods into rows upon rows of chairs. Teachers and administrators lead their students to their designated seats to await the start of the ceremony. Each...
Math homework? Check. Vocabulary quiz? Done. Make $200? On it. Pulling out his laptop, sophomore Ryder Williams opens eBay and scrolls through the seemingly endless catalog of footwear.
Like many...
“These are my authentic words straight from the heart,” sings junior Neiyo Hagens on the title track of his latest project “authentic words from the heart.” On Jan. 26, Hagens released his third...
![Senior Adam Zerega stands with senior Dexter Brooks by farm equipment. Zerega often worked with friends and family on his farm. “I've been able to go to my family's farm since I was born. I [spend] at least three weekends a month [on the farm], so I'm there all the time,” Zerega said.](https://pwestpathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_4872-1200x900.jpg)
![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)
![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)
![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)
