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The Official Student News Site of Parkway West High

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Legal limits before liftoff

Nell Jaskowiak, OPINIONS AND ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR September 23, 2016

The family car is a small green spaceship, traffic is flowing on aerial highways and the entirety of society is located at the top of very small spires: It’s The Jetsons.. Sadly, an era of common and...

The Green Party’s rose-colored glasses

Nell Jaskowiak, OPINIONS AND ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR August 31, 2016

Physician-turned-politician Jill Stein has been a name among the Green Party for years, and as frustrations grow with mainstream presidential candidates like Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, she is breaking...

The power of superdelegates

Nell Jaskowiak, OPINIONS AND ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR August 19, 2016

California resident Matt Johnson’s vote matters more than yours, as does Jimmy Carter’s. These men are just two of the Democratic Party’s 713 superdelegates, and they are the Democratic Party’s...

Out of 166 certified teachers at West, only six are of color, making student diversity greater than teacher diversity.

Students push to raise awareness for lack of teacher diversity

Emily Dickson, CONCEPTUAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF May 12, 2016
The school has been making an effort to promote religion, gender and racial inclusiveness in Common Ground, but many students feel this is rendered ineffective with an undiversified teaching staff.

Adverse issues of dog fighting

Alex Rossi, STAFF WRITER April 29, 2016
According to a 2015 survey by The American Pet Products Association (APPA), of the 79.7 million homes that have a pet, 54.4 million of those homes own one dog.
Kumar presents his research to the board during the judging panel. The young computer programmer had to face two rounds of rigorous judging before being awarded second place. "I was surprised that I won. First they announced all of the finalists and when they skipped my name my mom started crying and somebody next to her said not to worry because I probably won something higher, but she was crying because she was happy," Kumar said.

Dinky data tables

Emily Dickson, CONCEPTUAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF March 28, 2016
Evidently, Parkway doesn’t see its students like scientists in their science fair. The narrow judging rubric treats science like a one-size-fits-all equation, when in reality, the most successful and ground breaking projects often develop not as rigid experiments, but as ideas, inventions and cumulative research.

The optimal human diet

Samantha Gaddis, COPY EDITOR March 28, 2016
A lifestyle that feeds the hungry, saves the planet, prevents cancer and saves the lives of 56 billion animals—annually.
Students look for fun plans to take advantage of  in St. Louis for the rapidly approaching spring break.

Your ultimate alternative spring break calendar

Emily Wind, Staff Writer March 16, 2016
Instead of bingeing on Netflix in bed or trying to break your record for the most days you can go without showering, try these activities to make the most out of your staycation.

Voter turnout sees extreme highs and lows

Justin Cupps, CONCEPTUAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF March 15, 2016
Compared to other countries, we are terrible in that that we do not have everyone participating, and voting is truly the center of democracy.

Mattel misses the mark with plus-sized Barbies

Gwenn Pietrowski, Staff Writer March 10, 2016
The “new and improved” Barbie dolls have made their way into the spotlight. The dolls are no longer all tall and skinny, they have three different body types: tall, curvy and petite.