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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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Ghirardelli Valentine's Chocolate comes in three flavors: Milk Chocolate and Caramel, Dark Chocolate and Sea Salt Caramel and White Chocolate and Créme Brûlée.

Better together: Ghirardelli Valentine’s chocolate

You don't need to have the love of your life to enjoy these chocolates! Ghiradelli is back with its seasonal chocolate heart assortments just in time for Valentine's day. At an average price of $5.99,...

Jolly Rancher's Valentine's Day candy: Jelly Hearts.

The perfect way to melt a heart

Tyler Smith and Owen Ulmer February 13, 2023

Packaging Festiveness: Get ready to steal someone's heart with your playful side. The smiling watermelon eating one of the delicious candies made me laugh, reminding me of elementary school days when...

Dove Chocolate's Valentine's Day candy: Valentine Love Notes.

A lovey dovey Valentine’s treat

Keira Lang and Ella Marcinkiewicz February 13, 2023

Dove’s chocolate is a candy we can all remember for the small messages left in each wrapper. The real milk in the chocolate makes the candies taste genuine and enjoyable. The company started with the...

Lava Cake Hershey Kisses.

I Lava this chocolate

Steffi Fussner, Liora Hoi, Ella Early, and Lee Naron February 13, 2023

With Valentine’s Day coming up, a new flavor of Hershey’s Kisses has been released. The new candy is based on lava cake, with the outer part being dark chocolate, and the inner part being a gooey chocolate...

Hershey's Kisses Hugs arranged in a heart.

Hershey Hugs review: A candy worth the buy

Antonio Walton and Isis Montague February 13, 2023

The Hershey Hugs Kisses is a special candy made for Valentine’s season and manufactured by the Hershey’s company since 1993. These drops of delight are covered in pink and white tinfoil. The chocolate...

Hershey's Kiss: Milk Chocolate Meltaway.

Kiss kiss

Zoya Hasan and Sophie McCarthy February 13, 2023

Valentine's Day is all about treating yourself… orrrrr someone else treating you. And with that, comes one daunting task: the bright, pink and red candy aisle. Chock full of what seems to be every chocolate...

Junior Krish Bhagat has been on the Debate team for three years and has competed in more than 20 tournaments. Over the years, Bhagat realized how passionate he is about Lincoln Douglas (LD) Debate. “LD seemed like a perfect fit for me. I was the only person who could feel the rush of debating LD, especially during my sophomore year, which is not common at all,” Bhagat said.

Krish Bhagat

Samari Sanders, Staff Writer February 6, 2023

Junior Krish Bhagat has been on the competitive speech and debate team for three years. Bhagat is now on the varsity team and captain of the Lincoln Douglas Debate (LD), where students compete in a one-on-one...

Senior Thomas Bruns has been on debate for four years and has accumulated up to 500 National Speech Debate Association (NSDA) points. Bruns hopes to gain 750 points by the end of the year. “It’s pretty hard to get over 100 NSDA points. I think it's a reasonable goal to get to the next level,” Bruns said.

Thomas Bruns

Samari Sanders, Staff Writer February 6, 2023

Senior Thomas Bruns has been on the competitive Speech and Debate team for four years. Bruns is on the varsity team, captain of Public Forum Debate, and does Duo Interpretation. “Seniors on the team...

Senior Noah Schell has been on debate for four years and has gained recognition for his dedication to the team by competing in various events and debates. After four years of debating Policy, Schell is thrilled that Policy will still be going. “I've been super proud with the amount of novices that we have this year doing Policy. It gives me hope that once I graduate this year, Policy at Parkway West will still continue to be around. I'm happier with the way the team has grown and just learning how to do policy than I am with receiving the award,” Schell said.

Noah Schell

Samari Sanders, Staff Writer February 6, 2023

Senior Noah Schell joined the debate team during his freshman year. Schell is now the executive officer of the Speech and Debate team and the captain of Policy debate.   “[Policy] has a lot of abstract...

Junior Dee Tummala is a first-year debater and is learning what it takes to be on the team. Tummala has enjoyed seeing issues through other perspectives during her experience debating in Policy. “I learned from my mistakes easier with my partner. We worked together and built a friendship through the process. It was a really nice experience,” Tummala said.

Deekshanjani Tummala

Samari Sanders, Staff Writer February 6, 2023

Junior Deekshanjani Tummala took a debate course her freshman year. This year was the first year she competed competitively, and she struggled to find what type of debate she wanted to try. “It was...