7. The battle to become a man; four years later
Zoe DeYoung, Staff Writer
April 16, 2020
As a seventh grader, senior Tony Morse decided that after years of gender dysphoria, he would take the leap to come out as a transgender male. He cut his hair short and kickstarted the long process of transitioning, a journey that, years later, he is still undergoing. In the beginning of his transi...
#WrestleLikeAGirl: breaking boundaries and winning medals
Nell Jaskowiak, Opinions editor
February 1, 2019
This wrestling season, #WrestleLikeAGirl has trended across Missouri. Girls have turned out in record numbers for the sport, more than doubling the number that the Missouri State High School Activities Association predicted would join. Now, their season is coming to a finish, with district tournaments...
Sophomore Emma Carter pins down success
Nell Jaskowiak, Opinions editor
February 1, 2019
“Being a girl in this boy's sport, there [are] so many things you have to do. People are constantly watching what you’re doing to try and protect themselves; people in this sport are so sexist, it’s insane,” Carter said. “I know you’re thinking, ‘oh, they’re wrestlers, why would they...
Freshman Paige Wehrmeister finds her strength in wrestling
![Hand raised after her first pin of a male opponent, Wehrmeister grins at her triumph. “I feel like I am in control of them [when I’m on top], and if I wanted to I could control everything that was happening in that moment,” Wehrmeister said. “They can’t get up if I don’t let go.”](https://PWestPathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/paigeFeatured-475x317.jpg)
Nell Jaskowiak, Opinions editor
February 1, 2019
Freshman Paige Wehrmeister had not always seen herself as a strong person—then she started wrestling. Joining sophomore Emma Carter as one of two female wrestlers in Parkway, Wehrmeister has already carved out a reputation for herself: the girl who smiles every time she steps onto the mat. “H...
![Annotating her copy of the short story, sophomore Zeina Daboul works on her assignment. Daboul found the parallels between the story and modern times interesting. “When you look deeper [into the story], you can see that it reflects our society, in ways that you wouldn't think a story written in 1842 would,” Daboul said.](https://PWestPathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20200406_2316051-300x236.jpg)
![Wearing dresses at Town and Country Square, sophomores Sami Eveland and Sammi Duncan dress up for their self-created homecoming. Despite COVID-19 cancelling school-sponsored homecoming , Duncan and her friend group decided to plan their own event and make the most out of the situation. “We were all super bummed about homecoming being cancelled,” Duncan said. “We just wanted to have a fun time with our friends whether it was for real or [fake], but we all knew that it was for our safety and getting to plan our own made us feel a lot better.”](https://PWestPathfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DSC-0290-300x200.jpg)
