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• Is the American Dream still alive? The American Dream is dead By kaylyn aulick Life coach Tony Robbins likes to say “Your past does not equal your future.” For many area
• I am privileged “I can’t breathe,” he pleads as he is held on the ground, the pressure of the oppressor’s knee in his neck growing by the second; th
• My perspective: This age of politics Eleven Films released an ad following the impeachment of Donald Trump. The ad showed videos of Trump acting like a conductor during the Nati
• Special Olympics basketball perspectives It was only 9:15 on a Saturday morning, but the parking lot at West Ottawa High School was full.  West Ottawa Instructors Jenna Plewes a
• Struggles of being vegetarian How much meat do you eat? A good amount, perhaps. Well, just to enlighten you, I don’t eat meat and sometimes it seems I can’t go a day
• Fear the braid  “Rapunzel Rapunzel let down your hair,” my friend jokingly says to me. I sit in AP Spanish class watching the morning announcements as
• An introvert tries to be an extrovert Homecoming of 2019 was not my cup of tea. I stood there watching everyone dance until I found myself hovering over the snack table with a hu
• It’s time to grow up Dear disrespectful students, As you walk through the door, my smile flattens and my eyes roll. I prepare myself for the same daily routin
• West Ottawa’s male cheerleaders West Ottawa alumnus Sam Beetham got ready for the University of Michigan home game against Penn State in November 2018. Both teams are ranke
• Gender equality? Not $o much. Gender equality? Not so much. It costs a whole lot more to be a woman than it does to be man. Let’s look at the numbers. Makeup- 
• Hollywood discrimination I left the theater with my eyes practically rolling in the back of my head. I should have known that Jurassic World would not be revolution
• Where are Trump’s returns? Online right now are tax returns from Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Ted Cruz, Jed Bush, Mitt Romney, and most other modern presidential nomin
• School size matters In 7th grade, I was sent to a large school. I struggled with the idea of making friends in such a huge place. No one looked my way or told
• What do you value most? Really? What do you value the most?  The majority of people would say that they value their families and friends the most.  Maybe they wo
• WO food pantry: It makes a difference On a Friday in the beginning of October, I admitted to one of my teachers that I didn't have much food at home. She said that she woul