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  • 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
  • Editorial Cartoon: We have an orchestra

News

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    What we lost
    On March 12, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that schools would be closed from March 16 until April 5. We held onto
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    Where to volunteer in Holland
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    Women’s Marches: A push for change
    The time: 2016. The place: a Hilton hotel in Midtown New York. The event: the election of Republican candidate Donald J.
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    Kind of famous
    WO alumna Avery Warsaw has always admired how kind actor Timothee Chalamet is to his fans, and her recent experience onl
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    Ignoring expectations
    The December Holiday Tea with the Select Women’s Ensemble featured the West Ottawa Varsity and Junior Varsity Danc
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    Who was Martin E. Ball?
    All around West Ottawa, the name Martin E. Ball is found representing some of the best aspects of our school. From the b

Student Life

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    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
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    Fear the braid
     “Rapunzel Rapunzel let down your hair,” my friend jokingly says to me. I sit in AP Spanish class watching the morn
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    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 s
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    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
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    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 number
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    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 loo

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