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Jack O'Brien, Writer

Frustratingly Thoughtful

Executive President of WO Student Senate, a student leader of the Young Democrats club, a National Honor Society member, and a varsity tennis team captain.

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Roll credits: The best and worst

Roll credits: The best and worst

Jack O'Brien
May 23, 2023
WO students and staff advertising one WO club, Student Senate, at the 8th grade club showcase. (Photo - Kevin Klassen)

Join a club already!

Jack O'Brien
May 9, 2023
The sky will be clear to begin the evening, so get out early to see the Northern Lights.

Coming soon to a sky near you!

Jack O'Brien and Mariah Stewart
April 24, 2023
The view from outside the South athletic entrance gets a big facelift from the its mural.

Ranking senior class gifts

Jack O'Brien
March 30, 2023
A supposed imagine of a UFO captured in New Jersey in 1952.

Stop talking about UFOs

Jack O'Brien
March 14, 2023
Senate in the 1960s, complete with its current officers.

What was Student Senate?

Jack O'Brien
February 20, 2023
Pat Foley and Tom Good begin their rendition of A Christmas Carol by describing the streets of 1811 London.

What made this Christmas Story special

Jack O'Brien
January 19, 2023
Apple v. Freedom

Apple v. Freedom

Jack O'Brien
December 6, 2022
Are we in a crime wave?

Are we in a crime wave?

Jack O'Brien
November 14, 2022
Frequently, students were met with this sign when they sought an available bathroom.

[Photo] Students frustrated by closed bathrooms

Lyndsay Neitzel
November 10, 2022
Small signs which have been posted outside of every bathroom at WO.

Vape sensors installed in WO bathrooms

Jack O'Brien
October 27, 2022
One effect of climate change is a drastic increase in wildfires.

Can carbon capture save our planet?

Jack O'Brien
October 3, 2022
Doctor Strange in The Multiverse of Madness: I think it was bad?

Doctor Strange in The Multiverse of Madness: “I think it was bad?”

Jack O'Brien
June 2, 2022

Why do we Procrastinate? (Video)

Jack O'Brien
June 1, 2022
The Batman and Superhero Fatigue

The Batman and “Superhero Fatigue”

Jack O'Brien
March 22, 2022
The Roberts Court, April 23, 2021 Seated from left to right: Justices Samuel A. Alito, Jr. and Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Justices Stephen G. Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor. Standing from left to right: Justices Brett M. Kavanaugh, Elena Kagan, Neil M. Gorsuch, and Amy Coney Barrett.

The U.S. Without Roe

Jack O'Brien
February 15, 2022
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