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Posted by J. Manela on January 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment
by Jon Berman
Copy Editor
What do you get when you mix singers, piano players, the Lady Vikings Step Team, local bands, a rap group, and a magician in Westhill’s Main Auditorium on a Friday night? The result is the Westhill Talent Show.
On December 18, 2009, Westhill hosted its second annual Talent Show. The show [...]
Posted by J. Manela on January 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment
by David Markowitz
Copy Editor
The Harlem Wizards, a performance basketball team, came to Westhill on Thursday, January 7, and put on quite a show. The Harlem Wizards have been putting on fun with entertaining basketball games since 1962, and it is no surprise that they have been going strong for so long. The Wizards played against [...]
Posted by J. Manela on January 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Junior John Petrini has excelled on the tennis court since he began playing the sport at age seven years old and has been awarded MVP of the Westhill boys tennis team for the past two years. The Westword decided to meet up with John and learn more about his life beyond the tennis court and [...]
Posted by J. Manela on January 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment
by Sylvia Chun
Columnist
For most of the student body, taking a foreign language class is an exciting and rewarding experience. However, when you learn the same thing in these classes every year as a “review,” as I did, lessons can become tedious. Most of what is taught in foreign language classes involves going over the same [...]
Posted by J. Manela on January 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment
by Suzanne Cohen
Staff Writer
While many students take the bus or beg their parents for a car to drive, junior Kaloy Miller takes an alternative mode of transportation to school—his bike. The Westword sat down with Kaloy to learn about his unique commute.
The Westword: How long have you been riding to school?
Kaloy Miller: It has been [...]
Posted by J. Manela on January 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment
by Annie Cohen
News Editor
It was dark and I was carrying about 40 pounds on my back. I hadn’t showered in almost two weeks, yet I was having the time of my life. I was able to experience this when I was on last year’s Outward Bound Connecticut Youth Leadership Corps expedition.
Outward Bound is a non-profit [...]
Posted by J. Manela on January 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment
by Danny Tehrani
Express Editor
Film’s importance to American society is undeniable. Hollywood’s Golden Age set the standard for movie-making and influenced areas beyond film, such as celebrity and pop culture, fashion, and beauty. In fact, movies have helped spread American culture around the world.
Therefore, it should not come as a surprise that Westhill has a club [...]
Posted by J. Manela on January 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment
by Katie Costello
Staff Writer
Sophomore Sam Lagasse is planning a Poetry Slam for the end of January. Acording to Lagasse, slam poetry is a “performance based type of poetry, written on an issue or firsthand experience where you can express your feelings. You are ‘slamming’ the issue.” In other words, slam poetry is a way to [...]