What’s Trending?
February 1, 2012 • Harrison Whitney, Reporter
Filed under Features, Web Exclusives
Right now trending on twitter: #RulesInARelationship; #NotInMyHouse; and #Love Interruption. Those are the number three on twitter at the moment. What “trending” means is that a lot of people are doing it, and making references towards it. I also know a couple of months ago #ATB was trending, which... Read more »
Q&A With Nesquick
January 26, 2012 • Danielle Jacobson, Reporter
Filed under Features, Top Stories, Web Exclusives
WedNesday’s have recently taken over BV West. With everyone looking forward to hearing senior Brennan Hopper, also known as Nesquick the rapper, to give us some words of encouragement to help us get through the day, Nesquick has slowly but surely infected all of BV West. Brennan has left us all on... Read more »
“If You Were the Principal”
January 23, 2012 • Jack Rogoz, Reporter
Filed under Features, Web Exclusives
“Given the chance to be the principal what would you do?” 4 sophomores and 1 freshman were asked this question during lunch, and this is what they came up with. Sophomore, Tanner Thompson: “I would do the same thing as Dr. Lake.” Sophomore, Alec Hodges: ”I would get better... Read more »
Memes: The Internet Takeover
January 18, 2012 • Emily Binshtok, Section Editor
Filed under Features, Web Exclusives
They’re on your websites, taking over your Internets. Once they are seen, they cannot be unseen. They are the 99% of online phenomena. One does not simply ignore them. Haters gotta hate, but they aren’t going anywhere. They will never be forever alone. Describe ALL of them? Challenge accepted. They... Read more »
History Students Share Kindness Overseas
January 11, 2012 • Morgan Cormack, Web Editor
Filed under Features, Top Stories, Web Exclusives
BV West Social Studies teacher Tony Scardino knows what it’s like to have a loved one overseas. His son, currently a Staff Sergeant in the Marines, has been deployed three times since enlisting in 2002. This year for Veteran’s day, Scardino and fellow Social Studies teacher Aaron Anderson... Read more »
#ATB Trend Impacts Students
December 15, 2011 • Abby Krstulic, Section Editor
Filed under Features, Web Exclusives
On Sunday, Dec. 4, a student at Shawnee Mission West High School lost their battle with cancer. Junior Ashton Todd Brunmeier had been fighting his rare form of cancer for two years. The community was grief stricken and teens wanted to do something to keep his memory alive. The result of this was the... Read more »
World Population Reaches Seven Billion
November 7, 2011 • Lauren Pino, Reporter
Filed under Features
The United Nations declared in May that Earth will have a staggering population of seven billion this year. Though the exact date of the seven billionth birth is incalculable, October 31, 2011 was “Seven Billion Day.” “The date has been calculated by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), which is... Read more »
No Shave November Participation Varies at BV West
November 2, 2011 • Danielle Jacobson, Reporter
Filed under Features, Web Exclusives
November: for some it’s just a month, but for others it’s a 30-day no shaving adventure. Although some use this month as an excuse to just not shave for a month, some students here at BV West do this as a ritual. Beginning in 2003, No Shave November, also know as Movember or Beardvember, was started... Read more »
Adults vs. Teenagers
October 18, 2011 • Molly Brown, Reporter
Filed under Features
There are countless topics that can be debated between adults and teens. Adults will always stereotype teens and teens will always stereotype adults. It is in our nature, but sometimes this can lead to a conflict that may be good or bad. Recently, chaos has filled the streets of the Plaza. Earlier this... Read more »
Students Remember 9/11 a Decade Later
September 19, 2011 • Emily Moore, Reporter
Filed under Features
Almost everyone in America had a T.V. or radio on and was watching to see what had happened. Parents were watching, hugging their young toddlers and calling to check on their husbands. Kids were getting herded together into one room, confused and unaware. Teachers had their televisions on and were watching... Read more »
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