The Exorcist
October 29, 2020
Halloween is coming up and you know what that means, horror movies! Halloween has been around for 2,000 years and the first ever horror movie was The House of The Devil in 1896. One of the best horror movies of this time is The Exorcist. The 1973 movie is about a young girl at the age of 12 named Regan, who...
Are Long Songs Dead?
October 5, 2020
Music, the one thing that entertains people more than books and movies. They have great melodies, they make you smile, they make you cry, but above all, they make you feel good. In recent years, music has started to drift away and it hasn’t been as special as it used to be. I want to focus on one p...
Meet The Staff: Joey Provencio
October 5, 2020
Joey Provencio is a new staff member for West Side Story at Skyline High School and I decided to take the opportunity to interview him and get to know him more as a student, person, and as a member of the school newspaper. I first started with basic icebreaker questions, first I asked "What are your...
Morrison’s Menu: Mahana Fresh Review
Morrison Jones-Thiede, Reporter/Page Editor
September 28, 2020
As a man who was raised on the staple food of cheese burgers and beef stew, the idea of eating at a place based on healthy eating and fresh food didn’t honestly sound all that great to me. But the saying goes, don’t say you don’t like something until you try it. And so I made it the first stop...
How The Government Botched The COVID-19 Response. A Short Analysis
Diamond Garcia-Alvarez, Reporter/Social Media Editor
May 14, 2020
COVID-19 cases are rapidly rising around the globe, and that’s taken over all media outlets rightfully so. It’s a novel virus causing significant illness and death, we have very little knowledge about this virus, and it’s spreading at a fast pace. Countries around the world are even closing thei...
What Online Learning Feels Like
Lesley Moreno, Reporter
April 28, 2020
Some people may not feel this at all, but I feel overwhelmed, unmotivated, and not focused. A few classes I got done no problem. They make their instructions clear and easy to follow. But then there are those few classes, just those few that are confusing, tedious, and difficult. I've had a harder ti...
Senior Year: Lost in Quarantine
Bianca Fairchild, Editor In Chief
April 15, 2020
While COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc in the United States, seniors all over the country are finding themselves lost and feeling forgotten. Our senior year was taken away from us in a few days in Idaho. We went to school on Friday expecting to come back next week, have graduation, excitedly talking about prom, and we will likely never step foot i...
Volunteering during COVID
Sujata Gandhi, Reporter
April 10, 2020
Even though the country is still stuck at home, there are many ways to help others in this time of need. Most importantly, if you’re going to go in public, practice good hygiene and follow the CDC’s social distancing recommendations. If you’re feeling sick, stay at home. Otherwise, you’re only promoting the spread of the virus. Some ways to help in Idaho Falls right now ar...
Transgender females banned from sports
Lesley Moreno, Reporter
April 6, 2020
Lesley Moreno An unpleasant bill to terminate transgender females from participating in womens sports has passed on February 26, 2020. Barbara Ehardt told east Idaho news “Boys and men will not be able to take the place of girls and women in sports because it’s not fair. We cannot physicall...
SweetHearts 2020
Morrison Jones-Thiede, Reporter/Page Editor
February 26, 2020
Two weeks. Two weeks before the date that we set, “German Club will be having the sweethearts dance on Feb. 8, get your tickets now!” I have to change plans and tell people I will be busy for two weeks for what? To make a dance for ‘my peers’, for myself? To make money for my club, to ha...
Strict Parents
Emili Currey, Editor In Chief
February 26, 2020
Apps like Life 360 are impacting family relationships. Life 360 and other apps like Verizon’s Companion are tracking apps. Parents can see where teens are at all times, what speed they are driving, and who they are texting. The dangers in society are known to all, and may affect parents' style of ...
Religions of The World: An Overview
Tony Acevedo and Jason Coronado
February 26, 2020
Religion helps adherents define themselves, gives people meaning and purpose, helps humans rise above the worst aspects of human nature, and provides a moral framework. In this day and age, there are well over 4000 different kinds of religions all around the world, but there are mainly 5 well known r...
Anya Melendez, Reporter
October 5, 2020
America is in shambles, what do we do? The 2020 elections are coming up and the U.S is torn. As the presidential candidates fight for America’s votes, controversy with current...
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In basketball history, there have been many players that are considered “legends” or “gods,” some of them being Michael Jordan, Lebron James, and the one and only,...
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Antihero skateboards present a new part to us titled “Quantinium”. This part is an absolute banger. The skaters in this video include Chris Pfanner and Daan Van Der Linden...
Eli Sorensen, Senior Design Editor
April 30, 2020
For any rising music star, the sophomore album is a defining moment in the trajectory of their career. While a debut release has the potential to make waves and place an artist...
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