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USC Speak Your Mind Challenge: Helpful or Harmful?
Discovering the deeper meaning behind the new trend.
Theater Lights And Sound
Every term, the theater department has a different class available for students. This term it’s Lights and Sounds. In this class students experience what it is like to be behind the scenes of productions, they run the sound board, design light cues for upcoming productions, and record sounds, experiencing the…
Benson Boone’s New Album is Coming!
Benson Boone is a 22-year-old pop singer who has recently become super popular. Benson Boone is known for his most popular songs like “Beautiful Things”, “Slow it Down”, “In the Stars”, “Cry”, and “GHOST TOWN”, but he is also known for doing cool flips at every concert and music festival…
Religion in WHS
A closer look at the student-led religious groups at WHS, and whether or not all religions are equally represented.
Senior Assassin: Who Will Come Out on Top
Senior Assassin is a fun game that many high schools participate in. Most of the time it is managed by someone not affiliated with the actual school district. At Waukee High School, an account under the name “keeasassins” manages the game anonymously. This event has beenoccurring for the past…
A School Time Change for Waukee
There has been a new change for the Waukee district that is being implemented for the upcoming school year. Instead of the normal 8:10 a.m. to 3:10 p.m. time, now school will start at 7:50 a.m. and end at 2:50 p.m. This means that school will begin 20 minutes earlier…
Once Upon a Flop
The new Snow White movie has been nothing but a disaster for Disney, with Disney estimated to lose around 115 million dollars on the new live-action movie. Riddled with controversy and drama such as the fact that the main cast members don’t even like each other. And all over social…
Eternal Sunshine Deluxe
This past Friday Ariana Grande came out with her deluxe album for her 7th studio album, Eternal Sunshine Deluxe: Brighter Days Ahead. This added 6 extra songs, “Intro (end of the world)-extended”, “Twilight Zone”, “Warm”, “Dandelion”, “Past Life”, and “Hampstead”. She also released a 26-minute short film “Brighter Days Ahead”.
Forever Is a Feeling: Better Than Boygenius?
Lucy Dacus has created her first solo album since the hiatus of her Grammy-winning band Boygenius, but does it hold a candle to her collaborative work?
Online vs. In-Person Learning
Remember back in 2021 when we were all learning online not by choice but because we had to. Covid hit us like lightning, sudden and intense, forcing us into a virtual classroom environment that many were unprepared for. The sudden shift caught many off guard, leading to confusion and struggles…