Hii, my name is Charlise Larot and I’m from San Diego, California. I am fully committed to UCI, and majoring in literary journalism. I love hanging out with my friends, reading, traveling, and finding...

Senior year is a year of lasts for many students, but for Lucy Cribb (12), hers would have a first, too. She decided that this would be the year she tried out for the lacrosse team despite never previously...

I have a confession: I was holding back on you guys when I said my only athletic experience was playing one soccer season in the second grade. I also have done three years of ballet. But that was when...

Nothing could have prepared me for the feat I tried to accomplish for this column. With how great the track team has been doing recently, I thought now would be a good time to try something from their...

When Xavier O’Boyle (12) joined the Broadcast Journalism class during his sophomore year, he knew that he wanted to be in front of the camera to be an anchor or an announcer. “I thought [newscast]...

When I started this column, the only athletic experience I had was playing a soccer season in third grade. So, for this issue, I wanted to see if my limited soccer skills were still with me. I asked...

In middle school, I considered myself to be a pretty average height. It wasn’t until we came back on campus from COVID-19 during my sophomore year that I fully realized how vertically challenged I was...

Dance Troupe Dance Troupe’s preparation for the Winter Show starts in mid-October, but for Rosemary Cabanban (10) and Cecilia Canty (10) it started Sept. 24 when they began choreographing their...

I love the cold but there is nothing I hate more than swimming in a cold pool. I always feel like I am going to freeze to death, which  made learning water polo with my friend Kate Tripiano (12) even...

Roury Fitzpatrick (12) has known she wanted to pursue a career in broadcast journalism ever since she joined the Westview Newscast her sophomore year.  “Watching the Westview Newscast during...

With the fall sports season coming to a close, I decided that this issue I wanted to try a sport that few people talk about on campus: golf.  This time I met up with Samantha Song (12) at The Heights...

For the past 17 years of my life, I have solely been a distant observer of all things sports-related—unless we count the one soccer season I participated in during third grade. I never really had...

Members of Bayanihan and K-Pop Dance Club (KPDC) gathered around the outer edge of the plaza, getting ready to perform during lunch in celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Month,...

In the theater, the orchestra pit is located underneath the main stage, and the entrance can be found behind the half-wall on the right side of the theater. Seldom used, this cave is occupied more by spiders...

GOLD director Mitchell Way walked back to the center of the stage after giving the audience a few seconds to applaud Wind Ensemble for the first piece, “Procession of the Nobles,” composed by Nicholas...

On Jan. 19, Kaleis Vitug (11) walked into the Westview gym for her first wrestling match on the varsity team and saw countless familiar faces: her friends in the stands and her teammates by the mat....

“As long as you do the classwork and the homework, you’ll do well on the test” is a maxim that almost all students know. However, too many students believe that as long as they do the work, and memorize...

 4.5/5 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is one of the most highly anticipated Marvel films of this year. After the tragic passing of Chadwick Boseman, many fans wanted to see how Marvel...

For first and second grade, I attended Zamorano Elementary Fine Arts Academy. While I was there, I would participate in classes with varied art forms including pottery, painting and drawing. These lessons...

The role of Lieutenant Governor is to the governor as the Vice President is to the President. The job includes serving as the acting governor when the current governor is unavailable. They are also the...

Growing up, I loved the Disney princess. They captured everything that I wanted to be when I grew up—intelligent, gracious, kind, beautiful—but I could not see myself in them. Granted, there were...

 5/5 On Aug. 26, Laufey released her debut album: “Everything I Know About Love.” In July, her popularity increased when one of her singles, “Valentine”  became a popular...

When I was in kindergarten I attended a dual-immersion elementary school that taught German incorporated into the curriculum. I would spend one week with a teacher that taught in English, and the following...