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The Nexus

The official student news site of Westview High School

The Nexus

The official student news site of Westview High School

The Nexus

Mason Williams

Mason Williams, Staff Writer

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Letters to Freshman Self: Mason

Mason Williams, Staff Writer June 2, 2023

Dear Mason, I know you always wished I would come from the future and guide you. That I would show up—this familiar stranger—and give you a hug, tell you it’s all going to be okay, and you would...

Journey to the Bathroom

Mason Williams, Staff Writer May 5, 2023

The Journey to Pee There is a very specific and treacherous route to reach the restrooms at Westview. The obstacles you must overcome both physically and psychologically are dangerous. You will...

Football team holds annual campus beautification event

Mason Williams, Staff Writer April 7, 2023

Boys from the varsity and JV football teams worked together to better the campus, Saturday. Their annual campus beautification event gave the players a unique opportunity to put themselves in the shoes...

Davis films sports teams, builds following

Davis films sports teams, builds following

Mason Williams, Staff Writer March 17, 2023

Standing with her right arm arched over her head and her left arm bent forward, her form looks like that of a pro. Despite being fairly new to photography and videography, London Davis (9) makes videos...

Westview Chamber and Concert Choir perform “African Noel” with MVMS performing arts, Dec. 1. The show featured a combination of traditional and modern songs.

‘The Snow Must Go On’

Mason Williams, Staff Writer December 16, 2022

The Westview Choir turned on their LED candles, as about 50 Mesa Verde Middle School (MVMS) choir students joined the other vocalists on risers, also holding lit plastic candles, Dec. 1. They sang...

Holidays in San Diego

Holidays in San Diego

Mason Williams, Staff Writer December 16, 2022

  Click here to watch our Nexans explore Downtown San Diego's Holiday events!

Universal free lunch program is unnecessary

Mason Williams, Staff Writer November 18, 2022

After the federal money for free lunches given to states during the pandemic expired, California’s new Universal Meal Program (UMP) was created under Assembly Bill 130 and introduced this year.  According...

Vote No on Measure C

Mason Williams, Staff Writer November 1, 2022

Measure C would remove the 30-foot building height limit in the Midway District, the area around and consisting of the Viejas Sports Arena. It's undeniable that development in the Midway district would...

Understaffing overwhelms custodians

Understaffing overwhelms custodians

Caitlynn Hauw and Mason Williams October 14, 2022

On June 9, after the class of 2022 graduates had cleared, the families and friends left the bleachers, and nothing was left in the stadium but littered graduation pamphlets, empty water bottles and...

Courtesy by Jasmine Nguyen

Girls volleyball travels to Hawaii, participates in Kamehameha Schools tournament

Abby Klubeck and Mason Williams September 16, 2022

Girls volleyball finished 5th out of 16 teams in a tournament hosted by Kamehameha Schools Hawaii, Aug. 31-Sept. 6.  Over the course of three days, the team played seven games against teams from...

Black and Gold

KAEDEN BERNER Boys Cross Country Kaeden Berner (11) is third-ranked on the boys cross country team, setting a new three-mile PR of 16:39:2 at the CCA Ravens Fleet Feet Invitational, Sept. 3. He...

Chris Shimoon (12) and Luc Andreassi (12) wore sunglasses and brightly colored t-shirts as costumes with the low brass section and performed the song “Celebration” by Kool & The Gang, May 26. Students were able to choose this piece and costume to fit the student-managed Westview GOLD show theme of celebration, in honor of Westview’s 20 year anniversary.

Band seniors celebrate final GOLD show

Mason Williams, Staff Writer June 3, 2022

It was 11 P.M. on the Friday after the last GOLD show, and Chris Shimoon (12) was experiencing one of the quintessential “lasts” of senior year. It had already been an hour since Shimoon and his...

Josh Yang (10) lifts a bin of recyclable papers into a recycling dumpster. He and other ASB members volunteer to do this every Friday in order to grow the new ASB-led recycling program.

Recycling Program Back at Westview

Mason Williams, Staff Writer April 8, 2022

In recent years, recyclables thrown out by Westview students and teachers have usually been mixed in with trash and sent to the landfill. According to Custodial Supervisor Art Wolfe, eight previous...

Opinion: I feel behind in life

Mason Williams, Staff Writer March 18, 2022

There are 11 months until I turn 18 years old. With college applications and my eighteenth birthday approaching, I’ve been reflecting on my life thus far. I realize that most of my days have been a waste...

The Absurdity of Groundhog Day

The Absurdity of Groundhog Day

Mason Williams, Staff Writer February 18, 2022

Every year when February 2nd rolls around, a wretched rodent decides for the United States whether spring is here or if winter will continue for six more weeks. But I don’t need to remind you that,...

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