Rachael Hudak is a senior and currently serves as the Opinions Editor for The Nexus. Other than writing, she enjoys dancing, reading, and going to cool coffee shops. Rachael is also apart of Speech & Debate and Dance Troupe and is excited to spend her last year of high school with The Nexus.
After a year of interacting only with those closest to me, completing 11:59 p.m. assignments and discussion posts, and struggling to keep my eyes open for my 9:35 a.m. class, I feel criminally unprepared...
Emilie Nguyen (12) sat upon a wall just down the street of her house, watching cars fly down Carmel Valley road. With each car that passed, Nguyen was reminded that—despite her life feeling so stagnant—the...
As the song What It Feels Like to be Alive faded from the loudspeaker, dance team captain Jade Bucci (12) hit the last pose in her large lyrical routine. She looked around the gym, watching her Westview...
A democracy cannot function without honest and accurate communication. This communication—stemming from news media, local newspapers, and now social media platforms—is at the heart of a well-informed,...
With Nov. 3 approaching and many Americans voting early, The Nexus has compiled information on the candidates running for local offices including school board, city council, and mayor. Additionally, we...
It is October 29, six days until the Presidential election. In the wake of the chaos that has characterized 2020—a global pandemic, police brutality protests, and an upcoming election—voting for...
After months of Zoom dance classes, rehearsals in garages, and an uncertainty of what the upcoming season would look like, Dance Troupe attended the annual West Coast Elite Dance Convention (WCE),...
Following the Vice Presidential debate Oct. 7, The Nexus interviewed Sarina Oshiro (12), Sophia Chiu (12), and Daniel Shaw (12), members of Westview’s Political Awareness Club. Oshiro and Chiu currently...
From 1995 to 2010, the limitless generation was born. Generation Z, an outspoken and driven group of young people whom I stand with, is at the forefront for change in a time where the world desperately...
