Sydney is a senior and is honored to serve as one of the editors-in-chief this year. She is passionate about covering LGBTQ+ related topics, as well as misinformation. When she’s not writing for the Nexus or writing poetry, she can be found playing with her cats, baking, or reading a book. :)
Like many other activities, traveling has been severely limited by the COVID-19 pandemic. This has prevented many seniors from visiting the colleges they planned on attending in the fall. As a result,...
Jacqueline Wagner (’21) did not expect to move to Germany right after graduating high school. When she was younger, she said, her plan was to study hard so that she would get the grades needed to get...
Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic took over our lives more than a year ago, there has been a distinct lack of certainty—a lack of certainty about when we would return to school or to work, when we...
As a Jewish person, when I first heard about the QAnon conspiracy that the Rothchilds had a space laser which caused the California wildfires, I laughed. I laughed and then I wanted to know where exactly...
In their first football game in 16 months, Westview took home the victory 34-24 at the first football game of the season at Del Norte High School, March 19.
“It’s just amazing coming out here...
I think, perhaps, that Peter Pan was on to something when he said “once you’re grown up, you can’t come back.”
I’m turning 18 in a few months and I will graduate from high school around...
With all of the furniture pushed to sides of the room, Raina Mesina (12) begins her dance. Her skirt billows around her as she performs the numerous spins typical of Kathak, a traditional Indian style...
“Make America Great Again,” informally known as MAGA, has been one of President Donald Trump’s primary campaign slogans. Now, to believe in this slogan, one must first accept the premise that...
Art by Grace Tseng
Whether to escape, better understand or cope with our chaotic reality, books are especially necessary in 2021. For our first issue of the year, The...
Watching the trial for a Black Lives Matter protestor, Winnie Xu (11) took notes of everything going on, making sure to record every single word that was said. This was part of her job as an assistant...
Art by Grace Tseng
Affirmative Action is once again on the ballot in California in the form of Prop 16. A vote yes on Prop 16 would legalize Affirmative Action once more in California, making it legal...
For a long time, Mars Whiteside (12) said their gender identity felt like a jigsaw puzzle with pieces that didn’t quite fit together. According to Whiteside, they had the wrong hair, wrong voice, wrong...
As the new school year moves forward with distance learning, the performing arts programs have been forced to find ways to adapt to the virtual format. In particular for performing artists, creating their...
Sydney Alper, Editor-in-Chief
• September 17, 2020
As the 2020 presidential election draws closer, health care is once again a subject of great debate. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has exposed further flaws in the American health care system, one of the...
Rachel Carr (12), Hannah Danzig (12) , Faith Lee (12), Prisha Anand and Neda Emdad (12) talk to Eduardo and Nolwann from Cooperar Peru via Skype. They discussed what Eduardo's inspiration for starting...
July 8 ASB released a letter to the student body regarding their efforts to increase campus inclusivity and “foster an anti-racist campus culture.”
President Audrey Tu (12) said that the main purpose...
So far this summer, I have attended a handful of Black Lives Matter Protests, carrying with me a sign that reads “Celebrate Pride by protesting police brutality! Stonewall was started by trans women...
Wearing a mask and gloves, Natalie Truesdell (11) walks down the aisle of a Trader Joe’s store, looking for the specific items on her list and placing them in the cart. She pays for the groceries, loads...
Like many of the families stuck inside their home during this time of social distancing, mine decided to clean and organize everything in the house. It was easy to sort through my clothes and knicknacks,...
When I think about our current situation, the one word that comes to mind is fear. I fear that I or one of my family members will contract COVID-19, that I won’t go back to school this year...
Picking up one of her calligraphy pens, Sanjana Gurram (11) carefully begins to draw out the word superhero. Around each letter, she pens the words, “Strong, Undefeatable, Persistent,...
