Chen savors life after college apps
In late January, Mia Chen (12) found herself on a road trip in the Joshua Tree desert with a few of her closest friends, sitting in the hot tub of an AirBnB they’d...
Dear freshman-year Amy,
As I remember you, the world still feels too big to step into with both feet. You’re worried about a lot of things—probably your GPA, which classes to take, whether or not...
When it comes to event planning by class presidents Lucy Sullivan (12) and Lily Bryan (12), there’s a special kind of chemistry that only exists because they’ve worked with—and cared for—each other...
For the poor mortals who have not been so lucky as to be able to be members of The Nexus, press nights are something that only exist in concept, or worse, not at all. For the lucky denizens of this paper,...
For me, like many of my fellow seniors, these past few weeks have been a bit of a flurry. College admissions results, and the impending decision deadline, mean that it’s now or never to decide where...
Close your eyes. Imagine yourself deep in the gulch of a canyon, the light filtering through trees that form a long tunnel as far as you can see. Feel the wind running cold fingers down your shoulders,...
The AP Government study guide was a pain. Will* knew that from first glance nearly three weeks earlier when it was assigned.
“I viewed it as time-consuming,” Will said. “And time-consuming...
Those who know and love me know that I love Salt and Straw. Having been introduced to the charms of the ice cream chain earlier in the year by a friend, by now, I’ve gone at least once or twice every...
There’s a lot of things you can do online these days, but eating with a friend is not one of them. That is, unless you coordinate with said friend, purchase matching pastry products beforehand, and sit...
For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been told that to be a senior is to exist at the pinnacle of high school achievement and responsibility. To some degree, I’ve found this to be true. We’re...
In the spirit of being a senior freshly into the much-vaunted last term before graduation, recently I have taken to eating and sleeping and doing as I have never done before. Having submitted my last college...
Now that we’re well into December, my body seems to have almost subconsciously gotten permission to want to celebrate. It feels like someone’s injected a craving for peppermint into my veins. And not...
Leanne Fan (9) squinted in concentration at the 18-hole course at Vista Country Club, Oct. 31.
For the past few weeks she’d been whizzing across the country, from Minnesota, where she won the...
In spite of the 15-hour jet lag, in spite of the ball shooting across the table at light speed, in spite of the fact that her opponent was Sun Yingsha, the current #1 ranked player in women’s table...
Not to alarm anyone, but I have a problem. It’s a small one, really, only a little bigger than my hand. It has a glossy, black screen, and every time it lights up with a new notification, I feel...
Forget shrieking laughter as I tumbled down a hill in a hot fit of Tag. Forget the soft backsplash of sunlight rippling in the deep end of the pool as my dad taught me how to swim, though those moments...
As a current senior, I already know that the results of the Poway Unified School District Board of Education election will mostly impact the students who come after me. I will, after all, have long graduated...
Homerooms, as a general rule, are usually a bit staid. The routine goes like this: Newscast, a bevy of announcements, and maybe one or two reminders from clubs. At its best, it's a time for students to...
Looking back at it all, David Horne (12) has only one real way of describing how he got out of this year’s Senior Assassin game.
“I was gullible,” he said. “My biggest advice to future...
If this year has taught me nothing else, it’s taught me that I like the thrill of the chase. Getting a target, finding out where they’re going, following them there and trying to pick them out of a...
The first full day of this school year was different from the last for a few reasons. One, I was a senior. Two, the sun had risen high enough to send gentle sheets of light pouring through my bedroom...
I’ll admit that I wasn’t expecting much out of Senior Sunrise. The concept was cute, but the weather forecast for 6 a.m. that day was not. And what’s a senior sunrise without a sunrise? Encouraged...
In the last few days, the waves of colorful campaign posters that papered the campus have receded. As the school year winds to a close, the ASB class president elections have concluded.
Announced...
Ayush Nayak (11) has always loved the stars. As a young child, he often spent nights in the fields behind his neighborhood, stargazing through a cheap telescope he’d purchased at a yard sale.
“As...
Hours before Earth Day, student-led activism group Youth v. Oil succeeded in passing their anti-fracking resolution at the San Diego Environment Committee. As a part of the ceremony, Bella Santos (11)...
Kaitlyn Arciaga (9) runs the 800 meter during a dual track meet, March 31. After starting competitive track this year, she currently ranks 3rd nationally.
The air in the theater after school rings with vocal warmups. Dozens of students are gathered on stage, holding planks and jumping jacks as they sing scales. In doing so, they’re warming up their bodies...
For the longest time, I resented my dad because of the way he wielded his control over my access to technology. The wifi router? Timed so I couldn’t go online after 11 p.m. Instagram? Shackled by...
During his first mock trial scrimmages, Felix Long (12) ran on empty.
“I just couldn’t eat beforehand,” Long said. “Especially when we were online, even though we could turn our cameras...
For decades, PUSD freshmen in ninth-grade English classes were asked to read To Kill a Mockingbird and Of Mice and Men. However, from this term onwards, those two novels will no longer be required reading...
Sam Bozoukov has put down roots all over the map. From San Diego to Los Angeles to South Korea, he has covered miles and miles of experience, learning and growing with each new location. And yet, home...
With wide eyes, Amy Tran sat at her desk staring up at Freud's five psychosexual stages of development written on the whiteboard at the front of the classroom. She took dutiful notes as social science...
Ben Oydna has spent almost a decade as a Marine. Having known since junior year of high school that he was interested in joining the military, his life experiences are deeply intertwined with his service....
On weekday mornings, Christian Torres wakes up to a full agenda. The streets of New York City are busy, but not more so than Torres himself—by the time he makes it to Bellevue hospital, he already...
Caesar salad and handmade Fettucine and breadsticks, as far as the eye can see. Every Friday before a race, Jacob Huynh (12) finds himself with the rest of the cross country team, slurping down bowls of...
The last time Ally Diep (12) went trick-or-treating, she channeled one of her favorite Winnie-the-Pooh characters, Eeyore. As a part of her matching costume with her friends, she wore a blue tutu to...
GOLD gathered on the rain-slick football field, Sept. 27. For four hours, they drilled movements and played parts of their show in preparation for the first tournament of the year, at Rancho Bernardo,...
Westview has always been a scenic campus, but recently there have been some new attractions. Pass by a cafeteria window during the lunch period, and it’s easy to see piles of discarded food portions,...
After a year away from campus, I thought it would be a relief to return to at least a semblance of normalcy. And it has been a relief: a relief to see old friends, and a relief to make new ones. A...
After a year and a half away from campus, students finally returned to full-time school on campus Aug. 18.
In the first two days, Link Crew leaders in light lime shirts led both freshmen and sophomores...
Album: Call Me If You Get Lost
“Call Me If You Get Lost” is by far one of Tyler, the Creator's best albums to date. I was skeptical about how this would measure up to his last album, “Igor,”...
Before the May 23 track meet against Mt. Carmel, coach Eric Dorris gave a small speech about the seniors who would be leaving the team.
“This team has been a very resilient one,” he said. “They...
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When the 80 or so team members of Westview’s FIRST Robotics Challenge (FRC) team Option 16 heard the news of their regional Chairman’s Award win on May...
Over the course of his journey from regional science fairs to the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), Aakarsh Vermani (11) has had to grapple with the inexperience that comes with being...
Baseball & Softball
Gerrit Erickson - California State University, Chico
Gerrit Erickson (12) will extend his baseball career at California State University, Chico this fall where he will be a...
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For shot put and discus thrower Kaiwei Shi (10), the force he puts into every throw is all the product of training and practice. In the May 1 track meet against Del Norte, giving...
Nearly two dozen students had gathered to stand up against Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) hate at the Oak Tree Plaza intersection on April 17. The sidewalk was peppered with brightly colored...
On most Sunday afternoons, Joanna Hou (12) spends her time at home, relaxing or doing work for school and extracurriculars. On March 21, however, she was at an intersection across from Torrey Pines...
In the past year, Aakarsh Vermani (11) has learned a lot of material that he’s never had a chance to touch on in class. As a part of his project for the Greater San Diego Science and Engineering...
Before school on most weekdays, Angela Yu (11) spends around an hour or two on ice, alongside her sister Emily (9). Angela is a synchronized skater, while Emily is a figure skater and the siblings...
It is with great honor that I must announce that I, like 2.7 million other high school students, have subscribed to the cult of KhanAcademy. Initially, I began using the platform’s official SAT prep...
For many high-schoolers, SAT prep is simply a fact of life, yet another course to endure between junior and senior year. This all changed, however, on Jan. 19, when news broke that College Board would...
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For students of art teacher Hayley Filasky, class usually consists of a short check-in on Zoom, and then...
On Jan. 15, student-athletes and parents rallied together to show state officials just how passionate they were about returning to their sports. Hoisting black and gold signs and cheering as passing...
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...
As Poway Unified School District continues to roll out its reopening plan, some teachers have begun hosting classes on campus again. In some cases, such as that of math teacher Stephanie Vanderby and...
Mt. Carmel alumna Tessa Tricario ('20) has long had a passion for tutoring. Since her freshman year of high school, she’s been involved in various levels of teaching fellow students, both as a way to...
This year, as unprecedented events unfolded one after the other, the two presidential candidates have taken to Twitter to express their views and, in turn, their political opinions and plans for the future.
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On any Monday, Thursday, or Friday after school, you can find Tiffany Soe (11) warming up her piano students by playing small games.
“Sometimes I play with my kids,” Soe said. “I feel like...
The idea first came to Isabelle (9) and Sophia Rodrigues (12) in June. At the time, the murder of George Floyd led to global protests against police brutality, and the Rodrigues sisters were trying...
2020 has been a year of overload. In the U.S., the feeding frenzy that comes with every presidential election has already begun, a pandemic has locked us all indoors, and in California we are in the midst...
One of the biggest differences between this year and last year for biology teacher My-Nga Ingram is the feeling of anxiety that comes with turning on her camera before every class.
“I am always anxious...
As a 4.5 class and also a highly competitive school club, Westview’s FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team, Option 16, has long held the goal of encouraging interest in STEM fields. For just such...
Westview clubs have long been an important part of the student experience, but like many other facets of school life, they have had to contend with an online start to the year. From keeping members updated...
For any user of the ubiquitous social media app Instagram, it’s easy to see that a change has washed over it in the past few months. Whereas before, my feed was filled with carefully curated pictures...
Six months ago, when someone said ‘apocalypse’, the scene that came to mind was one out of an old end-of-the-world film. The sky a pale grey, mushroom clouds and nuclear winters in the backdrop...
The current pandemic has had a significant impact on education at every level. Classes have been moved online, standardized test scores have been waived as a requirement, and now, more than ever, educational...
The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the most wide-spread transmissions of any singular virus in history. After the first case outside of China was discovered on Jan. 13 in Thailand, the virus has only spread,...
