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...

[metaslider id="6795"] Westview students began returning to campus for classes, in accordance with PUSD’s temporary one-day-a-week cohort system, on Monday. Students wandered about, some with maps...

Each year, freshmen English students sit in class learning, for the first time, the dreams of Lennie and George and the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Simultaneously, sophomores experience the delirium of...

A couple of nights ago I heard Fox News anchor Sean Hannity call Joe Biden the worst insult he could think of. He said it with such malice, such fury: “Biden is a SOCIALIST.” Based on his tone...

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...

We learn, early in elementary school, to tell the difference between fact and opinion. We are taught that the assertion, “Apples are fruit” is a fact and “Apples are the tastiest fruit” is...

Some days, Sarah Sumner (12), who was diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder and anxiety last year, just can’t get out of bed, much less go to school or focus in class.  “I wake up feeling bad...

As a senior, wrapping up my final writing supplements to end a long college application journey, I am repeatedly faced with the question of “Why?” Universities across the country want to know:...

At the beginning of her junior year in August of 2019, Jocelyn Mi (’20) knew that she wanted to forge her own path in life, that the competitive nature she experienced in high school, inextricably linked...

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...

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. 2020 January...

Degef, Kassahun find motivation in Black teachers, connect with Black staff members on campus, call for more diverse hiring practices James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Zora Neal Hurston,...

Since coach Corey Borromeo first stepped onto the Westview baseball field as a sophomore in 2010, he has been an integral part of the baseball community. Borromeo took a permanent coaching job at Westview...

On March 12, the second to last day students were at school, the Westview Theatre Company was busy blocking and learning lines for their upcoming show “Midsummer/Jersey,” a modern adaptation of...

When Aditi Anand (10) was in middle school, she received the phone call at school that she dreaded most—her mother had been hospitalized after suffering a seizure.  All day at school, Anand said...