In 2017, Poway Unified School District (PUSD) Board Trustee Michelle O’Connor-Ratcliff’s was left 226 identical replies on her Twitter page. On her Facebook, another comment was left on 42 separate...

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...

Sometimes, I feel as though I could stay here forever, blasting Taylor Swift down roads I’ve driven on thousands of times before, laughing during class more than we ever have before because we know...

  The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reviewed the pregnancy-terminating drug Mifepristone for four years, even though the drug was approved in nearly a dozen countries, including...

Among all U.S. adults, 43% say they trust Fox News, an institution better described as fictional entertainment, for political and election news. Fox often cares more about reporting what their viewers...

Sophia* (class of ’22) had no idea what she was going to read about, over Zoom, within Chapter 13 of The Bell Jar. To her surprise, a detailed description unfolded of the main character attempting...

Lucas Solomon (12) was in complete control of himself. He stepped onto the red and blue foam karate mat with conviction, his every stride precise. Judges, seated at each corner of the rectangular ring,...

When stepping into the Ellegaard home, one is greeted by an intricate, handmade marble ball track lining the staircase, Legos sprawled across the living room floor, and a woodshop in the garage, home...

Thirteen and a half million people are victims of stalking each year. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, more than a quarter have reported that they don’t know their stalkers “in any...

For the 12 years he attended school within the Sturgis Public School District, Miguel Perez was lied to.  The school district knew that he required instruction in American Sign Language (ASL),...

Westview is home to eight Career Technical Education (CTE) Pathways, specializing in areas ranging from biotechnology to performing arts. There are three additional pathways offered to Westview students:...

Student loan debt in the United States currently totals approximately $1.76 trillion. An average U.S. household with student debt owes $58,238—one of the highest averages for student loan debt globally.  From...

Construction of a new building with expanded engineering and robotics facilities will begin later this year and is slated to finish in fall of 2024. The building will be located behind the D-building,...

One of the United States’ first environmental laws, the Clean Air Act, was passed in 1963. The act allowed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate power plants by setting a “standard...

In just the past decade, technology has been advancing at unprecedented rates:  network speed has increased tenfold, social media users have increased from 970 million to approximately 3 billion,...

Tamara Deverell was surprised. After stumbling upon the book Gender Queer through her friend’s Facebook post about book bannings in PUSD, she was concerned to see numerous graphic images of sexual...

On Halloween, the Supreme Court heard a case brought by Students for Life against Harvard University. The students were pained to learn that they were a part of the 95% of applicants who were rejected...

In 2018, California passed Proposition 12, the Prevention of Cruelty to Farm Animals Act. The proposition established requirements for farmers to provide a minimum amount of space for egg-laying hens,...

Golden lights illuminated the glass-encased pool, the sounds of a Christmas carol with a trumpet accompaniment rang throughout the audience, and streams of water sprung from the ground in a perfectly...

  In March 2014, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Carlos Vega questioned Terence Tekoh, a certified nursing assistant at a Los Angeles Medical Center, after a sexual assault claim was brought...

Rahul Iyengar (12) started his day in the office across the hall from Rangadore Medical Hospital’s dialysis ward in Bangalore, India. In the second out of four rows of tables, Iyengar opened his...

On June 29, the Supreme Court erased 200 years of precedent by expanding state jurisdiction to prosecute crimes committed by non-Native Americans against Native Americans in Native American county. Victor...

  The first time I noticed it was in a flea market in India. Bustling crowds, shelves lined with colorful accessories and creams, product advertisements hanging on the walls—in the midst...

Antonio Arteaga-Martinez is a Mexican citizen. First arriving in the United States in 2001, Martinez had gone back to Mexico a decade later only to be beaten by a street gang, prompting his return...

Area Administrator Teri Heard rewards students cashing in their Wolverine Bucks, April 25. Heard is in charge of the Wolverine Bucks program on campus.

Rayyan Nasser (12) helps Nirja Trivedi (10) practice for the speech state competition. Both advanced to States, with Nasser competing in Impromtu speech and Trivedi placing 15th in International Extemporaneous...

Leah* had always admired her teacher for consistently interacting with his students to make sure they understood the material. Leah thought that he was good at helping those who were struggling in...

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, with cases surging and schools scheduled to reopen, Eileen* wanted to get vaccinated. She believed it was her duty to help curb the virus’ spread, to do whatever...

[metaslider id="11401"] At 3 a.m., Justin Siu (11) finally finished coding the detection protocol of the GearUp robotic team’s robot. Due to a busy finals week, he said he was unable to code the program...

In 2013, Lara Markey was an economics major at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Knowing she wanted to be a lawyer since middle school, she was planning on taking the traditional path...

Ekene Okolo (12) raised her right hand, solemnly affirming her duty to defend the Constitution of the United States, in faithfully conducting the duties of the office, in taking this obligation freely.  She...

[metaslider id="10792"] Complete with lighting repairs and novel animations displayed through projections, the theater is back since the COVID-19 pandemic closed school with the play “Alice in Wonderland”...

After noticing a spike in mental health concerns—specifically, suicidal ideation—PUSD partnered with the non-profit organization Mending Matters this fall to provide students with direct mental...

The cross country team competes in a series of races separated by grade, the cross country team at the CCA Invitational, Sept. 4.  Even though it’s early in the season, Alexandre Leroy (12) said...

Band President Katie Jacques joins the trombone section during this practice. Other times, Jacques plays the oboe

When the four co-founders of the Unconfined Project met in the same art studio three years ago, they would have never foreseen the heights their art and creativity would take them and their community.  Gavin...