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Animals: The Solution to Stress?

Lanie Render, Contributor December 19, 2016

As finals roll around at BV West, the stress level for students is extremely high. Deadlines, final grades, and the nagging of your parents can be heard in many households and students need a outlet. How...

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Movie Review

Kayleee Alexander and Kristina Cripe, Contributors December 19, 2016

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has been exciting us since the trailer was released in 2015. The deep, dark hole that dwelled in our hearts after Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was filled...

Refugee camp in Aleppo, taken by the Humanitarian Relief Foundation.

Justice for Aleppo

Sydney Schranz, Contributor December 15, 2016

For years, civil war has torn Syria apart. Innocents have been murdered, bombs have obliterated cities, and as fighting continues--spurred by a failed ceasefire--more wreckage continues. So why are...

Is It Too Early For Christmas Music?

Jonah Park, Editor-In-Chief November 21, 2016

Every year, it seems like Christmas music is played earlier and earlier. Radio stations even proceeded to begin playing 24/7 Christmas music on November 1st. Sure, Christmas music is enjoyable and brings...

Rally in Indianapolis

Rally in Indianapolis

Rachel Pickett, Contributor November 16, 2016

Last weekend I was in Indianapolis with five other BV West students for the National High School Journalism Convention. When Saturday rolled around, word got out that there was going to be a  peace rally...

Why Voting in this Election Mattered

Stephen Kinder, Contributer November 16, 2016

No doubt about it, this election is probably the most hyped event of 2016. While the "hype" is a relative term, it is almost impossible to not hear about the election once a day. Stats from polls have...

Walmart: $ Savvy...not trashy

Walmart: $ Savvy…not trashy

Sydney Milonovich, Guest Contributor September 30, 2015

Every week there are 100,000,000 people who shop at the supermarket committed to providing their customers with the lowest prices, Wal-Mart. According to Global Insight, the regular American family can...

Smartphone Addiction

John A. Byrket, Writer September 4, 2015

Teenagers are addicted to their phones. Its that simple. Walking around the halls of any school you won’t even be able to see what kids faces look like because they are looking down at their phones....

Netflix: The Internet Equivalent of a Library

Brittany Reid and Sophia Schmidt May 21, 2015

Netflix, everyone’s new love. Who isn’t addicted and obsessed with the 21st century time waster? Many people have recently gotten hooked on Netflix within the past two years and it has only gotten...

AP Tests for Freshman

Mikaela Schmitt, 21CJ Reporter May 21, 2015

Finals are a stressful time, but even more stressful are the AP Tests. As people look forward to summer, they just have to get through the AP tests and finals, then they are free. An AP (advanced placement)...

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