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Varsity field player Leo Garrison (9) handles the ball and scans the pool. West’s loss in last week’s match against Milken Community was largely due to a lack of communication in the pool as well as two dominating players on the opposing team. Despite losing, West continued to play and fight hard until the game was finished. Photo courtesy of David Ventura.
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Joshua Lee, Staff Writer • September 20, 2023
A Del Amo mall police officer intervenes in a fight between two teenagers as a crowd gathers to watch the commotion. This is minutes before Torrance PD began to arrive at the scene in full force. Photo courtesy of Alan Bribesca (12).
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Jackson Mancilla, Staff Writer • September 18, 2023
The push by public schools for more STEM-centered learning is nothing new, and has been around since at least the 1950s. When competing against the Soviets in the Space Race first began, it consumed every aspect of American culture, and in a way still does. This desire to become a leading country in STEM-related subjects has endured throughout the years, steamrolling the fine arts behind the glamor and flashy headlines of new advancements and scientific discoveries.
Make Way, STEM Coming Through!
Alexandra Arnold, Staff Writer • September 18, 2023
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Sadie Hawkins Cut

On April 15th, 2010, West High ASB cancelled the Sadie Hawkins Dance due to a lack of ticket sales. Sadie coordinator Yu Hu (11) stated, “We absolutely did not want to have a dance with less than one-hundred people at the most. We just decided as a collective whole to just cancel the dance altogether.”

The student body of West High had mixed responses to the event’s cancellation. John Lee (10) responded, “Yeah, dances are cool and all, and I feel pretty bummed that the dance was gone. I was really looking forward to attending it with my friends.”

Although the dance was not successful this year, plenty of improvements will be made next year. Hu already has several suggestions for next year’s Sadie Hawkins coordinator, “sell [tickets] before the break and use the online store that can be easily set up. The online store is a place where students just log in and buy tickets from home.”

Hu also voiced concerns for West’s decaying school spirit. “I just like to say that it was really disappointing to see that our student body is becoming just really ignorant when it comes to school events that the majority can care less and they failed to realize that by not participating will only make West into a boring school. I hope our students can participate more.”

For now, there can only be hopes for a greater turnout next year.

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