West County World

September 2022 Issue

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Project Graduation Announcement
Project Graduation Announcement
Logan Holland April 25, 2023

The Analy High School Project Graduation Committee is once again working diligently in preparing Project Graduation, an all-night safe and sober party for the 349+ graduating seniors of Analy and Laguna high schools. The event will be held at Epicenter this year, and we are planning to occupy the entirety of it as we bring back some past favorites for...

Town Hall Meeting: November 17th @Analy
Town Hall Meeting: November 17th @Analy
Hannah Berkheimer, Staff Writer • November 12, 2022

The Analy Activist Club is planning a town hall meeting for November 17 at 7 pm on the Analy campus with panelists from the student body and community organizations to discuss social justice issues on campus. The goal of the town hall is to form a coalition of students, parents, staff, other community organizations (such as the NAACP, JACL, and Los...

The Menstrual Equity Act
The Menstrual Equity Act
Hannah Berkheimer , Staff Writer • September 30, 2022

On October 8, 2021, governor Gavin Newsom signed the Menstrual Equity Act, which requires public schools to provide free menstrual products in their bathrooms. Section 35292.6(a) of the California Education Code states that public schools that maintain “any combination of classes from grades 6 to 12, inclusive, shall stock the school’s restrooms...

World News: 7.6 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Mexico on September 19th… for the third time.
World News: 7.6 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Mexico on September 19th… for the third time.
Andrea Benito Chino, Staff Writer • September 30, 2022

A curse, or a mere coincidence? On Monday, September 19th, around 1:05 pm on, the Mexican states of Colima and Michoacan began to shake. Earthquakes are quite common nowadays, with about 20,000 happening annually around the globe, equaling to about 55 per day. However, earthquakes don’t happen 3 different times, on the same day, over the span of 40...

Red Hill Fuel Leak: An Engineering Catastrophe
Red Hill Fuel Leak: An Engineering Catastrophe
Reilly Mcknight, Staff Writer & Editor • September 30, 2022

On May 6th, 2021 on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, an operator mishap caused a surge of pressure within the main pipeline of the U.S. Navy’s Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility. 20,000 gallons (76,000 liters) of gasoline leaked into the drain line, and later into a major aquifer, poisoning over 90,000 Hawai’i residents’ drinking water and...

The People of Analy
The People of Analy
Savanna Conwell, Staff Writer • September 30, 2022

Stella Finely: Cross Country   “I like cross country because of the people. Yes, I love running and the competition, but the thing that stands out at the end of the day is how amazing the group of people who make up the team are.”       Francis Pactol: Co-President of AAPI  “I feel like I’m pretty...

What Would You Have Done DIfferently Last Year?
YOCELIN RAMIREZ, staff writer • September 30, 2022

Current Seniors “I wish I would’ve tried to socialize more. Just given more effort in that aspect. I did the first semester in person then went online last year so I was just alone at home only working on school school work.” - Landon Parsons “I wish that the college and career counselors came out to classes during my junior year because...

To what extent do values shape citizens perceptions of self-determination in Ukraine?
To what extent do values shape citizens' perceptions of self-determination in Ukraine?
Logan Holland , Editor, Columnist, & Web Developer • September 25, 2022

Historical Perspective: In an article published on the Kremlin website in early July of 2021, Russian President Vladmir Putin postulated that Russians and Ukrainians are one group of people; with a shared history and culture and therefore shouldn’t be two different countries (Putin). This is not a new world vision, for example in 2008 during a...

Sports Column: Issue #1
Sports Column: Issue #1
Logan Holland , Editor, Columnist, & Web Developer • September 25, 2022

An epoch of enthronement and enshrinement awaits as the bleachers reverberate with noise. Donning Red and Blue, the Analy Tigers have the full momentum of the crowd behind them for the first time in nearly two years. Hours before kick-off electricity surges across the campus as team spirit infuses students, fostering a deafening atmosphere; rattling...

Advice Column Submission

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Ask Gwendolyn April
Gwen Gordon, Staff Writer • April 26, 2021

Dear Gwendolyn, Hi there, I recently got cheated on and dumped. I found out my partner cheated on our two year anniversary. They cheated on me with some close friends of mine. What should I do?  Sincerely,  Dumped    Dear Dumped,  I’m so sorry to hear you’ve been cheated on. I imagine you must be devastated and feeling hurt, alone, confused, betrayed, and sad. In addition...

Music Reviews March/April
Ryan Gronich, Music Critic and Puzzle Master • April 26, 2021

INDIE/ALTERNATIVE: Threesome - Baby Boys (March 12) Hippo Campus is a band pretty well-known in teenage indie circles for songs like “Way It Goes” and “Buttercup,” jaunty indie-pop tunes decorated by their performers’ warbling vocals and guitar pedals. Baby Boys’ Threesome sees two of their four members (singer Jake Luppen and guitarist Nathan Stocker) join local Twin Cities friend and...

Latin translation: Meaningless thunderbolt

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