Eighty-three-year-old Edith “Edie” Windsor had been engaged to her partner, Thea Spyer, for 40 years before they finally married in Canada in 2007. Two years later when Spyer died, Windsor was not con-sidered to be […]
In his 2013 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama proposed raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to $9 an hour by 2015. In reality, such a move would ruin the chances of teenagers […]
For most people, the words “minimum wage” evoke images of teenagers taking orders or bussing tables for money to pay for car insurance or movie tickets. Now, however, the Great Recession has forced millions of […]
Two weeks after her 18th birthday, a girl watches her twin brother fill out a military draft registration card. She wonders why she too is not participating in this coming-of-age ritual alongside her brother. Why […]
As many of you probably know, we here at West have started something big. It’s a thing that I like to call the Dirty Birds. This season we have epito-mized what a student section should […]
A student trudged into his home after a long afternoon of tedious cashiering at the local grocery store. He opened his backpack, pulled out his chemistry homework and glanced at the clock as it struck […]
Hands trembling, junior Marianne Hoppe nervously concocted blood pressure medication for a six-month-old using a mortar and pestle. The lights above hummed as the owner of Etowah Pharmacy closely observed the work of his young […]
Students’ hearts raced as their teacher scolded them for whispering while she was teaching. As her anger grew, her face began turning a deep red and her voice climbed to a high decibel. The students’ […]
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