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Kinnick a Dying Legend

Everyone knows the stadium, but do they know the man behind it?

by Tanner Lehtinen  •  Sep 30, 2022
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The Enginerds Compete at the Robotics World Championship

This year, Waukee’s Robotics team (the Enginerds) had the opportunity to go to the Robotics World Championship due to their excellence and hard work this season. AJ Brown, a senior on the team, shared with the Arrowhead about his experience. “Making it to Worlds has been our big goal since…

by Emma Gaughan  •  May 13, 2022
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Psychology Of Elizabeth Holmes

Over the past two decades, the company name, Theranos, has bounced around news outlets and dining room tables, everyone talking about the fraud of Elizabeth Holmes. Starting back in 2003 with a patent for the name Theranos, Holmes dropped out of Stanford with an idea that would hopefully change the…

by kyliehintz  •  Apr 7, 2022
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The Largest Criminal Operation

A Criminal’s Masterpiece Silk Road was one of the most infamous and largest criminal operations in modern times. The website will facilitate one of the largest selections of illegal services meant to be bought and sold. From drugs to human trafficking and murder for hire, the sale of firearms, and…

by Steven Bossenberger  •  Apr 6, 2022
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Random Tuesday — March 22, 2022

Arrowhead photographers roamed the school to capture a day in the life of WHS. Did your picture make the photo gallery?

by Mrs. Hogan  •  Mar 23, 2022
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Believe all victims…except these ones?

An in depth look at the stigma of sexual assault victims and how it harms men.

by kyliehintz  •  Feb 28, 2022
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Valentine’s Gifts in a Pinch

Need a last-minute gift? Here are some ideas that say “I care,” not “I forgot”

by Kira Ali  •  Feb 13, 2022
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Random Tuesday at Waukee High School

It was just a random Tuesday ... Arrowhead photographers Ritika Shroff and Alex Siegle captured moments from around the building.

by Ritika Shroff  •  Feb 9, 2022
Culture

The Evolution of Comedy

Comedy is a form of entertainment made to make an audience laugh using jokes, sketches, and stories. There are many forms of comedy. Movies, television shows, and situational comedies or sitcoms for short have dominated our televisions. But comedy today hardly resembles the genre in decades past. The first-ever…

by Steven Bossenberger  •  Jan 28, 2022
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Hyper-sexualizing Young Women

Adults need to change the way they think about young women and their bodies and let girls be comfortable with themselves. 

by Emma Peterson  •  Jan 12, 2022