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Day of Love: Legend and History of Valentine’s Day
Though the holiday is well known today, the specific origin is not fully known
Travel the World of Food with Waukee
From Rome to Tokyo, see some of the amazing food delicacies of WHS students
The Future for the Overwatch Team
WHS’s Competitive Overwatch team has been undefeatable in the winter season, at least until one recent game. So what does the future look like for the WHS eSports team?
College Confusion: The Difficulty of Finding Scholarships
Students speak out on the troubles of finding scholarships as they leave WHS this spring
How Much of These Hills Is Gold deconstructs the mythos of the Old West
How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C. Pam Zhang explores American history through new eyes
Super Bowl Showdown: Predicting Super Bowl 58
The stage is set for Super Bowl LVIII. The San Francisco 49ers will take on the Kansas City Chiefs in Las Vegas. According to ESPN, San Francisco is currently the favorite to win, but with Patrick Mahomes leading the Chiefs, you never know. Mahomes is now in his fourth Super…
Winter weather causes reschedule of Winter Formal, students speak out on bad conditions
As the winter season starts to leave Iowa, the weather has still impacted our school events. Winter Formal, originally slated for Saturday, January 20th, found itself at the mercy of unfavorable road conditions, prompting a reschedule to Friday, February 9th. This decision moved because of safety concerns for young drivers…
Snowstruck: Reflecting on cancellation of Waukee Starstruck
Waukee students and directors reflect on this year's StarStruck cancellation
Keeping up with the Israel-Hamas War
Update: Israel Takes Action in Rafah May 8, 2024: On Tuesday, May 7, the border crossing of Rafah was seized by Israeli troops. This occurred after Hamas accepted the Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal, which would have Hamas gradually release hostages while Israel would withdraw its troops, according to PBS. AP News shared more…
Dead Plate: Take on Indie Horror Using RPG
The game ‘Dead Plate’ was released not long ago on November 6th of 2023. Only 2 months ago. When YouTubers I know saw this game it piqued their interest such as ‘Jay From the Kubz Scouts’ and ‘LaurenZside.’ They are both big YouTubers and sometimes showing from being influencers it…