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Review: ‘Riverdale’ returns with 5-episode special event and new name
“Riverdale” returned for its sixth season with a 5 episode special event on Nov. 16, but with a different town name. However, the town’s name is not the only thing that has changed.
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News Brief: New interim lunch added to prevent rising COVID cases
In an effort to prevent rising COVID cases, a new interim lunch has been added temporarily for the next few weeks. The interim lunch only affects the following departments: Ac Lab, Study Hall, Math and World Language. The new lunch… Read More ›
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News Brief: Grant’s Farm hosts Holiday Lights Drive-Thru Experience
Grant’s Farm is continuing their annual Holiday Lights Drive-Thru Experience this year for every night until Jan. 2, from 5-9 p.m.
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News Brief: Munir Prince named new head football coach
Munir Prince has been named WGHS new head Varsity football coach, following the resignation of Matt Buha and Prince’s brief role as interim head coach for the Turkey Day football game.
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Men’s diving star reflects on major win
Junior Bennet Loving took home his second consecutive State championship at the Class 1 MSHSAA men’s state swimming and diving championship on Nov. 12.
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Op-ed: English teacher unfairly suspended
English teacher Melissa Rainey has been suspended indefinitely for her involvement in a senior flash mob to celebrate Spirit Week and its class theme of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.”
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Review: Lana Del Rey adds to her blue-ccentric discography with ‘Blue Banisters’
A mere seven months after her folkish, subtle and classic Jack Antonoff-produced album, “Chemtrails over the Country Club,” Lana Del Rey has returned with an introspective and daring 15-track affair, “Blue Banisters.”
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Field hockey team reflects on end of season
Women’s field hockey played this year’s fall season as a very united team. Not just through the bonds or teamwork, women’s field hockey was united as one joint team, compared to separate Varsity and JV teams.
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Matt Buha resigns as WGHS head football coach
Head football coach and physical education teacher Matt Buha has resigned from his position as head football coach effective immediately.
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Hello, YOU: ‘You’ season three review
The third season of “You” is quite the trip — a trip to Joe (Penn Badgley) and Love Quinn-Goldberg’s (Victoria Pedretti) new life in the American dream-type town of Madre Linda, California.
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Creative writing branches out at WGHS
In the midst of a hectic school year, WGHS gained a new school publication.
“The Branch” is the school’s literary magazine, which features all forms of writing and art done by high school students.
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High schools make history with separate dances
For the first time in history, Kirkwood and Webster High Schools will hold the “Friendship” dance separately.
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Gossip Girl returns to screen with new characters
“Gossip Girl” is back for the first time since its series finale in 2012. Switching from the CW to an HBO Max exclusive, it now has a new home. The reboot features an entirely new cast of characters in addition to a twist on the original’s plotline.
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Students demonstrate for dress code changes
About 100 students of all genders demonstrated outside Roberts Gym on Aug. 27, to show support for the movement by all wearing cropped shirts that showed their “Midriff.” Not all students who participated found themselves dress-coded, only a select few, pointing out the inconsistencies of the policy.
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Dress code poll
Do you support the petition created by senior Bridget Moelhman surrounding the dress code?
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Parks Perspective: ‘Hubie Halloween’ does not inspire
“Hubie Halloween,” Netflix’s latest star-studded project, features Adam Sandler and almost the entire “Saturday Night Live” alumni in spooky New England. While not a typical Halloween movie, it is a typical Adam Sandler movie.
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