10 Cheap Activities For Spring Break
Matt Bice, Writer
March 11, 2020
If you are staying home for spring break, you may be lost on what to do with so much time and not enough money. Here is a list of interesting things to do around the area, all for less than $11. This way, you can enjoy your spring break on a budget. 1. Geocaching Cost: Free Geocaching...
An Argument for Birthdays
Brendan Ulmer, Writer
February 27, 2020
Did you know that in the vast majority of tribal societies, they don’t keep track of birthdays? Do you know what that says? It says that Hallmark really needs to push their division in South America. I love birthdays, and I especially loved them when I was little. Don’t get me wrong, I resent Hallmark,...
What Is Art?
February 6, 2020
Art can be seen by some as this grandiose feat where only especially talented people can create it. Others see it as a more relaxed and laid back process that isn’t fancy in the slightest. “It’s not something that I’m great at, but I enjoy it,” junior Ruth Pickens said when asked about her d...
Four New Courses Are Being Offered 2020-2021
February 6, 2020
This upcoming school year, Olathe West will add four new courses to its roster. All four courses are social science courses. The new courses include Women’s Studies, Black American History, Human Geography, and Contemporary Issues. Keep reading to learn some more about these new classes. ...
Top Artists to Watch out for in the 2020s
Brendan Ulmer, Writer
January 22, 2020
Clairo Clairo is an up-and-coming indie-pop artist out of Boston. She first rose to fame for her song and accompanying music video “Pretty Girl,” an earworm about the dangers of adjusting yourself to make your partner more comfortable. The music video featured a young Clairo exuberantly d...
Review: Frozen 2 Strikes Big in Box Office But Not in Quality
Riley Keiter, Writer
January 8, 2020
WARNING: This movie review contains spoilers. The worst things about movie theaters are overpriced snacks, annoying teenagers, and watching a bad movie. Seeing Frozen 2 would include all of those. Frozen 2 cost $18 million to make according to the Wall Street Journal, but though the price of th...
Dear Olathe West: Letters from Alumni
Brendan Ulmer, staff writer
January 2, 2020
In May of 2019, we saw our first flock of Owls graduate and leave the nest. However, this doesn’t mean they have forgotten about us. Two alumni have graciously offered words of wisdom for the students who occupy the halls they used to roam. Dear Olathe West, It is my privilege to be wr...
Is it Written in the Stars?
December 10, 2019
Many years ago, back in 3000 B.C., a new culture was created in Babylon. This culture and scientific commonality is known as a subcategory in astrology. In easier terms, the zodiac. Long ago, a form of understanding was created, and still reigns today. Over 90% of adults in the world are aware of their...
Thanksgiving is a Make Believe Holiday
Brendan Ulmer, Writer
November 19, 2019
I’ve never believed in Thanksgiving. What kind of holiday is literally just a large meal? Meals are not holidays. They’re a requirement to maintain custody of your children. I’d get it if we all still harvested our own crops, and we’d been surviving on fistfuls of flour since July, but nowada...
War on Halloween
Brendan Ulmer, Writer
October 30, 2019
**Everything written in this piece is satirical and nonsensical and meant to poke fun at the recent petition going around and/or certain students who may take Halloween a little too seriously** If I’m to believe what the national system and their propagandists have told me, Halloween is not...
I Tried Meditation For a Week
September 25, 2019
This past week, I tried to meditate for 30 minutes every day, emphasis on the word tried. Before last week, I had never tried meditating. I always imagined it as a sacred practice that had many intricate steps to reach a peak state of mindfulness. As I started to look into it, I found that ...
The Revival of Minecraft
Brett Bowers, Writer
September 13, 2019
Not often does society see games from independent developers surpass one million sold copies, yet somehow Minecraft has multiplied that number by 176. That’s right; one hundred and seventy-six MILLION copies of the indie game “Minecraft” have been sold as of now. Minecraft is by far the most downloaded indi...
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March 31, 2020
Olivia Eisenhauer, Writer
March 15, 2020
For most Kansans, except the ones in Manhattan, March is a time awaited since the season started in October,...
10 Cheap Activities For Spring Break
March 11, 2020
If you are staying home for spring break, you may be...
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