Family vlogging became a YouTube craze over a decade and a half ago when the “Shaytards” began posting videos surrounding their children’s activities. Their YouTube description claims, “If life's...

To many students, the process of applying to college is extremely intimidating. It can be hard to know where to start and how to be successful. Applying for and deciding where you will go to college...

  Fashion trends are always changing, recycling old styles and creating new looks. The past few years have seen aspects of the 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s make a comeback. As trends begin to cycle...

For marginalized groups and minorities, history months hold a significant amount of importance. These months aren't meant to exclude certain groups–they are meant to highlight the journey and fight people...

The headline above was generated by an Artificial Intelligence chatbot in GPT-4. The 28 word response used more than a quarter of a water bottle to cool the server and the energy used to generate this...

You may be under the impression that Olathe West is a “green” school, considering we have a recycling can in every classroom and are home to the Green Tech 21st Century Academy. Our principal, Jay...

Homecoming week is always an exciting part of the year, jam packed with all kinds of activities to build up school spirit and community.  It is a highlight to many students as they pass through high...

When the Olathe School board created the new policy restricting device usage during class time, many students were upset.  Including me.  The policy set by the school board on Aug. 1 can be found...

Everything we’re told throughout all our years of school has been about the same thing. Work hard, do the best, it’ll all pay off when you graduate. That is what I kept telling myself as I studied...

Summer 2024 has been declared as the “Tankini Girl Summer.”  The tankini girl summer is a trend where some girls on TikTok have decided to wear tankinis this summer rather than their usual bikinis. Since...

A fun, competitive and spirited game for upperclassmen. That’s how the popular game “assassins” is described. While that’s how it's intended to be, some people can take it a little far. Which is...

The Olathe school district has officially changed school start and end times for all schools, which will begin next school year. The changes are a result of adapting to a shortage of bus drivers.  Their...