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Articles from May 2008

It's just high school

May 28, 2008

I recently went to a dance show at Crossroads that I couldn't help but think by "Harvard Westlake standards" was unprofessional.

Dear Will...

May 28, 2008

They sent me the letter you wrote this week—you know, the one you wrote to me in Choices and Challenges two years ago, with your hopes, warnings and prophecies that were forgotten a good two minutes after the envelope was closed.

Unwritten, a pop song

May 28, 2008

We have this joke on the Chronicle. It has to do with a certain member of the staff (Michael Kaplan), his iPod, its “top 25 most played” playlist, a road trip to Fullerton and Natasha Bedingfield’s song “Unwritten.”

See all that you can see

May 28, 2008

Do you remember that scene at the end of “The Truman Show” when Jim Carrey must choose between the calm waters and blue sky of his faux world or the shadowed threshold that leads to the real world?

Schedule will shortchange school

May 28, 2008

The schedule changes planned for the 2009-2010 school year will taint winter break, inconvenience athletes and unnecessarily burden the entire school. The modifications to the schedule are unjustifiable.

It's time to crack down

May 28, 2008

A quasi policy that half suggests and half cajoles will not dissuade anyone bent on cheating from finding ways to get answers, without direct use of a cell phone.

Unforgettable

May 28, 2008

Does any other senior besides me possess the mentality that as we leave Harvard-Westlake for good, the school itself will simultaneously cease to exist?

Make a difference

May 28, 2008

The safety of home and school are phenomenal places to practice random acts of kindness and less random acts of community service.

Foster bonds through retreat

May 28, 2008

Why do only lower school students get the privilege of a four-day October vacation? Upper schoolers need a retreat just as much, if not more, than their junior high counterparts.

The little things

May 28, 2008

My november column was about the disappointing amount of trash

Balancing act

May 28, 2008

It had been in my nature to work endlessly for so long

On failure and expectaions

May 28, 2008

I never broke five minutes in the mile.

Love/Hate

May 28, 2008

Part of me feels sorry for my peers going to big, competitive universities because the cutthroat atmoshpere will be there, too.  

A thank you note to the Señor

May 28, 2008

The first time I sat through a class at Harvard Westlake, I was 9 years old.

A whole lotta love

May 28, 2008

Sitting on my bed this afternoon was an envelope with the Harvard-Westlake return address label in the upper left corner and my address in the center. The heart dotting the “i” in Annie gave

A light bulb moment?

May 28, 2008

I will begin this column by apologizing to every single teacher, administrator, student, coach and announcer

Spam and rejection

May 28, 2008

The spam e-mail is lying: you are who you are, and there really isn't much you can do to change it.

A sentimental, nostalgic view

May 28, 2008

I love Harvard-Westlake.

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