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Northwest Academy will soon fall under Clean & Safe's jurisdiction, but just how clean and safe will we be?

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Staying informed is a crucial way to support those around us, especially amidst a political climate that seeks to take away our information and access to fundamental rights.

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“It’s a funny city with a lot of people who have colored hair."

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"I like pineapple on my pizza."

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It’s hard to find good horror. But that doesn't mean horror as a genre is undeserving of respect and attention.

Coastal Adventures

Maybe it is the salt or the sense of adventure or the stirring of the waves, but I cannot resist shooting film at the beach.

ArtsWeek 2025 Approaches

Every May, Northwest Academy holds ArtsWeek, a celebration of students’ art.

Clean & Safe: The Good, the Bad and the Dirty

Northwest Academy will soon fall under Clean & Safe's jurisdiction, but just how clean and safe will we be?

How to Get Involved: Protecting Reproductive Rights

Staying informed is a crucial way to support those around us, especially amidst a political climate that seeks to take away our information and access to fundamental rights.

French Students Visit NWA

“It’s a funny city with a lot of people who have colored hair."

Commentary: Four-Day Schedules Cause Confusion and Inconsistency

The class duration and order inconsistencies are illogical and stray from the normal schedule so much that they cause stress and confusion for some students and staff on where they are supposed to be at any given time. 

Commentary: Teachers! Effort Over Excellence, Please

"Engagement and effort are an underused way to evaluate students."

Commentary: Keep Commerce Out of Art

Capitalism warps the incentive of producing art from something pure into making money.

Commentary: Heavy Metal Gatekeepers Can Take a Hike

Gatekeepers want to preserve the authenticity and exclusivity of a community by keeping people out who they think might pollute it or make it mainstream.

Commentary: Unleashing American Energy, Unleashing Chaos

By favoring the fossil fuel industry at the expense of the environment, public health and long-term economic growth, this order represents everything wrong with our current approach to energy policy. 

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Grace By Jeff Buckley: A Terrifyingly Real Listen

Surrounded by albums weighed down and covered in dirty, distorted and droning major chords, all overlaid with detached and self-ashamed lyrics, the flighty and unapologetic wails on Grace feel nothing short of salvation from grunge’s four-year reign. 

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"Most erosion of our privacy is happening at the hands of companies, rather than individuals—the way we’re advertised to as consumers, in particular."

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My goal with every story is to explore some aspect of the human experience.

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The Art You Love

"How do others relate to our art?"

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“Void of Course” draws its name from an astrological term that describes a period when the Moon is not making any major aspects before it transitions into the next sign.

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"Where Citizen Kane is abundant in conversation, I felt a modern version could very easily have less speaking, and more visual storytelling."

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The Fish

"I loved everything about the coast. The beach, the ocean breeze, the salted air that I’d gotten so accustomed to that when I went inland the air smelled bland."

Invarus (Excerpt)

"Pain washed through Keltrinne’s body. She contorted, writhed, then rolled off the top bunk into open air."

Four Poems

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the pearls weep for sophie

under the surf     the symphony of synths

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I will keep you on my wall And watch you burn Until hell freezes over.

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