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Photo Story: The Waste Land

The series is part of an ongoing project that began in early 2025, where I intend to photograph my younger sibling incrementally throughout their adolescence.

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Letter from the Editor

If I can inspire just one person to want to become editor themself, every single unread reminder email will have been worth it.

Photo Story: The Waste Land

The series is part of an ongoing project that began in early 2025, where I intend to photograph my younger sibling incrementally throughout their adolescence.

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Photo Story: The Waste Land

The series is part of an ongoing project that began in early 2025, where I intend to photograph my younger sibling incrementally throughout their adolescence.

Drum and Bass Dance Playlist

A 10-track journey through the best Drum and Bass has to offer.

Letter from the Editor

If I can inspire just one person to want to become editor themself, every single unread reminder email will have been worth it.

Twenty-One Years in the Weir View Mirror: A Teacher Makes An Impact on NWA

Sharon Weir, the Middle School Dean of Studies and middle school social studies teacher, has taught at Northwest Academy for 21 years, making her one of the longest-serving staff members.

Angry Pigeons: Wren Alger

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Letter from the Editor

The future is wildly unpredictable.

Joanne Kim Steps In as New High School Head

“I am really interested in the way the high school is building community and reflection on what it means to be part of a community,” Kim said.

Odyssey: Make It Worthwhile

Now I am free of my mask so now I can turn my life into my dream album.

Photo Story: The Waste Land

The series is part of an ongoing project that began in early 2025, where I intend to photograph my younger sibling incrementally throughout their adolescence.

Drum and Bass Dance Playlist

A 10-track journey through the best Drum and Bass has to offer.

Letter from the Editor

If I can inspire just one person to want to become editor themself, every single unread reminder email will have been worth it.

Twenty-One Years in the Weir View Mirror: A Teacher Makes An Impact on NWA

Sharon Weir, the Middle School Dean of Studies and middle school social studies teacher, has taught at Northwest Academy for 21 years, making her one of the longest-serving staff members.

Tucker Maxon: A Diverse School for Diverse Learners

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Commentary: Cuts to NOAA Endanger Us All

NOAA’s educational grant programs fund student organized research, providing educational opportunities to scientifically passionate scholars. 

The Road Warrior: George Miller’s Passion for Action

The Road Warrior feels like the quintessential Mad Max film.

Spain Stood Up to the United States. The Rest of the World Should Follow Suit

The Iran war and the genocide in Gaza are morally wrong and internationally unpopular; the rest of the world should take a page out of Spain’s book and stand up.

Post 58 Gets Teens Out Into Nature

Post 58 is a nonprofit that brings together Portland area teens from different high schools by organizing excursions into the outdoors.

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Will NWA Ban Cell Phones?

Some students believe that the high school doesn't need to revisit their policy because the current one is uncomplicated and problem-free. 

Track by Track: Pet Shop Boys: Behaviour

Three decades later, Behaviour is considered one of the Pet Shop Boys' finest albums. Three students from the class dissect the album, track by track.

The Heart of Journalism

I look forward to all of the wonderful writing we get to do for you, the bonds between new class members and most of all communicating with a creative and inquisitive student body who deserve to have their opinions and work uplifted.

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Photo Story: The Waste Land

The series is part of an ongoing project that began in early 2025, where I intend to photograph my younger sibling incrementally throughout their adolescence.

Drum and Bass Dance Playlist

A 10-track journey through the best Drum and Bass has to offer.

Julian’s Superheroes

I started drawing superheroes to practice my human anatomy and grow my knowledge of human musculature. It has since grown into a hobby.

Photo Story: Ireland

This summer my family took a trip to Ireland.

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Four Poems

"I am filled with a heart, bigger than the moon/ It breaks the bones, the cage in my chest"

Sun, take me back and Other Poems

"I have been dying a long time in this mist country-land, this pink plate flanked by rain"

Those I Stand Upon and Other Poems

"I would that solitude seek which/ Lies where none else may seek to find"

The Shape Shifter: A Wizard’s Exploration of Sacred Geometry

Vertax was a wizard, but by all accounts not an entirely sane one.

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Two Poems

"You are wasting time, wasting me away when already you’ve wasted it all."

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