By Catharine Li, Reporter

February 22, 2020

On Wednesday, Feb. 5, graduating student athletes and their supporting families, coaches, and teams filled the Field House for National Signing Day, celebrating the end to an extensive recruiting process and the culmination of the efforts, achievements, and commitment over the past four years.  “Most of these athletes signed earlier in the year but today we recognize all of our soon to be...

By Joanne Liu, Yearbooker

February 14, 2020

To apply the methods of writing and persuasion learned in Outliers to the real world, TAG Pre-AP/IB English II students participated in a shark tank project, based off of the reality TV show Shark Tank. The class split up into groups of four to five members, and developed their own product idea. On presentation day, the groups pitched to a panel of sharks, who were all faculty members, to convince...

By Shawkin Kabir, Reporter

February 13, 2020

A few debaters attended a supplemental tournament this weekend at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Being a supplemental meant that it was a tournament outside the Westwood Speech and Debate team’s regular local Austin tournament schedule. The students attended this tournament to collect more points to be able to qualify for the Texas Forensic Association (TFA) State Tournament in March. By going...

By Kathryn Markovitz, Photographer

February 22, 2020

By Ian Drerup, Reporter

February 20, 2020

The varsity boys’ lacrosse team took on the Round Rock Dragons at home on Wednesday, Feb. 19, and unfortunately lost 9-4. In the first quarter, the dragons asserted their dominance and scored two points, while ensuring the Warriors were unable to score any. The second quarter brought some hope when Sean Townsend ‘20 made a goal, but the Dragons countered with a point of their own, ending...

February 19, 2020

By Yunoo Kim, Reporter

February 20, 2020

Love is in full bloom in To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You, coming out just before Valentine’s Day as a sequel to the popular teenage romance film To All the Boys I Loved Before. It is an adaptation of Jenny Han’s young adult novel P.S. I Still Love You, the second book in her trilogy. Released on Netflix, the film was highly anticipated due to the success of its predecessor. Though it is...

By Rustin Mehrabani-Farsi, Extras Editor

February 19, 2020

Sonic the Hedgehog has been a gaming icon for decades, ever since his debut in 1991. Originally set to release in November of 2019, this movie received mass backlash from the internet over Sonic’s design after the first trailer was released. Paramount took these criticisms into account and delayed the movie to February 2020, promising a redesign that would do the blue blur justice. But would that...

By Sarah Wang, Heritage Photo Editor

February 16, 2020

For the annual dance competition, the SunDancers partnered with MA Dance Competition to host the first Austin Classic (AC) on Saturday, Feb. 8. Schools from the surrounding Austin area pooled to Westwood to compete their various group dances, duets, solos, ensembles, and officer pieces. The event began with the first solo and 8 a.m. and lasted until when awards were announced around 10 p.m.. “This...