When the world shut down during the pandemic, the education system took a weighty hit. Due to rolling school closures, harmful staff shortages, and the concern of absenteeism, schools had no choice but...
Austin Community College (ACC) recently proposed a new opportunity for students to explore their future college careers by granting free tuition to high school graduates. The college has created this plan,...
In 2015, the Texas Legislature amended the part of the Texas Education Code that deemed the failure to attend school a criminal offense. Now, districts implement their own ways of preventing absences,...
To stay prepared for the emergence of a new strain of COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) has focused research on a concept known as Disease X, a hypothetical upcoming disease that scientists...
As a result of heavy rainfall beginning on Monday, Jan. 22 and persisting until Thursday, Jan. 25, Austin drivers had to be extra cautious to avoid slippery asphalt and crowded conditions on the road.
“I...
On Monday, Jan. 15, Austin temperatures dropped to a low of 15 F, with a high of 27 F in the afternoon. Snow fell lightly in some areas of Austin, such as the northwest region, causing the roads there...
This spring, College Board will fully digitize the SAT. This means that, unless a student has an accommodation that requires them to take a paper test, all students - both internationally and within the...
Despite Sanfilippo syndrome’s high mortality rate and lack of a cure, when Sophie Liu ‘25 tried to discuss the genetic disorder with her peers, she realized that none of them actually knew what it...
With large companies like Google, Microsoft, and Meta investing in the research of artificial intelligence in the last few years, the significant influence of these companies on the development and application...
Chloe Oakley, Campus News Editor
• December 29, 2023
After three months of collecting supplies for animals in need, Paw Plan officers dropped off donations in a community supply drive to animal shelters Austin Pets Alive and the Central Texas Society...
Intense bolts of pain, only subsiding to give way to a dull, continuous ache in the lower abdomen, all shadowed by the irritable and sluggish mindset to simply keep pushing through one’s day, is a common...
On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which meant that the option to have an abortions was left to the states to decide. This ruling led Texas to fully ban abortions after the first...
![Posing with a cookie and flyer, Sophie Liu 25 makes up half of Journey for Tomorrow, a HOSA project that aims to raise funds for Sanfilippo syndrome research. To encourage donations to their cause, Liu and her HOSA partner, Jenny Yun 25, created flyers, fundraisers, and social media accounts. [Funds are] going towards genetic research for gene therapy and enzyme replacement therapy so that there can be a cure for Sanfilippo, Liu said.](https://westwoodhorizon.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-2024-01-14-11.27.03-PM.png)
