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The student news site of Westwood High School.

Westwood Horizon

The student news site of Westwood High School.

Westwood Horizon

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It's no surprise that AI has exploded recently, with its wide ranging abilities and innovations. However, conversational AI has potentially dangerous implications and Is destroying fundamental human expirience.

Conversation with a Computation

Aarya Kale, News Editor March 5, 2025

It’s no surprise that the creation of AI has gripped everyone in a suspenseful trance.  Even the supposed critics remain hooked to every mention of the innovation if only to dispute it, a phenomenon...

The 97th Academy Awards ceremony marked yet another year where only one woman was nominated for best director. This lack of diversity and representation needs to be addressed to reflect the true influence women have in filmmaking.

More Women Should Win Best Director

Katie Ring, Reporter March 4, 2025

The Oscars. The oldest of the four major entertainment awards, and largely considered the most prestigious of all movie awards. It’s no surprise that almost 20 million people watched the Academy Awards...

The Metal community is notorious for its radicalization of labelling its music and judging artists for how “heavy” their music sounds. But this trend of labeling has led to stifling creativity among musicians.

The Confining Nature of the Metal Music Industry on Creativity

Sabareesh Dinakaran, Reporter February 28, 2025

Ever since the inception of hard rock from Black Sabbath in the 1960s to the innovation of progressive metal from Periphery in the early 2010s, the metal community has been subject to constant change and...

Social media's rapid rise in our society has popularized short form media content. While this has brought innovation and many  opportunities, the popularization of short form content harms art and artists.

The Rise of Short Form Media is Harmful to Art and Artists

Katie Ring, Reporter February 26, 2025

The rise of short form media came naturally to our fast paced world. And while it originally seemed to solely bring positive benefits, the negative effects that have developed have the potential to end...

In recent years, social media has pushed alternative fashion styles, previously considered more taboo more into the mainstream. But as this trend has persisted, it has led to the appropriation and misrepresentation of these communities' values often pushing aside people of color in the communities they created.

Punk and People of Color: Alternative Fashion Shuns Marginalized Communities

Vedanti Patil, Reporter February 18, 2025

The formula to be regarded as a trendy and fashionable person is a crop top and baggy jeans. Suddenly, they are regarded as peak fashion. Interestingly, these people are also often light-skinned, skinny,...

With Trump's inauguration last Monday and his hot streak of influential executive orders, many Americans relied on cable news to be informed about them. But, these channels are usually strife with political quasi-pundits that rely on their volume rather than their expertise to influence their audiences.

The Reason America Has Become So Divided

Gabriel Oliveira, Reporter February 7, 2025

Last month marked the fourth anniversary of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, where extremists aimed to disrupt the certification of former President Joe Biden’s 2020 Election win via brute force....

At the start of the 2024-25 school year, the Westwood administration introduce a new ban on phones, aiming to increase grades and focus among students. However, after one semester, it's clear that the policy has not achieved its objective.

The Phone Policy Has Failed to Achieve its Objective

Tianwen Gao, Heritage Staff February 2, 2025

As students file into a classroom, they unzip their backpack and place their phones in a designated “phone caddy” area where it remains until the last few minutes of the block, something that would...

Hollywood has a long history of perpetuating and even helping to create harmful stereotypes about Asians and Asian Americans. But media needs to incorporate the nuances and diversity present in Asian culture to represent the Asian American community more accurately.

Exotic, Smart, and Submissive: How Hollywood’s Stereotypes and Tropes Harm Asian American Youth

Nikhil Gupta, Reporter January 22, 2025

The screen is home to many different things. It’s home to news channels that seek to inform about current issues and films and TV shows that explore fantastic realities outside of what the human eye...

On Dec 16, a 15 year old girl killed two people and injured six more in a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin. But despite the prevalence of school shootings, America has a serious lack of gun control that needs to be addressed.

Gun Control Shouldn’t Be Polarizing

Bella Yi, Heritage Campus Life Editor January 14, 2025

Last month, a 15 year old girl killed two people and injured six more before turning the gun on herself in a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin. This tragedy marks the 83rd...

20v1 is a genre of YouTube video that mirrors speed dating, with more risque topics. While many people enjoy these videos for their crude nature, they often promote harmful stereotypes toward the Black community, specifically Black women.

20v1 and The Oversexualization of Black Women

London May, Reporter December 11, 2024

Doom scrolling through social media is inevitable. Especially in this day and age, coming across controversial content on social media content is nothing new. The content in question gets its five minutes...

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