Looking beyond the average textbook, students see two main ways to gain professional experience: jobs and internships. Due to many jobs demanding extraneous hours, internships have been seen as the path...

Over the past year, Chromebooks have become a controversial emblem of the virtual education era. In 2020, when all students were learning remotely, a 1 to 1 Chromebook program was implemented across RRISD,...

Many immigrants look at the U.S. as a safe country with opportunities to build a better life for themselves and their children. However, with the immigration system becoming more and more backlogged with...

One YouTube comment sourced from the “dark web” should not have been enough to convince an increasing 13,000 viewers that the New York Times (NYT) had murdered an anonymous interviewee three years...

Since early March 2020, the whole world has been plagued by the COVID-19 virus. This virus took over the world in just a few months, changing how we live life every day. Tactics to prevent the spread of...

Amazon recently announced a plan to increase its pay for warehouse and transportation workers to an average of $18 an hour. Accompanying the increase, Amazon plans to hire 125,000 new employees by the...

In order to help with social distancing, Westwood has expanded seating opportunities for students during lunch. More picnic tables and benches have been added to the front of the school and the amphitheater....

The Biden Administration finally ended the War on Terror after seven years on Saturday, Sept. 11. The United States’ involvement made the situation there worse than ever. Not only is Afghanistan in a...

On Monday, Aug. 16, President Joe Biden gave a speech about the American troops fighting “America’s longest war” with the Taliban in Afghanistan. He went over the fight’s purpose and the reasoning...

On Saturday, Sept. 18, supporters of former President Donald Trump attended the Justice for J6 rally, a protest against the incarceration of those who participated in the riot at the capitol on Wednesday,...

Parking shouldn’t be something students are thinking about when they leave for school. Especially returning from a year of virtual learning, students just want normalcy. However, amidst the construction,...

We would all like to think that we aren't part of an agenda that keeps old-fashioned views in place, but we are. I used to think that I was this hyper feminist who could do no wrong, though the truth is...