The student news site of Westwood High School.

Westwood Horizon

The student news site of Westwood High School.

Westwood Horizon

The student news site of Westwood High School.

Westwood Horizon

Opinions

Net Neutrality Must Be Kept Safe As The Internet Expands

Net Neutrality Must Be Kept Safe As The Internet Expands

Bernice Chen, Opinions Editor October 18, 2018

Nowadays, the majority of America has access to the internet. More people have been gaining the ability to use the network, and about 90 percent of American adults can now visit the internet, with 77 percent...

Artificial Intelligence Needs Discussion Before Further Development

Artificial Intelligence Needs Discussion Before Further Development

Bernice Chen, Opinions Editor September 27, 2018

Artificial intelligence are machines that can display intelligence similar to humans and have recently become more ubiquitous. Computer scientists and companies all over the world are pouring funds into...

Ocean Plastic Cleanup Project Finds Possible Solution

Ocean Plastic Cleanup Project Finds Possible Solution

Bernice Chen, Opinions Editor September 18, 2018

Plastic litter is all around us nowadays - whether on beaches, the grass patches near roads, or out in the middle of the ocean. It’s too easy to Google and find countless photos of fish, birds, and other...

National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month: Student Voices

National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month: Student Voices

Dia Jain, Horizon Assistant Editor September 14, 2018

This story includes mentions of suicide/suicide attempts, self-harm, addiction, and depression, which may be triggering to some individuals. Please read with caution. September is National Suicide Prevention...

Unqualified Driving Instructors Are Causing Potential Harm

Unqualified Driving Instructors Are Causing Potential Harm

Dia Jain, Horizon Assistant Editor September 7, 2018

A few days ago, my friend and I had our third driving lesson with a local driving school. As we waited in the school building, we were unaware of who to expect as our instructor since we had different...

Jacksonville Shooting Emboldens Urgency For Gun Control

Jacksonville Shooting Emboldens Urgency For Gun Control

Bernice Chen, Opinions Editor September 6, 2018

The competitive video game industry, known as eSports, has gotten more and more popular over the last few years. The appeal of gaming and its ability to let players and spectators have fun and take a break...

Manafort Indictment Unlikely to Make Things Worse for Trump

Manafort Indictment Unlikely to Make Things Worse for Trump

Clementine Larrouilh, Horizon Editor in Chief September 4, 2018

Last October, Paul Manafort, a chairman for the Trump campaign in 2016, turned himself into the FBI after he was accused of 12 counts, including conspiracy against the United States. These accusations...

Romantic Comedies Glorify Toxic Relationships

Romantic Comedies Glorify Toxic Relationships

Anouka Saha, Opinions Editor September 3, 2018

Romantic comedies were supposedly a dead genre. They used to make up 7.4% of films released in 1998, but now only make up about 0.1%. Recently however, they’ve been making a comeback, with new ones being...

Students wait by the gates to be released from the cafeteria.

New Lunch Policy Restricts Student Freedom

Dia Jain, Horizon Assistant Editor September 2, 2018

Westwood recently started a new policy of having the cafeteria on lockdown during both lunches. In previous years, there were teachers stationed at the exits to monitor the reasons for students leaving...

How Austin Should Reduce Plastic Bag Waste

How Austin Should Reduce Plastic Bag Waste

Bernice Chen, Opinions Editor August 29, 2018

To consumers, plastic bags are convenient. They’re easy to use when getting the shopping goods to the car, and disposing of them later is just as simple. But once they go in the trash, it becomes...

Insatiable Uses Humor to Counterattack Fat Shaming

‘Insatiable’ Uses Humor to Counterattack Fat Shaming

Caera Learmonth, Executive Editor August 24, 2018

The new Netflix show Insatiable is not fat shaming.  In the past month, Netflix’s Original Series 'Insatiable' has taken the Twitter world by storm. After the trailer was released, a vicious...

OPINION: San Franciscos $15 Minimum Wage Wont Help the Housing Crisis

OPINION: San Francisco’s $15 Minimum Wage Won’t Help the Housing Crisis

Jenny Xu, Executive Editor July 14, 2018

Over the years, San Francisco has accumulated a variety of nicknames: “The City by the Bay,” “The Golden City,” and now, “The City for the Rich.” The San Francisco Bay Area’s housing crisis...

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