The Backstory is a column celebrating offbeat and overlooked history.
The open water, the thrill of danger, the excitement of adventure, the stress-relieving benefits of screaming “AAAARRRRR” when...
“WOAH, Corey Seager takes a big swing to Blake Snell’s changeup, adding to his ninth strikeout this evening; the score is still 1 to 0, Rays leading. What a pitcher!” announced Joe Buck, FOX’s...
Every Armenian child in the world grows up hearing about the Armenian Genocide, the period from 1914 to 1917 when over 1.5 million Armenians were murdered by the Turks of the Ottoman Empire.
Pre-quarantine, in Normal Times, my only morning goal was to arrive at school on time. I woke up at 7:25 A.M. after a long night of essay writing on Romeo and Juliet and solving math equations. During...
At the beginning of quarantine, when I was cleaning out my cluttered stack of green and pink notebooks, I found a small resolution that I had written in fourth grade. “Learn Grandma’s Gimbap...
Do you ever have that I-wish-I-could-get-more-clothes-but-I-have-far-more-important-things-to-spend-my-money-on feeling? I mean, a black T-shirt for $59.99? Really, Urban Outfitters?
What if there...
Over the summer, in the repetitive boredom of quarantine, I reignited a passion for one of my favorite elementary school hobbies: reading. Like many students, as the school workload and extracurriculars...
On September 4th, Disney Plus, the on-demand streaming platform for entertainment giant Disney, released its long-anticipated live-action remake of Mulan. Traditionally, Disney movies have featured princesses waiting for a male savior. The new live-action Mulan upends the traditional narrative with an action-driven plot featuring feminine strength and independence.
The Backstory is a column celebrating offbeat and overlooked history.
If you’re anything like me, you’ve spent a good deal of quarantine drowning your Blursday-afternoon sorrows in a bottomless...
Welcome back to a brand new school year! This year has had some major changes and challenges, to say the least. For example, this is the first year in which students have gone back to school entirely online....
![Booster Club Co-Chair Ms. Vanessa Withers, Mrs. Allison Dietrick, and Co-Chair Ms. Angela Rashid stand in front of their “Tiger Treats” table. “Parents, players, and fans are excited about [“Tiger Treats”] because it kind of makes Westridge athletics more of a thing,” said Mrs. Dietrick.](https://westridgespyglass.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_6034.jpg)
