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The Occidentalist

West Educators Awarded the Best of Northern Michigan
West Educators Awarded the Best of Northern Michigan
Alexa Bageris, Reporter, Social Media Specialist • June 5, 2024

The month of May means award season for the teachers in Michigan, this year West has three staff...

Banding Together for Band Camp
Banding Together for Band Camp
Tessa Gryc, Reporter • June 5, 2024

  At the end of summer in late August, marching band members, including colorguard, attend a two-week...

How are Students Preparing for Final Exams?
How are Students Preparing for Final Exams?
Lainie Rintala, Reporter • June 5, 2024

Students Take the Stage for Cabaret
Students Take the Stage for Cabaret
Aubrey Lawless, Section Editor • June 4, 2024

  Cabaret is an annual end of the year choir concert and celebration held at West. It’s essentially...

Pickleball Tournament Provides a Fun Team Building Chance for Students
Pickleball Tournament Provides a Fun Team Building Chance for Students
Madeline Gartland and Chloe Clous September 27, 2024

  With the increase in popularity of pickleball over the last couple of years, people of all ages are participating in the sport all year round. Like tennis, pickleball is a paddle...

Girls Lacrosse Faces Several Changes
Girls Lacrosse Faces Several Changes
Lainie Rintala and Olivia Kandow May 14, 2024

  The lacrosse team has gone through changes regarding their program in the past few years. Eva Lawson, a senior who has been playing lacrosse for about four years, has experienced...

Traverse City Horse Show Dates
Traverse City Horse Show Dates
Emma Howell-Leman, Podcast Coordinator • June 5, 2024

NMC Offers Various Opportunities for High School and College Students
NMC Offers Various Opportunities for High School and College Students
Sydney Fleming, Podcast Coordinator, Photographer • June 5, 2024

  Northwestern Michigan College (NMC) is the local community college stationed here in Traverse City. After high school graduation, many students attend this local college. Also,...

Summer Travel
Summer Travel
Isla Wien, Reporter, Graphic Designer • June 5, 2024

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Big Taste, Small Impact: Olga’s Expansion Falls Flat in Traverse City
Brody Weston and Madeline Sweeney September 27, 2024

  Newly opened in Traverse City on Sept. 3rd, 2024, Olga’s Mediterranean Kitchen serves Greek-American fusion and is located inside Big Boy as a ‘host’ restaurant....

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West and exchange students gather together around the banner for a final goodbye photo with all of them. Taken on Sept. 20. Photo courtesy: Kerry LaBonte.
German Exchange Students Participate in Daily Activities Alongside West Students
Aubrey Lawless and Molly Jasman September 27, 2024

  The first couple weeks of school can be an adjustment period for everyone, especially so for the German exchange students who participated...

Math Club Competes at University of Michigan Flint
Math Club Competes at University of Michigan Flint
Alexa Bageris, Social Media Specialist • March 21, 2024

  On Mar. 1, math teacher and club advisor Carl Edgren took five Math Club students from the school to compete at the University of Michigan...

Celebrating Women's History Month
Celebrating Women's History Month
Aubrey Lawless and Tessa Gryc March 21, 2024

  March is recognized nationally as Women’s History Month, a month dedicated to celebrating women's accomplishments throughout history and...

Theater two works on setting up for the play "Murder on the 518"
Behind the Scenes of “Murder on the 518”
Ashlyn Cummings and Megan Dyke October 7, 2024

  Before the crew raises the curtains on the school’s latest play, the cast and directors are already working full-time behind the scenes. Preparing for the performance on Jan....

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"Hit Me Hard and Soft" Album Review
Coral Cravey and Olivia Kandow June 5, 2024

  Billie Eilish, an American singer and songwriter, recently released a new album named, “Hit Me Hard and Soft” on May 17, 2024. Eilish first gained attention in 2015 from...

Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures
"IF"; The Best in Both Imaginary and Friends
Brody Weston and Ashlyn Cummings June 4, 2024

  “IF”, released in theaters on May 17, 2024, explores young Bea struggling with the death of her mother and her now-sick father. To cope with this, Bea meets Cal, a man...