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Coach Ziwani

Justin Guilak, Chief Digital Editor • October 25, 2016

Standing in the middle of a grassy savannah somewhere in Tanzania, future CHS history teacher Paul Hoelscher stared at the small building in the distance. “Wow, this is cool. This is where I’m gonna...

The Gulch

Sarah Baker, Page Editor • October 17, 2016

“To this day, Gulch has been the most powerful experience I’ve had … It was completely life changing. It gave me the space, as a young woman, to really figure out who I was and who I wanted to be...

Joe Edwards Q&A

Lauren Praiss and Catherine Walsh • October 12, 2016

What inspired you to create this project? Edwards: Well, I originated [the trolley project] in 1997. The Loop was coming back then. It wasn’t as good as it is now, but it was coming back in the western...

Washington University Presidential Debates

Nicholas Lee, Managing Editor; Webmaster • October 6, 2016

On Saturday October 3, 1992, Bob Virgil, Professor of Accounting at Washington University, answered a call from Chancellor Danforth. Danforth was calling to ask Virgil to lead the planning in the next...

Saint Louis Gets a Serving of Beyonce’s LEMONADE

Barrett Bentzinger and Lauren Praiss • October 5, 2016

On September 10, 2016, thousands of St. Louis locals gathered at “America’s Center Dome” to witness the one night production of Beyonce’s “Formation World Tour.” Beyonce last visited St. Louis...

Zika in Rio

Nisha Klein, Page Editor • September 29, 2016

When it was first announced that the 2016 Olympics were to be held in Rio de Janeiro, excitement spread throughout the world. However, others were worried. Zika, a virus spread through mosquitoes, is an...

The Centene Project

Nicholas Lee, Maddy Bale, Daniel Cho, Noah Brown and Lila Taylor • September 26, 2016

Anyone raised in Clayton has watched the city grow taller. Children stand on their tiptoes and peer eagerly out of their windows as bulldozers and swinging cranes uplift the earth, marking the places where,...

Beneath the Veil

Camille Respess, Editor-in-Chief • September 26, 2016

CHS seniors take a trip to Israel to make an educational documentary with the goal of reshaping the narrative surrounding the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. She never intended to make anyone uncomfortable. While...

McDougall in Korea

WMS English teacher returns from her time spent teaching in Korea.

Katie Snelling, Grace Snelling and Sara Stemmler • September 22, 2016

“Have you ever stopped in a really small town to get gas on a really long road trip? It’d be like that,” Wydown English teacher Bridget McDougall said after returning from a four year long teaching...

A Year’s Journey

Katie He, Page Editor • September 22, 2016

When Emilio Rosas Linhard, currently a freshman at CHS, moved with his family, he left behind his comfortable circle in Clayton, Missouri and ventured out into a foreign world. He began a new life in Berlin,...

Mr. Smith Comes Home

The embattled Jeff Smith returns home to St. Louis after being released from prison, writing a book and teaching in New York.

Kevin Rosenthal and Max Steinbaum • September 21, 2016

“Being in a cage sucks.” Twelve years ago, Jeff Smith was a promising young politician from St. Louis. He had the spunk, charisma, and grassroots following that nearly defeated a Missouri political...

Clayton High School Buskers Club

A Club to Express Yourself.

Hongkai Jiang, Review Section Editor • September 20, 2016

“I went to watch [the Clayton Buskers Club] at Arts Fair last year and I was amazed at the variety of performance they have. They had flute, violin, guitar, singing, just all sort of different musical...

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