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Taylor Swift 1989: Hit and Miss
On October 27th 2014, 1989 was released. No, not the literal year, Taylor Swift’s new album. Taylor has recently made a really big comeback with some of the songs in this album, but a few songs were a...
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Niles West Reacts to Ferguson Decision
In the small town of Ferguson, Missouri, Michael Brown was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson on Aug. 9, 2014. The days that followed this event consisted of clashes between the community...
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Girls Varsity Basketball Team wins Hoffman Estates Tournament
The girls varsity basketball team started their season with a bang as they took first place in the Hoffman Estates tournament behind a sizzling 4-1 record. Junior Nichole Lopatin and seniors Katherine...
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Jessica Daczo: President of DECA
Many Niles West students are familiar with DECAlicious served every Monday outside the cafeteria. What a lot of students might not be aware of, however, is the girl behind the ice cream and DECA cow:...
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Ferguson: Why Feed into Stereotypes?
Mike Brown’s death sparked the nation, arousing fear, ignorance and hatred all at once. Many people saw Brown’s death as an excuse to throw shade, hate and the word “racism” into this tragic death, not...
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Freshman Friday: Kevin Little
Stepping into the student commons during fourth period, many students will recognize freshman Kevin Little running around from one place to another. Little, despite being a freshman, is extremely...
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2014 Girls’ Gymnastics Preview
The NWN sat down with the girls’ gymnastics coach, Susan Arcus, to discuss the upcoming season. NWN: Who are your team captains or the biggest contributors to the team? Arcus: We have three captains:...
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Why Winter Break Can Finally Live Up To Its Name
For my first three years of high school, I worked myself to exhaustion to set myself up as a college candidate with high grades in rigorous courses. This meant little to no relaxation time during the...
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Varsity Boys, Girls Have Mixed Results in Niles North Games
Niles West’s varsity boys and girls basketball teams participated in the annual Breast Cancer Awareness jamboree game against rival Niles North Saturday, Dec. 6. With a close game by the Wolves girls’...
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Finals Before Break: Extremely Overwhelming
Being a junior, I’m used to having finals after break. I’ve grown accustomed to having a relaxing Thanksgiving break and a stressful, almost unpleasant winter break. Now that the schedule has been...
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Dance Marathon Blood Drive Today
Dance Marathon will hold a blood drive today, Wednesday, Dec. 10, from 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM in the Student Commons. “The blood drive is a great way for Dance Marathon to get money and it’s an easy way...
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Art Club Inspires Students to Create
Students from all different art classes at Niles West all come together to create at Art Club, where talented students make all kinds of masterpieces. Using the seemingly limitless resources given to...
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Breaking News: Prom Theme Announced as Gatsby
The Great Gatsby will be this year’s prom theme, as decided by the junior cabinet and its sponsors. According to sponsor Margaret Bower, the theme was mutually agreed upon by the senior cabinet and the...
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Fine Arts Friday: Alex Rivera
Senior Alex Rivera started playing trumpet in fourth grade at Park View school. However, he’d like to erase all but the last two years of playing from his mind– he doesn’t feel he started playing well...
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The Voice of an Angel: Victoria Ogunro
The bell rings after seventh period and a cloud of joyful hymns and songs burst out of the Masters Choir room as they walk together as one. At six years old senior Victoria Ogunro recognized the pure...
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Expressions Club: An Outlet for Creation
Every Tuesday the expressions club meet to discuss writing and artwork. It’s a small group of people that share a common interest: Expression through their creations. “It’s a place for people with...
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Top 10 Game Fads
With so much new technology being created every day comes awesome– and some times pointlessly addicting– games. You must have played at least one of these games. They all have something in common: they...
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BREAKING NEWS: Burnt Food in Daycare Kitchen Causes Fire Alarm to Sound
This morning, the school’s fire alarm sounded a few minutes into fourth period, forcing teachers and students to evacuate the building until receiving the all-clear. According to assistant principal...
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Hilma Mededovic: She’ll Stop at Nothing
Ever since the age of five, senior star and Bosnian sensation Hilma Mededovic had aspirations of excelling in the sport she loves today: basketball. After moving here from Europe in February of this...
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Video: What’s Your Hardest Sports Drill and Why?
The NWN visited the Niles West varsity wrestling team and varsity girls’ gymnastics team and asked, “What’s your hardest drill and why?” Watch the video to see their answers, and stay tuned for more...
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