Harvard-Westlake Model United Nations (HWMUN) participated in BruinMUN on the UCLA campus from Nov. 9-10, winning multiple awards. Alex Rho ’25 and Rex Grube ’25 won Best Delegate, and Liv Kriger ’25 and Satya Change ’25, Angel Song ’27 and Camille Hart ’27 and Linden Azad ’26 won Outstanding Delegate. Ellika LeSage ’26, Assistant Features Editor Lyla Kavanagh ’26, Connor...

The boys' water polo team is gearing up for playoffs after wrapping up their regular season with the North-South Tournament, hosted at Sacred Heart Preparatory School in Atherton from Oct. 17-19. The Wolverines finished in fourth place overall, with a record of 2-3. With the tournament results, the team will likely be the fourth seed in the CIF-SS Open Division...

Nik Khamenia ’ team. Khamenia accumulated offers from several schools, including Purdue, Tennessee, Illinois, Oregon, Ohio State, Stanford and Michigan. He announced Aug. 16 that he narrowed his list down to his top five schools: University of California, Los Angeles, Duke University, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Gonzaga University and the University of Arizona. The Duke...

The school hired two new campus ambassadors, Bryttani Ford and Juan Valdivia, as an extension of the Upper School security team. The ambassadors’ role is to assist and welcome visitors, parents, and college representatives as well as regulate student activity on campus Ford said she hopes to foster a sense of community through interactions with a wide range of different...

For years, the bleachers at Ted Slavin Field have never reached full capacity. In the past, the school and its fanatics have continuously made an effort to entertain the student section with irregular half-time performances, cheer routines from the Spirit Squad and a performance from the Drumline. We cannot solely rely on the good work of the Spirit Squad during...

As you choose your classes for the year, everything seems perfect. You have found the right balance between rigor, meeting all the requirements and ample free time. However, you forget about one thing: the sports requirement. With the addition of robotics to the school's list of sports in the 2023-2024 academic year, other time-consuming and competitive extracurricular activities should also...

With the excitement of this year’s Summer Olympics, we have all witnessed the competition take over our lives. Our social media feeds, morning television and daily conversations were dominated by the games’ immense popularity. One sport in particular, however, outshines the rest with its unparalleled blend of strength and artistry: gymnastics. Since its debut as one of the original disciplines...

Sahara Martin is the girls' varsity tennis assistant coach. As a child, she was a multi-sport athlete. After many injuries in a short-lived basketball career, she ultimately started tennis when she was 12 and got into competitive tennis at 13. Martin began her coaching at 18 when she first received a job offer from Marlborough High School to coach the...

For Harvard-Westlake students, the summer after junior year is often known as one of the busiest. Some attend pre-college programs, others apply for internships and everyone works on their college applications. But this summer, boys’ basketball forward Nikolas Khamenia ’25 had gold medals in sight. national duty reminds me of military also ngl a lot of people have national activities">national...

124 years to the day leave to the day...">leave to the day..." class="inline-comment collapsed">after Olympic water polo debuted in the River Seine, Team USA led Hungary 3-0 in a penalty shootout during the bronze medal match, in the same city where the sport first made its Olympic debut. Victory seemed almost certain as Hungarian driver Gergo Zalanki stepped up to...