Proudly, relentlessly wrong
Lucas Bleyle, Co-Editor in Chief
May 17, 2019
Filed under Opinion, Showcase, Uncategorized
After four years of writing for the WEB, my time to write a senior column is here. It’s my time to write about me. For all my articles up until this point (minus two opinion pieces), I have kept first person out of the piece. I’ve kept myself out of it. Yes, I have come to every piece with a ...
5 Tips From a Senior Column
Liam Struck, Reviews Editor
May 17, 2019
I don’t write this to pretend I’m the Buddha or someone that has any significance in this world, I write this because I’m a senior in highschool and I’ve seen and done some stupid sh*t. First of all, DON’T SMOKE WEED. Well at least not when you’re stressed about school. That might so...
Promposals Are Bad
Liam Struck, Reviews Editor
April 18, 2019
Filed under Opinion
The first promposal occured in 2350 BC, when the first caveman asked the first cave women by throwing a rock at her head with the message ooga ooga slathered with his blood. Ever since there's been millions and millions of promposals all over the world. Promposals might be the oldest homo-sapien traditio...
Life is worth living
Zoe Mamakos, Reporter
April 18, 2019
Filed under Lifestyle, Opinion, Showcase
Life is worth living. The everyday routine. The constant argument with your alarm clock as it shakes, ringing 7:00. Again. A brand new day. You sit up in bed, accepting the idea that it’s not quite summer yet. Followed by your parent's words of encouragement floating out the door, as you promis...
Salty Stereotypes
Akshata Gandhe, Profiles Editor
March 26, 2019
Filed under Archives, Opinion, Showcase
“Is BuTtEr a CaRb?” These famous words were uttered by THE Regina George when Mean Girls came out in 2004. The strange portrayal of high school in that movie made a lot of us question human sanity but for some of us, the movie was everything. There probably is no high school where people h...
The Classes of Ames High: Roasts and Reflection
Jonathan Watt, Opinion Editor
March 26, 2019
Filed under Entertainment, Opinion, Showcase
*THIS IS A COMPLETE JOKE.* August 23rd: The first day of school. You trudge out of class, dragging your feet across the ground, and make your way into the main hallway. However, you come across a mind-boggling obstacle: a 3’7” gremlin, darting to and fro in an unpredictable zig-zaggy fashion acro...
Finals After Break? An Investigation
Oliver Chen, Co-Editor in Chief
February 15, 2019
Filed under Campus Life, Opinion
Winter break: a time to relax, celebrate the holidays and spend time with family. Yet for many, a once beloved respite from the academic year has turned into a prolonged period of stress over future final exams. Ames High’s current practice of holding finals after break is an unpopular one...
“It smells like broke in here!”
Logan Adams-Bacon, Reporter
February 13, 2019
Filed under Archives, Opinion, Showcase, Uncategorized
As we all know, if you don't have AirPods, you're broke. It's just a fact, don't question it. But what if I told you that AirPod owners were the broke ones? There is a new king among the headphone kind. The Louis Vuitton AirPods have taken the supreme role of first class. So the news is out, if you...
Lazy Language
Seth Bequette, Reporter
December 14, 2018
“What, are you triggered?” Cue flashbacks to freshman year when the only word in anyone’s repertoire was triggered, spit out at classmates anytime they displayed the slightest infraction of annoyance or irritation. The phrase might have replaced ‘and like’ as the most overused and a...
WEB Editorial: Facing the climate threat head on
Lucas Bleyle, Co-Editor in Chief
December 14, 2018
Filed under Archives, Opinion, Showcase, Top Story
At the beginning of the month six hundred and thirteen Ames High students signed a petition asking for the school district and Ames community to take climate action. As a WEB staff we wanted to add our voices to this overwhelming call for action. The reality and scope of the climate change has been b...
Lucas Bleyle, Co-Editor in Chief
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After four years of writing for the WEB, my time to write a senior column is here. It’s my time to write about me. For all my articles up until this point (minus two opinion...
Liam Struck, Reviews Editor
May 17, 2019 • No Comments
I don’t write this to pretend I’m the Buddha or someone that has any significance in this world, I write this because I’m a senior in highschool and I’ve seen and...
Liam Struck, Reviews Editor
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