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The student newspaper of, by, and for Ames High School.

The WEB

The student newspaper of, by, and for Ames High School.

The WEB

Creator: Sylvain Liechti | Credit: MONUSCO/Sylvain Liechti

Batteries Kill: Slavery In The Congo

Bennett Anderson May 19, 2023

The lithium-ion batteries in much of what you use, the rechargeable type, the type we are planning so much of our future on, require one resource responsible for an ever-growing wave of modern-day slavery....

David Lee Senior Column: Words, words, words. How to not lose meaning behind the words you write.

David Lee, Multimedia Manager May 17, 2023

Words are simply… ethereal.    720 days, is all it took to understand how empowering words can be. Like Dr. Seuss, I learned that I could create words, and attach a meaning to them as simple...

Beauty Sleep

Beauty Sleep

Aaron Perrotte, Web Reporter May 14, 2023

Why is Sleep Important? Sleep is all-important for people of all ages. Especially for teenagers, quality sleep affects all aspects of life including academic achievement, emotional health, physical...

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ChatGPT: For Good or for Bad?

Sam Galindo May 2, 2023

ChatGPT has proven itself to be a highly divisive bit of artificial intelligence. Able of generating eerily human-like text, it can prove to have its advocates and its detractors. Many of those who support...

Affirmative Action 101: What It Is and What It Isn't

Affirmative Action 101: What It Is and What It Isn’t

David Lee, Multimedia Manager January 10, 2023

"If I'm more qualified than them, then I wouldn't want someone else to be admitted instead of me just because they're a minority and I'm not," a friend said. And as a minority, I entirely agree; most of...

A Short Opinion Essay on Tanning

A Short Opinion Essay on Tanning

Elaina Johnson, Reviews Editor January 9, 2023

Looking at me, there is no question that I am very pale. Even in the summer, I glow in the sun like Edward from Twilight. For reference, in Fenty beauty’s famous shade range of foundations, I am the...

What We’re Listening To: December 2022

December 19, 2022

Bennett: Album: Black Messiah - D’angelo Highlights - Really Love, Another Life Album: Yesterday’s Tomorrow - Phony Ppl Highlights - Why iii Love The Moon, Somehow Album:...

WEB Staff member Elaina Johnson entering Little Woods tea shop on Main Street

Tasty Tea-Day: Little Woods Review

The Ames High WEB staff recently took a trip to Little Woods, a tea shop on Main Street. There, an assortment of tea was sampled and compiled into this review. London Fog - Ellyn  Compared to other...

What We're Listening To: November 2022

What We’re Listening To: November 2022

November 17, 2022

Lily L: Song: The Ultracheese - Arctic Monkeys  Song: Sweet Dreams, TN - The Last Shadow Puppets Song: Last Train At 25 O’clock - Lamp Album: The Car - Arctic Monkeys Album: Being...

Emails are overflowing, and demands are outrageous.

Quiet Quitting Continues to Haunt America

Ellyn Foglesong, Features Editor November 10, 2022

As a new working generation arises, old bleak rhetoric reemerges: leaving the blame for ongoing issues of widespread adjustments to the American work-life balance on Generation Z. Though the fossils of...

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