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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

Spencer Arritt

May 18, 2023

Political causes for homelessness, potential student impact

Spencer Arritt May 21, 2007

[Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a two part series on homelessness. If you missed part one, you can read it at http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ia/ames/ahs/article.cfm?eid=8411&aid=129836.]...

Homelessness affects residents of Ames

Spencer Arritt April 30, 2007

Dave Nunn isn’t staying at the Emergency Residence Project’s shelter anymore. After staying there for about five weeks, he moved out last weekend. Most people are only allowed to stay...

Two different realities

Spencer Arritt March 30, 2007

In his keynote address at the 2004 Democratic Convention, Barack Obama said, “There is not a liberal America and a conservative America -- there is the United States of America.” I...

Ames High Progressive Club leads anti-war rally

Spencer Arritt March 8, 2007

Yesterday, Ames High students and others gathered at the Ames Veterans Memorial to read the names of the over 3,150 United States soldiers killed in Iraq. The event, organized by the Ames High Progressive...

Give the power back to the people with Clean Elections

Spencer Arritt February 15, 2007

Nobody can deny that money wields great power in American politics today. Since 1974, the candidate for the U.S, House of Representatives with the most money has won 93 percent of the time. In recent years,...

‘08 presidential candidate Barack Obama visits Ames

Spencer Arritt February 15, 2007

Illinois junior Senator Barack Obama drew a crowd of 5000 supporters to Hilton Coliseum Sunday, Feb. 11. Obama, now officially a presidential candidate, was in Ames on the second day of his Announcement...

The failure of the corporate news media

Spencer Arritt January 25, 2007

The recent excessive coverage of President Ford’s death (two front-page stories related to Ford almost every day for a week) has led The WEB to question whether or not our news media is doing...

Activists condemn “surge”

Spencer Arritt January 25, 2007

President Bush announced Jan. 10 that he intended to send 20,000 additional U.S. troops into Iraq. In a speech, he said that 16,000 of these troops would help to stop sectarian violence in Baghdad, while...

South Africa may or may not be ahead of us in human rights

SPENCER ARRITT December 14, 2006

South Africa has joined Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Spain, and the state of Massachusetts in allowing same-sex marriages. This makes it one of the most liberal nations in the world in terms of Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transsexual...

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