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Persona 5: Game Review

Persona 5: Game Review

Cooper Rosenberg, Reporter
May 23, 2017

Persona 5 is the latest installment of the Persona series, a popular JRPG series featuring turn-based combat. It was released on April 4th, 2017, by the publisher Atlus. The game takes place in a modern...

Princess for a Night gathers donations to give female students free prom dresses

Princess for a Night gathers donations to give female students free prom dresses

Cooper Rosenberg, Reporter
May 23, 2017

Need a dress for prom? Don’t want to go and spend hundreds of dollars on a dress you’ll likely only wear once? Then Princess for a Night has you covered. Princess for a Night (PFAN) is a project that...

Movie Review: Ghost in the Shell

Movie Review: Ghost in the Shell

Hugh Moffitt and Cooper Rosenberg
April 2, 2017

Ghost in the Shell was released on March 31st, 2017, and is the live action remake of the original animated Ghost in the Shell made in 1995. The film is directed by Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Huntsman),...

Dark Souls 3 Ashes of Ariandel DLC Review

Dark Souls 3 Ashes of Ariandel DLC Review

Cooper Rosenberg, Reporter
February 21, 2017

Ashes of Ariandel is the first downloadable content expansion for Dark Souls 3. It features 16 new weapons and shields, five new sets of armor, four new spells, a new ring and two new bosses, all wrapped...

Growing Pains: New Mentorship Program at West Potomac

Growing Pains: New Mentorship Program at West Potomac

The 2016-2017 school year at West Potomac High School introduced a multitude of new initiatives, one of which is the Mentorship Program. This project is designed to provide a welcoming, safe high school...

Who Dat Boi: Meme of the Month

Who Dat Boi: Meme of the Month

Cooper Rosenberg, Reporter
May 15, 2016

Memes evolve faster than humans can post them. New memes come out all the time, but seldom does a meme become huge. The recent big meme is “Dat Boi,” an animated frog riding a unicycle. The Dat Boi...

Game Review: Dark Souls III

Game Review: Dark Souls III

Cooper Rosenberg, Reporter
May 9, 2016

Dark Souls 3, the third and final entrance to the Dark Souls series, continues on the tradition of extreme challenge in Dark Souls games, but adds further mechanics, such as weapon arts and the creation...

Rollout of New SAT Marks New Era of Standardized Testing

Rollout of New SAT Marks New Era of Standardized Testing

Cooper Rosenberg, Reporter
March 15, 2016

On Saturday, March 5th, students funneled into the main gym of West Potomac, ready to face the first of the new version of the SAT being offered by College Board. The new SAT planned to provide a standardized...

Student Highlight- Alex Wells

Cooper Rosenberg, Reporter
February 4, 2016

Everyone else on his team of five were killed by the Terrorists. Being the lone Counter-Terrorist, he set out to bombsite B. On his way there he was met with two of the enemies. He swiftly dealt with them...

The Fall of Ziggy Stardust

The Fall of Ziggy Stardust

Cooper Rosenberg, Reporter
January 24, 2016

vFans around the world are grieving the death of rock and roll legend David Bowie. He died Jan. 10, 2016, in Manhattan, surrounded by his family after battling cancer for 18 months. He died just two days...

Melee Club Brings Competitive Gaming to West Potomac

Melee Club Brings Competitive Gaming to West Potomac

Cooper Rosenberg and Daniel Rayder
November 20, 2015

It is a Monday afternoon, and a dozen high school students are gathered in a circle around an old television. Sitting in two chairs in the center of the ring, two players concentrate on the screen, their...

Juniors Upset Seniors in Annual Powderpuff Game, 8-0

Juniors Upset Seniors in Annual Powderpuff Game, 8-0

Cooper Rosenberg, Reporter
October 23, 2015

After practicing hard for this moment, Team Mario (seniors) and Team Luigi (juniors) were ready to rumble. Both teams showed up ready to struggle for the victory. With the pressure building up, both teams...

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What’s the Deal with Humanities?

Cooper Rosenberg, Reporter
October 7, 2015

What's the deal with Humanities? Many students began this school year with a surprise: without having signed up for it, they were enrolled in the class. Or, more accurately, classes. Humanities is...

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