Swartz on sports: The making of a good hire
Swartz on sports, Gabe Swartz
March 22, 2018
When former head football coach Mike Zegunis stepped down from his role at Blue Valley Northwest last February, Athletic Director Kevin Gerke was put in an unfamiliar position. Gerke was left with the first varsity head coaching vacancy during his time at BVNW, in a sport accustomed to speculation. What...
Local focal: Selfie swoon
Local Focal, Kanishka Mehra
February 9, 2018
Filed under Blogs, OPINION, Top Stories
The creative community in Kansas City grew tremendously last year both in numbers and talent, due in part to the July 2017 launch of The KC Creatives (@thekccreatives), an Instagram collective of models, make-up artists, photographers and other artists in the Kansas City area. In December of ...
Swartz on sports: Welcome to the Mahomes era
Swartz on sports, Gabe Swartz
January 31, 2018
Filed under Blogs, OPINION, SPORTS
It’s finally here. Christmas doesn’t normally come in late January, but for Kansas City Chiefs fans that is exactly what happened when Terez Paylor of the Kansas City Star broke the news Tuesday night that the Chiefs and Washington Redskins had agreed to a deal that sent quarterback Alex Smith to Wash...
Players Headquarters: How Minecraft has changed gaming entirely
Players Headquarters, TJ Vore
January 30, 2018
You spawn into a new world with nothing to start and wonder “What do I want to do first?” As the day goes on you find yourself building beautiful structures, a full scale White House, a huge mansion with 80 floors and an enormous pool. Sounds fun, right? If only there was a game that allowed this. Oh wait, ther...
Three photographers, one model
Local focal, Kanishka Mehra
January 10, 2018
Filed under Blogs, OPINION, Top Stories
Observing how photographers create their own style can be just as fascinating as doing it yourself, and also beneficial when starting out as a photographer. They perfect and reform their styles through hours of shooting, manipulation and post-processing, experimenting with lenses, angles or editing ...
Players Headquarters: Why the new God of War is a breath of fresh air to the franchise
Players Headquarters, TJ Vore
December 24, 2017
13 long years since the first God of War was released, Sony Interactive Entertainment is breathing new life into an old Playstation favorite, which spans seven games across multiple platforms of Greek mythology. The main character of the series is Kratos, a spartan warrior who was tricked into killin...
A passion for programming
Feature Friday, Anna Levine
December 22, 2017
Filed under Blogs, FEATURES, Students, Top Stories
As just a sophomore at BVNW, Brett Weiland is completely self-taught when it comes to programming and hosting his own website. He said he has always had this passion for software and programming but draws inspiration from his birth dad. “As a kid I always thought what he did was so cool,” Weiland...
Swartz on sports: Examining BVNW basketball’s biggest question marks entering this season
Swartz on sports, Gabe Swartz
December 1, 2017
Filed under Blogs, OPINION, Season Previews, SPORTS, Top Stories, Winter Sports
The Northwest basketball program is back in action at home Friday night against Hogan Prep at 7 p.m. but before they get back on the court this season, we’ll examine five questions they’ll need to answer to cut down the nets in Wichita again this March. So with that, let’s get into it. Who’...
Swartz on sports: Michael Porter Jr.’s injury puts damper on Missouri’s season
Swartz on sports, Gabe Swartz
November 22, 2017
Filed under Blogs, OPINION, Top Stories
It’s not even Thanksgiving, and one of college basketball’s would-be brightest stars, Missouri Tigers freshman forward Michael Porter Jr. has been declared out for the year with a spinal disc injury. The five-star recruit who last played with Nathan Hale High School in Seattle, Wash. was ran...
One for fall, fall for all
Local focal, Kanishka Mehra
November 14, 2017
Filed under Blog Profiles, Blogs, OPINION, Top Stories
As the seasons change in Overland Park and the leaves change their colors, it's easy to overlook the simplicity of this time of year. Essentially, this season is every emotion one has ever felt, but intensified. The trees cling onto their parting leaves as we fill our coffee cups with warmth. The ph...
Swartz on sports: Stop pretending college sports are squeaky clean
Swartz on sports, Gabe Swartz
October 31, 2017
When you look long enough, you realize certain things in life aren’t as advertised. It’s taken me 17 years of life to realize college sports aren’t exactly what they’re advertised to be. It seems everyone wants to think college athletics- and big-time, money-making college sports like NCAA...
Finishing as a Husky
Feature friday, Anna Levine
October 13, 2017
Filed under Blogs, FEATURES, Students, Top Stories
Walking around the Northwest hallways, senior Maya Alexander feels good to be back home. Alexander spent about a semester at Blue Valley High after transferring out of Northwest during the middle of her junior year. But the rest of her family was not moving. Rather, Alexander needed a fresh rou...
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