Marching isn’t enough. Go vegan.
Anna Cowden, Online Copyeditor
April 14, 2018
Filed under Columns, OPINION, Top Stories
Your perfectly crafted “anti-Trump, but pro-environment” pun you pasted on your poster board is not enough. It will garner support from other supporters, and it might even receive a laugh or two if your punchline against the government is especially witty. But it is not enough. You are idealist...
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...
Mental health in the sports world
Ben Brown, Sports Editor
March 22, 2018
While people have become more aware about mental health, one athlete has brought this issue to the forefront of the sports world. Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love wrote a piece in The Players’ Tribune on his struggles with this subject. In his piece “Everyone is going through something,”...
Quick scout: Previewing the 2018 state championship game
Ben Brown and Gabe Swartz
March 10, 2018
Filed under OPINION, SPORTS, Top Stories, Winter Sports
Saturday’s matchup: No. 1 Blue Valley Northwest (20-4) vs. No. 2 Lawrence Free State (19-5), 6:15 p.m., Charles Koch Arena, Wichita, Kan. “This has kind of been predicted Free State and us,” senior forward Parker Braun said after last night’s semifinal win. “We’re ready for it. I hop...
A more connected advisory
February 27, 2018
Filed under OPINION, Staff Editorials
In an average advisory class, most students are disengaged, on their phones and waiting for the 25-minute period to pass. Many graduate not fully knowing the peers they have spent four years with in advisory, which is not acceptable. Principal Amy Murphy said advisory was created to teach students...
The journey to imperfection
Gavin Mullin, Photographer
February 27, 2018
Filed under Columns, FROM THE EXPRESS, OPINION
If I saved a million people, I would tell myself I should have saved a million more. No matter what I do, it never feels like it is enough. I am a perfectionist who sets expectations that are impossible to reach. If I am not perfect, I feel like a failure. I always feel like a failure because nothing...
A couple of windows would be nice, or even a hole in the wall
Kanishka Mehra, Photographer
February 27, 2018
Filed under Columns, FROM THE EXPRESS, OPINION
On a recent trip to New Delhi, India, I became fascinated with the differences between the Indian education system and our system at BVNW. The most obvious difference between the schools is the layout of the buildings themselves. The corridors in Indian schools lead directly outdoors or into a courtyard,...
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...
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