Senior Alicia Pham was born in America to newly immigrated parents from Vietnam. As a second-generation immigrant, Pham said her family faced struggles with the language difference between the two countries.
“My...
Junior football player Lovie Pulliam said one of the most well-known sports myths of all time is that Black people possess natural physical talent, which helps them excel in sports.
“[The stereotype]...
Insecurity and the fear of failing can be enough for someone to quit doing something they love, sophomore Addison Novak said she experienced this with basketball.
“I’ve always been getting down...
Although senior Nithya Mamalayan has practiced singing Carnatic music for 11 years, a traditional style of Indian music, she is hesitant to share this skill with her non-South Asian friends, as they are...
The Reaction
After the first varsity football game of the 2021 season, senior Caroline Mall’s mom, Jacque Reynolds, shared news that drastically changed her family’s life.
“Hannah is dead,”...
In eighth grade, sophomore Katy Olson spent two weeks in the hospital with a heart rate of only 20 beats per minute, compared to the average 60 to 100 bpm for a teenage girl.
“I was severely underweight....
Every day after school, the varsity girls softball team hauls their gear to the Blue Valley Rec Center to practice, while the varsity boys baseball team practices on their reserved BVNW fields, according...
The art program at Northwest effectively teaches life skills as well as artistic techniques, according to junior Gabbie Troutner. She said the art program at Northwest offers a variety of classes so that...
Julia Masterson, 2020 graduate, said she experienced how hookup culture captivates teenagers.
“I had some friends that fully transformed. They went from wanting to save themselves until marriage and...
Although she was diagnosed in November, senior Kimberly Gibson said she always knew she had attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as she said she was always more talkative and hyperactive than...
While junior Landon Braun never played high school basketball at the same time as his older brothers, he explained the effect their high school athletic careers have had on him. Christian and Parker Braun...
Senior Jennifer Clarkson was three years old when she was adopted from China.
As a single mother in her forties, Clarkson’s mom, Jan Clarkson, started looking into adoption after a divorce. She...
![Junior Dyani Anand is pictured at the local Hindu temple wearing a traditional lehenga. She said she feels the Indian community impacted her by “participating in different traditions and celebrating [their] culture together,” Anand said.](https://bvnwnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_3728-900x720.jpg)
![Senior Aniela Cabrera enjoys the creative freedom she gets with ceramics that allow her to make the pieces her own. “Having the chance in ceramics to create my own unique pieces from start to finish always leaves me in astonishment,” Cabrera said. “[It’s] a very fulfilling form of art that Ive never really been able to experience before.”](https://bvnwnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-28-at-10.13.17-PM.png)
![Junior Landon Braun discusses what it’s like to attend school after his brothers have graduated and the influence they have had on him. “My brothers are the reason I love [basketball]. If it wasn’t for their dedication, I wouldn’t have ever become a student of the game,” Braun said.](https://bvnwnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/braunbrothersNEW-900x717.jpg)
