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The Western Breeze
November 2015
Issue 2
W E S T E R N H I L L S H I G H S CH O O L C I N C I N N A T I , O H I O
“ H O M E O F T H E M U S T A N G S ”
Trending Hair
Styles
Chariah White, ‘16
As we all know, the curly hairstyles
work perfectly on black and white
women for their naturally thick or
fine hair. It also will also look well
with other hair textures as well.
What do you want for your long
hair for this fall? Your answer must
be curls. Curls are pretty as well as
breezy so that they can fit any outfit
and any occasion.
The fabulous curly hairstyles will
definitely create the head-turning ef-
fect for us in any occasion. At last,
you can also make a full use of bright
color to make your hair look more
wonderful.
Curly hairstyles and haircuts for
curly hair bear a unique romantic
nonchalant flair, whether they are
natural curly hairstyles, curly shag
haircuts, styled, messy, or chic on-
trend up-dos for curly hair.
Wavy bob hairstyles with luscious
curls and texturized ends are perfect
effortless options for fall. Medium
curly hairstyles can easily grasp the
fun braided elements or be enhanced
with cute hair accessories.
Montego Frazier, ‘16
When talking to another class-
mate, she shared with me a time
she was bullied. She
told me of how small
and defenseless she
was—too young to
take up for herself, by
the older kids who
were bullying her. And
she also stated that this
wasn’t just a onetime
thing; her bullying ex-
perience happened for
a while. Finally, on her
birthday they severely
bullied her and took
her things. She made a
choice to either let this
bullying act keep go-
ing on or finally say no
more.
Targeted kids that are victims of
bullies are typically overweight,
unpopular, homosexual, or just
simply quiet people. Bullying has
no gender, sex, age and is done out
of one’s own insecurities. People
often try to bring someone else
down just because they are already
low. I suggest that bullies get help
themselves.
On average, 28% of students age
12-18 reported being bullied at
school in the school year of 2014.
Effects of bullying are suicides,
depression, and physical changes
such as eating habits and sleeping.
Most teens think that there’s only
physical bullying but there are
more such as cyber, verbal, and
emotional. Just when you can think
you’re not bullying someone, you
really can be.
A case appeared where two teens
committed suicide due
to bullying at an Ohio
school in 2014. Before
bullying gets this far, I
encourage students to
seek help. Resources to
get help would be talk-
ing to guidance coun-
selors or getting a ther-
apist. Their jobs are
strictly to help people
that need it the most.
At Western Hills,
we have a special
group that students can
reach out to such as the
Light House. The
Light House is a commu-
nity mental health agency based in
school that provides therapy to
youth who need it or simply need
to get things off their chest. We are
also partnered with an organization
by the name of Green Dot, which
is an agency that helps stop bully-
ing throughout schools.
Bullying Stops Here!
Marijuana Legalization Fails in Ohio
Haley Dean, ‘18
As of 2015 Ohio has put Marijuana Le-
galization on the ballot for both recrea-
tional and medical purposes. We had
some trouble getting it on there with some
people signing petitions twice and people
not signing it at all, but we fixed the issue
and now the decision lies in the people’s
hands. Now of course along with mariju-
ana being legalized there are restrictions
and regulations.
The measure would legalize the limited
sale and use of recreational and medical
marijuana and create facilities with exclu-
sive right to grow the drug. If legalized
each facility will be granted a certain
amount of land to grow on and will be
supervised by someone to make sure
nothing is being tampered with and it’s
growing how it should grow, under the
restrictions of the law. (Ballotpedia.org/
ohio_Marijuana_legalization_initative_iss
ue_3_(2015) )
We all saw this coming. There is an age
limit to purchasing Marijuana. According
to Ballotpedia.org, anyone 21 years or
older with a valid state ID could use,
posses, grow, cultivate and share up to
eight ounces of homegrown marijuana
and four flowering (Budding) plants. An-
yone 21 or older (without a legal license)
using marijuana recreationally could pur-
chase, posses, transport, use and share up
to one ounce of marijuana. And anyone
with a certified debilitating medical con-
dition could use medical marijuana.
Also
according to Ballotpedia.org If issue 2 is
passed and so is issue 3, issue 2 will over-
power issue 3 and marijuana will not be
legalized simply because issue two is to
get rid of monopoly and issue three is a
monopoly. If marijuana is legalized
stores/dispensaries will not be permitted
within 1,000 feet of churches, public li-
braries, elementary or secondary schools,
state licensed day cares and public play-
grounds. Basically to make sure kids
aren’t like right in front of it and see
things they shouldn’t know about yet.
In a commercial on TV on issue 3, a
family moved away from Ohio to Colora-
do because their daughter needed medical
marijuana to help her with her epilepsy.
She also had seizures all the time and
marijuana helped calm it down to where
she didn’t have as many seizures in a day
and made them not as violent. The family
talks about how their so happy to have her
daughter back to normal but really want
to move back to Ohio but refuse to do so
until we at least legalize it for at least
medical purposes. So do you agree with
marijuana being legalized?
On November 3rd 2015 Ohioans voted
against marijuana legalization. And
passed Issue two the anti-monopoly. Issue
three results were 64% of people voted
against and 36% of people voted for. The
results for issue two were 52% for and
48% against. People just didn’t want a
monopoly where only 10 people getting
all the money.
I walked around and asked some people
how they felt about marijuana not being
legalized and here’s what a couple of peo-
ple said.
“I think it would have been an accom-
plishment but Ohio obviously didn’t want
the monopoly,” said Merrily Davis, a jun-
ior at West High.
Empire Brings Excitement to TV
The Western Breeze Issue 2
Page 2 November, 2015
OPINIONS
Alexis Seay, ’16
Empire is a TV show that is a combi-
nation of betrayal, revenge, love affairs,
and being put through hell and back.
The characters are Luscious Lyon
(Terrance Howard), Cookie Lyon
(Taraji P. Henson), Andre Lyon (Trai
Byers), Hakeem Lyon (Bryshere Y.
Gray), Jamal Lyon ( Jussie Smollett),
Anika Calhoun aka Boo Boo Kitty
(Grace Gealy), Rhonda Lyon(Kaitlin
Doubleday), Becky (Gabourey Sidibe).
It has a lot of uprising in conflicts and
back stabbing.
Luscious is the head of the company
Empire; he is also the father of the three
boys and ex-husband of Cookie Lyon.
If anything doesn’t go right or is not
right in his eyes, he would do anything
to make it his way. If anyone comes for
him or tries to ruin anything he has go-
ing he would do anything to get re-
venge back on that person.
Cookie is the co-head of the company
empire or “was” also the mother of the
three boys and Luscious Lyon’s ex-
wife. She only wants what’s best for her
boys and would do anything to keep
them safe. She still cares for Luscious,
but she doesn’t want anything to with
him or empire because he let the power
get to his head.
Andre, being the oldest, wanted to
take over empire because Luscious was
supposed to choose who would be best
for the position, and Andre felt like he
was best fit for the job.
Jamal being the second oldest he wasn’t
expecting to be chosen for the job. His
main focus was making music and going
on tours; he didn’t understand how much
work it was going to be running Empire.
Hakeem, being the youngest, doesn’t
really work for much he just believes he
should get everything on a silver platter.
He is also a spoil brat and is just like his
father wanting things to go his way as
well.
Rhonda is Andre’s wife and will do
anything to help Andre get what he wants.
She is a manipulator and doesn’t care who
is in her way.
Anika (Boo Boo Kitty) was Luscious’
ex fiancé but became a quick enemy for
Cookie. She became in competition of
Cookie over Luscious.
This TV show has a lot of life issues
they are trying to stretch out like gay mar-
riage and accomplishing what you want
out of life
It is a very interesting show and speaks
about a lot of issues. The show itself has
people asking for more and is very inspir-
ing to those who have a hard time express-
ing how they feel and use their voice. Em-
pire is my favorite show because it com-
bines music, revenge, romance, betrayal,
and political topics. I think it is best when
there is a twist in the episode.
Big Brother: True Entertainment Lydia Francis, ‘17
Do you like drama, secrets,
lies and “showmances”? If
so, you would be interested
in the show Big Brother.
Big Brother is an entertain-
ing show because it is full of
suspense and dramatic con-
flicts.
Big Brother is a reality
game show created by John
de Mol. Every summer at
least 10 randomly chosen
houseguests will enter the
Big Brother house and stay
there for about three months.
The houseguests are isolat-
ed from the outside world
they also have no access to
television or cell phones. Eve-
ry week the contestants play
for Head of household (HOH)
and the Power of Veto (POV).
The winning
head of
household nominates two
players for eviction, and then
those two players along with
the head of household and
three random drawn players
will play for the Power of ve-
to.
The person
who wins the POV will be
able to veto one of the nomi-
nations if he or she wants to.
The HOH would then have to
replace the person who is ve-
toed with another houseguest.
On elimination night the
houseguests, except for the
two nominees and the HOH,
will cast their vote to evict.
This happens every week un-
til there are only two house-
guests remaining. Then the
jury will decide who wins the
game.
Personally, I love watching
Big Brother. It’s a very inter-
esting game to watch. I love
trying to figure out the strate-
gy of each of the houseguests
week after week. I like that
you never know what’s going
to happen in the game. By the end of the first few weeks
you will have your favorite house-
guests and the person you’re root-
ing for. I also like that the competi-
tions are always somewhat diffi-
cult and not easy to win; it gives
the show more suspense.
The Breeze Staff
Reporters
Jermacio Booker, Chris Carter, DeAdrian Collins,
Destiny Cook, Hailey Dean, King Diarra, Dearies
Duskin, Zawadi Early, Lydia Francis, Montego Fra-
zier, Andre Goode, Mikela Hays, Mikhail Jackson,
Robyn MacQueen, Danisha Payne, Alexis Seay,
Chariah White
Adviser
Ms. Shannon Curran
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Is bus crowding becoming an issue for students?
The Western Breeze Issue 2
Page 3 November, 2015
OPINIONS
King Diarra, ’19
On Tuesday, October 20 2015 a
metro bus was full of students to the
point it was hot, and trying to hold on
the bars is a lot of work. I would
know because I was there that day.
For some reason people just put
bags on the seats so that people would
not try to sit in that particular seat,
and when people do that it makes it
hard for the last few students getting
on the bus.
On Tuesday, October 20, 2015, a girl
dropped to the floor and was uncon-
scious. I believe she hit her head on
the bar as she fell. While everyone
else, except a few people, like myself
tried, to help the girl, I ran for help to
get someone to call for help. It was
about 7:30 to 7:40 in the morning
when she fell. Three of her friends
were sitting down trying to help her
and wait for the paramedics.
With this true story, I hope they get
bigger busses or more busses but,
most importantly, the people on the
bus need to give room to let students
like her have a seat. I really believe
that if they solve this problem no one
would get hurt. One of my classmates
said she almost got into a fight on the
bus because this one girl was not
about to give up an empty seat, but
luckily the girl gave up the seat with
her bag on it.
I will admit not every day is crowd-
ed. I don’t know if it is just because it
is Friday or if people did not come to
school, but bus crowding is still a
problem. Some people walk, and or
get a ride from a friend or family
member. I used to be one of those
people that walked and I wished I
could ride the bus, but now all that
changed. Well, I still don’t like walk-
ing but ridding the bus is like hanging
off a cliff because of the struggle to
hang on those poles are real, people
stumble, trip, and sometimes start
sweating. Whatever they did today
they should keep it up because it was
not as crowded as most days.
Tuesday, November 5 changed my
whole look of bus crowdings. I was
on the bus just like every day then
something happened, something I
thought that would never happen on
the bus. This girl that was sitting
across from me did a good deed to-
day; she did something that I have not
seen in all my days of riding the metro
bus, she went out of her way to give
two people a seat she even gave up
her own seat! I was surprised I would
never think anyone would ever do
something like that. This is my story
of how I think bus crowding’s go
down in Western Hills High School.
Alexis Seay, ‘16
Homecoming on Octo-
ber tenth was
really fun. A
lot of students
showed up
and nobody
really acted
out. My expe-
rience was
fun.
I came, I saw friends, we
took pictures, and I en-
joyed my time with every-
one.
Homecoming helped
raise money for sports and
the money from pictures
went towards the seniors.
Most people dressed up
and dressed casually.
I really
like some of
the songs
the DJ
played.
There was
one particu-
lar song that
everyone in
the homecoming became
so hype to. The song was
by Future, called “Stick
Talk.”
The teachers were very cool and enjoyed the fun with
us. It was fun seeing how eve-
ryone acts different outside of
school because there’s no
work to focus on.
The Visit Brings Suspense to the Big Screen Haley Dean, ‘17
If you enjoy a movie that keeps you on the edge
of your seat with a few good jump-scares, I highly
recommend the movie The Visit—the movie has a
lot of different emotions; there’s funny, creepy,
heart sinking, and terrifying emotions that always
keeps you sitting on the edge of your seat.
The movie The Visit made in 2015, directed and
written by M. Night Shymanalan with brother and
sister Becca (Olivia Dejonge) Tyler (Ed Oxen-
bould) Nana (Deanna Dunaga) pop-pop (Peter
Mcrobbie) Mom (Kathryn Hahn), is a story of two
kids who go see their mother’s parents for a week.
Their mom hasn’t seen her parents in 15 years since
she left at 19; she didn’t want them to go, but they
wanted to go.
As the days go by they notice things become
strange. Their grandparents tell the children bed
time is 9:30 and to not come out of the rooms after
9:30.One night they heard an odd noise coming
from outside their door and decide to see what it is;
they opened the door and what they see is not ap-
propriate for children. They see the backside of
grandma naked, scratching the walls and doors like
a dog excited to go into a room. If you don’t like
stuff like that, I suggest you look away or don’t go.
The people who play the characters really fit the
parts of the roles they play. It’s a documentary
based movie so it’s kind of like paranormal activi-
ty; the entire movie is based around Becca and Ty-
ler making a documentary of their entire visit to
their grandparent’s house. It’s silent during the sus-
penseful parts; you can hear the word pretty clear
and can see what’s going on perfectly. There’s a
twist at the end of the movie that I found pretty in-
teresting and terrifying that makes the movie that
much more exciting.
Overall The Visit is and exciting, interesting, nail
biting movie that’ll keep you on the edge of your
seat with your eyes glued to the screen. If you en-
joy the thrill of being scared or the feeling of the
suspense, I highly recommend this movie.
“Its was fun
seeing how eve-
ryone acts dif-
ferently outside
of school.”
Homecoming was a success!
Dancing
The Western Breeze Issue 2
Page 4 November, 2015
FEATURES
Chris Carter, ’17
There are all types of dances all
around the world. There are some
that are known, and there are some
that are local, but somehow they man-
age to get publicity by the power of
Facebook or Instagram. All it takes is
a couple of shares and likes.
Dancing is a popular hobby that’s
trending now and all year long year
after. Some people just dance for fun,
some do it life.
There are all kinds of dances Whip,
Naenae, Quan, Stanky leg, Shmoney
dance, Superman,D-low Shuffle. The
crazy part is some of
these are all mixed
together, which makes
it more fun to do; it
challenges you.
Because later on,you
can show off your skill
to your friends. There
are so many different
styles, but the one that
is trending is dub-step;
dub-step focuses on
robot body movement,
slow movement, and
wave body motion is
an illusion. Once
you look at it you’ll
think he or she is a
robot or something, but
it’s just illusion to trick
the audience’s mind.
And then there are
dancers that dance hard
kind of similar to Krupp.
In the Krump you use
your arms head and legs,
which you can also let
your anger out and pretty
much get the crowd
hyped. Animation, with
this skill,
You can pretty do
anything that’s creative, like example
put your hands to your chest then
push you head back which is consid-
ered as animation; its creativity.
Drill is a very good dance style. If
you don’t believe me ask these danc-
ers: Shay Strattman and Diamond
Kelly, some of the best drill dancers I
know. They are so energized and just
so dedicated. Kelly also said she dose
drill because she wanted to try differ-
ent styles. Her original type is con-
temporary; she is also part of Black
Ice, a local drill team. She said it’s
hard work, but hard work pays off and
she loves dancing; it’s her life.
Who dey! Who dey! Who dey!
DeAdrian Collins, ‘16
Cincinnati Bengals, Jeremy Hill breaks a tackle and dives into the end zone for a touch-down. Running Back, Giovani Bernard; tight end, Tyler Eifert; and quarterback, Andy Dalton are the reason for the Bengals unde-feated record of 8-0.
Andy Dalton is thrusting himself into the conversation of the most talked about Tom Brady and Pey-ton Manning.The Bengals are the lead-ers of the North division, the American Football Conference, and the National Football League which continues to im-prove.
The Bengals organization is improving in the managing of
business. The fans and the NFL were concerned on what the Bengals are missing on there roster. Out of 13 appear-ances in the NFL playoffs the
Cincinnati Bengals won 5. Last Bengals appearance in the playoffs was the year 2014.The Bengals were eliminated by the Indianapolis Colt. (Score : 26-10)
Many fans didn't want to com-
mit to quarterback Andy Dalton because of his performance in the both of his appearances in the playoffs. During the off sea-son, the Bengals must have
seen a big improve-ment in Andy Dalton's play at practice. The Bengals signed Andy Dalton for six years for $115 million dollars.
The Cincinnati Ben-gals are playing their best season ever in franchise history. De-fense is holding up every offense they went up against so far. The defense continues to get better as they get healthier, as their
leading tackler Vontaze Burfict returns.
The Bengals offense scores a lot of points and gives other teams a hard time to keep up. This Cincinnati Bengals team looks the best since they went to the super bowl in 1981.
Important Up-coming Dates
Thanksgiving Break
November 25—November 27
Thanksgiving Day Parade
November 26
Parent-Teacher Conferences
December 10
Positive School Culture Holi-day Program
December 11
Winter Break
December 21—January 1
Senior Dinner
January 23
(Photo courtesy of dancefork-
ids.com)
Trending Moves Hit the Dance Floor
Upcoming Films of 2016
The Western Breeze Issue 2
Page 5 November, 2015
FEATURES
Jordan Reed, ‘17
When looking forward the big
films, here are a few to check out
in 2016.
*The Jungle Book*
The all new live action epic adven-
ture showcases Mowgli’s
(newcomer Neel Sethi) journey of
self-discovery. When he’s forced
to abandon the only home he’s ev-
er known by the feared Sheer Khan
(Voice of Idris Elba) who bears the
scars of Man, promises to elimi-
nate what he sees as a threat.
Mowgli goes on a journey to the
man village accompanied by pan-
ther turned stern mentor Bagheera
(voice of Ben Kingsley) and the
free spirited bear Baloo (voice of
Bill Murray) who guide him.
Along the way Mowgli encounters
jungles creatures that don’t exactly
have his best interest at heart in-
cluding Kaa (voice of Scarlett
Johnson) a python whose seductive
voice and gaze hypnotizes the man
cub and the smooth talking king
Louie ( voice of Christopher Walk-
en) wants the secrets of mans red
flower, fire. This seems interesting
to me because I like to Disney ver-
sion so let see how this turns out.
*The House*
A guy along with his wife blows
their daughters college funds. Des-
perate for cash they team up with
some neighbors to open an illegal
casino in the suburbs. I think this
movie will be funny.
*Crouching Dragon Hidden
Tiger II: The Green Desti-
ny*
A martial forest exists alongside the
real world, full of wandering sword
fighters, medicine men, defrocked
priests, poets, sorcerers and Shaolin
renegades. A new generation of star-
crossed lovers and a new series of
protagonists are in a battle of good
and evil.
Andre
Goode,
‘16
The Hamil-ton na-tive “Slim Jesus” blew up within a snap of a finger throughout social media.
His song “Drill Time” caught almost everyone in attention in the nation. He then blew up by getting mentioned on Twitter by famous drill artists from Chica-go such as Lil Bibby and many others.
He
has
put
513
on
and
also
has a
remix
fea-
turing
well-
known drill
artist. Slim
Jesus has been all over
Worldstarhiphop.com , a very
famous website, with his beefs
with other artists.
Slim Jesus might be the
next big thing.
Frightful Vengeance
Slim Jesus
Dearies Duskin, ‘16
Chapter 1: Beautiful Night-
mare
I’m holding on for dear life to my
mother’s shirt. My father is strug-
gling to keep the monsters outside.
He looks back at my mother and
gives her this certain look that only
they understand. She puts me down
and kneel before me; holding my
hands trying to smile.
“Mommy needs you to go to your
secret hiding spot that we talked
about.” she tells me, her voice trying
not to crack as she holds back tears.
“What’s going on mommy?”
“Desmond, just go hide. Whatever
happens don’t come out or make a
sound.”
The banging on the door got more
aggressive and the glass from the
windows shattered like weeds blow-
ing in the wind. My mother pushed
me toward the painting that had a
hidden door behind it. She opens it
and I run inside. Before she closed it
she gave me a kiss on the cheek and
whispered “I love you” I sat alone in
the darkness and listen to the sounds
of my father grunting as if he was
fighting to get free. My mother
screamed in agonizing pain.
“Elizabeth!!” My father yelled
I heard a thud, like a body
had just collapsed. A loud growl
came and then hissing...I didn’t
know what was going on but I felt
the tears build up. There was sad-
ness in my heart but also fear when
everything got quiet. Footsteps
seemed to get closer to me; I back
up and curl my body up in a corner.
I hear a deep inhale then shuffling
“I know you’re here!! I can smell
your fear” a man voice said
I cover my mouth to keep
myself from making any type of
noise. I laughter came from the oth-
er side of the door. I could see the
shadow of the man’s feet in front of
me. At that moment I knew I was
going to die
“I found you”
Chapter 2: Truth Hurts
I didn’t know whether I should hate him right now. We were extremely close; I just want to know why? Why did he do this when we loved him so much? What exactly could he possibly gain from this? I ran at him full of rage and try to hit him, he just rough me up against the wall. I couldn’t see his face. The tears were just steaming down my face like a waterfall; it caused my vision to get blurry.
“Why did you do it Isaiah why?” I cry
“Your too young to understand this right now…but I did it to protect you”
“Protect me from what?”
He put his head down and eased up his grip. I dry my tears and look up at him, it seemed like he was about to cry but held it in.
“Sorry my foolish little brother”
My world went black, I was pretty sure I was dead until I woke up in a hospital bed and my uncle was sleeping in the chair right next to me. I felt hopeless, blank, and heartless. The life I had with a caring lov-ing family is now gone and it was all Isaiah fault. I will have my vengeance no matter the cost. Not now though, but in the future, I have to train my body, mind and soul. I’m still too young to do anything right now, but when the time comes it won’t matter.
“I see you’re awake” A voice said
“Uncle Pete…I will have my
vengeance.”
“…My boy…you have no idea what you’re getting yourself in-to”
“But, he killed our parents”
“Focus on school right now, go-ing down this path will only bring you more pain my boy”
In a way he was right, I won’t pursue him right now…I need to be smart when it comes to things like this. Sad really, I’m in the second grade and I’m al-ready alone. Well I was alone, I have my uncle now. I spent two days in the hospital before they let me leave. I wanted to go back home to get the rest of my things but when I arrived the house was burned down to the ground. I wasn’t sure if my mom and dad were still in there while it got burnt down…but I suspect they were. I punch the side of my un-cle’s car out of anger. My emo-tions were all over the place. My uncle came up behind me and put his hand on my shoulder. I look up at him and he looked at what was left of my home
“Ok…I’ll help you” he tells me.
Famous artist Chief Keef and Slim Jesus are drill
artists.
Remember the Times with Apple Pie
Issue 2 The Western Breeze Page 6 November, 2015
FEATURES
Montego Frazier, ‘16
Thanksgiving and Christmas are times you
are supposed to cherish your family. Here’s a
dessert recipe from Paula Dean to make the
upcoming Holiday’s memorable:
Directions
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
Mix together the brown sugar, flour, cinnamon,
and nutmeg in a small bowl. In another bowl,
sprinkle apples with the juice of 1 lemon and
toss. Stir in the sugar mixture to evenly coat
the apples.
Set aside. Roll out chilled dough into 2 circles
and use 1 round to line a 9-inch pie. Chill the
other round.
Mound the apple and sugar mixture into the pie
pan lined with dough. Dot with the cubed but-
ter.
Using a pastry cutter, cut an even number of
strips from the remaining rolled out dough.
Transfer every other strip to the pie top and
weave in the lattice by folding every other strip
back onto itself and laying another strip per-
pendicularly. Fold the strips back across and
repeat until completed.
Brush the top of the pie with egg wash and
sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Trim the
overhanging dough and crimp edges.
Bake pie for 45 minutes. Let rest 20 minutes
before slicing.
Paula's Perfect Pie Crust: In a large mixing bowl, sift together the flour, salt and
sugar. Add the shortening and break it up with your
hands as you start to coat it all up with the flour. Add the
cold butter cubes and work it into the flour with your
hands or a pastry cutter. Work it quickly, so the butter
doesn't get too soft, until the mixture is crumbly, like
very coarse cornmeal. Add the ice water, a little at a
time, until the mixture comes together forming a dough.
Bring the dough together into a ball.
When it comes together stop working it otherwise the
dough will get over-worked and tough. Divide the dough
in half and flatten it slightly to form a disk shape. Wrap
each disk in plastic and chill in the refrigerator for about
30 minutes. On a floured surface roll each disk out into a
10 to 11-inch circle to make a 9-inch pie.
Quanisha Miller Takes the Spotlight Robyn MacQueen, ‘16
Quanisha Miller, a current
senior at West High, has been at
West High since freshman year.
The things she likes about West
High are that the teachers are
actually good teachers.
“Not only are they teachers,
they are also mentors,” Miller
states during her interview.
English is her favorite subject.
From Ms. Calvin to Ms.
Donisi to Ms. Heckinger, all the
way to Ms.Thole, these teachers
pushed her
to become
the great
English stu-
dent she is
now. Mil-
ler states,
“Hard work
and deter-
mination is
all you
need.”
Throughout her whole four
years of English, each teacher
made her class
realistic and chal-
lenging, as well as
a great environ-
ment to learn in.
After High
School, Miller
plans on attending
Central State Uni-
versity, where she
will spend four
years of college, majoring in
social work, to get her dream
job as a social worker for chil-
dren and families.
Coming to school every day,
learning new things is what Mil-
ler loves about being in school.
“When I give myself a goal, I
put all effort into it to meet
whatever the goal is,” Miller
states.
All Miller can wait for is May
16, 2016 to walk across the
stage and receive her diploma.
“Hard work really does pay
off.”
Ingredients 3/4 cup light brown sugar 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, plus
more for sprinkling Freshly ground nutmeg, to taste 7 medium apples, peeled, cored and
thinly sliced 1 lemon, zested and juiced 3 tablespoons butter, diced Egg wash, for brushing Sugar, for sprinkling Paula's Perfect Pie Crust: 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon fine salt 3 tablespoons granulated white sug-
ar 1/4 cup vegetable shortening, cold 12 tablespoons butter, cold and
cubed 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup ice water
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FEATURES
Where Yo’ Spirit At? Danisha Payne, ‘16
What is a cheerleader to you? A cheerleader should represent the school and its spirit. Well, our spirit is our Varsity cheer team: Tom-menic McCall, Norriah Plummer, Ariadne Ray, Lena Thompson, Neiah Whitehead, and Alexis Wil-liams . I stayed after at a practice to ask them some questions about the sport. I asked “What are the games like?” “The games are some-times stress-ful when we are losing, but they can be fun.” said McCall At the prac-tice they were very open with me. They are some of the nicest and funniest girls I have known. As well as very independent and driven. “What do you like about cheering?” “I like to hyping up our team.” said Whitehead
Though mostly every school uses the same cheers in some kind of way they still manager to come up with some cheers on their own. These girls are very creative.
“What are some of your favorite cheers?” Most of them said,”Don’t stop, It takes a mustang, and Jump ball.” There are some ups and downs to cheering, but in the end it all should weigh out and you should have something to show for your time and effort.
All of them say that cheerleading is rewarding. “It is a lot that can be learned from cheering: leadership, teamwork, communica-tion, and much more.” said Ray
When look-ing back they had a lot of good, fun times but in
the end they had come up with one. “What is your best cheer
memory?” It would be when they cheer at Dayton against Thurgood. These girls gratefully take the time out to show up and repre-sent well. So you should go to a game to help support our Mus-tangs.
Black Friday Destiny Cook, ‘16
Black Friday is popular as a shopping day for a combination of reasons. As the
first day after the last major holiday before Christmas, it marks the unofficial be-
ginning of the holiday season. Additionally, many employers give their employees
the day off as part of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
Black Friday is Friday, November 27, 2015, the day after Thanksgiving. People
stand in line hours before store is opened, to grab the bargain of the year. Almost
every store has something that interests everyone.
In the last few years ( starting from 2013 to be precise), Black Friday sales have
started way before Black Friday--with some stores starting their Black Friday sales
on Thanksgiving day and some even starting on Wednesday. Biggest sales day
now include Thanksgiving Day, Green Monday, and Cyber Monday.
Why is it called Black Friday?
According to the official black Friday 2015 website, “Many retailors report
some of their highest profits on Black Friday. The black portion of the name
‘Black Friday’ relates to businesses recording their losses in red ink and gains in
black. The tradition lives on in modern accounting software, hence the name”.
There are tips for Black Friday shopping. First, decide what you want in ad-
vance. Decide what’s the most important and that you absolutely need. Give pref-
erence to big ticket items as you will save more on those items. Second, if possible
have a group of people, but everyone going into a different store. Third, check the
price matching policy of stores. Buy in advance and get price adjusted on Black
Friday day. Buy only what you need. Finally, park smart. Park where nobody is
parking then walks to the store so that you won’t get caught up in the big crowd.
So there is going to be a lot of stuff you will see on Black Friday, such as video
games, T.V’s, tablets, cameras, cell phones, small appliances, major appliances,
clothes, shoes, and toys. So, shop with speed and smartness.
Drake: Artist of the Year
FEATURES
Chariah White, ‘16
Drake was the first un-
signed Canadian rapper to
have a “Joint of The Day” on
BET’s 106 & Park on April
30, 2007 featuring Tremaine
Aldon Neverson, better
known as Trey Songz.
Born Aubrey “Drake” Gra-
ham, on October 24, 1986, in
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is
the son of Sandi and Dennis
Graham. His father was a
drummer who worked with
Jerry Lee Lewis and his
mother was a teacher. His fa-
ther is African-American and
his mother is Jewish Canadi-
an. The summers that Drake
spent with his father, he gained an
appreciation and understanding for
music that has influenced the
sound he creates for years to come.
Drake was first recognized for
his role on the highly successful
television series Degrassi: The
Next Generation. He played Jim-
my Brooks, a basketball player
who eventually gets shot.
Drake released his first mixtape
“So Far Gone” in 2009, and he has
had a massive influence in the
music industry. He now holds
the record for the most number
one singles on Billboard’s
R&B/ Hip-Hop Charts. Drake’s
net worth seems to be at a
whopping $76 million dollars
and is steadily increasing.
He raps about soft things and
sings about hard things. He is
the glue that binds together all
of urban radio, and he contin-
ues to dominate the global mar-
ket. As Drake says, “It’s all
about experience. If the city
isn’t talking about it five, six,
seven days later, or if people
don’t remember it for years to
come, then I haven’t done my
job… I’m going to find out what
comes after this, but there’s defi-
nitely another evolution of
What are your plans for the future? Aylssa Patterson, ‘17
What are your plans for the future? When surveyed, there are many different things that students want to do.
I surveyed 24 kids on Mr. Hudepohl’s team, and they all said they wanted to go to college, but they all had different plans. One 12
th grade student
named Ashia Jackson wanted to be a hair design-er and one 11
th grader
named Chris Carter wants to be a choreographer or a dancer. But there are also four students who are Ka-darius Short (10
th), Austin
Hawkins (11th), Zawadi
Early (11th), and Joseph
Janson (11th) want to be
professional sport players. And two 11th students want to be a game design-er’s, and one 12
th grader
wants to be an artist. But that’s not it; there is also one 9
th grader and two
12th graders students who
want to be nurses. And one 12
th grader even wants to
be in the military her name
is Alicia Lee but one out of the 12 students who said they just want to go to col-lege and graduate so they can get a good job and that one student was specific
about his plan was Chris Drossett. He said it in a way where you knew what he meant some students just said “I want to go to college” but he said more than that and that’s why he was noticed. But there is one ninth grader I want to be recog-nized, and his name is Ha-
keem Cotton because he said he wants to go to col-lege and get a degree, so I looks like he is already thinking about his future, and that is a really great. I
even started thinking about my future and I want to go to college an get a degree in art and music because they are what I am best at and love to do. I also surveyed nine students from Mrs. L-T’s class and six of the stu-dents said they want to go to college and the other
three said maybe or I don’t know, but I hope they change their minds to yes because college is very im-portant in life, especially if you want a good job. For the people said yes they all have a great plan. Two of them want to work in the hospital a one stu-dent wants to have her own day care to help single moms and two students want to have a fashion business or another busi-ness, but one student who said maybe wants to be a U.S. Marshall or a Sheriff, and another student who said maybe also said if she does go to college; she wants to study forensics and cooking. Another student who said maybe said if they do they will take a Physical Thera-py course. But there was one student who said they want to go to college and why they wanted to go and they said they wanted to do nail tech they want to also do interior designing.
Volume Issue 2 The Western Breeze Page 8 November, 2015
Drake’s songs evoke many strong emotions.
“I want to go to col-lege and get a degree in art and music be-
cause they are what I am best at and love to
do.”