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.”