Final Messages to Underclassman from Seniors With Experience

By Christino Maldonado, Emerson Maldonado and Julio Ramirez

Dear, Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Super Seniors:

This is to give all of you some advice for your future here at West Hempstead.

1. Focus on your grades! It’s really hard to fail, I promise you that if you put a little bit of effort into your school work you’ll easily be in the 80s. 
2. Save your money. Lots of things to pay for your senior year. No joke you'll need like 1,000 dollars to cover most of the senior year expenses. 

Are Puppy Mills a Real Issue?

by Meagan Kinney

Do you know where your puppy came from? And if you don’t have a puppy or a dog, do you know where your friend, family, or neighbor got their adorable pet?

Well, only 30% of American households have a pet from a rescue shelter. Where do the other 70% of our pets come from? They come from places called Puppy Mills.

Puppy mills are an establishment that breeds puppies for sale in conditions that are usually inhumane. There are about 10,000 puppy mills in the country. Over 2 million puppies are bred from puppy mills each year.

What Does it Mean to Be a Real Man?

By Ryan Charles

What does it mean to be a man? Many in society would answer this question if asked with something along the lines of, “a take-charge person” or “to never be scared”. In an article, even college students when asked by their professor what it means to be a real man, came up with similar answers. They stated things like “suppressing all emotions” and “never cry”.

For decades, TV and movies have driven society to believe that what makes a real man too are things like being able to provide, being strong, and to never cry or show emotions. I find this to be false. In the age that we live in today, women are able to do just as much as men are able to do in society, including providing for their families. This nullifies the old definition of what it means to be a real man.