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Wildcat Chronicle

The student news site of West Chicago Community High School

Wildcat Chronicle

The student news site of West Chicago Community High School

Wildcat Chronicle

Trump must end his pro-communist acts and care for America

Trump must end his pro-communist acts and care for America

By Isabela Casimiro, Perspectives Editor January 24, 2019

President Donald Trump will be meeting the leader of North Korea Kim Jong Un for the second time in his presidency nearing the end of February in Vietnam. According to BBC News, the announcement was...

Current government shutdown is a nightmare

Current government shutdown is a nightmare

By Isabela Casimiro, Perspectives Editor January 18, 2019

The current government shutdown is now 28 days old and has become the longest shutdown in U.S. history after failed negotiations with the Democratic party. It all started in a meeting between President...

Tips to survive finals week

Tips to survive finals week

By Ariana Alcantar, Editor in Chief December 11, 2018

It’s officially that time of the year when it’s common to find students downing with energy drinks, coffee and large doses of sugar to survive the phenomenon known as "final exams week." Finals are...

President Trump attacks the Hispanic community once again

President Trump attacks the Hispanic community once again

By Isabela Casimiro, Perspectives Editor September 26, 2018

President Trump is now attacking American citizens of Latin descent who live along the Mexican border for suspicion of birth certificate fraud by refusing reentry to the United States after traveling to...

Journalists are not the enemy of the people

Journalists are not the ‘enemy of the people’

By Isabela Casimiro, Perspectives Editor August 31, 2018

President Donald Trump recently said that about 80 percent of the news media is “the enemy of the people,” and according to The Guardian, a majority of Republicans agree with the statement. Now...

Funeral ceremony was held in honor of the victims of the Parkland shooting

Lack of quick action one reason for increasing number of school shootings

March 14, 2018

Our nation is facing a growing number of student casualties in school shootings and has been for several years. Nevertheless, little action has taken place after these horrific events occurred. The...

North Korea and South Korea join together as one team in the Winter Olympics

North Korea and South Korea join together as one team in the Winter Olympics

February 23, 2018

North and South Korea marched together on Feb. 9 at the opening ceremony and united together as one team for the 2018 Winter Olympics. The women’s hockey team is composed of North and South Korean...

Grace and Jonas

A coming out story, alternatively titled, it does get better.

By Grace Schumann, Reporter October 18, 2017

In honor of National Coming Out Day, Oct. 11, here is my story. It was the morning of June 25, 2016. It was a sunny Monday morning, the week after Father’s Day. The sun hadn’t quite come up yet...

What path will you pick?

False information holds potential to worsen current club and contract issues

August 31, 2017

Misinformation and false rumors have proven to be disastrous and the downfall of several, innocent people and causes. Take the Harlem Riot of 1935, for example. According to the New York Times,...

Cinco de Mayo is a celebration of a battle won at Puebla, Mexico against French troops.

Holiday meaning is reinvented and Americanized

By Hector Cervantes, Reporter May 5, 2017

Cinco De Mayo, starting as a holiday celebrated in Mexico, has evolved into one celebrated in America as well. But the meaning of the holiday has greatly diminished. It started when France invaded Mexico....

In Ireland and other European countries, St. Patricks Day is a celebration of the priest St. Patrick versus the United States, which celebrates Irish paraphernalia.

Taking out the saint from St. Patrick’s Day

By Mayeli Vivaldo, Editor in Chief March 15, 2017

St. Patrick's Day in America is a celebration of alcohol, the color green, and awful Irish accents. Is that really a proper celebration? According to Time, the holiday was created in 1631 to celebrate...

Trump utilizes Hitler’s fascist tactics

Trump utilizes Hitler’s fascist tactics

By Emily Wissemes, Editor in Chief February 27, 2017

Mark Twain once said, "History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes." Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler may not be exact replicas of one another, but they sure do rhyme. But both Trump and Hitler's...

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