Hi my name is Joy and this is my final year in journalism! I’m so excited to create new stories and new content. I enjoy listening to music in my free time and hanging out with friends.
In a city where almost 1 in 5 of its residents are immigrants, Las Vegas stands as a unique landmark of multiculturalism that speaks to the profound impact of immigration in American society.
Preparing for King and Queen of Hearts, the Student Council (StuCo) invites different clubs and encourages them all to participate. The King and Queen of Hearts fundraiser held in February is an annual...
As Hospitality III students work on their “Managing Stress” project, a short presentation on the benefits of stress relieving techniques, substitute teacher Collin Dodos works on grading assignments....
Presenting to a group of students in English teacher Laura Penrod’s class, Counselor Maysie Mendiola shares information about the senior seminars. Every senior is required to attend the various sessions...
![Today, paper assignments are rare, with everything being done digitally. Handwriting has been a basic skill learned for centuries, and with technology advancing rapidly, the art is at risk of becoming obsolete. “I don’t think it will necessarily disappear, but maybe just be less used,” sophomore Angel Samson said. “Especially with new developments of AI and other technologies, [typing] will probably be the preferred method of doing things rather than handwriting.”](https://southwestshadow.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/IMG_9803-1200x673.jpg)
![Dating has encountered many changes, where traditional standards have become outdated due to cultural shifts. In the past, dating meant finding your romantic partner and developing deeper connections, but now dating has experienced changes in everything from gender roles, stages and communication, growing more complex. “We can go back all the way to early human civilization, the European model approach where we see that dating was superfluous, extra [and] unnecessary,” COM 101/102 teacher Henry Evans said. ”Weddings were more seen as a business transaction governed by families. Now we have Valentine’s Day and so many ways to wine and dine and lure people in for romantic interests.”](https://southwestshadow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-10-11.17.59-AM.png)
![Posing with a Chiikawa stand, a popular Japanese cartoon character, junior Chloe Rivera enjoys her time in Japan. She snapped a picture with the Chiikawa and Tokyo Banana collaboration poster to commemorate the moment. “I think they [Chiikawa] were really cute and during the time I was thinking about how Tokyo Banana and Chiikawa collab and that I should take a picture before their collab ended,” Rivera said. “Sometimes I wish I got the collab package, but I’m also glad I didn’t even though the packaging is different.”
“Photo Credit: Chloe Rivera”](https://southwestshadow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/72DA18B8-84EC-4C3A-846B-D0A9BD5CE774-1-1.jpg)
![While walking across campus on the new sidewalks, students make their way to class. For several years, students walked along the dirt and stones, causing them to violate an institutional rule. “[The] rule is for everyone to use the sidewalks because they are level and provide better footing when compared to the stones,” Assistant Principal Cameron Roehm. “The rule is there for safety reasons and I would hope students would want to keep their shoes cleaner by not tracking through the stones.”](https://southwestshadow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_6588-1-1200x800.jpg)
