Boys don’t cry. A t-shirt slogan, a great song by “ The Cure,” and supposedly a Frank Ocean album. But, as of right now, Frank Ocean’s much anticipated sophomore project is slipping more and more...
As the crisp, but not quite cold weather starts to arrive, it’s time for girls to look in their closets and find those fall essentials. Leaves are changing colors and apple-picking is starting, but aren’t...
Western junior, Mary Campbell Spencer, was fortunate enough to have spent her summer in not one, but three different countries over the span of five weeks. The majority of her time was spent in the Outback...
Sarah Rainey, Web Editor in Chief
• April 20, 2015
Neighbors You Know
Neighbors You Know, made of seniors Bianica Baker, Ian Wright, and Jack Marcus, was founded in December of 2012 when they decided to combine their talents and form a band. Lead singer,...
Formed in 2008, the Civil Wars have the kind of music that you can put on repeat for hours without regret. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Joy Williams and John Paul White have the type of voices that overlap...
Imagine trying to write a script, make props, and perform a play all in one day! On January 8th a group of students, 11 of them from Western Albemarle High School, (as well as others from Monticello and...
“These remakes will never capture the magic of my childhood”
Eme Massarelli
Recently, Walt Disney Films has begun planning and producing live-action remakes of Disney animated classics. The first...
It seems like no one really has slumber parties anymore, or maybe they are and I’m just not getting invited. But either way, and as incentive to bring them back, here are the top ten slumber party movies...
Sci-fi is a hard genre to get a hold on. And while many shows will advertise that they hit the perfect Sci-fi mark, I can guarantee you that they will be lying. Only one show has, in our era of television...
If you've recently been in a women's locker room or any local coffee shop, you've probably heard some excited chatter about a seemingly distant and irrelevant event called The Golden Globes. Although typically...
Sarah Honosky, A&E Editor in Chief
• January 23, 2015
The staff of The Western Hemisphere discuss their favorite fictional characters with only some mild confusion as to the meaning of the word "fiction."
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