Tad Lambert grew up loving film. He wanted to use his love of film and knowledge of it to tell stories and reach different people.
“In second and third grade, Steven Spielberg was like my idol,”...
Student Resource Officer Mark Cohen has been on the force for 28 years, and at Northwest for 19. This means traffic duty, confiscating vapes, searching backpacks, writing parking tickets and...
Kathy Stewart, English teacher and department head, stands at the front of her class, leading her students deeper into a discussion about Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar.” For 37 years, Stewart has...
Forty years ago, music teacher Douglas Talley started his career as a teacher, thinking it was only going to be something small. Something like a summer job with no strings attached.
“I...
The bell rings. Two boxers rush to the middle of the ring. One in red and black and the other in white and pink. Eighth-grader at Trailridge Callista Ndubuisi, the boxer in red and black, throws the first...
Junior Easton Volk is walking out of Shawnee Mission Northwest after school. He’s heading to the track. It’s Tuesday, a “hard day.” He already rolled out his legs with a foam roller before practice...
On Nov. 16, senior DeMarcus Houston was rushed to the hospital after being shot in Kansas City, MO, two miles from the Arrowhead Stadium.
He did not survive.
Junior Amare Williams was scrolling...
Senior Teal Franklin sits at her table in room 9, tools in hand as she stares at her rough outline on the scratch board.
She starts to slowly scratch in the eyes, carefully making light lines, taking...
Senior Max Bender took the Matchmaker quiz in hopes of matching with his girlfriend. He got the form, answered all the questions and paid $2 for his results to find out if they were compatible, according...
In the Greg Parker Auditorium, togas, tutus and a spectral prom queen crowd the stage, singing scales as stage lights flicker. It’s the last dress rehearsal before opening night of the Addams Family...
I stepped through the tall grass and sticks crunch beneath my feet. The pale grass brushed against my hip. I could see the tree line about 150 meters ahead. That’s where we headed. The trees. If you...
She’s glaring at me but I’m glaring back because I mean business. The small, chrome packaged box of the L’Oreal Feria “EXTRA Bleach Blonde” hair bleach in one hand, disposable gloves in the other....
![Juniors Tad Lambert and Lily Reiff watch swim footage Jan. 19 in Room 153. Lambert and Reiff were editing their swim recap for Cougar Roundup. “[KUGR] is such a great environment for creativity but also to form amazing friends,” Lambert said. “KUGR has become like a home for me and I feel like I’ve gotten super close with so many other members.”](https://smnw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ejohnson_KUGR_7-900x600.jpg)
