435 to Broadway. A twenty-minute drive from Lenexa that once featured a picture-esque view of the Kansas City skyline, now ruined by the glowing sight of the “KC Wheel.” Placed around 50 feet away...
Have you seen Heated Rivalry?
Oh my god, ‘Heated Rivalry’ has taken over my mind!
I’m so obsessed with Shane and Ilya.
Every other scroll on my For You page showcases a review, analysis...
College is already expensive with things like tuition, housing, books and other supplies making it one of the greatest bills you’ll ever pay. Students shouldn’t be required to pay for their application,...
The Northwest Passage was the only student publication in the Shawnee Mission School District to publish a presidential election poll.
In election years prior, Shawnee Mission schools conducted mock...
Math has been known to be an independent subject. Students learn, work, and think by themselves. It’s all based on what you can do. Right?
Not anymore. At Shawnee Mission Northwest, the math teachers...
It’s no secret that American media places athletics on a pedestal. Cliché teen movies cast jocks as heroes, professional athletes are paid billions each year and an estimated 123 million Americans watched...
Imagine a student: 16 years speaking, writing and reading Spanish. Yet as the first minutes of a high school Spanish class begin to unfold, he immediately notices this isn’t his Spanish.
Words like...
Picture this: you’re a child sitting on your couch, and you see your favorite character from the book your mom reads to you before bed on the TV screen. Winnie the Pooh, but bloodied and deranged. You’re...
The Vote: 9 agree / 3 disagree
The class of 2023’s experience in high school has been influenced by COVID-19 restrictions and guidelines. Freshman year was cut short and sophomore...
THE VOTE: 14 agree / 0 disagree
For the third year in a row, Kansas governor Laura Kelly vetoed “The Fairness of Women’s Sports Act,” which would have restricted transgender student athletes from...
THE VOTE: 7 agree / 2 abstain / 5 disagree
The intercom buzzes as static echoes throughout the halls. Some eyes glued to the flag, others to their phones.
“One nation under god, indivisible, with liberty...
The Vote: 11 agreed / 1 disagreed / 1 abstained
Qatar was unprepared to host the World Cup in 2010 and, after 12 years of work, they are still unprepared in 2022.
The country blatantly disrespected...
![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)
