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The Student News Site of Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School

The Headlight

The Student News Site of Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School

The Headlight

The Portland Diamond Project

Tobias Ginsberg (he/him), Staff Writer | November 1, 2024

Portland already has a professional basketball team, a soccer team, and soon a women’s basketball team as well. One of the two major holes that Portland has and what the Portland Diamond Project (PDP) wants is a baseball team. Since 2017, the Portland Diamond Project has been campaigning for an official Major League Baseball (MLB) team. Jeremy Shetler, the head coach of the baseball team at Ida...

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Winterhawks lose in overtime against Kamloops Blazers: Recap

Harper Wicker-Lenseigne (he/him) and Duncan Bradford (he/him) | October 24, 2024

More than two thousand fans filled the seats on a Thursday night at Veterans Memorial Coliseum as the Portland Winterhawks welcomed the Kamloops Blazers for their second meeting of the Western Hockey League season. The Winterhawks and the Blazers traded goals throughout the game, with neither team decisively pulling ahead. However, the Blazers were able to sustain pressure and closed out the game with...

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Wholeheartedly Wells – Season 2 – Episode 5: The Case of Identity
Maryam Luqman (she/her) and Anna Stiffler (they/them) March 13, 2024

In this episode, Maryam and Anna talk about self-expression and how it is uniquely expressed through individuals' phone cases.

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The Portland Diamond Project
Tobias Ginsberg (he/him), Staff Writer • November 1, 2024

Portland already has a professional basketball team, a soccer team, and soon a women’s basketball team as well. One of the two major holes that Portland has and what the Portland Diamond Project (PDP)...

The Dodger Stadium with Shohei Ohtani at the plate
The MLB Postseason Begins
October 17, 2024
Tick Tick Tick... Classes are Too Long
Tick Tick Tick… Classes are Too Long
Witnee Fagan (she/her), Staff Writer • November 8, 2024

When students arrive at Ida B. Wells High School, the bell rings at 8:26 a.m. Students start their day by going to their first or fifth-period class. Around Portland Public Schools (PPS), high school students...

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Is Flex Really Flexible?
November 6, 2024
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How to Deal With Political Frustration
Giuseppe Lipari (he/him), Staff Writer • November 19, 2024

On Nov. 5, 2024, the nation elected Donald Trump as the next president of the United States. For many Portlanders, that sentence instantly brings...

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The Death of Deadlines
Harper Wicker-Lenseigne (he/him) and Duncan Bradford (he/him) June 24, 2024

Everyone’s familiar with the effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on our society. What we considered to be regular, everyday life stopped...

GNN – Episode 9 – Tech Policies
GNN November 15, 2024

Check out our tech policies at IBW-- In lieu of climate and culture slides, here's everything you need to know for Quarter 2!