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Rain Thorley
Prom Quotes
Information sourced by Arik Sala
“It was so much fun to see all the different outfits and the dancing was fun! “ ~ Abella
“It was too crowded upstairs, glad there was snacks and water though. Overall it was a great time with friends.” ~ Bree Jones
“The room was too small.” ~ Anonymous
“Wait, I love this song.” ~ Daxton Reid
“The freaking light in the front was flashing so bright.” ~ Anonymous
“It was good until Larry flipped off Daniel. Free Daniel.” ~ Ben Scharman
“When is your foot finder coming out?” ~ Korver DeNovellis
“Smelled like BO.” ~ Megan Gray
“Venue was the worst one we’ve had.” ~ Eric Lynch
“That prince and princess were pretty cool” ~ Just a Little Boy
“It was really bad” ~ Huh
“Stop singing the music.” ~ Ethan Wade
“Is anyone else from work here?” ~ Anonymous
“There was only one genre of music. We need more variety!” ~ Anonymous
“Utter trash, way too expensive, terrible venue. We were promised the capitol, we got the capitol north building conference room. Technically the capitol, worse than if we had used the Tech Atrium at the school.” ~ Anonymous
“More snacks should be available, and we should be able to get some fresh air, but it was really fun!” ~ Anonymous
“Congratulations!” ~ Anonymous
The City of Stars a Promicle
By Arik Sala
On April 10th, 2026 from 7 to 9 p.m. West Jordan held its prom at the North Capitol Building on Capitol Hill. This year's Prom theme was the City of Stars and it was all organized by our Junior Student Government Officers. Single tickets ranged from $25 to $35 while doubles went from $40 to $50 getting more expensive closer to the dance. Prom had around 6 - 700 people show up, being the most popular dance of the year.
Though the venue was pretty it was also very small for the amount of people that showed up and it was so crowded. For those that did not attend the dance the venue was actually smaller than the WJHS commons. It was also very loud in the small room and you could barely hear someone right next to you. There was also a snack and water table in the back corner and also a picture booth, both of which would have been easier to have outside of the venue room including the large round tables in the back.
The Approaching End
By Evan Copp
As we near the end of our school year it becomes necessary to discuss what will happen after. We are leaving behind our common access to friends and returning to summer vacation. As such I wanted to dedicate this article to the wonderful teachers who put in the work necessary for us to succeed this school year.
Our wonderful teachers have been working around the clock to give us an excellent education. They create lessons, grade assignments, and are more than willing to give a helping hand when we don’t understand a subject. Thank you teachers, thank you for putting in some much work for us!
Thank you parents and mentors for watching over us while we work, for providing us with support and aid when we need it. Thank you family for being there as we work, thank you friends for being supportive.
We are grateful for all the effort everyone has put into the school year, thanks for pushing through it and doing an amazing job. And so we say farewell, until next year!
The Finale
Lily McGrew
This is it, the last day of our high school experience. Graduation day is a very important day for seniors, it’s a day to remember and recognize accomplishments and goals. Most say they’re excited to graduate, while others are nervous, I’d say I’m both. Although I’m excited and proud of myself for graduating and completing 3 years of hard work, I feel slightly nervous only because I’ll be walking across a big stage in front of a bunch of people.. What if I fall?! I get butterflies in my stomach thinking about graduation day. I can’t wait to congratulate all my friends.
The last month I’d say is the most difficult for motivation, worrying about grades, finishing assignments. . you get senioritis and just want to get out of high school. I can’t blame anyone for that. Managing stress or anxiety while going to school is not very helpful when you need to pass or graduate. But everyone in West Jordan is strong and I believe everyone can do it and get through it. After you graduate you’ll feel relieved and relaxed, you should feel proud of yourself for doing so much in your life. Not only will you feel accomplished, but your family and friends will feel ecstatic for you too!
Every senior, or almost every. . will get a lecture about what they’re interested in after high school, I’ve gotten asked that way too many times. I feel like a student should take their time to figure out what they really want to do after high school. Schools rush students too much and I think that makes stress about graduation worse. I think students deserve some freedom from work or school for a bit, to enjoy their summer as a high school graduate for the FIRST TIME. Even though high school might be difficult towards the end, it’s best to keep your head up and keep going, because in the end you’ll feel so good about yourself and in the end you’ll realize.. “That’s it?.” Yup, that is it. This is it.
Is AI “Art” Actually Art?
By Lily Jensen
Social media has been flooded with AI-prompted images as of late, causing an uproar in artist communities. This isn’t a new thing, but the last couple of years have seen a huge boost in AI usage by the general public, moving beyond a hyper-specific tool used by those in the tech industry into something any unemployed man in his mother’s basement could access. At this point, there’s no escaping AI. It’s clear that large companies are going to keep on pushing it onto people, no matter the environmental or psychological factors at play.
But what do people actually think about AI when it starts to infiltrate art? I polled a group of young adults and teenagers to find what the rising generation thinks about the topic, and the results were surprisingly unanimous. Those who participated were split into two groups, artists and non-artists, but this divide didn’t bring that much of a difference. Both groups, when asked what art is, used words like: creative, human, something made with passion, expression, emotion, heart, something with purpose, and a way to express and communicate personal experiences. The entire group agreed that art is something very human, filled with emotion and experience that people create with passion and devotion.
So if art is a human experience, then what do people think about AI “art” on social media and other platforms? The group mostly agreed that AI-generated art, music, and writing are all not actually art. One participant pointed out something important concerning AI-generated items: the way they are created is by melding publicly available material and mushing out an amalgamation as close to the prompt as possible. This, in many ways, could be considered plagiarism, which can result in criminal charges in some cases.
But we do live in America, and it could be wrong to take away people's right to use this tool how they want. A possible solution to this would be placing disclaimers on AI images and products so that consumers and customers can understand what they are participating in. This could help to keep artists at the head of their field and keep false news at bay. But like one of the pollers pointed out, there are a lot of ways to get around a disclaimer. Whether it’s the rushed list of medical side effects at the end of a commercial or the fine print on an NDA, the world is full of back doors. This can be dangerous when it comes to people’s likeness used to generate videos or images. Most people don’t think that it will be a problem for them since they aren’t a celeb, but this affects the everyday person as well. There have been multiple cases of peers creating AI deepfakes of underage classmates' nude images, making life miserable for those affected.
This is what can be so dangerous about AI: it affects us more than people realize. Whether you are an artist or a viewer, it’s important we look at the world online with skeptical eyes and hold to our morals despite the changing world.
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