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Alexa Simpson

Alexa Simpson, Staff Writer

Alexa Simpson is a dedicated and talented writer who has excelled in Student Journalism in the past two years and hopes to continue doing so during her last year at Verrado. She works as an editor in Viewpoints and Features, and has been a student here for almost three years now. She’s currently in her Junior year, but graduating early with the class of 2025. She hopes to meet more Vipers this year and enjoy her senior year surrounded by friends and teachers.

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Cooking is more than just food, it's an art style for some people!

Beyond The Plate: There’s More to Cooking Than The Ingredients

Alexa Simpson, Staff Writer
October 18, 2024
Beau Wade from New York, NY, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Evolution of School Lunches: Are Our Options Actually Healthy?

Alexa Simpson, Staff Writer
September 27, 2024
More than 5,000 Indigenous Women have been reported missing, however, people turn a blind eye to it.

Indigenous Women are Going Missing and Nobody’s Talking About It.

Alexa Simpson, Staff Writer
August 29, 2024
The poster for the film Black Swan reveals a complex characterization that has become a favorite horror trope. (Courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures)

The Obsessed Artist: The Most Enthralling Movie Trope Ever

Alexa Simpson, Staff Writer
May 21, 2024
The moment Iran launched ballistic missiles towards Israel. ( CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

The Conflict of Israel and Iran: Is it the New Vietnam?

Alexa Simpson, Staff Writer
May 13, 2024
Women's history has been a long and arbitrary subject, and we have been robbed of brilliant writers who were forced to be wives. (Bryson Taylor)

Women’s History Month | The Exhausting Fight for Women’s Rights

Alexa Simpson, Staff Writer
March 29, 2024
The new biopic Bob Marley One Love delves into the legend's legacy. Bob Marley by

Bob Marley | One Love

Alexa Simpson, Staff Writer
March 1, 2024
The person behind the profile picture might not be who they say they are, and online dating apps are an easy way for bad actors to meet up with unsuspecting young people.

Gen Z And The Dangerous Relationship With Online Dating

Alexa Simpson, Staff Writer
March 1, 2024
Nirvana's live performances always drew an electrifying crowd with blaring music and gritty vocals. Nirvana around 1992 by P.B. Rage from USA is licensed under P.B. Rage from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Nirvana Paved the Way for Grunge Subculture

Alexa Simpson, Staff Writer
February 15, 2024
Social media addictions and overconsumption can lower a person's attention span.

Why Can’t People Focus on Long-Form Content Anymore?

Alexa Simpson, Staff Writer
February 9, 2024
Some children enjoy spending their free time reading, and use their imagination while doing so!

Kids Aren’t Reading for Pleasure

Alexa Simpson, Staff Writer
January 18, 2024
Matthew Perry 2010 by greginhollywood is licensed under greginhollywood, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-ND 2.0

Remembering Matthew Perry

Alexa Simpson, Staff Writer
November 8, 2023
Students prefer their phones while sitting in the library to picking up a book and reading.

Is Reading Still Fundamental?

Odin Naylor and Alexa Simpson
October 20, 2023
Girl with a Pearl Earring, painted by a Dutch painter named Johannes Vermeer in 1665.

Art Tells a Story Better Than Words Ever Could

Alexa Simpson, Staff Writer
October 4, 2023
The Verrado halls fill with students as the bell releases classes.

The Lunchtime Crowd

Alexa Simpson, Staff Writer
September 15, 2023
Elvis Presley, age 19, during his rise to fame in 1954

Elvis Presley: From Poor Country Boy to the King of Rock n’ Roll

Alexa Simpson, Staff Writer
August 28, 2023
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