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Shorewood Ripples

The Student News Site of Shorewood High School

Shorewood Ripples

The Student News Site of Shorewood High School

Shorewood Ripples

Beyonce release takes top Billboard Country Spot

Beyonce release takes top Billboard Country Spot

Ben Weisse and Claudia Talarzcyk March 9, 2024

We are being serenaded this winter by Beyoncé. On Superbowl Sunday, she released two new songs with promises of a new album out in March. Beyoncé stated in the past that her most recent album Renaissance...

Roald Dahl story adapted for the movie screen

Roald Dahl story adapted for the movie screen

Ana Pheister and Lucy Kuhnen-Grooms March 9, 2024

Wes Anderson is no stranger to the film industry. His critically acclaimed, unique visual style can be recognized by a multitude of viewers. His newest endeavor is a short film titled The Wonderful Story...

Rules: A short story by Sonia Bendre

Sonia Bendre March 9, 2024

Esmeralda rolled slowly down the road. The sun had not yet risen, so it was still dark. The dark made her nervous, just like it had used to when she was younger and still had hope of growing up and out...

2024 Grammys highlight diverse musical talent

Giselle Knox March 9, 2024

On February 4, the winners of the 2024 Grammys were announced at the 66th annual awards ceremony at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. For the fourth consecutive year, the ceremony was hosted by Trevor...

Students see themselves on the jumbotron during the December 19 performance.

Middle school band students perform at Bucks game

Jenna Abu-Zahra February 11, 2024

On December 19, Shorewood’s elementary and middle school band performed at a Milwaukee Bucks game for the second year in a row. Katherine Myszewski, elementary school band director, ensures that students...

Squid Game reality spinoff misses the point

Aiko Levick February 11, 2024

Not every television show warrants a quirky adaptation. In fact, my general quality of life would probably be better if most shows stopped getting quirky adaptations.  Squid Game is a South Korean...

Miyazaki reflects in The Boy and the Heron

Miyazaki reflects in The Boy and the Heron

Aud Jenkins February 11, 2024

Warning: The following review contains light and fairly-general spoilers for The Boy and the Heron. Proceed with caution! For the six decades that he has been making movies, Hayao Miyazaki has been...

Two presidents, two standards: Biden vs. Trump

Peter Haigh December 23, 2023

Trump has lied about so many things, so blatantly, that we treat him differently from any other politician. The only reason that he is a potential presidential candidate (again) is because we have all...

Spotify’s commodification of your music

Aiko Levick December 23, 2023

Anybody who is invested in a music based subculture would be very quick to call me a poser. They’d be right. Yes, it’s true. I’ve been caught on more than one occasion saying that I “don’t listen...

The Urban Ecology Center hosts second Fungi Film Fest

The Urban Ecology Center hosts second Fungi Film Fest

Aud Jenkins December 23, 2023

On December 6, community members, families, and individuals with an interest in art, mycology, and science gathered in the basement of the Urban Ecology Center. Spread across the room, sitting in rows...

Don’t let the movie dissuade you: the book is always better

Ana Pheister December 23, 2023

If you were a kid who liked to read in the early 2010s, you probably had a Hunger Games phase. Published in 2020, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins dives into the backstory of the infamous...

The Hunger Games is back on the big screen

The Hunger Games is back on the big screen

Masha Malinkine, Andrina Roberts, and Jenna Abu-Zahra December 23, 2023

On November 17, a frenzy filled the theaters as The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes was released. Directed by Francis Lawrence, the film is based on Suzanne Collins’ prequel to her...