The Haystack

The student news site of Wheat Ridge High School
The student news site of Wheat Ridge High School

The Haystack
The student news site of Wheat Ridge High School

The Haystack
Lily Ives

Lily Ives, Editor In Chief

Hi, I’m Lily and I am the editor in chief. I love literature, Orville Peck, and Dead Poets Society. I have strong opinions on basically every topic.

“Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it” – Donna Tartt, The Secret History

All content by Lily Ives

Why Are We So Interested In True Crime?

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
May 13, 2021
Iceberg image illustrating the different areas of the internet

Dark Web Website Brought Down by German Authorities; Four Arrests Made

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
May 12, 2021
NFT created by artist Cryptopunk

Are NFT’s a Good Thing? : According to Lily

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
May 12, 2021
My senior photo

Goodbye to an Interesting Four Years: Lily’s Senior Goodbye

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
May 12, 2021
What the Chauvin Trial Verdict Could Mean for the Future

What the Chauvin Trial Verdict Could Mean for the Future

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
May 4, 2021
Racism Against Asian-Americans and the Stop Asian Hate Movement

Racism Against Asian-Americans and the Stop Asian Hate Movement

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
April 20, 2021
Asa Hutchinson, governor of Arkansas, pictured here

Anti-Trans Legislation Passed in Arkansas

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
April 20, 2021
Lee and her wife and grandchildren pictured here

New Legislation: What Does This Mean for LGBTQ+ People?

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
March 24, 2021
Speech and Debate: A New Club That Has Something for Everyone

Speech and Debate: A New Club That Has Something for Everyone

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
March 24, 2021
Screenshot from early in the stream, while Ranboo was playing the game Undertale

Young Live-streamer Becomes Most Subscribed to Person on Twitch

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
February 27, 2021
The Mysterious Death of Elisa Lam

The Mysterious Death of Elisa Lam

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
February 9, 2021
Online Content Creators and Abuse of Power: A Disturbing Trend

Online Content Creators and Abuse of Power: A Disturbing Trend

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
January 27, 2021
According to Lily: Required Reading Lists Need an Update

According to Lily: Required Reading Lists Need an Update

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
January 27, 2021
SSN Students Pictured Here Out Front of WRHS

The Pandemic and SSN Students: a Unique Story

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
January 27, 2021
Screenshot of the pivotal "campfire scene" in My Own Private Idaho, featuring Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix.

Gay Representation in Film and Book: a Brief Introduction

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
December 14, 2020
Page pictured here

Elliot Pages Comes Out as Trans, Comforts Hundreds

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
December 10, 2020
Photograph of people fighting for disability rights

According to Lily: Accepted Discrimination in the Forms of Transphobia and Abelism

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
November 21, 2020
An empty classroom here at WRHS

COVID-19 and High Schools Around the States

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
November 19, 2020
Psychedelics: a Potential Treatment for Mental Illnesses

Psychedelics: a Potential Treatment for Mental Illnesses

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
November 12, 2020
According to Lily: the Decriminalization and Legalization of Hard Drugs

According to Lily: the Decriminalization and Legalization of Hard Drugs

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
November 10, 2020
New Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett Poses a Threat to the Rights of Many

New Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett Poses a Threat to the Rights of Many

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
October 29, 2020
Podcasts and YouTube: Alternatives to your Regular Halloween Activities

Podcasts and YouTube: Alternatives to your Regular Halloween Activities

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
October 24, 2020
Oscar Wilde: a Man Worth Remembering

Oscar Wilde: a Man Worth Remembering

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
October 23, 2020
According to Lily: How are Politics are Treated on Social Media

According to Lily: How are Politics are Treated on Social Media

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
October 20, 2020
Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women: A Horrifying Inequity in Death

Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women: A Horrifying Inequity in Death

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
October 13, 2020
The Startling Increase in the Deaths of Innocent Black Trans Women

The Startling Increase in the Deaths of Innocent Black Trans Women

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
October 8, 2020
According to Lily: J.K. Rowling and the Cruel World of Transphobia

According to Lily: J.K. Rowling and the Cruel World of Transphobia

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
September 26, 2020
Recent Wheat Ridge protesters for the BLM movement

Protests Around the Nation: Black Lives Matter and Colorado

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
September 24, 2020
A Timeline of CHSAA and High School Sports in the Time of COVID-19

A Timeline of CHSAA and High School Sports in the Time of COVID-19

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
September 23, 2020
Have I Been Here Before? : an Exploration of "Liminal" spaces

Have I Been Here Before? : an Exploration of “Liminal” spaces

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
September 8, 2020
A Most Excellent Return : Bill and Ted are Back For a Third Film

A Most Excellent Return : Bill and Ted are Back For a Third Film

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
August 30, 2020
Your Questions About This School Year Answered

Your Questions About This School Year Answered

Lily Ives, Editor in Chief
August 24, 2020
Police Officers Work to Perpetuate an Already Corrupt Justice System

Police Officers Work to Perpetuate an Already Corrupt Justice System

Lily Ives, Features Editor
May 12, 2020
According to Lily: Why The Word 'Hero' is Dehumanizing

According to Lily: Why The Word ‘Hero’ is Dehumanizing

Lily Ives, Features Editor
May 12, 2020
FDA Changes Blood Donation Guidelines for Gay Men

FDA Changes Blood Donation Guidelines for Gay Men

Lily Ives, Features Editor
April 10, 2020
According to Lily: the Flaws Revealed by COVID-19

According to Lily: the Flaws Revealed by COVID-19

Lily Ives, Features Editor
April 10, 2020
Citizens in Greenland Worship Cars 2

Citizens in Greenland Worship Cars 2

Lily Ives, Features Editor
April 1, 2020
Joe Mama Joke Nominated as the Funniest Joke in Human History

Joe Mama Joke Nominated as the Funniest Joke in Human History

Lily Ives, Features Editor
April 1, 2020
A stack of beloved classics.

According to Lily: What Even is Classic Literature?

Lily Ives, Features Editor
March 19, 2020
Here, protesters are seen outside the opening of the new production.

Famous Musical West Side Story is Once Again in Hot Water

Lily Ives, Features Editor
March 13, 2020
Ignorance About History Causes the Continuous Denial of the Holocaust

Ignorance About History Causes the Continuous Denial of the Holocaust

Lily Ives, Features Editor
February 25, 2020
The Internet Continues to Exacerbate the Love of Serial Killers

The Internet Continues to Exacerbate the Love of Serial Killers

Lily Ives, Features Editor
February 25, 2020
Louisa May Alcott's Classic Masterfully Adapted by Greta Gerwig

Louisa May Alcott’s Classic Masterfully Adapted by Greta Gerwig

Lily Ives, Features Editor
February 25, 2020
Planned Parenthood Offers Reproductive Health Care to All

Planned Parenthood Offers Reproductive Health Care to All

Lily Ives, Features Editor
January 26, 2020
These are notes in a used copy of Franny and Zoey by J.D. Salinger.

Annotating in Books Deemed as Destructive

Lily Ives, Features Editor
January 26, 2020
President Donald Trump pauses as he speaks during a campaign rally, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Current Status of Impeachment Process

Lily Ives, Features Editor
December 16, 2019
Cancel Culture Complicates Media Consumption

Cancel Culture Complicates Media Consumption

Lily Ives, Features Editor
December 16, 2019
The Romanticizing of Mental Illness Stigmatizes Mental Health

The Romanticizing of Mental Illness Stigmatizes Mental Health

Lily Ives, Features Editor
December 16, 2019
Nature of Media Concentration Impacts General Public

Nature of Media Concentration Impacts General Public

Lily Ives, Features Editor
December 4, 2019
Standardized Testing: Why it's the Farthest Thing From Helpful

Standardized Testing: Why it’s the Farthest Thing From Helpful

Lily Ives, Features Editor
November 19, 2019
Matrix Film Series Returns With a Fourth Installment

Matrix Film Series Returns With a Fourth Installment

Lily Ives, Features Editor
November 12, 2019
Park County Teachers Protest Over Wages

Park County Teachers Protest Over Wages

Lily Ives, Features Editor
November 10, 2019
Emos Rejoice: My Chemical Romance Makes a Triumphant Return

Emos Rejoice: My Chemical Romance Makes a Triumphant Return

Lily Ives, Features Editor
November 10, 2019
The Blair Witch movie poster.

The Blair Witch Project Casts a Spell on Generations

Lily Ives, Features Editor
October 19, 2019
Frankenstein film poster.

Classic Literature Creates an Enduring Legacy in Film

Lily Ives, Features Editor
October 19, 2019
Art Remains a Medium too Broad for Simple Adjectives

Art Remains a Medium too Broad for Simple Adjectives

Lily Ives, Features Editor
October 19, 2019
People gather in protest.

Protests Over Hong Kong Extradition Bill Escalates

Lily Ives, Features Editor
September 19, 2019
Boris Johnson, new prime minister.

New United Kingdom Prime Minister Stirs Controversey

Lily Ives, Features Editor
September 19, 2019
Students participating in the 2018 student walk-outs

Gun Violence Inspires the Need for Stricter Gun Laws

Lily Ives, Features Editor
September 5, 2019
Breaking News: Vaping Carcinogens Make Ones Life Better

Breaking News: Vaping Carcinogens Make Ones Life Better

Lily Ives, Staff Writer
March 22, 2019
Medical syringe

Anti-vaccination Movement and the Ongoing Denial of Science

Lily Ives, Staff Writer
February 21, 2019
Artist rendering of the spacial object

New Horizon’s Spacecraft Completes Flyby of Ultima Thule

Lily Ives, Staff Writer
February 5, 2019
Covers of NYPL Insta-novels

Classic Stories are Hitting your Instagram Stories Now

Lily Ives, Rookie Reporter
October 29, 2018
Antoine L. Smith as Curly

The Fantastic Denver Production of Oklahoma

Lily Ives, Rookie Reporter
October 4, 2018
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