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Organized Anarchy

Zach Cutler, Staff Writer March 23, 2020

Imagine walking through the streets of any major city and seeing a crowd of people blocking the road, shouting, and assaulting others. The protestors are wearing black from head to toe with bandannas and...

What the Dream Means to Me

Isa Luzarraga, Lifestyle Editor March 23, 2020

From a young age, whether it be in school or through the words of our parents, the idea of the American dream becomes embedded in our perception of our country. For me, I was raised with the stories of...

Dressed to the Nines, Tardies Under Ten

March 23, 2020

With dresses on display in stores and invitations already sent out, prom is approaching. On April 4, juniors and seniors will be done up and dancing at Baxter Arena. But with  the new Good Standing...

Armed to the Teeth

Nate Hollenbeck, Staff Writer February 12, 2020

22,000 Twenty-two thousand individuals--armed to the teeth with assault weapons and body armor-- marching toward their state’s capital with fire in their eyes to protest against what, in their minds,...

13,397: Not Just a Number

Lahari Ramini, News Editor February 12, 2020

Thirteen thousand three hundred and ninety-seven is a significantly large number.  With 13,397 miles, you can almost make it halfway around the world. With $13,397, you can buy over 100 years of Netflix...

Life360 or ‘Life Sentence’ 360?

Lily Taylor, Sports Editor February 11, 2020

When we were young, the movies portrayed our teenage years as rebellious, fun, and carefree. As times have changed, parents have become more cautious, going so far as to install tracking apps in their...

Fighting Sexism in STEM: an Uphill Battle

February 11, 2020

Walking through the halls during the first few weeks of 2020, our school faculty reflects a problematic discrepancy. While women are 52.3% of MN’s teachers, they are only 30% of our science teachers,...

Victoria’s not-so-secret discrimination

Felicia Xiong, Staff Writer December 6, 2019

“A Body for Every Body”. The phrase, which used to be “The Perfect Body”, is the slogan of popular womenswear company Victoria’s Secret. Ironically, the company has failed to represent “every...

Re-ACT-ing to the new ACT

Delano Lockhart, Staff Writer December 6, 2019

Walking into the testing room, my palms sweating and slowly losing grip on my No. 2 pencils, I can feel all the practice I’ve done slipping away. All I can feel now is the stress, the pressure to get...

Think globally, act locally

Shruti Chada, Staff Writer November 22, 2019

Scrolling through Instagram feeds never fails to divert boredom, but now it’s buffeted by posts about climate change from child actor Aiden Gallagher from the Netflix show, The Umbrella Academy. In this...

Teaching the value of learning

Lucy Tu, Co-Editor-In-Chief November 22, 2019

In my sophomore year, I joined TASSEL: Teaching and Sharing Skills to Enrich Lives,  an organization that focuses on utilizing English education to transform the lives of rural Cambodians. In the late...

Censorship aids smarter learning

November 22, 2019

Most of us are familiar with the restricted page in maroon on our laptops, and although it can be inconvenient at times, it is there to ensure everyone’s safety. MPS has been filtering Internet content...

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