High school can be considered by most, the best and worst years of your life. Filled with highs soaring above Mount Everest to lows deeper than the Mariana Trench, it is one of the biggest milestones hit...
Sitting in the car, you silently scroll through Instagram as your family sits beside you. At the dinner table, you watch Netflix instead of paying attention to your siblings’ stories from school. Texting...
George Washington once said, “If [our] freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led like sheep to the slaughter.”
In recent years, an increasing number of big tech companies...
From pictures of STDs to hearing an adult say ‘penis’, sex education has often been regarded as the hallmark of cringe-worthy high school experiences.
However, regardless of the stigma (and the...
The fluorescent lights of Buell shine down on the sea of royal blue rolling in the stands. As the Mustangs stride on the field, the MN student section chants, “Go Big Blue!”
There’s one person...
The deafening cacophony of 17,000 spectators screaming drowns out the squeaks of sneakers on the hardwood. From the sideline, frantic coaches yell for a timeout, to foul on the next possession, anything...
Three years ago I went into my counselor’s office to switch my foods class for a class that involved fewer ovens. Most of the classes that were only one semester I had already taken so I decided to sign...
Though senior year seems like a breeze, many students are more stressed senior year than any other year. We are expected to pick a college, decide what we are going to do with our lives, and finish out...
Blue recycling bins are in almost every classroom at MN. Although the bins seem to portray an environmentally positive school, this is not the whole truth. The 2,500+ students do not have the option of...
My idea of high school was never the cliché “High School Musical” fantasy. Living in Logan, Iowa, I knew my experience would not include the glamorously depicted scenes on T.V. What I didn’t know...
What can you buy with $376 dollars?
Five brand new pairs of Adidas Superstars, 315 soft tacos at taco bell, and two pairs of airpods, if we’re rounding down. I, on the other hand, spent the $376...
If you’ve watched “Avengers Endgame”, you’ve likely faced or have been facing detrimental spoilers. But could those spoilers give you a better experience?
Knowing more about what will happen...
