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Is High School Really Like the Shows, Books, and Movies?

Ava Barnes, Editor May 30, 2025

We all grow up reading and watching coming-of-age movies and books and thinking to ourselves, “I can’t wait to do that when I’m in high school!” or, “Oh no, I hope that doesn’t happen to me...

Groverville Dirtbags

Lucas Christopherson, Writer May 21, 2025

Viking Baseball has been very quiet in terms of strong seasons in years prior. In fact, it has been over a decade since the boy's varsity baseball team has made a playoff appearance in the 6A league. With...

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Ranking My Favorite Concerts: Part Two

Natalie Maciel, Writer May 21, 2025

Concerts have been fascinating to me since I was thirteen years old. They’re such once-in-a-lifetime opportunities and so memorable. I love everything about them, from the anticipation of the day, picking...

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The Day I Met My Best Friend

Jimena Garcia, Writer May 15, 2025

It was 8th grade. I remember entering the school when suddenly my counselor stopped me. “Hey Jimena, we have a new student today. Can you show her around the school and let her know where all her classes...

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Ranking My Favorite Concerts: Part One

Natalie Maciel, Writer May 9, 2025

Concerts are an amazing opportunity to experience a live showing of performed dancing and singing. Concerts in recent years have been a hot topic due to things like the increase in ticket prices. For example,...

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What it’s like being a Dancer

Violet Siebert, Writer April 18, 2025

I've been dancing for the past 10 years, and I have definitely learned a lot from it. Over the past couple of years, dance has gotten a lot more recognition and respect in the world. Recently, over the...

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My Biggest Influences as a Filmmaker

Stanley Shivley, Editor March 20, 2025

For all my life, I’ve always been in love with film. In my elementary years, I would splice together eclectic mashups of whatever I thought was funny or was interested in at the time in a pirated premiere...

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Inspiration to be a Veterinarian

Kalen Lindsey, Writer March 20, 2025

I have wanted to be a veterinarian for quite a while, most of my life, actually. Usually, as a kid when you say you want to be something, it's just a phase and you end up forgetting or just finding something...

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Life With Music

Juliet Weston, Writer January 29, 2025

Growing up, music has always been a big part of my family. My oldest brother played the cello for more than 8 years, my other older brother played violin and viola for multiple years, and my younger brother...

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My October Recap

Natalie Granda Mejia, Writer December 4, 2024

October is my favorite month of the year. Can you guess why? It’s my birthday month! Apart from that, I’m just the biggest Fall fan ever, where all my favorite activities begin. To start the month,...

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Weird Food Combos I’d Defend With My Life

Nick Schiwegeraht, Writer November 15, 2024

I’ve eaten weird food combos for years, and every time I mention them, everyone makes fun of me! I'm here to debunk all the flimsy arguments against why my food choices are strange.  What is deemed...

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What Kind of Bird Are You?

Denia Ferreira, Writer November 4, 2024

I tend to find myself in uncomfortable conformations with my friends, coworkers, and even partners about my unhealthy behavior. Often about how I was disrespectful, rude, or a straight-up asshole on accident....

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