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Roma Wins Big This Award Season

“Roma” Wins Big This Award Season

Oda Tiller-Brattebø, Senior Reporter January 17, 2019

[This article contains spoilers for the movie Roma] Roma– a Netflix original from the renowned director, writer, producer, and cinematographer Alfonso Cuarón– is this award season's biggest winner....

Into the Spider-Verse Creatively Portrays Spider-Man in a Different Way

“Into the Spider-Verse” Creatively Portrays Spider-Man in a Different Way

Mackenna Yount, Copy Editor January 17, 2019

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was released in mid-December, and has continually blown up among both dedicated Marvel fans and casual moviegoers. On January 6th, it won Best Animated Motion Picture...

Your Phone is Your Worst Stalker

Your Phone is Your Worst Stalker

Giulia Vidossi, Junior Reporter December 17, 2018

As The New York Times reported in “Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They’re Not Keeping the Secret”, our movements are tracked more and more every day by our phones. Almost every app...

The Dream Center puts donated clothing in a line to be handed out to homeless people.

Local Homeless Camp is Being Cleared Out

Adelyn Powell, Junior Reporter December 17, 2018

The police recently got permission to clear out a large homeless camp– known as “the quarry”– as reported in the Colorado Springs Gazette article, "Colorado Springs Homeless Camp Within Sight of...

The Danger of the Paris Riots

The Danger of the Paris Riots

Alyssa Rash, Junior Reporter December 17, 2018

As The New York Times recently reported in the article, "What Travelers Need to Know About the Paris Riots", protesters addressed as “Yellow Vests” are causing mass trouble across the city. Yellow...

Satellite image showing thick and thin sea ice.

How MSHS Should Approach Climate Change

Paige Laurie, Junior Reporter December 17, 2018

As The New York Times recently reported in "Will We Survive Climate Change?", The Paris Climate Accord has the goal of stopping global temperatures rising by two degrees Celsius. Arctic sea ice is continuously...

Where Do We Draw the Line With Science

Where Do We Draw the Line With Science

Meara Sauer, Junior Reporter December 11, 2018

To the editor:  The New York Times recently posted the article "Why Are Scientist So Upset About the First Crispr Babies?" by Gina Kolata and Pam Belluck. The Chinese scientist He Jiankui has made...

Review: The Top 5 Horror Films For The Month Of October

Review: The Top 5 Horror Films For The Month Of October

Anais Wickes, Junior Reporter October 25, 2018

Knowing that it’s October, horror movies are in high demand. Here are five recommendations for this Halloween: “The best horror movie I’ve watched is IT (2017). I really liked the actors and I liked...

Editorial: Columbus Day Controversy

Editorial: Columbus Day Controversy

Eliana Uecker, Student Life Editor October 11, 2018

From our very first years of grade school, we’re taught that in August of 1492 the brave and heroic Christopher Columbus set sail into the ocean blue and discovered the Americas, building the starting...

Review: Unique and Thrilling New Movie “Searching”

Review: Unique and Thrilling New Movie “Searching”

Eliana Uecker, Student Life Editor September 20, 2018

The movie Searching, directed by Aneesh Chaganty and produced by Timur Bekmambetov, is a unique and thrilling movie that follows a desperate father's efforts to find his missing 16 year old daughter and...

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