FEATURES
U.S. attempt to ‘kill the Indian, save the man’
Government and Church run boarding schools horrific history Less than 100 years ago in...
Learning From Living Abroad: Mexico
From sunshine and mountains to ice and snow, M.A. family combines cultures Once you enter...
Learning from living abroad; Romania
Revisiting Romanian roots Many people have explored different cities, traveled to different...
SCIENCE & HEALTH
COVID is still around, even if we pretend it isn’t
How COVID has evolved through the years. This march marks the fourth anniversary of the COVID-19...
1 in 6 Minnesotans go hungry
Why many neighbors struggle to meet basic needs, and how you can help As humans, we constantly...
Algorithms fuel bad trends
Algorithms fuel bad trends Ever been scrolling through TikTok or Instagram and you start seeing a...
SPORTS
The land of 10,000 heartbreaks
The land of 10,000 heartbreaks Every prideful Minnesotan can recount where they were on the night...
Sports Photography
The increasing interest among youth Raising 4 kids, Lisa Siddons was consumed by youth sports for...
State of hockey welcomes women’s team
Professional Women's Hockey League debuts, drawing former & current players, inspiring girls...
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COVID is still around, even if we pretend it isn’t
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U.S. attempt to ‘kill the Indian, save the man’
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1 in 6 Minnesotans go hungry
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Learning From Living Abroad: Mexico
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Learning from living abroad; Romania
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Learning from Living Abroad: England
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Algorithms fuel bad trends
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No-go or al-GO-rithims?
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Thrifting: green savings
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The land of 10,000 heartbreaks
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AP African American Studies: letter to the College Board
For over a decade, the College Board has carefully constructed the curriculum for a new course, AP...
End college admissions favoritism
Current policies give some applicants unfair advantages With many of the seniors from the class...
Elon Musk takes on Twitter
Musk's purchase of social-media platform raises questions about free speech vs. responsible speech...
ARTS & FOOD
Review: “Dial M for Murder” at the Guthrie
Playful adaptation brings Hitchcock classic to classic stage Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher, The...
Desserts and dishes from around the world
Minnehaha has a diverse and unique student body from various ethnic backgrounds. Their families...
Barbie: Revolutionizing cinema?
Movie breaks box office, carries strong message Nicolas Freeman, theater teacher at Minnehaha...
BRIEFS
New Faces at MA, Anthony Moss, American History
Anthony Moss, A Teacher Who Cares When Anthony Moss, a native of the Bay Area of California, first...
New Faces at M.A.: Kayleen Berg, Social Studies and Economics
Kayleen Berg is excited to join the Minnehaha community this year Social studies teacher and...
New faces at M.A.: Pauli Zavarská, junior international student
Zavarská has dreamed of studying here Imagine getting the opportunity of a lifetime to spend a...
AWARD WINNERS
Elaine Ekstedt: A half-century at MA
Tracing her path to a golden year Fifty years ago, the average gas price was 39 cents per gallon. Fifty years ago, The Godfather won Best Picture at the Oscars. Fifty years ago, the Watergate trial was underway. Fifty years ago, the U.S. ended its involvement in the...
Unlikely links between school, space & war
Russia invades Ukraine, retreats from ISS Minnehaha's annual space-station project may take new directions in future years Testing shark skin on bacteria growth, growing calcium carbonate crystals and trying to revive dried algae have all been experiments worked...
Justice KBJ added to Supreme Court
What Ketanji Brown Jacksons's Supreme Court seat means in history One hundred and fifteen justices have served on the Supreme Court, 108 of those 115 justices-that is ninety-four percent-have been white men. In the court's 233-year history, there have been five female...
Royalty in the making
A closer look at what defines Prince Aligbe Prince Aligbe. The name has been familiar to Minnehaha students and sports fans since he arrived at the school in 7th grade. Now a senior, Aligbe is an amazingly talented basketball player who has drawn the attention of...
Where is the Paralympic Spotlight?
Joshua Turek wins another gold medal for wheelchair basketball "God save all dressed in green, Long live our noble Queen, God save the Queen." sang the 20,000 fans packed into North Greenwich Arena at the 2012 London Summer Paralympic Games. The United States...
Student painting shines a light on healthcare workers
Tenzin Chosang honors healthcare workers' bravery admist COVID-19 pandemic "Jesus Christ is justice, he sets us in the right relationship with God and others, and others have inherent dignity and worth," said Executive Director of Faith Formation David Hoffner to the...
Short Takes: MSHSL, Target Center need to explain themselves
No sufficient reason given by MSHSL, Target Center for state tournament photography rules On April 10, the Minnehaha boys' basketball team won their fourth-consecutive state championship at Target Center, but neither the Talon newspaper nor the Antler yearbook took...
Brown brothers gunning for gold in biathlon
Skiing and shooting, M.A. alums represent Team USA in little-known winter sport In a cold sweat, with hearts racing, the skiers lay on their stomachs, .22-caliber rifles in hand, waiting for the perfect moment to shoot, between breaths. Breathe-breathe-hold-shoot....
Chet Holmgren’s growth, charted
For Holmgren, a long road to the top Nation's top recruit credits work, listening, mindset, mentors for his rise For the last few years, Minnehaha senior Chet Holmgren and former-teammate Jalen Suggs, now a freshman guard for top-ranked Gonzaga, have dominated state...
Crime in MPLS and STP
2020 sees rise in crime across country, including the Twin Cities, as cities debate police reform It was October 2nd, around 8 pm. when junior Caroline McHugh, along with fellow junior Stella Berlin, had just returned to Berlin's St. Paul home after dinner at a...
Small businesses reel from racial unrest
Rioting adds to setback of pandemic; personal connections to Floyd's death felt strongly "I didn't know at the time that he was George Floyd. He worked downtown, and he would come and buy little gifts for his daughter," said Susan Zdon, the owner of a...
Disordered eating in the ballet community
Dancers are sacrificing their mental and physical health in an attempt to meet outdated body image standards Little girls watch The Nutcracker, wide-eyed with awe, as ballerinas twirl around in pretty pink costumes. Snow falls, backdrops change, and the stage seems to...