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Rebuilding cultures
Native American schools reclaim stolen traditions Native American boarding schools are undergoing...
M.A. Votes: 2024 All-School Election
Students prefer Harris/Walz over Trump/Vance Strong participation as Upper School students express...
What issues are at stake for youth voters in this year’s election
2024 Presidential Election preview: issues concerning youth With the 2024 election on Tuesday...
SCIENCE & HEALTH
The ins and outs of sports medicine
MA's athletic trainer and strength & conditioning coach support students Minnehaha is home to...
Sleep’s Impact on Athletics
Undervalued by many teens, sleep holds the key to better performance Getting roughly 8 to 10 hours...
Hydration: life’s necessity
Cold or warm, red or blue, tall or short, thin or thick, sippy or straw: it’s up to you! Easily...
SPORTS
Betting is fun, just ask the media
The rapidly growing gambling culture continues to infiltrate sports content, so much so that...
Love at first spike
It’s late July and the first set of a sweaty, scrappy beach volleyball game has just concluded....
PWHL skating towards success
From a new general manager to a new name, the Frost have had a busy offseason Days after the...
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New Faces at M.A.: J Wesley Rohrer, Science and Social Studies
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New Faces at M.A: Micheala Bieno, English
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New Faces at M.A.; Matt Ferris, Sacred Studies
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New Faces at M.A.: Nina Slezáková, Slovakian Exchange Student
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New Faces at M.A: Megan Thurow Varisty Girls Volleyball coach
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New Faces at M.A.: Jamie Jurkovich, U.S History
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Betting is fun, just ask the media
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Rebuilding cultures
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New Faces at M.A.: Takisha Randle, Parking Lot Security Guard
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Fall Musical preview: Little Shop of Horrors
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OPINIONS
Don’t fall for authoritarianism
Taking democracy for granted, young Americans can learn from Soviet era Imagine living in a...
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...
ARTS & FOOD
Rewind and replay
Vintage analog tech becomes popular with digital-era youth As the needle gently dropped onto the...
Ending with a scream… right?
Can you recall the end of the last horror movie you watched? On Halloween night, like many other...
Forceful figures: Nathan Stomberg creates art piece for Lucasfilm
Art teacher brings the Force with him on the Fourth In a galaxy known...
BRIEFS
New Faces at M.A.: J Wesley Rohrer, Science and Social Studies
Rohrer teaches Physics, Ancient History to 9th Graders Wesley Rohrer, a new ancient world history...
New Faces at M.A: Micheala Bieno, English
English Teacher starts journey at Minnehaha Michaela Bieno is excited to start her journey as an...
New Faces at M.A.; Matt Ferris, Sacred Studies
Matt Ferris returns to M.A. to teach 9th and 10th grade Matt Ferris is returning to Minnehaha...
AWARD WINNERS
PWHL Minnesota season in review
From underdogs to champions, PWHL Minnesota had a whirlwind of a season As the last buzzer sounded, Minnesota’s gloves and helmets went flying. Only this time, it was for real. Game four of the PWHL finals went into two overtime periods before Minnesota's Sophie...
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...
Review: Hamlet, pointless retread or necessary revival?
Balance between tradition and innovation make this production effective (This review won first place in the annual Journalism Day at the Guthrie, sponsored by Journalism Educators of Minnesota.) “To be or not to be?” That is the question that has haunted both...
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...