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Sports recruiting: more than meets the eye Students need to be pro-active in getting recruited for many sports Over 460,000 student-athletes will participate in the various 24 sports that the NCAA has to offer in 2019. Each athlete has a unique path on their recruiting journey and variables such as …

Fortnite falling fast The worlds most popular game is losing its momentum   After the release of Fortnite Battle Royale on July 25, 2017 the number of players has skyrocketed from less than 1 million within the first month to over 125 million players in June, 2018. Players from around …

To finish off our Minnehaha Archive 12 days of Christmas series, featured below is a clip from the 1928 edition of The Quiver. All text with no images, this clip is the oldest one in our series and includes Christmas short stories and discussion of the purchase of Christmas seals. Merry Christmas …

The 11th day of our series features a clip from the 1937 Christmas edition of The Quiver. The portion of the paper below is the staff editorial that discusses the meaning of Christmas.

Today is the 10th day of our 12 days of Christmas countdown. The year is 1947, the year of the end of WWII, and below is a clip from the Christmas edition of The Quiver that year. Highlighting a special candlelight Christmas service, this clip also features a photo of the newspaper’s …

Day 9 of the Minnehaha Archive 12 days of Christmas series highlights the 1952 Christmas edition of The Quiver. The section of the paper below describes how students prepare for Christmas and get into the holiday spirit, as well as discussing the Christmastime mistletoe tradition.

Happy New Year! These clips from the Christmas 1955 edition of The Quiver highlight people and things of the month, Christmas traditions, New Year’s Resolutions, short stories and what students are hoping for for Christmas.

With photos by student John Miller, the cover page of the December 16, 1963 edition of The Quiver features a variety of Christmas themed photos and a headline reading “All I Want for Christmas…”

Day six of our 12 days of Christmas series features a snippet from a 1979 edition of The Quiver. Featuring a letter to Santa and Christmas poetry, this page also includes a nativity scene graphic as well as a table of contents for what else is included in the issue.

After four days of clippings from old Minnehaha Talon newspapers, this clip comes from the 1985 edition of The Quiver, MA’s student newspaper before The Talon. Written by Lara Hammel and Gerard Hammink, this brief talks about how different language classes and clubs celebrated Christmas. The article talks about Swedish …