Talon staff discusses Mendota Heights site, mourns loss of north campus Long, fresh hallways, jam packed with students that have found a new routine of moving from class to class. High top tables...
Adjusting to a new space
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Las Vegas shooting response – keep or eliminate guns?
Guns must go By Patrick Cullinan, Staff Writer On Oct. 1, a man climbed to the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel and shot at a crowd of people, killing 58 and injuring almost 500. Right now,...
Adjusting to Mendota Heights swivel desks
This year has seen many changes, good and bad. One of the most important of these changes is the teachers' decisions of what seats they wanted in their classroom. "The faculty were given the...
The Myanmar crisis
A small ethnic group of Muslims in Myanmar (a mostly Buddhist country), called Rohingya (population 1.2 million out of almost 53 million in Myanmar), are being persecuted by the Myanmar military,...
App Reviews – Pinterest
The name says it all. "Pinterest" is an app and website where individuals can scroll through thousands of images and "pin" (save) the ones they are interested in. Pins cover a wide range of topics:...
The Electoral College: Tried and True
It sounds so wrong: Hillary Clinton winning the popular vote by 2 million votes and losing the election. Historically, a situation like this ends with calls for the abolishment of the Electoral...
The root of the problem
Recent scandals in the NFL come from long lasting issues with punishment The Everyday Heroes of the American...
Losing creativity may mean sacrificing potential
A long hidden war, one that menaces the future of America. It's been a threat for a long time, but only recently is it...
Publications bring secrets to light
When whistle blowers and media unite to expose corruption, American opinion is split "A grandiose narcissist who...
Society’s ignorance of others’ problems
Eating disorders are a silent problem in athletics Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental...
Parting advice
Returning students, read this: Seniors on The Talon staff share lessons they've learned from four years of high school...
Stigmas, silence hinder healing
No more silence, no more stigmas: it's time to talk about mental illness A man with cancer, bald and pale from...
Leadership versus servantship
The Talon staff share their opinion on captainship and the responsibility that leadership entails The disappointment...
Underground no longer, EDM is becoming mainstream
Last year the Ultra Music Festival in Miami, FL drew 300,000 people over the course of the two weekends, making it one...
A double-edged sword
Though texting is a quick mode of communication, it is often used in place of face-to-face interactions, affecting the...