Hard work fueled by passion pays dividends for Minnehaha student athletes "Dawson just filled a role as a defensive player last year, and it's a role that we really needed because we weren't that...
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Talon Articles
Small business, big screen
In the era of Netflix and megaplexes, an independent cinema in Columbia Heights gives audiences a classic moviegoing experience Tom Letness dimmed the lights hanging from the movie theater's...
An Examination of Sins and Virtues: Faith
The blazing Middle East sun scorches the backs of a group of men, huddled along a dusty dirt road. The straps of their sandals are worn and their bodies are weary, but their eyes are alive with...
Language in and out of the classroom
Growing up bilingual benefits many Minnehaha students Every day, high schoolers fill Minnehaha's language classes. Students take their seats and pull our their textbooks and iPads. The bell rings...
Athletics: Harmful or Helpful?
Participation in sports shown to be helpful in the classroom The old stereotype that "athletes are dumb" may not be so relevant anymore. Recently the NCAA conducted a study to compare the graduation...
“Fantasy has become reality” – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... Amidst the dry hills of the deserts of Tatooine, a series of beeping noises can be heard on the wind. Two metal creations wander through the sand peaks,...
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...
Body Language: Lost in Translation?
Digital communication leaves key gaps No matter where, if someone taps their patella just right, it'll trigger a...
Day 164 Yearbook Signing
After finals, students sign each other's yearbooks. Photo by Maddie Binning.
Finding Joy
Katie Pope explores the ways that joy brightens our everyday lives.
Food facts with a grain of salt
Eating has been complicated by acronym ingredients such as GMO, BHT and MSG; understanding these and other...
Leadership versus servantship
The Talon staff share their opinion on captainship and the responsibility that leadership entails The disappointment...
Different denominations, different Easter traditions
Christians celebrate the transfiguration, crucifiction and resurrection of Christ on Easter Carrying the beam of the...
Year two in space, year one in class
Minnehaha's International Space Station (ISS) team creates their experiment during class time On Feb. 25, NASA...