Swimsuits, sandals and sunshine are just around the corner as school comes to an end and summer vacation hovers in students' minds. Anticipation and restlessness crescendo to create a quintessential...
A wild summer
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Talon Articles
Contributing to a classic
It's 1957. An aspiring female author with boy-cut brown hair leans across a desk and offers a well-worked manuscript to Tay Hohoff, an editor at LB Lippencott. The editor fans through the...
Nancy Johnson: departing after decade as principal
"I'm just going to try to do the very best I can do until the last day," said principal Nancy Johnson. After 19 years at Minnehaha, Johnson has announced her departure. Johnson began her teaching...
The Minnehaha Supreme Court
14th amendment All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall...
Amy Eikenbary-Barber: Moving to Washington (Extended Version)
"I can't imagine doing a different job, I really love being here," said Amy Eikenbary-Barber, spanish teacher at Minnehaha. After nine total years of teaching at Minnehaha, Eikenbary-Barber has...
An Examination of Sins and Virtues: Hope
In the well known Greek myth of "Pandora's Box," Pandora, the first woman created by the gods, was given a box by Zeus along with instructions never to open it. Naturally being extremely curious,...
Not just for photographers
Instagram allows cell phone cameras to replace expensive high-tech equipment.
Eat globally, locally
Expand your horizons on food by trying one of several ethnic restaurants near school on East Lake Street There's more...
‘House’ music dubsteps aside for ‘trap’
Electronic Dance Music sub-genre 'Harlem Shakes' into the mainstream Skrillex. Avicii. Swedish House Mafia. These are...
Apps to check out
Will Anema finds 15 apps in 3 categories that might help you Apps are everywhere. Businesses use them, students use...
Running for a cause
A borehole well - dug by World Vision - gushes in Makalondi, Niger, providing local communities with access to clean...
Cat lab dissection
http://In an annual rite of spring, anatomy student dissect cats. Photos and slideshow by Rachel Bartz.
Participating in the classics
When it comes to classic books, it's what the reader brings to the page "The greatest art belongs to the world. Do...
The never-ending winter and its snow
Cancelation of meets, games, and matches have plagued spring sports everywhere "This has never happened before. We...
Spring sports update
The spring sports season is coming to an end and with that the baseball team has had 10 wins and one loss in the...