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  A little while back, in the dark recess of what I call free time, I was exploring some online discussion of a fairly obscure show from the ‘80s called Legends of the Galactic Heroes. The people online were praising a character in the show, Kaiser Rudolf, and saying that modern society needs a man like him …

“Education is not the learning of facts but the training of the mind to think,” Albert Einstein once said. But how do people, especially students, use their education to train their mind? Curiosity, often said to be one of the most important parts of learning because it fuels the desire to …

Current policies give some applicants unfair advantages With many of the seniors from the class of 2023 beginning to receive admission letters from universities, questions begin to arise over why one student may be accepted over another in the college admission process. As the number of applications submitted to universities has increased dramatically over …

MA alum gives insight on designing for Adidas Mark Lind (‘13) is a footwear developer at Adidas who collaborates with high-profile celebrities, helping their ideas come to fruition. Lind graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in Engineering and enjoyed running cross-country and track at Minnehaha throughout high …

Shoe buzz at Minnehaha Emerging recently from the shadows is a new phenomenon: shoes. Shoes have been around for a very long time, dating all the way back to 8000 B.C. However, just in the past decade, social media has made the whole idea of shoes shift from necessity to …

Social media wreaks havoc on brains Eight out of ten people will skim this story’s headline, but only two will read past it. Congratulations! By reading even just to this point, you are part of a small group of over-achievers: the 20%. Maybe you will read even more if you …

The connection between music and our memory. 1. If you take a moment to think about the song “Happy Birthday”, it may bring you a memory of circling a table with your friends, eating cake, or blowing out candles when turning eight years old.  “I think of when I was …

The unique experience of pit musicians The alarm went off, scream ing its high-pitched blares. Elaine got dressed and walked out of her apartment, feeling the morning breeze. She took the empty subway to the studio, and set up her trumpet. At 4:30 in the morning, she prepared to play …

HBCU fair at M.A. demonstrates interest in unique college option We all know about the famous hate crime surrounding George Floyd, who was viciously killed by Derek Chauvin in May 2020, and of similar crimes involving Breonna Taylor, Ahmed Arbery and many others (see “Trauma of Floyd’s murder still burdens …

Trauma of Floyd’s murder still burdens the Black Community On May 25, 2020, an innocent Black man named George Floyd was murdered in the hands of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin after he kneeled on Floyd’s neck for exactly 9 minutes and 29 seconds. Floyd’s death sparked extreme anger …