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Best ice cream for summer
Top 10 options for premium scoops VIEW A MAP OF REVIEWED ICE-CREAM SHOPS With summer right around...
Voiced or voiceless?
Do MA students have a say at school? It was a bright and sunny spring day during fourth-period...
Dress to express
Does your fashion express your personality? Every day, when you walk through the halls of...
SCIENCE & HEALTH
When healthy becomes unhealthy
If good intentions become obsessions, physical exercise can bring negative results “Over the...
The psychology of sports injuries
Why recovering mentally is just as hard as recovering physically “I heard a pop and knew something...
Caring for the Watershed
Salt, fertilizer, chemicals pollute the river. What is Minneapolis doing about it? It’s no secret...
SPORTS
Golf: grow or shrink the game?
Purists and rookies debate golf’s future and its etiquette For generations, golf has been a game...
High-school athletes have added pressures from the recruiting process
The bell rings, but the day isn’t over yet. From early morning practices, late night homework, and...
Entering the high-school ‘portal’?
How transferring schools impacts M.A., Minnesota athletics Ayden Green stands on the sidelines,...
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OPINIONS
The weight of meaning
Faith, flesh and the rise of the iron cult By Vincent Pilling At Minnehaha Academy, the search for...
Christmas Opinions
Christmas opinions: Artificial vs. real Christmas trees As the upcoming Christmas season...
Grieving through gun violence
MA grapples with devastating tragedies across the country Note to readers: The Talon’s View is our...
ARTS & FOOD
Life in the circus
M.A. students perform in Solstice at St. Paul's Circus Juventas It’s a...
Tron: Ares Movie Review
The third movie adaptation of the 1982 video game, Tron: Ares, is a completely different take on...
Digital art apps: Which comes out on top?
App review: Which painting and drawing tool is best for you? Digital art is a well-traveled road...
BRIEFS
New Faces at M.A.: J Wesley Rohrer, Science and Social Studies
Rohrer teaches Physics, Ancient History to 9th Graders Wesley Rohrer, a new ancient world history...
New Faces at M.A: Micheala Bieno, English
English Teacher starts journey at Minnehaha Michaela Bieno is excited to start her journey as an...
New Faces at M.A.; Matt Ferris, Sacred Studies
Matt Ferris returns to M.A. to teach 9th and 10th grade Matt Ferris is returning to Minnehaha...
AWARD WINNERS
Discovering new stories
Discovering new stories This year's CFE theme puts focus on listening to others Pitter-patters and stomps from shoes echo throughout the gym as the little kids zoom around. Their laughs are roaring and their smiles are beaming as Anna Noble and her peers chase them...
Gymnastics makes its debut as winter sport
Gymnastics makes its debut as a winter sport Senior is Minnehaha'a lone representative in new co-op for girls The smell of chalk hangs in the air and the sound of someone jumping on a trampoline screeches. Senior Kylee Kassebaum gets ready to do yet another round-off...
Poll: Younger Americans express shift in values
Teens' values are shifting Rutger Hoekstra, a junior, considers patriotism, having children and religion as "very important" values. These views actually put Hoekstra in the minority among his generation. According to an August 2019 poll by The Wall Street Journal,...
Summer at South
Time on campus doesn't end for some students It's a hot summer day. The sun is shining down on the kindergarteners' beaming smiles. All eyes are fixed on the monkeys - on those in the enclosure and on those peering in. Current senior Roddy MacDonald is trying to...
Home by curfew? Good luck.
Complexity of curfew laws, uneven enforcement creates confusion for teens Aidan Phelps and Asa Wold, two 15-year-old freshmen, want to see the new movie Deadpool 2 this week. They could see it at Rosedale, Southdale or the Mall of America. They decide to meet Friday...
iGen book review
Move aside Millennials. iGen is coming to stay, bringing their phone-obsessed, risk aversive, and stressed tendencies to the forefront of the future. They are also the topic of Jean Twenge's book entitled: iGen, Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less...
The goalie mentality
The art of being a confident goalie How Minnehaha goalies process setbacks and help teams move forward Whenever a goal is scored, the team is often quick to blame the goalie. Goalies often struggle with guilt and feel responsible for the outcome of the game. In order...
Listen to their silence
After the polarizing presidential election, students must learn to hear each other Even within a substantially safe environment like Minnehaha, there are members of the community who feel ridiculed for their beliefs. Such feelings of alienation were notably...
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New school, new world
Chinese students overcome challenges and gain valuable experiences during their time at an American school [This story is also available in Chinese] "[In America], when a teacher gives you back an exam, they give it to you flipped over,'' said LangTing Deng, who goes...
The Falcon
Minnehaha's most recent play, which followed a young, soon-to-be-married girl who encountered a storyteller, showcased student director Matthew Humason during Labor Day weekend For centuries, storytelling has been a way for humans to express themselves and pass down...
One text too far
Phone addiction is becoming more prominent in teens' lives than they are willing to believe "Recently, school has been really stressful for me," said senior Luke Frazier. "So, one night, in order for me to actually get homework done, I turned my phone off, locked it...