The War to End All Wars
Johana Brower, Staff Writer
May 23, 2019
‘The Office’ vs ‘Parks and Recreation’ vs ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine:’ for the past decade, the three best TV-shows of all time have aired and people have been talking and debating over them. “The Office” premiered in the United States on May 24, 2005, and it was a huge success and eventual...
Save the world. Thrift.
Kat Steffen, Staff Writer
May 23, 2019
As I wandered the color-coordinated aisles at Savers, my hands explored each piece of clothing as my mother stood unimpressed behind me. I felt the need to examine every item by feeling its textures, by imagining the expressive possibilities of the specimen. I surveyed every nook and cranny of the th...
i <3 internet
Yairis Alvarado, News Editor
May 22, 2019
Satirical contents are quick to mock the dependency that our society has created on the idea of easy access to the Internet; however, the more we question, the more we realize if that mockery is even rational. Teenagers are the first to be poked at for our so-called “dependency,” yet easy Inte...
Genesis.
Mara Fendrich, Staff Writer
May 17, 2019
In the new age, I find myself looking forward to my deaths more than my rebirths. The process of destruction is one that begins in the mirror, having always represented the final form of vanity. Something about the fragility, the careful and breakable arrangement of molecules, sends a warning to my ...
Student receives juvenile detention for talking about AP test
Caleb Miller, Staff Writer
May 16, 2019
Disclaimer: This story is purely for satirical purposes. None of the events described are true and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. On Wednesday, May 15, LHS sophomore Max Peterson was taken into the Minnehaha County Juvenile Center with a seri...
‘Avengers: Endgame’ is pretty good, but it pales in comparison to the ‘Parent Trap’
Slater Dixon, Perspectives editor
May 14, 2019
This article contains spoilers, but you shouldn’t care since it isn’t that good of a movie anyway when you think about it in the context of ‘The Parent Trap’ When I saw “Endgame” for the first time, I was blown away. To see the culmination of so many movies, so many stories, was over...
Poetry Out Loud is a bop
Gage Gramlick, Editor-in-chief
May 14, 2019
At the heart of my Poetry Out Loud experience is connection. Connection with the words. With the poets. With the students. Poetry Out Loud facilitates unity through education in the most miraculous way: compassion. My junior year, I decided to partake. I thought it would be similar to oral interp: co...
Avera’s race against cancer: an opportunity to care
Caleb Miller, Staff Writer
May 9, 2019
You could drive the 750 mile long I-29, travel 383 miles across South Dakota or even workout along the 19 mile bike trails, but who knew that running 6.2 miles could make the impact of a lifetime? On Saturday May 11, 2019, people of all ages will have the opportunity to come together to make a diffe...
The end of an era ‘Avengers: Endgame’
Johana Brower, Staff Writer
May 7, 2019
Attention: “Avengers: Endgame” spoilers ahead! On April 22, 2019 “Avengers: Endgame” was released to theaters. The film made $1.2 billion on the box office opening weekend alone and was awarded the highest-grossing film of 2019. The first Marvel movie to come out was “Iron Man” in ...
It is cool to care
Caroline Sudbeck, Entertainment Editor
May 5, 2019
This past Earth Day, and the entire month of April, my feed was filled with an exceptionally high number of posts dedicated to protecting the environment- a trend not quite as popular a year or two ago. I was so excited to see that users were beginning to showcase their support against harming th...
Is detention worth it?
Xander Donahue, Staff Writer
May 3, 2019
When schools are forced to punish students for misbehaving, they usually revert to assigning detention. Detention can be served before, after or during school. It typically consists of a student or students sitting in a room for 30 to 75 minutes, and then... well, actually, that’s it. It seems a bit str...
A blank sheet of paper
Caleb Miller, Staff Writer
May 2, 2019
American painter Robert Ryman sold his painting “Bridge” at a Christie’s auction in 2015. It was painted in 1980 and fetched a whopping $20.6 million. The only catch is: it’s basically a white canvas. Born in 1930, Ryman was one of the most well-recognized founders of the movement in minima...
Taylor Schmitz, Staff Writer
May 22, 2020
As people continue to stay home during the coronavirus pandemic, many feel the need to gather items that they consider essential for their homes such as paper towels and toilet...
Downtown favorite, Josiah’s Coffeehouse & Café, is open again for business
May 21, 2020
When COVID-19 first hit the Sioux Falls area, many businesses made the decision to close their doors in order to protect their staff and customers....
The issue with 2020 AP testing
May 20, 2020
Amid COVID-19, many students have been very stressed in regards to school, and online Advanced Placement testing has most likely increased anxiety...
TikTok trend causes international shortage of painter’s tape
May 20, 2020
The closing of schools due to COVID-19 has caused many teenagers to engage in various aesthetic projects, but those seemingly innocent activities...