Space: the final frontier. For decades, it has inspired people to look beyond their own difficulties and see the potential of the heavens. However, recent renovations to the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) have the potential to cripple America’s ability to reach this celestial potential.
Having been raised on stories of distant galaxies and heroes [...]
Saving lives one shift at a time
Student lifeguards making a splash this summer Every summer when the weather gets hot, there’s always a few places you can rely on to cool off, whether it be Greenlake or your local community center’s pool. [caption id="attachment_838" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Seniors Nikki Martin and Karli Lafferty spend time off duty teaching ...
Adventures abroad: Seniors ship out overseas
[caption id="attachment_840" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Instead of going to college in the fall, seniors such as Aileen Granstrom, Chris Baguio, and Sheena Jewell will spend a year traveling and studying./ALEXA MOCK"][/caption] Aileen Granstrom will be following her older siblings’ footsteps by taking a year off and traveling with 20 other American students ...
Save the proma for your mama
Underclassmen dates cause inter-grade conflict If there’s one hot topic on everyone’s minds lately, it’s been who is taking who to prom. This is for many reasons, but mainly for one that makes this year unique: a large number of the girls being asked to prom are juniors. [caption id="attachment_842" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="Junior ...
Video production wins big
Six NFFTY entries nominated for Emmys The National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) opened at Seattle Cinerama Theater on April 29. It continued through Sunday and, over the course of four days, featured 190 films by young filmmakers under age 22. The filmmakers that were participating came from 33 different ...
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Miley Cyrus: OMG, like WTF?!
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Heart screenings at Ballard successful
On Tuesday May 25 the Nick of Time Foundation came to Ballard and screened a total of 291 students coming very close to their goal of 300 students.
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African rooted collaboration one to remember
Marley and Nas deliver a focused piece of work
When Nas announced at the Grammy’s in 2009 that he was working on a collaborative album with Damian Marley, many (including myself) were a bit skeptical. Intended to be a charity album to benefit Africa, not only could it come off incredibly corny but collaborative albums of [...]
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From the mountains of Summit
Jane Maurer’s counseling path
The door to Jane Maurer’s counseling office is perpetually propped open, both literally and figuratively. Through the first door along a wall of similarly welcoming open doors sits the enthusiastic, blue-eyed counselor, ready to guide students in their academic pursuits.
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College alternatives
Graduates answer the call of duty- Leah Leinbach
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Closing pools put summer in jeopardy
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Cross the river:
Monte Shulz’s This Side of Jordan revives the Jazz Age
A wandering, dusty journey through the Midwest of 1929 takes us across the flat American landscape of plains and prairies, motorcars and dirt roads, towns and barns, through quiet venues of illegal liquor trade and bustling circuses, to meet farmers, preachers, crooks and gangsters.
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Block schedule failed to pass
Mixed responses over proposal and results
On Wednesday, May 26 the staff voted down, what has been a highly debated topic among teachers, the modified block schedule.
Of the 126 staff members who voted, 72 voted no and 49 voted for it.
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