On December 1-2, 2023, the MPA debate team took home the gold with a history-making achievement at the Classic State Debate Festival at Two Rivers High School. Not only did debaters Victoria Lin and Ash...
Picture this: it is your first day of school and you are nervous. Exceptionally nervous. You do not know anyone yet, and you are doing this all alone. Gathering your courage, you walk up to the front door...
Mari Minear, Co-Editor-in-Chief
• December 3, 2023
Three MPA students qualified for the state Girls’ Swim Meet at the MSHSL Section 4A Meet on November 10, 2023. Senior Izzy Espinosa qualified in the 200 Yard Freestyle, 500 Yard Freestyle, 400 Yard Freestyle...
There is a first time for everything. Kevin McCarthy definitely knows it.
First person to not be elected Speaker of the House within one ballot in over a century. And more importantly, first Speaker...
As a kid, I was obsessed with The Lego Movie. I would recite the lines with the characters, screaming, “spaceship, Spaceship, SPACESHIP!” with Benny or performing Metalbeard’s dramatic soliloquy....
It's no secret that HBO's newest series, The Last of Us—an adaptation of the 2013 game of the same name by Naughty Dog Studios—is looking to be one of the best shows of the year, if not the decade....
“Soccer is the world’s sport.” This statement is evident by the billions of fans that watch the World Cup tournaments every four years. The 2022 World Cup was unique for many reasons. Underdogs such...
We all lately heard a lot about the Supreme Court overturning of Roe v. Wade in late June, and how society is split into 2 major groups, pro-choice and pro-life. Roe v. Wade is known for allowing...
Welcome to the Climate Column! This year, I will be writing an article each month about the climate crisis and how we can make a difference. Check for these articles in each issue of the Freethinker....
