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Where to Draw the Line between the Art and Artist?

Reegan Cook, Reporter • May 10, 2024

One of my classmates recently shared that their favorite artist is rapper Kanye West. As a Taylor Swift fan, I knew about their drama, but I didn't think West was a horrible person. Then, I searched ¨Kanye...

Taylor Swift Albums Ranked

Reegan Cook and Peter Ver Duin • May 2, 2024

UPDATED 4/30/2024 Most fans anticipated that Taylor Swift would release reputation TV as her next album. Instead, she announced her brand new album, The Tortured Poets Department, on Feb. 4, 2024,...

Rise in Teen Depression Caused by Social Media

C Kelly, Reporter • April 30, 2024

According to analytics, I spend six hours daily on my phone, which is 20 hours and 13 minutes for the week. Specifically, I distribute about three hours and 52 minutes on Instagram, one hour and 32 minutes...

Dueling Blades: Accuracy vs. Effort Based Grading

Taylor Pokorski and Reegan Cook • February 27, 2024

“The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse,” warms the heart

Taylor Pokorski, Reporter • January 22, 2024

From its illustrations of ink, watercolor, tea stains, or dog prints, to its beautifully inconsistent unorthodox writing style, "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse," by Charlie Mackesy is nothing...

YES VOTE ON MILLAGE BENEFITS STUDENTS, COMMUNITY

STAFF • May 1, 2023

Those opposed to the plan argue the cost is too high for the outcome. Some believe that instead of building a whole new middle school we should just renovate the one we currently have. In actuality, this is not cost-effective. It would be band-aids over bullet holes. Studies indicate fixing up older buildings leaves an immense amount of continuous upkeep and maintenance, ultimately suggesting that a new building would be the more economically rewarding option.

Restricting Books = Restricting Knowledge

Sage Jarmosco, Reporter • January 9, 2023

School is a place where we all expect to learn and grow. We depend on our education to broaden our horizons and lead us to new knowledge in the real world. How can we trust schools to do this when some...

Forecast Calls for a Glorious Feeling

Annabelle Waterman and Riley Vining • December 12, 2022

What a glorious feeling it was, sitting in the front row of the balcony in Grand Haven High School's Performing Arts Center for our theater production of “Singin' in the Rain”. I was happy again. It...

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is the adequate savior of Marvel’s fourth phase

Alexandra Bakker • November 22, 2022

The opening weekend of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has passed, and Marvel has scraped by yet again. A lot of pressure rested on this movie following the tragic death of Chadwick Boseman, who played...

Doctor Strange Satisfies

Sydney Kroll, Reporter • May 25, 2022

*Spoiler Warning Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The long-awaited continuation of Doctor Strange’s story is finally here. And after Marvel's latest monstrosity, Morbius, expectations...

Morbius lacks flow

Sydney Kroll, Reporter • May 25, 2022

*Spoiler Warning* The word “mid” might have been a term you saw floating around the internet when Marvel’s Morbius was released in early April. If there’s one thing I can say, however, it’s...

Advice From a Suicide Survivor

Lei Murphy, Reporter • May 24, 2022

I’ve always struggled with my mental health. I didn’t get professionally diagnosed with mental illnesses until I was older, but looking back I have always had a hard time with it. I experienced a lot...