Step-brothers
Written by Margaret Miller · May 18, 2010
Step brothers. Although I’m not referring to the in-genius movie with Will Ferrell, my real life experience has been just as funny. My dad married Jane, my amazing stepmother, in the middle of my third grade year. I mean, yeah, it was cool that I had some company my own age, and more... (more...)
Getting yourself in the mail
Written by Alana Profit · May 10, 2010
Most days I think I’m a run-of-the-mill high schooler: I get up at a time I feel is entirely too early, do homework the period before it’s due, stuff my face in 20 minutes at lunch, go to track practice, go home to eat dinner, sleep, and repeat. But just recently my perception of... (more...)
How I fell in love at a speech tournament
Written by Sam Thomas · March 26, 2010
I’ve never believed in love at first sight, and now I can verify that it actually is too good to be true. See, it all started at a forensics tournament where I thought I had met my future husband. We’ll call him “Drake,” for lack of a better name. I was walking around... (more...)
Olympic obsession
Written by Danielle Kincs · March 9, 2010
It was the first day of March and I had fallen into a deep depression. No, it wasn’t because I realized that we were still at least two months away from some glimmer of spring (yes, the first official day of spring is in March, but who are we kidding? We’re in Minnesota). The... (more...)
Truth about texting
Written by Logan McMillen · March 1, 2010
Whenever my phone vibrates, a chill of equal tectonic force runs down my spine. I piece myself together and thumb through the inbox all the way to the tippy top where my new message lies. I quickly double tap the envelope with a loving force. “hey…I’m supr bord…I hate... (more...)
Three is a crowd
Written by Robby Sutherland · February 19, 2010
Sam Thomas All stable relationships are built like a tricycle. No couple is complete without it’s third wheel, and I’ve played that part a countless amount of times. The more I thought about the art of third-wheeling, the more I’ve come to appreciate it. After setting up... (more...)
Oil change
Written by Emily Busch · February 10, 2010
I had to get my oil changed, so I dropped off my car and I walked into the service station. I scanned the room for an open table. There it was, the only one. I walked over to it and started to work on my Spanish homework. After about five minutes, a rather corpulent woman walked into the... (more...)
Valentine’s Day back in the day
Written by Bernardo Vigil · February 5, 2010
I miss pre-school. The minimalistic homework, nap time, recess, teachers who aren’t competing to see who can damage your fragile teenage psyche the most––all of these things make me feel nostalgic for simpler days. Most important of all, however, I miss pre-school Valentine’s... (more...)
Sadie Hawkins teaches respect to guys
Written by Logan McMillen · January 18, 2010
Sadie Hawkins and its religiously affiliated cousin Holiday Ball mark a time in the year when guys can just sit back and relax…right? “Morp” students at Anoka high school were subjected to this concept junior year. Morp (being the back-words translation of prom) was best explained... (more...)
Farmville addiction sweeps nation
Written by Meredith Gallagher · January 8, 2010
I don’t know what it is about FarmVille. Maybe it’s the satisfaction of watching as you harvest your own artichokes. Maybe it’s the joy of finding a stray goose on your plot of land. Maybe it’s the fact that I don’t even begin to understand the allure of the Facebook... (more...)