On Feb. 3, 2023, California officially made flag football a girls’ high school sport for the 2023-2024 school year, ABC news reported. MHS plans to have flag football next year in some capacity, Athletics Director Joanna Butcher said. Despite the addition of girls flag football, football will remain a co-edContinue Reading
Rating: 3/5 “The Truman Show” is the fictional story of a man whose life is the world’s entertainment. Every second of his life is filmed unbeknownst to him. He believes everything around him is real and his actual life. “Jury Duty” is a reality show that takes this story andContinue Reading
Social media is an effective tool for impactful change, and almost everyone has seen an Instagram post informing them of the latest tragedy. Social media activism can be useful but oftentimes is hollow and ineffectual. Sharing posts cannot be all that students do if they want to make a difference. Continue Reading
An email expressing concerns over Chick-fil-A’s involvement on campus, in staff meetings and the career fair, was sent to all staff members on March 10 by English teacher Brett Webber, on behalf of a larger group of teachers. The email, whose subject was “Open Letter to MHS Administration,” cited concernsContinue Reading
This year, state legislatures across the country introduced 490 bills that specifically target transgender people, according to Trans Legislation Tracker. The reach of what these bills cover is extensive, from restricting gender-affirming care to banning the education of LGBTQ+ content in school. At MHS students have been able to findContinue Reading
RATING: 4.5 out of 5 “The Last of Us” is the latest hit show distributed by HBO Max. Based on the video game of the same name, it tells the story of Joel Miller (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie Williams (Bella Ramsey) as they learn to heal as people and surviveContinue Reading
Many movies portray dances as a staple of the high school experience. However, MHS has only held prom and homecoming for the last few years, Athletic Director Joanna Butcher said. It was not always like this, she added. Butcher, who served as activities director for 11 years, said that whenContinue Reading
When the new year comes, it’s common to set a New Year’s resolution, but as anyone who’s ever set a resolution knows, it’s challenging to keep up. To hold myself accountable, I decided to write about my experiences. The tradition of making New Year’s resolutions actually comes from the Babylonians.Continue Reading
Every April, the junior class spends three days taking the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) exam. After up to 310 MHS students opted out of it last year, according to the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress website, we need to consider whether the SBAC and standardized testing asContinue Reading
“Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” is a wild ride from start to finish. Released on Nov. 4 on the Roku Channel, the film parodies a biopic film by telling the wildly exaggerated and almost entirely fictional story of Alfred “Weird Al” Yankovic (Daniel Radcliffe) in true Weird Al fashion. LikeContinue Reading
Many students will recognize the title “All Quiet on the Western Front,” a book by Erich Maria Remarque about the external and internal turmoils soldiers faced during World War One, currently in the sophomore year English curriculum. “All Quiet on the Western Front” was released on Oct 28 exclusively onContinue Reading