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A week without my phone

A week without my phone

Sascha Cacho January 24, 2025

I'm chronically online. I know it's embarrassing, and I understand way more jokes than I should, but I can't help it. When I walk alone in the hallway, I scroll on Instagram reels. When I'm lying in my...

Mrs. Schlabowske: The Sensational Science teacher

Mrs. Schlabowske: The Sensational Science teacher

Sascha Cacho, Staff Writer January 23, 2025

The farthest classroom on the ground floor of the science wing, plastered in pink and leopard print, hides science teacher Hayley Schlabowske. She teaches multiple science classes, including biology, zoology,...

The Lunar New Year Celebration

The Lunar New Year Celebration

Sascha Cacho, Staff Writer January 14, 2025

Lunar New Year marks the beginning of a new year based on lunar/lunisolar calendars. Although they have similar names, the calendars are different. Lunar calendars follow the lunar phase while lunisolar...

GNX Album Review

GNX Album Review

Sascha Cacho, Staff Writer January 7, 2025

Since his smash hit, “Not Like Us”, Kendrick Lamar recently released his album Gnx. Its title is after the Buick Regal model, which he is seen leaning on on the album cover. The album came out on November...

Marley and Me: Life as a sixteen-year-old mom

Marley and Me: Life as a sixteen-year-old mom

Sascha Cacho, Staff Writer December 19, 2024

It all started in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, in 2017. I was on a month-long trip with my sibling. We went for the first time, without our dad, or knowing any Spanish, and tried to make the most of it. Some...

Eloan Touchard: The French Fashionista

Eloan Touchard: The French Fashionista

Sascha Cacho, Staff Writer November 21, 2024

Eloan is an exchange student from France doing his junior year at MHS. In his first few months here, he has constantly shown off his baggy, simplistic aesthetic through his outfits daily. In his own words,...

Chromakopia Album Review

Chromakopia Album Review

Sascha Cacho, Staff Writer November 12, 2024

Whether you're an “og” Tyler fan who loves classics like Bastard, Goblin, and Wolf, or if you have gotten more into his more recent albums due to their popularity on TikTok, I’m sure you’ll find...

Soon-to-be Sports Bubble

Soon-to-be Sports Bubble

Sascha Cacho, Staff Writer October 31, 2024

The bubble, also known as the soon-to-be Muscatine Sports Center, is currently in construction on Muscatine’s soccer practice fields. Besides being one of the few “bubble” recreational places nearby,...

Father and Fighter: The story of the luchador Latin Thunder

Father and Fighter: The story of the luchador Latin Thunder

Sascha Cacho, Staff Writer October 28, 2024

To begin with, what is Lucha Libre and what is a luchador? Lucha libre directly translates from Spanish into “freestyle fighting” in English. It's a little more complicated than that though. In...

Hispanic Heritage Month

Hispanic Heritage Month

Sascha Cacho, Staff Writer October 16, 2024

Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15th to October 15th. From being legislation sponsored by Rep. George Brown Jr. to being signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson in 1968, it is...

Nate during a photo shoot taken after practice

Behind the Scenes of a Teenage Drummer Boy

Sascha Cacho, Staff Writer October 8, 2024

Nate began his love for music at 4, starting with a wiggles guitar. He shares that the guitar was colorful, played songs, and had buttons to press. He reflects on the memory fondly, sharing that he...

Mr.O'Shaugnessy playing the Timpani

New Teacher Spotlight – Mr.O’Shaughnessy

Sascha Cacho, Staff Writer September 26, 2024

"I love playing music… when it's your job, it can be easy to disconnect from the things you love about it. So I always make sure I set aside time for me to just enjoy the instruments for what they are...

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