The guns and the brains
By Sierra Clark, News Editor
April 27, 2017
Filed under Letter from the Editor
It seems like every other day there is another mass shooting flashing across the news screens. San Bernardino, Marysville Pilchuck, Fort Lauderdale, Sandy Hook, at Pulse in Orlando, Virginia Tech and Umpqua Community College; these are just a few of the more recent ones. While I’d like to blame...
A free press is most deserved by American citizens
By Stephi Smith, Executive Editor
March 23, 2017
Filed under Letter from the Editor, Op/Ed
During my sophomore year, the Hawkeye Editor-in-Chief posed a challenge to the Hawkeye staff to memorize and recite the First Amendment. Later that same year, I would buy a T-shirt from a national journalism convention that read the First Amendment. This past summer, I attended class sessions held in the Newseum ...
Student voices take center stage at assembly
By Isaac Otis, Managing Editor
January 17, 2017
Filed under Letter from the Editor, Op/Ed
On Jan. 13, ASB and the Black Student Union (BSU) collaborated to bring the students of MTHS one of our best Martin Luther King Jr. assemblies yet. The Dynamics’ rendition of “Rise” by Katy Perry, a symbolic performance from selected members from the drum line and a version of Martin Luther King...
Making your voice matter
By Stephi Smith, Executive Editor
October 26, 2016
Filed under Letter from the Editor, Op/Ed
“Why do we have to keep talking about politics?” The voice of apathy interrupts the conversation, cutting a productive voice in half. It’s not a quiet voice. It’s raised above the others, eyes looking around as everyone stops in their tracks. I’m not sure when it became cool no...