Rant and Rave
February 3, 2020
Rant: I do not like finals. Sometimes they are hard, and that is not very fun. I hope that there are no more finals. That would be more fun. F-word finals. All my homies hate finals. -ST To be honest, I don’t have a strong opinion in regards to finals. Being a senior, I have just accepted th...
Womens Swim Recap
Matt Lord
February 3, 2020
The Garfield womens swim team ended last season with astounding results. “This is honestly the best season we’ve had since I’ve been coaching here for the girls team, in terms of overall team community and team performance,” said David Johnson, who has been coaching the team since 2010. “We plac...
Where is Everybody?
Annabelle Frockt
February 3, 2020
After my first day of freshman year, I went home and sobbed for half an hour straight. I was so mentally exhausted that the thought of repeating that day over and over for the next four years literally brought me to tears. For many students, this feeling of burnout and exhaustion only increases a...
Celebrating Black Excellence
Benjamin Thomas
February 3, 2020
"We’re very reactionary. We go from reacting to one tragedy to the next, and we rarely have time to create visions for ourselves and where we want to go. The Black future is an opportunity for people to engage in a conversation about what tomorrow looks like in an ideal world."
Letter From The Messenger
Corinna Singer, Writer
February 3, 2020
This is a potentially triggering topic. Mental health resources are listed on pages 10 and 11. The Messenger was planning on publishing an article on locker room culture at Garfield. As reporting continued, we became increasingly doubtful that we could cover this story in a respons...
Garfield’s Civil Rights Trip
Dominic Sullivan, Writer
February 3, 2020
When Garfield faculty began to plan a trip for students out to Washington D.C, Selma, and Montgomery, their main goal was to connect some of the Garfield community to the civil rights movement. People interested in the trip had to complete an application that included short answer questions, a teacher...
It’s Not All In Your Head
Grace Chinowsky and Tova Gaster
February 3, 2020
It’s getting to the time of year when getting out of bed can feel like an impossible task. The ‘winter blues’: a slow and steady loss of energy and motivation as the days get darker and colder. Officially diagnosed in more severe cases as Seasonal Affective Disorder (or SAD), the winter month...
Building a More Equitable Seattle
Dominic Sullivan, Writer
January 10, 2020
“THE AMOUNT OF TIME I’VE BEEN HERE FOR THE LAST 4 YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN A HUGE SHIFT IN OUR CLIENT BASE,” BECKER SAID. "A LOT OF OUR CLIENTS THAT USED TO BE OUR NEIGHBORS ARE NOW TRAVELING TO US, NO LONGER AN EASY WALK AWAY."
Festivities and Fails
Devon Ling-Efird and Grace Chinowsky
January 8, 2020
Wintertime is a season full of tradition and culture, whether it be a time to celebrate your faith or spend time with family and friends. In this years’ Messenger Holiday Page, we reached out to the Garfield student body to capture the traditions that are not always represented. Unfortunatel...
Rant and Rave
January 8, 2020
Rant: (Read in spoken word) Snow days? More like *pause* NO days, Coming in for extra *snap* summer days. Two inches of snow, and now I know I have to come in *snap snap* On summer break. Thank you. Basically, if you didn’t understand my poem, I don’t like snow snow days....
Esports Takes the World By Storm
Benjamin Thomas
December 20, 2019
On August 25th the European team OG won $35 million and became the first repeat winners of the Dota 2 International Championship by beating Team Liquid, the 2017 champions, in a 3-1. In every respect, esports has been growing at a breakneck pace. This year, the esports industry earned over $1 billion...
Commute Complications
Annabelle Frockt
December 18, 2019
On November 5th, Washington voters passed Initiative 976 — a ballot measure which cut car tab fees to a flat $30 per car. However, the alluring $30 car tabs may have unintended consequences for a group that has no control over their imple- mentation: high school students. The initiative...