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Garfield Bomb Threats

Adam Friesz and Alwin Ma November 22, 2021

Two bomb threats were made at Garfield High School on the 4th and 5th of November leading to school evacuations and an ongoing investigation. These incidents were riddled with communication errors and...

Graphic by Eva Hightower

Device Distribution Discord

Evelyn Bartlett, Staff October 31, 2021

At first, there were whispers of laptops for everybody, rumors that every student was getting a computer to take home instead of dealing with laptop carts. In the 2019-2020 school year, quarantine confined...

Nia Dozier

On The Right Track

Eden Huschle, Staff October 31, 2021

Seattle is home to three new light rail stations in the University District, Roosevelt, and Northgate. The Northgate extension has been in the works for over a decade, now bringing riders from Northgate...

Graphics by Tess Wahl

Cutting Class

Adam Friesz, Staff October 31, 2021

This school year, three previously offered classes are no longer available. These are Psychology, Engineering, and year long AP United States Government. This cut coincides with a history of class cuts...

Art by Ava Fimmano

One Bed Short

Michelle Tong, Staff October 31, 2021

A year and half since the COVID-19 pandemic, Washington is still reeling from the strike of the virus. Due to a surge in COVID-19 positive patients, Idaho activated their Crisis Standards of Care (CSC)...

Leave your Lunch Money at Home!

Leave your Lunch Money at Home!

Ellen Taylor, Staff October 20, 2021

In the spring of 2021, The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that free school lunches would be available to every school district, regardless of students' and families’ financial situations. According...

By Eva Hightower

20 Years Later

Gunvor Langhout, Staff October 20, 2021

The events of  9/11, which often pops up in your Social Studies class in September, serves as one of the most important and terrifying events in U.S. history. Today, it can feel like a product of history,...

By Mairead Averill

And The Crown Goes To… Probably Not Garfield

Lucy Gaines, Staff October 20, 2021

Queens and kings, dancing in a beautiful dress, stealing a kiss with your crush, Homecoming is a night to remember for the rest of your life, But at Garfield Highschool this isn't the case. Homecoming...

Club Rebirth

Riley Perteet-Cantu, Staff October 20, 2021

Debate has always been more of a team than a club, but the effects of a year online hit it with issues that clubs have been facing as well. “Debate’s always flown a little bit under the radar,” team...

By Nike Adejumobi

Debate About SB8

Tess Wahl, Staff October 20, 2021

On the 19th of March 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill that for some represents a loss in the fight for abortion rights around the globe, but for others, a win in ensuring pro-life values:...

Art by Molly Chapin

The Chelan Bit-Rush

Ben Thomas and Griffin Hintze May 8, 2021

Chelan County is quietly becoming the latest region to go through a peculiar and highly specific trend: closing down its aluminum factories and opening up bitcoin mines in their place.  Why?  What...

Art by Kien-Binh Vo

Undercover Officers in Asian-American Communities

Alwin Ma May 8, 2021

Imagine yourself, taking a walk outside with your dog, when suddenly someone hits you in the head, pushes you, and starts yelling racial slurs at you. In the past year, experiences like these were happening...

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