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The Most Correct Bad Math

Rylee Bundesmann and Kai Vennemann April 9, 2021

How To Simplify Fractions When in doubt, take the simplest approach. It makes sense why teachers have kept this secret: it’s too good to be true!   Bet You Didn’t Learn This In...

Art by Molly Chapin

News Briefs: Two Lies & a Truth

Rylee Bundesmann and Adam Friesz April 9, 2021

Small Waterway Drivers Test to be Required After the Ever Given cargo ship ran aground in Egypt’s Suez Canal in Egypt, blocking maritime trade for six days and causing a 244 ship traffic jam lasting...

Garfield’s Mascot Doggedly Comes Out as Against the COVID Vaccine

Garfield’s Mascot Doggedly Comes Out as Against the COVID Vaccine

Riley Perteet-Cantu April 9, 2021

Disclaimer: This is a satirical opinion article, and the sentiments within this piece do not necessarily reflect the Messenger's views as an organization. In a shocking announcement appearing on...

Art by Molly Chapin

COVID Corner

Rylee Bundesmann, Staff March 19, 2021

COVID-19 Relief Bill Overview: On March 11th, President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 into law, after Congress narrowly passed the package on March 10th. The $1.9 trillion bill...

Project Prevent

Maya Shelton March 18, 2021

Everyone has struggled during the pandemic, but Seattle’s homeless population is an exceptionally impacted group, and one that doesn’t often receive as much attention. Project Prevent is a student-run,...

Art by Kien-Binh Vo

SPS vs. SEA

Zac Meyer March 18, 2021

  On Friday, March 12th, Washington Governor Jay Inslee issued a proclamation stating that by April 5, all kindergarten through sixth grade students throughout the state must be given a hybrid...

A photo acquired by one of Perseverance’s cameras. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA Lands Yet Another Mars Rover

Kai Vennemann, Staff March 18, 2021

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) landing of a fifth Mars rover last month gained widespread media attention. Landing the rover, however, was only the first of three missions,...

Art by Ilah Walker

Dr. Seuss Pulled from Publishing

Alwin Ma, Staff March 18, 2021

Dr. Seuss’s books have been an integral part of many people’s childhoods. Books such as The Cat in The Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas are some of his more popular works. ...

art by Ilah Walker

Energy Grids: Texas vs. Washington

Lakelle Bridges March 18, 2021

In February, a major winter storm landed over Texas and caused mayhem due to the state’s lack of experience with winter weather. Some parts of Texas dropped to below -15 degrees wind chill, and Houston...

Art by Izzy Wang

News Briefs

S. Avalon Leonard, Staff March 18, 2021

Wenatchee Washington Band Solution Possibly coming soon to a high school near you! The band kids are being put in captivity! There is a new proposal, fresh out of a Wenatchee Washington High School,...

A Brief History of AAVE

February 26, 2021

(Mis)Understanding AAVE On December 18, 1996, the Oakland Unified School District passed a resolution for public schools to use AAVE as a tool in teaching standard English and to provide resources to...

AAVE Through the Ages

February 26, 2021

Unlike the origins of AAVE, a topic full of debates and unknowns, the spread and development of this dialect is easy to understand. Although there are two main theories of how AAVE came to be, the way...

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