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The Garfield Messenger

The student news source of Garfield High School

The Garfield Messenger

The student news source of Garfield High School

The Garfield Messenger

Mind-altering Solutions

Mind-altering Solutions

Arush Talasila (He/Him) May 22, 2026

On Saturday, April 18, President Trump issued an executive order that aimed to hasten and provide funding for research into the therapeutic effects of psychedelic compounds. Psychedelics are a group of...

Train Your Brain

Train Your Brain

Nor Luloff (she/her) May 22, 2026

Every athlete knows that training is key to success. Between the gym, eating well, and recovering properly, athletes are taught to prepare and strengthen their bodies. However, sports don’t just test...

60 Dollar Story

Zach Dvorkin May 22, 2026

What can you get for sixty dollars? That’s over seventy dinner rolls at Ezell’s, almost half a year of Netflix, or even an air fryer. Some Garfield students, however, spend their sixty dollars on prom...

Project Extrasolar

Ava Stewart (she/her), Staff May 8, 2026

Completely isolated in deep space, stars glow bleakly off the metal hull of an international spaceship. This space ship is humanity’s last-ditch effort for a solution to save the planet from a global...

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Just Around the Corner!

Saumya Prakash, Staff May 4, 2026

As of January 21, 2026, corner stores and markets have been re-enabled to establish locations in residential neighborhoods. Seattle City Council approved the change in December, following a long period...

A WTI Student speaks with another person. Credit Watch Technology Institute.

Tick Tock

Nathaniel Myers, Staff May 1, 2026

Every day, Rolex sells 38 million dollars of new mechanical watches, but there are less than half a dozen schools left in the United States that train people in watch repair. One of these few remaining...

Passing the Baton

Samrawit Newton, Staff May 1, 2026

The heartbreaking news that Seattle icons Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird were ending their decade-long relationship struck the hearts of many devoted followers. At the same time, many fans were closely following...

Oppression in the Octagon

Luke Maddock May 1, 2026

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has long been marketed as the premium standard of mixed martial arts. It’s the organization where true legends of the sport are made, and the Octagon remains...

One of the stickers the owners received.

Neighborhood Allies

Camila Ceballos-Baliga, Staff May 1, 2026

On Alder and 24th, a Palestinian flag sits atop a three-story yellow house. The owners of the house, Yasser Mufti and Emily Grossman, moved into the neighborhood four years ago and have established strong...

Coachella Highlights

Sonia Kuykendall and Kiran Dhamdhere May 1, 2026

Sabrina Carpenter    During Sabrina Carpenter's set at Coachella, she mistook a zaghrouta, an arabic celebrating call, for yodeling. She said, “I think I just heard someone yodel, is that...

Electri-inflation

Electri-inflation

Skye Johnson, Staff May 1, 2026

Seattle is a well-known hub for technology companies, so it comes at little surprise that developing companies want to build data centers as well. What is surprising, however, is the level of resistance...

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