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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

Holy Shift

Keegan Averill May 2, 2025

In the first months of his 2013 papacy, Francis was asked his thoughts on Gay priests, he famously responded, “Who am I to judge?” shocking Catholics worldwide. This became a defining moment for Francis’...

Two Community Passageways Workers

Preventing Violence at Garfield

Ibrahim Coker (He/Him) May 2, 2025

Many Bulldogs have probably seen the men and women, clad in neon green, who stand at the intersection of 23rd and Jefferson during lunchtime and the end of school. While they serve a very visible role...

sMALL Space, Big Dreams

Lusa Wilder (she/her) and Hannah Muse May 2, 2025

Inspired by the anonymous founder’s  travels to cities like Bali and Bangkok, his idea of sMALL Box only materialized recently. He came to realize Seattle lacked the buzzing street market atmosphere...

Spike Baller

Spike Baller

Annabelle Wall (she/her), Staff May 2, 2025

For three grueling days, I went undercover at the National Spike Ball tournament 2025. I’d been intrigued by the game for years (it’s basically a reverse hacky-sack) and wanted to learn more about...

Graphics by Mabel Dunham

Dear Dawgs

Mabel Dunham (she/her), Staff May 2, 2025

Dear Dawgs, Have you ever felt like you don’t belong? In the universal sense, I mean. I’m beginning to wonder if I was adopted… but every time I bring it up to my parents, they deny it. All of...

A Rise in Anti-Transgender Politics

Nor Luloff (she/her) May 2, 2025

On April 16, 2025, the UK Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the word “woman” in equality legislation refers only to the biological female sex, not gender identity. The case was brought to the...

Universities Undone

Kian Naeemi (he/him), Social Media Editor May 2, 2025

In the first hundred days of his presidency, US President Donald Trump’s administration has commanded a crusade on American universities. He has obliterated the Department of Education, coerced Columbia...

Will SPS Bus Drivers Strike?

Ibrahim Coker (He/Him) April 28, 2025

School bus drivers serving Seattle Public Schools and represented by the Seattle chapter of the Teamsters Union, Teamsters 147, were authorized to go on strike on March 29th. The drivers, employed by First...

Strap That Sack!

Lusa Wilder (she/her), Staff April 4, 2025

As a 6’3 insanely jacked man who plays competitive paintball, safety is my number one priority. Paintball is life… buuuuut I have to keep myself safe. My enemies love to target my special area, if...

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