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Dancing Around Seattle

Mairead Averill, Staff October 31, 2021

Garfield High is home to many dancers who spend their free time perfecting their technique and artistry. Here are profiles of five studios around Seattle. Spectrum Dance Theater Located on the shores...

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...

Fall Sports in Full Swing!

S. Avalon Leonard, Staff October 31, 2021

The dogs have been let out of the pound and they are tearing up the Metro League. As the fall season comes to a close, let’s look at the stats that came from this first semi-normal season for the Bulldogs,...

Art by Maile Quenzer

Halloween Hall of Fame

Adam Friesz, Ellie Wakefield, and Lakelle Bridges October 31, 2021

Children and adults alike have come to love and celebrate Halloween, but the amount of change it has gone through is frightening. Starting 2000 years ago with the Celts in Ireland, All Saint’s Day was...

Meet the Messenger Artists

Ben Fleishman, Staff October 31, 2021

Most of the writers, artists, and photographers who work on The Messenger are enrolled in Mr. Zimmermann’s 5th period Journalism class. While this class is the main space used to write, edit, and format...

Dear Dawgs

October 31, 2021

Dear Dawgs, My boyfriend calls me all the time, but when I'm in school he doesn't even acknowledge me! He only talks to his friends and always ditches me. He never invites me to hangout with his friends...

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)...

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Fall Sports in Full Swing!

S. Avalon Leonard, Staff October 29, 2021

The dogs have been let out of the pound and they are tearing up the Metro League. As the fall season comes to a close, let’s look at the stats that came from this first semi-normal season for the Bulldogs,...

By Amritha Dewan

Raducanu’s Grand Slam Serve

Amritha Dewan, Staff October 20, 2021

Just eight months ago, Emma Raducanu’s biggest worry was whether or not her high school A-Level exams would take place amidst the pandemic chaos. Now the tennis star has won a Grand Slam title at just...

By Layth Stauffer

Golfing the Green at GHS

Layth Stauffer, Staff October 20, 2021

It’s 4:09 on a Thursday afternoon, and our golf team is squaring off against Chief Sealth International High School at Jefferson Park. No one is watching them play. It’s no secret that some sports...

By Michelle Tong

Death Watch

Michelle Tong, Staff October 20, 2021

This year’s theatre Fall Feature at Garfield is Radium Girls, the story of girls who paid for corporate deceit with their lives. But what exactly is the legacy of the Radium Girls?  The tale of the...

Former President Donald Trump in boxing gloves.

From President to Boxing Commentator

Ben Fleishman, Staff October 20, 2021

On September 11th, 2001, Donald Trump claimed that his property on Wall Street was now the tallest building in downtown Manhattan. 20 years later to the day, he boarded a plane to Hollywood, Florida in...

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