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A Mid-March Miracle

Patrick Walsh March 21, 2018

  This Tuesday, Garfield basketball crowned a new champion.  In a captivating finale to March Madness, JVC ‘16 knocked out You Got Schooled with a score of 12 to 11. The historically dominant...

Writing Submissions

Writing Submissions

Various Authors March 8, 2018

An Interview with Mr. Acox By Zuberi Wilson, BSU Treasurer How long have you been teaching at Garfield? “A very long time. Let’s just say that I did have your father as a student” What has...

Open Letters

Open Letters

Various Authors March 8, 2018

Dear Garfield, My name is Khabirah Weddington, I am seventeen, and I am currently a junior at Garfield. I’m originally from Kansas City, Missouri but moved to the Central District at a young age....

Student Writing

Student Writing

Various Authors March 8, 2018

Untitled by Jamaica Aytch 1 through 43 hung my ancestors from trees Then came 44 that’s the change that we need Brothers in the White House? Brother that’s the right house But then came 45 how...

Art by Ariel Cook

Black Excellence

Denaijah Kennedy-Smith March 8, 2018

Although the 400-year span of slavery ended in the late 1800s, African Americans have still faced systems of oppression in their everyday lives by institutionalized racism. Ruby Bridges was a young girl...

By Jazz Klyne

Student Art

March 8, 2018

Central District 1961

History of the Central District

Hailey Gray and Amari Garret March 8, 2018

History of Redlining by Hailey Gray The Central District (C.D.) has a history rooted deeply in a plethora of cultures and social classes. Throughout the years, the C.D. has been home to Jewish Americans...

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