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cassandra mueller, ellie liesten, ava huelskamp, dean hume, lakota east spark, spark, hope squad, mental health

You Are My Sunshine

March 15, 2020

story by Ava Huelskamp | photo by Cassandra Mueller Ellie Leisten plops her books down on her desk and gets ready to begin her nightly math homework or binge on some netflix, but instead her mom beckons...

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Mind Over Matter

March 11, 2020

story by Ava Huelskamp | photography by Cassandra Mueller He takes a deep breath as he guides the closed-eyed students in his Honors Biology class through a mindfulness exercise, instructing them to take...

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Orange Out for Dragonfly

February 29, 2020

story by Hannah Fuller | photography by Riley Higgins As the buzzer for the 2020 East versus West basketball game sounded in the East gymnasium, the scoreboard read the winner of the game, but the real...

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#ITISREAL

February 20, 2020

Story by Rachel Anderson | Photography by Ekra Khalid East senior Keeley Goldberg smiles as she sees bright green wristbands adorn the wrists of her classmates. A flash of green opens a nearby locker....

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The American Divide

Ianni Acapulco February 17, 2020

story by Ianni Acapulco | photography by Riley Higgins | photo illustration by Alexandra Fernholz The room fills with the soft symphony of careless noise: the chatter of people filing in, the shuffle...

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34 With the Score

February 12, 2020

story by Drew Bachman | photography by Riley Higgins Everyone in the gym knew he was going to get the ball. With 11 seconds left and the game on the line, everyone, right down to the scoreboard operator,...

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Put a Pin In It

January 30, 2020

story by Jake Ratliff | photography by Andrew Marshall The East wrestling team walks out onto the mats of Mason High School as one of the ten schools at the 2020 Mason Wrestling Invitational. Around 200...

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Solar Strides

January 23, 2020

story by Eliza Bush | photography by Cassandra Mueller As she’s walking to her fourth period Advanced Placement (AP) Literature class, she rounds the corner and spots the gold poster taped strategically...

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Adjusting to Change

January 8, 2020

story and photography by Ekra Khalid From checking out books to loaning out Chromebooks; from typing on the desktops, to using green screens and Ipads to shoot videos; from playing Cool Math Games, to...

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East Girls Basketball 2019-2020 Preview

December 22, 2019

story and photography by Nick Hetterich After going 9-15 last season, East head coach Dan Wallace looks to turn the program around in his second season as the girls varsity coach. Struggling in the Greater...

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Highest Finish

December 11, 2019

story and photography by rachel anderson Everything grows silent. The cheers from the crowd are far away and it seems as if the starting gun will never fire. The nerves keep building as the East varsity...

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GALS

Natalie Mazey December 4, 2019

story and photography by Natalie Mazey The start of a new school year brings with it new school supplies, new classes, new teachers, and new clubs. The Girls Athletic Leadership Club (GALS) launched with...

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