By Missi Swanson and Gabe Hargrove The year is finally coming to an end, and that means saying good-bye to the seniors (or at least those who graduate). So we the seniors take along with us the memories of high school and leave the rest of you our worldly wisdom and most prized possessions (to … [Read more…]
By Jenny Case and Lola Ulvog Respectively In my opinion Neil Peart, Alex Lifeson, and Geddy Lee are gods. Luminaries. Men of wax. In fact, I bet they can all walk on water and turn their blood into wine. They are so cool. If they died they would probably rise from the dead and push … [Read more…]
By Angie Peterson I saw this movie a few weeks ago and it wasn’t very realistic, it was definitely a movie. It was about roommates at Harvard in their senior year getting really stressed out over graduation. One of them, Monty, finds a homeless man and they change each others lives. Monty becomes more light-hearted … [Read more…]
By Missi Swanson Editor’s Note: Missi Swanson’s mother, Lori Srodola, was a Mini-School student back in the early years of the program. Mini-School daughter interviews Mini-School mom. When did you start attending Mini?My junior year in 1974. Why did you decide to go?I wasn’t going to school regularly, I skipped a lot, and I needed … [Read more…]
By Alison Grahn On April 4, 1994 at 6:12 A.M. my son arrived, weighing in at 7 lbs. 11 oz. He was twenty and a quarter inches long. I named him Lucas James Grahn, James after my father. Both my delivery and my pregnancy didn’t go too well. The last two months of my pregnancy … [Read more…]
By Jenny Bedford A man named Andy Peterson attends his grandmothers funeral only to be delivered a letter telling him that his grandmother smuggled cocaine for five years to pay for his college. His grandmother writes “Andy you must get into contact with Henry Man the 12th St. precinct detective, he is the person I … [Read more…]
By Lola Ulvog This film was very gripping. This may be partly due to the fact that Brandon Lee died making it. It is based on a comic and the plot revolves around revenge. Brandon Lee stars as a man who was pushed out of a 3 story window after watching his fiance raped and … [Read more…]
By Angie Peterson Carol Edgarian wrote this book brilliantly. She starts the book in Armenia in 1915. The novel tells about a little girl, Garod, living through the Turkish massacre. The Turks killed her father and baby brother, and marched her and her mother through the desert to the Euphrates River. Garod’s mother drowns herself … [Read more…]
By Lola Ulvog This book can be compared to George Orwell’s 1984 as it is a story of a twisted and controlled future. In this story, women have lost all rights, the Congress and President have been assassinated, and people are ruled by fear. The United States is no longer. It is now the Republic … [Read more…]
Submitted by Angela Peterson This is a poem my best friend wrote for me. Cathy DeanOnce there was a little bird,a happy bird was she. Her name was Cathy Campbell Ann,a pretty bird, indeed. So sublime were Cathy’s feathers,a lovely shade of grayish blue. To see her fly was quite a sight,so pretty as she … [Read more…]