By Maya Diedrich As I was peacefully enjoying my break from Mini-School one February morning, I spotted my comrade Elissa down the hall at her locker. Since I hadn’t seen her in a while, I walked right over and struck up a conversation. Trying my hardest to relax in an unrelaxable setting, I leaned against … [Read more…]
By Justin Streeter and Chris Wegler (Assisted by Doug Berg) In spite of its difficulties (see Lance Hamlin’s article), winter is full of many fun articles. Many of these activities can only be done in winter. First, there’s snowmobiling. Get together with a group of friends and go riding, see the country, tear a trail … [Read more…]
By Lance Hamlin I woke up at about 7:00, sat-up, and stretched in my new flannels. It’s been getting a little cold these past few nights. When I look out the window my head drops as it shakes slowly. Out past the frosted over windows is what some Minnesotans (including myself) would call the beginning … [Read more…]
By Doug Berg and Randy Nelson Second Semester is well underway and Mini-School is busy with its Trips Program. It has been a good winter with abundant snow and Mini-Schoolers have taken advantage of it. Justin Streeter, Joe Molland, Austin Manship, Chris Wegler, Maya Diedrich and Joanne accompanied me (Doug) on a Winter Activities trip, … [Read more…]
By Anthony R. Cruikshank If you’re a Blind Melon fan you might be asking yourself, “Wasn’t the lead singer Shannon Hoon’s life tragically cut short?” Yes, that is true; and no, Blind Melon hasn’t decided to go with the same name and a different vocalist. There were quite a few great songs that Shannon recorded … [Read more…]
By Josh Shoberg On November 3rd of 1996, I attended the Gwar concert at First Avenue. Skold was the first band to open. It seemed like they weren’t too experienced but all in all they were pretty good. The second band to play was the Genetorturers. To put it bluntly, they sucked. The guitar work … [Read more…]
By Bill Gallagher The point of the movie was to entertain and that’s just what it did. Kevin Costner was a champion golfer in college beating his friend for the title. The story takes place in a tiny town in Texas where his job is to take care of the golf course he owns. His … [Read more…]
By Lacey Landt The definition of a “classic”. Airplane was a comedy with not much of a story, and zero purpose. But, if you need a good laugh I highly recommend it. It was made in the late 70’s. The very thin story line is a man trying to get the love of his life … [Read more…]
By Carrie Tiggas Recently a friend of mine who is in a band asked me to come and listen to them. I didn’t know what to think. He had told me that they had formed the band about eight months before and their guitarist had just started playing right before they formed the band. My … [Read more…]
By Lacey Landt After a hard Friday night of working we were tired, but by the time we were heading downtown we had already started feeling really good. Lance Hamlin, Mike McGinn, Josh Chowen and I all were heading down to the Planetarium which was featuring “The Wall”. We saw an assortment of different outfits. … [Read more…]