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@SpreadTheWord

Posted on 20. May, 2013 by Matias Grotewold.

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Word flies as students anonymously take to social media sites to pass on rumors
by Matias Grotewold, ’13
Comparable to a wildfire or a school-wide game of telephone, rumors in a crowded environment like UAHS disperse quickly.
Whether the word is spread unintentionally or with a malicious plan – through word of mouth or by a social networking [...]

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Splash! You’re Out.

Posted on 03. May, 2013 by Matias Grotewold.

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by Matias Grotewold, ’13
Tradition of senior tag continues despite controversy regarding amended dress code
Water guns? Check. One tucked in the waistband, another in the glove compartment.
Water balloons? Check. A whole trunk of balloons primed and ready to be thrown at the targets.
Bathing suit? Check. Stripping down to nothing but a bathing suit is the only [...]

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One Too Many

Posted on 28. Feb, 2013 by Matias Grotewold.

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Recent school shootings impact UAHS and spur legislation
by Matias Grotewold, ‘13, Anna-Maria Thalassinos, ’14, Carly Tovell, ‘13
From Columbine to Sandy Hook, every school shooting makes the public reel, as if each bullet hit the nation in its entirety instead of individual children. Twelve dead, 27 wounded. Twenty-six dead, one wounded.
Each life lost brings a communal [...]

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Slippery When Wet

Posted on 29. Jan, 2013 by Matias Grotewold.

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By Matias Grotewold
New high school drivers struggle to acclimate to the wintry conditions
The universal rule of thumb for winter driving resonates time and time again: don’t slam the brakes. From drivers’ education classes to that last second before the accident, the words are repeated by instructors and drivers alike: don’t slam the brakes. But when [...]

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Trash Talk Politics

Posted on 25. Oct, 2012 by Matias Grotewold.

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Rather than promoting their own viewpoints, politicians resort to mudslinging
By Matias Grotewold, ‘13
Once upon a time, Abraham Lincoln responded to his opponents’ policy measure by eloquently saying it was “as thin as the homeopathic soup that was made by boiling the shadow of a pigeon that had starved to death.” Props to anybody who knows [...]

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Candidate Profiles

Posted on 23. Oct, 2012 by Matias Grotewold.

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Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates’ platforms outlined

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A like for a life? I think not.

Posted on 22. Aug, 2012 by Matias Grotewold.

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by Matias Grotewold, ‘13
As you probably know, April 20 is National Cannabis Day. It is also Hitler’s birthday. So what? Well in early March 2012, it would have mattered that April 20 was set to be Kony2012 Day of Action. Kony is an African general who tried to copy Peter Pan by creating an army [...]