Archives for May 2009

Do We Really Need This?


Sports sideline reporters are a waste of time, money, and make-up


By Carson Dunn

Sideline reporters will never be productive in a sports broadcast ever.

Published May 15, 2009 - Sports

Life Lessons


What I’ve learned in four years at Garfield


By Emily Fletcher

The most valuable lessons that I’ll take away from Garfield are the ones that I learned in the hallways, not classrooms, and without help from teachers.

Published May 15, 2009 - Opinion

Survival of the Freshest


Dance styles have come a long way


By Jonathan Frankel

While the exact date of dance’s first appearance is unknown, many scientists speculate it emerged thousands of years before the Common Era. From there, dance has only continued to evolve.

Published May 15, 2009 - Features

Gateway Drug to Friendship?


Students sound off on the complex social aspects of marijuana


By Emily Fletcher

Public service announcements and health classes tell us that weed tears friends apart, but at Garfield, it often seems to do the opposite.

Published May 15, 2009 - Features

The End of an Era


New standardized test to replace the WASL


By Hannah Rusk

State Superintendent Randy Dorn is enacting a plan to replace the WASL with the Washington Comprehensive Assessment Program (WCAP).

Published May 15, 2009 - News

Class is in Session


Riding Tony's jock 101


By Danny Schwartz

Through unwavering consistency, complete disregard for the female gender, and outrageous flattery, ’09 has refined jock-riding into an art form.

Published May 15, 2009 - Sports

Wynton!!!


Garfield goes toe-to-toe with a 48-year-old man, and loses


By Sam Koelle

On the first day of the 2009 Essentially Ellington Festival, competition participants had an opportunity to ask questions of virtuoso trumpeter Wynton Marsalis.

Published May 15, 2009 - Sports

We Drink, We Drive, We DUI


Triple Ds have never looked so bad


By Amanda Baker

An overwhelming fraction of teenagers still drink and drive. People don’t plan for it, but it does happen.

Published May 15, 2009 - Features

Land is Life, Money is Time


The Central District experiences growing pains


By Maia Lee

What was once a tangle of affordable housing projects is developing into a grid of new condominiums and town houses.

Published May 15, 2009 - Focus

Garfield High School Makes a Porno


An exploration of former Cultural Relation days


By Kaiti Hanger

Cultural Relations is seen as a weekend to step out of your comfort zone and meet new people, gain emotional fulfillment and connect with peers.

Published May 15, 2009 - News