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.