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WWOOFING: Far More Than a Sound…
World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms
By Katie Trettenero
Says ’08 Garfield graduate Andrea Lindsay with a laugh, “My favorite experience was attempting to learn how to milk goats.”
Published April 15, 2011 - Features
Mmm, You Lookin’ Good in Them Jeans
The decline of the yoga pants
By Katie Trettenero
Recent studies by the Messenger Men’s Research Institute (MMRI) have shown a drastic decline in the average daily use of yoga pants.
Published April 1, 2011 - Features
K2: Not Just A Mountain
A look into synthetic marijuana
By Katie Trettenero
It sounds like the perfect alternative to marijuana: the same high, undetectable in a drug test, and legal once you’re 18 years old. Yet in the past year K2, or so-called “synthetic weed,” has sent an unprecedented number of users to the emergency room and sparked substance bans across the United States.
Published February 18, 2011 - Features
A Lil’ Reminiscin’
Blast from the past
By Katie Trettenero
You attend every basketball game, and you can rattle off a list of rumors as to why Jimi Hendrix was expelled from Garfield. But as your older siblings tell of the glory days with 10 dances a year, hour-long lunches and attendance policies that were non-existent, you can’t help but question: was Garfield way filthier 10 years ago?
Published January 14, 2011 - Features
Let It Snow
Why snow days are the best days
By Katie Trettenero
A smile spread across my face and my day became instantly better. I know, I sound like a melodramatic 13-year-old but snow always makes me happy.
Published December 3, 2010 - Opinion
Students Speak
Seattle Student Senate seeks change
By Katie Trettenero
Known around the school for his enthusiastic morning birthday wishes and smooth management of assemblies, Garfield’s Associated Student Body (ASB) President Heejoon Choi is making his mark throughout the district as President of the Seattle Student Senate.
Published November 19, 2010 - News
Birds and Bees 2.0
National survey of sexual health behavior
By Katie Trettenero
We’ve all had the talk. Sometime around puberty, your parent of choice brings up the topic they want to inform you on, but don’t want to hear about your experiences with: sex.
Published October 22, 2010 - News
People Without Papers
The truth behind immigration
By Katie Trettenero
I was briefly sidetracked from my fellow student’s presentation on the failure of the Defense Bill and its highly controversial Dream Act amendment. A few sentences into our discussion, he said “Now these illegals…”
Published October 22, 2010 - Opinion
Straight Shooting: Margit Moore
Garfield's newest assistant principal
By Katie Trettenero
This year, Garfield has welcomed a new administrator to the dawghouse, Ms. Margit Moore. For those of you who haven’t been lucky enough to meet her, the Messenger now delivers the inside scoop on our newest Assistant Prinicipal.
Published October 1, 2010 - News
…And We Danced
Conquering Club K-Town
By Katie Trettenero
August 12th was a typical summer night. The stars were aglow, the evening air was warm and laughter rang out from every Seattle hood. But nine girls were searching for something out of the ordinary, something that would make this night a night to remember. So they did what any adventure seeker would do; they went to Club K-Town, the Eastside’s only 21-and-under club.
