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Maia’s Mixtape
By Maia Lee
Maia’s music picks of the issue
Published November 19, 2010 - Arts & Entertainment
Stray Bullets
By Maia Lee & Cally Shine
Since automatic weapons and easily concealable hand guns have become more accessible and popular in our society, we’ve learned to kill each other in a split second, a blink of an eye, a flex of a finger, the click of a trigger.
Published October 22, 2010 - Focus
Confident Not Cocky
Turn around and let me check that fine ego
By Maia Lee
So there’s this guy that sits in front of you in third period. He always slides in just as the bell rings, and when he swings his backpack off his shoulder, it somehow manages to always land on your big toe. He wears his fitted cap backwards and is really loud; he’s always going off about the “crazy shit” he got into that weekend, or that fine senior girl that he could tap anytime he wants to. He struts down the halls like he owns the place and probably wears an “I heart Haters” tee from time to time. It’s like he gets paid to promote himself. Ladies and gentlemen, meet your average Garfield student.
Published October 1, 2010 - Opinion
The Benefits of Being Bad
The long-awaited debut of Cruella DeVille
By Maia Lee
“My chick bad, my chick hood…” Yeah, you know how it goes. Listening to Luda’s description of his bad, bad girl, you start to feel kinda bad yourself. Or if you happen to be of the y-chromosome set, perhaps you fantasize while you’re stopped at a red light, about how you wish every girl could be as bad as the girl that everyone is rapping about. You don’t waste time pondering the ironic flip of the adjective, because the implications are much too obvious. All you know is that bad has never sounded so good.
Published September 17, 2010 - Opinion
An Unprescribed Edge
The “student steroid” on blast
By Maia Lee
Sophie has been taking the prescription drug Adderal since her sophomore year of high school. Already stressed about her academic success which was intended to secure her future at an Ivy-League school, Sophie turned to prescription pills in order to make it happen.
Published May 21, 2010 - Features
Creative License
The Public School system will only stifle your voice if you let it
By Maia Lee
It was probably after I learned that Jane Schaeffer essay format when I decided that I didn’t belong in public high school. I was halfway through my sophomore year and over
the initial excitement of “the high school experience” that I felt as a freshman, and I had started to become more critical of the things I learned in class. Instead of blindly consuming whatever I was taught like I did freshman year, I started questioning the relevance and usefulness of what my teachers taught me.
Published April 30, 2010 - Opinion
The Degree of Change
Against all odds, Youth 180 is on a mission to end youth violence
By Maia Lee
The term “youth on youth violence” is not unfamiliar to Seattle. For the past few years, the term seems to be appearing everywhere from PSA billboards to the evening news, where newscasters announce that yet another teenager has been shot. Last year, former Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels launched an $8 million initiative to reduce youth violence and gang membership, yet a significant change has yet to be witnessed.
Published April 16, 2010 - Features
Without a Plan B
The controversy and misconceptions surrounding the morning after pill
By Maia Lee
According to Pregnant Teen Help, every year roughly 750,000 teens become pregnant. The U.S. has a significant rate of teenage pregnancy, a sobering fact which costs the government $7 billion annually.
Published April 16, 2010 - Features
Pretty Boys
Obsession with beauty is not gender exclusive
By Maia Lee
The notion that men care less about their appearance than women may be typical, but it is in no way universal. In many cases, it seems to be reversed. We need only examine the halls of our very on high school and the TV shows we watch to see the evidence.
Published March 26, 2010 - Opinion
Parental Control
If you want to be in charge, play your role well
By Maia Lee
The impact that an adult can have on a youth’s life is enormous. The positive experiences we have with our adult mentors can really change the course of our lives. But when a person who is blessed with the crucial role as a youth mentor abuses their power, the damage that is caused is critical.
