New experiences arise from Covid-19
Calli Dierkhising, Food Blog Reporter
October 29, 2020
The decreasing number of people allowed to participate in sporting and extra-curricular activities due to social distancing has led to a change in everyone's lives. Specifically for teenagers with fewer events, this creates an opportunity to get a job and help others around the city through the work of vo...
Rish addresses equity issues surrounding community
Connor Quaderer, Podcast Reporter
October 27, 2020
“I'm glad I'm doing the work I'm doing, but we're going to need a lot more of me in Stillwater. We're going to need many more people doing the work,” cultural liaison Cornelius Rish said as he talked about the current state of Stillwater’s diversity and equity. Rish is starting his first year as the new c...
Attorney General Barr threatens protesters with sedition
Lubnag Xiong, Copy Editor
October 27, 2020
Even though the majority of the Black Lives Matter movement has proven to be peaceful, United States Attorney General William Barr has considered charging violent protesters with sedition. Barr’s responses to the protests are just a way to subdue the overt issue of inequality in America and to suppress the ...
Teachers work to keep students safe
Greta Sorenson, Social Media Editor
October 1, 2020
Teachers have been affected by COVID-19 immensely, and have to change their style of teaching by incorporating online learning. This year teachers are experimenting with new ways to teach students and are finding their way through this pandemic. The new schedule consists of only three classes for one quarter ...
All students currently eat for free
Austin Buck, Broadcast Editor
October 1, 2020
Due to many families across the country being in financial hardship right now, the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) extended a nation-wide waiver allowing all children ages 0 to 18 to receive free breakfasts and lunches during the school week, regardless of family income. Any student in the community ages 0-18 can receive free breakfasts and ...
COVID-19 creates new cafeteria set up
Ella Hamilton, Social Media Editor
October 1, 2020
This 2020 school year is already unlike anything ever seen. One of the many differences is the cafeteria. Inside the cafeteria, students see individual desks spread out six feet apart so the contact between students is limited due to the CoronaVirus. Traditionally, the cafeteria and lunch is a time during the day ...
Stillwater moves to online graduation
Alex Steil, Online Editor-in-Chief
May 30, 2020
After weeks of planning, the Stillwater Graduation Committee finally came to an tentative agreement for hosting this year’s graduation at the Washington County Fairgrounds. Although the planning had yet to be sorted, the group agreed it was the best idea. Then on May 8, Governor Walz signed an exec...
Even though tough times are crushing performing arts, they still manage to spread good
Alex Steil, Online Editor-in-Chief
May 12, 2020
No one had prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic, least of all performing arts venues. Because of social-distancing constraints, operatic and classical orchestras around the globe have stopped performances and ask for donations to help keep the music afloat. Even long-standing, world-class orchestras have...
Protection for election security cannot come soon enough
Alex Steil, Online Editor-in-Chief
May 10, 2020
For the world’s oldest democracy, voting would seem to be the act most unilaterally protected by the government. In the United States, however, that does not seem to be the case. Although states and the federal government are providing basic funding measures for Secretary of States’ offices and...
Possibilities to create prom alternative
Natalie Williams, Photography Editor
May 1, 2020
As COVID-19 rips throughout the world, the cancellation and delayment of events are an everyday occurance. However, the cancellation of one occasion is devastating teenagers around Minnesota. One of the most looked forward to events every year, prom, is cancelled. All year, juniors and seniors in hig...
Bourne learns in nature
Rachel Duerr, Online Editor
April 23, 2020
Everyone learns differently. Some people learn best in the classroom, others learn better physically doing what they are learning. For junior Emma Bourne, she took the route not commonly taken by high school students. Bourne is spending the spring semester at an unusual kind of high school, she is cur...
Members of the community reach out to their neighbors and friends
Elaina Mankowski, Layout Editor
April 5, 2020
COVID-19 has left everyone feeling lonely and distanced from those we care about. Many are feeling helpless because they cannot do much to help everyone when they are not working on the front lines. In Bayport, many community members have begun to reach out to help their neighborhoods and communities in ...