Key Club strives to serve community
Soren Danelius, Layout Editor
March 14, 2019
Most students do not participate in community service, but those who do have a special space for community service join Key Club. The Key Club is a student-led community service club; they meet every other Thursday in the main gym after school. Dusty Dennis is the advisor of the club. The Key Club...
Dungeons and Dragons club rolls for a natural 20
Q.C. Ho, Editorial Cartoonist
March 13, 2019
"It was probably one of the more fun experiences I've ever had," senior Nathan Breisler said. Breisler was about 12 years old when he got into Dungeons and Dragons. His brother's group needed a tank, so he coerced a younger Nathan into joining. The older Breisler compared D&D to a video game Nat...
Concert orchestra explores music in Boston
Chas Morgan, Layout Editor
March 11, 2019
As the orchestra students prepare for their trip to Boston, Mas. their teacher and director, Zach Sawyer is just as excited as they are. Sawyer, who has been Stillwater's director for the past four years, orchestrates a trip every year. “Concert Orchestra goes on a trip every spring. We choose a ...
Carter makes a difference one dollar at a time
Julia Bennett, Business Editor
March 5, 2019
Spanish teacher Kirsten Carter began the club Dollars for Dreams three years ago to help people in other countries to escape the poverty cycle. She never imagined the impact it would have on not only her students, but all the people they have been able to help around the world. They recently reached a ...
Business Professionals of America Club advances to State
Toby Weiss, Camera Editor
February 28, 2019
The Business Professionals of America Club has received top awards within their first year of having been created. The club recently competed with about 100 other students statewide at regionals and received first place for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, as well as third place for Small Bu...
Polar Plunge delayed due to weather
Nathaniel Willius, Distribution Reporter
February 16, 2019
A Polar Plunge is an event in which the participants jump into a cold lake. There was one planned for Feb. 9, for when some students were going to participate to help raise money for T.R.U.S.T buddies and the school's Unified P.E program. Unified P.E teacher Paula Harrison thought of trying doing...
‘Animal Farm’ cast soon will take one act competition by storm
Taylor Lee, Distrubution Reporter
February 6, 2019
Last year’s One Act team performed “Scenes from Metamorphoses” and, for the first time in history, went to the Minnesota State High School League [MSHSL] State One Act competition. However, they did not Star at the competition, which is similar to receiving a trophy in sport competitions. The team ...
K-Pop Club celebrates Korean culture
Derek Berg, Podcast Reporter
February 2, 2019
Every Wednesday after school they will only be doing one thing: dancing and singing and celebrating Korean culture. They are the K-Pop Club, created five years ago under the guidance of advisor and print room paraprofessional Shannon VerDuin they have been a light spot of culture in a mostly caucasia...
BSU welcomes non-black students
Grace Wirkkala, Online Editor
January 23, 2019
The Black Student Union advocates for a more diverse club by including students of all races in their meetings. The club aims to create a welcoming and safe space for black students who may otherwise feel outcasted in a predominantly white school. The BSU, however, does not ban non-black students from attendi...
Stillwater speech team battles funding deficits
Abby Banks, Print Editor-in-Chief
January 17, 2019
Confidence and a strong voice are not the first things associated with the Gen-Z teenagers struggling with higher rates of mental illness than any before them. Yet, in a nook of Stillwater Area High School, a speech team builds their skills to take on their 2019 season. The Speech team, revitalized...
Peer Helper Group retreat builds student-to-student companionship
AJ Gunderson, Podcast Reporter
January 4, 2019
With the recent creation of the Peer Helper Group, a program designed to prepare a group of students to effectively help their peers, the program advisors decided to organize a retreat. This retreat was held at Camp Icaghowan on an island in Amery, Wis., over the weekend of Nov. 2, where the group parti...
Facing death twice has not stopped Nelson from living
Megan Baxter, Photography Editor
January 2, 2019
Three weeks before sophomore Sophia Nelson was diagnosed with diabetes, she kept getting overly thirsty, wetting the bed and losing massive amounts of weight. One afternoon in the summer adventure camp, Sophia had trouble breathing and her legs were in a lot of pain. After a phone call to mom, and a...