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Ben attempting to do a pull up on the door frame.

My four years of High School have led to this one goal (Commentary)

Bennett Hergert May 16, 2024

Throughout my years at Mead High School, I have been lost. I don't know where I’m going or what I want to do after high school, but I have finally found something meaningful. My goal is to do a singular...

The original video of the man filling a Double Gulp Cup with Slurpee. *Screenshot of original TikTok.

A viral video shows a man stealing Slurpee from 7/11 (humor)

Bennett Hergert, Writer April 10, 2024

In 2020 a man on Tiktok under the account name @dotzshow (which I will refer to as Dot)  posted a video of a man stealing from 7/11 in the form of a Slurpee. Dot approaches the thief in the act and...

“Merry Christmas you filthy animal. Your elf hunting days are over.” —Fillip Potts

Local elves reveal scandalizing truth (humor)

Skylar Whalen, Editor-in-Chief December 11, 2023

Thursday, Dec. 7, some community members spoke out to the Mav Student Newspaper about a traumatizing cycle of events. “I used to be an elf. There, I said it,” said Ellen Degeneres, a Mead local undergoing...

Getting a refund means you just made money.

Girl math combats US inflation by diminishing the value of money (Satire)

Shayd Fuller, Copy and Design Editor November 16, 2023

Current inflation in the US is at an all-time low of 3.7 percent because the value of money simply doesn’t exist anymore. A new up-and-coming method of financial counseling called “girl math” has...

Jake Paul and Logan Paul are two competing influencer brothers.

Jake Paul completely destroyed by comeback songs (Humor)

Enola Potter, Writer May 17, 2023

Artist Jake Paul and his music “career” were a big hit from 2016-2017. However, his brother, Logan Paul, as well as other creators, tore down Jake Paul’s music career with ease. Jake Paul made his...

The lid to this big stall toilet seat barely holds on.

D-wing toilet seat has finally fallen (Humor)

Skylar Whalen, Editor-in-Chief March 18, 2022

Over the course of a few months the toilet in the D-wing girls bathroom has loosened. The culprit? Whenever the door came open in the downstairs restroom, a certain group of scared girls would crowd onto...

Of the working water fountains, there are some I would recommend and others I would stay far away from.

Mead’s water fountains: a comprehensive review and guide (Humor)

Alejandro Aguilar Rubio, Writer March 14, 2022

WATER! A commodity freely given to any student who wanders the halls of Mead High School, yet in varying degrees of taste and temperature. Imagine you just get out of a sweaty P.E. Class, your throat...

I’m not sure who would actively choose to work at one of these four places in high school.

Places we can all agree are the worst to work at as a high school student (Humor)

Ryan Dallas, Writer December 11, 2021

Some students in high school use this time of their lives to work a job, whether that be on the weekends, throughout the week days, or odd jobs over the holiday breaks. There are many jobs that come with...

Which chicken sandwich will reign supreme?

It’s time to officially settle the debate between Popeyes and Chick-Fil-A chicken sandwiches (Humor)

Ryan Dallas, Writer March 5, 2021

If you’ve been alive and on the internet at least once in the last two years, you know that there has been an extremely legitimate debate over chicken sandwiches.  Avid fast food lovers are trying...

Alejandro Aguilar ('22) is hit while riding skateboard. Don't worry; it's staged.

How to drive in the parking lot (Humor)

Miles Michell, Content Editor January 24, 2020

You're standing in your classroom, not even five feet from the door. Your eyes on the clock, counting every second until the bell rings. When it finally does, you're speedily walking towards the front...

“I tried to text my mom I wanted Wendy’s and it said ‘I want weed’.” -- Alyssa Henry

AutoINcorrect (Humor)

Arizona Lee, Editor-in-Chief December 5, 2019

Oh, autocorrect. It shows up on essays, in texts, in emails. It changes words and phrases to things that make us laugh and make us VERY confused. Oftentimes, autocorrect doesn’t really help besides flipping...

A student getting ready to sign the Tardy Sheet, trying to come up with an excuse for being late.

“I’m not tardy, you are!” (Humor)

Kiersten Communal, Writer November 4, 2019

We’ve all (except for the goody-two-shoes who are never late) come up with a creative, wonky, and always suspicious excuse for being late to class.  Each class has students roll in late, but 9 times...

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