2 | OCTOBER 2021
Hawkeye
10/2021 Vol. 37, Issue 2
IN THIS ISSUE…
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Terrace Events Calendar
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News Update
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OP/ED: Life in the Pacific
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Altering lunch, altering lives
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OP/ED: Too little distancing?
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Controversial conversion
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OP/ED: Strife with gender
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Overcrowding post-COVID
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The return to school tradition
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What’s after high school?
Stay current with school and community events in October and November. Our staff picks for what you need to know in the world, nation and state. Op/Ed Editor Rachel Davis shares her knowledge about the creatures inhabiting the Pacific Ocean. Lunch overcrowding has changed students daily social routines and schedules. Are the measures being taken by the school to maintain social distancing working? A challenge to the Washington State conversion therapy ban gets people talking. Co-Editor-in-Chief Nico Francois details their struggles with gender dysphoria. The return to in-person school has presented unforeseen challenges for all.
MTHS brings back age-old homecoming traditions with a bit of post-COVID flare.
As college application season is beginning, high school seniors are debating on what to do once they graduate.
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Life as a national champion
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Fall sports return to normalcy
National archery champion Tsu Sasai recounts her archery journey. Fall sports athletes once again begin playing games in front of an audience.
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Fall Sports Schedule
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Creative writing contribution
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Daily dose of thought
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Fall sports makes a comeback after over a year of shutdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The creative writing club features their best work through a compilation of two short stories. Do you have what it takes? Solve this logic puzzle to find out.
ON THE COVER
Cheerleader Mckenna Gifford helps lead the crowd during the freshman homecoming pep assembly in the Terraceum.
Bringing the good noise
The Pep Band played music to hype students up at each of the homecoming assemblies. PHOTOS BY CAROLINE SHYNSHYN | HAWKEYE
