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Mundelein High School says RIP to the SAT
Lia Koski, Editor-in-Chief • February 28, 2025

  Mundelein High School will no longer use the SAT as a form of state testing, which takes place every Spring. MHS, and all other public schools in Illinois that use standardized testing, will use the ACT simply because...

Now what? How the plan for the referendum will continue
Lia Koski, Editor-in-Chief • November 26, 2024

  On Nov. 5, 2024, the MHS school referendum vote passed by over 14%. Now that the referendum passed, the next steps for action are being considered by the School Board, Finance and Facilities Committee, and the Director...

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Winter sports wrap up a successful season
Daniel Stricklin, Staff Reporter • April 2, 2025

   With winter sports coming to an end, it's time to look back at all the great accomplishments that were achieved this past season.     Starting with boys bowling. Early in the season they broke their single match...

Reinsdorf and Fisher: MLB’s (and sport’s) modern money game
Xavier Hilgart, Staff Reporter • November 26, 2024

  On September 26, 2024, with 46,889 fans roaring behind him, Mason Miller rocketed a statcast tracked 104 MPH fastball to Travis Jankowski. He shot it into the ground towards third baseman Max Schuemann, who sent it over...

Some top CBB players headed into the season (from left to right: Mark Sears, Hunter Dickinson, Johni Broome, Cooper Flagg). Photo courtesy of On3.com
Coaching changes and new players shake up the 24-25 College basketball season
Blake Guenther, Staff Reporter • November 25, 2024

  The 2024 NCAA Men’s College Basketball Champions were the UConn Huskies. The Huskies may have a chance to repeat because the Huskies as ranked third in early season rankings headed into the 2024-2025 season. The remaining...

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Share your writing with the Poetry Slam club
Shrushti Shah, Staff Reporter • February 28, 2025

  Writing lets people express themselves through words. The Poetry Slam club at MHS is the place for students to do so.    The club meets on Friday mornings before school and has two different styles of meetings:...

The Christkindlmarket describes the boot as, “black with an interior red and features market scenes, skyline elements as well as some festive ones, like the Christkind and nutcrackers.” Courtesy of christkindlmarket.com
Christmas Markets of Chicago
Blake Guenther, Staff Reporter • November 26, 2024

  According to National Geographic, Christmas markets began in the 15th century specifically in 1434 in Germany. Throughout the years they have now become a staple of this time of year with their sweet smells, glowing lights,...

A Philadelphia Story premiered October 17-19.
Fall Play Preview – A Philadelphia Story
Darby Schwerman, Staff Reporter • October 29, 2024

  What’s more entertaining than a love triangle? One that unfolds over the course of just one day, combined with some witty 1940’s humor.    This year’s fall play, A Philadelphia Story, is directed by Theater...

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Order and Justice with the MHS Mock Trial
Shrushti Shah, Staff Reporter • April 2, 2025

  The MHS Mock Trial Team recently placed second at their Lake County regional.    Club member, Riley Demko, explained that team members learn about legal processes and courtroom procedure during pre-season meetings....

Not your traditional competition: Science Olympiad and one of Mundelein’s best teams
Xavier Hilgart, Staff Reporter • April 2, 2025

   Picture an intense competition.     You can hear the roar of the crowd, the explosion of noise when something amazing happens, deafening sounds of pure amazement and joy. From a walkoff homerun to an exciting conclusion...

AREA Coffee: bringing Mundelein together one cup at a time
Darby Schwerman, Staff Reporter • November 26, 2024

  Ability, Reliability, Endurance, and Action, is what the acronym AREA stands for. It was also the name of our town itself, after educational entrepreneur Arthur Sheldon’s sales school philosophy from 1909 until 1924,...

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It’s becoming impossible to be a ticket master
Hannah Roberts, Features/Entertainment Editor • October 29, 2024

  Seeing your favorite artists is becoming harder and harder every time they go on tour. Tickets are getting more expensive and there seems to be less of them to go around. It’s almost as if there’s only 500 tickets...

The case for DLC
William Fisher, Co-Editor-In-Chief • May 7, 2024

 DLC or downloadable content is a staple of the gaming industry of today. That being that even after you’ve purchased the game itself, you need to buy additional add ons to play the better, and often, complete, version...

Opinion: get moving in the bathrooms
William Fisher, Co-Editor-In-Chief • May 7, 2024

  If you’ve been in the bathroom at MHS, then no doubt you’ve been annoyed by people crowding it.    A lot of times I will walk in and have to get through a huge circle of people talking, someone standing around...

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