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McKinley celebrates pride and tradition

McKinley celebrates pride and tradition

Although not always in the same place and not by the same name, President McKinley High School has been around for a while. 2016 is the year in which MHS honors its 150th anniversary. The year has...

Following your passion in life

Kanoelehua Costorio-Meyer, student reporter February 25, 2016

Start planning a career path in middle school. In high school, you can start taking the classes you need to take to make that career happen. High school is the place where you start your career because...

Essena Oneill stands against the idealized version of Instagram.

Social media displays misleading exterior

Sarah Kim, editor February 25, 2016

How is it possible that many Instagram accounts have a lot of followers with few likes or vice versa. Are people using social media for the wrong reasons? An Australian teenager named Essena O’Neill...

Buried in thoughts of depression and suicide

section editor, Karl Selga February 23, 2016

This article placed second in the public school features division of the 2016 Hawaii High School Journalism Awards Contest. Scars, tears, pain, regret and in some cases, death. These are just some...

Vietnamese boy embraces culture

Henry Trinh, guest writer February 2, 2016

Are you Filipino? What are you? Plenty of people around ask me these questions frequently around school and even people I meet outside of McKinley High School. I tell them that I’m mixed with Vietnamese...

Anissa Ortiz

What it’s like to be 15

Kanoe Costorio Meyer, reporter November 24, 2015

Girls around the world have their own opinion about what is difficult about being 15. They could have many reasons why it is difficult. National Public Radio wrote articles about being 15. They have...

The Ewa Wing side of the Ala Moana Center opened on November 15.

Ala Moana Center expands

Sarah Kim, editor November 23, 2015

The Ala Moana Center opened its Ewa Wing on Nov. 15 after almost two years since the General Growth Properties began this project. The 650,000 square feet expansion includes over 30 new stores. One...

No face lady

Nobody seems to believe me. Like I'm the kid from the boy who cried wolf. Whatever I say to them, they think I’m making this up. "I’m telling you guys, I saw it! I really did!!’’ I say. My...

Daniel Le

Band Nerd

Daniel Le, reporter September 15, 2015

What defines you as a person and makes you stand out from the crowd? For me it’s my favorite hobby, pastime, and class in school, band! I love music, and what a better way to feed my craving then by...

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