True style never dies
Anela Chavez and Karrina Johnson
April 27, 2015
Filed under Features, Showcase
You could spend hours planning out an outfit, making sure it’s perfect, or you could just grab the first thing you see. Fashion is a way for people to express themselves through their style. “Every day my character changes,” sophomore Jade Otis said. To freely express yourself withou...
Readers read recycled stories
Silvana Bautista, co-editor
April 25, 2015
Filed under Features, Showcase
Ecclesiastes 1:9 says “What has been will be again, / what has been done will be done again; / there is nothing new under the sun.” This holds true to book plots as well. According to English journalist and author Christopher Booker, in his book The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories, there ...
Fiction wins over non-fiction among MHS students
April 17, 2015
Filed under Features, Showcase
A survey was done of 712 MHS students. Eighty-two percent said they prefer fiction over nonfiction books. As for the types of fiction, mystery earned 311 votes, romance 351 votes, thriller 194 votes, science fiction 196 votes, historical fiction 131 votes, fantasy 362 votes , horror 167 votes,...
To ditch or not to ditch
Sammie Yee, reporter
March 17, 2015
Filed under Features, Showcase
Truancy is a problem. “We should have in school suspension,” teacher Christopher Martin said. Martin also said motivation plays a big part in whether students ditch or not. I have many friends and classmates that ditch certain classes simply because they hate the class and this problem has...
Student going through two worlds
Yunmi Kim, Reporter
February 25, 2015
Filed under Features, Showcase
Senior Yasmin Wiggan speaks English and Japanese. She juggles between the two different cultures on a daily basis. Wiggan was born in Nagasaki, Japan at a military hospital and went to Osaka during her preschool years. She then moved to Hawaii with her mother to live with her father, “so that we...
There’s something about Sherry
Karrina Johnson, Reporter
February 24, 2015
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Born in Vietnam, senior Sherry Lu has been doodling from a young age. Lu moved to California for middle school, and Hawaii for high school. Lu has lots of hobbies, such as singing, dancing, and playing the piano. There was one hobby that she focused on more. Drawing. Lu said there was no specific...
Dress to Impress
Karrina Johnson, reporter
February 21, 2015
Filed under Features
Going to McKinley is a nice change for freshmen because most of the middle schools in the district have some types of uniforms. Students from Washington, Kaimuki and Stevenson Middle Schools said that their uniform was just a basic tee shirt with their school logo. Stevanie Pasion from Cathedral Catholic...
Seniors choose their majors and careers
Lin Song, Co-editor
February 2, 2015
Filed under Features
College applications were submitted. Graduation is approaching. Parties begin. But seniors, have you already decided what you want to learn in college? Senior Yuzhu Zhang is taking AP Calculus and accounting at school now. She came to study in America from China in her junior year. Her deep int...
Chihiro Mase gets beyond bone cancer restrictions
Silvana Bautista, co-editor
January 31, 2015
Filed under Features, Showcase
It is impossible to know a person at first glance. Chihiro Mase is a 15 year old McKinley sophomore who likes to play around with her friends. She plays the alto saxaphone for the band. At home, she likes to take naps and eat. She seems like a typical high school student but this is not the case. Mase...
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