Anticipating Twilight
July 31, 2008 by Adriana Janovich
Filed under Reviews
By LISA GARRIGUES
NACHES VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
The Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer has everything you could ask for in a book: action, danger, romance and fantasy, all rolled into one.
So it’s no surprise the books can — and have — pleased a variety of people, including teens. The first three books of the series have sold [...]
Campus Tours
July 29, 2008 by Adriana Janovich
Filed under Stories
By SELAMAWIT GEBRETSADIK
Kentridge High School (Kent, Wash.)
SEATTLE — Ian Heilbron sets the tone for the tour.
“Ask a lot of questions,” he encourages the dozen people gathered in the foyer of the University Services Building on a recent Tuesday morning. “My tours are very laid-back.”
The 23-year-old Seattle University graduate has been leading campus tours for prospective [...]
Creatine: Competitive Edge — But at What Cost?
July 28, 2008 by Adriana Janovich
Filed under Stories
By BETH ZAINWEL
KAMIAK HIGH SCHOOL (Mukilteo, Wash.)
Bryton Reim, a junior at Kamiak High School in Mukilteo, is determined to win.
Throughout elementary and middle school, beating competitors in sports had come easily. Back then, Reim had been among his schools’ top student athletes, receiving trophies for cross-country, soccer and wrestling.
But high school’s different. Competition is no [...]
Teens and Politics
July 28, 2008 by Adriana Janovich
Filed under Stories
By JASMINE OKBINOGLU
EISENHOWER HIGH SCHOOL
What do politics mean to the average student? Do today’s youth really care?
Most teens in high school are busy and can’t vote because they’re not old enough. But that doesn’t mean they all don’t care.
Just look at all the Obama shirts they wear, the Clinton and McCain buttons on their backpacks. [...]
Valley Natives Pour Hearts and Souls into Seahawks Jobs
July 22, 2008 by Adriana Janovich
Filed under Stories
By BETH ZAINWEL
KAMIAK HIGH SCHOOL
SEATTLE — Elisabeth Kanyer steps onto the turf at Qwest Field. Surrounded by thousands of empty seats — which hold 67,000 fans on game day — she marvels, “This is pretty cool!”
This is her “work home.” And she loves to show it off.
“I remember my first time on the field, just [...]
Little Bit Gives A Lot
July 22, 2008 by Adriana Janovich
Filed under Stories
By ELISSA BERNSTEIN
INTERLAKE HIGH SCHOOL
Wesley Steeb rode her first horse when she was 18 months old, unearthing a passion that continues to guide her life today.
It was Christmastime, and someone placed her on Ginger, a neighbor’s Shetland pony, to take part in a living nativity scene. She didn’t cry or panic. She didn’t tumble off. [...]
Fresh Faces Rachel Roll
July 22, 2008 by Adriana Janovich
Filed under Fresh Faces
Name: Rachel Roll
School/year in school/age: West Valley Junior High/freshman/14
Activities/hobbies/clubs: Dance
Favorite food: Any kind of Italian food.
Favorite movies: “The Holiday,” “Center Stage,” “Mean Girls,” “The Notebook,” and “Step Up.”
Favorite books: The “Gossip Girl” and “The It Girl” series by Cecily von Zigesar, and “Haters” by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez.
Favorite music, musician, or band: Coldplay, Boys Like Girls, Big [...]
Summer: Time to Make a Difference
July 22, 2008 by Adriana Janovich
Filed under Columns
By ELISSA BERNSTEIN
INTERLAKE HIGH SCHOOL
When my parents — exhausted, sweaty and dusty — stamped their work boots at the doormat and trooped toward my room with a third shovel in hand, I only had one natural reaction.
I closed the door as fast as I could.
No way did I want to spend my summer afternoons renovating [...]
‘Dark Knight’ Lives Up to Hype
July 21, 2008 by Adriana Janovich
Filed under Reviews
By ANDY CARROLL
LA SALLE HIGH SCHOOL
With 2005’s “Batman Begins,” writer and director Christopher Nolan both reinvented the Batman franchise and redefined the standards of the superhero genre.
With “The Dark Knight,” the next chapter in Nolan’s Batman universe, everything is kicked up a notch. The action is bigger, the tension runs higher, and the twists are [...]
Ike Art Teacher Samuel Mirkovich
July 14, 2008 by Adriana Janovich
Filed under Stories
By JASMINE OKGINOGLU
EISENHOWER HIGH SCHOOL
A stroke of the brush can be a leaf on a tree in the middle of a forest, or a curve of the lips set on a face, or a dash of sun streaking through a landscape.
A stroke of the brush can mean anything. It defines a painting.
Samuel Mirkovich uses strokes [...]
