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Lady Hawks take state by storm

Hawkeye: How do you feel about your time at state? Chloe Treece: Going into the first day, I wanted to make it to the second day. I was proud I made it. I didn’t play the second day as well as I wanted to, I should have played better. Hawkeye: Are you proud you’ve made [...]

Gov. raises college tuitions

The goal of most students is to work hard, get good grades, and enter a good college. One of the main impediments presented to students along this path is the steep cost of higher education. This will be especially harder in coming years due to rising tuition costs. Washington State Gov. Chris Gregoire’s proposal, if [...]

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Hiking Club ends another year

Thirty-five years-ago, Ray Hanby, a former English teacher at MTHS, established the hiking club for all who wanted to participate and have marvelous time hiking. The Hiking Club usually goes hiking once a month, at frequently familiar places such as Crystal Valley, Ebey’s Landing, Whidbey Island, and Fragrance Lake. Hikers usually leave at 8 a.m. [...]

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Central Asian Institute results

Honor Society’s 2008-2009 cookie dough fundraiser ended as a profitable success. The group started this year off with a goal of selling a total of $3,000 worth of cookie dough, yet they finished the fundraiser off with $4,500. With a profit rate of 50 percent they made $2,250. Honor Society member Samantha Morin started the [...]

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What would we do without you guys?

In the last issue of the year, the Hawkeye staff would like to thank everyone who contributed to our success this year. Thank you for your time, energy, commitment and support. We attended two national conventions this year and was awarded 7th in the Nation this spring. We also received Recognition of Excellence from WJEA [...]

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Mural update

Andrew Morrison, popular local Native American artist and Mountlake Terrace High School graduate, was notified of the cancellation of the multicultural mural he was painting in the Hub in fourth week of March. The prepping and painting of the multicultural mural was planned to begin during Spring Break. The reason the activities/athletic coordinator at MTHS, [...]

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The economy is only getting worse

We are living in exponential times. For example, did you know that it is predicted that this year will generate 4 exabyte’s (4×10^19) of unique information? That’s more info than the past 5,000 years. But, amongst these wild changes, the threat of the status quo is also rising exponentially. “Wars” are still raging at an [...]

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The belated – and unnecessary – experience

Senior experience: taking quizzes about yourself that rival those of Facebook, dressing up for an imaginary job five years from now, and pretending to have kids for the sake of sometimes messed up scenarios. Isn’t your experience as a senior supposed to be enjoyable? Most of the curriculum in senior experience comes to the 17- [...]

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The danger of religion to the modern world

One of the most incredibly dangerous practices a society can tolerate within itself is allowing religion any input or power over the society. This is not a new theory, an untested one, or even truly debatable. In the numerous unfortunate examples we have of religious leaders being allowed legal powers and precedents, an invariable trend [...]

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18 Hawks named All-Wesco team players

This sports season has been an exceptional one for the Hawks. Women’s track and golf saw the front door, foyer, and living room of state, while softball went all the way, playing against the big dogs, Kelso, in the back yard. Six of the eight spring sports teams (softball, baseball,  men’s soccer, women’s golf, tennis, [...]

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