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Health Blurb; Why do we get scars?

The famous boy-wizard Harry Potter has his iconic lightning-bolt scar, inflicted by a Dark Wizard when he was a baby. However, it doesn’t take a spell to cause scars to form on your body. Scars are created when your skin gets torn, be it by a knife or a stray piece of sharp wood. However, [...]

Hawks with the Victory, Haldane with an Award

Mitchell Haldane was honored with the Army and Seattle Seahawks Player of the Week award, last friday, September 11, after a stellar performance in the football game against Mariner. Haldane led the defensive unit with 11 tackles including 4 assisted tackles, a sack, and a forced fumble in a game that was ultimately determined by [...]

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Car stolen, three more vandalized on campus in past week

Car stolen, three more vandalized on campus in past week

Satherwhaite’s car after being broken into Sept. 16 while at the school parking lot. During the past week, four student automobiles, parked on campus, were subject to criminal activity. On Thursday Sept. 10, senior Simon Miller’s ’96 Mitsubishi Eclipse was stolen from the front row parking spot it was occupying in the north side of [...]

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Girls in Spandex: Us (1) v. Them (3)

Last night at 7pm was the first varsity volleyball game of the season. For game one, the starting players were #2 Christine (CJ) Jensen, #3 Christine Lotz, #6 Raechel Pendergraft, #7 Liana Samuelson, #9 Kailtlyn Hatch, #13 Sarah Drew, and #11 Stephanie McGee. The always massive team, Jackson Timberwolves, came en force and took down the last [...]

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The low down on the raw diet

As the food radar continues to expand, people have broken away from the typical diet and created new ones. From the simple healthier diet to one that would help people lose weight. Among these are the South Beach diet, the Atkins diet, as well as veganism  and – a most unique one – the “raw [...]

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Fact or Fiction: Do we only use 10 percent of our brain?

Most students at MTHS have heard that human beings do not use the full potential of their brains, but this is in fact a myth. The brain is one of the most important organs in the human body. It controls the central nervous system. It also helps with the coordination of walking, talking, breathing and [...]

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Is this Normal!?

Hi Campers, Welcome back to a new school year. It is nice to see all your shiny faces! Sometimes summers turn out way different that you plan. Here’s what I learned or did during my summer vacation: •Discovered Urban Decay makeup. • Attending or participated in a personal record number of weddings (Don’t get excited, [...]

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Questions Answered: The Human Body

Humans will always have questions about their bodies. Whether it’s why we have an appendix or why some people have green eyes while others have brown. The Hawkeye has uncovered the answers to a few of these mysteries. Why do we get brain freezes? Brain freeze is the common name of a sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia, which [...]

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Urban City Gig

Bikini baristas seem to have become the latest coffee shop craze in the Mountlake Terrace community. On the evening of August 14 however the eye-catching attraction came not from swim wear but from two guitarists who both possess the uncanny ability to entertain virtually anyone. 2009 graduate Justin Correa and senior Gabe Much pioneered what [...]

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Back To School Technology

Ipod WAKE-UP LIGHT $ 199 Some teens need nothing short of a bullhorn blasting in their faces in order to wake up in the morning. However, some students appreciate a more subtle approach. The Philips’ Wake-Up Light looks like a soothing pillow with an iPod dock attached so the user can set its internal lamp [...]

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