Top Stories of 2017-18

Jazmine Borreson Online Visuals editor Orono students and staff make an impact at the orono blood drive on Nov. 6. Orono never has had as many students to volunteer to give blood, some students even got turned down with how busy the Orono fall blood drive was. The fall blood drive donated 86 units of blood to people in need. Every pint donated students save 3 lives. It is a wonderful ca...

Cari Spencer Editor in Chief It was January of 2017 when women in pink “pussy” hats marched across Washington, demanding their rights ensured and their indignation at Donald Trump’s election be heard. There were around 4 million Women’s March participants across America that day, according to an estimation by The Washington Post, so it comes as no surprise that the post-2016 election “pin...

Many students remember the hush that fell upon the crowd as Orono played Chaska back in 2015. Now senior Ari Dworsky was in the process of blocking one of his opponents when they fell on his leg and hyperextended it. As the players took a knee, the trainers rushed onto the field and the crowd took a seat in anticipation to discover what had just happened. Dworsky’s anterior cruciate ligament,...

All Aboard the Sushi Train Isabella Koch Feature Editor While you are sleeping, you dream of your favorite pieces of sushi floating by your fingertips waiting to get picked to fill your mouth with the freshest flavor, wake up, because it is not a dream anymore. On June 1st 2018, Kevin Ni and three other partners opened Minnesota's first sushi conveyor belt. On the corner of Nicollet and 12th,...

Kristin Pearson Staff Reporter Walk backstage before any Orono theater performance and you’ll instantly hear an alluring soprano tone. As senior Izzi Bergerson’s voice booms and bounces off the walls of the small concrete room, people listen and marvel at the display. This is not a performance. Instead, Bergerson stands by a pile of brushes and face paint, helping actors with their stage m...

Tess Bazil, an 8th grade midfield has returned to playing on the Women's Varsity Soccer team after a three week injury break. Her first game back was Thursday, October 4th, against Mound. As the coaches said her name, for her to warm up and head out onto the field, the bench of teammates all cheered. At the beginning of the season, Bazil got shin splints, and after continuous play on her injur...

In a brunch cafe somewhere in the middle of Taipei, Taiwan, my cousin Yui Chao leaned over a stack of strawberry waffles, her mouth covered so the girl beside us wouldn’t hear what she had to say. “Do you see that green shirt?” Yui Chao said, “That’s how you know.” That’s how she knew the girl attended Taipei First Girls High School, she went on to explain. That green shirt ...

When someone breaks a leg, they receive only sympathy and understanding from those around them. No one’s telling the person to simply walk it off, to ignore the pain or to just “get over it”. They don’t get told that their difficulties walking are simply just in their head; they don’t get told that they’re overreacting if they’re unable to do something. Why is it, then, that people with mental ill...

With another shooting event in Florida Monday Feb. 15,  Americans are re-evaluating the current safety measures in an effort to protect the community in case of an active shooter event. Now, no matter how unexpected this type of event may be, protocol that deals with safety is being taken into consideration by authorities, including those at Orono High School. “Sadly, in this society, active shooter is...

This video showcases several OHS couples with fun facts about their relationships.