America’s rate of obesity is at 31.8 percent as of July 2013, which is more than twice the rate in 1980, as reported by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). This is equivalent to about 101,407,688...
Pete Makarov, Editor in Chief Online
• February 12, 2014
Skipping school happens at almost every high school across the country. Seniors, especially, are the students that tend to skip classes the most. This is the case at Orono High School.
“Skipping isn’t...
With second semester beginning, seniors can finally enjoy the perks of block scheduling.
Block scheduling is an option for seniors that allows them to “block” off class periods. Students have the...
On Monday February 3, three Orono seniors are partnering with Chipotle Mexican Grill in Wayzata to raise money for a good cause.
Marketing students Tori Palm, Eloise Hrusovsky, and Pete Makarov are working...
Connor Avery, Assistant Sports Editor
• January 21, 2014
Stressful, cramped, and exhausting are just a few adjectives to describe final exams and the last week of each semester in high school. The final week of the first semester at OHS, however, has been even...
Q: What do you NOT do on the first date?
Lundquist: “Don’t make it about you and realize that she is just as nervous.”
“Make the date something you can do.”
K. Herring: “Never talk about...
The business of music mixing and being a Disc Jockey (DJ) has caught the attention of quite a few Orono students. In the past two years alone, three businesses have started to get their name recognized.
Seniors...
According to the Health and Social Care Information Centre, in one year leading up to June of 2013, there were 17,400 cases where 15 to 19 year-olds were treated for external injuries due to self-harm.
These...
“It’s easy to think of Orono as a middle school, a high school, etc., but we want people to start thinking about it as a community,” senior Nic Petschen said.
Inspired by the innovative steps taken...
College applications are an overwhelming experience for most seniors. Students work as hard as they can to get many college applications done by Thanksgiving break. This is where the Common Application...
Forty-seven seconds. That is how long it took for a current, the squeeze of a hand, to pass through the fingers of a couple hundred West Metro students.
Dubbed “The Electricity Game,” this was one...
Imagine a dinner plate absent of your favorite fruits, vegetables, and possibly even meats. Our meals are headed for that if the root of the disappearance and deaths of honey bees is not uncovered.
The...
