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The Spartan Speaks

Top Ten Winter Date Ideas

Zach Wagner, Graphics Designer January 11, 2015

  1. Ice Skating   Ice skating has always been a winter date favorite. Even if you don’t know how to skate, lace up your boots and get out on the ice! Whether you’re both great skaters...

Thanksgiving Parade: Proof Times Have Changed

Thanksgiving Parade: Proof Times Have Changed

Kate Edwards, Staff Reporter December 12, 2014

For 88 years, Macy’s has sponsored and put on a parade through New York City on Thanksgiving Day. The tradition began in 1924 with a group of Macy’s employees walking the streets of New York accompanied...

Holly Herring shows off  her spirit with her Twins bear.

Man’s best friend … for a reason

Matt Hacker, Staff Reporter September 12, 2014

It is said that a dog is a man’s best friend. Let’s go a little deeper: why should people have a dog in their life? A lot of cat owners say that dogs are too energized and annoying. Distractify.com...

First Day Probs

First Day Probs

JIllian Schulz, Editorial Cartoonist September 8, 2014

Jillian Schulz

The Secret Life

The Secret Life

Jillian Schultz, Illustrator May 12, 2014

A view of what OHS students are experiencing at this time of year.

Students stressing about college majors for unnecessary reasons

Nadia Klammer, Copy Editor April 24, 2014

Increased selectivity in college admissions has elevated the pressure on students to decide what they want to do when they get accepted to a college. “I felt pressure to pick a college major from...

Education for all, all for education

Pete Makarov, Editor in Chief Online April 24, 2014

Over spring break, my family and I went south of the border to Zihuatanejo, Mexico to take in the sun and to enjoy the Mexican culture. I was joined by senior Eloise Hrusovsky and her family, along...

Underage drinking, gone too far?

March 17, 2014

Every year students leave the blustery Minnesota winters traveling to warmer climates for their spring break trips. Many times, students travel to countries such as Mexico, the Bahamas or even aboard cruises...

Students gain an APpetite for AP

Students gain an APpetite for AP

February 12, 2014

With week number two of second semester winding down, students are settling into their new schedules and asking themselves what they have gotten into. Friday, Feb. 14 is the last day for students to drop...

What would Mandela do?

Pete Makarov, Editor in Chief Online January 10, 2014

Anti-apartheid revolutionary and dreamer Nelson Mandela once said, “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate,...

16 year old’s passing reminds about value of life

Leah Walk, News Editor December 16, 2013

People die every day. There’s nothing unusual about that. But this time, it really hit me hard. On Wednesday December 4, 16-year-old Alyssa Ettl was in a terrible collision that suddenly ended her life. I...

Do not repeat the past; study history and learn from it

Pete Makarov, Editor in Chief- Online November 19, 2013

Philosopher and political theorist Edmund Burke once said, “Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.” That one quote made me think, Sure, history is important, but how important? Burke...

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