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The Student News Site of Orono High School

The Spartan Speaks

Kenneth Shein, CEO of Shein, at Horasis Asia Meeting

The ‘fast fashion’ craze leads to unintended negative consequences

Cate, Features Editor May 20, 2021

Fast Fashion is not just cheap clothing to buy to keep up with the trends, it is a catastrophe that is wrecking the environment and is the cause of mistreatment to employees around the world. Climate change...

DECA students represent OHS at international competition

DECA Students Represent OHS at International Competition

Jillian Cook, News Editor May 20, 2021

DECA, more specifically Distributive Education Clubs of America, is a business-oriented organization that exists in high schools throughout the country, and even reaches across the borders to Canada, Guam,...

Tanglewood farms honey

Student entrepreneurs start Tanglewood Farms Honey

Katie Udell, Sports Editor November 21, 2017

Following in their grandfather's footsteps, junior Anders Gulbrandson and senior Peter Erpelding founded a local beekeeping company, Tanglewood Farms Honey. With the help of Jack Randolph and Revis Stephenson,...

Maple Plain Family Center is a small business competing for local clients.
Photo/ Madi Arends

Small businesses compete for local customers

October 16, 2012

Customer service is key in running a small business in Orono. For a mid-sized community like Orono, keeping a small business open creates advantages for its people. “The money stays in the town...

Economy determines the current most profitable college majors

April 25, 2012

Deciding what to major in in college is a daunting task that almost every young adult faces. Some people have known almost their entire lives what they want to focus on, some decide as high school seniors...

Red Bull Social Kicks off DECA season

Red Bull Social Kicks off DECA season

December 18, 2011

On Nov. 18, the schools in Orono’s DECA district gathered together at Minnetonka High School to meet one another before the competitive districts’ conference in January. DECA is an association where...

Target and Twirl give students a new opportunity

October 17, 2011

On Sept. 14, Orono High School students got the opportunity to consider themselves as Target Team Brand Ambassadors. Through a temporary partnership with the Target Corporation and an event planning group...

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