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How Teenagers Have Impacted Political Movements in the Past—and How They Still Can Now

How Teenagers Have Impacted Political Movements in the Past—and How They Still Can Now

Zoe Washington May 2, 2025

In recent years (and I'm guessing for most of history) teenagers have been seen as lazy and uneducated by adults and older generations, judged for lack of experience or the underdevelopment of their frontal...

Austin Nguyen Featured in VYPE

Austin Nguyen Featured in VYPE

Jeffrey Welch, Adviser April 29, 2025

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The Last Day of School

The Last Day of School

Emily Zaruba April 26, 2025

The last day of school is upon the horizon. You have finished another school year and are getting closer and closer to graduating. If you're already a senior then you have almost completed a big milestone...

Interview with South High's Boy's Tennis

Interview with South High’s Boy’s Tennis

Gabri Trujillo April 25, 2025

As another season of Tennis at Wichita South High begins, there is much effort going towards increasing skill. As the team captain, Kenyon Shelton is committed, and when asked about his journey as a...

The Slow Decent Into Fantasy: A Short Rant About the Growing Skepticism of Academic Knowledge

The Slow Decent Into Fantasy: A Short Rant About the Growing Skepticism of Academic Knowledge

Kamariyae Cotton April 24, 2025

Flat Earthers, Creationists, Pseudohistory/ Pseudoscience/Pseudoarcheology; what do these all have in common? They all actively work to debase, disturb, and fight the active scientific principles that...

Rain World Watcher; A Deep Dive Into the Endings

Rain World Watcher; A Deep Dive Into the Endings

Rose Roe April 24, 2025

With the release of Rain World’s new Watcher campaign, there is a lot to discuss about it and it’s new endings. Rain World is a game on Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch that was made by...

Figure at The Furnace

Wichita’s Underground Sound: A Teen’s Guide to Local Shows

Saige Russell April 24, 2025

I’ve been to more than my fair share of concerts—like, hundreds. Yeah... I’m flexing. But seriously, nothing beats the feeling of a local show. There’s something different about it. The person...

Introduction to the Band Mustard Service

Introduction to the Band Mustard Service

Anastasia Cuevas April 24, 2025

Mustard Service is a band from Miami Florida. They like to call their music Zest Pop! From an interview one of the band members did, this is how he described Zest Pop: "We’re from Miami, and we're all...

Rainy days

Rainy days

Kamariyae cotton, Cartoonist April 17, 2025

I'm Thinking About Ending Things: Movie Explained

I’m Thinking About Ending Things: Movie Explained

Emily Zaruba, Writer April 17, 2025

Have you ever seen a movie or a show and were left confused? Like no explanation at all? Well, I have and that was with the movie, I'm thinking about ending things. I remember watching it years ago and...

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