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Red Hawks get torn up by the Tigers during Jeff West homecoming game

The Hiawatha High School Red Hawk football team traveled to Jefferson West High School on Friday, Sept. 26. The Jeff West Tigers were hosting their own homecoming during the event. After the homecoming ceremonies, both teams clashed into each other. Unfortunately for the Red Hawks, they lost on Jeff West’s own turf at 7-12 despite doing their best and matching the rival team’s strength and resilience until the very end.

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Homecoming Changed?

Loneliness among emerging adults in rural reservation-based communities: longitudinal effects of 12th grade substance use and mental health symptoms. Fall homecoming has started a big controversy at Hiawatha High School because of its inconvenient date of Oct. 24. For the last couple of years, fall homecoming has been in the middle to end of September. This year, however, that has changed.

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Brain Rot

Around 6-7 months ago, the term “brain rot” went from a niche slang term to a full-blown cultural phenomenon. According to Merriam-Webster, “Brain rot refers to material of low or addictive quality, typically in online media, that preoccupies someone to the point it is said to affect mental functioning.”

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7 benefits of cheerleading

Cheerleading captivates millions of participants. Statista Research says roughly 3.8 million Americans age six and older participated in cheerleading in 2023, which was up from 3.5 million a year earlier. According to Cheer Canada, the nation’s governing body of cheerleading, the sport has more than 400 schools and clubs and roughly 25,000 participants across the country.

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Update on Ukraine/Russia War

It has been over three years now since the Russian military launched a special military operation into Ukraine. This war has become a sort of proxy war for the testing of western weaponry with something around $100 million being sent as military aid. With winter coming, let’s look back on what operations have happened over the last few months, and the overall cost of the war on both sides.

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