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How to be a Good Teammate

Many students at Hiawatha High School are involved in extra curricular activities such as Volleyball, Scholars Bowl and Cross Country. While these activities all require talent, an often overlooked part of team success is the ability to be a good teammate.

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Small Town Living> Big City Living

When choosing between living in a small town or a big city, it’s really the choice between a life of meaning or a life of chaos. Living in small towns provides people with a stronger sense of community for support, a deeper sense of belonging and a calmer pace of life. City living creates stress, loneliness, and depression from the large population and fast, crazy pace of life.

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A day at the Maple Leaf Festival

On Sept. 27, the annual Maple Leaf Festival took place in Hiawatha, KS. The festival was hosted downtown on the courthouse square. The event was planned and organized by the Hiawatha Chamber and Visitors Bureau. There were approximately 81 vendors including food trucks, activities, and shopping experiences. The festival normally takes place around the same time each year and is a way for the community to gather and celebrate the beginning of the fall season.

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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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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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