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Race Backward?
Since its inception, Race Forward has been a staple of every Grant student’s high school experience. That ends this year: James McGee decided to pause the program for the foreseeable future, and no one is sure what is going to come of it. For the first time since 2016, there will be no Race Forward at Grant this year. Principal James McGee decided to pause the program for the 2022-23 term, effectively…
The Cost of Coverage
Eric Watkins’ inappropriate conduct with young female athletes has tarnished the legacy of one of the most influential platforms in Oregon high school athletics.
Spooky Spectaculars
Queue up these six ghostly movies perfect to watch on Halloween. Hocus Pocus When stubborn teenager Max Dennison (Omri Katz) moves to Salem, Massachusetts, he’s ready to prove that Halloween is an overrated bunch of hocus pocus. But after accidentally awakening a trio of villainous witches who had been dead for more than 300 years, Max and his friends (along with the help of a vengeful cat) must stop the witches from casting…
Therapy in Trying Times
The pandemic has caused a large surge in mental illness, leaving many therapists busy and overwhelmed. People are not meant to spend their lives alone. As Aimee Amodio, a clinical social worker based in Portland says, “Humans are wired for connection.” So what happens when we are isolated, cut off from our family and friends and starved of social interaction? In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are being forced to find…
More Than a Number
The author questions motivations for educational success as students face pressure to fulfill the concrete standards of a system designed to build boxes. “Ring-ing!” Students flood out of Grant’s classrooms and walk to their last period of the day. I walk down the bustling main staircase and head to my classroom in the basement. As I enter, a rush of cold air hits me, invoking a whole-body response. I sit down at my…