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The Foreclosure of Third Places
By Rayaan Hood, Reporter • March 23, 2025

A third space is a social space separate from home, work or school. Third spaces have been etched into our society for as long as we’ve had...

An Ode to Comic Con
By Elena Pozzo, Illustrator • March 23, 2025
Robotics Team Members Make State
By Carter Headstrom, Editor-in-Chief • March 22, 2025
UPrep Varsity Boys Soccer Season Kicks-Off With Clear Goals
By Grant Davis and Reporter • March 22, 2025
Chicken or the Egg?
By Sol Starin, Copy Editor • March 17, 2025
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By Elena Pozzo, Illustrator • March 23, 2025
Why you should go to a Sounders Game
By Max Cook, Reporter • March 17, 2025
Why do we Assemble?
By Lucas Keppler, Reporter • March 6, 2025
People Don’t Know How to Use Bathrooms
By Teddy Bergstrom, Editor-in-Chief • March 6, 2025
Spotlight
A set model and design by Leroy Timblin for a production of "All My Sons." When creating these models Timblin likes to take inspiration from the script and later what he sees in public. "You start creating images in your head of what that looks like," He said. "I figure out the stuff I don't know...and then a lot of ideas just come from being out in the world. Whenever I'm just out around town, and I see something cool, I take a picture of it, and I keep that in my my design idea bank. All the shapes and colors mix and match together, because the world is a character."
Crafting Stages and Other Theater Insights with Leroy Timblin
By Sofia Delgado-Pack, Web Editor-In-Chief • March 13, 2025
A mission in the early 2020s took Matt Palubinskas to Lundin Peak near Snoqualmie Pass.
Teacher by Day, Hero by Night
By Teddy Bergstrom, Editor-in-Chief • March 6, 2025
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Robotics team members Ben Frischer, Mohamed Farah and Niam Patel stand with their robot alongside family and faculty members.
Robotics Team Members Make State
By Carter Headstrom, Editor-in-Chief • March 22, 2025

Amid the whirl of the 3D printers and clatter of various power tools, members of the Upper School Robotics team prepare for their Washington...

A table set with a traditional dinner for Ramadan
Ramadan
By Avi Patel, Web Editor-In-Chief • March 17, 2025
Students huddle in-front of the photo booth at Spring Fling. The dance was sparsely attended, so this group represents a large proportion of the attendees.
A Night to Forget
By Lucas Keppler, Reporter • March 13, 2025
Students practice dances in a Latinx Student Union (LSU) meeting.
The Challenges of Multiple Affinity Groups
By Hannah Salemy, Reporter • March 10, 2025
In addition to being educational, reading can also improve mental health, according to English Department Chair Carrie Niebanck. “It’s a great escape,” Niebanck said. “Reading is finding ourselves.”
Loss of Literacy
By Bria Calhoun and Hannah Salemy • March 6, 2025
This image depicts the difference between school life during COVID and now. A brief return to online school reminded librarian Anne Bingham of what it was like during the pandemic. “The snow day makes you realize you hope we don’t ever go through that again,” Bingham said. Photo: Sol Starin, Grady Stone
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By Sol Starin, Copy Editor • March 6, 2025
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