Key Club pursues establishing change
Julianna Poe, Sports Editor
October 14, 2019
Through the Thirst Project, -- a non-profit organization aiming to provide wells in communities without clean water -- Key Club took their first steps toward spreading awareness of the emerging global water crisis. In hopes to launch Manhattan High into taking action, Key Club hosted a group of s...
Freshman required to take the Pre-ACT
Kris Long, Opinions Editor
October 7, 2019
All members of the freshman class will be required to take the Pre-ACT Oct. 23. Under new requirements from the Kansas Commissioner of Education Randy Watson and the Kansas State Department of Education all districts are encouraged to provide the test to students with a student option to opt out. US...
StuCo, administrators in talks of bringing wolf mascot
Sophia Comas, Online Editor-in-Chief
October 7, 2019
Manhattan High has opened up the discussion surrounding the mascot yet again, making an attempt to finally give the student body what was voted upon during December of 2017: a secondary mascot. During the vote, students were given the option of choosing no mascot, a sunflower, a bison or a wolf...
Annual HALO Conference spreads diversity among students
Sophia Comas, Online Editor-in-Chief
October 7, 2019
The Kansas State Student Union filled with high school students left and right as each person fought for a spot on the dance floor within the main ballroom. Past the banquet tables full of tortilla chips and Qdoba-brand taco fillings, the floor pulsed to the beat of loud music made by men playing saxop...
StuCo attends annual regional conference
Kris Long, Opinions Editor
October 7, 2019
Student Council members had the opportunity to attend the annual Student Council regional conference -- a gathering of StuCo members from across the region -- at Olathe South last Thursday. The conference -- which Manhattan High hosted last year -- was moved to Olathe due to issues encountered...
Homecoming proved eventful
Sophia Comas, Online Editor-in-Chief
September 23, 2019
The varied results of Manhattan High’s Spirit Week did not disappoint as nearly 1,800 students flocked through the doors dressed in an array of themed outfits to celebrate the week of Homecoming. “I think the themes help students get involved,” Tribe president Kira Schartz, senior, said. “Also, ...
Father-daughter reunion met with cheers
Julianna Poe, Sports Editor
September 23, 2019
Commotion filled the entrance of B hall as students became aware of a military officer standing in the commons after the sixth-hour bell last Monday. Senior Katlyn Evans’ father, who had been deployed for nine months, had returned. "It's hard to explain that emotion,” Evans said. “It was kin...
New Advanced Studies interest group starts at MHS
Kris Long, Opinions Editor
September 23, 2019
The new Advanced Studies interest group hopes to open more opportunities to Manhattan High students to take their education outside the classroom. The group was voted in unanimously by Student Council on Wednesday when brought to the floor by senior student body Vice President Will Bannister. Whi...
Debate starts competition season at Washburn
Meredith Comas, Print Editor-in-Chief
September 23, 2019
Manhattan High’s Debate team started off the competition season this weekend at one of their biggest tournaments of the year: the Washburn Rural Invitational. “It was, I think, a very good establishment, especially because Washburn Rural is one of the bigger tournaments,” intermediate debat...
‘This is not a drill’
Sophia Comas, Online Editor-in-Chief
September 23, 2019
Manhattan High’s West Campus put Safety Week’s drills into practice, creating a mass exodus of students and staff as they evacuated the building after the fire alarms went off, followed by an announcement of “this is not a drill” over the intercom. According to principal Michael Dorst, the ev...
Students take on unexpected mission at State Fair
Brianna Carmack, Entertainment Editor
September 16, 2019
Last Thursday, staff members of The Mentor staff and the Indian Insider participated in the Scholastic Press Corps State Fair competition in which they were able to get an unexpected interview with the state governor, Laura Kelly. “[Meeting Kelly] wasn’t the original plan,” senior Meredith Comas said. “W...
BPA expands, plans for Washington, DC
Katya Tarabrina, Blue M Organizations Editor
September 16, 2019
With the new school year comes new agendas, as seen in last week’s mass scheduling of club meetings. The Business Professionals of America was one of those clubs and had their first-ever meeting during FlexTime in Advisory. Several different sophomores joined BPA this year. This meeting was a chance for ne...