A Bright Future for Rezac
Maiesha Hossain, Features Editor
September 19, 2017
Filed under News
Rezac Auditorium gives actors and actresses a place to shine. Now, Rezac while be the one shining as next year, Manhattan High will be undertaking the big project of renovating Rezac. The improvements to the auditorium include replacing the stage floor, adding a dual door entry, installin...
SkillsUSA members elect and prepare
Leah Beyer, Staff Writer
September 19, 2017
Filed under News
At Manhattan High School, the SkillsUSA chapter elected new officers on Wednesday. These positions include president, vice president, secretary and treasurer; a parliamentarian will be elected at a later meeting. The four positions that were elected on Wednesday were filled by Zach Payne, Autumn Allard, K...
No more home meets for Varsity tennis
Michael Simmons, Blue M Sports Editor
September 19, 2017
Filed under Fall Sports, Girls Tennis, News, Sports
Playing on the court, you spend countless hours working your tail off in order to improve and having your friends and family there to cheer you on and support you is a special feeling and experience for a high school athlete. For the seniors on the girls Varsity tennis team, it does not look like th...
Debate team competes in first tournament of year
Kaitlyn Clark, Blue M Managing Editor
September 19, 2017
Filed under News
Last week, the Manhattan High debate team started their tournament season with all wins and ties in the Open Division and a 2-4 loss in the DCI Varsity Division. The Friday-Saturday tournament was held at Washburn Rural High School, with four pairs of debate partners coming from Manhattan. “I felt li...
Six Students Named Merit Scholar Semifinalists
Mason Alberto, Staff Writer
September 19, 2017
Filed under News
The officials of the National Merit Scholar Corporation announced that Manhattan High has six students that are going to be recognized as being a Merit Scholar Semi-Finalist that they announced on the 12th. The six seniors that are being acknowledged are Richard Brown, Jacob Clanton, Stephanie Fu, Cr...
Board unanimously approves committee recommendations
Jacob Clanton, Print Editor-in-Chief
September 11, 2017
Filed under News
Manhattan High’s mascot is still the Indian, but that was never in doubt. The USD 383 Board of Education voted to unanimously approve all five recommendations from the mascot committee Wednesday evening. The committee recommendations stemmed from the Dec. 7 meeting, where the board voted to retain the m...
USD 383 Foundation creates new award
Jacob Clanton, Print Editor-in-Chief
September 11, 2017
Filed under News
Students are routinely recognized for excellence, but rarely for improvement. The Manhattan-Odgen Public Schools Foundation is looking to change that. The foundation is creating a new student award that recognizes student who show improvement or start to care about school. “[The award] is not exclusively for A-stud...
Students perform at halftime of KSU game
Jacob Clanton, Print Editor-in-Chief
September 11, 2017
Filed under News
High school marching bands typically perform in front of crowds of less than 5,000 people. On Saturday, 12 students from the Manhattan High Big Blue Marching Band got to perform in front of 50,000 people at Bill Snyder Family Stadium for the first annual All Star Marching Band. “In the moment, you...
Debate Team Prepares for First Tournament
Kaitlyn Clark, Blue M Managing Editor
August 28, 2017
Filed under News
Last week marks the first full week of the 2017 school year at Manhattan High, but the MHS debate team is already gearing up for their first tournament of the season. With the Washburn Rural Invitational fast-approaching, the team is preparing for their topic, which concerns federal funding in both e...
MHS kicks off year with annual football and soup scrimmage
Maiesha Hossain, Features Editor
August 28, 2017
Filed under Fall Sports, Football, News, Sports
It wouldn’t be the beginning of the football season without a scrimmage, and it wouldn’t be a Manhattan High scrimmage without soup. Last Friday students, parents, faculty and MHS football fans alike filled Bishop Stadium to watch the football teams play their first unofficial games of the s...
Sewer causes problems for students
Jacob Clanton, Print Editor-in-Chief
August 28, 2017
Filed under News
As Manhattan High students came back to school, they were greeted by construction in the north part of the main parking lot. This construction was due to a sewage problem. “There was a problem with the main sewer line that leaves our building and ties into the city sewer,” MHS principal Greg Hoyt ...
Marching band holds annual drill down
MaKenna Eilert, Blue M Photo Editor
August 17, 2017
Filed under News
Marching is the name of the game. One missed step and you’re out at the Manhattan High Big Blue Marching Band’s drill down on Aug. 4 at Bishop Stadium. The drill down is a competition of ultimate focus and execution of commands, as shouted by band director Joel Gittle, while also displaying the stu...